INDIANAPOLIS (Interstat) — Spencer Shrader kicked four field goals, including a 53-yarder with 16 seconds remaining, and the Indianapolis Colts edged the Houston Texans 19-17 on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Daniel Jones completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown, and the Colts improved to 1-2. Houston fell to 0-3. The game drew 63,400. Indianapolis was the home team and Houston was the visiting team.

The Colts opened the scoring on Shrader’s 39-yard field goal with 4:28 left in the first quarter. Indianapolis extended its lead in the second quarter when Jones found Keenan Allen for a 6-yard touchdown pass with 11:08 remaining. Shrader added the extra point. Houston answered with 4:30 left in the second quarter when C.J. Stroud connected with Foster Moreau on a 1-yard touchdown pass. Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked the extra point. Shrader then made a 58-yard field goal with 1:03 remaining in the second quarter, giving Indianapolis a 13-7 halftime lead.

Shrader kicked a 37-yard field goal with 12:43 left in the fourth quarter to push the Indianapolis lead to 16-7. Fairbairn answered with a 24-yard field goal with 7:33 remaining to pull Houston to 16-10. The Texans then drove for a go-ahead touchdown, which came on Woody Marks’ 1-yard run with 1:48 remaining. Fairbairn’s extra point gave Houston a 17-16 lead. Shrader sealed the outcome with his 53-yard field goal with 16 seconds left.

The scoring sequence began with Shrader’s 39-yard field goal. Jones’ 6-yard pass to Allen and Shrader’s extra point made it 10-0. Moreau’s 1-yard catch and Fairbairn’s extra point brought Houston within 10-7. Shrader’s 58-yard field goal made it 13-7 at halftime. In the fourth, Shrader hit from 37, Fairbairn from 24, Marks scored from 1, and Shrader hit from 53.

Indianapolis’ 19 points came on one touchdown, four field goals and one extra point. Houston’s 17 points came on two touchdowns, one field goal and two extra points.

Stroud completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown for Houston and added 10 yards on two rushes. Marks finished with 15 yards on five carries and a touchdown, while also catching one pass for 6 yards and returning two kickoffs for 52 yards. David Montgomery led Houston’s running backs with 33 yards on 11 carries and caught two passes for 15 yards. Xavier Hutchinson had three receptions for 51 yards and added two rushes for 4 yards. Dalton Schultz had three receptions for 30 yards, Kayshon Boutte had two for 21, Jared Wayne had one for 20, and Moreau had two for 7 with a touchdown. Jaylin Noel contributed 17 receiving yards, 8 rushing yards, 54 kickoff return yards and 11 punt return yards. Kai Kroeger punted five times for 261 yards. Fairbairn made his only field-goal attempt, from 24 yards.

Jones led Indianapolis with 235 passing yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 5 yards on three carries. Jonathan Taylor ran 23 times for 68 yards and caught two passes for 4 yards. Josh Downs caught five passes for 77 yards, Allen caught six for 63 and a touchdown, and Tyler Warren caught nine for 55 while adding a 2-yard run. Laquon Treadwell had a 20-yard reception, Mo Alie-Cox had a 16-yard catch, and Seth McGowan ran four times for 14 yards. Anthony Gould returned one kickoff for 32 yards and two punts for 25 yards. Rigoberto Sanchez punted once for 58 yards. Shrader made all four of his field-goal attempts.

Indianapolis got eight tackles from Charvarius Ward. DeForest Buckner had seven tackles and 1.5 sacks. Akeem Davis-Gaither added seven tackles. Sauce Gardner made five tackles, and Hunter Wohler had four. Justin Walley, Adetomiwa Adebawore, Austin Ajiake and A.J. Haulcy each finished with three tackles, with Adebawore adding 1.5 sacks. Laiatu Latu, Cam Bynum, Tim Smith, Jaylon Carlies and Bryce Boettcher each had two tackles. Grover Stewart, Jaylahn Tuimoloau, Caden Curry, Kapena Gushiken and Jerry Tillery each had one. Arden Key also appeared on the defensive stat sheet.

Houston was led defensively by Azeez Al-Shaair, who had 11 tackles. Kamari Lassiter and Reed Blankenship each made nine tackles, and Blankenship intercepted a pass. Will Anderson Jr. had seven tackles and 2.5 sacks. Calen Bullock and Jake Hansen each had seven tackles, while Tommy Togiai added six.

The Texans had lost 20-6 to Cincinnati and 36-31 to Buffalo earlier this season. The Colts had dropped a 41-23 decision to Baltimore and a 33-30 overtime game at Kansas City. Jones had thrown for 210 yards and a touchdown in the loss to Kansas City. Houston is scheduled to host Dallas next, then visit Tennessee, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Chargers, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Washington, with home games against the New York Giants, Indianapolis and Baltimore. Indianapolis will visit Washington, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Jacksonville and Philadelphia, and host Tennessee, Dallas, Miami, Houston and the New York Giants. The teams are set to meet again in Houston later this season.

The Colts’ special teams produced four field goals from Shrader. He connected from 39, 58, 37 and 53 yards. Houston’s special teams got a 24-yard field goal and an extra point from Fairbairn. Kroeger averaged 52.2 yards on five punts for Houston, while Sanchez had a 58-yard punt for Indianapolis. Gould had 57 return yards for Indianapolis, and Noel had 65 return yards for Houston.

With the win, Indianapolis moved to 1-2 and avoided a third straight loss. Houston remained winless at 0-3. The Colts will look to build on the victory, while the Texans continue searching for their first win.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Indianapolis 34, Houston 22. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Houston with a 70.1 percent probability to win. Indianapolis had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 36 was set against an over/under line of 42.5.