Houston Texans24–34Los Angeles Chargers

Total yards: Houston Texans 377, Los Angeles Chargers 421. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Houston Texans 246, Los Angeles Chargers 340. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Houston Texans 131, Los Angeles Chargers 81. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Houston Texans 13, Los Angeles Chargers 20. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Houston Texans 1.0, Los Angeles Chargers 4.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Houston Texans 2, Los Angeles Chargers 10. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Houston Texans 3, Los Angeles Chargers 6. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Houston Texans 1, Los Angeles Chargers 2. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Houston Texans 9, Los Angeles Chargers 6. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Houston Texans 67, Los Angeles Chargers 61. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Houston Texans -8.7, Los Angeles Chargers 16.7. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: Houston Texans 5.1, Los Angeles Chargers -5.0. The same for the running game.