The Denver Broncos beat the Houston Texans 16-9 on Sep 18, 2022 at Empower Field at Mile High.
Final · Empower Field at Mile High
Top performers
- Davis Mills threw for 177 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Texans.
- Dameon Pierce ran for 69 yards on 15 carries.
- Russell Wilson threw for 219 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Broncos.
- Javonte Williams ran for 75 yards on 15 carries.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dameon Pierce | 15 | 69 | 0 | 12 |
| Davis Mills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 17 | 70 | 0 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Collins | 4 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 29 |
| Brandin Cooks | 4 | 10 | 54 | 0 | 25 |
| Pharaoh Brown | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
| Chris Moore | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Dameon Pierce | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Brevin Jordan | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Rex Burkhead | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 18 | 36 | 161 | 0 | 29 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Owens | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Kirksey | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Nelson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pierre-Louis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ogbo Okoronkwo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.J. Stewart | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Murray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maliek Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Cashman | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Lopez | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Booker IV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 48 | 33 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Denver Broncos 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javonte Williams | 15 | 75 | 0 | 17 |
| Melvin Gordon III | 10 | 47 | 0 | 9 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Courtland Sutton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Russell Wilson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Andrew Beck | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 30 | 140 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland Sutton | 7 | 11 | 122 | 0 | 35 |
| Eric Saubert | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 22 |
| Javonte Williams | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Melvin Gordon III | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 11 | 21 | 161 | 1 | 35 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem Jackson | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre'Mont Jones | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Singleton | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Damarri Mathis | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K'Waun Williams | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Jones | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Purcell | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Surtain II | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Darby | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P.J. Locke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Henningsen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 23 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Texans · 2022 season · Previous Sep 11, 2022: IND 20, HOU 20 · Next Sep 25, 2022: HOU 20, CHI 23
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