Texans extend winning streak

Final

Statistic,Las Vegas Raiders,Houston Texans
Total Yards,315,270
Passing Yards,170,187
Rushing Yards,145,83
Turnovers,1 (INT),0
3rd Down Eff.,6-of-14 (43%),9-of-15 (60%)

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Texans
23

Raiders
21
All times are in Gulf Standard Time
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HOU – C.J. Stroud: 23/35, 187 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.

LV – Ashton Jeanty: 24 carries, 128 yards, 1 TD; 60-yard rec TD (188 total yards).

LV – Geno Smith: 16/23, 201 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT (returning from injury).

HOU – Derek Stingley Jr.: 1 INT (TD), 1 Forced Fumble.

Impact on Standings
The Texans remain just one game behind the Jacksonville Jaguars for the lead in the AFC South with two games remaining in the regular season. For the Raiders, this marks their ninth straight loss as they look toward the 2026 NFL Draft.

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In an intense Week 16 matchup yesterday, December 21, 2025, the Houston Texans (10–5) secured their seventh consecutive victory by defeating the Las Vegas Raiders (2–13) with a final score of 23–21 at NRG Stadium.

The game was a battle of efficiency versus explosive plays, with the Texans narrowly overcoming a career-best performance from Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty.

Game Highlights & Scoring Breakdown
Early Defensive Strike: The Texans took an early lead when All-Pro cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. intercepted Geno Smith and returned it 31 yards for a touchdown—his first pick-six since high school.

Raiders’ Rookie Power: Rookie Ashton Jeanty was the engine for Las Vegas, totaling 188 yards from scrimmage. He scored on a 60-yard reception in the third quarter and a 51-yard run in the fourth, briefly giving the Raiders their first lead since November.

The Closer: Texans QB C.J. Stroud responded in the fourth quarter with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Schultz. Houston then sealed the game by running out the clock, aided by a crucial 24-yard catch by Nico Collins on third down after the two-minute warning.

Special Teams Edge: Ka’imi Fairbairn was perfect, converting field goals from 55, 50, and 49 yards, which provided the ultimate margin of victory.

Texans extend winning streak to with victory over Raiders

Texans win in a row after victory over Raiders

The Texans hold on vs. the Raiders for their seventh win in a row.

HOUSTON — — Houston’s struggles Sunday in a victory over the Las Vegas Raiders left some on the Texans top-ranked defense feeling a bit disappointed.

“It’s hard to win this league,” defensive end Will Anderson Jr. said. “ With saying that, though, we have a standard in this building to where we want to play at and when we don’t feel like we play to that standard, everybody feels it. Sometimes it feels like, man we didn’t even win the game.”

Stroud threw a touchdown pass, Derek Stingley returned an interception for a score and the Texans beat Las Vegas 23-21 for their seventh straight victory and the Raiders’ ninth loss in a row.

While Anderson left the field feeling less than satisfied, coach DeMeco Ryans lauded his team for pulling out the win on a day it didn’t play its best.

“It doesn’t matter how it looks, it’s beautiful to get the win,” Ryans said. “I’m proud of our team for continuing to find ways to win.”

Houston (10-5) has its longest winning streak since a nine-game run in 2018. The Texans remain a game behind first-place Jacksonville — a winner in Denver on Sunday — in the AFC South. The Raiders are 2-13.

Stingley’s touchdown came in the first quarter, and Ka’imi Fairbairn made three field goals to help the Texans to the win on a day when their offense struggled.

Houston led by two with about eight minutes left when Stroud found a wide-open Dalton Schultz for a 1-yard touchdown strike that made it 23-14.

“We found a way to win,” Schultz said. “And in December, that’s all that we can ask for.”

Nick Chubb had a 30-yard run on that drive and a 23-yard pass interference call on Lonnie Johnson Jr. against Collins got Houston to the 2 to set up the score.

Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty cut the lead to 23-21 when he scored on a 51-yard run with about 5 1/2 minutes left. He burst through the line before shedding a defender and waltzing into the end zone.

Houston faced third-and-20 at its 7 after that when Darien Porter was flagged for pass interference on Nico Collins to give the Texans a first down. Collins grabbed a 24-yard reception on the first play after the two-minute warning and Houston ran out the clock for the win.

Jeanty, the sixth overall pick in the draft, had 24 carries for 128 yards with a touchdown run and added a 60-yard touchdown reception to keep the Raiders in it.

“It was a beautiful day to watch Ashton,” coach Pete Carroll said. “His talent is so obvious to me and anyone who has watched him.”

Stroud threw for 187 yards and a touchdown and Collins had four receptions for 59 yards.

Las Vegas finished with 315 yards to break a streak of six straight games with less than 17 points and fewer than 275 yards, which was the longest such streak since Cleveland in 2008.

“This game was about how hard we would play and demonstrate how much we love the game,” Carroll said. “I thought that’s what we showed.”

Geno Smith threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns with the interception in his return after sitting out last week with back and shoulder injuries.

Jeanty put the Raiders on top when he grabbed a pass at about the 35 and dashed into the end zone, slipping out of a tackle on the way, for the 60-yard score with about 9 1/2 minutes let in the third. The score was the longest touchdown reception by a Raiders running back since Jamize Olawale had a 75-yard TD catch against Houston in 2016.

He joined Alvin Kamara (2017) and Christian McCaffrey (2017) as the only rookie running backs since 1970 to have five receiving touchdowns. His 188 yards from scrummage are the second most by a rookie in franchise history behind the 235 yards Bo Jackson gained against Seattle in 1987.

The Texans punted on their first two possessions of the second half before Fairbairn’s 49-yard field goal made it 16-14 with three minutes left in the third.

Stingley’s 31-yard interception return for a touchdown put the Texans up 7-0 early. It was the first touchdown for the All-Pro since high school and he kept the ball to give to his father. The Raiders tied it on a 7-yard reception by Brock Bowers early in the second quarter.

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