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LAST WEEK
HOUSTON 20, TENNESSEE TITANS 0 (70,855)
RELIANT STADIUM - NOV. 28, 2010
TEXANS END SKID WITH SHUTOUT OF TITANS
Houston released its frustration from a four-game losing
streak on the Tennessee Titans Sunday.
In front of 70,855 fans at Reliant Stadium, the Texans manhandled
their division rivals by limiting the league’s eighthranked
rushing offense to 24 yards and steamrolling the
Titans’ defense for 188 rushing yards. That effort produced
a 20-0 victory, the Texans’ first shutout since 2004.
Defensively, the Texans introduced a modified lineup with
rookie Darryl Sharpton replacing Zac Diles at weakside
linebacker, and Jason Allen playing nickel cornerback for
Brice McCain. Those changes contributed to a stingy effort
by defensive coordinator Frank Bush’s unit, which had
not held a team to fewer than 24 points all season.
CB Glover Quin led the defense with the first three interceptions
of his career, and LB Brian Cushing totaled a
team-high seven tackles, four for loss.
Quin never lost confidence despite recent adversity in
games at Jacksonville and New York, as well as his broken
right hand.
One of the top storylines entering the game was RB
Arian Foster’s matchup with RB Chris Johnson. Entering
this week, only 36 yards separated Johnson from Foster’s
single-season rushing total. Foster widened the gap with
143 yards on 30 carries (4.8 avg.) and some help from the
Texans’ defense, which held Johnson to a career-low five
yards on seven carries.
His 16-yard catch early in the second quarter set up QB
Matt Schaub’s one-yard touchdown pass to TE Joel Dreessen
for the first points of the game. WR Andre Johnson
caught nine passes for 56 yards and a touchdown.
In the second half, kicker Neil Rackers’ pair of field goals
extended the lead to 20-0. Quin’s final interception in the
end zone with 1:02 left in the game sealed the shutout.
SCORING
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Tennessee Titans 0 0 0 0 - 0
Houston Texans 0 14 3 3 - 20
SCORING DRIVES
Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive inf0)
TEN HOU
Texans 2 12:47 J.Dreessen 1 yd. pass from M.Schaub (N.Rackers kick) (4-25, 2:02) 0 7
Texans 2 4:42 A.Johnson 2 yd. pass from M.Schaub (N.Rackers kick) (9-71, 5:06) 0 14
Texans 3 8:05 N.Rackers 35 yd. Field Goal (11-49, 5:24) 0 17
Texans 4 3:00 N.Rackers 33 yd. Field Goal (14-80, 8:27) 0 20
TEAM STATISTICS
TITANS TEXANS
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 9 24
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11-27% 9-18-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 162 346
NET YARDS RUSHING 24 188
NET YARDS PASSING 138 158
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 31-17-3 35-25-0
KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 1-0-0 5-2-1
FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 25 35
PENALTIES Number and Yards 10-79 6-68
FUMBLES Number and Lost 0-0 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 2
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 20:19 39:41
TITANS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
TEXANS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
J.Ringer 4 27 6.8 17 0
C.Johnson 7 5 0.7 9 0
N.Washington 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0
Total 12 24 2.0 17 0
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
R.Smith 31 17 138 1/0 0 23 3 26.7
Total 31 17 138 1/0 0 23 3 26.7
PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD
J.Gage 6 4 50 12.5 19 0
J.Cook 9 4 40 10.0 23 0
R.Moss 5 3 23 7.7 14 0
C.Johnson 3 2 2 1.0 3 0
N.Washington 4 1 10 10.0 10 0
B.Scaife 2 1 10 10.0 10 0
J.Ringer 1 1 4 4.0 4 0
A.Hall 1 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
Total 31 17 138 8.1 23 0
Sacks: J. Babin 1-6, W. Hayes 1-14.
Interceptions: None.
Tackles (S-A-T): S. Tulloch 11-3-14, M. Griffin 8-3-11, C. Hope 6-3-9, A. Verner
6-2-8, M. Douglas 5-2-7, W. Witherspoon 3-3-6, J. Babin 4-0-4, J. McCourty
4-0-4, C. Finnegan 4-0-4, G. McRath 3-1-4, S. Marks 1-2-3, J. Haye 1-1-2, T.
Shaw 1-0-1, J. Ford 0-1-1.
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
A.Foster 30 143 4.8 37 0
D.Ward 7 47 6.7 17 0
M.Schaub 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0
Total 39 188 4.8 37 0
PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT
M.Schaub 35 25 178 2/20 2 21 0 101.8
Total 35 25 178 2/20 2 21 0 101.8
PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD
A.Foster 11 9 75 8.3 19 0
A.Johnson 11 9 56 6.2 21 1
J.Dreessen 5 3 15 5.0 9 1
J.Jones 3 2 13 6.5 9 0
K.Walter 2 1 12 12.0 12 0
V.Leach 2 1 7 7.0 7 0
J.Casey 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Total 35 25 178 7.1 21 0
Sacks: M. Williams 1-0.
Interceptions: G. Quin 3-12.
Tackles (S-A-T): B. Cushing 6-1-7, B. Pollard 3-2-5, G. Quin 3-1-4, K. Bentley 2-2-4,
K. Jackson 3-0-3, M. Williams 2-0-2, J. Allen 2-0-2, A. Smith 1-1-2, E. Wilson 1-1-2,
A. Okoye 1-0-1, M. Anderson 1-0-1, T. Nolan 1-0-1, E. Mitchell 1-0-1, Z. Diles 0-1-1.
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