Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Cincinnati 37, Houston 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 27, 2020
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Brad Rogers
Attendance: 12344
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cincinnati 73141337
Houston 3714731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:32
Cincinnati TD Houston 0 - Cincinnati 7
Drew Sample 8 yd. pass from Brandon Allen (Austin Seibert kick)
1st Quarter - 1:22
Houston FG Houston 3 - Cincinnati 7
Ka'imi Fairbairn 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:30
Cincinnati FG Houston 3 - Cincinnati 10
Austin Seibert 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:54
Houston TD Houston 10 - Cincinnati 10
Brandin Cooks 25 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:59
Cincinnati TD Houston 10 - Cincinnati 17
Samaje Perine 46 yd. run (Austin Seibert kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:05
Houston TD Houston 17 - Cincinnati 17
David Johnson 4 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:46
Cincinnati TD Houston 17 - Cincinnati 24
Tee Higgins 20 yd. pass from Brandon Allen (Austin Seibert kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:55
Houston TD Houston 24 - Cincinnati 24
David Johnson 2 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 10:35
Cincinnati FG Houston 24 - Cincinnati 27
Austin Seibert 48 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 6:15
Houston TD Houston 31 - Cincinnati 27
Darren Fells 22 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 1:57
Cincinnati TD Houston 31 - Cincinnati 34
Samaje Perine 3 yd. run (Austin Seibert kick)
4th Quarter - 0:18
Cincinnati FG Houston 31 - Cincinnati 37
Austin Seibert 36 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cincinnati Houston
1st Downs 27 23
Rushing 7 8
Passing 18 14
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-13 4-9
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Punts-Average 1-40.0 4-45.0
Return Yards 31 35
Punts-Returns 1-7 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 1-24 2-35
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-35 6-46
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1
Time of Possession 36:10 23:50
Total Net Yards 540 488
Total Plays 71 51
Average Gain 7.6 9.6
Net Yards Rushing 169 166
Rushes 33 17
Average/Rush 5.1 9.8
Net Yards Passing 371 322
Comp-Att 29-38 24-33
Yards/Pass 9.8 9.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-2
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 2 1
Passing 2 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 4-4
Field Goals 3-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cincinnati Bengals (4-10-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Allen 29/37 371 2 0
A. Erickson 0/1 0 0 0
Houston Texans (4-11)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 24/33 324 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Perine 13 95 7.3 2 46
G. Bernard 16 65 4.1 0 11
T. Williams 2 6 3.0 0 6
B. Allen 2 3 1.5 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Johnson 12 128 10.7 1 48
D. Watson 5 38 7.6 0 14
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Higgins 9 6 99 16.5 1 30
A. Erickson 6 6 88 14.7 0 42
G. Bernard 8 7 66 9.4 0 28
A. Green 7 4 64 16.0 0 33
S. Perine 4 4 41 10.2 0 15
D. Sample 1 1 8 8.0 1 8
T. Irwin 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 10 7 141 20.1 1 50
K. Coutee 5 5 54 10.8 0 17
J. Akins 4 4 39 9.8 0 15
P. Brown 1 1 29 29.0 0 29
D. Fells 2 1 22 22.0 1 22
D. Johnson 3 3 11 3.7 1 12
C. Hansen 3 1 8 8.0 0 8
C. Heck 0 0 8 0 0 8
M. Scharping 0 0 7 0 0 7
K. Warring 3 1 3 3.0 0 3
S. Mitchell 2 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Hubbard 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Phillips 7 2
V. Bell 6 2
L. Sims 4 1
J. Bynes 3 1
G. Pratt 3 2
W. Jackson III 2 0
J. Bates III 2 1
S. Hubbard 2 2
M. Hunt 1 0
C. Lawson 1 0
C. Covington 0 1
M. Alexander 0 1
S. Williams 0 1
M. Daniels 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
Z. Cunningham 9 5
K. Crossen 8 0
T. Adams 8 1
L. Johnson Jr. 6 5
V. Hargreaves III 5 1
J. Reid 3 1
J. Martin 3 1
A. Moore Jr. 2 1
J. Greenard 1 0
R. Blacklock 1 0
C. Watkins 1 1
C. Omenihu 1 2
J. Watt 1 2
B. Scarlett 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Pratt 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Martin 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Coutee 1
D. Watson 2
C. Heck 1