Colts' Taylor Has Vintage Performance vs. Texans | Crunching Numbers

Passing: QB Gardner Minshew | 13-of-24 (54.2%), 141 yards (5.9 YPA), 71.7 rating

Rushing: RB Jonathan Taylor | 30 carries, 188 yards (6.3 avg.), 1 TD

Receiving: WR Josh Downs | 3 receptions (3 targets), 48 yards (16.0 avg.)

Tackles: LB E.J. Speed | 13

Sacks: DT DeForest Buckner, S Ronnie Harrison | 1.0

Takeaways: None

Kicking: K Matt Gay | 3-of-4 field goals (75.0%)

Punting: P Rigoberto Sanchez | 4 punts, 54.0-yard average

Returns: WR Josh Downs | 2 kickoff return, 12.0-yard average; 3 punt returns, 8.3-yard average

• The Colts gained 200-plus rushing yards for the first time this season, and their 227 yards are the most by the team in a single game since Week 13 of 2021 (at Houston).

Quarterback Gardner Minshew was 13-of-24 passing (54.2%) for 141 yards (5.9 YPA) and a 71.7 passer rating. He also ran the ball 1 time for 9 yards

• He set a new single-season career-high in passing yards (3,305).

Running back Jonathan Taylor had 30 carries for 188 yards (6.3 avg.) and 1 touchdown as well as 2 receptions (2 targets) for 8 yards (4.0 avg.).

• His carries and yardage were single-game season highs.
• His rushing yards are the second-highest mark in a single game for his career, trailing only his franchise-record 253 yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 17 of 2021. It also ranks as the seventh-most in a single game in team history.
• Taylor passed Joseph Addai (4,453) for the seventh-most rushing yards in franchise history.
• Taylor tied Eric Dickerson (7) for the most 150-yard rushing games in franchise history.
• Taylor tied Lydell Mitchell (16) for the third-most 100-yard rushing games in franchise history.
• He passed Joseph Addai (43) for the most total touchdowns by a Colts player in their first four seasons.
• Taylor passed Addai (39) and tied Alan Ameche (40) and Don McCauley (40) for the fifth-most rushing touchdowns in franchise history.
• Taylor passed Jim O’Brien (263) for the third-most points by a Colts player in their first four seasons.
• Taylor's 49-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter was his longest carry of the season.
• Taylor finished the season with six consecutive games with a touchdown from scrimmage, which is the second-longest active streak in the NFL.

Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. caught 5-of-6 targets for 44 yards (8.8 avg.).

• He tied Marvin Harrison (109 in 2001) for the fourth-most receptions in single-season franchise history.
• Pittman passed Bill Brooks (3,639) for the third-most receiving yards by a Colts player in their first four seasons.
• Pittman tied Jessie Hester (62) for the sixth-longest streak with a reception in franchise history.

Wide receiver Josh Downs caught 3-of-3 targets for 48 yards (16.0 avg.).

• He passed Brooks (65 in 1986) for the most receptions by a Colts rookie.

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Linebacker Zaire Franklin had 9 tackles.

• He passed David Thornton (108 in 2003) for the second-most solo tackles in single-season franchise history.

Kicker Matt Gay went 3-of-4 on field goals (75.0%).

• He passed Adam Vinatieri (7 in 2016) for the second-most 50-plus-yard field goals made in single-season franchise history.
• Gay (32) passed Rodrigo Blankenship (2020) and Cary Blanchard (1997) for the fifth-most field goals made in a single season in franchise history.