Rookie quarterback CJ Stroud threw for 199 yards and two touchdown passes. The player received support from his defense that contained New Orleans on two occasions at the end of the game, so that Houston They will score the 20-13 victory over the Saints.
With this result, the Texans equaled their win total from last season, when the team finished with a 3-13-1 record and ranked second to last among the 32 franchises.
With the Saints trailing by seven points, quarterback Derek Carr He threw a 51-yard pass to Rashid Shaheed to advance to the Houston 35-yard line. Five consecutive carries by Alvin Kamara helped put New Orleans at the 14-yard line of the rival territory, but a pass from Carr to the same Kamara on a fourth and quarter to advance fell short and returned the ball to the Texans with less than five remaining minutes to finish the match.
Texans defenders Shaquill Griffin and Blake Cashman combined to take down Kamara near the Texans sideline, where head coach DeMeco Ryans celebrated the play with his defense.
On the next series, Houston was unable to advance and was forced to punt. the ovoid New Orleans then drove to the Houston 24-yard line, but another pass from Carr on a fourth-and-10 play was intercepted by Steven Nelson with 21 seconds left, securing the Texans’ victory and an outburst of jubilation from the local fans.
Carr finished the game with a season-high 353 yards and a touchdown, but the Saints suffered their third loss in four games after a 2-0 start to the season.
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