Minnesota 34, Houston 7

Houston 0 0 7 0 — 7

Minnesota 14 0 7 13 — 34

First Quarter

Min: Jefferson 6 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 12:11.

Min: A.Jones 8 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 1:12.

Third Quarter

Min: Nailor 4 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 10:26.

Hou: Akers 8 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 4:00.

Fourth Quarter

Min: FG Reichard 35, 14:53.

Min: Mundt 2 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 10:16.

Min: FG Reichard 58, 4:43. A: 66,843.

Team stats Hou Min

First downs 17 19

Total Net Yards 296 274

Rushes-yards 14-38 28-118

Passing 258 156

Punt Returns 3-5 1-10

Kickoff Returns 1-27 1-19

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-8

Comp-Att-Int 28-44-2 17-28-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 5-49 4-25

Punts 4-44.25 4-48.25

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 11-88 5-30

Time of Possession 30:42 29:18

RUSHING: Houston, Akers 9-21, Stroud 3-12, Taylor 1-3, Brooks 1-2. Minnesota, A.Jones 19-102, Chandler 7-13, Nailor 1-3, Mullens 1-0.

PASSING: Houston, Stroud 20-31-2-215, Mills 7-12-0-79, Diggs 1-1-0-13. Minnesota, Darnold 17-28-0-181.

RECEIVING: Hou, Diggs 10-94, Dell 5-62, Collins 4-86, Ogunbowale 2-28, Woods 2-18, Schultz 2-11, Taylor 2-0, Akers 1-8. Min, Jefferson 6-81, A.Jones 5-46, Nailor 3-31, Powell 1-13, Sherfield 1-8, Mundt 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota, Grugier-Hill 1-5, Bynum 1-3.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS: Hou, Al-Shaair 9-1-0, Settle 2-1-2, Barnett 2-1-1, Anderson 1-1-1. Min, Van Ginkel 5-1-1, Greenard 3-1-3, Redmond 1-0-1.

MISSED FG: Hou, Fairbairn 54.