National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 20, Carolina 3
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 16, 2025
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 60728
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 03003
Houston 733720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:03
Houston TD Houston 7 - Carolina 0
Nico Collins 5 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:04
Carolina FG Houston 7 - Carolina 3
Ryan Fitzgerald 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Houston FG Houston 10 - Carolina 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:29
Houston FG Houston 13 - Carolina 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:08
Houston TD Houston 20 - Carolina 3
British Brooks 1 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Houston
1st Downs 11 18
Rushing 2 7
Passing 5 9
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 1-10 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Punts-Average 5-46.2 4-38.3
Return Yards 63 101
Punts-Returns 0-0 4-34
Kickoffs-Returns 3-63 2-46
Int - Returns 0-0 2-21
Penalties-Yards 7-58 7-56
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 29:07 30:53
Total Net Yards 164 266
Total Plays 46 65
Average Gain 3.6 4.1
Net Yards Rushing 78 109
Rushes 23 28
Average/Rush 3.4 3.9
Net Yards Passing 86 157
Comp-Att 12-20 21-36
Yards/Pass 3.7 4.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 1-1
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 0 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Plummer 10/14 83 0 2
A. Dalton 2/4 22 0 0
B. Young 0/2 0 0 0
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 8/14 61 0 0
K. Slovis 5/12 51 0 0
C. Stroud 6/8 44 1 0
G. Mertz 2/2 2 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Lynch-Adams 5 27 5.4 0 16
T. Etienne 7 18 2.6 0 4
R. Blackshear 2 8 4.0 0 5
J. Horn Jr. 1 6 6.0 0 6
E. Bailey 2 6 3.0 0 5
J. Plummer 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Hubbard 2 4 2.0 0 2
R. Dowdle 2 2 1.0 0 2
B. Young 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Marks 7 40 5.7 0 12
N. Chubb 5 25 5.0 0 9
J. Jordan 5 15 3.0 0 5
J. Taylor 4 15 3.8 0 8
K. Slovis 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Mills 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Brooks 1 1 1.0 1 1
G. Mertz 4 0 0.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tremayne 4 3 46 15.3 0 23
D. Moore 3 3 26 8.7 0 16
R. Dowdle 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
T. Etienne 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
H. Renfrow 3 2 7 3.5 0 7
B. Pierre 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Horn Jr. 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
J. George 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0
T. McMillan 2 0 0 0 0 0
D. Dafney 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
I. Smith Jr. 5 5 46 9.2 0 22
J. Watson 4 2 25 12.5 0 13
X. Hutchinson 2 1 15 15.0 0 15
J. Higgins 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
D. Jackson 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
N. Collins 3 2 13 6.5 1 8
C. Kirk 2 2 13 6.5 0 7
J. Metchie III 3 1 8 8.0 0 8
N. Chubb 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
L. Lachey 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Noel 2 1 2 2.0 0 2
J. Taylor 2 2 2 1.0 0 3
W. Marks 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
B. Berrios 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ogunbowale 1 0 0 0 0 0
X. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Smith 1 15 0
D. Arnette 1 6 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Rozeboom 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Byrd 1.0 11.0
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0 8.0
D. Taylor 1.0 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Rozeboom 1.0
T. Thomas 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Smith 1.0
S. Byrd 1.0
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Moore 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Mills 1
D. Arnette 1