The 2026 season is the Houston Texans' 25th in the National Football League (NFL), their sixth under general manager Nick Caserio and their fourth under head coach DeMeco Ryans. The Texans will seek to improve upon their 12–5 record from the previous season, make the playoffs for a fourth straight season, for the first time in franchise history and reclaim the AFC South title.
The Texans have matched their 0–3 start from the previous season, and had their first 0-4 start since 2020 following their week 4 loss to the Dallas Cowboys
On March 30, 2026, the Texans revealed a logo to celebrate their 25th season, on June 8, 2026, the Texans revealed that the logo would be worn as a patch for the entire season.https://news.sportslogos.net/2026/03/30/houston-texans-to-celebrate-25th-season-in-2026-with-commemorative-logo/football/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/texans-reveal-subtle-addition-uniforms-200003400.html
Offseason Draft
+ 2026 Houston Texans draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 26 Keylan Rutledge OG Georgia Tech From Bills 28 Traded to the Buffalo Bills 2 36 Kayden McDonald DT Ohio State From Raiders 38 Traded to the Las Vegas Raiders From Commanders 59 Marlin Klein TE Michigan 3 69 Traded to the Buffalo Bills From Giants 90 Traded to the Miami Dolphins 91 Traded to the Las Vegas Raiders From Bills 4 106 Febechi Nwaiwu G Oklahoma From Commanders 117 Traded to the Los Angeles Chargers From Vikings via Jaguars and Raiders 123 Wade Woodaz LB Clemson From Chargers 128 Traded to the Detroit Lions 5 141 Kamari Ramsey S USC From Raiders via Browns 167 Traded to the Buffalo Bills From Texans via Eagles 6 198 Traded to the Minnesota Vikings From Vikings 203 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles From Eagles 204 Lewis Bond WR Boston College From Chargers 207 Traded to the Los Angeles Rams 7 243 Aiden Fisher LB Indiana From 49ers 244 Traded to the Minnesota Vikings 245 Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars From Rams
+ 2026 Houston Texans undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref. Dominic Bailey DT Tennessee Sam Hagen OL South Dakota State Stephen Hall CB Missouri Sabastian Harsh DE NC State James Neal III OL Iowa State Joshua Pitsenberger RB Yale Treyvhon Saunders WR Colgate Daniel Sobkowicz WR Illinois State Jack Stonehouse P Syracuse Jalen Walthall WR Incarnate Word Noah Whittington RB Oregon Collin Wright CB Stanford
Draft trades
Staff
Current roster
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 Los Angeles Chargers L 7–27 0–1 Reliant Stadium Recap 2 Las Vegas Raiders L 20–22 0–2 Reliant Stadium Recap 3 at Carolina Panthers L 13–16 0–3 Bank of America Stadium Recap
Regular season Schedule Week Date Time () Opponent Result Record Venue Network Recap 1 September 13 12:00p.m. Buffalo Bills L 31–36 0–1 Reliant Stadium CBS Recap 2 September 20 12:00p.m. Cincinnati Bengals L 6–20 0–2 Reliant Stadium CBS Recap 3 September 27 12:00p.m. at Indianapolis Colts L 17–19 0–3 Lucas Oil Stadium CBS Recap 4 October 4 12:00p.m. Dallas Cowboys L 30–34 0–4 Reliant Stadium Fox Recap 5 October 11 12:00p.m. at Tennessee Titans Nissan Stadium CBS 6 October 18 8:30a.m. at Jacksonville Jaguars Wembley Stadium NFLN 7 October 25 12:00p.m. New York Giants Reliant Stadium Fox 8 Bye 9 November 8 3:05p.m. at Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium CBS 10 November 15 12:00p.m. at Cleveland Browns Huntington Bank Field Fox 11 7:15p.m. Indianapolis Colts Reliant Stadium Prime Video 12 November 29 12:00p.m. Baltimore Ravens Reliant Stadium CBS 13 December 6 7:20p.m. at Pittsburgh Steelers Acrisure Stadium NBC 14 December 13 12:00p.m. at Washington Commanders Northwest Stadium CBS 15 December 20 12:00p.m. Jacksonville Jaguars Reliant Stadium CBS 16 7:15p.m. at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Prime Video 17 7:15p.m. at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field ESPN 18 January 9/10 Tennessee Titans Reliant Stadium Notes Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 and dates from Weeks 12–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling; Weeks 6 and 11 are exempt. The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Buffalo Bills
With their first loss to Buffalo since 2021, the Texans started 0–1. This was also Houston's first home loss to Buffalo since 2006, snapping a five game win streak.
Week 2: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 3: at Indianapolis Colts
With their first loss to Indianapolis since 2023, the Texans fell to 0–3 for the second straight year.
Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With their first loss to the Cowboys since 2022, the Texans fell to an 0–4 start for the first time since 2020. This also marked their first loss to Dallas at home since 2010.
Week 5: at Tennessee Titans
Standings Division
Conference
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