INDIANAPOLIS — The Houston Texans won a back-and-forth game with the Indianapolis Colts, 23-20, at NRG Stadium Sunday afternoon. The loss dropped the Colts to two games behind the Texans in the AFC South Division standings. The Texans also secured a divisional and postseason tiebreaker over the Colts by winning both of their matchups with Indianapolis this season. The Colts had a chance to drive for a game-tying or game-winning score after pass rusher Dayo Odeyingbo forced a fumble late in the game. The Colts drive was derailed by a penalty and sack. Indianapolis got the ball back one final time, but the Texans stopped quarterback Anthony Richardson around midfield as time expired. The Texans scored on their first possession of the game via a Ka'imi Fairbairn 35-yard field goal. The Colts answered right back with a Matt Gay 46-yard field goal to tie the game at 3. The Colts' defense stopped the Texans twice before Anthony Richardson hit a wide-open Josh Downs for a 60-yard touchdown to give the Colts a 10-7 lead. Houston then responded with a 10-play, 70-yard drive capped by a Joe Mixon 14-yard touchdown run. The game appeared headed to halftime tied at 10, but Richardson threw an interception to Texans' safety Jalen Pitre with 23 seconds left in the first half. Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud then connected with wideout Tank Dell on the next play for a 7-yard touchdown to send Houston to the locker room up, 17-10. The Texans added to their lead on their first possession of the second half as Fairbairn made a second 35-yard field goal. Gay made his second field goal, a 37-yard attempt, to cut the Colts' deficit back to seven points, 20-13. Richardson sat out the final play of the field goal drive after avoiding a sack and big loss with a scramble back to the line of scrimmage. Backup Joe Flacco handed the ball off to running back Jonathan Taylor on the lone snap he took in Sunday's game. Houston extended its lead back to 10 on Fairbairn's third field goal of the game. However, the Colts had another answer. They converted their first third down of the game as Richardson hit wideout Alec Pierce for an 11-yard gain with 10 minutes to play. Richardson then found Downs for 25 yards to the Texans' 1-yard line. Taylor scored two plays later to make the game 23-20. Houston was driving for an insurance score when Mixon fumbled the ball to Odeyingbo, who returned the ball for an apparent touchdown. Video replay showed Mixon touched the Colts' defensive end as he was taking possession, so the Colts took over at their own 18-yard line. Taylor and defensive end DeForest Buckner returned to the lineup on Sunday after they both missed games with high ankle sprains. Taylor finished with 105 yards rushing on 20 carries, while Richardson was 10-of-32 for 175 yards, one touchdown and 1 interception. The Colts are now 4-4 on the season. They will play at the Minnesota Vikings next week on Sunday Night Football.