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What channel is the Bills game on? How to watch Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texans

ORCHARD PARK - There are two intriguing games in the 1 p.m. broadcast window this week in the NFL, and while Ravens at Bengals is a matchup of AFC North rivals, it’s not as juicy as what will be taking place in Houston when the Texans host the Buffalo Bills.

If you want to call it the Stefon Diggs Bowl, go right ahead because the mercurial wide receiver facing his former Bills teammates for the first time since he was traded to the Texans in April is one of the league’s biggest storylines for Week 5.

Diggs has made a few remarks in the five-plus months since the trade that lend a little spice to this game, and while Josh Allen has denied his intent, it felt like a veiled shot at Diggs when he said following Buffalo’s blowout victory over Jacksonville on Sept. 23, “It’s a fun and wonderful thing when you got a bunch of guys that don’t care about the stats, they don’t care about the touchdowns.”

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The last time the Bills played the Texans, Stefon Diggs was playing for Buffalo and making seven catches for 114 yards.
The last time the Bills played the Texans, Stefon Diggs was playing for Buffalo and making seven catches for 114 yards.

A few days later, he offered that, “I love (Diggs), I still do. But everyone wants to keep making this thing a thing. We’re so focused on what’s going on inside of our building and that’s the only thing we’re caring about right now.”

Regardless, Diggs facing the Bills will be theatrical which is why the Bills-Texans game will be shown via CBS to the vast majority of the country.

Here’s the broadcast and betting information for Bills vs. Texans:

What time is the Bills vs Texans game?

  • Date: Sunday, Oct. 6

  • Time: 1 p.m.

  • Place: NRG Stadium

Who is favored to win Bills vs. Texans game

  • Betting line: Bills -1

  • Over-under: 46.5

  • Money line: Bills minus-115 (bet $115 to win $100) and Texans plus-105 (bet $100 to win $105).

Who is announcing the Bills vs. Texans game

  • Play-by-play: Ian Eagle

  • Analyst: Charles Davis

  • Sideline reporter: Evan Washburn

How to watch Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texans game on TV, streaming

Cable/Network TV: CBS. The game will be available locally via the following stations: WROC channel 8 (Rochester area), WIVB channel 4 (Buffalo area), WTVH channel 5 (Syracuse area), WKTV channel 2 (Utica area), WENY channel 2 (Elmira area), WRGB channel 10 (Albany area), and WBNG channel 12 (Binghamton area).

Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and you can subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, though you can’t cast the games to your TV - you must watch on your phone or tablet.

TV streaming: You can also stream games if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV, fuboTV, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and Paramount+.

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On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Texans game

You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 381 (Bills feed) and channel 229 (Texans feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations all across the state. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:

  • Rochester (WCMF 96.5 and WROC 950 AM)

  • Buffalo (WGR550, 550 AM)

  • Syracuse (WTKW 99.5/WTKV 105.5)

  • Binghamton (WDRE 100.5FM)

  • Ithaca (WIII 99.9/100.3 FM)

  • Bath (WVIN 98.3 FM)

  • Newark (WACK 1420 AM)

  • Dansville (WDNY 93.9 FM)

  • Elmira (WNGZ 1490 AM)

  • Auburn (WAUB 98.1 FM/1590 AM)

  • Geneva (WGVA 95.9 FM, 1240 AM)

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