BUFFALO, N.Y. — It's official: The Buffalo Bills will travel to Houston and play the Texans next weekend in an AFC wild card game.
The game will be at 4:35 p.m. Saturday.
The other AFC game will follow at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. That one features the Tennessee Titans at the New England Patriots.
In the NFC, the Minnesota Vikings will travel to the New Orleans Saints in a game that starts at 1:05 p.m. Sunday.
That will be followed by the Seattle Seahawks at the Philadelphia Eagles at 4:40 p.m., in a game that can be seen on Channel 2.
While the Bills were locked into the top wild card spot entering Week 17, the opponent remained up in the air, pending other games. They lost 13-6 to the Jets on Sunday in their regular-season finale in Orchard Park.
When Kansas City beat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-21 in an early afternoon game, that officially sent the Bills to Houston. The Bills and Texans did not meet in the regular season.
However, the two teams did meet last season. The Texans beat Buffalo 20-13 on October 14, 2018.
The Bills led 13-10 on the road going into the fourth quarter, but the Texans scored 10 points in only 11 seconds late in the game to steal a victory.
A field goal with 1 minute, 34 seconds to play tied it. Then Johnathan Joseph's 28-yard interception return of a Nathan Peterman pass for a touchdown put Houston up for good.
Josh Allen had left the game in the third quarter with an elbow injury. He was 10-of-17 passing for 84 yards and ran for another 20 yards.
Peterman was 6-of-12 passing for 61 yards, one touchdown and two picks.
The Bills' defense largely held Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson in check that day. He completed 15 of 25 passes for 177 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
