HOU 16 @ NE 28 - 2025 NFL

AFC Divisional

Houston TexansHOU

#5 seed

16-28

New England PatriotsNE

#2 seed

Sun, January 18, 2026 · 3:00PM · Gillette Stadium

Attendance: 64,628Duration: 3:15Surface: fieldturfWeather: 35 degrees, relative humidity 88%, wind 2 mphLine: New England Patriots -3.5O/U: 41.0 (over)

HOU: DeMeco Ryans · NE: Mike Vrabel

HOU

Team Stats

1st Downs

22-48

Rushing

32-105

20-47-212

Passing

16-27-179

241

Scoring

1st Quarter

9:35

DeMario Douglas 28 yard pass from Drake Maye (Andres Borregales kick)

5:26

Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

12:51

Christian Kirk 10 yard pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
HOU
Passing
C.J. Stroud	20/47	212	1	4	3	28.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
C.J. Stroud	2	11	0	10	0
Woody Marks	14	17	0	8	1
Nick Chubb	4	14	0	7	0
Cade Stover	2	6	0	4	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Woody Marks	3	2	19	0	13
Nick Chubb	1	0	0	0	0
Cade Stover	3	1	2	0	2
Jayden Higgins	10	6	59	0	16
Dalton Schultz	2	2	47	0	42
Xavier Hutchinson	13	4	44	0	23
Harrison Bryant	6	3	21	0	9
Christian Kirk	6	2	20	1	10
Jaylin Noel	1	0	0	0	0
NE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Drake Maye	16/27	179	3	1	5	100.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Drake Maye	4	10	0	8	2
Rhamondre Stevenson	16	70	0	20	0
TreVeyon Henderson	12	25	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Rhamondre Stevenson	4	4	11	0	9
TreVeyon Henderson	2	1	-2	0	-2
Kayshon Boutte	5	3	75	1	32
Stefon Diggs	6	4	40	1	14
DeMario Douglas	2	2	36	1	28
Austin Hooper	2	1	14	0	14
Hunter Henry	2	1	5	0	5
Kyle Williams	3	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
HOU
Ja'Marcus Ingram	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Will Anderson	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	0
Danielle Hunter	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0
Azeez Al-Shaair	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Henry To'oTo'o	8	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Togiai	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Calen Bullock	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kamari Lassiter	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0
Jalen Pitre	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Rankins	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damone Clark	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naquan Jones	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Hill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Horton	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E.J. Speed	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Stingley Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Barnett	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Austin Brinkman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leki Fotu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Harris	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tremon Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
NE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Carlton Davis	4	4	0	2	4	0	0	0
Craig Woodson	5	3	0	1	3	1	0	1
Marcus Jones	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Anfernee Jennings	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
K'Lavon Chaisson	3	1	1	0	1	4	0	0
Khyiris Tonga	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Christian Gonzalez	9	6	0	0	1	0	1	0
Robert Spillane	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Christian Elliss	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jaylinn Hawkins	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dell Pettus	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Brenden Schooler	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahlani Tavai	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Barmore	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Gibbens	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Landry	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Ponder	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milton Williams	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Muma	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Woods	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
HOU
Ka'imi Fairbairn	1/1	3/3	0	0	-	0
Tommy Townsend	-	-	5	294	58.8	72
NE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Andres Borregales	4/4	-	0	0	-	0
Bryce Baringer	-	-	8	333	41.6	55

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
HOU
Jaylin Noel	3	69	0	3	29	0
Braxton Berrios	1	19	0	0	0	0
NE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Marcus Jones	0	0	0	4	53	0
D'Ernest Johnson	2	47	0	0	0	0
Efton Chism	1	20	0	0	0	0
Kyle Williams	1	22	0	0	0	0

Drive Summary

HOU

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	HOU 26	3	3	0:44	Punt
2	1	HOU 29	10	65	4:09	Field Goal
3	1	NWE 47	5	11	2:04	Interception

Snap Counts

Player	POS	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
Ed Ingram	G	75	100%	0	0%	4	13%
Jarrett Patterson	C	75	100%	0	0%	4	13%
Aireontae Ersery	T	75	100%	0	0%	4	13%
Jake Andrews	C	75	100%	0	0%	0	0%
C.J. Stroud	QB	75	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Tytus Howard	T	73	97%	0	0%	4	13%
Jayden Higgins	WR	66	88%	1	2%	0	0%
Xavier Hutchinson	WR	63	84%	0	0%	0	0%
Christian Kirk	WR	52	69%	0	0%	0	0%
Woody Marks	RB	51	68%	0	0%	0	0%
Cade Stover	TE	50	67%	0	0%	9	29%
Harrison Bryant	TE	29	39%	0	0%	11	35%
Nick Chubb	RB	22	29%	0	0%	0	0%
Blake Fisher	T	18	24%	0	0%	4	13%
Dalton Schultz	TE	12	16%	0	0%	0	0%
Jaylin Noel	WR	6	8%	0	0%	13	42%
Braxton Berrios	WR	5	7%	0	0%	5	16%
British Brooks	RB	2	3%	0	0%	21	68%
Tommy Togiai	DT	1	1%	47	72%	6	19%
Jalen Pitre	S	0	0%	65	100%	0	0%
Kamari Lassiter	CB	0	0%	65	100%	0	0%
Azeez Al-Shaair	LB	0	0%	65	100%	0	0%
Henry To'oTo'o	LB	0	0%	62	95%	11	35%
Derek Stingley Jr.	CB	0	0%	62	95%	0	0%
Calen Bullock	S	0	0%	62	95%	0	0%
Jaylen Reed	S	0	0%	53	82%	0	0%
Danielle Hunter	DE	0	0%	48	74%	2	6%
Will Anderson	DE	0	0%	46	71%	2	6%
Sheldon Rankins	DT	0	0%	45	69%	2	6%
Naquan Jones	DT	0	0%	25	38%	4	13%
Derek Barnett	DE	0	0%	19	29%	4	13%
Dylan Horton	DE	0	0%	17	26%	25	81%
Denico Autry	DE	0	0%	15	23%	4	13%
Leki Fotu	DT	0	0%	9	14%	0	0%
E.J. Speed	LB	0	0%	8	12%	27	87%
Ja'Marcus Ingram	CB	0	0%	1	2%	27	87%
Jamal Hill	LB	0	0%	0	0%	25	81%
Damone Clark	LB	0	0%	0	0%	25	81%
Tremon Smith	CB	0	0%	0	0%	22	71%
Dare Ogunbowale	RB	0	0%	0	0%	18	58%
Myles Bryant	CB	0	0%	0	0%	13	42%
Christian Harris	LB	0	0%	0	0%	10	32%
Tommy Townsend	P	0	0%	0	0%	9	29%
Austin Brinkman	LS	0	0%	0	0%	9	29%
Ka'imi Fairbairn	K	0	0%	0	0%	9	29%
Juice Scruggs	C	0	0%	0	0%	4	13%
Jarrett Kingston	T	0	0%	0	0%	4	13%

HOU

Expected Points Added

-12.0Total12.0

-25.6Off Total-9.4

-18.7Off Pass-1.8

-5.9Off Rush-7.6

9.4Def Total25.6

1.8Def Pass18.7

7.6Def Rush5.9

3.3

Starting Lineups

HOU

QBC.J. Stroud

RBWoody Marks

WRJayden Higgins

WRXavier Hutchinson

TECade Stover

TEHarrison Bryant

OLJarrett Patterson

OTAireontae Ersery

TTytus Howard

GEd Ingram

Officials

RefereeShawn Smith

UmpireScott Walker

Down JudgeDana McKenzie

Line JudgeJulian Mapp

Back JudgeGrantis Bell

Side JudgeEugene Hall

Field JudgeJason Ledet

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	NWE 35	3	6	1:23	Punt
2	1	NWE 34	6	66	3:18	Touchdown
3	1	NWE 22	3	-19	1:45	Punt
4	1	NWE 18	2	9	0:44	Fumble
5	2	NWE 27	6	12	2:10	Punt
6	2	HOU 48	3	2	2:00	Punt
7	2	NWE 44	5	56	2:48	Touchdown
8	2	NWE 48	3	3	0:51	Punt
9	2	HOU 45	4	-1	0:36	Interception
10	3	NWE 31	3	4	1:37	Fumble
11	3	NWE 12	3	3	1:53	Punt
12	3	NWE 29	6	71	3:34	Touchdown
13	4	NWE 4	10	44	6:09	Punt
14	4	NWE 28	5	11	2:18	Punt
15	4	HOU 47	2	-2	1:03	End of Game

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