National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 20, Carolina 3
Saturday, August 16, 2025 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 16, 2025
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 60728
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 03003
Houston 733720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:03
Houston TD Houston 7 - Carolina 0
Nico Collins 5 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:04
Carolina FG Houston 7 - Carolina 3
Ryan Fitzgerald 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Houston FG Houston 10 - Carolina 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:29
Houston FG Houston 13 - Carolina 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:08
Houston TD Houston 20 - Carolina 3
British Brooks 1 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Houston
1st Downs 11 18
Rushing 2 7
Passing 5 9
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 1-10 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Punts-Average 5-46.2 4-38.3
Return Yards 63 101
Punts-Returns 0-0 4-34
Kickoffs-Returns 3-63 2-46
Int-Returns 0-0 2-21
Penalties-Yards 7-58 7-56
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 29:07 30:53
Total Net Yards 164 266
Total Plays 46 65
Average Gain 3.6 4.1
Net Yards Rushing 78 109
Rushes 23 28
Average/Rush 3.4 3.9
Net Yards Passing 86 157
Comp-Att 12-20 21-36
Yards/Pass 3.7 4.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 1-1
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 0 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (0-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Plummer 10/14 83 0 2
A. Dalton 2/4 22 0 0
B. Young 0/2 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Lynch-Adams 5 27 5.4 0 16
T. Etienne 7 18 2.6 0 4
R. Blackshear 2 8 4.0 0 5
J. Horn Jr. 1 6 6.0 0 6
E. Bailey 2 6 3.0 0 5
J. Plummer 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Hubbard 2 4 2.0 0 2
R. Dowdle 2 2 1.0 0 2
B. Young 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tremayne 4 3 46 15.3 0 23
D. Moore 3 3 26 8.7 0 16
R. Dowdle 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
T. Etienne 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
H. Renfrow 3 2 7 3.5 0 7
B. Pierre 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Horn Jr. 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
J. George 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0
T. McMillan 2 0 0 0 0 0
D. Dafney 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Sanders 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Rozeboom 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Richardson 5 1
J. Windmon 4 2
S. Bartholomew 3 0
I. Gifford 2 0
C. Thornton 2 0
P. Umanmielen 2 1
J. Crumedy 2 1
S. Roberts 2 1
B. Martin-Scott 2 1
M. Jackson 1 0
J. Harrison-Hunte 1 0
A. Evans 1 0
P. Jones II 1 0
J. Henderson 1 0
T. Thomas 1 0
K. Barnes 1 0
L. Ransom 1 0
C. Rozeboom 1 1
T. Wallace 1 1
N. Scott 1 1
C. Smith-Wade 1 1
T. Swilling 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Moore 1
Houston Texans (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 8/14 61 0 0
K. Slovis 5/12 51 0 0
C. Stroud 6/8 44 1 0
G. Mertz 2/2 2 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Marks 7 40 5.7 0 12
N. Chubb 5 25 5.0 0 9
J. Jordan 5 15 3.0 0 5
J. Taylor 4 15 3.8 0 8
K. Slovis 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Mills 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Brooks 1 1 1.0 1 1
G. Mertz 4 0 0.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
I. Smith Jr. 5 5 46 9.2 0 22
J. Watson 4 2 25 12.5 0 13
X. Hutchinson 2 1 15 15.0 0 15
J. Higgins 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
D. Jackson 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
N. Collins 3 2 13 6.5 1 8
C. Kirk 2 2 13 6.5 0 7
J. Metchie III 3 1 8 8.0 0 8
N. Chubb 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
L. Lachey 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Noel 2 1 2 2.0 0 2
J. Taylor 2 2 2 1.0 0 3
W. Marks 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
B. Berrios 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ogunbowale 1 0 0 0 0 0
X. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Smith 1 15 0
D. Arnette 1 6 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Byrd 1.0 11.0
M. Edwards Jr. 1.0 8.0
D. Taylor 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Bryant 3 0
H. Ndubuisi 3 1
H. To'oto'o 3 2
K. Ossai 2 0
S. Byrd 2 0
W. Anderson Jr. 2 0
J. Hansen 2 1
R. Yeast 2 1
D. Ross 2 1
A. Maulet 1 0
D. Horton 1 0
T. Smith 1 0
D. Taylor 1 0
M. Edwards Jr. 1 0
J. Mills 1 1
A. Al-Shaair 1 1
E. Speed 1 2
J. Smith 1 2
T. Togiai 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Mills 1
D. Arnette 1