The Houston Texans open their Week 3 schedule against the Indianapolis Colts, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indiana. Both teams are winless at 0-2 and will be looking to snap their early season losing streak. In terms of the all-time series, Indy leads 33-15-1, but the Texans have won the last five meetings.
Houston will be without wide receiver Nico Collins to a hamstring injury, putting more pressure on CJ Stroud and the rest of the offense. The Texans will also look to their defense, led by Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter, to slow Colts quarterback Daniel Jones.
The following section examines the officiating crew assigned to this matchup and details the Texans’ uniform combination for Sunday.
Heralds
- Play-by-play: Tom McCarthy
- Color comment: Robert Turbin
- Sideline reporter: Tiffany Blackmon
Robert Turbin is the most recognizable name on this crew for Texans fans. The former NFL running back is in his first season as a CBS game analyst and will call a Texans game for the first time. Turbin spent eight seasons in the NFL and was a part of Seattle’s early 2010s teams, including the Seahawks’ Super Bowl XLVIII championship squad. He also knows Houston from his playing career, making Sunday’s assignment familiar in a different capacity.
Referees
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- Head Referee: Ron Torbert
Torbert is one of the NFL’s most prolific referees. He has worked more than 100 games as a referee and has postseason experience, including Super Bowl LVI. His 2026 crew averaged 12.3 penalties per game in the tracked sample, while Torbert committed 113 games in the reference data set.
An interesting trend for Sunday is that 50% of Torbert’s penalties in two weeks have come from offensive handling and false starts. That could be important for two offenses that have struggled to establish consistency early in the season.
Jersey combination
The Texans will wear their usual road looks for the trip to Indianapolis:
- helmet: Deep steel blue
- Jersey: Liberty White
- pants: Deep steel blue
- socks: White