{"id":296429,"date":"2026-05-16T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296429\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:13:09","slug":"houston-texans-2026-preseason-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296429\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans: 2026 preseason schedule announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 16, 2026, 3:23 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Everyone focuses on the NFL regular season, but what about the schedule that goes on in the preseason?<\/p>\n

The Houston Texans<\/a> will play two home preseason games at the newly renamed Reliant Stadium before hitting the road for a final preseason matchup against the Carolina Panthers<\/a>. According to reports, that final week will feature a joint practice between former No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young<\/a> and his NFC South-leading Panthers against C.J. Stroud<\/a> and the 12-win Texans<\/a> ahead of the Aug. 28 battle at Bank of America Stadium.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the Texans’ preseason schedule<\/p>\n

Texans preseason scheduleWeek 1: Chargers vs. Texans (Aug. 13, 7 p.m. CT on ABC)Week 2: Raiders vs. Texans (Aug. 20, 7 p.m. CT on ABC)Week 3: Texans at Panthers (Aug. 28, 6 p.m. CT on ABC)Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n

Every one of the team’s preseason games will be televised locally in Houston, though the Bolts vs. Texans battle could also be a massive draw on national television on the NFL Network channel.<\/p>\n

The league will announce the full list of preseason games set to be televised on NFLN later this summer.<\/p>\n

The Texans open the regular season at Reliant Stadium against the Buffalo Bills<\/a> on Sept. 13 at Noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 16, 2026, 3:23 p.m. CT Everyone focuses on the NFL regular season, but what about the schedule…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,56,58,57,107984,9268,9269,44,33342,2653,5000,3558,4588,6346,185,1593,1576,2619,44725,44724,44727,42,41,46,36],"class_list":["post-296429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-accessfree","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-sourcetexans-wire","tag-sstssportsnfltexans","tag-sstsntexans","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbryce-young","tag-tagbuffalo-bills","tag-tagc-j-stroud","tag-tagcarolina-panthers","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-taglive-sporting-events","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagnfl-junkies","tag-tagnfl-overreactions","tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}