Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans: game summary
Final · January 4, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
Reliant Stadium
Summary
| Team |
|---|
Team stats
INDHOU 
- 354Total yards339
- 278Passing yards205
- 22/35Completions/attempts17/32
- 7.7Yards per pass6.4
- 76Rushing yards134
- 28Rushing attempts32
- 2.7Yards per rush4.2
- 19First downs22
- 8-153rd down efficiency4-13
- 1-14th down efficiency0-0
- 2-4Red zone (made-att)2-3
- 64Total plays64
- 5.5Yards per play5.3
- 3Turnovers0
- 2Fumbles lost0
- 1Interceptions thrown0
- 1-8Sacks (yards lost)0-0
- 7-81Penalties (yards)7-77
- 31:45Time of possession28:15
Game leaders
Passing
Riley LeonardIND · QB · 21/34, 270 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
C.J. StroudHOU · QB · 14/23, 169 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing
DJ GiddensIND · RB · 8 CAR, 30 YDS
British BrooksHOU · RB · 13 CAR, 63 YDS
Receiving
Alec PierceIND · WR · 4 REC, 132 YDS, 2 TD
Xavier HutchinsonHOU · WR · 5 REC, 84 YDS
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Field goal12:05Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 Yd Field Goal0-3
- Touchdown10:36Alec Pierce 66 Yd pass from Riley Leonard (Blake Grupe Kick)7-3
- Field goal6:36Ka'imi Fairbairn 48 Yd Field Goal7-6
- Field goal0:34Blake Grupe 50 Yd Field Goal10-6
2nd quarter
- Touchdown9:34Jayden Higgins 11 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)10-13
- Touchdown8:32C.J. Stroud 2 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)10-20
- Touchdown1:25Alec Pierce 8 Yd pass from Riley Leonard (Blake Grupe Kick)17-20
- Field goal0:00Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 Yd Field Goal17-23
3rd quarter
- Touchdown13:05Riley Leonard 1 Yd Rush (Blake Grupe Kick)24-23
- Field goal6:53Ka'imi Fairbairn 43 Yd Field Goal24-26
- Field goal1:42Blake Grupe 39 Yd Field Goal27-26
4th quarter
- Field goal11:15Ka'imi Fairbairn 44 Yd Field Goal 27-29
- Field goal2:39Blake Grupe 22 Yd Field Goal30-29
- Field goal0:12Ka'imi Fairbairn 43 Yd Field Goal30-32
- Touchdown0:00Tommy Togiai 17 Yd Fumble Recovery30-38
Player stats
Indianapolis Colts
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Leonard | 21/34 | 270 | 7.9 | 2 | 1 | 1-8 | 94.0 |
| Rigoberto Sanchez | 1/1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 118.8 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Giddens | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Jonathan Taylor | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 0 | 8 |
| Riley Leonard | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Tyler Goodson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Downs | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | -5 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Pierce | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 2 | 66 | 7 |
| Josh Downs | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| Tyler Warren | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Mo Alie-Cox | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Jonathan Taylor | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Michael Pittman Jr. | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Ashton Dulin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Leonard | 0 | -3 | 0.0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaire Franklin | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cross | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adetomiwa Adebawore | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Thomas II | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samson Ebukam | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germaine Pratt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Bynum | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Jones | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mekhi Blackmon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neville Gallimore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Wormley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grover Stewart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laiatu Latu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kwity Paye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Goodson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyquan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Dulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Moore II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Ajiake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylahn Tuimoloau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston Texans
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud | 14/23 | 169 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 97.9 |
| Davis Mills | 3/9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 46.5 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Brooks | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | 20 |
| Woody Marks | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Davis Mills | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| C.J. Stroud | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Dare Ogunbowale | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jawhar Jordan | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Hutchinson | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| Dalton Schultz | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Jayden Higgins | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Cade Stover | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Dare Ogunbowale | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Woody Marks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Christian Kirk | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Anderson Jr. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damone Clark | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Speed | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Bryant | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Von Wallace | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Togiai | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alijah Huzzie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Barnett | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tremon Smith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaevon Merriweather | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Horton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Marcus Ingram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naquan Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Stover | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dare Ogunbowale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leki Fotu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- Reliant Stadium · Houston, TX
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Attendance
- 71,133
- TV
- CBS
- Officials
- Tom Stephan (Down judge) · Brad Freeman (Back judge) · Mark Pellis (Umpire) · Jabir Walker (Field judge) · Land Clark (Referee) · Dominique Pender (Side judge) · Jeff Hutcheon (Line judge)
About this game
Who won Colts vs Texans?
Texans won 38-30 over Colts on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
When was Colts vs Texans played?
On Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET at Reliant Stadium.
Where was Colts vs Texans played?
At Reliant Stadium.