It took less than two minutes for the Indianapolis Colts to get back the cushion they lost on the Hail Mary thrown by Brian Hoyer to end the first half.
Frank Gore scored on a 3-yard touchdown run to give Indianapolis a 20-10 lead over the Houston Texans just 1:54 into the third quarter.
Griff Whalen returned the opening kickoff 50 yards to the Colts 44-yard line. Matt Hasselbeck then connected with Dwayne Allen for 21 yards and Andre Johnson for 24 yards to move inside the 5-yard line and set up Gore’s touchdown run.
The Colts had given the Texans seven points to end the first half on a Hail Mary from Hoyer to Jaelen Strong that was poorly covered by Indianapolis. It didn’t take long for the Colts to get the points back.