The Texans should have won easily. They won, but made it much harder than it should have been.

Houston held on for a 19-13 win over the Bears on Sunday Night Football to move to 2-0 with a two-game lead in the AFC South. Chicago moved to 1-1.

The Texans outgained the Bears 310 yards to 205, with Chicago averaging 3.1 yards per play. The Texans also had two interceptions and seven sacks by Caleb Williams. Next Gen stats show the Texans had 36 pressures on Williams on 11 hits.

But it came down to the end.

The Texans scored just one touchdown — a 28-yard pass from C.J. Stroud to Nico Collins — and settled for four field goals as Ka’imi Fairbairn scored from 56, 47, 59 and 53 yards out. Reserve running back Cam Akers, replacing the injured Joe Mixon, lost a fumble on first-and-goal at the 4 with 6:28 left that could have decided the game.

Houston also committed 12 penalties for 115 yards and had a lackluster game with punter Tommy Townsend, whose short punt led to the Bears’ lone touchdown.

It was an ugly win, but a win for the Texans.

Stroud went 23 of 36 for 260 yards and a touchdown, with Collins catching eight for 135 and the touchdown. Mixon, who had 30 carries for 159 yards and a touchdown in the season opener, had just 25 yards on nine carries.

Mixon injured his ankle during a hip tackle by Bears linebacker TJ Edwards, but was able to return briefly.

Williams took a step in his second game, going 23 of 37 for 174 yards, but was harassed and battered by the Texans pass rush. Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter each had 1.5 sacks.

Khalil Herbert had the team’s only touchdown, a run of 2 yards, and Cairo Santos made field goals of 53 and 54 yards.