The Houston Texans enter 2012 as the favorites to repeat as champions in the AFC South, but they've got a fairly difficult schedule to navigate. In addition to their divisional games, they host the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens while going away to the New York Jets, New England Patriots and Detroit Lions. Arguably the toughest part of their schedule is the three-game road trip late in the season where they play three teams that had .500-or-better records last year -- the Lions, Patriots and Tennessee Titans.

Week 1: Miami Dolphins
Week 2: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 3: at Denver Broncos
Week 4: Tennessee Titans
Week 5: at New York Jets
Week 6: Green Bay Packers
Week 7: Baltimore Ravens
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: Buffalo Bills
Week 10: at Chicago Bears
Week 11: Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 12: at Detroit Lions
Week 13: at Tennessee Titans
Week 14: at New England Patriots
Week 15: Indianapolis Colts
Week 16: Minnesota Vikings
Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts

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