Arizona Cardinals at Houston Texans
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Arizona Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
| Houston Texans | 17 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 40 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 14:11 | Houston Texans touchdown. Nico Collins 57 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 12:00 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 6:12 | Houston Texans touchdown. C.J. Stroud Aborted Snap C.J. Stroud Fumble Woody Marks 1 Yd Fumble Recovery (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 13:41 | Arizona Cardinals touchdown. Trey McBride 2 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick) |
| 9:01 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 55 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:44 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 4:35 | Houston Texans touchdown. Dalton Schultz 4 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| 0:33 | Arizona Cardinals touchdown. Trey McBride 20 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 13:34 | Houston Texans field goal. Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 11:01 | Arizona Cardinals touchdown. Michael Wilson 11 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
| 3:09 | Houston Texans touchdown. Nico Collins 4 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Total first downs | 22 | 23 |
| First downs from rushing | 6 | 9 |
| First downs from passing | 14 | 13 |
| First downs from penalties | 2 | 1 |
| Third down | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 7 |
| Third down percentage | 42 % | 54 % |
| Fourth down | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Total yards | 307 | 399 |
| Total rushing yards | 72 | 143 |
| Total passing yards | 235 | 256 |
| Total offensive plays | 63 | 63 |
| Average yards per play | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Time of possession | 27:42 | 32:18 |
| Rushing | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Total rushing plays | 21 | 33 |
| Total rushing yards | 72 | 143 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.6 | 8.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Penalties committed | 2 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 34 | 40 |
| Turnovers | Arizona Cardinals | Houston Texans |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Michael Carter | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Corey Kiner | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jacoby Brissett | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Emari Demercado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bam Knight | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jawhar Jordan | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 0 | 50 | ||||
| Woody Marks | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| C.J. Stroud | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dare Ogunbowale | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jacoby Brissett | 40 | 27 | 68 % | 249 | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 2-14 | 52.8 |
| Houston Texans | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| C.J. Stroud | 29 | 22 | 76 % | 260 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1-4 | 61.6 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Trey McBride | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 2 | 21 | ||||
| Michael Wilson | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Michael Carter | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jalen Brooks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Elijah Higgins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Pharaoh Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Emari Demercado | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Nico Collins | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 2 | 57 | ||||
| Dalton Schultz | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Dare Ogunbowale | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Cade Stover | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jawhar Jordan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Xavier Hutchinson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Woody Marks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jayden Higgins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jalen Brooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Houston Texans | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| C.J. Stroud | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Dare Ogunbowale | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Woody Marks | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Kamari Lassiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Akeem Davis-Gaither | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Budda Baker | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Williams | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Hall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zaven Collins | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kitan Crawford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Pappoe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PJ Mustipher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Burch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Nolen III | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baron Browning | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Channing Tindall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darius Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kei'Trel Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denzel Burke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calais Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Josh Sweat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Texans | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Azeez Al-Shaair | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry To'oTo'o | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kamari Lassiter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calen Bullock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalen Pitre | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damone Clark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Harris | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Togiai | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danielle Hunter | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Hansen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheldon Rankins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myles Bryant | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dylan Horton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Edwards Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denico Autry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Barnett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamal Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tremon Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ja'Marcus Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| British Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Anderson Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jalen Brooks | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Andre Baccellia | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Corey Kiner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jaylin Noel | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 69 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Chad Ryland | 0/0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Houston Texans | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 4/5 | 55 | 4/4 | 16 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Arizona Cardinals | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Matt Haack | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tommy Townsend | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 10:25 AM.