Week 16, 2036

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	7	3	0	7	-	17
Minnesota Vikings	7	7	21	3	-	38

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:34 HOU - Darnell Bates 77 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
1Q: 06:11 MIN - Bucky Stephan 89 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 08:33 MIN - Jeff Diano 22 pass from Albert Prior (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 00:40 HOU - Darrin Borders 26 field goal
3Q: 08:17 MIN - Mo Scanlon 8 pass from Albert Prior (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
3Q: 07:32 MIN - Erik Irizarry 28 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
3Q: 05:01 MIN - Erik Irizarry 49 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 06:12 MIN - Johnnie Bergstrom 30 field goal
4Q: 00:47 HOU - Norman Pomeranz 9 run (Darrin Borders extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:34 HOU - Darnell Bates 77 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
1Q: 06:11 MIN - Bucky Stephan 89 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 08:33 MIN - Jeff Diano 22 pass from Albert Prior (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 00:40 HOU - Darrin Borders 26 field goal
3Q: 08:17 MIN - Mo Scanlon 8 pass from Albert Prior (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
3Q: 07:32 MIN - Erik Irizarry 28 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
3Q: 05:01 MIN - Erik Irizarry 49 interception return (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 06:12 MIN - Johnnie Bergstrom 30 field goal
4Q: 00:47 HOU - Norman Pomeranz 9 run (Darrin Borders extra point)

Team Statistics HOU MIN
Record 10-5 11-4
First Downs 19 19
- by Rushing 10 5
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 417 312
- Offensive Plays 71 60
- Yards per Play 5.87 5.20
Net Rushing Yards 268 63
- Rushing Attempts 33 33
- Yards per Rush 8.12 1.91
Net Passing Yards 149 249
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 17 - 3 27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 173 249
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/24 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.92 9.22
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 8.6
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/1
Penalties/Yards 7/56 6/37
Punt Returns/Yards 4/44 2/4
Kick Returns/Yards 3/60 1/28
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/166
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:59 30:01

Team Statistics	HOU	MIN
Record	10-5	11-4
First Downs	19	19
- by Rushing	10	5
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	417	312
- Offensive Plays	71	60
- Yards per Play	5.87	5.20
Net Rushing Yards	268	63
- Rushing Attempts	33	33
- Yards per Rush	8.12	1.91
Net Passing Yards	149	249
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 17 - 3	27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	173	249
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/24	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.92	9.22
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	8.6
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/1
Penalties/Yards	7/56	6/37
Punt Returns/Yards	4/44	2/4
Kick Returns/Yards	3/60	1/28
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/166
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 24
Time of Possession	29:59	30:01

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:34	0:20	OWN 23	1	77	Touchdown
1	10:06	4:04	OWN 38	8	52	Interception
1	6:02	2:59	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
1	0:44	2:33	OWN 30	4	19	Punt
2	8:16	4:28	OWN 18	12	48	Downs
2	2:47	2:15	50	8	41	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:54	OWN 7	5	18	Punt
3	8:10	0:49	OWN 20	2	3	Interception
3	7:21	2:30	OWN 13	6	27	Interception
3	4:51	1:05	OWN 27	3	5	Punt
4	14:53	1:44	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
4	6:04	5:25	OWN 20	15	80	Touchdown

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:26	OWN 20	5	13	Punt
1	12:14	2:08	OWN 32	3	0	Punt
1	3:03	2:19	OWN 13	4	19	Punt
2	13:11	4:55	OWN 7	10	93	Touchdown
2	3:48	1:01	OWN 34	3	-1	Punt
2	0:32	0:32	OWN 20	2	22	Half
3	12:06	3:56	OWN 27	9	73	Touchdown
3	3:46	3:53	OWN 20	7	27	Punt
4	13:09	7:05	OWN 18	14	69	Field Goal
4	0:39	0:39	OPP 47	4	-5	Downs

Game MVP: Albert Prior, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Darnell Bates	18	181	10.06	77	6	1
Norman Pomeranz	9	39	4.33	10	1	1
Frankie Blincoe	6	48	8.00	18	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Mo Scanlon	22	80	3.64	13	4
Joe Hughes	8	-13	-1.63	3	0
Albert Prior	3	-4	-1.33	-1	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Blincoe	35	17	173	3/24	0	28	3	27.4

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Albert Prior	27	19	249	0/0	2	40	0	123.8

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Pete Siders	6	9	88	14.67	24	28
FB Stephen Kluge	3	3	17	5.67	4	7
TE Griffin Barton	3	8	10	3.33	0	8
WR Tommie Drake	2	6	24	12.00	5	13
WR Jamal Lemke	1	6	16	16.00	2	16
TE Rodney Burney	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
RB Darnell Bates	1	2	8	8.00	8	8

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rusty Humphrey	7	8	69	9.86	17	26	0
RB Mo Scanlon	4	5	21	5.25	8	8	1
WR Jeff Diano	2	3	32	16.00	0	22	1
WR Leslie Rice	2	5	42	21.00	21	35	0
WR Wally Blanchard	2	4	63	31.50	27	40	0
TE Pete Shepherd	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
RB Joe Hughes	1	1	11	11.00	9	11	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Erik Irizarry	2	77	38.50	2
ILB Bucky Stephan	1	89	89.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Frankie Blincoe	2	2	0	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Erik Irizarry	0	0	1	0
Tommy Hutchins	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	5	261	52.2	47.4	68	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Seth Luster	5	226	45.2	32.4	53	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Darrin Borders	1/1	0/0	0/0	26	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Johnnie Bergstrom	1/1	0/0	0/0	30	5/5

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Norman Pomeranz	4	44	11.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rusty Humphrey	2	4	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Toby Castanie	2	29	14.5	0
Norman Pomeranz	1	31	31.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rusty Humphrey	1	28	28.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Floyd Juarez	8	1	32	26
CB Emmanuel Makovicka	6	0	30	25
S Harold Mason	5	1	32	27
CB Wendell Begay	5	1	18	17
OLB Lorenzo Walton	4	0	11	9
OLB Carl Ingram	3	2	19	23
DE Sammie Back	3	0	20	18
S Marco Hardy	3	0	31	26
DT Eric Sarfaty	2	2	24	24
DT Barry Kamin	2	2	22	14
ILB Norman Nixon	2	1	17	5
DT Keith Small	1	1	21	9
CB Lamar Timpson	1	1	28	26
OLB Ty Shields	1	0	4	1
CB C.J. Stewart	1	0	3	1
DE Xavier Terry	0	1	24	19
DE Scott Meier	0	1	19	17

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ike Sutton	9	1	0.0	31	34
OLB Tommy Hutchins	5	1	2.0	17	19
CB Reuben Brooks	5	3	0.0	26	30
CB Erik Irizarry	5	0	0.0	33	38
ILB Jay Willis	4	3	1.0	33	35
DE Juan Godfrey	4	0	0.0	20	26
OLB Dan Irwin	3	1	0.0	24	28
S Howie McKenzie	3	1	0.0	13	12
DT Glenn Donaldson	3	1	0.0	21	25
ILB Shaun Buckner	3	0	0.0	7	9
DE T.J. Jarvis	2	0	0.0	13	12
DE Thurman Sheff	2	0	0.0	22	21
CB Max Tautuaa	1	1	0.0	32	37
ILB Malachi Delgado	1	1	0.0	6	12
S Drew Schulz	1	0	0.0	27	26
CB Russell Lamar	0	1	0.0	7	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Scott Meier	0.0	1	0	0	17
DT Eric Sarfaty	0.0	0	1	0	24

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Tommy Hutchins	2.0	1	19
ILB Jay Willis	1.0	0	35
OLB Dan Irwin	0.0	2	28
DE Thurman Sheff	0.0	1	21
ILB Malachi Delgado	0.0	1	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Emmanuel Makovicka	5	1	25
OLB Lorenzo Walton	3	0	9
OLB Carl Ingram	2	1	23
CB Wendell Begay	2	1	17
ILB Floyd Juarez	2	0	26
CB Lamar Timpson	2	0	26
S Harold Mason	1	1	27
S Marco Hardy	1	0	26
DT Barry Kamin	1	0	14

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Reuben Brooks	3	1	0	30
S Howie McKenzie	2	1	0	12
CB Erik Irizarry	2	0	2	38
DE Thurman Sheff	2	0	0	21
CB Max Tautuaa	1	2	0	37
ILB Jay Willis	1	0	0	35
ILB Shaun Buckner	1	0	0	9
ILB Malachi Delgado	1	0	0	12
OLB Tommy Hutchins	1	0	0	19
S Ike Sutton	1	0	0	34
DT Glenn Donaldson	1	0	0	25
S Drew Schulz	1	0	0	26
ILB Bucky Stephan	0	0	1	16

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kent Niechniedowicz	6	7	31	0	37
Cole Bennett	2	6	32	0	38
Bernie Flowers	2	6	32	0	37
Corwin Hicks	2	4	33	0	37
Griffin Barton	0	2	33	0	38
Arnie Reed	0	1	3	0	0
Chris Sturgeon	0	1	2	0	1
Mo Dole	0	0	31	2	38
Rodney Burney	0	0	7	1	11

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Jackie Wagner	3	5	0	33	27
Donny Carpenter	2	4	0	29	27
Shawn Peters	1	7	1	30	27
Brock Willis	1	6	0	31	27
Pete Shepherd	0	3	0	25	18
Dana Garrett	0	2	0	31	27
Harris Savoie	0	1	0	15	14
Alex Schwartz	0	1	0	4	0
Reuben Barker	0	1	0	2	0

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Marco Hardy	2	10
Rodney Burney	1	17

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Howie McKenzie	3	16
Grady Baxter	2	22
Joe Hughes	1	12
Ike Sutton	1	10

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Floyd Juarez	---	---	32	26	19	77
Pete Siders	32	33	---	---	12	77
Bernie Flowers	32	37	---	---	6	75
Griffin Barton	33	38	---	---	1	72
Frankie Blincoe	32	38	---	---	---	70
Cole Bennett	32	38	---	---	---	70
Corwin Hicks	33	37	---	---	---	70
Mo Dole	31	38	---	---	---	69
Kent Niechniedowicz	31	37	---	---	---	68
Stephen Kluge	19	31	---	---	17	67
Marco Hardy	---	---	31	26	10	67
Emmanuel Makovicka	---	---	30	25	10	65
Harold Mason	---	---	32	27	1	60
Jamal Lemke	29	26	---	---	---	55
Darnell Bates	22	28	---	---	5	55
Lamar Timpson	---	---	28	26	1	55
Eric Sarfaty	---	---	24	24	1	49
Xavier Terry	---	---	24	19	2	45
Carl Ingram	---	---	19	23	1	43
Norman Pomeranz	11	10	---	---	21	42
Scott Meier	---	---	19	17	6	42
Sammie Back	---	---	20	18	1	39
Barry Kamin	---	---	22	14	2	38
Wendell Begay	---	---	18	17	---	35
Rodney Burney	7	11	---	---	17	35
Keith Small	---	---	21	9	2	32
Lorenzo Walton	---	---	11	9	5	25
Norman Nixon	---	---	17	5	---	22
Tommie Drake	10	11	---	---	---	21
Mo Garrett	2	1	---	---	16	19
Ty Shields	---	---	4	1	10	15
C.J. Stewart	---	---	3	1	11	15
Winston Bensen	---	---	3	2	10	15
Alan Cutler	---	---	1	1	11	13
Randal Posante	0	1	---	---	12	13
Barry Durham	---	---	4	7	1	12
Darren Coles	1	2	---	---	6	9
Arnie Reed	3	0	---	---	6	9
Chris Sturgeon	2	1	---	---	6	9
Toby Castanie	0	0	---	---	7	7
Darnell Briggs	0	0	---	---	6	6
Bryce Shula	0	0	---	---	6	6
Morris Hurnblad	0	0	---	---	4	4
Joel Grzybowski	1	0	---	---	---	1
Darrin Borders	0	0	---	---	1	1
Wally Binkow	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Erik Irizarry	---	---	33	38	12	83
Ike Sutton	---	---	31	34	10	75
Jay Willis	---	---	33	35	5	73
Max Tautuaa	---	---	32	37	1	70
Rusty Humphrey	33	26	---	---	8	67
Donny Carpenter	29	27	---	---	6	62
Albert Prior	33	27	---	---	---	60
Jackie Wagner	33	27	---	---	---	60
Terrance Ziadie	---	---	23	30	6	59
Brock Willis	31	27	---	---	---	58
Dana Garrett	31	27	---	---	---	58
Reuben Brooks	---	---	26	30	1	57
Shawn Peters	30	27	---	---	---	57
Pete Shepherd	25	18	---	---	11	54
Drew Schulz	---	---	27	26	1	54
Dan Irwin	---	---	24	28	1	53
Glenn Donaldson	---	---	21	25	5	51
Juan Godfrey	---	---	20	26	1	47
Leslie Rice	22	23	---	---	1	46
Mo Scanlon	23	23	---	---	---	46
Thurman Sheff	---	---	22	21	1	44
Howie McKenzie	---	---	13	12	16	41
Tommy Hutchins	---	---	17	19	4	40
Harris Savoie	15	14	---	---	10	39
Bucky Stephan	---	---	8	16	11	35
Grady Baxter	8	4	---	---	22	34
Jeff Diano	8	6	---	---	16	30
Malachi Delgado	---	---	6	12	12	30
Joe Hughes	10	4	---	---	12	26
T.J. Jarvis	---	---	13	12	---	25
Russell Lamar	---	---	7	8	10	25
Frank McElroy	2	0	---	---	17	19
Calvin Lercius	5	1	---	---	13	19
Wally Blanchard	6	9	---	---	2	17
Shaun Buckner	---	---	7	9	---	16
Percy Broussard	8	7	---	---	---	15
Alex Schwartz	4	0	---	---	6	10
Johnnie Bergstrom	0	0	---	---	8	8
Reuben Barker	2	0	---	---	6	8
Theodore Gilbertson	2	0	---	---	6	8
Seth Luster	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jeffrey Hogans	0	0	---	---	6	6
Shaun Parnell	3	0	---	---	---	3
C.J. Watkins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Daryl Oliver	---	---	0	0	---	0
Dean Wannamaker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	45	6.4
Middle	20	187	9.4
Right	6	36	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	15	2.1
Middle	15	20	1.3
Right	8	32	4.0
None	3	-4	-1.3

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Blincoe	35	17	2	5	1	4	5	0	3

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Albert Prior	27	19	5	1	1	4	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	23	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	66	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	3	56	4.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	28	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	8	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	58	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	138	17.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	45	11.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Pete Siders	9	6	0	88	2	33
TE Griffin Barton	8	3	0	10	0	38
WR Jamal Lemke	6	1	0	16	0	26
WR Tommie Drake	6	2	1	24	0	11
FB Stephen Kluge	3	3	0	17	0	31
RB Darnell Bates	2	1	0	8	0	28
TE Rodney Burney	1	1	0	10	0	11

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rusty Humphrey	8	7	0	69	1	26
WR Leslie Rice	5	2	0	42	1	23
RB Mo Scanlon	5	4	0	21	0	23
WR Wally Blanchard	4	2	0	63	2	9
WR Jeff Diano	3	2	1	32	1	6
TE Pete Shepherd	1	1	0	11	0	18
RB Joe Hughes	1	1	0	11	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frankie Blincoe	1	6	6.00	8.00
Darnell Bates	1	10	10.00	10.06
Norman Pomeranz	1	9	9.00	4.33

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mo Scanlon	1	-4	-4.00	3.64

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Frankie Blincoe	3	0	0	0.00	4.94

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Albert Prior	1	1	8	8.00	9.22

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Overall Avg
WR Jamal Lemke	1	2.67
RB Darnell Bates	1	4.00
TE Griffin Barton	1	1.25

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Mo Scanlon	1	1	8	8.00	4.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	2	1
Norman Pomeranz	2	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Mo Scanlon	2	1
Joe Hughes	2	1
Albert Prior	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	11	8	5

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Albert Prior	9	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Pete Siders	3	3	2
TE Griffin Barton	3	1	0
WR Tommie Drake	2	1	1
WR Jamal Lemke	1	1	1
TE Rodney Burney	1	1	0
RB Darnell Bates	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jeff Diano	3	2	2
WR Rusty Humphrey	2	2	2
WR Wally Blanchard	2	1	1
WR Leslie Rice	1	0	0
RB Mo Scanlon	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 91,500 (91,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 24,800 (24,800)
End Zone 17,900 (17,900)
Mezzanine 10,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats 15,900 (15,900)
Club Seats 17,500 (17,500)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	91,500 (91,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	24,800 (24,800)
End Zone	17,900 (17,900)
Mezzanine	10,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats	15,900 (15,900)
Club Seats	17,500 (17,500)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)