Bills vs Texans

Final · Week 1 · Sun Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET · Reliant Stadium

Buffalo BillsBills1-0

FinalSep 13, 2026

Houston TexansTexans0-1

TVCBS

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

BUF−110

HOU−110

Spread

BUF −1.5−105

HOU +1.5−115

Total O/U

Over 44.5−110

Under 44.5−110

Spread: Bills −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 44.5 (67 points).

Recap

The Buffalo Bills beat the Houston Texans 36-31 at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Sep 13, 2026 to move to 1-0.

The go-ahead score came with 1:36 left in the fourth quarter: Joshua Palmer 34 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed). The lead changed hands 8 times. The Bills won the turnover battle 2-0.

Score by quarter

Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
BUF	3	21	3	9	36
HOU	7	14	0	10	31

Scoring plays

First Quarter

BUFField Goal · 7:28Tyler Bass 46 Yd Field Goal3-0
HOUTouchdown · 0:32David Montgomery 1 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)3-7

Second Quarter

BUFTouchdown · 12:46Josh Allen 21 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick)10-7
HOUTouchdown · 4:48David Montgomery 18 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)10-14
BUFTouchdown · 3:59Josh Allen 1 Yd Rush (Tyler Bass Kick)17-14
BUFTouchdown · 1:29DJ Moore 43 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Tyler Bass Kick)24-14
HOUTouchdown · 0:26Nico Collins 12 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)24-21

Third Quarter

BUFField Goal · 4:24Tyler Bass 34 Yd Field Goal27-21

Fourth Quarter

HOUTouchdown · 13:34David Montgomery 7 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)27-28
BUFField Goal · 10:31Tyler Bass 33 Yd Field Goal30-28
HOUField Goal · 6:44Ka'imi Fairbairn 58 Yd Field Goal30-31
BUFTouchdown · 1:36Joshua Palmer 34 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)36-31

Team stats

BUFHOU

1st Downs: 20; 26
Total Yards: 409; 381
Passing: 323; 257
Rushing: 86; 124
3rd down efficiency: 3-9; 7-16
Turnovers: 0; 2
Possession: 23:43; 36:17

Top performers

Buffalo BillsHouston Texans

Passing

Josh Allen20/29, 334 YDS, 2 TD

C.J. Stroud26/38, 274 YDS, 2 TD

Rushing

James Cook III13 CAR, 57 YDS

David Montgomery20 CAR, 60 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving

Dalton Kincaid5 REC, 130 YDS

Nico Collins7 REC, 75 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Greg Rousseau2

Jadeveon Clowney1

Tackles

Terrel Bernard12

Azeez Al-Shaair8

Player stats

Bills · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Josh Allen	20/29	334	11.5	2	0	2-11	77.8	130.5

Bills · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
James Cook III	13	57	4.4	0	12
Josh Allen	6	23	3.8	2	21
Ray Davis	1	3	3.0	0	3
Frank Gore Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3

Bills · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Dalton Kincaid	5	130	26.0	0	40	6
DJ Moore	5	100	20.0	1	43	8
Khalil Shakir	4	50	12.5	0	19	6
Joshua Palmer	1	34	34.0	1	34	2
James Cook III	3	12	4.0	0	6	4
Dawson Knox	1	7	7.0	0	7	1
Keon Coleman	1	1	1.0	0	1	1

Bills · Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Josh Allen	1	1
James Cook III	1	0
Ed Oliver	0	1
Terrel Bernard	0	1
O'Cyrus Torrence	0	1

Bills · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HTS
Terrel Bernard	12	6	0	1	0
Dorian Williams	9	4	0	1	0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	8	6	0	0	0
Cole Bishop	7	2	0	0	0
Deone Walker	6	3	1	2	1
Christian Benford	5	3	0	0	0
Ed Oliver	5	2	0	1	1
Michael Hoecht	5	1	0	0	0

Bills · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Greg Dortch	3	82	27.3	37	0
Ray Davis	2	51	25.5	29	0

Bills · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Greg Dortch	2	10	5.0	10	0

Bills · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Tyler Bass	3/3	100.0	46	3/3	12

Bills · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tommy Doman Jr.	2	109	54.5	0	1	63

Texans · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
C.J. Stroud	26/38	274	7.2	2	0	3-17	62.6	106.7

Texans · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
David Montgomery	20	60	3.0	2	18
Woody Marks	9	42	4.7	0	12
C.J. Stroud	2	15	7.5	0	15
Nico Collins	1	7	7.0	0	7

Texans · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Nico Collins	7	75	10.7	1	25	10
Jaylin Noel	2	53	26.5	0	35	2
Dalton Schultz	4	35	8.8	0	18	8
Xavier Hutchinson	3	32	10.7	0	20	6
Kayshon Boutte	1	21	21.0	0	21	2
David Montgomery	3	19	6.3	1	9	3
Marlin Klein	1	16	16.0	0	16	1
Foster Moreau	2	15	7.5	0	9	2
Jared Wayne	1	12	12.0	0	12	1
Cade Stover	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1
Woody Marks	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1

Texans · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
C.J. Stroud	2	2	0

Texans · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Azeez Al-Shaair	8	5	0	1	0	0
Reed Blankenship	7	4	0	0	0	0
Calen Bullock	6	5	0	0	1	0
Jalen Pitre	6	4	0	0	1	0
Derek Stingley Jr.	4	4	0	0	0	0
Kamari Lassiter	3	1	0	1	1	0
Will Anderson Jr.	3	1	0.5	0	0	1
Sheldon Rankins	3	0	0	0	1	0

Texans · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Woody Marks	3	78	26.0	31
Jaylin Noel	3	70	23.3	26
Tremon Smith	2	54	27.0	28

Texans · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ka'imi Fairbairn	1/1	100.0	58	4/4	7

Texans · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kai Kroeger	4	208	52.0	0	2	59

Game info

VenueReliant Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance71,008

OfficialsBack Judge: Terrence Miles · Down Judge: Dana McKenzie · Field Judge: Mearl Robinson · Side Judge: Anthony Jeffries

TVCBS · national

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