Bills vs Texans box score: Week 1, 2026

The final score, scoring by quarter and every player's stats

Final

Buffalo Bills1-036
Houston Texans0-131

Sun, Sep 13, 05:00 PM UTC · Reliant Stadium · Week 1, 2026

The Bills beat the Texans 36-31.

Score by quarter

Points by quarter, Bills and Texans
Team	1	2	3	4	T
Bills	3	21	3	9	36
Texans	7	14	0	10	31

Team stats

Team stats, Bills and Texans
Stat	Bills	Texans
First downs	20	25
Total plays	53	73
Total yards	409	381
Yards per play	7.7	5.2
Completions/attempts	20/29	26/38
Passing yards (net)	323	257
Sacked (yards lost)	2-11	3-17
Rushing attempts	21	32
Rushing yards	86	124
Yards per rush	4.1	3.9
Third downs converted	3/9	7/16
Fourth downs converted	0/1	2/2
Turnovers	0	2

Passing

Bills passing
Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Lng
Josh AllenQB	20/30	334	11.1	2	0	2-11	43

Texans passing
Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Lng
C.J. StroudQB	26/38	274	7.2	2	0	3-17	35

Rushing

Bills rushing
Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
James CookRB	13	57	4.4	0	12
Josh AllenQB	5	24	4.8	2	21
Frank Gore Jr.RB	1	3	3.0	0	3
Ray DavisRB	1	3	3.0	0	3

Texans rushing
Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
David MontgomeryRB	20	60	3.0	2	18
Woody MarksRB	9	42	4.7	0	12
C.J. StroudQB	2	15	7.5	0	15
Nico CollinsWR	1	7	7.0	0	7

Receiving

Bills receiving
Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Dalton KincaidTE	5	6	130	26.0	0	40
DJ MooreWR	5	8	100	20.0	1	43
Khalil ShakirWR	4	6	40	10.0	0	19
Josh PalmerWR	1	2	34	34.0	1	34
James CookRB	3	4	12	4.0	0	6
Dawson KnoxTE	1	1	7	7.0	0	7
Keon ColemanWR	1	2	1	1.0	0	1

Texans receiving
Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Nico CollinsWR	7	10	75	10.7	1	25
Jaylin NoelWR	2	2	53	26.5	0	35
Dalton SchultzTE	4	8	35	8.8	0	18
Xavier HutchinsonWR	3	6	32	10.7	0	20
Kayshon BoutteWR	1	2	21	21.0	0	21
David MontgomeryRB	3	3	19	6.3	1	9
Marlin KleinTE	1	1	16	16.0	0	16
Foster MoreauTE	2	2	15	7.5	0	9
Jared WayneWR	1	1	12	12.0	0	12
Cade StoverTE	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Woody MarksRB	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2

Defense

Bills defense
Player	Tkl	Solo	Sck	TFL	PD
Terrel BernardLB	11	5	0	1	0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	8	6	0	0	0
Dorian WilliamsLB	8	3	0	1	0
Cole Bishop	7	2	0	0	0
Deone WalkerDT	6	3	1	2	0
Christian BenfordCB	5	3	0	0	0
Ed OliverDT	5	2	0	1	0
Michael HoechtLB	5	1	0	0	0
Greg RousseauLB	4	4	2	2	1
Bradley ChubbOLB	4	0	0	0	0
Javon SolomonLB	3	1	0	0	0
Joe AndreessenLB	3	1	0	0	0
Maxwell HairstonCB	3	2	0	0	0
Damar Hamlin	2	0	0	0	0
Davison IgbinosunCB	2	1	0	0	1
Dee AlfordCB	2	0	0	0	0
DeWayne CarterDT	2	1	0	1	0
Greg GainesDT	2	1	0	0	0
Kaleb Elarms-OrrLB	2	0	0	0	0
Keleki LatuTE	2	1	0	0	0
TJ ParkerLB	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan HancockCB	1	0	0	0	0
Landon JacksonDE	1	1	0	0	0

Texans defense
Player	Tkl	Solo	Sck	TFL	PD
Azeez Al-ShaairLB	8	5	0	1	0
Reed Blankenship	7	4	0	0	0
Calen Bullock	6	5	0	0	1
Jalen Pitre	6	4	0	0	1
Derek Stingley Jr.CB	4	4	0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr.DE	3	1	0.5	0	0
Kamari LassiterCB	3	1	0	1	1
Sheldon RankinsDT	3	0	0	0	1
Cade StoverTE	2	0	0	0	0
Henry To'oTo'oLB	2	1	0	0	0
Jake HansenLB	2	0	0	0	0
Tommy TogiaiDT	2	1	0	0	0
Jadeveon ClowneyDE	1	1	1	1	0
Mario EdwardsDT	1	0	0.5	0	0
Dominique RobinsonDE	1	0	0	0	0
George OdumDB	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylin SmithCB	1	1	0	0	0
Ka'imi FairbairnK	1	0	0	0	0
Sabastian HarshDE	1	0	0	0	0
Tremon SmithCB	1	1	0	0	0
Wade WoodazLB	1	0	0	0	0
Danielle HunterDE	0	0	0	0	1

Kicking and punting

Bills kicking
Player	FG	XP	Pts
Tyler BassK	3/3	3/3	12

Bills punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	In 20
Tommy Doman Jr.P	2	109	54.5	1

Texans kicking
Player	FG	XP	Pts
Ka'imi FairbairnK	1/1	4/4	7

Texans punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	In 20
Kai KroegerP	4	208	52.0	2

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