Keep up with the action today from NRG Stadium as the Houston Texans host the Indianapolis Colts for the first game of the regular season.
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Here are 10 factors to keep an eye out on as the game goes along.
The Texans are underdogs to the Colts. However, the series history shows that the Texans are 2-0 against Indianapolis on Opening Day.
The Texans used their platform on Sunday to honor the Uvalde Coyotes as part of their honoring of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting earlier in the summer.
First quarter
15:00 — Houston kicks off and it’s a touchback.
14:30 — The Texans turn the Colts three-and-out after stopping RB Jonathan Taylor on a third-and-3 from the Colts’ 32-yard line. Taylor got two yards and was gang-tackled.
12:06 — On a third-and-2 from the Texans’ 29-yard line, QB Davis Mills throws underneath for WR Brandin Cooks, and it sails off his right shoulder incomplete. Houston matches Indianapolis’ three-and-out.
9:35 — On a third-and-2 from the Texans’ 48-yard line, QB Matt Ryan rushes for a 2-yard gain on the right side. LB Kamu Grugier-Hill made Ryan pay for it with a lick at the line to gain.
8:00 — On a third-and-7 from the Houston 43-yard line, Ryan hits WR Michael Pittman for an 8-yard gain.
5:54 — On another third-and-7, but from the Houston 32-yard line, Ryan dumps off to Taylor, who is stopped for five yards.
5:13 — K Rodrigo Blankenship nails a 45-yard field goal. Colts, 3-0
3:57 — The Texans go three-and-out again. On a third-and-5 from the Houston 30-yard line, Mills rolls out and finds WR Chris Conley all alone with the line to gain right in front of him. Conley could not bring the low pass up from his ankles and the ball slips from his fingertips incomplete.
0:41 — Last play of the first quarter is the Texans dropping Taylor for a 2-yard loss on a first-and-goal from the 9-yard line. Houston hasn’t been able to thwart the Colts’ drive to this point.
Second quarter
15:00 — Houston dodged a punch as WR Alec Pierce dropped a sure touchdown pass.
14:52 — Ryan dumps off to Nyheim Hines for a 9-yard gain.
14:14 — The Colts run a wildcat with Hines taking the handoff, and the Texans don’t fall for it and drop Indianapolis for a 3-yard loss.
14:10 — Houston gets out of jail as Mills hits TE Pharaoh Brown for a 17-yard gain up to the Texans’ 21-yard line.
12:14 — Mills hits TE Brevin Jordan for a 5-yard gain on a third-and-2 from…
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