Indianapolis Colts (AFC South
Wild Card Indianapolis Colts (AFC South - 10-6) at Houston Texans (AFC South - 11-5) Saturday, January 5, 2019 | 4:35 PM ET | NRG Stadium | Referee: Bill Vinovich SERIES HISTORY (INCL. PLAYOFFS) LEADER: Colts lead all-time series, 26-8 LAST GAME: 12/9/18: Colts 24 at Texans 21 STREAKS: Colts have won 3 of past 4 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/9/18
PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY First Meeting in Postseason
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS HOUSTON TEXANS PLAYOFF RECORD 22-23 PLAYOFF RECORD 3-4 LAST WEEK W 33-17 at Tennessee LAST WEEK W 20-3 vs. Jacksonville VS. COMMON OPP. 8-4 (Buf 1-0; Dal 1-0; Jax 1-1; Mia 1-0; NE 0-1; VS. COMMON OPP. 8-4 (Buf 1-0; Dal 1-0; Jax 2-0; Mia 1-0; NE 0-1; NYG 1-0; NYJ 0-1; Phi 0-1; Ten 2-0; Was 1-0) NYG 0-1; NYJ 1-0; Phi 0-1; Ten 1-1; Was 1-0) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 27.1/21.5 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 25.1/19.8 OFFENSE 386.2 OFFENSE 362.6 PASSING Andrew Luck: 430-639-4593-39-15-98.7 PASSING Deshaun Watson: 345-505-4165-26-9-103.1 RUSHING Marlon Mack: 195-908-4.7-9 RUSHING Lamar Miller: 210-973-4.6-5 RECEIVING T.Y. Hilton: 76-1270-16.7-6 RECEIVING DeAndre Hopkins: 115-1572-13.7-11 DEFENSE 339.4 DEFENSE 343.1 SACKS Denico Autry: 9 SACKS J.J. Watt: 16.0 INTs Kenny Moore: 2 INTs Andre Hal, Justin Reid (R): 3 TAKE/GIVE +2 (26/24) TAKE/GIVE +13 (29/16) PR Chester Rogers: 9.3 PR DeAndre Carter: 9.1 KR Zach Pascal (R): 21.2 KR DeAndre Carter: 24.6 PUNTING (NET) Rigoberto Sanchez: 46.1 (42.7) PUNTING (NET) Trevor Daniel (R): 43.7 (39.1) KICKING Adam Vinatieri: 113 (44/47 PAT; 23/27 FG) KICKING Ka’imi Fairbairn: 150 (1L) (39/41 PAT; 37/42 FG) HEAD COACH: FRANK REICH HEAD COACH: BILL O’BRIEN VS. OPP. 1-1 VS. OPP. 4-6 PLAYOFF RECORD 0-0 PLAYOFF RECORD 1-2 COLTS TEAM NOTES TEXANS TEAM NOTES • COLTS earned 1st playoff berth since 2014. Have 13 • TEXANS won AFC South for 3rd time in past 4 seasons. playoff berths since 2002, 2nd-most among playoff teams • HOUSTON won 9 consecutive games (Weeks 4-13) & (New England - 15). became 1st team since 1970 to win at least 7 consecutive • INDIANAPOLIS ranked 5th in points per game (27.1) games immediately following an 0-3 start to a season. Led and allowed fewest sacks in NFL (18). AFC with +13 turnover differential. • COLTS led league with 21 TD catches by TEs, most since • BILL O’BRIEN has led Texans to division title in 3 of his 2011 (New England - 24). 5 seasons as head coach. • FRANK REICH makes postseason debut. • HOUSTON had 4 players named to 2019 Pro Bowl: LB • INDIANAPOLIS had 2 players named to 2019 Pro Bowl: JADEVEON CLOWNEY, WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS, TE ERIC EBRON & rookie G QUENTON NELSON. LB BENARDRICK MC KINNEY & DE J.J. WATT. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: ESPN/ABC (4:35 PM ET): Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten, Booger McFarland, Adam Schefter, Lisa Salters WESTWOOD ONE: Mike Tirico, Brian Griese, Hub Arkush | SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 82 (Ind), 83 (Hou) | XM: 88 (WW1), 226 (Ind), 225 (Hou) Wild Card Indianapolis Colts (AFC South - 10-6) at Houston Texans (AFC South - 11-5)
COLTS NOTES TEXANS NOTES • QB ANDREW LUCK ranked 2nd in NFL with 39 TD • QB DESHAUN WATSON became 1st QB in NFL history passes & 5th in passing yards (4,593). Has 2,776 pass with 4,000+ pass yards (4,165), 25+ TD passes (26), 500+ yards (277.6 per game) & 23 TDs vs. 7 INTs for 91.9 rating rush yards (551) and 5+ rush TDs (5) in a single season. Has in 10 career games vs. Hou. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Hou. 4 TDs (3 pass, 1 rush) vs. 1 INT & 101.1 rating in 2 career with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. Has 2+ TD passes in 2 of starts vs. Ind. Ranked 3rd in AFC with 103.1 rating & was 1 his past 3 road postseason games. of 5 QBs with 25+ TD passes & 10 or fewer INTs (9) in 2018. • RB MARLON MACK led team with career-high 908 rush • RB LAMAR MILLER led team with 973 rush yards & yards & 9 rush TDs. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Hou. with had 5 rush TDs. Is only RB with 800+ rush yards in each of rush TD. Has 5 rush TDs in his past 4. past 5 seasons. Has 6 TDs (5 rush, 1 rec.) in his past 8 vs. • TE ERIC EBRON led NFL TEs & tied for 2nd in NFL with Ind. Has 162 scrimmage yards (81 per game) & rush TD in 13 TD receptions. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Hou. with TD 2 career postseason games. catch. WR T.Y. HILTON led team with 76 receptions for • WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS ranked 2nd in NFL in 1,270 yards & had 6 TD catches. Is 1 of 4 players with 50+ receiving yards (1,572) and 3rd in catches (115) in 2018. catches in each of past 7 seasons. Has 115+ rec. yards in 4 His 115 receptions are tied-most in franchise history of his past 5 vs. Hou. (ANDRE JOHNSON, 2008). Since 2015, is 1 of 2 WRs • LB DARIUS LEONARD (rookie) led NFL with 163 tackles, (ANTONIO BROWN) with 400+ catches (400) & 35+ most by rookie since LUKE KUECHLY (164 in 2012). rec. TDs (39). Aims for his 4th in row vs. Ind. with TD catch. Was only player in NFL with 7+ sacks (7), 4+ FFs (4) & 2+ • DE J.J. WATT ranked 2nd in NFL with 16 sacks in INTs (2). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Hou. with 10+ tackles 2018 & joined HOFer REGGIE WHITE (5 seasons) as & sack. DL DENICO AUTRY led team with career-high 9 the only players since 1982 with 4 seasons of 15+ sacks. sacks. Has 4 sacks in his past 2 vs. Hou. & aims for 3rd in Has 5 sacks & INT-TD in 5 career playoff games. LB row vs. Texans with 2+ sacks. JADEVEON CLOWNEY is 1 of 4 players with 50+ TFL • K ADAM VINATIERI is all-time postseason leading (53) since 2016. Has 4.5 sacks, 5 TFL, FF & FR in his past scorer (234) & ranks 2nd in playoff games played (30). 5 vs. Ind. TACKLES (2018) SACK LEADERS (2018) DARIUS LEONARD (IND)...... 163 Aaron Donald (LAR)...... 20.5 Blake Martinez (GB) ...... 144 J.J. WATT (HOU)...... 16 Leighton Vander Esch (Dal)...... 138 Chris Jones (KC)...... 15.5
TOUCHDOWN PASSES (2018) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL (2018) Patrick Mahomes (KC) ...... 50 Seattle Seahawks...... +15 ANDREW LUCK (IND)...... 39 HOUSTON TEXANS...... +13 Ryan (ATL)/Wilson (Sea)...... 35 Chicago Bears...... +12