Down 19 points with under 15 minutes to play, Houston closed the game on a 26-0 run, the last points coming on a fumble return as time expired at NRG Stadium.
The Houston Texans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 36-29 on Nov. 9, 2025, at NRG Stadium, overturning a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit for the second-largest comeback in franchise history. Backup quarterback Davis Mills, starting for a concussed C.J. Stroud, threw two touchdown passes in the final period and scored again himself on a 14-yard scramble with 31 seconds on the clock. Houston finished the job when Will Anderson Jr. forced a fumble from Trevor Lawrence and Sheldon Rankins returned it 32 yards for the game’s last touchdown.
The box score below carries every number from that Sunday in Houston, including scoring by quarter, full team and individual stats for both sidelines, and the game details from NRG Stadium.
Table of Contents
Final score
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Jacksonville Jaguars
10
10
9
0
29
Houston Texans
0
10
0
26
36
Played Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, at NRG Stadium in Houston before 70,531 fans. The result put the Jaguars at 5-4 and the Texans at 4-5 in Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season.
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Team
Play
Drive
Score (JAX-HOU)
1st
11:04
JAX
Cam Little 32-yard field goal
7 plays, 26 yards, 2:58
3-0
1st
8:17
JAX
Parker Washington 7-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence (Little kick)
5 plays, 19 yards, 2:40
10-0
2nd
11:40
JAX
Parker Washington 73-yard punt return touchdown (Little kick)
3 plays, -12 yards, 1:51
17-0
2nd
8:05
HOU
Matthew Wright 23-yard field goal
8 plays, 61 yards, 3:35
17-3
2nd
4:02
JAX
Cam Little 53-yard field goal
7 plays, 40 yards, 4:03
20-3
2nd
1:19
HOU
Woody Marks 1-yard touchdown run (Wright kick)
5 plays, 65 yards, 2:43
20-10
3rd
10:17
JAX
Cam Little 33-yard field goal
9 plays, 59 yards, 4:43
23-10
3rd
1:33
JAX
Travis Etienne Jr. 6-yard touchdown run (two-point pass failed)
11 plays, 58 yards, 5:52
29-10
4th
12:16
HOU
Jayden Higgins 12-yard touchdown pass from Davis Mills (two-point pass to Nico Collins good)
13 plays, 65 yards, 4:17
29-18
4th
7:29
HOU
Dalton Schultz 7-yard touchdown pass from Davis Mills (two-point pass failed)
6 plays, 51 yards, 2:35
29-24
4th
0:31
HOU
Davis Mills 14-yard touchdown run (two-point run failed)
Jacksonville had gone 53-0, including playoff games, in games it led by 19 or more points, the last unbeaten record of its kind left in the league. Houston ended that streak on Nov. 9, closing the fourth quarter on a 26-0 run that finished with Rankins returning a forced fumble for the game’s final points.
The win cost Houston its starting safety. M.J. Stewart, who had taken over the role in September after the team released C.J. Gardner-Johnson, tore his quadriceps on a second-quarter running play and was carted off the field with his leg in a cast. He did not play again in the 2025 season.
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