Exhibition Week 1, 2031

played in Houston, TX

77 degrees, fair, calm

Arizona Cardinals	0	14	0	7	-	21
Houston Texans	3	6	0	0	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:20 HOU - Darrin Borders 21 field goal
2Q: 14:36 ARI - Bernard Escalante 6 run (Edwin Banks extra point)
2Q: 11:20 HOU - Darrin Borders 47 field goal
2Q: 09:45 ARI - Gus Mathis 68 run (Edwin Banks extra point)
2Q: 05:06 HOU - Darrin Borders 40 field goal
4Q: 06:26 ARI - Roman Becker 85 interception return (Edwin Banks extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:20 HOU - Darrin Borders 21 field goal
2Q: 14:36 ARI - Bernard Escalante 6 run (Edwin Banks extra point)
2Q: 11:20 HOU - Darrin Borders 47 field goal
2Q: 09:45 ARI - Gus Mathis 68 run (Edwin Banks extra point)
2Q: 05:06 HOU - Darrin Borders 40 field goal
4Q: 06:26 ARI - Roman Becker 85 interception return (Edwin Banks extra point)

Team Statistics ARI HOU
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 17 18
- by Rushing 10 8
- by Passing 6 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 304 392
- Offensive Plays 62 66
- Yards per Play 4.90 5.94
Net Rushing Yards 225 148
- Rushing Attempts 35 24
- Yards per Rush 6.43 6.17
Net Passing Yards 79 244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 15 - 1 40 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 79 257
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 2.93 5.81
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 5/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/2
Penalties/Yards 2/15 7/55
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/32
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 3/73
Interception Ret./Yards 1/85 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:38 29:22

Team Statistics	ARI	HOU
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	17	18
- by Rushing	10	8
- by Passing	6	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	304	392
- Offensive Plays	62	66
- Yards per Play	4.90	5.94
Net Rushing Yards	225	148
- Rushing Attempts	35	24
- Yards per Rush	6.43	6.17
Net Passing Yards	79	244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 15 - 1	40 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	79	257
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	2.93	5.81
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	5/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	7.1
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/2
Penalties/Yards	2/15	7/55
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/32
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	3/73
Interception Ret./Yards	1/85	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 26
Time of Possession	30:38	29:22

Drive Charts

Arizona Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:59	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	12:59	2:29	OWN 5	7	26	Punt
1	6:13	6:49	OWN 19	15	81	Touchdown
2	11:12	1:49	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	5:01	1:58	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	1:36	1:36	OWN 1	4	13	Half
3	11:37	2:46	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
3	7:52	4:55	OWN 46	9	33	Interception
4	13:44	4:10	OWN 3	7	36	Punt
4	3:40	1:15	OWN 46	3	8	Punt
4	1:25	1:25	OPP 42	3	2	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:01	1:02	OWN 42	3	2	Punt
1	10:30	4:17	OWN 23	9	73	Field Goal
2	14:24	3:12	OWN 34	7	36	Field Goal
2	9:23	4:22	OWN 20	8	57	Field Goal
2	3:03	1:27	OWN 42	4	9	Punt
3	15:00	3:23	OWN 30	6	24	Punt
3	8:51	0:59	OWN 4	3	50	Fumble
3	2:57	4:13	OWN 18	8	34	Punt
4	9:34	3:20	OWN 20	7	39	Interception
4	6:14	2:34	OWN 33	6	21	Downs
4	2:25	1:00	OWN 20	5	22	Downs

Game MVP: Gus Mathis, Arizona Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gus Mathis	14	126	9.00	68	3	1
Trevor Smart	11	61	5.55	20	1	0
Bernard Escalante	6	26	4.33	8	0	1
Chris Harding	2	9	4.50	5	0	0
Winston Burke	2	3	1.50	4	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jackie Barber	12	84	7.00	20	3
Brad Barnett	10	58	5.80	14	3
Frankie Blincoe	1	2	2.00	2	0
Earl Rader	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	19	11	69	0/0	0	11	0	65.4
Winston Burke	8	4	10	0/0	0	6	1	16.7

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chad Manning	30	13	177	2/13	0	39	1	48.9
Frankie Blincoe	10	5	80	0/0	0	27	0	77.1

Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Dwayne Upshaw	4	8	23	5.75	3	9
FB Chris Harding	3	5	20	6.67	14	10
WR Luther Wright	3	4	5	1.67	0	6
WR Sam Sutton	2	5	21	10.50	0	11
RB Trevor Smart	2	3	0	0.00	2	3
TE Roy Beattie	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
RB Gus Mathis	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jamal Lemke	5	12	132	26.40	76	39
RB Jackie Barber	4	4	42	10.50	26	25
WR Earl Rader	3	7	24	8.00	12	16
WR Kurt Snyder	2	3	32	16.00	13	21
RB Brad Barnett	1	5	13	13.00	14	13
FB Joey Crawford	1	3	2	2.00	0	2
WR Scottie Walters	1	3	9	9.00	0	9
TE Lee Murray	1	2	3	3.00	1	3
TE Travis Irwin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Arizona	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Roman Becker	1	85	85.00	1

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jackie Bruseloff	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Arizona	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bernard Escalante	1	0	0
Martin Boxer	0	1	0
Dana McCarroll	0	1	0
Edward Arnold	0	0	1
Roman Becker	0	0	1
Todd Curtis	0	0	1
Johnny Durham	0	0	1
Carlos Lewis	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Chad Manning	2	0	0
Earl Rader	1	0	0
Brad Barnett	1	0	0
Jackie Barber	1	0	0
Darryl Akiyama	0	1	0
Jamal Lemke	0	1	0
Darren Coles	0	1	0
Cole Bennett	0	1	0
Donny Starling	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Arizona	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darrin Price	6	297	49.5	37.5	61	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bo Janis	4	190	47.5	42.5	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Arizona	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edwin Banks	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Darrin Borders	3/3	2/2	0/0	47	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Earl Rader	2	32	16.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Shelton	1	19	19.0	0
Lamar Switzer	1	18	18.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Michael Whitley	3	73	24.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Arizona	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Phillip Burnett	5	1	0.0	12	22
CB Johnny Durham	5	1	0.0	17	34
DE Carlos Lewis	4	1	1.0	8	22
DE Todd Curtis	4	1	0.5	18	27
ILB Kenyon Hopkins	3	2	0.0	12	20
CB Jerome Conley	3	0	0.0	16	35
OLB Dana McCarroll	3	0	0.0	8	8
ILB Jonathan Bolender	2	2	0.0	12	22
CB Ken Shelton	2	2	0.0	15	30
S Roman Becker	2	1	0.0	13	22
ILB Bart Brandon	2	1	0.0	12	20
DT Shannon Pearson	2	0	0.0	13	20
DT Henry Timberlane	1	3	0.5	13	23
CB Edward Arnold	1	1	0.0	18	37
CB Leslie Kadela	1	1	0.0	6	5
WR Sam Sutton	1	0	---	---	---
DT Brandon Clancy	1	0	0.0	14	16
S Dean Lucas	1	0	0.0	6	24
DE Rodney Young	1	0	0.0	12	17
ILB Darrell Feaser	1	0	0.0	3	2
S Lamar Switzer	0	2	0.0	18	22

Houston	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Carl Ingram	7	1	29	23
ILB Raymond Wilcox	5	3	31	21
CB Hunter Russell	5	2	18	14
CB Fred Lemons	4	0	18	13
DE Lance Garrison	4	0	25	18
OLB Nolan Duncan	4	0	13	7
S Norman Barker	3	3	26	22
DT Donny Starling	3	1	26	20
S Harold Mason	3	0	5	14
DT Keith Small	2	1	18	18
CB Jackie Bruseloff	2	1	32	25
CB Rufus Hodson	1	2	22	20
S Donovan Juckett	1	1	30	13
DE Terry Jarvis	1	1	16	11
S Alan Cutler	0	2	9	5
OLB Trent Prewett	0	1	6	4
OLB Lonnie Kinney	0	1	3	2
ILB Norman Nixon	0	1	4	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Arizona	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Carlos Lewis	1.0	0	0	22
DT Henry Timberlane	0.5	1	0	23
DE Todd Curtis	0.5	0	1	27
ILB Jonathan Bolender	0.0	1	0	22
DE Rodney Young	0.0	0	2	17
OLB Phillip Burnett	0.0	0	1	22
DT Brandon Clancy	0.0	0	1	16

Houston	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Terrell Fulkerson	1	1	0	9
DE Oscar Battle	1	0	0	18
DE Lance Garrison	0	1	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Arizona	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Johnny Durham	4	1	0	34
CB Jerome Conley	2	1	0	35
OLB Phillip Burnett	2	0	0	22
ILB Jonathan Bolender	1	2	0	22
S Roman Becker	1	1	1	22
CB Edward Arnold	1	1	0	37
ILB Bart Brandon	1	1	0	20
DT Shannon Pearson	1	0	0	20
ILB Kenyon Hopkins	1	0	0	20
S Dean Lucas	1	0	0	24
DT Henry Timberlane	1	0	0	23
DE Carlos Lewis	1	0	0	22
ILB Darrell Feaser	1	0	0	2
CB Ken Shelton	0	1	0	30
S Lamar Switzer	0	1	0	22

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Carl Ingram	3	1	0	23
OLB Nolan Duncan	3	0	0	7
S Harold Mason	2	1	0	14
CB Fred Lemons	2	0	0	13
CB Hunter Russell	2	0	0	14
ILB Raymond Wilcox	1	2	0	21
CB Jackie Bruseloff	1	1	1	25
CB Rufus Hodson	1	0	0	20
S Norman Barker	0	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Arizona	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Van Clancy	3	3	17	16
Roy Peachey	2	6	18	11
Derrick Cuevas	2	4	18	16
Chris Harding	2	3	16	12
Frank Borders	2	3	17	11
Maurice Case	1	3	18	14
Joe Vielma	1	2	20	16
Andrew Powell	0	2	17	13
Todd Worley	0	1	22	17
Skip Littlejohn	0	1	13	10

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ernest Occean	3	5	19	1	36
Nick Diaz	2	5	22	0	40
Darren Coles	2	5	19	0	33
Alan Singleton	1	3	19	0	38
Patrick Savard	1	3	12	0	14
Cole Bennett	0	2	19	1	33
Darryl Akiyama	0	1	10	0	16

Special Teams Statistics

Arizona	Tackles	STPlays
Edward Arnold	2	16
Sammie Ackerman	1	16
Chris Harding	1	13
Dan Stallings	1	11
Jerome Conley	0	17
Gus Mathis	0	17
Bart Brandon	0	14
Ken Shelton	0	13
Kenyon Hopkins	0	10
Roy Beattie	0	8
Dwayne Upshaw	0	8
Luther Wright	0	8
Van Clancy	0	6
Andrew Powell	0	6
Darrin Price	0	6
Rodney Young	0	6
Martin Boxer	0	5
Frank Borders	0	5
Lamar Switzer	0	5
Shannon Pearson	0	4
Todd Curtis	0	4
Edwin Banks	0	4
Brandon Clancy	0	3
Johnny Durham	0	3
Joe Vielma	0	3
Derrick Cuevas	0	3
Darrell Feaser	0	3
Roman Becker	0	2
Phillip Burnett	0	2
Xavier Terry	0	2
Trevor Smart	0	2
Henry Timberlane	0	2
Dana McCarroll	0	2
Dean Lucas	0	1
Skip Littlejohn	0	1

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Brad Barnett	1	21
Earl Rader	1	13
Trent Prewett	0	14
Kurt Snyder	0	14
Travis Irwin	0	12
Alan Cutler	0	12
Lee Murray	0	12
Hunter Shelton	0	12
Joey Crawford	0	11
Rufus Hodson	0	8
Ernest Occean	0	7
Lonnie Kinney	0	7
Hunter Russell	0	7
Michael Whitley	0	7
Darryl Akiyama	0	7
Patrick Savard	0	7
Terrell Fulkerson	0	6
Darren Coles	0	6
Bo Janis	0	4
Jackie Barber	0	4
Eddie Daniels	0	4
Norman Nixon	0	4
Norm Sinclair	0	3
Darrin Borders	0	3
Jamal Lemke	0	3
Carl Ingram	0	3
Nolan Duncan	0	3
Jackie Bruseloff	0	3
Nick Diaz	0	2
Fred Lemons	0	2
Lance Garrison	0	2
Keith Small	0	2
Donovan Juckett	0	2
Alan Singleton	0	1
Oscar Battle	0	1
Lamont Elliott	0	1
Raymond Wilcox	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	45	6.4
Middle	22	158	7.2
Right	4	25	6.3
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	32	5.3
Middle	15	85	5.7
Right	3	31	10.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	19	11	0	0	1	4	2	0	0
Winston Burke	8	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chad Manning	30	13	3	2	3	7	2	0	1
Frankie Blincoe	10	5	2	0	0	2	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	8	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	40	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	31	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	38	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	8	104	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	5	115	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Dwayne Upshaw	8	4	0	23	22
WR Sam Sutton	5	2	1	21	13
FB Chris Harding	5	3	0	20	12
WR Luther Wright	4	3	0	5	19
RB Trevor Smart	3	2	0	0	18
TE Roy Beattie	1	1	0	10	17
RB Gus Mathis	1	0	0	0	12

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamal Lemke	12	5	0	132	3	41
WR Earl Rader	7	3	1	24	0	32
RB Brad Barnett	5	1	0	13	0	31
RB Jackie Barber	4	4	0	42	1	11
WR Kurt Snyder	3	2	0	32	1	10
FB Joey Crawford	3	1	1	2	0	16
WR Scottie Walters	3	1	0	9	0	33
TE Lee Murray	2	1	0	3	0	20
TE Travis Irwin	1	0	1	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	1	6	6.00	4.33
Trevor Smart	1	9	9.00	5.55

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brad Barnett	1	14	14.00	5.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Frankie Blincoe	3	0	0	0.00	8.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Houston	Target	Overall Avg
WR Earl Rader	1	3.43
RB Brad Barnett	1	2.60
FB Joey Crawford	1	0.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Rushes	Conversions
Gus Mathis	2	1
Chris Harding	1	0
Winston Burke	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Earl Rader	1	1
Brad Barnett	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	8	5	4
Winston Burke	2	1	0

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chad Manning	8	2	2
Frankie Blincoe	3	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sam Sutton	2	2	2
FB Chris Harding	2	1	1
RB Trevor Smart	2	1	0
WR Luther Wright	2	1	0
TE Roy Beattie	1	1	1
WR Dwayne Upshaw	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Lemke	5	2	2
WR Earl Rader	4	0	0
WR Kurt Snyder	1	1	1
WR Scottie Walters	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,000 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,100 (21,100)
End Zone 15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 13,200 (13,400)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,000 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,100 (21,100)
End Zone	15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	13,200 (13,400)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (4,000)