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Sun 18 Oct 2026, 9:30AM ET
Houston Texans
0-4 · 0-1 awayLLLL
VS
Jacksonville Jaguars
3-1 · 2-0 at homeWLWW

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars prediction and odds · Sun 18 Oct

Jacksonville Jaguars host Houston Texans on Sunday 18 October.

Sunday 18 October 2026: Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars host Houston Texans on Sunday 18 October. The bookies' prices make the Jaguars about a 6 in 10 chance to win. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.
How they've been scoring this season
Houston TexansJacksonville Jaguars
Won-lost0-43-1
Points scored per game21.026.0
Points allowed per game27.313.3
On the road / at home0-1 away2-0 at home
Last 5 gamesLLLLWLWW
Their games average 43.8 total points this season.
From the 4 Houston Texans and 4 Jacksonville Jaguars games on our books this season.

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars odds

Prices for this game

Best price: Jaguars pay $1.69, Texans pay $2.30 (the best of 9 bookies we checked). $100 on the Jaguars returns $169.

Fair chance (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Jaguars about 6 in 10, Texans about 4 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $4.81 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Houston Texans

  • Jalen Pitre SQuestionable
  • David Montgomery RBQuestionable
  • Marlin Klein TEOut
  • Collin Wright CBOut
  • Nate Thomas OTOut
  • Febechi Nwaiwu GOut
  • Aiden Fisher LBOut
  • Sabastian Harsh DEOut
  • Chris Braswell DEOut
  • Braden Smith OTOut
  • Tank Dell WROut

Jacksonville Jaguars

  • Anton Harrison OTQuestionable
  • Montaric Brown CBQuestionable
  • Ross Matiscik LSQuestionable
  • Eric Murray SOut
  • CJ Williams WROut
  • Wesley Williams DEOut
  • Albert Regis DTOut
  • Daniel Faalele GOut
  • Alijah Huzzie CBOut
  • Caleb Ransaw SOut
Availability updated Oct 11, 8:09PM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars head-to-head record

Final scores · 22 meetings on record
Houston Texans 17–5 across the last 22 meetings · these games average 40.7 points (meetings on record since 2015)

Last meeting: Sun 9 Nov 2025, Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans: the Texans won 36-29.

DateGameScoreWinner
9 Nov 2025Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans36–29Houston Texans
21 Sep 2025Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars17–10Jacksonville Jaguars
1 Dec 2024Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars20–23Houston Texans
29 Sep 2024Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans24–20Houston Texans
26 Nov 2023Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans21–24Jacksonville Jaguars
24 Sep 2023Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars17–37Houston Texans
1 Jan 2023Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans3–31Jacksonville Jaguars
9 Oct 2022Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars6–13Houston Texans
19 Dec 2021Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars16–30Houston Texans
12 Sep 2021Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans37–21Houston Texans

Table shows the last 10 — the record above counts all 22 meetings on file.

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