Week 3, 2037

played in New England, MA

66 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	7	7	3	-	17
New England Patriots	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:07 HOU - Elijah Hitchcock 13 pass from Alek Torgersen (Cole Tracy extra point)
3Q: 09:18 HOU - Anthony Miller 18 pass from Alek Torgersen (Cole Tracy extra point)
4Q: 12:13 NED - Mitch Trubisky 44 run (Matt Gay extra point)
4Q: 01:13 HOU - Cole Tracy 20 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:07 HOU - Elijah Hitchcock 13 pass from Alek Torgersen (Cole Tracy extra point)
3Q: 09:18 HOU - Anthony Miller 18 pass from Alek Torgersen (Cole Tracy extra point)
4Q: 12:13 NED - Mitch Trubisky 44 run (Matt Gay extra point)
4Q: 01:13 HOU - Cole Tracy 20 field goal

Team Statistics HOU NED
Record 2-1 2-1
First Downs 20 12
- by Rushing 9 4
- by Passing 9 6
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 330 201
- Offensive Plays 73 57
- Yards per Play 4.52 3.53
Net Rushing Yards 138 121
- Rushing Attempts 39 25
- Yards per Rush 3.54 4.84
Net Passing Yards 192 80
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 22 - 0 30 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 209 95
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/17 2/15
- Yards per Pass Play 5.65 2.50
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 10.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/60 11/90
Punt Returns/Yards 2/25 3/38
Kick Returns/Yards 1/18 3/82
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 27
Time of Possession 37:26 22:34

Team Statistics	HOU	NED
Record	2-1	2-1
First Downs	20	12
- by Rushing	9	4
- by Passing	9	6
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	330	201
- Offensive Plays	73	57
- Yards per Play	4.52	3.53
Net Rushing Yards	138	121
- Rushing Attempts	39	25
- Yards per Rush	3.54	4.84
Net Passing Yards	192	80
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 22 - 0	30 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	209	95
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/17	2/15
- Yards per Pass Play	5.65	2.50
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	10.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/60	11/90
Punt Returns/Yards	2/25	3/38
Kick Returns/Yards	1/18	3/82
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 27
Time of Possession	37:26	22:34

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:22	OWN 23	3	-6	Punt
1	12:45	4:22	OWN 20	7	24	Punt
1	5:26	1:49	OWN 42	3	8	Punt
1	1:50	1:28	OPP 46	3	7	Punt
2	14:09	3:12	OWN 45	7	55	Touchdown
2	7:16	1:49	OPP 39	3	4	Punt
2	1:53	1:03	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	13:52	4:45	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
3	7:13	1:46	OWN 17	5	24	Punt
3	3:22	4:40	OWN 28	9	34	Downs
4	11:55	2:51	OWN 25	5	17	Punt
4	8:02	6:57	OWN 24	13	73	Field Goal
4	0:11	0:11	OPP 22	1	-1	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:38	0:53	OPP 39	3	-3	Punt
1	8:23	2:57	OWN 8	5	22	Punt
1	3:37	1:47	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	0:22	1:13	OWN 20	5	4	Punt
2	10:57	3:41	OWN 22	6	24	Fumble
2	5:27	3:34	OWN 4	9	48	Punt
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 40	5	2	Half
3	15:00	1:08	OWN 48	3	0	Punt
3	9:07	1:54	OWN 33	3	-1	Punt
3	5:27	2:05	OWN 30	6	12	Punt
4	13:42	1:47	OWN 38	4	62	Touchdown
4	9:04	1:02	OWN 10	3	1	Punt
4	1:05	0:54	OWN 25	4	-3	Downs

Game MVP: Alek Torgersen, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Rod Caro	29	128	4.41	14	3
RB Jason Oltmanns	7	-6	-0.86	2	0
QB Alek Torgersen	2	8	4.00	9	0
WR Scott Miller	1	8	8.00	8	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
QB Mitch Trubisky	13	104	8.00	44	4	1
RB Gage James	10	8	0.80	4	0	0
RB Ron Horinek	2	9	4.50	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alek Torgersen	31	22	209	3/17	2	25	0	110.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitch Trubisky	30	11	95	2/15	0	15	0	45.8

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Gilbert Furnas	5	6	29	5.80	10	10	0
WR Anthony Miller	4	7	76	19.00	44	25	1
TE Albert Kaplan	3	4	9	3.00	0	8	0
WR Elijah Hitchcock	3	3	32	10.67	2	13	1
RB Rod Caro	2	3	12	6.00	0	6	0
WR Scott Miller	2	3	29	14.50	0	23	0
WR Harry Elliott	2	2	18	9.00	4	12	0
RB Jason Oltmanns	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Nickolas Gunn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Caiden Vinci	5	8	34	6.80	3	15
RB Gage James	2	3	17	8.50	1	11
WR Raul Strand	2	7	26	13.00	0	15
WR Eduardo Griffith	1	2	3	3.00	3	3
WR Corbin Carlson	1	9	15	15.00	2	15
WR Chad Wheeler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Jason Oltmanns	1	0	0
DE Dustin Whiting	0	1	0
TE Grayson Pickett	0	1	0
OLB Takkarist McKinley	0	0	1
DT Bryson McNeil	0	0	1
CB Floyd Gilmore	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Mitch Trubisky	3	0	0
RB Gage James	0	1	0
WR Raul Strand	0	1	0
S Freddie McWilliams	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Deion Serrano	8	339	42.4	32.6	50	4

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Emmanuel Maloney	9	401	44.6	35.1	59	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Tracy	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Gay	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Caro	2	25	12.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jackie Stoy	3	38	12.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Caro	1	18	18.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jackie Stoy	3	82	27.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Bryson McNeil	8	1	0.0	21	19
DE Ruben Frederick	5	0	0.0	25	31
CB Nicolas Austin	4	0	0.0	17	20
S Tavarius Moore	3	3	0.0	25	32
OLB Kaleb Middleton	3	0	0.0	23	25
S Sammy Hopkins	3	0	0.0	22	25
OLB Takkarist McKinley	2	1	2.0	25	32
CB Carlton Davis	2	2	0.0	24	32
OLB Uchenna Nwosu	2	1	0.0	15	18
CB Floyd Gilmore	2	0	0.0	24	32
ILB Brody Perini	1	1	0.0	8	9
DE Deion Schroeder	1	0	0.0	7	12
CB Sawyer Giles	1	0	0.0	1	5
DE Dustin Whiting	0	1	0.0	18	19
S Curtis Fulmore	0	1	0.0	5	10

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lee Kotz	10	1	0.0	39	31
CB Vincent Fitts	8	3	0.0	35	29
OLB Christian Miller	7	3	0.0	37	30
DT Danny Young	7	1	0.0	33	28
CB Jordan Evans	6	0	0.0	39	30
OLB Benjamin Joyner	4	2	1.5	34	28
DE Irving Oliver	4	2	1.0	27	16
OLB Marcus Barrett	4	2	0.0	18	22
S Freddie McWilliams	4	2	0.0	15	21
DE Chase Mathis	2	1	0.5	37	33
S Kai Neiderer	1	1	0.0	28	20
OLB Gino Wayne	1	1	0.0	7	7
G Ronnie Buckley	1	0	---	---	---
CB Jackie Stoy	1	0	0.0	35	32
DT Hugh Kelly	1	0	0.0	1	4
CB Jordan Brown	1	0	0.0	17	14
CB Larry Conger	0	1	0.0	6	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Takkarist McKinley	2.0	0	1	0	32
DE Ruben Frederick	0.0	1	5	3	31
DE Dustin Whiting	0.0	0	2	0	19
DT Julio Richmond	0.0	0	1	0	13

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Benjamin Joyner	1.5	0	0	0	28
DE Irving Oliver	1.0	0	1	0	16
DE Chase Mathis	0.5	0	2	3	33
ILB Lee Kotz	0.0	1	0	0	31
DT Danny Young	0.0	0	0	3	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Nicolas Austin	2	2	20
S Sammy Hopkins	2	1	25
DT Bryson McNeil	2	0	19
OLB Kaleb Middleton	1	1	25
CB Carlton Davis	1	0	32
S Tavarius Moore	1	0	32
ILB Brody Perini	1	0	9
CB Sawyer Giles	1	0	5
S Curtis Fulmore	0	1	10

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Christian Miller	4	0	30
S Freddie McWilliams	3	1	21
ILB Lee Kotz	3	0	31
OLB Marcus Barrett	3	0	22
CB Jackie Stoy	2	1	32
CB Jordan Evans	2	0	30
CB Vincent Fitts	2	0	29
S Kai Neiderer	1	1	20
DT Hugh Kelly	1	0	4
CB Jordan Brown	1	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Kyle Ross	6	11	1	39	1	34
G Dan Wiggins	5	9	0	39	1	34
G Don Warren	2	6	0	39	0	34
T Desmond Harrison	2	5	0	39	0	34
T Cornelius Somogyi	1	4	0	39	1	34
TE Gilbert Furnas	0	2	0	13	0	15

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Howie Boyer	2	6	25	1	32
G Ronnie Buckley	1	7	19	0	26
T Antonio Garcia	0	2	6	0	6
C Roderick McNabb	0	2	25	0	32
G Sherman Donovan	0	1	25	1	32
TE Caiden Vinci	0	1	23	0	29
G Lamar McCune	0	1	7	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kaleb Middleton	3	21
Don Warren	2	9
Kemoko Turay	1	23

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Raul Strand	1	16
Ronnie Buckley	1	9
Kelly Ward	1	9

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Albert Kaplan	34	32	---	---	24	90
G Dan Wiggins	39	34	---	---	9	82
G Don Warren	39	34	---	---	9	82
OLB Takkarist McKinley	---	---	25	32	23	80
WR Elijah Hitchcock	33	31	---	---	16	80
RB Rod Caro	30	22	---	---	24	76
QB Alek Torgersen	39	34	---	---	---	73
C Kyle Ross	39	34	---	---	---	73
T Desmond Harrison	39	34	---	---	---	73
T Cornelius Somogyi	39	34	---	---	---	73
OLB Kaleb Middleton	---	---	23	25	21	69
WR Anthony Miller	34	34	---	---	1	69
CB Carlton Davis	---	---	24	32	10	66
S Tavarius Moore	---	---	25	32	1	58
DE Ruben Frederick	---	---	25	31	---	56
CB Floyd Gilmore	---	---	24	32	---	56
S Sammy Hopkins	---	---	22	25	---	47
WR Scott Miller	28	16	---	---	1	45
DT Bryson McNeil	---	---	21	19	---	40
DE Dustin Whiting	---	---	18	19	---	37
CB Nicolas Austin	---	---	17	20	---	37
OLB Uchenna Nwosu	---	---	15	18	---	33
S Curtis Fulmore	---	---	5	10	14	29
TE Gilbert Furnas	13	15	---	---	---	28
DT Julio Richmond	---	---	4	13	9	26
ILB Kemoko Turay	---	---	1	0	23	24
RB Jason Oltmanns	8	10	---	---	6	24
FB Chase Jarvis	10	6	---	---	5	21
CB Sawyer Giles	---	---	1	5	14	20
DE Deion Schroeder	---	---	7	12	---	19
ILB Brody Perini	---	---	8	9	---	17
OLB Terry Baum	---	---	7	9	---	16
TE Grayson Pickett	4	0	---	---	11	15
G Jaryd Jones-Smith	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Brenden Krzyzanowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Mercury Ferguson	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Deion Serrano	0	0	---	---	9	9
OLB Jaylon Ferguson	---	---	2	7	---	9
K Cole Tracy	0	0	---	---	5	5
WR Harry Elliott	1	3	---	---	---	4
WR Nickolas Gunn	0	1	---	---	2	3
DE Perry Weinstein	---	---	0	2	---	2
CB Iman Lewis-Marshall	---	---	1	0	---	1
T Jeffery Willis	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Zack Fletcher	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Leo Moss	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Jackie Stoy	---	---	35	32	14	81
OLB Christian Miller	---	---	37	30	13	80
TE Caiden Vinci	23	29	---	---	23	75
DE Chase Mathis	---	---	37	33	1	71
ILB Lee Kotz	---	---	39	31	1	71
CB Jordan Evans	---	---	39	30	1	70
G Howie Boyer	25	32	---	---	9	66
CB Vincent Fitts	---	---	35	29	1	65
G Sherman Donovan	25	32	---	---	6	63
OLB Benjamin Joyner	---	---	34	28	1	63
DT Danny Young	---	---	33	28	1	62
S Kai Neiderer	---	---	28	20	14	62
WR Raul Strand	22	24	---	---	16	62
QB Mitch Trubisky	25	32	---	---	---	57
C Roderick McNabb	25	32	---	---	---	57
G Ronnie Buckley	19	26	---	---	9	54
WR Corbin Carlson	22	31	---	---	---	53
T Will Richardson	18	25	---	---	9	52
RB Gage James	21	29	---	---	1	51
DE Irving Oliver	---	---	27	16	8	51
WR Eduardo Griffith	19	28	---	---	---	47
DE Hayden Burke	---	---	14	19	13	46
OLB Marcus Barrett	---	---	18	22	1	41
CB Jordan Brown	---	---	17	14	8	39
OLB Gino Wayne	---	---	7	7	23	37
S Freddie McWilliams	---	---	15	21	1	37
TE Cole Hikutini	0	1	---	---	23	24
CB Larry Conger	---	---	6	5	13	24
WR Darnell Horner	1	1	---	---	22	24
T Antonio Garcia	6	6	---	---	3	15
G Lamar McCune	7	7	---	---	---	14
TE Ivan Cooley	6	3	---	---	4	13
RB Quinn Monroe	5	6	---	---	1	12
C Kelly Ward	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Emmanuel Maloney	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Chad Wheeler	3	4	---	---	2	9
DT Jayln Holmes	---	---	7	2	---	9
RB Ron Horinek	3	4	---	---	2	9
DT Hugh Kelly	---	---	1	4	---	5
S Marquise Blair	---	---	0	3	---	3
K Matt Gay	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Harold Bernard	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Tyrone Porter	---	---	0	0	---	0
TE Dawson Knox	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Ronheen Bingham	---	---	0	0	---	0
CB Jimmy Moreland	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	11	3.7
Middle	26	100	3.8
Right	9	28	3.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	26	3.3
Middle	16	51	3.2
Right	1	44	44.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alek Torgersen	31	22	3	2	0	3	3	6	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitch Trubisky	30	11	0	0	4	5	9	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	32	10.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	82	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	72	8.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	23	23.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	3	1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	30	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	5	62	3.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Anthony Miller	7	4	76	2	34
TE Gilbert Furnas	6	5	29	0	15
TE Albert Kaplan	4	3	9	0	32
RB Rod Caro	3	2	12	0	22
WR Elijah Hitchcock	3	3	32	0	31
WR Scott Miller	3	2	29	1	16
RB Jason Oltmanns	2	1	4	0	10
WR Harry Elliott	2	2	18	0	3
WR Nickolas Gunn	1	0	0	0	1

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Corbin Carlson	9	1	2	15	31
TE Caiden Vinci	8	5	0	34	29
WR Raul Strand	7	2	0	26	24
RB Gage James	3	2	1	17	29
WR Eduardo Griffith	2	1	0	3	28
WR Chad Wheeler	1	0	1	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Rod Caro	5	6	1.20	4.41
RB Jason Oltmanns	2	0	0.00	-0.86

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alek Torgersen	2	2	31	15.50	6.74

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Anthony Miller	1	1	18	18.00	10.86
WR Elijah Hitchcock	1	1	13	13.00	10.67

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Rod Caro	3	2

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Mitch Trubisky	2	0
RB Gage James	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alek Torgersen	11	8	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitch Trubisky	11	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Albert Kaplan	2	1	0
WR Anthony Miller	2	1	1
WR Elijah Hitchcock	2	2	0
RB Rod Caro	1	1	0
TE Gilbert Furnas	1	1	1
WR Nickolas Gunn	1	0	0
WR Scott Miller	1	1	1
WR Harry Elliott	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Raul Strand	4	1	1
TE Caiden Vinci	3	1	1
RB Gage James	2	1	1
WR Corbin Carlson	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,900 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,900 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)