Exhibition Week 3, 2013

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	7	7	3	3	-	20
New Orleans Saints	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:23 HOU - Russell Gillespie 8 pass from Chad Pennington (Todd Sievers extra point)
2Q: 11:02 NOS - Tony Brumley 41 pass from Lance Whiting (Artie Farias extra point)
2Q: 02:24 HOU - Russell Gillespie 4 run (Todd Sievers extra point)
3Q: 09:53 HOU - Todd Sievers 55 field goal
4Q: 02:01 HOU - Todd Sievers 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:23 HOU - Russell Gillespie 8 pass from Chad Pennington (Todd Sievers extra point)
2Q: 11:02 NOS - Tony Brumley 41 pass from Lance Whiting (Artie Farias extra point)
2Q: 02:24 HOU - Russell Gillespie 4 run (Todd Sievers extra point)
3Q: 09:53 HOU - Todd Sievers 55 field goal
4Q: 02:01 HOU - Todd Sievers 26 field goal

Team Statistics HOU NOS
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 17 14
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 10 11
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 285 251
- Offensive Plays 64 68
- Yards per Play 4.45 3.69
Net Rushing Yards 108 50
- Rushing Attempts 31 16
- Yards per Rush 3.48 3.13
Net Passing Yards 177 201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 17 - 0 47 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 187 230
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 5/29
- Yards per Pass Play 5.36 3.87
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 4/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/15 6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 9.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/45 8/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/16 5/45
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 4/76
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time of Possession 33:21 26:39

Team Statistics	HOU	NOS
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	17	14
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	10	11
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	285	251
- Offensive Plays	64	68
- Yards per Play	4.45	3.69
Net Rushing Yards	108	50
- Rushing Attempts	31	16
- Yards per Rush	3.48	3.13
Net Passing Yards	177	201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 17 - 0	47 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	187	230
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	5/29
- Yards per Pass Play	5.36	3.87
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	4/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/15	6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	9.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/45	8/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/16	5/45
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	4/76
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 30
Time of Possession	33:21	26:39

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:14	OWN 20	4	25	Punt
1	11:52	1:38	OWN 44	4	56	Touchdown
1	5:27	0:43	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
1	2:53	3:09	OWN 7	7	31	Punt
2	10:42	1:52	OWN 30	3	-4	Punt
2	7:32	5:18	OWN 32	10	68	Touchdown
3	12:56	3:10	OWN 20	5	42	Field Goal
3	7:48	2:15	OWN 34	4	9	Fumble
3	4:24	1:04	OWN 40	3	4	Punt
3	1:46	1:52	OWN 32	4	22	Punt
4	12:04	1:59	OWN 20	4	14	Punt
4	8:53	1:36	OWN 5	3	-1	Punt
4	6:23	3:55	OWN 16	5	16	Punt
4	2:28	0:34	OPP 15	3	6	Field Goal
4	0:55	0:55	OPP 17	2	-3	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:46	0:54	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	10:14	4:47	OWN 36	9	45	Interception
1	4:44	1:51	OPP 47	3	-6	Punt
2	14:44	4:02	OWN 26	7	74	Touchdown
2	8:50	1:18	OWN 34	3	-3	Punt
2	2:14	2:14	OWN 20	12	51	Half
3	15:00	2:04	OWN 21	4	34	Punt
3	9:46	1:58	OWN 15	3	1	Punt
3	5:33	1:09	OPP 43	4	10	Missed FG
3	3:20	1:34	OWN 2	3	3	Punt
4	14:54	2:50	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
4	10:05	1:12	OWN 29	5	15	Punt
4	7:17	0:54	OPP 34	3	-15	Punt
4	1:54	0:59	OWN 22	4	-5	Downs

Game MVP: Mitch Morrow, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Russell Gillespie	17	46	2.71	10	1	1
Al Garrison	8	51	6.38	23	1	0
Dwight Prior	6	11	1.83	5	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tony Brumley	7	11	1.57	7	0
Mark Coons	6	30	5.00	18	1
Lance Whiting	3	9	3.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dwight Prior	16	9	87	2/10	0	26	0	71.6
Chad Pennington	15	8	100	0/0	1	26	0	96.5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lance Whiting	47	22	230	5/29	1	41	1	59.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Russell Gillespie	3	4	13	4.33	1	8	1
WR Kenneth Pritchett	3	4	67	22.33	12	26	0
WR Reche Caldwell	2	5	23	11.50	1	13	0
WR Derrick McIntosh	2	4	38	19.00	3	22	0
FB Mack Waldteufel	2	2	13	6.50	4	10	0
TE Jeff Bridges	2	2	8	4.00	0	6	0
Unknown	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Irving Haneke	1	5	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Jumbo Stallings	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Al Garrison	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Shane Williamson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ron Robinson	5	8	29	5.80	3	16	0
WR Curtis Weber	5	10	73	14.60	7	19	0
TE Dwight Mendez	4	7	58	14.50	11	38	0
RB Mark Coons	2	2	8	4.00	4	6	0
FB Tony Brumley	2	3	45	22.50	34	41	1
WR C.J. Cook	2	7	10	5.00	0	10	0
RB Arnie Bernard	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Rickey Woodley	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Graham King	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Antoine Stein	0	5	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dunta Robinson	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dwight Prior	1	0	0
Dunta Robinson	0	1	0
Mitch Morrow	0	0	1
Alan McIntyre	0	0	1
Geoff Brazell	0	0	1
Eddie Murkowski	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mark Coons	1	0	0
Curtis Weber	1	0	0
Dwight Mendez	1	0	0
Lance Whiting	1	0	0
Lamont Forbes	0	1	0
Tony Brumley	0	1	0
Oliver Coffey	0	1	0
C.J. Cook	0	1	0
Brent Compton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Devin Price	9	416	46.2	36.8	55	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Horace Ogden	9	414	46.0	39.8	56	3

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Todd Sievers	2/2	1/1	1/1	55	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Artie Farias	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bryan Scott	2	16	8.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antoine Stein	3	32	10.7	0
Curtis Weber	2	13	6.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Garrison	1	22	22.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg
Taylor Jacobs	2	40	20.0
Devery Henderson	1	17	17.0
Mark Coons	1	19	19.0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Mitch Morrow	8	2	3.0	16	49
OLB Jumbo Zellweger	7	1	1.0	16	49
S Eddie Murkowski	5	2	0.0	9	44
CB Corey Cortez	5	1	0.0	15	48
OLB Geoff Brazell	4	1	0.0	14	41
ILB Dan Morgan	3	1	0.0	16	47
CB DeAngelo Hall	2	1	0.0	12	46
CB Bryan Scott	2	0	0.0	2	12
ILB Nicky Sullivan	2	0	0.0	0	5
DE Alan McIntyre	1	0	1.0	1	21
CB Bennie Howe	1	2	0.0	16	47
S Leslie Franz	1	2	0.0	15	49
S Michael Lewis	1	1	0.0	5	5
DE Cornell Bush	1	1	0.0	15	32
DE Darren Balderas	0	1	0.0	16	51

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jared Ballard	7	3	0.0	30	33
ILB Courtney Watson	7	2	0.0	26	32
DE Brent Compton	6	0	1.0	31	32
DE Harris Herron	4	0	1.0	28	33
CB Heath Cooper	4	0	0.0	30	31
CB Fernando Clayton	3	1	0.0	28	31
CB Drew Jordan	3	0	0.0	21	26
S Austin Hitchcock	2	3	0.0	29	32
OLB Donovan Mussatti	2	2	0.0	11	8
S Arnie Shafer	2	1	0.0	20	26
DT Billy Joe Roberson	2	0	0.0	28	30
DE Brock Evans	2	0	0.0	10	5
ILB Dontarrious Thomas	1	0	0.0	5	1
S Brenden Rasmussen	1	0	0.0	5	7
QB Lance Whiting	1	0	---	---	---
S Kelvin Arntt	0	1	0.0	3	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mitch Morrow	3.0	0	1	0	49
OLB Jumbo Zellweger	1.0	1	0	1	49
DE Alan McIntyre	1.0	0	0	0	21
OLB Burt Tisdall	0.0	1	0	0	6
CB DeAngelo Hall	0.0	0	1	0	46
DE Cornell Bush	0.0	0	1	0	32
DE Darren Balderas	0.0	0	1	0	51

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Harris Herron	1.0	1	2	0	33
DE Brent Compton	1.0	0	2	1	32
DT Billy Joe Roberson	0.0	0	1	0	30
OLB Jared Ballard	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Corey Cortez	5	6	0	48
OLB Jumbo Zellweger	4	3	0	49
S Eddie Murkowski	3	2	0	44
ILB Nicky Sullivan	2	0	0	5
OLB Geoff Brazell	2	0	0	41
CB DeAngelo Hall	1	0	0	46
CB Bryan Scott	1	0	0	12
ILB Dan Morgan	1	0	0	47
DT Mitch Morrow	1	0	0	49
CB Bennie Howe	1	0	0	47
DT Earnest Maciel	1	0	0	7
CB Dunta Robinson	0	0	1	4

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Heath Cooper	5	2	31
OLB Jared Ballard	3	0	33
CB Fernando Clayton	2	0	31
CB Drew Jordan	2	0	26
DE Brock Evans	1	0	5
OLB Donovan Mussatti	1	0	8
S Austin Hitchcock	1	0	32
S Arnie Shafer	1	0	26
S Brenden Rasmussen	1	0	7
DE Brent Compton	0	1	32
OLB Reggie Bailey	0	1	1

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Bober	4	6	0	16	0	17
Langston Walker	2	5	1	24	0	25
Bucky Ratini	1	3	0	11	0	16
Mack Waldteufel	1	2	0	17	0	9
Sean Hines	1	1	0	15	0	16
Brent Newton	0	3	0	16	0	24
Lorenzo Thomas	0	3	0	24	0	18
Steven Randle	0	1	0	14	1	18
Dusty Starks	0	1	0	18	0	16
Jumbo Stallings	0	1	0	16	0	10
Burt Shields	0	0	0	17	1	15

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marlon Prill	2	3	11	3	41
Wesley Hickman	1	1	14	2	40
Jimmy Lumpkin	1	1	16	0	48
Travis Tusch	0	2	11	0	36
Jon Stinchcomb	0	1	7	0	23
Lamont Forbes	0	1	9	0	27
Rickey Woodley	0	1	7	0	17
Shaun Dworak	0	1	5	0	16
Graham King	0	1	6	0	17
Larry Andersen	0	1	7	0	29

Special Teams Statistics

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Dunta Robinson	3	34
Unknown	2	18
Shane Williamson	1	15
Michael Lewis	1	14
Eddie Murkowski	1	14
Bryan Scott	1	13
Russell Gillespie	0	18
Burt Tisdall	0	18
Jumbo Stallings	0	15
Mack Waldteufel	0	14
Burt Shields	0	11
Brent Newton	0	11
Lorenzo Thomas	0	11
Jeff Bridges	0	11
Reche Caldwell	0	9
Earnest Maciel	0	9
Alan McIntyre	0	9
Devin Price	0	9
Todd Sievers	0	7
Nicky Sullivan	0	7
Langston Walker	0	5
Sean Hines	0	5
Chris Bober	0	4
Bennie Howe	0	4
Derrick McIntosh	0	4
Dusty Starks	0	4
Dan Morgan	0	2
Dwight Prior	0	2
Al Garrison	0	2
DeAngelo Hall	0	1
Cornell Bush	0	1
Mitch Morrow	0	1
Jumbo Zellweger	0	1
Darren Balderas	0	1
Leslie Franz	0	1
Phillip Morton	0	1
Geoff Brazell	0	1
Corey Cortez	0	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Kendrick Samuels	1	24
Dontarrious Thomas	1	17
Kelvin Arntt	1	17
Jon Stinchcomb	1	10
Fernando Clayton	0	27
Arnie Bernard	0	24
Graham King	0	17
Taylor Jacobs	0	16
Dwight Mendez	0	13
Jacob Rogers	0	10
Rickey Woodley	0	10
Curtis Weber	0	10
A.J. Coffey	0	9
Horace Ogden	0	9
Devery Henderson	0	8
Shaun Dworak	0	8
Tony Brumley	0	8
Larry Andersen	0	8
Mark Coons	0	6
Tim Apold	0	6
Reggie Bailey	0	6
Lamont Forbes	0	5
Arnie Shafer	0	5
Antoine Stein	0	4
Travis Tusch	0	4
Oliver Coffey	0	4
Austin Hitchcock	0	3
Artie Farias	0	3
Courtney Watson	0	2
Billy Joe Roberson	0	2
Brent Compton	0	2
Harris Herron	0	2
Brenden Rasmussen	0	2
Jared Ballard	0	2
Xavier Blair	0	1
Heath Cooper	0	1
Donovan Mussatti	0	1
Drew Jordan	0	1
Jimmy Lumpkin	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	21	3.0
Middle	20	73	3.7
Right	2	17	8.5
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	10	31	3.1
Right	2	10	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dwight Prior	16	9	1	1	1	2	3	0	0
Chad Pennington	15	8	2	1	0	2	3	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lance Whiting	47	22	2	3	4	11	4	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	3	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	35	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	75	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	74	10.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	17	3.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	91	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	4	46	2.9
Long (19+ Yds)	14	3	76	5.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Reche Caldwell	5	2	0	23	0	17
WR Irving Haneke	5	1	0	13	0	14
RB Russell Gillespie	4	3	0	13	0	17
WR Derrick McIntosh	4	2	1	38	1	19
WR Kenneth Pritchett	4	3	0	67	2	15
FB Mack Waldteufel	2	2	0	13	0	9
TE Jumbo Stallings	2	1	0	7	0	10
TE Jeff Bridges	2	2	0	8	0	16
RB Al Garrison	1	0	0	0	0	16
WR Shane Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	19
Unknown	1	1	0	5	0	13

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Curtis Weber	10	5	2	73	0	38
WR Ron Robinson	8	5	0	29	0	41
TE Dwight Mendez	7	4	1	58	1	32
WR C.J. Cook	7	2	1	10	0	37
WR Antoine Stein	5	0	0	0	0	18
TE Graham King	3	0	0	0	0	17
FB Tony Brumley	3	2	0	45	1	31
RB Mark Coons	2	2	0	8	0	26
RB Arnie Bernard	1	1	0	5	0	1
FB Rickey Woodley	1	1	0	2	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Russell Gillespie	3	14	4.67	2.71
Dwight Prior	3	1	0.33	1.83
Al Garrison	1	1	1.00	6.38

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tony Brumley	1	0	0.00	1.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dwight Prior	2	1	6	3.00	5.44
Chad Pennington	1	1	8	8.00	6.67

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lance Whiting	2	0	0	0.00	4.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Reche Caldwell	1	0	0	0.00	4.60
RB Russell Gillespie	1	1	8	8.00	3.25
TE Jeff Bridges	1	1	6	6.00	4.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Antoine Stein	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Russell Gillespie	3	1
Dwight Prior	1	1
Al Garrison	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dwight Prior	6	1	0
Chad Pennington	3	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lance Whiting	17	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch
WR Irving Haneke	2	0
TE Jumbo Stallings	2	1
RB Russell Gillespie	1	0
WR Derrick McIntosh	1	0
FB Mack Waldteufel	1	1
WR Shane Williamson	1	0
WR Kenneth Pritchett	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Curtis Weber	5	3	2
WR Ron Robinson	4	2	1
WR Antoine Stein	3	0	0
TE Dwight Mendez	3	2	2
RB Arnie Bernard	1	1	1
TE Graham King	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,500 (20,400)
End Zone 12,900 (14,600)
Mezzanine 7,300 (8,400)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (12,900)
Club Seats 13,900 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,500 (20,400)
End Zone	12,900 (14,600)
Mezzanine	7,300 (8,400)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (12,900)
Club Seats	13,900 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,700)