National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Kansas City 42,
Houston 34
When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, October 8, 2017
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ron Torbert
Attendance: 71835
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ron Torbert
Attendance: 71835
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Kansas City | 3 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 42 |
| Houston | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 6:53 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Houston 0 - Kansas City 3 Harrison Butker 35 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 11:23 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Houston 0 - Kansas City 6 Harrison Butker 42 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 5:45 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Houston 0 - Kansas City 13 Charcandrick West 8 yd. pass from Alex Smith (Harrison Butker kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:17 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Houston 0 - Kansas City 16 Harrison Butker 41 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:49 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Houston 7 - Kansas City 16 DeAndre Hopkins 6 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:34 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Houston 7 - Kansas City 23 Charcandrick West 4 yd. pass from Alex Smith (Harrison Butker kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 3:20 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Houston 13 - Kansas City 23 Will Fuller V 9 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (pass failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 14:01 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Houston 13 - Kansas City 26 Harrison Butker 35 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 12:00 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Houston 20 - Kansas City 26 Will Fuller V 48 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 8:57 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Houston 20 - Kansas City 32 De'Anthony Thomas 10 yd. pass from Alex Smith (pass failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 7:22 | ||
| Kansas City | TD |
Houston 20 - Kansas City 39 Tyreek Hill 82 yd. punt return (Harrison Butker kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:57 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Houston 26 - Kansas City 39 DeAndre Hopkins 34 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (pass failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 1:08 | ||
| Kansas City | FG |
Houston 26 - Kansas City 42 Harrison Butker 49 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Houston 34 - Kansas City 42 DeAndre Hopkins 1 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Deshaun Watson run) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Kansas City | Houston | |
| 1st Downs | 29 | 20 |
| Rushing | 5 | 6 |
| Passing | 21 | 13 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 9-16 | 3-10 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 2-43.0 | 5-48.0 |
| Return Yards | 136 | 100 |
| Punts-Returns | 4-79 | 1-49 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 3-57 | 2-51 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 6-64 | 7-59 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Time of Possession | 38:17 | 21:43 |
| Total Net Yards | 450 | 392 |
| Total Plays | 73 | 57 |
| Average Gain | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 127 | 144 |
| Rushes | 35 | 23 |
| Average/Rush | 3.6 | 6.3 |
| Net Yards Passing | 323 | 248 |
| Comp-Att | 29-37 | 16-31 |
| Yards/Pass | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 1-1 | 3-13 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 5 |
| Rushing | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | 3 | 5 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-4 | 3-5 |
| Field Goals | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 3-5-60% | 3-3-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1-1-100% | 2-2-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Kansas City Chiefs
(5-0)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| A. Smith | 29/37 | 324 | 3 | 0 |
Houston Texans
(2-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Watson | 16/31 | 261 | 5 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| L. Miller | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Foreman | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 25 |
| D. Watson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 |
| W. Fuller V | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| T. Kelce | 11 | 8 | 98 | 12.2 | 0 | 26 |
| T. Hill | 6 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 38 |
| C. Conley | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 19 |
| R. Travis | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Harris | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 |
| A. Wilson | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 |
| D. Robinson | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| C. West | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Thomas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 |
| K. Hunt | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 |
| A. Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| S. Anderson | 2 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | 42 |
| W. Fuller V | 3 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 2 | 48 |
| D. Hopkins | 12 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 3 | 34 |
| B. Ellington | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 |
| R. Griffin | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| C. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| L. Miller | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 |
| D. Foreman | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Houston | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| C. Jones | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| D. Sorensen | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| F. Zombo | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Heath | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| R. Parker | 5 | 3 |
| F. Zombo | 4 | 1 |
| D. Sorensen | 4 | 2 |
| B. Logan | 3 | 0 |
| M. Peters | 2 | 0 |
| P. Gaines | 2 | 1 |
| J. Houston | 2 | 1 |
| A. Bailey | 2 | 1 |
| D. Johnson | 2 | 3 |
| E. Murray | 1 | 0 |
| K. Pierre-Louis | 1 | 0 |
| R. Miller | 1 | 0 |
| T. Mitchell | 1 | 1 |
| C. Jones | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| M. Gilchrist | 7 | 2 |
| J. Joseph | 5 | 1 |
| J. Heath | 4 | 0 |
| A. Hal | 4 | 5 |
| Z. Cunningham | 4 | 5 |
| B. Dunn | 3 | 0 |
| B. Scarlett | 3 | 1 |
| K. Jackson | 3 | 2 |
| B. McKinney | 3 | 3 |
| C. Covington | 2 | 1 |
| D. Reader | 2 | 2 |
| J. Banks | 2 | 2 |
| D. Cole | 2 | 3 |
| U. Kamalu | 1 | 0 |
| E. Pleasant | 1 | 0 |
| J. Clowney | 1 | 2 |
| J. Watt | 0 | 2 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| B. Logan | 1.0 |
| J. Houston | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| B. McKinney | 2.0 |
| J. Clowney | 1.0 |
| D. Cole | 1.0 |
| U. Kamalu | 1.0 |
| J. Heath | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| R. Travis | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Foreman | 1 |