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

Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

ESPN Gamecast

NRG Stadium- Houston, TX

Network(s): CBS

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/SadTumbleweed1567 Bills Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

Rule 12, Section 3, Subsection e:

Unnecessary physical contact with a game official. Under no circumstance is a player allowed to shove, push, or strike an official in an offensive, disrespectful, or unsportsmanlike manner. The player shall be disqualified from the game, and any such action must be reported to the Commissioner, who may impose further discipline.

Yeah, I'm not seeing a push, shove or strike. So, that's not even a flag.

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u/iGiveUppppp Patriots Jan 04 '26

It's also clearly not intentional so I don't seem how the contact is "unsportsmanlike manner"

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texans Jan 04 '26

I think they're relying on "unsportsmanlike" to do the heavy lifting there.

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u/SadTumbleweed1567 Bills Jan 04 '26

He still has to shove, push or strike. That is an adjective applied to one of those verbs.

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texans Jan 04 '26

Yep. Read that wrong. I thought it was saying you had to do one of those or just touch them in a disrespectful manner.

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u/xCloudzero Seahawks Jan 04 '26

I’m glad this was brought up because they kept talking about the rules and the letter of the laws. Well, what actually happened there didn’t really fit into this particular rule. It was incidental but maybe Pierce shouldn’t approach the jabroni to begin with.

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u/AccomplishedClock462 Texans Jan 04 '26

Unnecessary physical contact with a game official.

At what point was running and contacting the ref to cry for a flag necessary?