After several weeks of anticipation, and a few dozen hints, rumors, and actual verified announcements of random games on the 2026 NFL schedule, we finally got the full schedule on Thursday evening. Let\u2019s not dilly dally around. Let\u2019s get right to it. Here is the Houston Texans\u2019 2026 schedule (all times Central):<\/p>\n
Week 1 \u2013 vs Bills, Sunday, September 13, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 2 \u2013 vs Bengals, Sunday, September 20, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 3 \u2013 at Colts, Sunday, September 27, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 4 \u2013 vs Cowboys, Sunday, October 4, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 5 \u2013 at Titans, Sunday, October 11, Noon\u00a0<\/p>\n
Week 6 \u2013 vs Jaguars in London, Sunday, October 18, 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Week 7 \u2013 vs Giants, Sunday, October 25, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 8 \u2013 BYE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Week 9 \u2013 at Chargers, Sunday, November 8, 3:05pm<\/p>\n
Week 10 \u2013 at Browns, Sunday, November 15, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 11 \u2013 vs Colts, Thursday, November 19, 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
Week 12 \u2013 vs Ravens, Sunday, November 29, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 13 \u2013 at Steelers, Sunday, December 6, 7:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
Week 14 \u2013 at Commanders, Sunday, December 13, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 15 \u2013 vs Jaguars, Sunday, December 20, Noon<\/p>\n
Week 16 \u2013 at Eagles, Thursday, December 24, 7:15 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Week 17 \u2013 at Packers, Monday, January 4, 7:15 p.m. <\/p>\n
Week 18 \u2013 vs Titans, TBD\u00a0<\/p>\n
Okay, a few thoughts on the gauntlet that is the Houston Texans 2026 schedule. We can basically use my \u201cwish list\u201d from yesterday as the framework here, because the football gods basically gave me a gigantic middle finger:<\/p>\n
The Texans open the season against the Bills at home<\/p>\n
My wish was that the Texans would open the season with one of their easier games on the schedule, in order to (a) get off to a 1-0 start, and (b) break the record for consecutive regular season wins, a streak that currently sits at nine wins. Well, they got the opposite of that, being dealt one of the few games where the Texans could be an underdog this season, a game versus the Buffalo Bills. The good news is that the game is at home, and Josh Allen has never won a game at Reliant Stadium. He is 0-4 there lifetime, including the postseason, and has lost in Houston in each of the last two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Texans better buy some nice winter gear<\/p>\n
Trhe Texans\u2019 road schedule includes six teams who play in cities that would qualify as \u201ccold\u201d weather once mid-November hits \u2014 Green Bay, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Nashville. One of my wishes was that the schedule makers would steer clear of overloading the Texans with games in those cities late in the season. Well, the schedule makers obviously don\u2019t care about what I want, because the Texans have December games in Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, and a January game in Green Bay. Oh, and have you heard\u2026..<\/p>\n
Oh, you wanted a quiet holiday season? Think again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026.the Philly game is on Christmas Eve! That was my other wish, that the Texans wouldn\u2019t get dealt a holiday gauntlet, like they did in 2024, when they had to play three games in eleven days, culminating with getting skull-drug by the Ravens at home on Christmas Day, 31-2. They not only got a holiday gauntlet \u2014 three games between December 13 and Christmas Eve \u2014 but the gauntlet includes two flights up north, sandwiched around the most important division game of the year, and then it\u2019s all chased with a trip to freaking Green Bay!\u00a0<\/p>\n
One thing is certain \u2014 the NFL scheduling committee is not a big fan of me nor any of my wishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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