Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Houston Texans | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:06 | Houston Texans touchdown. Mark Ingram II 2 Yd Run (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 3:36 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Tony Pollard 8 Yd pass from Cooper Rush (Lirim Hajrullahu Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 1:48 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Cedrick Wilson 9 Yd pass from Cooper Rush (Lirim Hajrullahu Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:52 | Houston Texans touchdown. Lonnie Johnson Jr. 53 Yd Interception Return (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:30 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 38 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:10 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 24 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Total first downs | 13 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | 7 | 9 |
| First downs from passing | 6 | 10 |
| First downs from penalties | 0 | 2 |
| Third down | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Third downs attempted | 10 | 16 |
| Third downs converted | 0 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 0 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 50 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Total yards | 220 | 308 |
| Total rushing yards | 89 | 95 |
| Total passing yards | 131 | 213 |
| Total offensive plays | 52 | 71 |
| Average yards per play | 11 | 12 |
| Time of possession | 24:56 | 35:04 |
| Rushing | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 30 |
| Total rushing yards | 89 | 95 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Passes attempted | 23 | 36 |
| Passes completed | 13 | 27 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 66 | 46 |
| Turnovers | Houston Texans | Dallas Cowboys |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 3 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 3 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Jeff Driskel | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Scottie Phillips | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Buddy Howell | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Davis Mills | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Phillip Lindsay | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Darius Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Rico Dowdle | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Tony Pollard | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Reggie Davis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ben DiNucci | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| JaQuan Hardy | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Brenden Knox | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Cooper Rush | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Nick Ralston | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Amari Cooper | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | -4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Davis Mills | 16 | 10 | 63 % | 115 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1-8 | 84.1 |
| Jeff Driskel | 2 | 1 | 50 % | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 72.9 |
| Tyrod Taylor | 5 | 2 | 40 % | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 47.9 |
| Dallas Cowboys | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ben DiNucci | 19 | 14 | 74 % | 120 | 6.3 | 0 | 3 | 2-18 | 50.2 |
| Cooper Rush | 12 | 10 | 83 % | 97 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 2-11 | 139.9 |
| Garrett Gilbert | 5 | 3 | 60 % | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 77.1 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jordan Veasy | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Keke Coutee | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Alex Erickson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Rex Burkhead | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Brandin Cooks | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Chris Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Brevin Jordan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| David Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Conley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Taywan Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Noah Brown | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Osirus Mitchell | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Blake Jarwin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Simi Fehoko | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Cedrick Wilson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Brandon Smith | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| JaQuan Hardy | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Pollard | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Reggie Davis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Dalton Schultz | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Nick Eubanks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Aaron Parker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Michael Gallup | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Johnnie Dixon | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rico Dowdle | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Charles Omenihu | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Garrett Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Lonnie Johnson Jr. | 1 | 53 | 1 | ||||||
| Terrence Brooks | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Shyheim Carter | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Terrence Brooks | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tremon Smith | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garret Wallow | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tae Davis | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaleel Johnson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Omenihu | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shaq Lawson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shyheim Carter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeMarcus Walker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Pierre-Louis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Murray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Kirksey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vernon Hargreaves III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornell Armstrong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Blacklock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tavierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Nickerson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neville Hewitt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Reid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Lopez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Rivers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zach Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maliek Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kamu Grugier-Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Auzoyah Alufohai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Roby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Johnson Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jabril Cox | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Joseph | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Gifford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradlee Anae | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dorance Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darian Thompson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keanu Neal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malik Hooker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron'Dell Carter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Micah Parsons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaylon Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damontae Kazee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jayron Kearse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Parker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donovan Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Osirus Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevon Diggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Coyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nahshon Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Anger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Urban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jourdan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azur Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maurice Canady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Desmond King II | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Reggie Davis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Dixon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Desmond King II | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Alex Erickson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Reggie Davis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Johnnie Dixon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 2/2 | 38 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Lirim Hajrullahu | 0/0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cameron Johnston | 6 | 309 | 51.5 | 0 | 3 | 61 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryan Anger | 5 | 239 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 | 58 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 2:25 PM.