Colts 30-38 Texans (Jan 4, 2026)

Scoring Plays All Drives

IND

HOU

1

10

6

2

7

17

3

10

3

4

3

12

30

38

1Q 12:11

0 - 3

K. Fairbairn 51-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 22

1Q 10:45

7 - 3

A. Pierce 66-yard TD catch from R. Leonard.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 7 23 yd after catch

1Q 06:41

7 - 6

K. Fairbairn 48-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 4

1Q 00:39

10 - 6

B. Grupe 50-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 3

2Q 09:40

10 - 13

J. Higgins 11-yard TD catch from C.J. Stroud.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

2Q 08:38

10 - 20

C.J. Stroud 2-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

2Q 01:29

17 - 20

A. Pierce 8-yard TD catch from R. Leonard.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & Goal

2Q 00:03

17 - 23

K. Fairbairn 29-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 4

3Q 13:11

24 - 23

R. Leonard 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

3Q 06:58

24 - 26

K. Fairbairn 43-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 7

3Q 01:47

27 - 26

B. Grupe 39-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & Goal

4Q 11:20

27 - 29

K. Fairbairn 44-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 2

4Q 02:42

30 - 29

B. Grupe 22-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 2

4Q 00:17

30 - 32

K. Fairbairn 43-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 7

4Q 00:05

30 - 38

T. Togiai 17-yard TD fumble return.

Touchdown

1st & 10 -9 yd after catch

Top Performers

Pass Yds

270

Leonard

IND

Rush Yds

63

Brooks

HOU

Rec Yds

132

Pierce

IND

Scrim TD

2

Pierce

IND

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Riley Leonard

IND QB #15

C.J. Stroud

HOU QB #7

270

Pass Yds

169

2

Pass TD

1

Int

0

IND

Team Stats

HOU

354

Total Yds

339

31:45

Possession

28:15

19

1st Downs

22

8/15

3rd Down

4/13

2/4

Red Zone

2/3

3

Turnovers

0

2025 AFC South

Team	W	L	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	.765
Texans - w	12	5	.706
Colts - e	8	9	.471
Titans - e	3	14	.176

Game Summary

The Houston Texans emerged victorious over the Indianapolis Colts, 38 to 30, yesterday.

Game Info

January 4, 2026

CBS

NRG Stadium

Houston, Texas

61°

6 mph W

Land Clark #130, Mark Pellis #131, Tom Stephan #68, Jeff Hutcheon #46, Jabir Walker #26, Dominique Pender #114, Brad Freeman #88, Gerald Frye #0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	21/34	270	7.9	2	1	1-8	94.0
Rigoberto Sanchez R. Sanchez #8	1/1	16	16.0	0	0	0-0	118.8

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud #7	14/23	169	7.3	1	0	0-0	97.9
Davis Mills D. Mills #10	3/9	36	4.0	0	0	0-0	46.5

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
DJ Giddens DJ Giddens #21	8	30	3.8	0	9
Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor #28	14	26	1.9	0	8
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	3	21	7.0	1	11
Tyler Goodson T. Goodson #31	1	3	3.0	0	3
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	1	1	1.0	0	1
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
British Brooks B. Brooks #44	13	63	4.8	0	20
Woody Marks W. Marks #27	10	48	4.8	0	9
Davis Mills D. Mills #10	1	12	12.0	0	12
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud #7	2	5	2.5	1	3
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1	3	3.0	0	3
Jawhar Jordan J. Jordan #26	5	3	0.6	0	2

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alec Pierce A. Pierce #14	4/7	132	33.0	2	66
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	4/4	61	15.3	0	30
Tyler Warren T. Warren #84	5/8	26	5.2	0	9
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	2/2	24	12.0	0	15
Mo Alie-Cox M. Alie-Cox #81	3/4	22	7.3	0	16
Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor #28	2/2	13	6.5	0	11
Michael Pittman Jr. M. Pittman Jr. #11	2/4	11	5.5	0	16
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	0/2	0	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Xavier Hutchinson X. Hutchinson #19	5/9	84	16.8	0	33
Dalton Schultz D. Schultz #86	4/4	73	18.3	0	32
Jayden Higgins J. Higgins #81	2/5	23	11.5	1	12
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	1/1	13	13.0	0	13
Cade Stover C. Stover #87	1/2	9	9.0	0	9
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1/2	6	6.0	0	6
Woody Marks W. Marks #27	2/3	0	0.0	0	3
Christian Kirk C. Kirk #13	1/2	-3	-3.0	0	-3

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	2	2	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Tommy Togiai T. Togiai #72	0	0	1
Henry To'oTo'o H. To'oTo'o #39	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL
Zaire Franklin Z. Franklin #44	12-7	2
Nick Cross N. Cross #20	6-3	0
Adetomiwa Adebawore A. Adebawore #95	6-3	1
Samson Ebukam S. Ebukam #52	5-2	0
Germaine Pratt G. Pratt #53	5-2	0
Cam Bynum C. Bynum #0	5-2	0
Rodney Thomas II R. Thomas II #25	5-4	0
Jaylon Jones J. Jones #40	4-3	0
Neville Gallimore N. Gallimore #92	3-1	0
Mekhi Blackmon M. Blackmon #29	3-3	0
Grover Stewart G. Stewart #90	2-1	0
Chris Wormley C. Wormley #96	2-2	0
Buddy Johnson B. Johnson #59	2-0	0
Cameron Mitchell C. Mitchell #43	2-2	0
Laiatu Latu L. Latu #97	2-0	0
Kenny Moore II K. Moore II #23	1-0	0
Tyquan Lewis T. Lewis #94	1-0	0
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	1-0	0
Kwity Paye K. Paye #51	1-1	0
Tyler Goodson T. Goodson #31	1-1	0
Austin Ajiake A. Ajiake #58	1-0	0
Tyler Warren T. Warren #84	1-1	0
JT Tuimoloau JT Tuimoloau #91	1-0	0
Johnathan Edwards J. Edwards #35	1-0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
E.J. Speed E.J. Speed #45	6-1	0	0.0	0	0
Damone Clark D. Clark #31	6-2	0	0.0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr. #51	6-4	1	0.0	0	0
Myles Bryant M. Bryant #25	5-4	0	0.0	0	0
Derek Barnett D. Barnett #95	4-2	1	0.0	0	0
Tremon Smith T. Smith #11	4-2	0	0.0	0	0
K'Von Wallace K. Wallace #38	4-4	1	0.0	0	0
Tommy Togiai T. Togiai #72	4-4	1	0.0	0	0
Alijah Huzzie A. Huzzie #36	4-3	0	0.0	1	0
Jalen Pitre J. Pitre #5	3-0	0	0.0	0	0
Calen Bullock C. Bullock #2	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Danielle Hunter D. Hunter #55	2-1	1	1.0	0	1
Sheldon Rankins S. Rankins #90	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Christian Harris C. Harris #48	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Ja'Marcus Ingram J. Ingram #42	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Dylan Horton D. Horton #92	2-2	1	0.0	0	1
Henry To'oTo'o H. To'oTo'o #39	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Kaevon Merriweather K. Merriweather #32	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Justin Watson J. Watson #84	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Azeez Al-Shaair A. Al-Shaair #0	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Leki Fotu L. Fotu #58	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Naquan Jones N. Jones #91	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr. D. Stingley Jr. #24	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Cade Stover C. Stover #87	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
British Brooks B. Brooks #44	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Blake Grupe B. Grupe #10	3/3	3/3	12	50

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Ka'imi Fairbairn K. Fairbairn #15	6/6	2/2	20	51

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Rigoberto Sanchez R. Sanchez #8	2	90	45.0	49

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Tommy Townsend T. Townsend #6	3	121	40.3	45

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	2	53	26.5	0	0
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	2	59	29.5	0	0

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	6	175	29.2	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	1	13	13.0	13	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	1	6	6.0	6	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	21/34	270	7.9	2	1	1-8	94.0
Rigoberto Sanchez R. Sanchez #8	1/1	16	16.0	0	0	0-0	118.8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
DJ Giddens DJ Giddens #21	8	30	3.8	0	9
Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor #28	14	26	1.9	0	8
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	3	21	7.0	1	11
Tyler Goodson T. Goodson #31	1	3	3.0	0	3
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	1	1	1.0	0	1
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alec Pierce A. Pierce #14	4/7	132	33.0	2	66
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	4/4	61	15.3	0	30
Tyler Warren T. Warren #84	5/8	26	5.2	0	9
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	2/2	24	12.0	0	15
Mo Alie-Cox M. Alie-Cox #81	3/4	22	7.3	0	16
Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor #28	2/2	13	6.5	0	11
Michael Pittman Jr. M. Pittman Jr. #11	2/4	11	5.5	0	16
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	0/2	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Riley Leonard R. Leonard #15	2	2	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL
Zaire Franklin Z. Franklin #44	12-7	2
Nick Cross N. Cross #20	6-3	0
Adetomiwa Adebawore A. Adebawore #95	6-3	1
Samson Ebukam S. Ebukam #52	5-2	0
Germaine Pratt G. Pratt #53	5-2	0
Cam Bynum C. Bynum #0	5-2	0
Rodney Thomas II R. Thomas II #25	5-4	0
Jaylon Jones J. Jones #40	4-3	0
Neville Gallimore N. Gallimore #92	3-1	0
Mekhi Blackmon M. Blackmon #29	3-3	0
Grover Stewart G. Stewart #90	2-1	0
Chris Wormley C. Wormley #96	2-2	0
Buddy Johnson B. Johnson #59	2-0	0
Cameron Mitchell C. Mitchell #43	2-2	0
Laiatu Latu L. Latu #97	2-0	0
Kenny Moore II K. Moore II #23	1-0	0
Tyquan Lewis T. Lewis #94	1-0	0
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	1-0	0
Kwity Paye K. Paye #51	1-1	0
Tyler Goodson T. Goodson #31	1-1	0
Austin Ajiake A. Ajiake #58	1-0	0
Tyler Warren T. Warren #84	1-1	0
JT Tuimoloau JT Tuimoloau #91	1-0	0
Johnathan Edwards J. Edwards #35	1-0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Blake Grupe B. Grupe #10	3/3	3/3	12	50

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Rigoberto Sanchez R. Sanchez #8	2	90	45.0	49

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah #26	2	53	26.5	0	0
Ashton Dulin A. Dulin #16	2	59	29.5	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Josh Downs J. Downs #2	1	13	13.0	13	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud #7	14/23	169	7.3	1	0	0-0	97.9
Davis Mills D. Mills #10	3/9	36	4.0	0	0	0-0	46.5

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
British Brooks B. Brooks #44	13	63	4.8	0	20
Woody Marks W. Marks #27	10	48	4.8	0	9
Davis Mills D. Mills #10	1	12	12.0	0	12
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud #7	2	5	2.5	1	3
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1	3	3.0	0	3
Jawhar Jordan J. Jordan #26	5	3	0.6	0	2

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Xavier Hutchinson X. Hutchinson #19	5/9	84	16.8	0	33
Dalton Schultz D. Schultz #86	4/4	73	18.3	0	32
Jayden Higgins J. Higgins #81	2/5	23	11.5	1	12
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	1/1	13	13.0	0	13
Cade Stover C. Stover #87	1/2	9	9.0	0	9
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1/2	6	6.0	0	6
Woody Marks W. Marks #27	2/3	0	0.0	0	3
Christian Kirk C. Kirk #13	1/2	-3	-3.0	0	-3

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Tommy Togiai T. Togiai #72	0	0	1
Henry To'oTo'o H. To'oTo'o #39	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
E.J. Speed E.J. Speed #45	6-1	0	0.0	0	0
Damone Clark D. Clark #31	6-2	0	0.0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr. #51	6-4	1	0.0	0	0
Myles Bryant M. Bryant #25	5-4	0	0.0	0	0
Derek Barnett D. Barnett #95	4-2	1	0.0	0	0
Tremon Smith T. Smith #11	4-2	0	0.0	0	0
K'Von Wallace K. Wallace #38	4-4	1	0.0	0	0
Tommy Togiai T. Togiai #72	4-4	1	0.0	0	0
Alijah Huzzie A. Huzzie #36	4-3	0	0.0	1	0
Jalen Pitre J. Pitre #5	3-0	0	0.0	0	0
Calen Bullock C. Bullock #2	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Danielle Hunter D. Hunter #55	2-1	1	1.0	0	1
Sheldon Rankins S. Rankins #90	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Christian Harris C. Harris #48	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Ja'Marcus Ingram J. Ingram #42	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Dylan Horton D. Horton #92	2-2	1	0.0	0	1
Henry To'oTo'o H. To'oTo'o #39	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Kaevon Merriweather K. Merriweather #32	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Dare Ogunbowale D. Ogunbowale #33	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Justin Watson J. Watson #84	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Azeez Al-Shaair A. Al-Shaair #0	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Leki Fotu L. Fotu #58	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Naquan Jones N. Jones #91	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr. D. Stingley Jr. #24	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Cade Stover C. Stover #87	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
British Brooks B. Brooks #44	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Ka'imi Fairbairn K. Fairbairn #15	6/6	2/2	20	51

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Tommy Townsend T. Townsend #6	3	121	40.3	45

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	6	175	29.2	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jaylin Noel J. Noel #14	1	6	6.0	6	0

IND

HOU

1

10

6

2

7

17

3

10

3

4

3

12

30

38

Field Goal

8 plays, 49 yd, 02:55

0-3

Touchdown

3 plays, 69 yd, 01:29

7-3

Field Goal

7 plays, 31 yd, 04:00

7-6

Field Goal

11 plays, 39 yd, 06:02

10-6

Touchdown

11 plays, 82 yd, 06:00

10-13

Fumble

2 plays, -13 yd, 00:56

10-13

Touchdown

1 play, 2 yd, 00:06

10-20

Punt

3 plays, 3 yd, 01:27

10-20

Punt

7 plays, 23 yd, 03:06

10-20

Touchdown

8 plays, 62 yd, 02:34

17-20

Field Goal

9 plays, 38 yd, 01:25

17-23

Touchdown

4 plays, 65 yd, 01:55

24-23

Punt

3 plays, 3 yd, 01:42

24-23

Punt

3 plays, 6 yd, 01:04

24-23

Field Goal

8 plays, 47 yd, 03:26

24-26

Field Goal

13 plays, 59 yd, 05:11

27-26

Punt

5 plays, 16 yd, 01:55

27-26

Interception

5 plays, 16 yd, 02:19

27-26

Field Goal

4 plays, 8 yd, 01:13

27-29

Field Goal

14 plays, 56 yd, 08:36

30-29

Field Goal

7 plays, 40 yd, 02:27

30-32

Fumble TD

1 play, -8 yd, 00:12

30-38

IND

Team Stats

HOU

354

Total Yds

339

278

Pass Yds

205

76

Rush Yds

134

11

Total Drives

11

64

Total Plays

64

5.5

Yards Per Play

5.3

7.7

Yards Per Pass

6.4

2.7

Yards Per Rush

4.2

31:45

Possession

28:15

4

Biggest Lead

10

19

1st Downs

22

11

Passing 1st Downs

9

7

Rushing 1st Downs

10

1

1st Downs from Penalties

3

8/15

3rd Down

4/13

1/1

4th Down

0/0

2/4

Red Zone

2/3

2

Punts

3

Turnovers

0

1

Interceptions Thrown

0

2

Fumbles Lost

0

7

Penalties

7

0.0

Sacks

1.0

3

Tackles For Loss

6

0

D/ST TD

0

8-9 IND

HOU 12-5

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

2025 AFC South

Game Summary

Game Info

Team Stats