NFL Final Intelligence

IND 8-9
30 – 38
FINAL
HOU 12-5

Indianapolis Colts 30, Houston Texans 38 — Recap

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Standouts

Riley Leonard
Passing
Riley Leonard
21/34, 270 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
British Brooks
Rushing
British Brooks
13 CAR, 63 YDS
Alec Pierce
Receiving
Alec Pierce
4 REC, 132 YDS, 2 TD
Season highs
Riley Leonard · Season-high 270 passing yardsAlec Pierce · Season-high 132 receiving yardsXavier Hutchinson · Season-high 84 receiving yards

Every player's passing, rushing, receiving and defensive line is in the box score below.

Linescore

1234 T
IND 10 7 10 3 30
HOU 6 17 3 12 38

Biggest Quarter

The Houston Texans scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter — the biggest single quarter of the game.

📋 Team Stats

INDHOU
354Total yards339
5.5Yards per play5.3
278Passing yards205
76Rushing yards134
19First downs22
53%Third down %31%
50%Red zone scoring %67%
3Turnovers0
1Sacks allowed—
81Penalty yards77
31.8Possession (min)28.3

Box Score

Passing

Player Team C/ATTYDSTDINT
Riley Leonard QB 21/3427021
Rigoberto Sanchez P 1/11600
C.J. Stroud QB 14/2316910
Davis Mills QB 3/93600

Rushing

Player Team CARYDSTD
DJ Giddens RB 8300
Jonathan Taylor RB 14260
Riley Leonard QB 3211
Tyler Goodson RB 130
Ameer Abdullah RB 110
Josh Downs WR 1-50
British Brooks RB 13630
Woody Marks RB 10480
Davis Mills QB 1120
C.J. Stroud QB 251
Jawhar Jordan RB 530
Dare Ogunbowale RB 130

Receiving

Player Team RECTGTYDSTD
Alec Pierce WR 471322
Josh Downs WR 44610
Tyler Warren TE 58260
Ameer Abdullah RB 22240
Mo Alie-Cox TE 34220
Jonathan Taylor RB 22130
Michael Pittman Jr. WR 24110
Xavier Hutchinson WR 59840
Dalton Schultz TE 44730
Jayden Higgins WR 25231
Jaylin Noel WR 11130
Cade Stover TE 1290
Dare Ogunbowale RB 1260
Woody Marks RB 2300
Christian Kirk WR 12-30

Defense

Player Team TKLSACKINTPD
Zaire Franklin LB 120—0
Adetomiwa Adebawore DT 60—0
Nick Cross S 60—0
Cam Bynum S 50—0
Samson Ebukam DE 50—0
Germaine Pratt LB 50—0
Rodney Thomas II S 50—0
Jaylon Jones CB 40—1
Mekhi Blackmon CB 30—0
Neville Gallimore DT 30—0
Buddy Johnson LB 20—0
Laiatu Latu DE 20—0
Cameron Mitchell CB 20—2
Grover Stewart DT 20—0
Chris Wormley DT 20—0
Austin Ajiake LB 10—0
Ashton Dulin WR 10—0
Johnathan Edwards CB 10—0
Tyler Goodson RB 10—0
Tyquan Lewis DE 10—0
Kenny Moore II CB 10—0
Segun Olubi LB 10—0
Kwity Paye DE 10—0
Jaylahn Tuimoloau DE 10—0
Tyler Warren TE 10—0
Will Anderson Jr. DE 60—0
Damone Clark LB 60—0
E.J. Speed LB 60—0
Myles Bryant S 50—0
Derek Barnett DE 40—0
Alijah Huzzie CB 4011
Tremon Smith CB 40—0
Tommy Togiai DT 40—1
K'Von Wallace CB 40—0
Calen Bullock S 30—0
Kaevon Merriweather S 30—0
Jalen Pitre S 30—0
Christian Harris LB 20—0
Dylan Horton DE 20—0
Danielle Hunter DE 21—0
Ja'Marcus Ingram CB 20—2
Sheldon Rankins DT 20—0
Henry To'oTo'o LB 20—1
Azeez Al-Shaair LB 10—0
Leki Fotu DT 10—0
Naquan Jones DT 10—0
Dare Ogunbowale RB 10—0
Derek Stingley Jr. CB 10—1
Cade Stover TE 10—0
Justin Watson WR 10—0

⏱️ Snap Counts

IND offenseShare of the team's offensive or defensive snaps
PlayerPosSnapsShare
Jalen Travis OT 65100%
Matt Goncalves G 65100%
Quenton Nelson G 65100%
Riley Leonard QB 65100%
Bernhard Raimann OT 65100%
Tanor Bortolini C 65100%
Michael Pittman Jr. WR 5889%
Tyler Warren TE 5382%
Alec Pierce WR 4468%
Josh Downs WR 4163%
Jonathan Taylor RB 3452%
IND defenseShare of the team's offensive or defensive snaps
PlayerPosSnapsShare
Zaire Franklin LB 68100%
Cam Bynum S 68100%
Nick Cross S 68100%
Germaine Pratt LB 5885%
Kenny Moore II CB 5276%
Jaylon Jones CB 5175%
Laiatu Latu DE 4668%
Johnathan Edwards CB 4262%
Adetomiwa Adebawore DT 4160%
Neville Gallimore DT 3856%
Grover Stewart DT 3754%
HOU offenseShare of the team's offensive or defensive snaps
PlayerPosSnapsShare
Aireontae Ersery OT 68100%
Jake Andrews C 68100%
Jayden Higgins WR 5581%
Ed Ingram G 5479%
Jarrett Patterson G 5479%
Tytus Howard OT 5479%
Xavier Hutchinson WR 5479%
C.J. Stroud QB 4465%
Christian Kirk WR 3957%
Dalton Schultz TE 3856%
Cade Stover TE 3349%
HOU defenseShare of the team's offensive or defensive snaps
PlayerPosSnapsShare
Tremon Smith CB 65100%
K'Von Wallace CB 6092%
Henry To'oTo'o LB 4569%
Derek Barnett DE 4569%
Dylan Horton DE 4468%
Ja'Marcus Ingram CB 3960%
Tommy Togiai DT 3655%
Myles Bryant S 3554%
Calen Bullock S 3351%
Leki Fotu DT 3249%
E.J. Speed LB 3046%

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025 season series IND 0 – 2 HOU
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Indianapolis Colts 8-9 L7 L5 0-5 Next game recap: vs BAL · Sun, Sep 13
Houston Texans 12-5 W9 L5 5-0 Next game recap: @ PIT · Mon, Jan 12

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