Texans 31-25 Broncos (23 Sep, 2012) Box Score

Houston Texans

3-0, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	7	14	10	0	31
DEN	5	6	0	14	25

Denver Broncos

1-2, 1-1 home

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17/30	290	9.7	4	1	1-6	90.5	115.3
17/30	284	9.7	4	1	1-6	--	115.3

Denver Passing


Peyton Manning
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
26/52	330	6.3	2	0	3-14	55.6	83.0
26/52	316	6.3	2	0	3-14	--	83.0

Houston Rushing


Arian Foster
Ben Tate
Keshawn Martin
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
25	105	4.2	22
8	26	3.3	9
1	21	21.0	21
34	152	4.5	22

Denver Rushing


Willis McGahee
Lance Ball
Ronnie Hillman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	36	3.0	15
7	16	2.3	11
2	7	3.5	4
21	59	2.8	15

Houston Receiving


Kevin Walter
Andre Johnson
Lestar Jean
Garrett Graham
Owen Daniels
Keshawn Martin
James Casey
Arian Foster
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
3	73	24.3	1	52	6
2	72	36.0	1	60	5
1	46	46.0	0	46	1
2	39	19.5	0	27	4
3	26	8.7	1	14	5
2	20	10.0	0	18	4
3	11	3.7	0	12	3
1	3	3.0	1	3	1
17	290	17.1	4	60	29

Denver Receiving


Eric Decker
Brandon Stokley
Joel Dreessen
Demaryius Thomas
Jacob Tamme
Chris Gronkowski
Willis McGahee
Lance Ball
Ronnie Hillman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
8	136	17.0	0	35	11
6	73	12.2	1	38	6
2	36	18.0	1	30	5
3	34	11.3	0	23	11
3	31	10.3	0	14	10
1	11	11.0	0	11	1
1	6	6.0	0	6	2
1	2	2.0	0	3	3
1	1	1.0	0	1	1
26	330	12.7	2	38	50

Houston Fumbles


Ben Tate
Connor Barwin
team

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

Denver Fumbles


Demaryius Thomas
Justin Bannan
team

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

Houston Defense



Kareem Jackson
J.J. Watt
Quintin Demps
Brian Cushing
Johnathan Joseph
Danieal Manning
Bradie James
Connor Barwin
Glover Quin
Whitney Mercilus
Antonio Smith
Jesse Nading
Brooks Reed
Shaun Cody
Justin Forsett
Antoine Caldwell
Brice McCain
Tim Jamison
Earl Mitchell
Garrett Graham
Shiloh Keo
Mister Alexander
Jon Weeks
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	6	2.5	0	0	3	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	1	0
5	5	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	2	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0.5	0	1	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	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
60	50	3	0	12	0	0

Denver Defense



Rahim Moore
Mike Adams
Elvis Dumervil
Justin Bannan
Kevin Vickerson
Derek Wolfe
Chris Harris Jr.
Tracy Porter
Joe Mays
Mitch Unrein
Von Miller
Jacob Tamme
Wesley Woodyard
Keith Brooking
Champ Bailey
Tony Carter
Nate Irving
Quinton Carter
Malik Jackson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	3	1	0
5	4	1	0	0	3	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	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	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	1	0
62	42	1	0	6	0	0

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

Denver Interceptions


Wesley Woodyard
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	7	0
1	7	0

Houston Kick Returns


James Casey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Denver Kick Returns


Omar Bolden
Jim Leonhard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	66	22.0	25
1	18	18.0	18
4	84	21.0	25

Houston Punt Returns


Trindon Holliday
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	19	4.8	13	0
4	19	4.8	13	0

Denver Punt Returns


Jim Leonhard
Eric Decker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	16	5.3	13
1	13	13.0	13
4	29	7.3	13

Houston Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	41	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	41	4/4	7

Denver Kicking


Matt Prater
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	53	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	53	2/2	11

Houston Punting


Donnie Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	271	54.2	1	1	66
5	271	54.2	1	1	66

Denver Punting


Britton Colquitt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	379	47.4	1	3	56
8	379	47.4	1	3	56

Empower Field at Mile High

9:25 PM, 23 September 2012

Denver, CO

Attendance: 76,566

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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City	14	1	.933	356	278
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	328	274
Denver	9	6	.600	363	281
Las Vegas	3	12	.200	264	390

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