National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 23, Tennessee 14
Sunday, January 5, 2025 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 5, 2025
Where: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 35°
Head Official: Brad Allen
Attendance: 61815
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 790723
Tennessee 033814
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:43
Houston TD Tennessee 0 - Houston 7
Nico Collins 2 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:55
Houston TD Tennessee 0 - Houston 13
Dameon Pierce 92 yd. run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 1:41
Tennessee FG Tennessee 3 - Houston 13
Matthew Wright 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Houston FG Tennessee 3 - Houston 16
Ka'imi Fairbairn 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:47
Tennessee FG Tennessee 6 - Houston 16
Matthew Wright 38 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:50
Houston TD Tennessee 6 - Houston 23
Derek Barnett 36 yd. fumble recovery (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 2:41
Tennessee TD Tennessee 14 - Houston 23
Tay Martin 49 yd. pass from Will Levis (Josh Whyle pass from Will Levis)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Tennessee
1st Downs 18 14
Rushing 8 5
Passing 8 9
Penalty 2 0
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 5-15
4th Down Conversions 1-2 2-3
Punts-Average 4-47.8 5-43.8
Return Yards 75 113
Punts-Returns 2-9 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-66 3-113
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-48 7-68
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Time of Possession 30:01 29:59
Total Net Yards 374 314
Total Plays 58 60
Average Gain 6.4 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 207 85
Rushes 29 32
Average/Rush 7.1 2.7
Net Yards Passing 167 229
Comp-Att 18-28 16-26
Yards/Pass 5.8 8.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 2-16
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-3 1-1
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-4-25% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 12/22 128 0 0
C. Stroud 6/6 50 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Pierce 19 176 9.3 1 92
J. Mixon 5 23 4.6 0 10
D. Mills 3 11 3.7 0 9
D. Ogunbowale 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Woods 3 2 39 19.5 0 24
N. Collins 5 5 38 7.6 1 14
D. Schultz 3 3 29 9.7 0 13
D. Ogunbowale 3 2 26 13.0 0 16
J. Metchie III 4 2 24 12.0 0 20
D. Johnson 4 2 12 6.0 0 10
J. Mixon 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
X. Hutchinson 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
D. Pierce 2 0 0 0 0 0
C. Stover 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0 8.0
D. Barnett 1.0 8.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Pierce 1
R. Woods 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
W. Levis 9/17 175 1 0
M. Rudolph 7/9 70 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Pollard 22 62 2.8 0 11
J. Chestnut 2 11 5.5 0 8
W. Levis 4 8 2.0 0 8
M. Rudolph 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Kelley 1 2 2.0 0 2
C. Ridley 2 -3 -1.5 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ridley 5 3 76 25.3 0 39
N. Westbrook-Ikhine 7 4 50 12.5 0 19
T. Martin 2 1 49 49.0 1 49
J. Whyle 7 5 29 5.8 0 9
N. Vannett 2 2 26 13.0 0 17
B. Oliver 3 1 15 15.0 0 15
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
H. Landry III 1.0 11.0
Fumbles
  NO.
W. Levis 2