The Texans lead the Colts 12-7 at halftime. It could be more.

Officials and Houston botched the end of the half. They called a Dalton Schultz catch that was upheld, but the call came after a C.J. Stroud spike. Officials initially put 15 seconds on the clock, but after a Colts timeout to complain, the clock was reset to 5 seconds.

However, the clock didn’t start ticking on the snap, but before it, and time expired when Stroud failed to complete the ball to the Texans at the Indianapolis 31-yard line.

Coach DeMeco Ryans was blamed for not having his field goal unit on the field for the final play.

Stroud is 12-of-17 for 149 yards with a touchdown, with Nico Collins catching three for 79 yards. Stefon Diggs went over 10,000 receiving yards for his career on his first catch and his third went for a 9-yard touchdown.

Joe Mixon has carried the ball nine times for 55 yards and Ka’imi Fairbairn has field goals of 51 and 50 yards.

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson has had his ups and downs. He threw a dime for 60 yards to Alec Pierce, but is just 6 of 12 for 93 yards with a touchdown and an interception, a Calen Bullock interception with the Colts threatening. Richardson has four carries for 43 yards, and Jonathan Taylor has run for 30 yards on 10 carries.

The Texans defeated the Colts: 207 to 155.