Texans vs Patriots

Final · Week 20 · Sun Jan 18 · 3:00 PM ET · Gillette Stadium

Houston TexansTexans12-5

FinalJan 18, 2026

New England PatriotsPatriots14-3

TVESPNABC

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

HOU+150

NE−180

Spread

HOU +3+105

NE −3−125

Total O/U

Over 40.5−115

Under 40.5−105

Spread: Patriots −3 covered.
Total O/U: over 40.5 (44 points).

Recap

The New England Patriots beat the Houston Texans 28-16 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Jan 18, 2026 to move to 14-3.

The Patriots have won 5 straight. The Patriots won the turnover battle 5-3.

Score by quarter

Houston Texans and New England Patriots, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	3	7	6	0	16
NE	7	14	0	7	28

Scoring plays

First Quarter

NETouchdown · 9:35DeMario Douglas 28 Yd pass from Drake Maye (Andy Borregales Kick)0-7
HOUField Goal · 5:26Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 Yd Field Goal3-7

Second Quarter

HOUTouchdown · 12:51Christian Kirk 10 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)10-7
NETouchdown · 10:31Marcus Jones 26 Yd Interception Return (Andy Borregales Kick)10-14
NETouchdown · 3:12Stefon Diggs 7 Yd pass from Drake Maye (Andy Borregales Kick)10-21

Third Quarter

HOUField Goal · 9:45Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 Yd Field Goal13-21
HOUField Goal · 1:32Ka'imi Fairbairn 51 Yd Field Goal16-21

Fourth Quarter

NETouchdown · 12:58Kayshon Boutte 32 Yd pass from Drake Maye (Andy Borregales Kick)16-28

Team stats

HOUNE

1st Downs: 16; 13
Total Yards: 241; 248
Passing: 193; 143
Rushing: 48; 105
3rd down efficiency: 7-17; 3-14
Turnovers: 5; 3
Possession: 27:51; 32:09

Top performers

Houston TexansNew England Patriots

Passing

C.J. Stroud20/47, 212 YDS, 1 TD, 4 INT

Drake Maye16/27, 179 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Woody Marks14 CAR, 17 YDS

Rhamondre Stevenson16 CAR, 70 YDS

Receiving

Jayden Higgins6 REC, 59 YDS

Kayshon Boutte3 REC, 75 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Will Anderson Jr.3

Anfernee Jennings1

Tackles

Azeez Al-Shaair9

Christian Gonzalez9

Player stats

Texans · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
C.J. Stroud	20/47	212	4.5	1	4	3-19	22.2	28.0

Texans · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Woody Marks	14	17	1.2	8
Nick Chubb	4	14	3.5	7
C.J. Stroud	2	11	5.5	10
Cade Stover	2	6	3.0	4

Texans · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Jayden Higgins	6	59	9.8	0	16	10
Dalton Schultz	2	47	23.5	0	42	2
Xavier Hutchinson	4	44	11.0	0	23	13
Harrison Bryant	3	21	7.0	0	9	6
Christian Kirk	2	20	10.0	1	10	6
Woody Marks	2	19	9.5	0	13	3
Cade Stover	1	2	2.0	0	2	3
Nick Chubb	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Jaylin Noel	0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Texans · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Woody Marks	1	1	0
Azeez Al-Shaair	0	0	2

Texans · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Azeez Al-Shaair	9	4	0	0	0	0
Henry To'oTo'o	8	4	0	1	1	0
Tommy Togiai	8	3	0	1	0	0
Jalen Pitre	5	4	0	2	0	0
Kamari Lassiter	5	4	0	0	3	0
Calen Bullock	5	1	0	0	0	0
Danielle Hunter	4	4	2	1	0	1
Sheldon Rankins	4	2	0	0	0	0

Texans · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Ja'Marcus Ingram	1	0	0

Texans · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylin Noel	3	69	23.0	26	0
Braxton Berrios	1	19	19.0	19	0

Texans · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylin Noel	3	29	9.7	11	0

Texans · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ka'imi Fairbairn	3/3	100.0	51	1/1	10

Texans · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tommy Townsend	5	294	58.8	0	1	72

Patriots · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Drake Maye	16/27	179	6.6	3	1	5-36	20.7	100.7

Patriots · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Rhamondre Stevenson	16	70	4.4	20
TreVeyon Henderson	12	25	2.1	6
Drake Maye	4	10	2.5	8

Patriots · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Kayshon Boutte	3	75	25.0	1	32	5
Stefon Diggs	4	40	10.0	1	14	6
DeMario Douglas	2	36	18.0	1	28	2
Austin Hooper	1	14	14.0	0	14	2
Rhamondre Stevenson	4	11	2.8	0	9	4
Hunter Henry	1	5	5.0	0	5	2
Kyle Williams	0	0	0.0	0	0	3
TreVeyon Henderson	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	2

Patriots · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Drake Maye	4	2	0
Craig Woodson	0	0	1
Will Campbell	0	0	2

Patriots · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Christian Gonzalez	9	6	0	0	1	0
Robert Spillane	6	2	0	0	1	0
Craig Woodson	5	3	0	0	3	1
Anfernee Jennings	5	2	1	1	0	1
Carlton Davis III	4	4	0	1	4	0
Christian Elliss	4	3	0	1	1	0
Jaylinn Hawkins	4	2	0	0	0	0
Brenden Schooler	3	3	0	0	0	0

Patriots · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Carlton Davis III	2	0	0
Marcus Jones	1	26	1
Craig Woodson	1	0	0

Patriots · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
D'Ernest Johnson	2	47	23.5	25
Kyle Williams	1	22	22.0	22
Efton Chism III	1	20	20.0	20

Patriots · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Marcus Jones	4	53	13.3	24	0

Patriots · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Andy Borregales	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Patriots · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Bryce Baringer	8	333	41.6	0	3	55

Game info

VenueGillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Attendance64,628

OfficialsDown Judge: Dana McKenzie · Line Judge: Julian Mapp · Side Judge: Eugene Hall · Referee: Shawn Smith

TVESPN · nationalABC · national

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