Houston Texans

The Texans lost their first three games of 2025, then won 12 of their last 14, the final nine in a row. Houston Texans odds and our Texans predictions also keep an eye on the total, which went under in 10 of their 16 games with one posted.

From 0-3 to 12-5

Houston opened the 2025 regular season with three losses, to the Rams, the Buccaneers and the Jaguars, by five, one and seven points. None of the three covered. Then the Texans won 12 of 14, and the last nine came in a row, from November 9 to January 4.

Against the spread the year was ordinary: nine covers in 17, with nine teams better and three level. Only one team allowed fewer points per game than Houston’s 17.35.

When they got points

As underdogs the Texans went 4-3 and covered four of seven. Two of those wins came at long prices: 23-19 at home over the Bills at +205, and 20-10 in Kansas City at +180. As favorites they were 8-2 and covered five of ten.

At home they covered five of nine; on the road, four of eight.

Backing Houston every week

One unit on the Texans in each of their 16 priced games returned 2.97 units; ten teams did better. September cost 2.76 of it. October through the regular-season finale made 5.74, and December alone, 4-0, made 3.01.

The AFC South

Both games against the Indianapolis Colts won, one covered. Both against the Tennessee Titans won, one covered, the first of them 26-0. A split with the Jacksonville Jaguars: a 17-10 loss in Jacksonville, a 36-29 win at home. 5-1 in the division. In January, a 30-6 Wild Card win in Pittsburgh, then a 28-16 Divisional loss at the Patriots.

The total

This is the lean. Texans games went under 10 times and over six; one game, at the Colts on November 30, had no total. Only two NFL teams went under at a higher rate, and one matched it.

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