Wk 9 · 2026
Houston Texans at Los Angeles Chargers — Sun, Nov 8
Sun, Nov 8 ·
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
· CBS
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 72 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
AFC South · no games yet
at
4:05pET
LAC -2.5 · total 43.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential LAC by 2.2
AFC West · no games yet
What is at stake
An AFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 AFC playoff places. Division standings.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Texans form
No completed games on record.
Chargers form
No completed games on record.
Texans this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Chargers this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 2
| Opponent | Texans | Chargers |
|---|---|---|
| Bills AFC | vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview | at Wk 3 · scheduled preview |
| Ravens AFC | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview | at Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Texans leads 5–4 · Texans has won the last 2
9 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.3 points toward Chargers
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-12-27 | Texans 20 — 16 Chargers | at LAC | Texans |
| 2024 | 2025-01-11 | Chargers 12 — 32 Texans | at HOU | Texans playoffs |
| 2022 | 2022-10-02 | Chargers 34 — 24 Texans | at HOU | Chargers |
| 2021 | 2021-12-26 | Chargers 29 — 41 Texans | at HOU | Texans |
| 2019 | 2019-09-22 | Texans 27 — 20 Chargers | at LAC | Texans |
| 2016 | 2016-11-27 | Chargers 21 — 13 Texans | at HOU | Chargers |
| 2013 | 2013-09-09 | Texans 31 — 28 Chargers | at LAC | Texans |
| 2010 | 2010-11-07 | Chargers 29 — 23 Texans | at HOU | Chargers |
| 2007 | 2007-10-28 | Texans 10 — 35 Chargers | at LAC | Chargers |
Texans leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | C.J. Stroud QB #7 | 273/423, 3041 YDS, 19 TD, 8 INT |
| Davis Mills QB #10 | 91/159, 915 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Woody Marks RB #4 | 196 CAR, 703 YDS, 2 TD |
| Nick Chubb RB #21 | 122 CAR, 506 YDS, 3 TD | |
| C.J. Stroud QB #7 | 48 CAR, 209 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Nico Collins WR #12 | 71 REC, 1117 YDS, 6 TD |
| Dalton Schultz TE #86 | 82 REC, 777 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Jayden Higgins WR #81 | 41 REC, 525 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Xavier Hutchinson WR #19 | 35 REC, 428 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Azeez Al-Shaair LB #0 | 103 |
| Henry To'oTo'o LB #39 | 95 | |
| Kamari Lassiter CB #3 | 91 | |
| Sacks | Danielle Hunter DE #55 | 15 |
| Will Anderson Jr. DE #51 | 12 | |
| Derek Barnett DE | 5 | |
| Interceptions | Jalen Pitre S #5 | 4 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. CB #24 | 4 | |
| Calen Bullock S #2 | 4 |
Chargers leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Justin Herbert QB #10 | 340/512, 3727 YDS, 26 TD, 13 INT |
| Trey Lance QB #5 | 27/57, 226 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Kimani Vidal RB #28 | 155 CAR, 643 YDS, 3 TD |
| Omarion Hampton RB #8 | 124 CAR, 545 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Justin Herbert QB #10 | 83 CAR, 498 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Ladd McConkey WR #15 | 66 REC, 789 YDS, 6 TD |
| Keenan Allen WR #10 | 81 REC, 777 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Quentin Johnston WR #1 | 51 REC, 735 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Oronde Gadsden TE #86 | 49 REC, 664 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Daiyan Henley LB #0 | 103 |
| Derwin James Jr. S #3 | 94 | |
| Troy Dye LB #43 | 58 | |
| Sacks | Tuli Tuipulotu LB #45 | 13 |
| Odafe Oweh LB #98 | 7.5 | |
| Justin Eboigbe DT #92 | 6 | |
| Interceptions | Tony Jefferson S #23 | 4 |
| Donte Jackson CB #26 | 4 | |
| Derwin James Jr. S #3 | 3 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.