{"id":1031148,"date":"2026-10-18T20:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031148\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:30:18","slug":"houston-texans-running-game-thrives-in-win-over-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031148\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans: Running game thrives in win over Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n10<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n34<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n10<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n31<\/p>\n<p>First Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_Moreau 6 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 5:13. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 3:01. Key Play: Stroud 42 pass to Collins. Houston 7, Jacksonville 0.<\/p>\n<p>Second Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Jac_Tuten 27 pass from Lawrence (C.Little kick), 6:47. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards, 4:26. Key Plays: Lawrence 19 pass to Washington; Lawrence 27 pass to Washington on 3rd-and-4. Houston 7, Jacksonville 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_FG Fairbairn 25, 4:16. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:31. Key Plays: Hutchinson kick return to Houston 31; Stroud 34 pass to Noel; Stroud 14 pass to M.Harrison; Stroud 7 pass to Schultz on 3rd-and-8. Houston 10, Jacksonville 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Jac_Tuten 2 pass from Lawrence (C.Little kick), :55. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 3:21. Key Plays: Cameron kick return to Houston 48; Lawrence 9 pass to Meyers on 3rd-and-8; Lawrence 19 pass to T.Hunter. Jacksonville 14, Houston 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_Moreau 1 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), :08. Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards, 00:47. Key Plays: Noel kick return to Houston 37; Stroud 50 pass to Noel. Houston 17, Jacksonville 14.<\/p>\n<p>Third Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_Noel 13 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 9:21. Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards, 5:39. Key Plays: Stroud 9 pass to Schultz on 3rd-and-10; Stroud 14 pass to M.Harrison; Stroud 10 pass to Noel; Stroud 6 pass to M.Harrison on 3rd-and-2. Houston 24, Jacksonville 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Jac_Boerkircher 1 pass from Lawrence (C.Little kick), 2:34. Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards, 2:57. Key Plays: Lawrence 22 pass to Meyers; Lawrence 28 pass to Meyers; Lawrence 11 pass to Tuten on 3rd-and-3. Houston 24, Jacksonville 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_J.Jordan 25 run (Fairbairn kick), :50. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 1:44. Key Play: Stroud 16 pass to Schultz. Houston 31, Jacksonville 21.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Jac_T.Hunter 7 pass from Lawrence (C.Little kick), 11:26. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 4:18. Key Plays: Lawrence 26 pass to T.Hunter; Lawrence 10 pass to Washington; Rodriguez 3 run on 3rd-and-1. Houston 31, Jacksonville 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Jac_FG C.Little 60, 1:55. Drive: 7 plays, 38 yards, 1:58. Key Plays: T.Hunter 0 interception return to Jacksonville 20; Lawrence 15 pass to Meyers; Lawrence 6 pass to Strange on 3rd-and-10. Houston 31, Jacksonville 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_FG Fairbairn 49, :00. Drive: 8 plays, 36 yards, 1:55. Key Plays: Hutchinson kick return to Houston 32; Stroud 19 pass to Marks on 3rd-and-2. Houston 34, Jacksonville 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>Hou<br \/>\nJac<\/p>\n<p>FIRST DOWNS<br \/>\n23<br \/>\n24<\/p>\n<p>Rushing<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n6<\/p>\n<p>Passing<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n17<\/p>\n<p>Penalty<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>THIRD DOWN EFF<br \/>\n5-11<br \/>\n7-12<\/p>\n<p>FOURTH DOWN EFF<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-1<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL NET YARDS<br \/>\n426<br \/>\n412<\/p>\n<p>Total Plays<br \/>\n59<br \/>\n68<\/p>\n<p>Avg Gain<br \/>\n7.2<br \/>\n6.1<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS RUSHING<br \/>\n114<br \/>\n106<\/p>\n<p>Rushes<br \/>\n25<br \/>\n27<\/p>\n<p>Avg per rush<br \/>\n4.56<br \/>\n3.926<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS PASSING<br \/>\n312<br \/>\n306<\/p>\n<p>Sacked-Yds lost<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>Gross-Yds passing<br \/>\n312<br \/>\n306<\/p>\n<p>Completed-Att.<br \/>\n24-34<br \/>\n24-41<\/p>\n<p>Had Intercepted<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Yards-Pass Play<br \/>\n9.176<br \/>\n7.463<\/p>\n<p>KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB<br \/>\n6-1-1<br \/>\n6-2-2<\/p>\n<p>PUNTS-Avg.<br \/>\n3-49.333<br \/>\n2-47.5<\/p>\n<p>Punts blocked<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>FGs-PATs blocked<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE<br \/>\n119<br \/>\n171<\/p>\n<p>Punt Returns<br \/>\n1-2<br \/>\n1-7<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff Returns<br \/>\n4-117<br \/>\n5-164<\/p>\n<p>Interceptions<br \/>\n1-0<br \/>\n1-0<\/p>\n<p>PENALTIES-Yds<br \/>\n6-40<br \/>\n6-66<\/p>\n<p>FUMBLES-Lost<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>TIME OF POSSESSION<br \/>\n29:37<br \/>\n30:23<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">RUSHING_Houston, Marks 15-56, J.Jordan 6-43, Stroud 1-5, Collins 1-5, Stover 2-5. Jacksonville, Rodriguez 11-55, Tuten 12-39, Lawrence 3-11, Allen 1-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PASSING_Houston, Stroud 24-34-1-312. Jacksonville, Lawrence 24-41-1-306.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">RECEIVING_Houston, Noel 4-107, Schultz 4-33, Collins 3-74, Harrison 3-34, Marks 2-25, Boutte 2-16, Hutchinson 2-10, Moreau 2-7, J.Jordan 1-7, B.Jordan 1-(minus 1). Jacksonville, Meyers 5-83, Strange 5-44, Washington 4-64, Hunter 4-59, Tuten 4-48, Boerkircher 2-8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PUNT RETURNS_Houston, Noel 1-2. Jacksonville, Washington 1-7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">KICKOFF RETURNS_Houston, Noel 2-65, Hutchinson 2-52. Jacksonville, Abdullah 4-118, Cameron 1-46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Houston, Lassiter 6-2-0, Stingley 5-1-0, To&#8217;oTo&#8217;o 3-3-0, Togiai 3-3-0, Blankenship 3-2-0, Bullock 3-2-0, Stewart 3-0-0, Al-Shaair 2-5-0, T.Smith 2-1-0, Hunter 1-2-0, L.Hall 1-1-0, Rankins 1-0-0, Anderson 0-1-0, Crumedy 0-1-0, McDonald 0-1-0, Ramsey 0-1-0. Jacksonville, Johnson 5-1-0, Oluokun 4-4-0, Merriweather 4-3-0, Jar.Jones 4-2-0, Combs 3-1-0, Lewis 3-0-0, Murray 2-1-0, Miller 1-5-0, Hunter 1-2-0, Walker 1-2-0, Hamilton 1-1-0, Gardeck 1-0-0, Hines-Allen 1-0-0, Armstead 0-2-0, Dickerson 0-1-0, Orhorhoro 0-1-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">INTERCEPTIONS_Houston, Bullock 1-0. 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