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Te XAN S
in the NFL...his 15 touchdown passes on the
season gave him the second-most touchdown
passes in a season in Texans history, one
behind David Carr’s 16 in 2004…had 21 carries
for 51 yards, including a five-yard rushing
touchdown, the first of his career…saw action
in his first game of the season at reserve QB
at Jacksonville (10/14)…finished 11-of-12 for
82 yards and a touchdown…found FB Vonta
Leach in the corner of the endzone late in the
fourth quarter for the only touchdown of the day
for Houston…saw extensive action as reserve
QB against Tennessee (10/21)…entered the
game midway through the first quarter after
starting QB Matt Schaub went down with
a knee injury…completed 22-of-35 passes
for 290 yards and four touchdowns all in the
fourth quarter…led the biggest comeback in
Texans history…his 249 passing yards in the
fourth quarter ranks second in NFL history for
passing yards in the final quarter…passed for
four touchdowns in the fourth quarter to dig the
Texans out of a 32-7 deficit entering the final
period…he threw fourth quarter scores to WR
David Anderson, WR Kevin Walter and TE Jeb
Putzier to bring the score to 32-29…after the
Texans recovered an onside kick, Rosenfels
threw his long touchdown pass of the game to
WR André Davis for 53 yards…with the extra
point the Texans took the lead 36-35…late field
goal by Tennessee sealed the victory for the
Titans…threw three interceptions and was
not sacked in the game…he finished with a QB
rating 91.4…played in is third consecutive game
as reserve QB at San Diego (10/28), replacing
QB Matt Schaub in the second quarter who left
with a concussion...completed 17-of-27 passes
for 176 yards…threw the only touchdown pass
of the game connecting with TE Joel Dreessen
on a 28-yard strike…started his first game as a
Texan at Oakland (11/4)…was 11-of-19 for 181
yards…found RB Ahman Green for 53 yards, his
long pass of the day, during the opening drive,
setting up a Green rushing touchdown…later in
the quarter he guided the offense six plays for
24 yards and a K Kris Brown 40-yard field goal
to put the Texans up 17-0 going into the half…
midway through the fourth quarter he found
WR André Davis for a 42-yard touchdown…
finished with a quarterback rating 85.6 and he
threw one interception…entered the game in
the first quarter when QB Matt Schaub left with
a shoulder injury at Tennessee (12/2)...finished
17-of-30 for 185 yards and a touchdown…
threw his eighth touchdown pass of the season,
connecting with WR Andre Johnson for the 28-
yard score…finished with 25 rushing yards, a
career-high…started in his second career game
as a Texan against Tampa Bay (12/9)…completed
27-of-36 for 209 yards and three touchdowns…
capped the Texans first drive with a four-yard
touchdown pass to WR Andre Johnson…later
in the second half found WR Kevin Walter for
the eight-yard touchdown reception…opened
the fourth quarter with his third touchdown
pass of the game, finding TE Owen Daniels
for the four-yard score…was his third career
games with three or more touchdown passes…
his quarterback rating of 116.6 was also the
second-highest of the season…started at QB
in the Texans first Thursday Night Game against
Denver (12/13)…was 16-of-27 for 200 yards, one
passing touchdown and his first career rushing
touchdown…capped the opening with a fiveyard
run to put the Texans on the board early…
he threw his only touchdown pass of the day to
WR Andre Johnson to start the fourth quarter
on a four-yard score during the first drive of the
fourth quarter…long pass of the day went to TE
Owen Daniels for 29 yards…his lone loss of the
season as a starter came at QB at Indianapolis
(12/23)…finished 22-of-36 for 233 yards and
two touchdowns…opened the game by finding
WR Kevin Walter in the end zone for a 17-yard
touchdown…threw his second touchdown
of the game late in the fourth quarter when
he found WR Andre Johnson for a six-yard
score…started the final game of the season
against Jacksonville (12/30)…led the Texans
offense to a team-record 42 points on the day...
completed 11-of-18 passes for 128 yards and
one touchdown…tied the game at 14 all when
he found capped TE Owen Daniels on a twoyard
score…finished with a quarterback rating
of 78.0 and threw one interception.
2006 (Houston 4/0): Played in four games…tied
a Texans record with three touchdown passes
at Tennessee (10/29)…completed a careerhigh
69.2 percent of his passes…played in his
first game as a Texan at Dallas (10/15) in a relief
role…entered the game at Tennessee (10/29) in
the second half…finished the game 18-of-25 for
186 yards and three touchdowns…he finished
the game with a 116.0 QB rating, his highest of
the season…filled in as the holder on kicks at
New York Jets (11/26)…registered one special
teams tackle when he ran down on a missed
field goal…broke his throwing wrist on the
play…was placed on injured reserve (11/28).
2005 (Miami 4/1): Played in four games with
one start as a backup…finished the season
completing 34 of 61 pass attempts for 462 yards,
four touchdowns with three interceptions for
a 81.4 passer rating…played in relief against
veterans
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