Indianapolis, IN — The Indianapolis Colts extend their win streak to 4-0 this season after defeating the visiting Houston Texans 10-20. It was a great performance by the team of Coach Alvarado being his first year with the team, and already establishing a winning mentality.

The game started with some trouble for the defense, giving an early touchdown and falling behind on the scoreboard. Andrew Luck started cold as well, but got a rhythm and started connecting with his favorite target of the game, Jack Doyle. The game was decided by turnovers from the Texans, and the streak continues.


Alvarado was asked after the game if there was something else the team could improve on. “I liked the performance of the team overall. I know we can improve on the offensive side of the ball a lot more”. He also added, “The Texans are a great defensive team, they gave a great battle, and our defense also stood up and fought for the win”.

It is early in the season still, and a lot of football is left to play, but the expectations for this young and talented team are increasing week by week. If there is something for sure, it is that the Colts have improved exponentially compared to last season.

Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton are connecting with efficiency, but the volume of the passes needs to increase. Some fans want to see more of T.Y. in the end zone. Hilton said, “I’m happy we are ballin’ right now. I know Drew, and I have not had a big game yet, but it’s yet to come”.

Next week, the Colts will be on the road taking on the New England Patriots for what is expected to be an interesting game. Danny Etling (who has thrown for more interceptions than touchdowns this season) is going against the number one defense in interceptions this season.

HOU
TEAM STATS
IND
Offensive Yards Gained
342
284
Total Yards Gained
440
392
Penalties
4
2
Penalty yards
30
16
Total first downs
14
16
3rd down efficiency
4 - 9 , 44.4%
2 - 8 , 25.0%
4th down efficiency
0 - 0 , 0.0%
0 - 0 , 0.0%
2 point conversion
0 - 0 , 0.0%
0 - 0 , 0.0%
Trips to red zone
1
4
Red zone touchdowns
0
2
Red zone field goals
1
2
Red zone efficiency
100.0%
100.0%
Defensive sacks
2
1
Defensive Interceptions
0
4
Defensive forced fumbles
0
0
Defensive F.F. recovered
0
0

Stats

AWAY STATS
HOME STATS
Passing
Houston Texans
Player
qbr
com/att
pct
yds
lng
td
int
sck
D.Watson #4 73.9 20 / 29 69.0 296 39 1 4 1
TEAM - 20 / 29 69.0 296 39 1 4 1
Rushing
Houston Texans
Player
att
yds
lng
td
avg
big
yac
L.Miller #26 12 41 18 0 3.4 0 15
D.Foreman #27 1 9 9 0 9.0 0 1
D.Watson #4 2 6 7 0 3.0 0 0
D.Hopkins #10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
TEAM 15 56 18 0 3.7 0 16
Receiving
Houston Texans
Player
rec
yds
avg
td
yac
lng
drop
R.Griffin #84 5 70 14.0 1 28 23 0
L.Miller #26 4 59 14.8 0 41 27 1
D.Hopkins #10 3 49 16.3 0 9 19 0
J.Thomas #83 1 39 39.0 0 36 39 0
W.Fuller V #15 3 37 12.3 0 1 30 0
B.Ellington #12 3 30 10.0 0 5 14 0
J.Akins #88 1 12 12.0 0 1 12 0
TEAM 20 296 14.8 1 121 39 1
Defense
Houston Texans
Player
tckl
sck
pdef
int
int yds
td
ff
ffr
J.Watt #99 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C.Washington #94 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Jackson #25 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Z.Cunningham #41 2 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
J.Ellis #96 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T.Mathieu #32 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Ayers Jr #97 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Ejiofor #53 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Johnson #30 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
W.Mercilus #59 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Clowney #90 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.Colvin #22 1 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
D.Cole #51 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM 31 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Houston Texans
Player
fg
fg pct
lng
xp
xp pct
50+
50+ pct
G.Tavecchio #2 1 / 1 100.0 38 1 / 1 100.0 0 / 0 0.0
TEAM 1 / 1 100.0 38 1 / 1 100.0 0 / 0 0.0
Punting
Houston Texans
Player
punts
yds
avg
tb
in20
lng
blk
B.Nortman #7 3 130 34.3 0 1 59 0
TEAM 3 130 43.3 0 1 59 0