National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 41, L.A. Chargers 29
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 26, 2021
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Clay Martin
Attendance: 65674
Final Scoring Summary
 
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L.A. Chargers 6631429
Houston 71002441
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:55
L.A. Chargers FG Houston 0 - L.A. Chargers 3
Dustin Hopkins 50 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:25
Houston TD Houston 7 - L.A. Chargers 3
Rex Burkhead 25 yd. run (Dominik Eberle kick)
1st Quarter - 1:57
L.A. Chargers FG Houston 7 - L.A. Chargers 6
Dustin Hopkins 46 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:15
L.A. Chargers TD Houston 7 - L.A. Chargers 12
Justin Jackson 17 yd. run (run failed)
2nd Quarter - 5:11
Houston FG Houston 10 - L.A. Chargers 12
Dominik Eberle 51 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:27
Houston TD Houston 17 - L.A. Chargers 12
Chris Conley 41 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Dominik Eberle kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:42
L.A. Chargers FG Houston 17 - L.A. Chargers 15
Dustin Hopkins 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:37
Houston TD Houston 24 - L.A. Chargers 15
Rex Burkhead 1 yd. run (Dominik Eberle kick)
4th Quarter - 8:54
Houston FG Houston 27 - L.A. Chargers 15
Dominik Eberle 25 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:50
L.A. Chargers TD Houston 27 - L.A. Chargers 23
Justin Jackson 9 yd. run (Jared Cook pass from Justin Herbert)
4th Quarter - 2:32
Houston TD Houston 34 - L.A. Chargers 23
Nico Collins 13 yd. pass from Davis Mills (Dominik Eberle kick)
4th Quarter - 1:49
Houston TD Houston 41 - L.A. Chargers 23
Tavierre Thomas 48 yd. interception return (Dominik Eberle kick)
4th Quarter - 0:34
L.A. Chargers TD Houston 41 - L.A. Chargers 29
Joshua Palmer 3 yd. pass from Justin Herbert (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  L.A. Chargers Houston
1st Downs 25 26
Rushing 3 9
Passing 19 14
Penalty 3 3
3rd Down Conversions 6-9 9-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 0-0.0 1-53.0
Return Yards 105 55
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 5-105 1-0
Int - Returns 0-0 2-55
Penalties-Yards 5-49 10-70
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 25:08 34:52
Total Net Yards 417 437
Total Plays 57 64
Average Gain 7.3 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 89 189
Rushes 21 36
Average/Rush 4.2 5.2
Net Yards Passing 328 248
Comp-Att 27-35 21-27
Yards/Pass 9.1 8.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-6
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 2 2
Passing 1 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-3 5-5
Field Goals 3-3 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Chargers (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Herbert 27/35 336 1 2
Houston Texans (4-11)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 21/27 254 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jackson 11 64 5.8 2 17
J. Herbert 4 15 3.8 0 8
J. Kelley 5 7 1.4 0 5
M. Ffrench 1 3 3.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Burkhead 22 149 6.8 2 36
R. Freeman 12 34 2.8 0 13
T. Smith 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Mills 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jackson 9 8 98 12.2 0 25
J. Moore 4 3 56 18.7 0 24
J. Cook 5 3 44 14.7 0 18
J. Palmer 6 5 43 8.6 1 12
K. Allen 6 4 35 8.8 0 15
S. Anderson 2 2 34 17.0 0 27
J. Kelley 1 1 14 14.0 0 14
T. McKitty 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Conley 3 3 60 20.0 1 41
B. Jordan 4 4 56 14.0 0 27
P. Dorsett II 6 3 55 18.3 0 36
C. Moore 4 4 40 10.0 0 23
N. Collins 4 3 33 11.0 1 13
P. Brown 3 2 10 5.0 0 6
J. Akins 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Burkhead 2 2 0 0.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Thomas 1 48 1
J. Owens 1 7 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Tillery 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Smith 0.5 4.0
M. Dwumfour 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Gilman 6 0
K. White 6 5
D. Tranquill 5 0
A. Ogbongbemiga 4 0
D. Harris 4 1
U. Nwosu 3 0
A. Samuel Jr. 3 0
C. Covington 3 7
N. Adderley 2 1
J. Tillery 2 2
B. Fehoko 2 3
E. Egbule 1 0
E. Bassey 1 0
L. Joseph 1 2
F. Merrill 0 1
K. Murray Jr. 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
N. Hewitt 8 3
D. King II 7 0
T. Thomas 6 2
T. Smith 3 1
J. Reid 3 4
C. Kirksey 2 1
M. Dwumfour 2 1
G. Wallow 2 2
C. Smith 1 1
D. Walker 1 1
J. Owens 1 3
J. Martin 0 1
X. Williams 0 1
C. Strachan 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Tillery 1.0
D. Tranquill 1.0
N. Adderley 1.0
A. Ogbongbemiga 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Dwumfour 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Jackson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles