Carolina Panthers vs. Houston Texans: game summary
Final · August 16, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
Reliant Stadium
Summary
| Team |
|---|
Team stats
CARHOU 
- 164Total yards266
- 86Passing yards157
- 12/20Completions/attempts21/36
- 3.7Yards per pass4.2
- 78Rushing yards109
- 23Rushing attempts28
- 3.4Yards per rush3.9
- 11First downs18
- 1-103rd down efficiency5-14
- 0-04th down efficiency2-3
- 0-0Red zone (made-att)2-4
- 46Total plays65
- 3.6Yards per play4.1
- 2Turnovers0
- 0Fumbles lost0
- 2Interceptions thrown0
- 3-19Sacks (yards lost)1-1
- 7-58Penalties (yards)7-56
- 29:07Time of possession30:53
Game leaders
Passing
Jack PlummerCAR · QB · 10/14, 83 YDS, 2 INT
Davis MillsHOU · QB · 8/14, 61 YDS
Rushing
Kay'Ron Lynch-AdamsCAR · RB · 5 CAR, 27 YDS
Woody MarksHOU · RB · 7 CAR, 40 YDS
Receiving
Brycen TremayneCAR · WR · 3 REC, 46 YDS
Irv Smith Jr.HOU · TE · 5 REC, 46 YDS
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Touchdown4:03Nico Collins 5 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)0-7
2nd quarter
- Field goal1:04Ryan Fitzgerald 52 Yd Field Goal3-7
- Field goal0:00Ka'imi Fairbairn 41 Yd Field Goal 3-10
3rd quarter
- Field goal10:29Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd Field Goal3-13
4th quarter
- Touchdown12:08British Brooks 1 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)3-20
Player stats
Carolina Panthers
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Plummer | 10/14 | 83 | 5.9 | 0 | 2 | 2-11 | — |
| Andy Dalton | 2/4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Bryce Young | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-8 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Trevor Etienne | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Raheem Blackshear | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Emani Bailey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Plummer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryce Young | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rico Dowdle | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brycen Tremayne | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| David Moore | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Rico Dowdle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Trevor Etienne | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfrow | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Bryce Pierre | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominique Dafney | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ja'Tavion Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacolby George | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitchell Evans | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tetairoa McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demani Richardson | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacoby Windmon | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar Bartholomew | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Roberts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaden Crumedy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princely Umanmielen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bam Martin-Scott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Gifford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Thornton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevian Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Rozeboom | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Scott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Swilling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akayleb Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevin Wallace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Rhattigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Krys Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Jones II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brycen Tremayne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrett Kingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Harrison-Hunte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacolby George | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Henderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boogie Basham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Houston Texans
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Mills | 8/14 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Kedon Slovis | 5/12 | 51 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| C.J. Stroud | 6/8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | — |
| Graham Mertz | 2/2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Marks | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Nick Chubb | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 |
| J.J. Taylor | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Jawhar Jordan | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kedon Slovis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Davis Mills | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| British Brooks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Mertz | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Smith Jr. | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Justin Watson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Xavier Hutchinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Jayden Higgins | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Nico Collins | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Daniel Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Christian Kirk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| John Metchie III | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Nick Chubb | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Luke Lachey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J.J. Taylor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dare Ogunbowale | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Braxton Berrios | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Xavier Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Woody Marks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry To'oTo'o | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Hansen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haggai Ndubuisi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Bryant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Ross | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Yeast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Speed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Niemann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Togiai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Byrd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.C. Ossai | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Mills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Edwards Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darrell Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tremon Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Maulet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Horton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Woodard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Arnette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- Reliant Stadium · Houston, TX
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Attendance
- 60,728
- TV
- KTRK (ABC)
- Officials
- Carl Johnson (Line judge) · John Hussey (Referee) · Allen Baynes (Side judge) · Max Causey (Down judge) · Matt Edwards (Back judge) · Anthony Flemming (Field judge) · Duane Heydt (Umpire)
About this game
Who won Panthers vs Texans?
Texans won 20-3 over Panthers on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
When was Panthers vs Texans played?
On Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET at Reliant Stadium.
Where was Panthers vs Texans played?
At Reliant Stadium.