National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Indianapolis 31, Houston 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 17, 2023
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 71159
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Indianapolis 14143031
Houston 7301020
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:44
Indianapolis TD Houston 0 - Indianapolis 7
Anthony Richardson 18 yd. run (Matt Gay kick)
1st Quarter - 9:13
Indianapolis TD Houston 0 - Indianapolis 14
Anthony Richardson 15 yd. run (Matt Gay kick)
1st Quarter - 3:14
Houston TD Houston 7 - Indianapolis 14
Nico Collins 8 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:43
Indianapolis TD Houston 7 - Indianapolis 21
Zack Moss 11 yd. run (Matt Gay kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:25
Houston FG Houston 10 - Indianapolis 21
Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:10
Indianapolis TD Houston 10 - Indianapolis 28
Kylen Granson 4 yd. pass from Gardner Minshew (Matt Gay kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:50
Indianapolis FG Houston 10 - Indianapolis 31
Matt Gay 42 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:24
Houston FG Houston 13 - Indianapolis 31
Ka'imi Fairbairn 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:48
Houston TD Houston 20 - Indianapolis 31
Tank Dell 23 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Indianapolis Houston
1st Downs 19 24
Rushing 6 3
Passing 13 18
Penalty 0 3
3rd Down Conversions 6-12 9-19
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Punts-Average 5-44.0 3-42.3
Return Yards 0 57
Punts-Returns 1-0 2-20
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 2-37
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-42 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Time of Possession 25:02 34:58
Total Net Yards 353 389
Total Plays 56 79
Average Gain 6.3 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 126 52
Rushes 23 26
Average/Rush 5.5 2.0
Net Yards Passing 227 337
Comp-Att 25-33 30-47
Yards/Pass 6.9 6.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 6-47
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 2
Rushing 3 0
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 4-4-100% 1-4-25%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Indianapolis Colts (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Minshew 19/23 171 1 0
A. Richardson 6/10 56 0 0
Houston Texans (0-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Stroud 30/47 384 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
Z. Moss 18 88 4.9 1 11
A. Richardson 3 35 11.7 2 18
G. Minshew 2 3 1.5 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Pierce 15 31 2.1 0 10
D. Singletary 4 14 3.5 0 5
D. Ogunbowale 2 4 2.0 0 2
A. Beck 2 2 1.0 0 2
C. Stroud 3 1 0.3 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Pittman Jr. 12 8 56 7.0 0 12
W. Mallory 2 2 49 24.5 0 43
J. Downs 5 4 37 9.2 0 12
A. Pierce 2 2 28 14.0 0 20
Z. Moss 4 4 19 4.8 0 7
K. Granson 4 3 16 5.3 1 11
M. Alie-Cox 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
I. McKenzie 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Collins 9 7 146 20.9 1 32
R. Woods 9 6 74 12.3 0 25
T. Dell 10 7 72 10.3 1 23
D. Schultz 7 4 34 8.5 0 14
B. Jordan 2 2 27 13.5 0 16
J. Metchie III 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
D. Singletary 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
D. Pierce 3 2 4 2.0 0 9
X. Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Martin 1.0 11.0
D. Buckner 1.0 9.0
E. Speed 1.0 9.0
S. Ebukam 1.0 8.0
K. Paye 1.0 6.0
T. Bryan 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
Z. Franklin 8 5
J. Blackmon 7 3
E. Speed 6 0
K. Moore II 5 1
D. Buckner 4 0
R. Thomas II 4 0
D. Baker Jr. 3 0
S. Leonard 3 1
K. Paye 3 2
S. Ebukam 2 0
T. Lewis 2 0
G. Stewart 2 3
D. Flowers 1 0
T. Bryan 1 0
J. Martin 1 0
D. Odeyingbo 0 1
E. Johnson II 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Stewart 6 4
D. Stingley Jr. 5 1
D. Perryman 5 2
T. Thomas 4 1
H. To'oto'o 4 3
S. Rankins 3 0
J. Hughes 2 0
S. Nelson 2 0
W. Anderson Jr. 2 1
M. Collins 1 0
E. Murray 1 1
D. Houston-Carson 1 1
J. Greenard 1 2
M. Dogbe 0 1
C. Harris 0 1
G. Arnold 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Buckner 2.0
E. Speed 2.0
K. Moore II 1.0
S. Ebukam 1.0
T. Bryan 1.0
J. Martin 1.0
K. Paye 1.0
Z. Franklin 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
No Tackles For Loss
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Pittman Jr. 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Stroud 2
J. Patterson 1