Houston at Jacksonville
LONDON (Interstat) — The Houston Texans will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London in a National Football League game. Houston enters with a 1-4 record, while Jacksonville is 4-1.
Houston will look to C.J. Stroud to spark its offense. In the Texans’ most recent game, a 26-3 win at Tennessee on Sunday, Stroud completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran six times for 5 yards and a touchdown. Woody Marks ran 15 times for 62 yards and caught four passes for 23 yards, and David Montgomery ran five times for 11 yards. Stroud also threw for 347 yards and two touchdowns against Dallas, 167 yards and a touchdown against Indianapolis, and 353 yards against Cincinnati. Houston’s other recent results include a 34-30 loss to Dallas, a 19-17 loss at Indianapolis, a 20-6 loss to Cincinnati and a 36-31 loss to Buffalo.
Jacksonville will counter with Trevor Lawrence. In the Jaguars’ most recent game, a 19-17 win over Philadelphia on Sunday, Lawrence completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards and two touchdowns and ran three times for 25 yards. Bhayshul Tuten ran 22 times for 72 yards and caught two passes for 24 yards, and Chris Rodriguez Jr. ran two times for 5 yards and caught one pass for 6 yards. Lawrence also threw for 227 yards and a touchdown against Cincinnati, 182 yards and three touchdowns against New England, and 189 yards at Denver. Jacksonville’s other recent results include a 22-17 win at Cincinnati, a 35-6 win over New England, a 20-13 loss at Denver and a 34-10 win over Cleveland.
The game is part of the National Football League’s international schedule. Wembley Stadium will host the matchup. Houston has lost four of its past five games. Jacksonville has won four of its past five games. Both teams have played five games this season. The Texans are seeking their second win of the season, and the Jaguars are seeking their fifth.
Houston is scheduled to host the New York Giants, visit the Los Angeles Chargers and Cleveland, host Indianapolis and Baltimore, visit Pittsburgh and Washington, host Jacksonville, and visit Philadelphia and Green Bay. Jacksonville is scheduled to host Indianapolis, visit Baltimore and Tennessee, visit the New York Giants, host Tennessee, visit Chicago, host Pittsburgh, visit Houston and Dallas, and host Washington.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Jacksonville 36, Houston 21. Jacksonville is a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The over/under is 42.5.