It’s been a day of comebacks in Houston.

J.J. McCarthy made his first start for the Giants, and his first since Week 18 of last season. He threw for 178 yards in the first half.

Giants running back Cam Skattebo, after getting zero touches last week, has eight carries for 27 yards.

Marvin Harrison Jr. scored his first touchdown as a Texan, and Tank Dell, in his first game in almost two years, had a 43-yard reception.

The teams are tied 14-14 at halftime after Giants kicker Dominic Zvada missed a 44-yard field goal on the final play of the first half. Zvada also missed from 56 yards in the first half.

The Giants outgained the Texans 221 to 144 in the first half.

McCarthy was 9-for-12, but Jameis Winston scored on a quarterback sneak. Winston has three carries for 3 yards on short-yardage plays.

McCarthy became the first Giants quarterback with two 40-plus-yard completions since 2011.

Malik Nabers has four catches for 94 yards.

C.J. Stroud went 10-of-15 for 108 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown throw to Harrison, his former Ohio State teammate. Dell leads the team in receiving yards, while playing his first game since Week 13 of the 2024 season when he had a gruesome knee injury that kept him out all of last season and six games of this season.

Nico Collins has no catches.

Cade Stover caught a shovel pass from Stroud on a 2-point conversion.