Week 4, 2062

played in Pittsburgh, PA

60 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	14	7	0	-	21
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	10	7	18	-	35

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:56 PIT - Malachi McCormick 40 field goal
2Q: 11:26 HOU - Bennett Particelli 29 run (Broderick Hillman extra point)
2Q: 08:31 PIT - Wes Blair 16 pass from Howie Kayer (Malachi McCormick extra point)
2Q: 04:18 HOU - Tyrus Lyon 8 pass from Grady Copeland (Broderick Hillman extra point)
3Q: 08:45 HOU - Wendell Yazzie 7 pass from Grady Copeland (Broderick Hillman extra point)
3Q: 04:54 PIT - Howie Kayer 8 run (Malachi McCormick extra point)
4Q: 11:33 PIT - Malachi McCormick 24 field goal
4Q: 09:11 PIT - Micah Carr 44 pass from Howie Kayer (Howie Kayer pass to Norman Pardo for conversion)
4Q: 01:44 PIT - Terrence Meier 10 run (Malachi McCormick extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:56 PIT - Malachi McCormick 40 field goal
2Q: 11:26 HOU - Bennett Particelli 29 run (Broderick Hillman extra point)
2Q: 08:31 PIT - Wes Blair 16 pass from Howie Kayer (Malachi McCormick extra point)
2Q: 04:18 HOU - Tyrus Lyon 8 pass from Grady Copeland (Broderick Hillman extra point)
3Q: 08:45 HOU - Wendell Yazzie 7 pass from Grady Copeland (Broderick Hillman extra point)
3Q: 04:54 PIT - Howie Kayer 8 run (Malachi McCormick extra point)
4Q: 11:33 PIT - Malachi McCormick 24 field goal
4Q: 09:11 PIT - Micah Carr 44 pass from Howie Kayer (Howie Kayer pass to Norman Pardo for conversion)
4Q: 01:44 PIT - Terrence Meier 10 run (Malachi McCormick extra point)

Team Statistics HOU PIT
Record 2-2 2-2
First Downs 18 26
- by Rushing 4 10
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 265 415
- Offensive Plays 57 71
- Yards per Play 4.65 5.85
Net Rushing Yards 114 148
- Rushing Attempts 22 34
- Yards per Rush 5.18 4.35
Net Passing Yards 151 267
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 18 - 0 34 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 156 282
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 3/15
- Yards per Pass Play 4.31 7.22
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.2 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/2 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/30 4/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/3 2/16
Kick Returns/Yards 5/128 2/76
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 26:14 33:46

Team Statistics	HOU	PIT
Record	2-2	2-2
First Downs	18	26
- by Rushing	4	10
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	3	2
Total Net Yards	265	415
- Offensive Plays	57	71
- Yards per Play	4.65	5.85
Net Rushing Yards	114	148
- Rushing Attempts	22	34
- Yards per Rush	5.18	4.35
Net Passing Yards	151	267
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 18 - 0	34 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	156	282
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	3/15
- Yards per Pass Play	4.31	7.22
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.2	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/2	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/30	4/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/3	2/16
Kick Returns/Yards	5/128	2/76
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 32
Time of Possession	26:14	33:46

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:11	OWN 26	6	11	Punt
1	7:10	2:10	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
2	13:48	2:41	OWN 25	5	75	Touchdown
2	8:25	4:18	OWN 44	8	56	Touchdown
2	2:44	2:30	OWN 26	6	24	Punt
3	12:02	3:26	OWN 44	6	56	Touchdown
3	4:41	2:17	OWN 31	3	9	Punt
4	11:25	1:32	OWN 26	3	5	Punt
4	8:55	3:29	OWN 25	6	22	Punt
4	2:30	0:39	OWN 15	4	4	Downs
4	1:34	0:58	OWN 46	7	9	Downs

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:49	4:39	OWN 23	10	33	Punt
1	5:00	6:12	OWN 44	11	33	Field Goal
2	11:07	2:42	OPP 49	5	49	Touchdown
2	4:07	1:23	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
2	0:14	0:14	OWN 2	2	6	Half
3	15:00	2:58	OWN 25	6	38	Missed FG
3	8:36	3:55	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
3	2:24	5:59	OWN 18	15	75	Field Goal
4	9:53	0:58	OWN 30	3	70	Touchdown
4	5:26	2:56	OWN 6	7	41	Punt
4	1:51	0:17	OPP 19	2	19	Touchdown
4	0:36	0:36	OWN 45	2	-3	Game

Game MVP: Howie Kayer, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Avery Harmon	14	43	3.07	9	0	0
RB Bennett Particelli	6	47	7.83	29	2	1
RB Tyler Harding	2	24	12.00	19	1	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Geoff Garrick	14	53	3.79	12	2	0
QB Howie Kayer	10	36	3.60	9	0	1
RB Terrence Meier	7	63	9.00	26	3	1
WR Herman Shelton	2	-1	-0.50	0	0	0
RB Irving Hampton	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Copeland	34	18	156	1/5	2	19	0	84.9

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howie Kayer	34	25	282	3/15	2	44	0	117.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tyrus Lyon	7	9	56	8.00	19	19	1
TE Wendell Yazzie	6	16	43	7.17	0	14	1
TE Blake Thomason	1	2	10	10.00	10	10	0
WR Norman Flannery	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	0
TE Sergio Boettcher	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
WR Aidan Greeley	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
RB Avery Harmon	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Carlton Blalock	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Wes Blair	10	12	89	8.90	17	16	1
WR Sergio Rice	4	7	43	10.75	17	22	0
RB Terrence Meier	2	2	4	2.00	1	2	0
WR Herman Shelton	2	2	43	21.50	18	23	0
RB Geoff Garrick	2	2	2	1.00	0	6	0
TE Micah Carr	1	1	44	44.00	8	44	1
TE Winston Orbik	1	3	17	17.00	4	17	0
WR Norman Pardo	1	3	31	31.00	19	31	0
RB Irving Hampton	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Roberto Reese	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Grady Copeland	1	0	0	0
C Alec Rawls	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Edwin Fragomeni	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Javier Humphrey	6	269	44.8	42.2	51	4

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Camden Powell	3	132	44.0	36.3	44	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Broderick Hillman	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Malachi McCormick	2/3	1/2	0/1	40	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tyrus Lyon	2	3	1.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wes Blair	2	16	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Aidan Greeley	5	128	25.6	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Elijah Young	1	28	28.0	0
Ross Bilodeau	1	48	48.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Jerald Barnikow	11	0	0.0	34	37
OLB Tristan McGee	6	2	0.0	33	34
ILB Craig Brady	5	1	0.0	32	28
DE Mack Benton	4	1	1.5	28	24
DE Phil Jett	4	0	1.0	11	15
S Kelly Devine	4	4	0.0	20	24
CB Gene Hall	4	1	0.0	18	18
S Artie Kershaw	4	1	0.0	32	28
CB Burt Parnell	3	1	0.0	15	25
S Collin Finch	3	1	0.0	19	22
DE Brendan Pappas	2	1	0.5	26	23
ILB Joel Flowers	2	2	0.0	6	10
DT Jorge Dole	1	1	0.0	20	20
CB Sebastian Whalen	1	1	0.0	18	23
DT Leland Merrick	0	1	0.0	27	28

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Levi Terrell	5	0	0.0	11	9
OLB Donny Roberts	4	2	0.0	22	25
S Alan Morey	4	1	0.0	22	35
ILB Kim Ford	4	0	0.0	11	19
DE Edwin Fragomeni	3	0	1.0	12	27
CB Ross Bilodeau	3	0	0.0	22	35
S Elijah Young	2	2	0.0	22	35
DT Bob Lipscomb	2	2	0.0	13	15
S Herb Owens	2	2	0.0	11	16
DE Nicky Plesko	2	1	0.0	22	26
DT Joseph Perry	2	1	0.0	7	5
S Everett Lindsay	2	1	0.0	22	35
ILB Wally Richardson	2	0	0.0	11	16
DT Gage Pham	1	0	0.0	14	28
DT Colby Boshier	0	1	0.0	10	22

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mack Benton	1.5	0	0	24
DE Phil Jett	1.0	2	0	15
DE Brendan Pappas	0.5	0	0	23
DT Jorge Dole	0.0	0	1	20
DT Leland Merrick	0.0	0	1	28
DE Nicolas Burbank	0.0	0	1	12

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Edwin Fragomeni	1.0	0	1	27
OLB Donny Roberts	0.0	1	0	25
DE Nicky Plesko	0.0	0	2	26
DT Bob Lipscomb	0.0	0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jerald Barnikow	6	2	37
OLB Tristan McGee	4	0	34
S Artie Kershaw	3	0	28
ILB Craig Brady	2	0	28
CB Burt Parnell	2	0	25
CB Gene Hall	2	0	18
CB Sebastian Whalen	2	0	23
ILB Joel Flowers	1	0	10
S Collin Finch	1	0	22
DE Phil Jett	1	0	15
S Kelly Devine	1	0	24

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Kim Ford	3	1	19
S Alan Morey	3	0	35
S Herb Owens	2	1	16
DE Edwin Fragomeni	2	0	27
OLB Donny Roberts	2	0	25
CB Ross Bilodeau	1	1	35
S Elijah Young	1	0	35
OLB Levi Terrell	1	0	9
DE Nicky Plesko	1	0	26
ILB Wally Richardson	1	0	16
S Everett Lindsay	1	0	35
DE Artie Washington	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Riley Medsker	4	4	22	0	35
G Mickey Emmons	2	4	22	0	35
G Zach Hornung	1	6	22	1	35
T Max McComb	1	3	22	0	35
TE Blake Thomason	1	1	10	0	12
C Alec Rawls	0	4	22	0	35

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Adrian South	4	8	1	34	1	37
T Alejandro Chapman	4	6	0	34	0	37
C Maurice Ayanbadejo	2	3	0	34	0	37
C Andrew Stidham	1	3	0	31	1	32
TE Micah Carr	1	1	0	5	0	7
G Ricardo Price	0	1	0	3	1	5
TE Winston Orbik	0	1	0	31	0	34
T Zachery Fox	0	1	0	34	0	37

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Wendell Yazzie	2	11
Kris Stanton	1	14
Craig Brady	1	10

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Roberto Robinson	2	20
Elijah Young	1	20
Lee Brennan	1	20
Wes Blair	1	20
Randal Levine	1	17
Winston Orbik	1	14

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Jerald Barnikow	---	---	34	37	3	74
OLB Tristan McGee	---	---	33	34	5	72
ILB Craig Brady	---	---	32	28	10	70
T Riley Medsker	22	35	---	---	6	63
G Mickey Emmons	22	35	---	---	6	63
G Zach Hornung	22	35	---	---	6	63
T Max McComb	22	35	---	---	6	63
WR Aidan Greeley	22	34	---	---	7	63
TE Wendell Yazzie	18	32	---	---	11	61
S Artie Kershaw	---	---	32	28	---	60
S Collin Finch	---	---	19	22	17	58
QB Grady Copeland	22	35	---	---	---	57
C Alec Rawls	22	35	---	---	---	57
DT Leland Merrick	---	---	27	28	---	55
WR Tyrus Lyon	18	26	---	---	10	54
DE Brendan Pappas	---	---	26	23	3	52
DE Mack Benton	---	---	28	24	---	52
DT Corwin Raymond	---	---	21	26	3	50
S Kelly Devine	---	---	20	24	3	47
DT Jorge Dole	---	---	20	20	3	43
CB Burt Parnell	---	---	15	25	3	43
CB Sebastian Whalen	---	---	18	23	2	43
RB Bennett Particelli	6	18	---	---	17	41
CB Gene Hall	---	---	18	18	4	40
OLB Ian Ramsay	---	---	9	9	18	36
FB Elliot Adderley	7	9	---	---	14	30
DE Phil Jett	---	---	11	15	3	29
WR Carlton Blalock	3	9	---	---	14	26
TE Sergio Boettcher	1	3	---	---	19	23
RB Avery Harmon	14	9	---	---	---	23
TE Blake Thomason	10	12	---	---	---	22
WR Norman Flannery	7	13	---	---	---	20
ILB Joel Flowers	---	---	6	10	3	19
DE Nicolas Burbank	---	---	3	12	3	18
CB Kris Stanton	---	---	2	1	14	17
WR Jon Blackburn	0	0	---	---	11	11
ILB Tucker Naeole	---	---	0	0	10	10
WR Dustin Osborne	2	5	---	---	---	7
RB Tyler Harding	2	5	---	---	---	7
P Javier Humphrey	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Philip Corbett	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Broderick Hillman	0	0	---	---	4	4
DT Kirk Floyd	---	---	0	0	3	3
QB Skip Hazuga	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Sean Urpsis	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Eduardo Beckwith	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Wes Blair	33	36	---	---	20	89
TE Winston Orbik	31	34	---	---	14	79
S Elijah Young	---	---	22	35	20	77
G Adrian South	34	37	---	---	6	77
T Alejandro Chapman	34	37	---	---	6	77
T Zachery Fox	34	37	---	---	6	77
S Everett Lindsay	---	---	22	35	17	74
C Maurice Ayanbadejo	34	37	---	---	---	71
QB Howie Kayer	34	37	---	---	---	71
CB Ross Bilodeau	---	---	22	35	10	67
C Andrew Stidham	31	32	---	---	---	63
RB Geoff Garrick	29	20	---	---	13	62
WR Sergio Rice	23	26	---	---	9	58
S Alan Morey	---	---	22	35	---	57
WR Herman Shelton	28	28	---	---	---	56
DE Nicky Plesko	---	---	22	26	---	48
OLB Donny Roberts	---	---	22	25	---	47
DE Edwin Fragomeni	---	---	12	27	6	45
DT Gage Pham	---	---	14	28	---	42
RB Terrence Meier	12	18	---	---	7	37
TE Micah Carr	5	7	---	---	23	35
DT Colby Boshier	---	---	10	22	---	32
ILB Kim Ford	---	---	11	19	---	30
DT Bob Lipscomb	---	---	13	15	---	28
ILB Wally Richardson	---	---	11	16	---	27
S Herb Owens	---	---	11	16	---	27
CB Randal Levine	---	---	0	8	17	25
CB Roberto Robinson	---	---	0	3	20	23
OLB Lee Brennan	---	---	0	0	20	20
OLB Levi Terrell	---	---	11	9	---	20
DE Roosevelt Lindsey	---	---	10	8	---	18
TE Roberto Reese	1	1	---	---	10	12
DT Joseph Perry	---	---	7	5	---	12
K Malachi McCormick	0	0	---	---	10	10
WR Desmond Lang	2	7	---	---	---	9
S Bart Snead	---	---	0	9	---	9
DE Artie Washington	---	---	0	9	---	9
RB Irving Hampton	3	4	---	---	1	8
G Ricardo Price	3	5	---	---	---	8
WR Norman Pardo	3	4	---	---	---	7
C Bernie Leeper	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Camden Powell	0	0	---	---	6	6
G Gregory Delgado	0	0	---	---	6	6
QB Andre Reid	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Seth Seignious	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Darrell Fitzgerald	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	8	2.0
Middle	9	35	3.9
Right	9	71	7.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	13	4.3
Middle	21	93	4.4
Right	8	45	5.6
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Copeland	34	18	0	3	4	4	4	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howie Kayer	34	25	5	1	1	2	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	10	62	3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	94	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	6	18	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	80	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	8	123	13.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	61	15.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
TE Wendell Yazzie	16	6	3	43	32
WR Tyrus Lyon	9	7	0	56	26
TE Blake Thomason	2	1	0	10	12
WR Norman Flannery	2	1	0	15	13
WR Aidan Greeley	2	1	0	11	34
WR Carlton Blalock	1	0	1	0	9
TE Sergio Boettcher	1	1	0	10	3
RB Avery Harmon	1	1	0	11	9

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wes Blair	12	10	0	89	0	36
WR Sergio Rice	7	4	1	43	1	26
TE Winston Orbik	3	1	0	17	0	34
WR Norman Pardo	3	1	0	31	1	4
RB Terrence Meier	2	2	0	4	0	18
WR Herman Shelton	2	2	0	43	2	28
RB Geoff Garrick	2	2	0	2	0	20
TE Micah Carr	1	1	0	44	1	7
RB Irving Hampton	1	1	0	1	0	4
TE Roberto Reese	1	1	0	8	0	1

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Tyler Harding	1	5	5.00	12.00
RB Avery Harmon	1	1	1.00	3.07

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Geoff Garrick	4	10	2.50	3.79
QB Howie Kayer	2	11	5.50	3.60
RB Terrence Meier	1	10	10.00	9.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Copeland	4	3	26	6.50	4.59

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howie Kayer	5	3	23	4.60	8.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Wendell Yazzie	2	1	7	3.50	2.69
WR Tyrus Lyon	1	1	8	8.00	6.22
RB Avery Harmon	1	1	11	11.00	11.00

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Wes Blair	3	2	27	9.00	7.42
TE Winston Orbik	1	0	0	0.00	5.67
RB Geoff Garrick	1	1	-4	-4.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Bennett Particelli	1	0

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
RB Terrence Meier	1	0
WR Herman Shelton	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Copeland	10	4	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howie Kayer	10	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Wendell Yazzie	4	1	1
WR Tyrus Lyon	3	2	1
WR Norman Flannery	2	1	1
WR Aidan Greeley	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sergio Rice	4	3	2
TE Winston Orbik	2	1	1
WR Wes Blair	2	1	0
RB Terrence Meier	1	1	1
WR Norman Pardo	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 96,300 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 17,400 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 7,100 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	96,300 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	17,400 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	7,100 (9,900)