The Houston Texans beat the Los Angeles Chargers 41-29 on Dec 26, 2021 at Reliant Stadium.
Final · Reliant Stadium
Top performers
- Justin Herbert threw for 336 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions for the Chargers.
- Justin Jackson ran for 64 yards on 11 carries.
- Davis Mills threw for 254 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Texans.
- Rex Burkhead ran for 149 yards on 22 carries.
Los Angeles Chargers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Jackson | 11 | 64 | 2 | 17 |
| Justin Herbert | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 15 | 79 | 2 | 17 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Jackson | 8 | 9 | 98 | 0 | 25 |
| Jared Cook | 3 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 18 |
| Joshua Palmer | 5 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 12 |
| Keenan Allen | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 15 |
| Team | 20 | 26 | 220 | 1 | 25 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyzir White | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alohi Gilman | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drue Tranquill | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Tillery | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amen Ogbongbemiga | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uchenna Nwosu | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Harris Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 30 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Houston Texans box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Burkhead | 22 | 149 | 2 | 36 |
| Davis Mills | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 23 | 148 | 2 | 36 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevin Jordan | 4 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 27 |
| Chris Moore | 4 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 23 |
| Nico Collins | 3 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 13 |
| Pharaoh Brown | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Rex Burkhead | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 15 | 17 | 139 | 1 | 27 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Hewitt | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavierre Thomas | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Reid | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tremon Smith | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Owens | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Garret Wallow | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Kirksey | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Brooks | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 45 | 27 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Before and after
- Chargers · 2021 season · Previous Dec 16, 2021: KC 34, LAC 28 · Next Jan 2, 2022: DEN 13, LAC 34
- Texans · 2021 season · Previous Dec 19, 2021: HOU 30, JAX 16 · Next Jan 2, 2022: HOU 7, SF 23