Cardinals vs Texans

Final · Week 15 · Sun Dec 14 · 1:00 PM ET · Reliant Stadium

Arizona CardinalsCardinals3-11

FinalDec 14, 2025

Houston TexansTexans9-5

TVFox

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

ARI+455

HOU−625

Spread

ARI +10.5−110

HOU −10.5−110

Total O/U

Over 42.5−108

Under 42.5−112

Spread: Texans −10.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 42.5 (60 points).

Recap

The Houston Texans beat the Arizona Cardinals 40-20 at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Dec 14, 2025 to move to 9-5.

The Texans have won 6 straight. The Texans won the turnover battle 2-0. They scored 17 unanswered points in the first quarter.

Score by quarter

Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
ARI	0	7	7	6	20
HOU	17	6	7	10	40

Scoring plays

First Quarter

HOUTouchdown · 14:11Nico Collins 57 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)0-7
HOUField Goal · 12:00Ka'imi Fairbairn 30 Yd Field Goal0-10
HOUTouchdown · 6:12C.J. Stroud Aborted Snap C.J. Stroud Fumble Woody Marks 1 Yd Fumble Recovery (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)0-17

Second Quarter

ARITouchdown · 13:41Trey McBride 2 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)7-17
HOUField Goal · 9:01Ka'imi Fairbairn 55 Yd Field Goal7-20
HOUField Goal · 1:44Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd Field Goal7-23

Third Quarter

HOUTouchdown · 4:35Dalton Schultz 4 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)7-30
ARITouchdown · 0:33Trey McBride 20 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)14-30

Fourth Quarter

HOUField Goal · 13:34Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd Field Goal14-33
ARITouchdown · 11:01Michael Wilson 11 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)20-33
HOUTouchdown · 3:09Nico Collins 4 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)20-40

Team stats

ARIHOU

1st Downs: 22; 23
Total Yards: 307; 399
Passing: 235; 256
Rushing: 72; 143
3rd down efficiency: 5-12; 7-13
Turnovers: 2; 0
Possession: 27:42; 32:18

Top performers

Arizona CardinalsHouston Texans

Passing

Jacoby Brissett27/40, 249 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

C.J. Stroud22/29, 260 YDS, 3 TD

Rushing

Michael Carter14 CAR, 56 YDS

Jawhar Jordan15 CAR, 101 YDS

Receiving

Trey McBride12 REC, 134 YDS, 2 TD

Nico Collins3 REC, 85 YDS, 2 TD

Sacks

Walter Nolen III1

Denico Autry1

Tackles

Akeem Davis-Gaither11

Azeez Al-Shaair12

Player stats

Cardinals · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Jacoby Brissett	27/40	249	6.2	3	1	2-14	53.4	98.9

Cardinals · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Michael Carter	14	56	4.0	8
Corey Kiner	2	11	5.5	7
Jacoby Brissett	3	6	2.0	3
Emari Demercado	1	1	1.0	1
Bam Knight	1	-2	-2.0	-2

Cardinals · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Trey McBride	12	134	11.2	2	21	13
Michael Wilson	5	54	10.8	1	17	11
Michael Carter	4	38	9.5	0	14	4
Jalen Brooks	1	19	19.0	0	19	3
Elijah Higgins	1	3	3.0	0	3	2
Pharaoh Brown	2	1	0.5	0	1	2
Emari Demercado	2	0	0.0	0	5	3

Cardinals · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jalen Brooks	1	1	0

Cardinals · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Akeem Davis-Gaither	11	4	0	0	0
Budda Baker	8	5	0	0	0
Garrett Williams	8	5	1	0	0
Darren Hall	6	3	0	0	0
Zaven Collins	4	3	0	0	1
Will Johnson	4	3	0	1	0
Kitan Crawford	4	2	0	0	0
Owen Pappoe	4	2	0	0	0

Cardinals · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jalen Brooks	5	132	26.4	29
Andre Baccellia	2	53	26.5	27
Corey Kiner	1	22	22.0	22

Cardinals · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chad Ryland	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Cardinals · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Matt Haack	3	135	45.0	0	0	56

Texans · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
C.J. Stroud	22/29	260	9.0	3	0	1-4	57.0	137.1

Texans · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jawhar Jordan	15	101	6.7	50
Woody Marks	7	30	4.3	11
C.J. Stroud	6	10	1.7	6
Dare Ogunbowale	5	2	0.4	4

Texans · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Nico Collins	3	85	28.3	2	57	4
Dalton Schultz	8	76	9.5	1	16	9
Dare Ogunbowale	3	32	10.7	0	18	4
Cade Stover	3	22	7.3	0	8	3
Jawhar Jordan	2	17	8.5	0	14	2
Xavier Hutchinson	1	16	16.0	0	16	2
Woody Marks	1	8	8.0	0	8	1
Jayden Higgins	1	4	4.0	0	4	1

Texans · Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
C.J. Stroud	1	0
Dare Ogunbowale	0	1
Woody Marks	0	1

Texans · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
Azeez Al-Shaair	12	7	0	0
Henry To'oTo'o	10	4	1	0
Kamari Lassiter	5	3	0	2
Calen Bullock	4	3	0	2
Jalen Pitre	4	2	0	1
Damone Clark	4	2	0	0
Christian Harris	4	2	0	0
Tommy Togiai	3	3	0	0

Texans · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Kamari Lassiter	1	0	0

Texans · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylin Noel	2	108	54.0	69	0

Texans · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylin Noel	1	13	13.0	13	0

Texans · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ka'imi Fairbairn	4/5	80.0	55	4/4	16

Texans · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tommy Townsend	1	43	43.0	0	1	43

Game info

VenueReliant Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance71,086

OfficialsBack Judge: Greg Meyer · Line Judge: Kent Payne · Side Judge: James Coleman · Referee: Clete Blakeman

TVFox · national

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