National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Houston 37,
Indianapolis 34
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 30, 2018
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 57716
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 57716
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
| Houston | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Indianapolis | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 11:17 | ||
| Indianapolis | TD |
Indianapolis 7 - Houston 0 Zach Pascal 4 yd. pass from Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 5:19 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Indianapolis 7 - Houston 7 Jadeveon Clowney fumble recovery in end zone (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 1:45 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Indianapolis 7 - Houston 14 Will Fuller V 3 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:08 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Indianapolis 7 - Houston 21 DeAndre Hopkins 5 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:02 | ||
| Indianapolis | FG |
Indianapolis 10 - Houston 21 Adam Vinatieri 42 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:39 | ||
| Houston | TD |
Indianapolis 10 - Houston 28 Deshaun Watson 5 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 5:14 | ||
| Indianapolis | TD |
Indianapolis 17 - Houston 28 Nyheim Hines 14 yd. pass from Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 7:41 | ||
| Indianapolis | TD |
Indianapolis 23 - Houston 28 Eric Ebron 5 yd. pass from Andrew Luck (pass failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:58 | ||
| Houston | FG |
Indianapolis 23 - Houston 31 Ka'imi Fairbairn 40 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:45 | ||
| Indianapolis | TD |
Indianapolis 31 - Houston 31 Nyheim Hines 9 yd. pass from Andrew Luck (Chester Rogers pass from Andrew Luck) |
| Overtime - 6:00 | ||
| Indianapolis | FG |
Indianapolis 34 - Houston 31 Adam Vinatieri 44 yd. field goal |
| Overtime - 1:50 | ||
| Houston | FG |
Indianapolis 34 - Houston 34 Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 yd. field goal |
| Overtime - 0:00 | ||
| Houston | FG |
Indianapolis 34 - Houston 37 Ka'imi Fairbairn 37 yd. field goal |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Houston | Indianapolis | |
| 1st Downs | 30 | 28 |
| Rushing | 6 | 3 |
| Passing | 23 | 23 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 8-16 | 10-17 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Punts-Average | 5-41.4 | 5-44.0 |
| Return Yards | 89 | 52 |
| Punts-Returns | 2-20 | 1-19 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 4-69 | 2-32 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-54 | 10-85 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| Time of Possession | 40:04 | 29:56 |
| Total Net Yards | 466 | 478 |
| Total Plays | 84 | 83 |
| Average Gain | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 119 | 41 |
| Rushes | 35 | 17 |
| Average/Rush | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| Net Yards Passing | 347 | 437 |
| Comp-Att | 29-42 | 40-62 |
| Yards/Pass | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 7-28 | 4-27 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 4 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 2 | 4 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 4-4 | 3-4 |
| Field Goals | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 3-5-60% | 4-4-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 3-3-100% | 3-3-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans
(1-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Watson | 29/42 | 375 | 2 | 1 |
Indianapolis Colts
(1-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| A. Luck | 40/62 | 464 | 4 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. Wilkins | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Luck | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 |
| N. Hines | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 |
| J. McNichols | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Hopkins | 12 | 10 | 169 | 16.9 | 1 | 30 |
| K. Coutee | 15 | 11 | 109 | 9.9 | 0 | 19 |
| W. Fuller V | 5 | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 1 | 22 |
| J. Akins | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 14 |
| R. Griffin | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| S. Coates Jr. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| A. Blue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| T. Hilton | 6 | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 0 | 42 |
| C. Rogers | 11 | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 0 | 22 |
| R. Grant | 7 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 23 |
| N. Hines | 11 | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 2 | 14 |
| Z. Pascal | 10 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | 18 |
| E. Ebron | 10 | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Johnson | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 |
| M. Alie-Cox | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| J. Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| P. Desir | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Clowney | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| J. Watt | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| D. Autry | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| A. Walker Jr. | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| D. Leonard | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| J. Ward | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| M. Hunt | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| J. Sheard | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| K. Turay | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| T. Mathieu | 7 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 7 | 1 |
| Z. Cunningham | 6 | 1 |
| B. McKinney | 5 | 0 |
| J. Clowney | 4 | 0 |
| S. Wright | 4 | 0 |
| A. Colvin | 4 | 0 |
| J. Watt | 4 | 0 |
| J. Reid | 4 | 1 |
| K. Jackson | 3 | 1 |
| D. Reader | 2 | 0 |
| D. Ejiofor | 2 | 0 |
| W. Mercilus | 1 | 0 |
| J. Heath | 1 | 0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| A. Walker Jr. | 9 | 1 |
| D. Leonard | 8 | 5 |
| D. Autry | 7 | 2 |
| C. Geathers | 6 | 0 |
| M. Farley | 6 | 1 |
| P. Desir | 5 | 0 |
| N. Hairston | 4 | 0 |
| J. Sheard | 4 | 1 |
| K. Moore II | 3 | 0 |
| M. Hunt | 3 | 0 |
| A. Woods | 3 | 2 |
| M. Hooker | 2 | 0 |
| A. Muhammad | 2 | 0 |
| C. Milton | 1 | 0 |
| J. Ward | 1 | 0 |
| K. Turay | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| J. Clowney | 4.0 |
| W. Mercilus | 1.0 |
| K. Jackson | 1.0 |
| Z. Cunningham | 1.0 |
| J. Watt | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| D. Autry | 4.0 |
| A. Walker Jr. | 2.0 |
| D. Leonard | 1.0 |
| M. Hunt | 1.0 |
| J. Ward | 1.0 |