Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 29, Indianapolis 27
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 8, 2024
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 65306
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 6631429
Indianapolis 7061427
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:44
Houston FG Indianapolis 0 - Houston 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:12
Indianapolis TD Indianapolis 7 - Houston 3
Alec Pierce 60 yd. pass from Anthony Richardson (Spencer Shrader kick)
1st Quarter - 1:37
Houston FG Indianapolis 7 - Houston 6
Ka'imi Fairbairn 50 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:31
Houston TD Indianapolis 7 - Houston 12
Stefon Diggs 9 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (run failed)
3rd Quarter - 10:55
Houston FG Indianapolis 7 - Houston 15
Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:40
Indianapolis TD Indianapolis 13 - Houston 15
Jonathan Taylor 5 yd. run (run failed)
4th Quarter - 13:41
Houston TD Indianapolis 13 - Houston 22
Joe Mixon 3 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 12:12
Indianapolis TD Indianapolis 20 - Houston 22
Ashton Dulin 54 yd. pass from Anthony Richardson (Spencer Shrader kick)
4th Quarter - 4:42
Houston TD Indianapolis 20 - Houston 29
Stefon Diggs 2 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 2:14
Indianapolis TD Indianapolis 27 - Houston 29
Anthony Richardson 3 yd. run (Spencer Shrader kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Indianapolis
1st Downs 26 14
Rushing 11 9
Passing 13 4
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 5-10
4th Down Conversions 2-2 1-2
Punts-Average 2-28.0 3-50.7
Return Yards 0 109
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 4-109
Int - Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-30 4-20
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 40:00 20:00
Total Net Yards 417 303
Total Plays 76 43
Average Gain 5.5 7.0
Net Yards Rushing 213 104
Rushes 40 22
Average/Rush 5.3 4.7
Net Yards Passing 204 199
Comp-Att 24-32 9-19
Yards/Pass 5.7 9.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-30 2-13
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-3 3-4
Field Goals 3-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Stroud 24/32 234 2 0
Indianapolis Colts (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Richardson 9/19 212 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Mixon 30 159 5.3 1 13
T. Dell 2 19 9.5 0 17
D. Pierce 3 16 5.3 0 9
C. Stroud 4 13 3.2 0 13
S. Diggs 1 6 6.0 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Richardson 6 56 9.3 1 19
J. Taylor 16 48 3.0 1 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Collins 8 6 117 19.5 0 55
T. Dell 7 3 40 13.3 0 23
S. Diggs 6 6 33 5.5 2 10
J. Mixon 3 3 19 6.3 0 11
D. Schultz 3 3 16 5.3 0 7
X. Hutchinson 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
B. Jordan 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
D. Ogunbowale 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Pierce 3 3 125 41.7 1 60
A. Dulin 1 1 54 54.0 1 54
M. Pittman Jr. 8 4 31 7.8 0 13
A. Mitchell 5 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Alie-Cox 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Granson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Bullock 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0 11.0
F. Fatukasi 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Buckner 1.5 12.0
T. Lewis 1.0 8.0
K. Paye 1.0 5.0
D. Odeyingbo 0.5 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Stingley Jr. 4 0
J. Pitre 3 0
J. Ward 3 0
F. Fatukasi 3 1
H. To'oto'o 3 4
W. Anderson Jr. 2 0
M. Edwards Jr. 2 1
A. Al-Shaair 2 3
D. Hunter 1 0
K. Davis 1 1
D. Barnett 0 1
K. Lassiter 0 2
C. Bullock 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Blackmon 10 3
E. Speed 8 2
N. Cross 8 6
J. Jones 7 2
D. Buckner 5 1
K. Moore II 4 1
T. Lewis 4 2
Z. Franklin 4 4
J. Brents 3 4
K. Paye 1 1
D. Odeyingbo 0 1
G. Stewart 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
H. To'oto'o 1.0
W. Anderson Jr. 1.0
F. Fatukasi 1.0
D. Stingley Jr. 1.0
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Paye 1.0
D. Buckner 1.0
J. Jones 1.0
T. Lewis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles