Exhibition Week 3, 2043

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	13	7	0	3	-	23
Minnesota Vikings	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 HOU - Ben Whiting 1 pass from Quentin Slechta (Ed Norton extra point)
1Q: 09:18 MIN - Rusty Humphrey 3 fumble return (Bernard Richard extra point)
1Q: 03:30 HOU - Ed Norton 23 field goal
1Q: 00:30 HOU - Ed Norton 31 field goal
2Q: 01:37 HOU - DeAndre Greer 16 pass from Quentin Slechta (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 01:17 HOU - Ed Norton 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:43 HOU - Ben Whiting 1 pass from Quentin Slechta (Ed Norton extra point)
1Q: 09:18 MIN - Rusty Humphrey 3 fumble return (Bernard Richard extra point)
1Q: 03:30 HOU - Ed Norton 23 field goal
1Q: 00:30 HOU - Ed Norton 31 field goal
2Q: 01:37 HOU - DeAndre Greer 16 pass from Quentin Slechta (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 01:17 HOU - Ed Norton 26 field goal

Team Statistics HOU MIN
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 26 11
- by Rushing 11 5
- by Passing 12 6
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 387 209
- Offensive Plays 82 55
- Yards per Play 4.72 3.80
Net Rushing Yards 194 86
- Rushing Attempts 46 20
- Yards per Rush 4.22 4.30
Net Passing Yards 193 123
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 21 - 1 34 - 12 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 199 131
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.36 3.51
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/19 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 9.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 4/30 7/48
Punt Returns/Yards 3/18 4/21
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/51
Interception Ret./Yards 3/21 1/13
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 27
Time of Possession 39:26 20:34

Team Statistics	HOU	MIN
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	26	11
- by Rushing	11	5
- by Passing	12	6
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	387	209
- Offensive Plays	82	55
- Yards per Play	4.72	3.80
Net Rushing Yards	194	86
- Rushing Attempts	46	20
- Yards per Rush	4.22	4.30
Net Passing Yards	193	123
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 21 - 1	34 - 12 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	199	131
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.36	3.51
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/19	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	9.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	4/30	7/48
Punt Returns/Yards	3/18	4/21
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/51
Interception Ret./Yards	3/21	1/13
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 27
Time of Possession	39:26	20:34

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:25	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
1	9:30	0:12	OWN 27	1	0	Interception
1	8:48	5:24	OWN 20	10	74	Field Goal
1	2:08	1:43	OPP 28	4	14	Field Goal
2	12:00	3:42	OWN 1	6	20	Punt
2	7:31	2:18	OPP 39	6	15	Missed FG
2	3:50	2:23	OWN 44	8	56	Touchdown
3	13:24	3:33	OWN 26	7	31	Punt
3	6:47	1:00	OWN 36	3	-2	Punt
3	4:27	4:35	OWN 35	8	34	Missed FG
4	13:38	3:31	OWN 20	7	31	Punt
4	7:55	2:29	OWN 24	3	1	Punt
4	4:44	3:35	OWN 43	12	48	Field Goal

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:35	1:05	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
1	9:18	0:30	OPP 17	1	17	Touchdown
1	3:24	1:16	OWN 20	3	11	Interception
1	0:25	3:25	OWN 20	8	32	Punt
2	8:18	0:47	OWN 29	2	5	Interception
2	5:13	1:23	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
2	1:27	1:27	OWN 32	6	14	Half
3	15:00	1:36	OWN 29	3	1	Punt
3	9:51	3:04	OWN 9	7	55	Downs
3	5:47	1:20	OWN 8	3	-2	Punt
4	14:52	1:14	OWN 38	4	16	Punt
4	10:07	2:12	OWN 11	4	18	Punt
4	5:26	0:42	OWN 36	3	11	Interception
4	1:09	1:09	OWN 20	5	25	Downs

Game MVP: Zach Jacquet, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ben Whiting	26	112	4.31	17	5
Earnest Stadtmauer	13	35	2.69	14	2
Quentin Slechta	5	42	8.40	19	1
DeAndre Greer	2	5	2.50	3	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Devonte Rigley	10	55	5.50	22	2
Nicolas Orlando	8	28	3.50	15	2
Tyrell Dunlap	2	3	1.50	3	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Quentin Slechta	35	21	199	1/6	2	39	1	82.9

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tyrell Dunlap	34	12	131	1/8	0	29	3	10.8

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR DeAndre Greer	7	10	67	9.57	15	18	1
WR Jon Moss	5	10	29	5.80	0	10	0
RB Ben Whiting	3	5	15	5.00	5	7	1
WR Bart Mandzuk	3	5	53	17.67	31	39	0
TE Henry Ramsey	2	4	17	8.50	1	9	0
TE Leslie Johnston	1	1	18	18.00	13	18	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Rusty Humphrey	3	8	28	9.33	0	14
TE Wendell Mixon	2	2	13	6.50	2	8
WR Erick Chelle	2	6	21	10.50	11	22
WR Brady Schexnayder	2	4	6	3.00	0	4
WR Marco Murphy	2	10	34	17.00	0	18
WR Duane Mustian	1	3	29	29.00	30	29
RB Nicolas Orlando	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Zach Jacquet	2	21	10.50	0
CB J.R. Robbins	1	0	0.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Bobby Gerhardt	1	13	13.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dustin Kuszewski	0	0	1	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Nicolas Orlando	1	0	0	0
Rusty Humphrey	0	1	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mack Petry	5	234	46.8	42.6	55	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gerald Strong	7	327	46.7	41.3	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ed Norton	3/5	0/2	0/0	31	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bernard Richard	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DeAndre Greer	3	18	6.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rusty Humphrey	4	21	5.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rusty Humphrey	2	51	25.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	7	0	0.0	19	31
S Shawn Hickman	5	0	0.0	17	30
CB Zach Jacquet	3	2	0.0	19	33
S Gabe Hanks	3	0	0.0	20	33
ILB Ed Demyan	3	0	0.0	5	8
OLB J.T. Phillips	2	0	1.0	17	35
CB J.R. Robbins	2	1	0.0	19	33
DT Rex Hauer	2	1	0.0	14	23
OLB Korey Fichialos	2	0	0.0	14	9
ILB Lorenzo Walton	1	1	0.0	10	2
RB Ben Whiting	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rickey Loyd	1	0	0.0	6	0
CB Marcus Szypulski	1	0	0.0	2	7
DT Camden Cox	1	0	0.0	6	12
DE Oliver Shire	0	1	0.0	16	35

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Conner Dux	8	0	0.0	36	28
S B.J. Singleton	7	2	0.0	40	31
DT Eric Dasilva	7	0	0.0	27	24
ILB Trent Rayburn	5	5	0.0	37	31
OLB Lukas Wallace	5	1	0.0	12	12
DT Glenn Donaldson	4	5	0.5	40	28
DE Van Ballard	4	2	0.0	18	7
OLB T.J. Matthews	4	0	0.0	32	23
DE Diego Drake	3	0	0.5	27	20
OLB Horace Glover	3	1	0.0	22	12
CB Miguel Webb	3	1	0.0	33	31
CB Bobby Gerhardt	3	0	0.0	29	24
DE Howie Handwerker	2	2	0.0	28	29
FB Christopher Shannon	2	0	---	---	---
DT Cameron Sherman	2	0	0.0	23	17
ILB Bryan Endsley	2	0	0.0	9	5
CB Kurt Suckle	2	0	0.0	38	29
ILB Eddie Byrd	1	1	0.0	6	4
WR Marco Murphy	1	0	---	---	---
CB Fernando Williams	1	0	0.0	28	22
DT Kai Nussmeier	0	1	0.0	19	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB J.T. Phillips	1.0	4	2	2	35
DE Ricky Wretzky	0.0	0	2	2	24
DT Rex Hauer	0.0	0	1	1	23
DE Oliver Shire	0.0	0	1	0	35

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Glenn Donaldson	0.5	0	0	1	28
DE Diego Drake	0.5	0	0	1	20
OLB T.J. Matthews	0.0	1	1	0	23
DE Howie Handwerker	0.0	0	1	0	29
CB Miguel Webb	0.0	0	1	0	31
S B.J. Singleton	0.0	0	1	0	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Zach Jacquet	2	2	2	33
S Gabe Hanks	2	1	0	33
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	2	1	0	31
CB J.R. Robbins	2	0	1	33
S Shawn Hickman	2	0	0	30
ILB Ed Demyan	1	0	0	8
OLB Korey Fichialos	1	0	0	9

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S B.J. Singleton	4	0	0	31
CB Miguel Webb	3	1	0	31
OLB Lukas Wallace	3	0	0	12
DT Glenn Donaldson	2	0	0	28
CB Kurt Suckle	2	0	0	29
OLB Horace Glover	1	1	0	12
OLB T.J. Matthews	1	1	0	23
CB Bobby Gerhardt	1	0	1	24
ILB Bryan Endsley	1	0	0	5
ILB Trent Rayburn	1	0	0	31
S Conner Dux	1	0	0	28
CB Fernando Williams	1	0	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Frankie Hardy	4	12	1	46	0	36
Zane Duran	4	8	0	46	0	36
Leslie Mozart	3	8	0	46	0	36
Bernie Flowers	2	6	0	46	0	36
Jimmy Greene	1	7	0	46	1	36
Trevor Davis	0	2	0	27	0	21

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kennedy Warren	3	4	1	19	0	34
Albert Galligher	2	3	0	15	0	34
Artie Farmer	1	3	0	19	0	34
Albert Daley	1	2	0	9	0	13
Christopher Shannon	0	2	0	8	0	14
J.B. Lujan	0	1	0	19	0	34
Wendell Mixon	0	1	0	16	0	25
Kennedy McConnell	0	1	0	5	0	1
Damon Newsome	0	1	0	2	0	2
Carlos Bell	0	0	0	20	1	32

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Zachary Coffey	4	13
Henry Ramsey	1	14
Jon Devaney	1	10

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Eddie Byrd	2	10
Christopher Shannon	1	14

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Flowers	46	36	---	---	10	92
Zane Duran	46	36	---	---	10	92
Henry Ramsey	44	30	---	---	14	88
Quentin Slechta	46	36	---	---	---	82
Frankie Hardy	46	36	---	---	---	82
Leslie Mozart	46	36	---	---	---	82
Jimmy Greene	46	36	---	---	---	82
DeAndre Greer	37	30	---	---	7	74
Trevor Davis	27	21	---	---	25	73
Jon Moss	39	28	---	---	2	69
Ben Whiting	33	31	---	---	---	64
Oliver Shire	---	---	16	35	7	58
Dustin Kuszewski	---	---	19	31	8	58
Gabe Hanks	---	---	20	33	---	53
J.T. Phillips	---	---	17	35	---	52
J.R. Robbins	---	---	19	33	---	52
Zach Jacquet	---	---	19	33	---	52
Leonard O'Donnell	---	---	10	33	8	51
Leslie Johnston	19	13	---	---	18	50
Shawn Hickman	---	---	17	30	---	47
Rex Hauer	---	---	14	23	3	40
Ricky Wretzky	---	---	13	24	1	38
Ed Demyan	---	---	5	8	20	33
Marcus Szypulski	---	---	2	7	22	31
Terrence Kelly	---	---	5	23	---	28
Bart Mandzuk	10	16	---	---	2	28
Korey Fichialos	---	---	14	9	---	23
Earnest Stadtmauer	13	5	---	---	4	22
Camden Cox	---	---	6	12	---	18
Chris Terry	0	0	---	---	18	18
Rusty Ansara	---	---	5	11	---	16
Zachary Coffey	---	---	0	3	13	16
B.J. Randle	2	0	---	---	13	15
Julio Zolak	0	0	---	---	15	15
Lorenzo Walton	---	---	10	2	---	12
Taylor Cirino	6	6	---	---	---	12
Ed Norton	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bryce Shula	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jon Devaney	0	0	---	---	10	10
Luther Willbrandt	0	0	---	---	10	10
Rickey Loyd	---	---	6	0	3	9
Mack Petry	0	0	---	---	5	5
Howard Heupel	0	0	---	---	5	5
Melvin Craig	---	---	3	0	1	4
Roger Chandler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Emmanuel O'Dwyer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Fernando Williams	---	---	28	22	26	76
Miguel Webb	---	---	33	31	11	75
B.J. Singleton	---	---	40	31	4	75
Glenn Donaldson	---	---	40	28	6	74
Trent Rayburn	---	---	37	31	5	73
Kurt Suckle	---	---	38	29	5	72
Conner Dux	---	---	36	28	2	66
Howie Handwerker	---	---	28	29	3	60
Carlos Bell	20	32	---	---	7	59
T.J. Matthews	---	---	32	23	3	58
Eric Dasilva	---	---	27	24	5	56
Bobby Gerhardt	---	---	29	24	3	56
Tyrell Dunlap	20	35	---	---	---	55
Artie Farmer	19	34	---	---	---	53
J.B. Lujan	19	34	---	---	---	53
Kennedy Warren	19	34	---	---	---	53
Diego Drake	---	---	27	20	3	50
Albert Galligher	15	34	---	---	---	49
Rusty Humphrey	14	21	---	---	13	48
Nicolas Orlando	10	18	---	---	20	48
Marco Murphy	11	26	---	---	11	48
Wendell Mixon	16	25	---	---	6	47
Horace Glover	---	---	22	12	10	44
Cameron Sherman	---	---	23	17	3	43
Erick Chelle	13	28	---	---	---	41
Lukas Wallace	---	---	12	12	17	41
Devonte Rigley	10	17	---	---	10	37
Albert Daley	9	13	---	---	15	37
Kai Nussmeier	---	---	19	16	2	37
Christopher Shannon	8	14	---	---	14	36
Van Ballard	---	---	18	7	8	33
Eddie Byrd	---	---	6	4	10	20
Bryan Endsley	---	---	9	5	---	14
Brady Schexnayder	4	9	---	---	---	13
Kennedy McConnell	5	1	---	---	7	13
Andrew Sheldon	---	---	2	3	8	13
Damon Newsome	2	2	---	---	7	11
Harris Rizzo	0	3	---	---	7	10
Duane Mustian	5	4	---	---	---	9
Reggie Bernstein	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gerald Strong	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ashton Sanford	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bernard Richard	0	0	---	---	2	2
Isaac Girling	1	1	---	---	---	2
Blaine Robins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marcos Duda	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	31	6.2
Middle	29	122	4.2
Right	12	41	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	58	7.3
Middle	11	27	2.5
Right	1	1	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Quentin Slechta	35	21	1	2	3	3	4	2	1

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tyrell Dunlap	34	12	2	2	3	4	6	5	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	13	6.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	108	5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	78	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	29	14.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	6	21	1.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	63	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	18	2.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jon Moss	10	5	1	29	0	28
WR DeAndre Greer	10	7	0	67	0	30
RB Ben Whiting	5	3	0	15	0	31
WR Bart Mandzuk	5	3	1	53	1	16
TE Henry Ramsey	4	2	1	17	0	30
TE Leslie Johnston	1	1	0	18	0	13

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marco Murphy	10	2	0	34	0	26
WR Rusty Humphrey	8	3	0	28	0	21
WR Erick Chelle	6	2	1	21	1	28
WR Brady Schexnayder	4	2	1	6	0	9
WR Duane Mustian	3	1	1	29	1	4
TE Wendell Mixon	2	2	0	13	0	25
RB Nicolas Orlando	1	0	0	0	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ben Whiting	8	32	4.00	4.31
Earnest Stadtmauer	3	0	0.00	2.69
Quentin Slechta	1	7	7.00	8.40

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Nicolas Orlando	1	14	14.00	3.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Quentin Slechta	4	2	17	4.25	5.69

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Ben Whiting	1	1	1	1.00	3.00
WR Jon Moss	1	0	0	0.00	2.90
WR DeAndre Greer	1	1	16	16.00	6.70
WR Bart Mandzuk	1	0	0	0.00	10.60

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Ben Whiting	5	3
Quentin Slechta	2	1
Earnest Stadtmauer	1	0
DeAndre Greer	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Quentin Slechta	10	7	5

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tyrell Dunlap	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR DeAndre Greer	3	1	0
RB Ben Whiting	2	2	1
WR Jon Moss	2	2	2
WR Bart Mandzuk	2	1	1
TE Henry Ramsey	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Marco Murphy	5	1	1
WR Duane Mustian	2	0	0
WR Brady Schexnayder	2	2	0
WR Rusty Humphrey	1	1	1
WR Erick Chelle	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)