There is no more suspense. The Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills know when they will face one another in the AFC wild-card playoffs.
As usual, the Texans will play the Bills at 3:35 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 4, on ESPN/ABC at NRG Stadium.
When the Bills made the playoffs in 2017 as a wild-card, they were one of the Sunday teams to play that weekend. The last time the Bills played on Saturday afternoon in the wild-card round was in 1999 during the Music City Miracle.
The Texans earned their playoff spot with a 10-6 record to win the AFC South for the second consecutive year, fourth time in five seasons, and sixth time in the history of the division, second only to the Indianapolis Colts’ seven.
Buffalo punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 10-6 record and out-classed the rest of the conference’s runner-ups. In fact, the Bills were in play for the AFC East as late as Week 16, but fell to the New England Patriots 24-17 at Gillette Stadium.
