Houston Texans20–13New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Houston Texans 319, New Orleans Saints 446. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Houston Texans 199, New Orleans Saints 357. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Houston Texans 120, New Orleans Saints 89. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Houston Texans 16, New Orleans Saints 22. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Houston Texans 2.0, New Orleans Saints 2.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Houston Texans 8, New Orleans Saints 3. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Houston Texans 3, New Orleans Saints 5. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Houston Texans 2, New Orleans Saints 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Houston Texans 3, New Orleans Saints 7. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Houston Texans 29, New Orleans Saints 83. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Houston Texans -0.3, New Orleans Saints 5.3. 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 -1.9, New Orleans Saints -2.5. The same for the running game.