BUF 36 @ HOU 31 - 2026 NFL

2026 Week 1

Buffalo BillsBUF

36-31

Houston TexansHOU

Sun, September 13, 2026 · 1:00PM · Reliant Stadium

Attendance: 71,008Duration: 3:14Surface: astroturfRoof: retractable roof (closed)Line: Buffalo Bills -1.0O/U: 44.5 (over)

BUF: Joe Brady · HOU: DeMeco Ryans

BUF

Team Stats

HOU

1st Downs

21-86

Rushing

32-124

20-29-334

Passing

26-38-274

409

Scoring

1st Quarter

7:28

Tyler Bass 46 yard field goal

0:32

David Montgomery 1 yard rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)

2nd Quarter

12:46

Josh Allen 21 yard rush (Tyler Bass kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
BUF
Passing
Josh Allen	20/29	334	2	0	2	130.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Josh Allen	6	23	2	21	0
James Cook	13	57	0	12	0
Ray Davis	1	3	0	3	0
Frank Gore Jr.	1	3	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
James Cook	4	3	12	0	6
Dalton Kincaid	6	5	130	0	40
D.J. Moore	8	5	100	1	43
Khalil Shakir	6	4	50	0	19
Josh Palmer	2	1	34	1	34
Dawson Knox	1	1	7	0	7
Keon Coleman	1	1	1	0	1
HOU
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
C.J. Stroud	26/38	274	2	0	3	106.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
C.J. Stroud	2	15	0	15	2
David Montgomery	20	60	2	18	0
Woody Marks	9	42	0	12	0
Nico Collins	1	7	0	7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
David Montgomery	3	3	19	1	9
Woody Marks	1	1	-2	0	-2
Nico Collins	10	7	75	1	25
Jaylin Noel	2	2	53	0	35
Dalton Schultz	8	4	35	0	18
Xavier Hutchinson	6	3	32	0	20
Kayshon Boutte	2	1	21	0	21
Marlin Klein	1	1	16	0	16
Foster Moreau	2	2	15	0	9
Jared Wayne	1	1	12	0	12
Cade Stover	1	1	-2	0	-2

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
BUF
Gregory Rousseau	4	4	2	0	1	5	2	0
Deone Walker	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Terrel Bernard	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dorian Williams	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Bishop	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Benford	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Hoecht	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Oliver	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
Bradley Chubb	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Andreessen	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxwell Hairston	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javon Solomon	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeAundre Alford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeWayne Carter	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Elarms-Orr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gaines	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damar Hamlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davison Igbinosun	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Keleki Latu	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
T.J. Parker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landon Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Allen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
O'Cyrus Torrence	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
HOU
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Jadeveon Clowney	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Will Anderson	3	1	0.5	0	0	1	0	0
Mario Edwards	1	0	0.5	0	0	1	0	0
Azeez Al-Shaair	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Blankenship	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Calen Bullock	6	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jalen Pitre	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr.	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kamari Lassiter	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sheldon Rankins	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Hansen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cade Stover	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry To'oTo'o	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Togiai	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ka'imi Fairbairn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sabastian Harsh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Odum	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominique Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tremon Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Woodaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danielle Hunter	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
BUF
Tyler Bass	3/3	3/3	0	0	-	0
Tommy Doman	-	-	2	109	54.5	63
HOU
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Ka'imi Fairbairn	4/4	1/1	0	0	-	0
Kai Kroeger	-	-	4	208	52.0	59

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
BUF
Greg Dortch	3	82	0	2	10	0
Ray Davis	2	51	0	0	0	0
HOU
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Woody Marks	3	78	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Noel	3	70	0	0	0	0
Tremon Smith	2	54	0	0	0	0

Drive Summary

BUF

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	BUF 34	7	30	3:45	Downs
2	1	HOU 32	4	4	2:04	Field Goal
3	1	BUF 38	6	62	2:46	Touchdown

Snap Counts

Player	POS	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
Alec Anderson	C	58	100%	0	0%	6	19%
O'Cyrus Torrence	G	58	100%	0	0%	6	19%
Spencer Brown	T	58	100%	0	0%	6	19%
Dion Dawkins	T	58	100%	0	0%	6	19%
Josh Allen	QB	58	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Connor McGovern	C	58	100%	0	0%	0	0%
D.J. Moore	WR	44	76%	0	0%	0	0%
James Cook	RB	42	72%	0	0%	0	0%
Dalton Kincaid	TE	42	72%	0	0%	0	0%
Dawson Knox	TE	39	67%	0	0%	0	0%
Khalil Shakir	WR	31	53%	0	0%	0	0%
Keon Coleman	WR	29	50%	0	0%	0	0%
Jackson Hawes	TE	25	43%	0	0%	8	26%
Josh Palmer	WR	18	31%	0	0%	0	0%
Frank Gore Jr.	RB	11	19%	0	0%	4	13%
Ray Davis	RB	5	9%	0	0%	6	19%
Keleki Latu	TE	4	7%	0	0%	20	65%
Tylan Grable	T	1	2%	0	0%	0	0%
Terrel Bernard	LB	0	0%	79	100%	5	16%
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	S	0	0%	79	100%	0	0%
Christian Benford	CB	0	0%	79	100%	0	0%
Cole Bishop	S	0	0%	72	91%	2	6%
Maxwell Hairston	CB	0	0%	66	84%	8	26%
Ed Oliver	DL	0	0%	65	82%	0	0%
Gregory Rousseau	LB	0	0%	63	80%	5	16%
Bradley Chubb	LB	0	0%	63	80%	0	0%
Dorian Williams	LB	0	0%	53	67%	8	26%
Deone Walker	DL	0	0%	51	65%	8	26%
DeAundre Alford	CB	0	0%	48	61%	6	19%
Landon Jackson	DL	0	0%	29	37%	11	35%
Damar Hamlin	S	0	0%	25	32%	16	52%
Michael Hoecht	LB	0	0%	24	30%	19	61%
DeWayne Carter	DL	0	0%	18	23%	4	13%
T.J. Parker	LB	0	0%	14	18%	18	58%
Greg Gaines	DL	0	0%	14	18%	4	13%
Davison Igbinosun	CB	0	0%	11	14%	12	39%
Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	0	0%	8	10%	17	55%
Javon Solomon	LB	0	0%	8	10%	16	52%
Sam Franklin	DB	0	0%	0	0%	25	81%
Jordan Hancock	DB	0	0%	0	0%	23	74%
Joe Andreessen	LB	0	0%	0	0%	20	65%
Tyler Bass	K	0	0%	0	0%	14	45%
Greg Dortch	WR	0	0%	0	0%	10	32%
Tommy Doman	P	0	0%	0	0%	8	26%
Reid Ferguson	LS	0	0%	0	0%	8	26%
Austin Corbett	G	0	0%	0	0%	6	19%
Lloyd Cushenberry III	C	0	0%	0	0%	6	19%

BUF

Expected Points Added

HOU

4.0Total-4.0

15.8Off Total10.8

19.7Off Pass4.9

-1.5Off Rush6.9

-10.8Def Total-15.8

-4.9Def Pass-19.7

-6.9Def Rush1.5

-2.0

Starting Lineups

BUF

QBJosh Allen

RBJames Cook

WRD.J. Moore

TEDawson Knox

TEDalton Kincaid

TEJackson Hawes

OLAlec Anderson

OLConnor McGovern

TDion Dawkins

TSpencer Brown

GO'Cyrus Torrence

Officials

RefereeAlex Moore

UmpireTerry Killens

Down JudgeDana McKenzie

Line JudgeTom Eaton

Back JudgeTerrence Miles

Side JudgeAnthony Jeffries

Field JudgeMearl Robinson

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	HOU 36	3	-4	1:43	Fumble
2	1	HOU 24	12	76	6:56	Touchdown
3	2	HOU 25	13	75	7:58	Touchdown
4	2	HOU 26	3	13	1:49	Punt
5	2	HOU 14	4	86	1:03	Touchdown
6	3	HOU 34	3	-10	1:50	Punt
7	3	HOU 4	3	5	1:28	Punt
8	3	HOU 28	13	72	5:50	Touchdown
9	4	HOU 35	7	26	3:47	Field Goal
10	4	HOU 36	3	1	2:26	Punt
11	4	HOU 29	10	47	1:27	Fumble

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