The Houston Texans jumped in front of the Jacksonville Jaguars early Sunday morning at Wembley Stadium in London, with quarterback C.J. Stroud finding tight end Foster Moreau for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Week 6 NFL International Series game. The matchup, the third straight London fixture of the season, pitted a Jaguars team that arrived at 4-1 against a Texans squad trying to climb out of a 1-4 hole.

A Fast Start at Wembley

Stroud is looking sharp after a chunk gain to Nico Collins, finding tight end Foster Moreau for a six-yard touchdown for the first score of the game. The scoring drive was set up moments earlier when CJ Stroud and Nico Collins connect for a bomb, a 42-yard gain for the Texans offense to get their first first-down of the game.

The extra point gave Houston a 7-0 cushion with just over five minutes left in the opening quarter, an encouraging sign for a Texans offense that had struggled for much of the season heading into the London trip.

Marvin Harrison Jr.'s First Game in a Texans Uniform

Sunday also marked the debut of wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. in a Houston uniform. Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans told reporters Wednesday that Harrison is in the game plan and will make his debut with Houston on Sunday, days after arriving via trade from the Arizona Cardinals. The move, detailed in SportVoz's earlier coverage of the Marvin Harrison Jr. trade, adds another weapon alongside Nico Collins for Stroud as Houston tries to generate more consistent offense.

What Each Team Needed From This Game

Houston Looking to Turn the Corner

The Texans came into Week 6 at 1-4, and a win over a divisional rival in London would have gone a long way toward steadying a season that started poorly. Wembley Stadium in London marked the Texans' third international game and second trip to London, with Houston leading the all-time regular-season series 32-16 and having won four of the last six meetings.

Jacksonville Chasing Control of the AFC South

For the Jaguars, the stakes were just as high. This was Jacksonville's first divisional game of the season, with the Jaguars entering at 4-1 while the Texans sat at 1-4, giving Jacksonville the opportunity to really widen its lead in the AFC South race. The trip to London followed an eventful stretch for Jacksonville, which played its previous game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a contest covered by SportVoz in the piece on the Jaguars' chaotic London game against the Eagles the week before.

Keys to Watch

Beyond the early touchdown, several storylines stood out heading into and during the game. Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. entered Sunday leading the NFL with 7.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss, making him one of the most disruptive forces on either roster. On the other side of the ball, wide receiver Nico Collins carried a streak of 100-plus receiving yards in five straight games against Jacksonville, the NFL's longest active streak against a single opponent entering the matchup.

History at Wembley also loomed over the game. The Texans held the Jaguars to just three points at Wembley in 2019, Jacksonville's lowest total in 15 London games, giving Houston extra motivation to replicate that defensive performance against a Jaguars offense that had been one of the more productive units in the league this season.

How to Watch

The Week 6 matchup between the Texans and Jaguars is part of the NFL's international package from the NFL's international tour as the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans head across the pond for a Week 6 AFC South showdown at historic Wembley Stadium in London. The game kicked off at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 18, and was broadcast exclusively on NFL Network for a national audience, with NFL's proprietary streaming service, NFL+, also carrying the game.

Fans wanting more context on the broadcast crew could find Bob Wischusen on play-by-play, Louis Riddick on analysis and Molly McGrath reporting from the sideline for the London telecast. The game capped a stretch of three consecutive NFL games in London this season, part of the league's continued push to grow its international audience.

As the game continued past its opening touchdown, both teams looked to build on the early momentum — Houston hoping Stroud and his revamped receiving corps could keep pulling away, and Jacksonville looking to answer and protect its spot atop the AFC South standings.