{"id":442487,"date":"2026-09-21T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442487\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T01:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:28:11","slug":"houston-texans-offense-has-issues-to-overcome-after-bengals-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442487\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans offense has issues to overcome after Bengals loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n10<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n20<\/p>\n<p>Houston<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n6<\/p>\n<p>Second Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Cin_Chase 32 pass from Burrow (McPherson kick), 3:29. Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards, 3:24. Key Plays: Burrow 18 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-8; Burrow 23 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-4. Cincinnati 7, Houston 0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_FG Fairbairn 37, 1:17. Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards, 2:12. Key Plays: T.Smith kick return to Houston 27; Stroud 13 pass to Hutchinson; Stroud 15 pass to Schultz; Stroud 18 pass to Hutchinson. Cincinnati 7, Houston 3.<\/p>\n<p>Third Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Cin_FG McPherson 51, 12:28. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 2:02. Key Play: Burrow 7 pass to Iosivas on 3rd-and-9. Cincinnati 10, Houston 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Cin_Chase 18 pass from Burrow (McPherson kick), 3:03. Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 4:26. Key Plays: Burrow 16 pass to Perine on 3rd-and-7; C.Brown 11 run. Cincinnati 17, Houston 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Hou_FG Fairbairn 45, :35. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 2:28. Key Plays: Marks kick return to Houston 31; Stroud 11 run; Stroud 21 pass to Boutte. Cincinnati 17, Houston 6.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">Cin_FG McPherson 57, 12:16. Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, 3:19. Key Plays: Meyers kick return to Cincinnati 28; Burrow 23 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-5. Cincinnati 20, Houston 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>Cin<br \/>\nHou<\/p>\n<p>FIRST DOWNS<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n22<\/p>\n<p>Rushing<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n3<\/p>\n<p>Passing<br \/>\n9<br \/>\n15<\/p>\n<p>Penalty<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n4<\/p>\n<p>THIRD DOWN EFF<br \/>\n5-15<br \/>\n5-17<\/p>\n<p>FOURTH DOWN EFF<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-4<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL NET YARDS<br \/>\n267<br \/>\n374<\/p>\n<p>Total Plays<br \/>\n59<br \/>\n78<\/p>\n<p>Avg Gain<br \/>\n4.5<br \/>\n4.8<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS RUSHING<br \/>\n85<br \/>\n60<\/p>\n<p>Rushes<br \/>\n23<br \/>\n18<\/p>\n<p>Avg per rush<br \/>\n3.696<br \/>\n3.333<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS PASSING<br \/>\n182<br \/>\n314<\/p>\n<p>Sacked-Yds lost<br \/>\n5-25<br \/>\n4-39<\/p>\n<p>Gross-Yds passing<br \/>\n207<br \/>\n353<\/p>\n<p>Completed-Att.<br \/>\n20-31<br \/>\n30-56<\/p>\n<p>Had Intercepted<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Yards-Pass Play<br \/>\n5.056<br \/>\n5.233<\/p>\n<p>KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB<br \/>\n5-1-1<br \/>\n3-0-0<\/p>\n<p>PUNTS-Avg.<br \/>\n8-43.125<br \/>\n5-41.4<\/p>\n<p>Punts blocked<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>FGs-PATs blocked<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE<br \/>\n109<br \/>\n125<\/p>\n<p>Punt Returns<br \/>\n3-19<br \/>\n3-32<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff Returns<br \/>\n3-90<br \/>\n4-93<\/p>\n<p>Interceptions<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>PENALTIES-Yds<br \/>\n12-78<br \/>\n9-83<\/p>\n<p>FUMBLES-Lost<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n1-0<\/p>\n<p>TIME OF POSSESSION<br \/>\n30:49<br \/>\n29:11<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">RUSHING_Cincinnati, C.Brown 20-80, Perine 2-6, Burrow 1-(minus 1). Houston, Stroud 3-29, Noel 1-13, Montgomery 6-10, Marks 8-8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PASSING_Cincinnati, Burrow 20-31-0-207. Houston, Stroud 30-55-0-353, Kroeger 0-1-0-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Chase 7-75, Higgins 5-95, C.Brown 3-2, All 2-5, Perine 1-16, Iosivas 1-7, Young 1-7. Houston, Schultz 12-140, Marks 5-27, Boutte 3-37, Hutchinson 3-37, Moreau 2-34, Wayne 2-33, Montgomery 2-14, Noel 1-31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PUNT RETURNS_Cincinnati, Meyers 3-19. Houston, Noel 3-32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">KICKOFF RETURNS_Cincinnati, Meyers 3-90. Houston, Marks 2-40, Noel 1-31, T.Smith 1-22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Cincinnati, Knight 4-8-0, D.Hill 4-6-0, Battle 4-4-0, Turner 4-1-0, Cook 3-1-0, Allen 3-0-1, Carter 2-3-0, C.Johnson 2-1-2, J.Davis 2-1-0, Lawrence 2-1-0, Stewart 2-0-1, Slaton 2-0-0, Mafe 1-1-0, T.Davis 1-0-0, Jenkins 1-0-0, Murphy 1-0-0, Howell 0-1-0. Houston, Al-Shaair 6-6-0, Anderson 4-4-1, Lassiter 4-1-0, Blankenship 3-2-0, Pitre 3-1-0, L.Hall 2-1-1, Rankins 2-1-1, Stingley 2-1-0, Togiai 1-5-0, Hansen 1-3-0, Harsh 1-1-.5, Hunter 1-0-1, J.Smith 1-0-0, Edwards 0-4-.5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">INTERCEPTIONS_Cincinnati, None. Houston, None.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">MISSED FIELD GOALS_Houston, Fairbairn 58.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">OFFICIALS_Referee Adrian Hill, Ump Roy Ellison, HL Danny Short, LJ Julian Mapp, FJ Tra Boger, SJ Glen Fucik, BJ Greg Steed, Replay Bob Hubbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati 0 7 10 3 \u2014 20 Houston 0 3 3 0 \u2014 6 Second Quarter Cin_Chase 32&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-442487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}