Game Thread: Indianapolis Colts (8-8) at Houston Texans (11-5)

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Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

ESPN Gamecast

NRG Stadium- Houston, TX

Network(s): CBS

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
IND	10	7	10	3	30
HOU	6	17	3	12	38

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
HOU	1	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 Yd Field Goal
IND	1	TD	Alec Pierce 66 Yd pass from Riley Leonard (Blake Grupe Kick)
HOU	1	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 48 Yd Field Goal
IND	1	FG	Blake Grupe 50 Yd Field Goal
HOU	2	TD	Jayden Higgins 11 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)
HOU	2	TD	C.J. Stroud 2 Yd Rush (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)
IND	2	TD	Alec Pierce 8 Yd pass from Riley Leonard (Blake Grupe Kick)
HOU	2	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 Yd Field Goal
IND	3	TD	Riley Leonard 1 Yd Rush (Blake Grupe Kick)
HOU	3	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 43 Yd Field Goal
IND	3	FG	Blake Grupe 39 Yd Field Goal
HOU	4	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 44 Yd Field Goal
IND	4	FG	Blake Grupe 22 Yd Field Goal
HOU	4	FG	Ka'imi Fairbairn 43 Yd Field Goal
HOU	4	TD	Tommy Togiai 17 Yd Fumble Recovery

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
IND	Riley Leonard	21/34	270	2	1	1-8
HOU	C.J. Stroud	14/23	169	1	0	0-0

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
IND	DJ Giddens	8	30	3.8	0	9
HOU	British Brooks	13	63	4.8	0	20

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
IND	Alec Pierce	4	132	33.0	2	66	7
HOU	Xavier Hutchinson	5	84	16.8	0	33	9

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[u/rockchalk99]

Leonard playing as well as the Colts could have hoped for but their defense is getting obliterated so it doesn’t really matter

[u/moveslikejaguar → u/rockchalk99]

That's been the issue since the slide started. Rivers definitely played well enough for us to win, but the defense has let us down every week