Watch: Houston Texans block their own punt vs. Patriots, net 0 yards

On Sunday, the Houston Texans hosted the New England Patriots at NRG Stadium and the two teams played out a thriller that saw Nick Folk kick the winning field goal with just fifteen seconds left on the clock.

The Patriots would win the game, which was helped by one of the strangest plays ever. The Texans were winning 22-9 when they attempted to call an audible on a punt that went as poorly as one could imagine.

The punt was accidentally blocked by the Texans themselves, bouncing out of bounds around their 35-yard line, giving the Patriots a terrific starting position.

What happened in the Texans' blocked punt play?

The Texans were backed up in a four-and-two-yard situation. Typically, coaches would allow their team to kick the punt, but it seemed that the Texans wanted to run a trick play to get the first down.

Texans punter Cameron Johnston ran up to the line of scrimmage and hurriedly changed the play before eventually punting from a relatively short distance behind the line. This proved to be a very costly call as Johnston kicked the ball directly into the back of the head of one of the Texans' linemen, shooting the ball out of bounds.

The Texans were probably trying to draw the Patriots offside, but the visitors did not bite.

The Patriots didn't make much of the gift, kicking a 52-yard field goal with 10 mins left in the third quarter.

They did, however, go on to tie the game in the fourth quarter and eventually win it at the death. The Texans have to be kicking themselves for attempting to draw up such an odd play with a commanding lead.

It's unclear whose fault this play was, but it's a lesson for the Texans' young and relatively inexperienced coaching staff that you don't take risks when you're up two scores and turn the tide of the contest.

The Patriots scored 16 unanswered points after this bizarre play to win the game.