Week 5 · 2023 NFL Season

Houston Texans vs Atlanta Falcons

Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 1:00 PM EDT

Houston Texans

Away · 2-3

Atlanta Falcons

Home · 3-2

Final — Atlanta Falcons win

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	3	6	3	7	19
ATL	7	0	0	14	21

Houston Texans visit the Atlanta Falcons in Week 5 of the 2023 NFL season. Final: Houston Texans 19, Atlanta Falcons 21.

Recap: Desmond Ridder answers critics, Younghoe Koo kicks last-second field goal, Falcons edge Texans 21-19 →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Atlanta Falcons

58% implied ·Lean

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Houston Texans 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

Houston Texans: 2.18

Atlanta Falcons: 1.72

Spread

Houston Texans: —

Atlanta Falcons: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

HOU ATL

17 1st Downs 26

313 Total Yards 447

249 Passing 351

64 Rushing 96

4-13 3rd down efficiency 7-14

5-25 Penalties 7-55

0 Turnovers 2

24:28 Possession 35:32

Leaders

HOU

Passing Yards

C.J. Stroud (QB) — 20/35, 249 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Dameon Pierce (RB) — 20 CAR, 66 YDS
Receiving Yards

Dalton Schultz (TE) — 7 REC, 65 YDS, 1 TD

ATL

Passing Yards

Desmond Ridder (QB) — 28/37, 329 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Bijan Robinson (RB) — 14 CAR, 46 YDS
Receiving Yards

Kyle Pitts Sr. (TE) — 7 REC, 87 YDS

Scoring summary

Q1 10:38 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 38 Yd Field Goal 3–0
Q1 6:48 ATL Desmond Ridder 7 Yd Run (Younghoe Koo Kick) 3–7
Q2 14:10 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 43 Yd Field Goal 6–7
Q2 0:03 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 28 Yd Field Goal 9–7
Q3 9:35 HOU Ka'imi Fairbairn 42 Yd Field Goal 12–7
Q4 12:12 ATL Bijan Robinson 6 Yd pass from Desmond Ridder (Desmond Ridder Pass to Tyler Allgeier for Two-Point Conversion) 12–15
Q4 6:57 ATL Younghoe Koo 33 Yd Field Goal 12–18
Q4 1:49 HOU Dalton Schultz 18 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick) 19–18
Q4 0:00 ATL Younghoe Koo 37 Yd Field Goal 19–21

Standings

2025 AFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Jacksonville	13-4	474	336
Houston	12-5	404	295
Indianapolis	8-9	466	412
Tennessee	3-14	284	478

2025 NFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Carolina	8-9	311	380
Tampa Bay	8-9	380	411
Atlanta	8-9	353	401
New Orleans	6-11	306	383

Referee Shawn Hochuli

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