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Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 15 · Reliant Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Jacksonville Jaguars—Away
Houston Texans—Home

Matchup preview

Jacksonville Jaguars 3–1 · Road 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 7 · 6 days of rest
Houston Texans 0–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · JAX 4 games, HOU 4 games
MetricJAXHOU
Points per game26.012th21.020th
Points allowed per game13.32nd27.327th
Total yards per game316.518th343.814th
Passing yards per game210.820th285.36th
Rushing yards per game117.311th79.030th
Turnovers per game0.53rd0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game2.013th3.025th
Penalty yards per game61.516th73.326th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Jacksonville Jaguars: recent results

  1. W 22–17 @ CIN Week 4
  2. W 35–6 vs NE Week 3
  3. L 13–20 @ DEN Week 2
  4. W 34–10 vs CLE Week 1

Houston Texans: recent results

  1. L 30–34 vs DAL Week 4
  2. L 17–19 @ IND Week 3
  3. L 6–20 vs CIN Week 2
  4. L 31–36 vs BUF Week 1

Jacksonville Jaguars: season leaders

Passing
Trevor Lawrence 843 yds
Rushing
Bhayshul Tuten 277 yds
Receiving
Parker Washington 228 yds

Houston Texans: season leaders

Passing
C.J. Stroud 1,141 yds
Rushing
David Montgomery 127 yds
Receiving
Dalton Schultz 214 yds

Jacksonville Jaguars: injury report

  • Doubtful Eric Murray SS
  • Questionable Devon Marshall

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Houston Texans: injury report

  • Out E.J. Speed SLB
  • Out Noah Whittington
  • Questionable Aireontae Ersery LT
  • Questionable Blake Fisher RT
  • Questionable Ed Ingram RG
  • Questionable Kayden McDonald LDT
  • Questionable M.J. Stewart FS
  • Questionable Treyvhon Saunders

15 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

JAX 16 · HOU 32 in 48 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 10 JAX 29, HOU 36
  2. 2025 · Week 3 HOU 10, JAX 17
  3. 2024 · Week 13 HOU 23, JAX 20
  4. 2024 · Week 4 JAX 20, HOU 24
  5. 2023 · Week 12 JAX 24, HOU 21

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

JAX 58.7% · HOU 40.9%

Matchup quality 76.3 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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