Wild Card Playoff Games, 2048

played in New England, MA

45 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	10	7	0	7	-	24
New England Patriots	7	6	10	6	-	29

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:34 HOU - Ed Norton 27 field goal
1Q: 05:14 NED - Jaylen Bode 9 run (J.R. St. Amal extra point)
1Q: 00:09 HOU - Alvin Lindsay 22 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 08:34 NED - J.R. St. Amal 28 field goal
2Q: 02:41 HOU - Leon Leverette 3 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 00:11 NED - J.R. St. Amal 35 field goal
3Q: 08:05 NED - J.R. St. Amal 29 field goal
3Q: 02:41 NED - Kent Edwards 24 pass from Bubba Duffy (J.R. St. Amal extra point)
4Q: 13:50 HOU - Tyrus Bruce 13 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 07:04 NED - Marco Hastings 67 interception return (Jaylen Bode run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:34 HOU - Ed Norton 27 field goal
1Q: 05:14 NED - Jaylen Bode 9 run (J.R. St. Amal extra point)
1Q: 00:09 HOU - Alvin Lindsay 22 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 08:34 NED - J.R. St. Amal 28 field goal
2Q: 02:41 HOU - Leon Leverette 3 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 00:11 NED - J.R. St. Amal 35 field goal
3Q: 08:05 NED - J.R. St. Amal 29 field goal
3Q: 02:41 NED - Kent Edwards 24 pass from Bubba Duffy (J.R. St. Amal extra point)
4Q: 13:50 HOU - Tyrus Bruce 13 pass from Fernando Huettner (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 07:04 NED - Marco Hastings 67 interception return (Jaylen Bode run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics HOU NED
Record 10-7 10-7
First Downs 22 22
- by Rushing 6 3
- by Passing 16 18
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 361 351
- Offensive Plays 60 63
- Yards per Play 6.02 5.57
Net Rushing Yards 107 46
- Rushing Attempts 25 22
- Yards per Rush 4.28 2.09
Net Passing Yards 254 305
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 26 - 1 40 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 281 310
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/27 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 7.26 7.44
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/28 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 1/21 2/32
Kick Returns/Yards 3/55 3/83
Interception Ret./Yards 1/11 1/67
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 31:52 28:08

Team Statistics	HOU	NED
Record	10-7	10-7
First Downs	22	22
- by Rushing	6	3
- by Passing	16	18
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	361	351
- Offensive Plays	60	63
- Yards per Play	6.02	5.57
Net Rushing Yards	107	46
- Rushing Attempts	25	22
- Yards per Rush	4.28	2.09
Net Passing Yards	254	305
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 26 - 1	40 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	281	310
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/27	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	7.26	7.44
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/28	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	1/21	2/32
Kick Returns/Yards	3/55	3/83
Interception Ret./Yards	1/11	1/67
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 30
Time of Possession	31:52	28:08

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:32	OWN 25	11	65	Field Goal
1	5:05	5:05	OWN 15	10	85	Touchdown
2	8:28	2:10	OWN 33	3	4	Punt
2	5:34	3:01	OPP 44	6	44	Touchdown
2	0:04	0:04	OWN 25	1	-1	Half
3	7:58	2:41	OWN 25	4	20	Punt
3	2:28	3:46	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
4	11:12	1:48	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
4	8:22	1:30	OWN 20	3	7	Interception
4	6:52	3:29	OWN 32	5	21	Punt
4	1:50	1:50	OWN 40	6	26	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:28	3:23	OWN 45	7	55	Touchdown
2	15:00	6:32	OWN 25	12	64	Field Goal
2	6:18	0:44	OWN 37	3	10	Interception
2	2:33	2:29	OWN 24	10	58	Field Goal
3	15:00	7:02	OWN 25	14	63	Field Goal
3	5:17	2:49	OWN 15	6	85	Touchdown
4	13:42	2:30	OWN 27	3	1	Punt
4	9:24	1:02	OPP 44	3	0	Punt
4	3:23	1:33	OWN 20	5	13	Punt

Game MVP: Fernando Huettner, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Kim Denney	12	46	3.83	14	1
Kaden Montalvo	8	17	2.13	6	0
Fernando Huettner	3	16	5.33	11	1
Trevor Davis	1	15	15.00	15	1
Wyatt Ginn	1	13	13.00	13	1

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jaylen Bode	13	14	1.08	9	0	1
Duce Likens	9	32	3.56	19	2	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fernando Huettner	31	26	281	4/27	3	28	1	123.2

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bubba Duffy	40	26	310	1/5	1	32	1	86.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tyrus Bruce	6	6	82	13.67	43	28	1
WR Tre Flaherty	5	7	41	8.20	3	20	0
RB Kim Denney	4	4	52	13.00	33	28	0
TE Leon Leverette	4	5	26	6.50	4	14	1
TE Alvin Lindsay	2	2	27	13.50	7	22	1
WR Tucker Messerly	2	3	24	12.00	18	21	0
RB Kaden Montalvo	1	1	15	15.00	9	15	0
WR Darien Blackwell	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Demetrius Dodge	1	1	11	11.00	11	11	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kent Edwards	11	18	125	11.36	17	26	1
WR Mario Conley	7	9	100	14.29	38	32	0
RB Jaylen Bode	4	9	38	9.50	3	15	0
TE Tyrone Houari	3	3	34	11.33	13	18	0
WR Jordan Meucci	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Norm Briseno	1	11	11.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Marco Hastings	1	67	67.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kaden Montalvo	1	0	0	0
Dean Churchill	0	1	0	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Carlos Galloway	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Derrick Shapiro	4	188	47.0	34.0	51	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gene Wells	3	163	54.3	40.7	71	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ed Norton	1/1	0/0	0/0	27	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
J.R. St. Amal	3/3	0/0	0/0	35	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tucker Messerly	1	21	21.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Thomas Roberson	2	32	16.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaden Montalvo	3	55	18.3	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kent Edwards	3	83	27.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Nicky McElroy	12	0	0.0	22	41
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	8	3	0.0	22	29
CB Norm Briseno	5	1	0.0	22	40
DT Manuel Terhorst	4	0	0.0	9	20
CB Les Peebles	3	2	0.0	20	40
DT Adrian Gillooly	3	0	0.0	11	16
CB Lucas Gentala	3	0	0.0	13	30
DE Rex Hauer	2	2	0.5	22	35
S J.R. Robbins	2	1	0.0	8	6
DT J.B. Small	1	2	0.5	11	17
DT Parker Cleveland	1	1	0.0	13	29
ILB Dean Churchill	1	0	0.0	8	4
S J.C. Miceli	1	0	0.0	1	18
CB Steven Graham	1	0	0.0	16	38
S Sammie Holmes	0	3	0.0	22	41

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Antoine Stokes	9	0	0.0	24	35
OLB Joey Finley	6	3	0.0	22	29
DE Lawrence Andersen	5	2	2.5	23	31
CB Tyrone Swift	5	6	0.0	24	35
S Francisco Reid	4	1	0.0	18	27
DT Vinny Frederick	3	0	1.5	9	11
S Omar Downs	3	2	0.0	17	31
S Jake Cox	3	1	0.0	9	10
CB Thomas Roberson	2	1	0.0	16	28
DT Johnny Reynolds	2	1	0.0	23	30
CB Marco Hastings	2	1	0.0	25	35
DT Aidan Riley	2	1	0.0	18	29
OLB Eugene Daniels	2	0	0.0	11	10
CB Kenny Castagnola	1	1	0.0	8	8
ILB Tyrus Ybarra	1	0	0.0	1	0
WR Kent Edwards	1	0	---	---	---
DE Hector Packer	1	0	0.0	19	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Rex Hauer	0.5	0	1	0	35
DT J.B. Small	0.5	0	0	0	17
DE Melvin Craig	0.0	1	2	0	31
OLB Nicky McElroy	0.0	0	1	1	41
DT Parker Cleveland	0.0	0	1	0	29
DT Manuel Terhorst	0.0	0	1	0	20

New England	Sack	Knock	PPlay
DE Lawrence Andersen	2.5	3	31
DT Vinny Frederick	1.5	0	11
DE Leon Wetzel	0.0	1	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Nicky McElroy	7	0	0	41
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	6	0	0	29
CB Norm Briseno	4	1	1	40
CB Lucas Gentala	3	0	0	30
CB Les Peebles	2	1	0	40
S J.R. Robbins	1	0	0	6
ILB Dean Churchill	1	0	0	4
S J.C. Miceli	1	0	0	18
CB Steven Graham	1	0	0	38

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Joey Finley	5	2	0	29
ILB Antoine Stokes	5	0	0	35
CB Tyrone Swift	4	0	0	35
S Francisco Reid	3	0	0	27
S Jake Cox	2	0	0	10
CB Thomas Roberson	2	0	0	28
S Omar Downs	2	0	0	31
CB Marco Hastings	1	1	1	35
DE Lawrence Andersen	1	0	0	31
DT Johnny Reynolds	1	0	0	30

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shannon Mills	2	7	25	0	35
Gerald Newhart	2	2	25	0	35
Leslie Mozart	1	4	25	3	35
Willie O'Neal	0	5	25	1	35
Oliver Hellerstedt	0	3	25	0	35
Trevor Davis	0	1	5	0	2

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jimmy Everett	2	7	22	0	41
Brett Jenkins	1	3	22	0	41
Vince Haugen	0	5	22	0	41
Cody Morrish	0	3	22	1	41
Caden Powell	0	3	22	0	41
Benjamin Ripken	0	1	6	0	1

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Wyatt Ginn	2	20
Trevor Davis	1	20
Dean Churchill	1	19
Maximus Rayburn	1	15

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Seth Mahoney	2	14
Carlos Galloway	1	22
Caden Powell	1	6

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Nicky McElroy	---	---	22	41	3	66
Sammie Holmes	---	---	22	41	3	66
Leslie Mozart	25	35	---	---	5	65
Shannon Mills	25	35	---	---	5	65
Norm Briseno	---	---	22	40	3	65
Les Peebles	---	---	20	40	3	63
Fernando Huettner	25	35	---	---	---	60
Gerald Newhart	25	35	---	---	---	60
Willie O'Neal	25	35	---	---	---	60
Oliver Hellerstedt	25	35	---	---	---	60
Rex Hauer	---	---	22	35	1	58
Steven Graham	---	---	16	38	3	57
Tre Flaherty	22	34	---	---	---	56
Tyrus Bruce	21	33	---	---	1	55
Dustin Kuszewski	---	---	22	29	1	52
Leon Leverette	20	31	---	---	---	51
Kim Denney	13	23	---	---	13	49
Tucker Messerly	16	28	---	---	3	47
Parker Cleveland	---	---	13	29	4	46
Lucas Gentala	---	---	13	30	2	45
Melvin Craig	---	---	10	31	3	44
Kaden Montalvo	10	6	---	---	20	36
Manuel Terhorst	---	---	9	20	6	35
Dean Churchill	---	---	8	4	19	31
J.B. Small	---	---	11	17	1	29
Adrian Gillooly	---	---	11	16	1	28
Trevor Davis	5	2	---	---	20	27
Chuck Foster	---	---	4	4	19	27
Darien Blackwell	5	8	---	---	11	24
Alvin Lindsay	9	8	---	---	7	24
J.C. Miceli	---	---	1	18	3	22
Wyatt Ginn	1	0	---	---	20	21
J.C. Allen	---	---	7	11	2	20
J.R. Robbins	---	---	8	6	3	17
Zack Chun	---	---	0	0	15	15
Maximus Rayburn	---	---	0	0	15	15
Leslie Johnston	1	0	---	---	12	13
Ed Norton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ben Humphries	0	0	---	---	5	5
Korey Dacosta	0	0	---	---	5	5
Kerry Gellings	0	0	---	---	5	5
Derrick Shapiro	0	0	---	---	4	4
Demetrius Dodge	2	2	---	---	---	4
Ed Demyan	---	---	1	1	---	2
Brett Morrison	0	0	---	---	1	1
Frankie Hardy	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tyrone Houari	20	29	---	---	22	71
Caden Powell	22	41	---	---	6	69
Brett Jenkins	22	41	---	---	6	69
Kent Edwards	22	41	---	---	5	68
Omar Downs	---	---	17	31	16	64
Bubba Duffy	22	41	---	---	---	63
Cody Morrish	22	41	---	---	---	63
Vince Haugen	22	41	---	---	---	63
Jimmy Everett	22	41	---	---	---	63
Marco Hastings	---	---	25	35	1	61
Antoine Stokes	---	---	24	35	1	60
Tyrone Swift	---	---	24	35	1	60
Lawrence Andersen	---	---	23	31	1	55
Jaylen Bode	13	35	---	---	7	55
Johnny Reynolds	---	---	23	30	1	54
Joey Finley	---	---	22	29	2	53
Jordan Meucci	20	32	---	---	---	52
Mario Conley	15	36	---	---	---	51
Thomas Roberson	---	---	16	28	6	50
Hector Packer	---	---	19	29	---	48
Aidan Riley	---	---	18	29	1	48
Francisco Reid	---	---	18	27	---	45
Eugene Daniels	---	---	11	10	15	36
Carlos Galloway	4	7	---	---	22	33
Benjamin Ripken	6	1	---	---	19	26
Vinny Frederick	---	---	9	11	4	24
Duce Likens	9	2	---	---	12	23
Kenny Castagnola	---	---	8	8	5	21
Jake Cox	---	---	9	10	1	20
Brandon Courage	---	---	1	0	19	20
Leon Wetzel	---	---	7	7	5	19
Stephen Lindsay	0	0	---	---	18	18
Seth Mahoney	1	0	---	---	14	15
Tyrus Ybarra	---	---	1	0	9	10
J.R. St. Amal	0	0	---	---	10	10
Noah Janzen	0	10	---	---	---	10
Lenny Manusky	0	8	---	---	---	8
Jumbo Shepherd	0	0	---	---	6	6
Devante Pourdanesh	0	0	---	---	6	6
Gene Wells	0	0	---	---	6	6
Darren Sermon	0	0	---	---	6	6
Silas Martin	0	4	---	---	---	4
Bart Blackburn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Caiden Taylor	0	0	---	---	---	0
Malik Torbor	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jessie Clancy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	20	105	5.3
Right	4	3	0.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	32	10.7
Middle	13	-2	-0.2
Right	6	16	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fernando Huettner	31	26	5	0	1	3	0	4	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bubba Duffy	40	26	3	1	3	2	6	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	39	9.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	17	174	9.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	35	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	33	11.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	120	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	8	136	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	43	8.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tre Flaherty	7	5	0	41	1	34
WR Tyrus Bruce	6	6	0	82	1	33
TE Leon Leverette	5	4	1	26	0	31
RB Kim Denney	4	4	0	52	1	23
WR Tucker Messerly	3	2	0	24	1	28
WR Darien Blackwell	2	1	0	3	0	8
TE Alvin Lindsay	2	2	0	27	1	8
RB Kaden Montalvo	1	1	0	15	0	6
WR Demetrius Dodge	1	1	0	11	0	2

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kent Edwards	18	11	2	125	2	41
RB Jaylen Bode	9	4	1	38	0	35
WR Mario Conley	9	7	0	100	1	36
TE Tyrone Houari	3	3	0	34	0	29
WR Jordan Meucci	1	1	0	13	0	32

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kim Denney	2	-2	-1.00	3.83
Fernando Huettner	1	11	11.00	5.33

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jaylen Bode	2	8	4.00	1.08
Duce Likens	1	-4	-4.00	3.56

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fernando Huettner	4	2	16	4.00	9.06

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bubba Duffy	9	3	26	2.89	7.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Leon Leverette	2	1	3	1.50	5.20
WR Tyrus Bruce	1	1	13	13.00	13.67
WR Tre Flaherty	1	0	0	0.00	5.86

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Jaylen Bode	4	1	8	2.00	4.22
WR Kent Edwards	3	0	0	0.00	6.94
WR Mario Conley	1	1	13	13.00	11.11
TE Tyrone Houari	1	1	5	5.00	11.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Kim Denney	6	2
Trevor Davis	1	1
Wyatt Ginn	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jaylen Bode	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Fernando Huettner	2	1	1

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bubba Duffy	12	9	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tre Flaherty	1	1	1
WR Darien Blackwell	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kent Edwards	7	5	4
RB Jaylen Bode	4	3	2
WR Jordan Meucci	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 87,300 (90,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,300 (21,800)
End Zone 15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,800 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,800)
Club Seats 19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	87,300 (90,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,300 (21,800)
End Zone	15,600 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,800 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,800)
Club Seats	19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)