Patriots 27-20 Texans (9 Sep, 2018) Box Score

Houston Texans

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	3	3	7	7	20
NE	7	14	3	3	27

New England Patriots

1-0, 1-0 home

Houston Passing


Deshaun Watson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17/34	176	5.2	1	1	3-18	22.2	62.9
17/34	158	5.2	1	1	3-18	--	62.9

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
26/39	277	7.1	3	1	2-10	80.5	102.2
26/39	267	7.1	3	1	2-10	--	102.2

Houston Rushing


Lamar Miller
Deshaun Watson
Alfred Blue
DeAndre Hopkins
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
20	98	4.9	0	31
8	40	5.0	0	13
5	36	7.2	1	17
1	-7	-7.0	0	-7
34	167	4.9	1	31

New England Rushing


Rex Burkhead
Jeremy Hill
James White
Cordarrelle Patterson
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
18	64	3.6	12
4	25	6.3	11
5	18	3.6	11
3	13	4.3	10
1	2	2.0	2
31	122	3.9	12

Houston Receiving


DeAndre Hopkins
Bruce Ellington
Jordan Thomas
Tyler Ervin
Lamar Miller
Jordan Akins
Ryan Griffin
Sammie Coates
Vyncint Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
8	78	9.8	0	17	11
4	37	9.3	1	14	8
1	27	27.0	0	27	2
1	12	12.0	0	12	1
1	11	11.0	0	11	2
2	11	5.5	0	8	2
0	0	0.0	0	0	5
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	2
17	176	10.4	1	27	26

New England Receiving


Rob Gronkowski
Phillip Dorsett
James White
James Develin
Chris Hogan
Cordarrelle Patterson
Jeremy Hill
Rex Burkhead
Riley McCarron
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	123	17.6	1	30	8
7	66	9.4	1	14	7
4	38	9.5	1	12	9
4	22	5.5	0	10	4
1	11	11.0	0	11	5
1	6	6.0	0	6	1
1	6	6.0	0	6	1
1	5	5.0	0	5	3
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
26	277	10.7	3	30	39

Houston Fumbles


Deshaun Watson
Johnson Bademosi
Tyrann Mathieu
team

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

New England Fumbles


Rob Gronkowski
Riley McCarron
Rex Burkhead
Dont'a Hightower
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
3	2	1

Houston Defensive



Kareem Jackson
Johnathan Joseph
Benardrick McKinney
Zach Cunningham
Dylan Cole
Tyrann Mathieu
DJ Reader
Aaron Colvin
Kevin Johnson
Brandon Dunn
Angelo Blackson
J.J. Watt
Jadeveon Clowney
Whitney Mercilus
Seantrel Henderson
Peter Kalambayi
Justin Reid
Christian Covington
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	2	2	0	3	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	2	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	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	47	2	2	6	5	0

New England Defensive



Stephon Gilmore
Ja'Whaun Bentley
Devin McCourty
Trey Flowers
Lawrence Guy Sr.
Adam Butler
Elandon Roberts
Patrick Chung
Eric Rowe
Jonathan Jones
Danny Shelton
Deatrich Wise Jr.
Duron Harmon
Kyle Van Noy
Malcom Brown
Dont'a Hightower
James Develin
Nate Ebner
Nicholas Grigsby
Brandon King
Matthew Slater
Jason McCourty
Geneo Grissom
Adrian Clayborn
Keionta Davis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	2	0	0
7	4	0	1	0	1	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1.5	2	0	3	0
5	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	2	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1.5	1.5	0	3	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0
78	37	3	7	6	12	0

Houston Interceptions


Tyrann Mathieu
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Interceptions


Stephon Gilmore
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Houston Kick Returns


Tyler Ervin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	156	31.2	36	0
5	156	31.2	36	0

New England Kick Returns


Cordarrelle Patterson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	19	19.0	19	0
1	19	19.0	19	0

Houston Punt Returns


Tyler Ervin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	20	10.0	11	0
2	20	10.0	11	0

New England Punt Returns


Riley McCarron
team

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

Houston Kicking


Ka'imi Fairbairn
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	42	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	42	2/2	8

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9

Houston Punting


Trevor Daniel
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	230	38.3	0	3	48
6	230	38.3	0	3	48

New England Punting


Ryan Allen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	281	46.8	0	2	55
6	281	46.8	0	2	55

Gillette Stadium

6:00 PM, 9 September 2018

Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 65,878

Referees:
Tim Podraza
Keith Washington
Keith Washington
Tony Corrente
Todd Prukop
Pat Turner
Ryan Dickson
Alan Eck
Alan Eck

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	10	7	.588	377	353
Jacksonville	9	8	.529	377	371
Indianapolis	9	8	.529	396	415
Tennessee	6	11	.353	305	367

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	6	.647	451	311
Miami	11	6	.647	496	391
New York	7	10	.412	268	355
New England	4	13	.235	236	366

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