Nate Landman punched the ball out of Dare Ogunbowale’s grip with 1:51 left, Braden Fiske fell on the loose ball at the Los Angeles 24, and the Rams ran out the clock to finish off a 14-9 win over the Houston Texans in the 2025 NFL season opener at SoFi Stadium on September 7, 2025. Matthew Stafford passed for 245 yards and a touchdown while becoming the tenth quarterback in NFL history to surpass 60,000 career passing yards. Puka Nacua caught 10 passes for 130 yards after absorbing a helmet-to-helmet hit that sent him for a concussion evaluation and forehead stitches before halftime. The complete Houston Texans vs Los Angeles Rams box score and player stats from Week 1 are below.
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Houston Texans 3 6 0 0 9 Los Angeles Rams 0 7 7 0 14
Date: September 7, 2025Venue: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CaliforniaAttendance: 71,346Vegas Line: Rams -3.0Over/Under: 43.5 (Under)Game Duration: 2:52 Roof: DomeSurface: Matrix Turf
Scoring Summary Qtr Time Team Play HOU LAR Q1 1:15 HOU Ka’imi Fairbairn 51-yd FG — 13 plays, 62 yards, 7:01 3 0 Q2 4:47 HOU Ka’imi Fairbairn 45-yd FG — 10 plays, 19 yards, 5:25 6 0 Q2 0:53 LAR Kyren Williams 1-yd rush (Joshua Karty kick) — 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:54 6 7 Q2 0:00 HOU Ka’imi Fairbairn 53-yd FG — 5 plays, 42 yards, 0:53 9 7 Q3 12:28 LAR Davis Allen 13-yd pass from Stafford (Joshua Karty kick) — 5 plays, 68 yards, 2:32 9 14
Team Stats Stat Houston Texans Los Angeles Rams Final Score 9 14 Total Yards 265 296 Total Plays 57 57 Yards per Play 4.6 5.2 Net Passing Yards 151 224 Rushing Yards 114 72 First Downs 18 18 Rushing First Downs 6 3 Passing First Downs 9 12 Penalty First Downs 1 1 3rd Down Conversions 2/9 (22%) 7/13 (54%) 4th Down Conversions 1/1 1/1 Red Zone Possessions 1 3 Red Zone Touchdowns 0 2 Red Zone Scoring Rate 0% 67% Turnovers 2 1 Fumbles Lost 1 1 Interceptions Thrown 1 0 Penalties 11 for 80 yds 7 for 60 yds Sacks Allowed 3 for -37 yds 3 for -21 yds Time of Possession 31:25 28:35 Total Drives 9 9 Avg Yards per Drive 27.0 29.3 Avg Points per Drive 0.9 1.4 Avg EPA per Play -0.142 +0.053 Explosive Runs (10+ yds) 3 0 Explosive Passes (15+ yds) 4 (78 yds) 7 (167 yds) Deep Attempts (20+ yds) 3 5 Deep Completions 2 (47 yds) 4 (109 yds)
Quarterback Stats Player Team CMP ATT CMP% YDS AVG TD INT SK SK YDS LNG QBR RTG C.J. Stroud HOU 19 27 70.4% 188 7.0 0 1 3 -37 23 40.2 74.3 Matthew Stafford LAR 21 29 72.4% 245 8.4 1 0 3 -21 36 71.1 109.1
Advanced Passing Player Team Adj CMP% aDOT Air Yds IAY/PA YAC YAC/CMP 1D 1D% Drops Drop% Bad Throws Bad% Prss Prss% Bltz Scrm Scr Yds TTT C.J. Stroud HOU 76.9% 6.7 112 5.7 73 3.8 7 23.3% 1 3.7% 3 11.1% 8 23.5% 6 4 32 2.78s Matthew Stafford LAR 82.1% 8.0 175 8.1 68 3.2 13 40.6% 2 7.1% 4 14.3% 6 18.8% 9 0 0 2.33s
TTT = Time to Throw | aDOT = Avg Depth of Target | IAY = Intended Air Yards | Prss = Pressures faced
Rushing Stats Player Team ATT YDS AVG TD LNG 1D YBC YBC/ATT YAC YAC/ATT MTF Nick Chubb HOU 13 60 4.6 0 13 4 34 2.6 26 2.0 6 C.J. Stroud HOU 5 32 6.4 0 14 3 30 6.0 2 0.4 0 Dare Ogunbowale HOU 2 9 4.5 0 7 0 1 0.5 8 4.0 1 Dameon Pierce HOU 3 5 1.7 0 2 0 1 0.3 4 1.3 0 Xavier Hutchinson HOU 1 5 5.0 0 5 1 0 0.0 5 5.0 1 Woody Marks HOU 3 3 1.0 0 2 0 1 0.3 2 0.7 0 HOU Total 27 114 4.2 0 14 8 8 Kyren Williams LAR 18 66 3.7 1 9 3 23 1.3 43 2.4 1 Jordan Whittington LAR 1 5 5.0 0 5 0 5 5.0 0 0.0 0 Blake Corum LAR 1 2 2.0 0 2 0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 Puka Nacua LAR 1 1 1.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 Matthew Stafford LAR 4 -2 -0.5 0 0 0 -2 -0.5 0 0.0 0 LAR Total 25 72 2.9 1 9 3 1
MTF = Missed Tackles Forced | YBC = Yards Before Contact | YAC = Yards After Contact
Receiving Stats Houston Texans Player Pos TGT REC YDS AVG TD LNG 1D YAC ADOT BrkTkl Drop Cade Stover TE 4 4 22 5.5 0 10 1 13 2.3 0 0 Nico Collins WR 5 3 25 8.3 0 14 0 10 5.8 0 0 Dalton Schultz TE 5 3 28 9.3 0 11 2 11 5.0 0 0 Jayden Higgins WR 3 2 32 16.0 0 23 1 2 17.3 0 0 Xavier Hutchinson WR 2 2 30 15.0 0 23 1 1 14.5 0 0 Justin Watson WR 2 2 27 13.5 0 15 1 13 7.0 0 0 Dare Ogunbowale RB 2 2 17 8.5 0 16 1 12 2.5 0 0 Jaylin Noel WR 2 1 7 7.0 0 7 0 11 -5.0 0 0 Nick Chubb RB 1 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 5.0 0 0 Dameon Pierce RB 1 0 0 — 0 — 0 — -4.0 0 1 HOU Total 27 19 188 9.9 0 23 7 73 1
Los Angeles Rams Player Pos TGT REC YDS AVG TD LNG 1D YAC ADOT BrkTkl Drop Puka Nacua WR 11 10 130 13.0 0 25 7 43 8.9 1 0 Davante Adams WR 8 4 51 12.8 0 24 4 8 8.8 0 1 Xavier Smith WR 1 1 36 36.0 0 36 1 0 36.0 0 0 Blake Corum RB 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 0 16 -2.0 0 0 Davis Allen TE 2 1 13 13.0 1 13 1 0 17.5 0 1 Tutu Atwell WR 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0 0 4.0 0 0 Kyren Williams RB 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 0 7 -2.0 0 0 Colby Parkinson TE 2 2 -6 -3.0 0 1 0 -5 0.0 0 0 LAR Total 28 21 245 11.7 1 36 13 69 2
Defense Stats Houston Texans Defense Player Pos COMB SOLO AST SACKS TFL PD QB HTS FF Kamari Lassiter CB 9 5 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 Azeez Al-Shaair LB 7 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 1 Henry To’oTo’o LB 6 2 4 1.0 1 1 1 0 Jalen Pitre S 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Derek Stingley Jr. CB 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Will Anderson Jr. ED 4 4 0 1.0 3 0 2 0 C.J. Gardner-Johnson S 4 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 Calen Bullock S 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Folorunso Fatukasi DI 3 2 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 Danielle Hunter ED 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 Sheldon Rankins DI 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 2 0 Jaylin Smith CB 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Dylan Horton ED 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Christian Harris LB 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Darrell Taylor ED 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Derek Barnett ED 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 HOU Total 61 38 23 3.0 5 1 6 1
Los Angeles Rams Defense Player Pos COMB SOLO AST SACKS TFL PD QB HTS FF Kamren Curl S 10 8 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 Nate Landman LB 10 6 4 0.0 0 0 1 1 Byron Young ED 9 5 4 1.0 1 0 2 0 Omar Speights LB 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Kamren Kinchens S 4 2 2 0.0 0 1 0 0 Tyler Davis DI 4 1 3 1.0 1 0 1 0 Jaylen McCollough S 3 3 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 Emmanuel Forbes CB 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Kobie Turner DI 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 Braden Fiske DI 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jared Verse ED 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 1 0 Ahkello Witherspoon CB 2 2 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 Cobie Durant CB 2 2 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 Quentin Lake S 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Poona Ford NT 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 LAR Total 66 40 26 3.0 3 4 7 1
Turnovers Interceptions Player Team INT Return Yds TD Play Cobie Durant LAR 1 0 0 C.J. Stroud pass deep right, Q3 8:30
Houston: 0 interceptions recorded.
Fumbles Player Team FUM LOST Recovered By Dare Ogunbowale HOU 1 1 Braden Fiske (LAR) — forced by Nate Landman, LAR 24, Q4 1:51 Colby Parkinson LAR 1 0 Danielle Hunter (HOU) — forced by Azeez Al-Shaair, HOU 19, Q4 4:09 Matthew Stafford LAR 1 0 Matthew Stafford (LAR) — aborted snap, LAR 7, Q2 11:05
Pass Rush Stats Houston Texans Pass Rush Player Pos TPR SK HT HU PRSH UBP PR% Will Anderson Jr. ED 2 1 0 1 24 0 8.3% Danielle Hunter ED 2 0 0 2 26 0 7.7% Sheldon Rankins DI 2 0 1 1 23 1 8.7% Folorunso Fatukasi DI 1 1 0 0 10 0 10.0% Henry To’oTo’o LB 1 1 0 0 1 0 100% Azeez Al-Shaair LB 1 0 0 1 3 0 33.3% Jalen Pitre S 1 0 0 1 4 0 25.0% Darrell Taylor ED 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% Derek Barnett ED 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0%
Los Angeles Rams Pass Rush Player Pos TPR SK HT HU PRSH UBP PR% Jared Verse ED 3 0 1 2 32 0 9.4% Byron Young ED 3 1 1 1 22 1 13.6% Omar Speights LB 2 0 0 2 3 1 66.7% Quentin Lake S 2 0 0 2 6 2 33.3% Jaylen McCollough S 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% Kobie Turner DI 1 0 0 1 24 0 4.2% Nate Landman LB 1 0 1 0 4 1 25.0% Poona Ford NT 1 0 1 0 12 0 8.3% Tyler Davis DI 1 1 0 0 9 0 11.1% Braden Fiske DI 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.0%
TPR = Total Pressures | SK = Sacks | HT = QB Hits | HU = Hurries | PRSH = Pass Rush Snaps | UBP = Unblocked Pressures | PR% = Pressure Rate
Pass Block Stats Houston Texans Pass Blocking Player Pos PR SK HT HU PBLK PR% Aireontae Ersery T 3 1 2 0 34 8.8% Laken Tomlinson G 3 0 2 1 34 8.8% Tytus Howard G 1 0 0 1 34 2.9% Cam Robinson T 1 0 0 1 33 3.0% Jarrett Patterson C 0 0 0 0 9 0.0% Jake Andrews C 0 0 0 0 25 0.0%
Los Angeles Rams Pass Blocking Player Pos PR SK HT HU PBLK PR% Kyren Williams RB 3 1 0 2 5 60.0% Rob Havenstein T 3 1 1 1 32 9.4% Beaux Limmer G/C 2 1 0 1 22 9.1% Alaric Jackson T 1 0 0 1 32 3.1% Kevin Dotson G 0 0 0 0 26 0.0% Coleman Shelton C 0 0 0 0 32 0.0% Steve Avila G 0 0 0 0 16 0.0%
PR = Total Pressures Allowed | SK = Sacks Allowed | HT = Hits Allowed | HU = Hurries Allowed | PBLK = Pass Block Snaps | PR% = Pressure Rate Allowed
Coverage Stats Houston Texans Coverage Player Pos TGT REC COMP% YDS TD INT PBU RTG C.J. Gardner-Johnson S 3 3 100% 65 0 0 0 118.8 Kamari Lassiter CB 6 6 100% 52 1 0 0 142.4 Jalen Pitre S 3 2 66.7% 43 0 0 0 109.7 Derek Stingley Jr. CB 7 5 71.4% 56 0 0 0 94.9 Calen Bullock S 1 1 100% 10 0 0 0 108.3 Azeez Al-Shaair LB 2 2 100% 2 0 0 0 79.2 Henry To’oTo’o LB 5 2 40.0% 17 0 0 1 49.6
Los Angeles Rams Coverage Player Pos TGT REC COMP% YDS TD INT PBU RTG Cobie Durant CB 4 3 75.0% 33 0 1 0 59.4 Quentin Lake S 3 1 33.3% 15 0 0 0 50.7 Ahkello Witherspoon CB 3 2 66.7% 5 0 0 0 70.1 Omar Speights LB 3 2 66.7% 31 0 0 0 100.7 Kamren Curl S 3 3 100% 33 0 0 0 112.5 Kamren Kinchens S 3 2 66.7% 28 0 0 0 96.5 Nate Landman LB 3 2 66.7% 18 0 0 0 82.6 Jaylen McCollough S 2 2 100% 18 0 0 0 104.2 Byron Young ED 1 1 100% 6 0 0 0 91.7 Emmanuel Forbes CB 1 1 100% 1 0 0 0 79.2
Special Teams Kicking Player Team FG FG% FG LNG XPM XPA PTS Ka’imi Fairbairn HOU 3/3 100% 53 0 0 9 Joshua Karty LAR 0/0 — — 2 2 2
Fairbairn field goals: 51 yds (Q1, 1:15), 45 yds (Q2, 4:47), 53 yds (Q2, 0:00 buzzer).
Punting Player Team NO YDS AVG LNG TB In 20 Tommy Townsend HOU 4 208 52.0 61 0 1 Ethan Evans LAR 5 220 44.0 50 1 2
Kick Returns Player Team RET YDS AVG LNG TD Tremon Smith HOU 1 11 11.0 11 0 Jordan Whittington LAR 2 60 30.0 32 0
Punt Returns Player Team RET YDS AVG LNG TD Jaylin Noel HOU 2 20 10.0 10 0 Xavier Smith LAR 2 21 10.5 16 0
Snap Counts Offensive Snaps Player Team Pos Off Snaps Off % C.J. Stroud HOU QB 63 100% Laken Tomlinson HOU G 63 100% Tytus Howard HOU G/T 63 100% Aireontae Ersery HOU T 63 100% Cam Robinson HOU T 59 94% Nico Collins HOU WR 53 84% Jake Andrews HOU C 45 71% Xavier Hutchinson HOU WR 43 68% Cade Stover HOU TE 36 57% Justin Watson HOU WR 35 56% Dalton Schultz HOU TE 34 54% Nick Chubb HOU RB 32 51% Jayden Higgins HOU WR 27 43% Jarrett Patterson HOU C 18 29% Dare Ogunbowale HOU RB 17 27% Jaylin Noel HOU WR 17 27% Jakob Johnson HOU FB 7 11% Dameon Pierce HOU RB 7 11% Woody Marks HOU RB 7 11% Blake Fisher HOU T 4 6% Matthew Stafford LAR QB 60 100% Rob Havenstein LAR OL 60 100% Alaric Jackson LAR OL 60 100% Coleman Shelton LAR C 60 100% Davante Adams LAR WR 54 90% Kyren Williams LAR RB 49 82% Kevin Dotson LAR G 45 75% Beaux Limmer LAR G/C 44 73% Puka Nacua LAR WR 38 63% Tyler Higbee LAR TE 35 58% Steve Avila LAR G 31 52% Jordan Whittington LAR WR 30 50% Colby Parkinson LAR TE 29 48% Tutu Atwell LAR WR 25 42% Davis Allen LAR TE 22 37% Blake Corum LAR RB 10 17%
Defensive Snaps Player Team Pos Def Snaps Def % Azeez Al-Shaair HOU LB 60 100% C.J. Gardner-Johnson HOU S 60 100% Calen Bullock HOU S 60 100% Kamari Lassiter HOU CB 60 100% Henry To’oTo’o HOU LB 57 95% Jalen Pitre HOU S 55 92% Derek Stingley Jr. HOU CB 55 92% Danielle Hunter HOU ED 45 75% Will Anderson Jr. HOU ED 44 73% Sheldon Rankins HOU DI 43 72% Tim Settle HOU DI 32 53% Mario Edwards Jr. HOU DI 24 40% Folorunso Fatukasi HOU DI 21 35% Derek Barnett HOU ED 15 25% Darrell Taylor HOU ED 11 18% Jaylin Smith HOU CB 5 8% Dylan Horton HOU ED 5 8% Christian Harris HOU LB 5 8% Kamren Curl LAR S 63 100% Quentin Lake LAR S 63 100% Nate Landman LAR LB 62 98% Jared Verse LAR ED 57 90% Kamren Kinchens LAR S 57 90% Byron Young LAR ED 54 86% Ahkello Witherspoon LAR CB 51 81% Emmanuel Forbes LAR CB 50 79% Omar Speights LAR LB 45 71% Kobie Turner LAR DI 43 68% Braden Fiske LAR DI 39 62% Poona Ford LAR NT 26 41% Cobie Durant LAR CB 25 40% Tyler Davis LAR DI 21 33% Jaylen McCollough LAR S 18 29% Josaiah Stewart LAR ED 15 24%
PFF Grades Offense Player Team Pos PFF Grade Snaps Puka Nacua LAR WR 91.6 38 Matthew Stafford LAR QB 90.0 60 C.J. Stroud HOU QB 80.7 63 Tytus Howard HOU G/T 77.7 63 Beaux Limmer LAR G/C 76.4 44
Defense Player Team Pos PFF Grade Snaps Nate Landman LAR LB 90.1 62 Cobie Durant LAR CB 87.6 25 Will Anderson Jr. HOU ED 80.0 44 Danielle Hunter HOU ED 78.7 45 Azeez Al-Shaair HOU LB 75.3 60
PFF grades are initial and subject to review. EPA = Expected Points Added.
The numbers from September 7, 2025 at SoFi Stadium capture a game decided far more by efficiency than yardage. Houston outgained Los Angeles on the ground 114 to 72 yards and held the ball for nearly three minutes longer, yet scored five fewer points. The Texans converted 2 of 9 third downs against a Rams defense that finished with seven quarterback hits and two forced fumbles in the final five minutes. Los Angeles, by contrast, moved the chains on 7 of 13 third-down attempts, scored touchdowns on two of three red zone trips, and got a 10-tackle, game-clinching performance from a linebacker in his first start in a Rams uniform. The Texans’ 11 penalties for 80 yards left drives dead that the stats elsewhere suggested Houston had the weapons to finish.
Stats sourced from Pro Football Reference, ESPN, CBS Sports, and Pro Football Focus. All PFF grades are initial and subject to review.
