Texans 34-27 Patriots (3 Jan, 2010) Box Score

New England Patriots

10-6, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	6	7	7	27
HOU	7	6	0	21	34

Houston Texans

9-7, 4-4 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Brian Hoyer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17/26	186	7.2	1	1-4	63.2	70.4
8/12	71	5.9	0	1-10	51.0	82.3
25/38	243	6.8	1	2-14	--	74.1

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
24/39	303	7.8	2	1	1-8	57.2	92.1
24/39	295	7.8	2	1	1-8	--	92.1

New England Rushing


Fred Taylor
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Brian Hoyer
Sammy Morris
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	33	4.7	2	12
4	22	5.5	0	12
1	10	10.0	0	10
7	9	1.3	0	6
19	74	3.9	2	12

Houston Rushing


Arian Foster
Ryan Moats
Andre Johnson
Matt Schaub
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
20	119	6.0	2	24
4	17	4.3	0	15
1	7	7.0	0	7
2	1	0.5	0	3
27	144	5.3	2	24

New England Receiving


Julian Edelman
Randy Moss
Ben Watson
Chris Baker
Sammy Morris
Wes Welker
Sam Aiken
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
10	103	10.3	25	15
5	75	15.0	41	6
3	32	10.7	14	6
1	13	13.0	13	1
3	13	4.3	9	3
1	12	12.0	12	2
2	9	4.5	6	5
25	257	10.3	41	38

Houston Receiving


Joel Dreessen
Jacoby Jones
Andre Johnson
Kevin Walter
Vonta Leach
Arian Foster
Andre Davis
Ryan Moats
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	81	13.5	1	25	7
5	65	13.0	1	17	6
6	65	10.8	0	22	9
2	30	15.0	0	17	3
1	26	26.0	0	26	3
3	26	8.7	0	10	4
1	10	10.0	0	10	2
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
24	303	12.6	2	26	35

New England Fumbles


Fred Taylor
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Houston Fumbles


Andre Johnson
Ryan Moats
Bernard Pollard
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
2	0	1

New England Defense



James Sanders
Brandon Meriweather
Derrick Burgess
Jerod Mayo
Gary Guyton
Jonathan Wilhite
Shawn Springs
Junior Seau
Brandon McGowan
Rob Ninkovich
Darius Butler
Patrick Chung
Tully Banta-Cain
Fred Taylor
Jarvis Green
Mike Wright
Stephen Gostkowski
Pierre Woods
Kyle Arrington
Myron Pryor
Eric Alexander
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	1	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	1
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	51	1	0	3	0	2

Houston Defense



Dunta Robinson
DeMeco Ryans
Glover Quin
Brian Cushing
Bernard Pollard
Zac Diles
Amobi Okoye
Connor Barwin
Brian Russell
Mario Williams
Jacques Reeves
Andre Davis
Antonio Smith
John Busing
Jeff Zgonina
Nick Ferguson
Kevin Bentley
James Casey
Brice McCain
Tim Bulman
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	1
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	48	2	0	4	0	2

New England Interceptions


Darius Butler
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	91	1
1	91	1

Houston Interceptions


Bernard Pollard
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	15	0
1	15	0

New England Kick Returns


Darius Butler
Matthew Slater
Isaiah Stanback
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	70	23.3	26
2	62	31.0	35
1	22	22.0	22
6	154	25.7	35

Houston Kick Returns


Andre Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	141	28.2	36	0
5	141	28.2	36	0

New England Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New England Punt Returns

Houston Punt Returns


Jacoby Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	31	31.0	31	0
1	31	31.0	31	0

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	51	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	51	3/3	9

Houston Kicking


Kris Brown
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/2	0.0	0	4/5	4
0/2	0.0	0	4/5	4

New England Punting


Chris Hanson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	109	36.3	0	2	40
3	109	36.3	0	2	40

Houston Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	80	40.0	0	1	45
2	80	40.0	0	1	45

NRG Stadium

6:00 PM, 3 January 2010

Houston, TX

Attendance: 71,029

Referees:
John Parry

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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