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Texans at Jaguars

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · 13:30 UTC
Houston Texans logo
Houston
Texans
1-4 · W1
34
@
Jacksonville Jaguars logo
Jacksonville
Jaguars
4-1 · W4
31
Jacksonville Jaguars to win 66% win probability · projected 20–25 · Solid

Result & Grading

Published before kickoff, graded after. No edits, no quiet deletions.

Final score
34–31
HOU at JAX
Our pick
JAX ✗
Missed
Margin error
8.3
points from our projection
Against the spread
Missed ✗
vs line of JAX −3.0

Pre-Game Win Probabilities

From the engine's power ratings, adjusted for home field and rest, then mapped through the margin distribution. Not a blend of the market — this is our own number.

HOU 34%
JAX 66%
Projected score
20–25
HOU at JAX
Projected margin
+5.3
home perspective
Projected total
45.6
combined points
Confidence
Solid
published before kickoff

Engine vs The Line

We agree with the market on the winner. The margins may still differ.

8th Day Engine
Jacksonville Jaguars
by 5.3 points · total 45.6
Closing line
Jacksonville Jaguars
by 3.0 points · total 42.5

Matchup Facts

Venue and rest come from the schedule feed and feed directly into the model; surface and weather are context we show but don't yet model.

Venue
Wembley Stadium
Roof
Outdoors
Rest · HOU
7 days
Rest · JAX
7 days
QB · HOU
C.J. Stroud
QB · JAX
Trevor Lawrence

Recent Form

Last five completed games this season, most recent first.

Houston Texans

W @ TEN 26–3
L vs DAL 30–34
L @ IND 17–19
L vs CIN 6–20
L vs BUF 31–36

Jacksonville Jaguars

W vs PHI 19–17
W @ CIN 22–17
W vs NE 35–6
L @ DEN 13–20
W vs CLE 34–10

Season Scoring

Points per game either side of the ball, 2026 season to date.

HOU · scored
22.0
per game · 5 played
HOU · allowed
22.4
per game
JAX · scored
24.6
per game · 5 played
JAX · allowed
14.0
per game

How The Model Sees It

Our rating has Jacksonville Jaguars as the stronger side by 133 rating points, which on its own is worth about 5.3 points on the scoreboard (HOU 1,516, JAX 1,649).

This is a neutral-site game, so no home-field adjustment is applied at all.

That lands on a projected margin of +5.3, and running that through the historical spread of actual results against projections gives Jacksonville Jaguars at 66%.

The closing line agrees on the winner, making Jacksonville Jaguars favourite by 3.0 against our 5.3.

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