Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Indianapolis 26, Houston 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 6, 2020
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Scott Novak
Attendance: 12316
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Indianapolis 14100226
Houston 10100020
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:52
Indianapolis TD Houston 0 - Indianapolis 7
T.Y. Hilton 21 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
1st Quarter - 7:51
Houston TD Houston 7 - Indianapolis 7
Deshaun Watson 11 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
1st Quarter - 4:33
Houston FG Houston 10 - Indianapolis 7
Ka'imi Fairbairn 52 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:41
Indianapolis TD Houston 10 - Indianapolis 14
Nyheim Hines 5 yd. run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:17
Indianapolis TD Houston 10 - Indianapolis 21
Jonathan Taylor 39 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:39
Houston TD Houston 17 - Indianapolis 21
David Johnson 6 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:12
Indianapolis FG Houston 17 - Indianapolis 24
Rodrigo Blankenship 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:05
Houston FG Houston 20 - Indianapolis 24
Ka'imi Fairbairn 34 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 6:02
Indianapolis S Houston 20 - Indianapolis 26
Deshaun Watson sacked in end zone by Justin Houston for a safety
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Indianapolis Houston
1st Downs 25 20
Rushing 8 4
Passing 15 15
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-11 5-13
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Punts-Average 5-47.0 3-48.3
Return Yards 118 112
Punts-Returns 2-22 3-25
Kickoffs-Returns 4-96 4-87
Int - Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-50 3-30
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 33:32 26:28
Total Net Yards 371 398
Total Plays 67 62
Average Gain 5.5 6.4
Net Yards Rushing 109 90
Rushes 29 19
Average/Rush 3.8 4.7
Net Yards Passing 262 308
Comp-Att 27-35 26-38
Yards/Pass 6.9 7.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-23 5-33
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 1 0
PLAYER STATS
Indianapolis Colts (8-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 27/35 285 2 0
Houston Texans (4-8)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 26/38 341 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Taylor 13 91 7.0 0 24
J. Wilkins 5 12 2.4 0 5
N. Hines 6 10 1.7 1 5
J. Brissett 2 1 0.5 0 2
P. Rivers 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
D. Harris 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Johnson 10 44 4.4 1 19
D. Watson 7 38 5.4 1 11
D. Johnson 2 8 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hilton 11 8 110 13.8 1 21
M. Pittman Jr. 5 5 46 9.2 0 13
J. Taylor 3 3 44 14.7 1 39
M. Alie-Cox 5 3 23 7.7 0 17
N. Hines 3 3 22 7.3 0 9
J. Doyle 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
T. Burton 3 1 11 11.0 0 11
Z. Pascal 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
J. Wilkins 2 2 6 3.0 0 11
A. Dulin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Coutee 9 8 141 17.6 0 64
C. Hansen 7 5 101 20.2 0 28
B. Cooks 8 5 65 13.0 0 23
D. Johnson 6 6 24 4.0 0 9
J. Akins 3 2 10 5.0 0 9
D. Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0
K. Warring 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Fells 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Moore II 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Houston 3.0 25.0
D. Buckner 2.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Moore Jr. 1.0 10.0
J. Watt 1.0 7.0
J. Martin 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Moore II 6 2
A. Walker 6 4
J. Houston 4 0
D. Buckner 4 0
D. Leonard 4 2
G. Stewart 3 0
T. Wilson 3 1
J. Blackmon 3 1
R. Ya-Sin 2 0
X. Rhodes 2 1
D. Autry 1 0
T. Carrie 1 0
A. Muhammad 1 0
K. Turay 1 1
T. Stallworth 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Reid 6 1
J. Watt 5 1
P. Gaines 5 1
Z. Cunningham 5 4
V. Hargreaves III 4 1
L. Johnson Jr. 4 2
T. Adams 4 8
A. Moore Jr. 2 2
K. Crossen 1 0
J. Martin 1 0
C. Omenihu 1 1
E. Murray 1 2
C. Liuget 0 1
C. Watkins 0 2
B. Dunn 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Houston 2.0
D. Buckner 2.0
D. Autry 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Watt 4.0
J. Reid 1.0
A. Moore Jr. 1.0
J. Martin 1.0
C. Omenihu 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Watson 2