Bengals vs Texans box score: Week 2, 2026

The final score, scoring by quarter and every player's stats

Final

Cincinnati Bengals2-020
Houston Texans0-26

Sun, Sep 20, 05:00 PM UTC · Reliant Stadium · Week 2, 2026

The Bengals beat the Texans 20-6.

Score by quarter

Points by quarter, Bengals and Texans
Team	1	2	3	4	T
Bengals	0	7	10	3	20
Texans	0	3	3	0	6

Team stats

Team stats, Bengals and Texans
Stat	Bengals	Texans
First downs	12	20
Total plays	59	78
Total yards	267	374
Yards per play	4.5	4.8
Completions/attempts	20/31	30/56
Passing yards (net)	182	314
Sacked (yards lost)	5-25	4-39
Rushing attempts	23	18
Rushing yards	85	60
Yards per rush	3.7	3.3
Third downs converted	5/15	5/17
Fourth downs converted	0/0	0/4
Turnovers	0	0

Passing

Bengals passing
Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Lng
Joe BurrowQB	20/31	207	6.7	2	0	5-25	32

Texans passing
Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Lng
C.J. StroudQB	30/53	353	6.7	0	0	4-39	35
Kai KroegerP	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	-

Rushing

Bengals rushing
Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Chase BrownRB	20	80	4.0	0	11
Samaje PerineRB	2	6	3.0	0	4

Texans rushing
Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng
C.J. StroudQB	3	29	9.7	14
Jaylin NoelWR	1	13	13.0	13
David MontgomeryRB	6	10	1.7	4
Woody MarksRB	8	8	1.0	3

Receiving

Bengals receiving
Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Tee HigginsWR	5	10	95	19.0	0	23
Ja'Marr ChaseWR	7	9	75	10.7	2	32
Samaje PerineRB	1	1	16	16.0	0	16
Andrei IosivasWR	1	1	7	7.0	0	7
Colbie YoungWR	1	1	7	7.0	0	7
Erick AllTE	2	3	5	2.5	0	5
Chase BrownRB	3	5	2	0.7	0	6
Dohnte MeyersWR	0	1	0	-	0	-

Texans receiving
Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Avg	Lng
Dalton SchultzTE	12	14	140	11.7	35
Kayshon BoutteWR	3	5	37	12.3	21
Xavier HutchinsonWR	3	9	37	12.3	18
Foster MoreauTE	2	2	34	17.0	25
Jared WayneWR	2	7	33	16.5	18
Jaylin NoelWR	1	5	31	31.0	31
Woody MarksRB	5	6	27	5.4	12
David MontgomeryRB	2	2	14	7.0	8

Defense

Bengals defense
Player	Tkl	Solo	Sck	TFL	PD
Demetrius Knight Jr.LB	12	4	0	0	0
Daxton HillDB	10	4	0	0	4
Jordan Battle	8	4	0	0	1
Barrett CarterLB	5	2	0	1	0
DJ Turner IICB	5	4	0	0	2
Cedric JohnsonDE	4	3	2	2	0
Bryan Cook	4	3	0	0	0
Dexter LawrenceDT	3	2	0	1	0
Jalen DavisCB	3	2	0	0	1
Shemar StewartDE	2	2	1	1	0
Boye MafeDE	2	1	0	0	0
D.J. IveyCB	2	1	0	0	0
Kyle Dugger	2	1	0	0	0
PJ Jules	2	0	0	0	0
Tacario DavisCB	2	1	0	0	0
Tedarrell SlatonDT	2	2	0	0	0
Jonathan AllenDT	1	1	1	3	0
Cashius HowellDE	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Giles-HarrisLB	1	0	0	0	0
Kris JenkinsDT	1	1	0	0	0
Myles MurphyDE	1	1	0	0	0
Oren BurksILB	1	1	0	0	0

Texans defense
Player	Tkl	Solo	Sck	TFL	PD
Azeez Al-ShaairLB	12	6	0	0	0
Will Anderson Jr.DE	7	3	1	3	1
Tommy TogiaiDT	6	1	0	0	0
Jake HansenLB	5	2	0	0	0
Kamari LassiterCB	5	4	0	1	0
Reed Blankenship	5	3	0	0	0
Mario EdwardsDT	4	0	0.5	0	0
Jalen Pitre	4	3	0	0	0
Logan HallDE	3	2	1	1	0
Derek Stingley Jr.CB	3	2	0	0	1
Sheldon RankinsDT	2	1	1	2	0
Sabastian HarshDE	2	1	0.5	0	0
Danielle HunterDE	1	1	1	1	1
Aiden FisherLB	1	1	0	0	0
British BrooksRB	1	0	0	0	0
Foster MoreauTE	1	1	0	0	0
Jamal HillLB	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylin SmithCB	1	1	0	0	0
Ka'imi FairbairnK	1	1	0	0	0

Kicking and punting

Bengals kicking
Player	FG	XP	Pts
Evan McPhersonK	2/2	2/2	8

Bengals punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	In 20
Ryan RehkowP	8	345	43.1	4

Texans kicking
Player	FG	XP	Pts
Ka'imi FairbairnK	2/3	0/0	6

Texans punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	In 20
Kai KroegerP	5	207	41.4	2

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