Houston Texans39–37Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: Houston Texans 523, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 346. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Houston Texans 470, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 265. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Houston Texans 53, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 81. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Houston Texans 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Houston Texans 2.0, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Houston Texans 5, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Houston Texans 5, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Houston Texans 1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Houston Texans 9, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Houston Texans 115, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 90. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Houston Texans 27.5, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10.6. 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 -5.4, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -1.0. The same for the running game.