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SCHAUB, MATT
returned to action at Green Bay (12/7) and threw
for a career-high and franchise-record 414 yards
on 28-of-42 passing…led the third game-winning
drive of his career and second of the season,
guiding the Texans 75 yards in nine plays to set up
K Kris Brown’s game-winning 40-yard field goal…
named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his
performance against the Packers…completed 23-
of-39 attempts for 284 yards and a touchdown vs.
Tennessee (12/14) and finished the day with a 90.1
QB rating…completed 19-of-36 pass attempts for
255 yards at Oakland (12/21)…completed 27-of-36
pass attempts for 328 yards and two touchdowns
vs. Chicago (12/28)…went over 3,000 yards for the
season and ended the year with a 92.7 QB rating.
2007 (Houston 11/11): Got his first chance to be an
NFL starter…started 11 games…finished 192-of-
289 for 2,241 yards and nine touchdown passes
and nine interceptions and a quarterback rating of
87.3…missed portions of the season with a shoulder
injury and concussion…was sacked 16 times
for 126 yards…had a season-high quarterback
rating of 119.2 against Carolina…started his first
game as a Texan vs. Kansas City (9/9)…finished
16-of-22 for 225 yards and a touchdown…connected
with WR Andre Johnson midway through
the second quarter for a 77-yard touchdown, the
longest touchdown toss of his career…had a QB
rating of 101.5…started at Carolina (9/16) and
completed one of his best afternoons as a starter,
finishing 20-of-28 for 227 yards and two touchdowns…after
the Texans fell behind two scores,
connected with WR Andre Johnson on a 31-yard
touchdown…finished the game with a rating of
119.2, his best of the season…started vs. Indianapolis
(9/23), finished the game 27-of-33 for 236
yards and a touchdown…completed his last 14
pass attempts, second-longest pass completion
streak in team history…returned to Atlanta (9/30)
against his former team and completed 28-of-40
passes for a career-high 317 yards and one touchdown
pass...the touchdown pass was his 150th
career completion…finished with a 101.8 QB rating…started
vs. Miami (10/7) and was 20-of-34 for
294 yards...led the Texans on his first-ever gamewinning
drive…with the ball spotted on the Texans
three-yard line to start the drive, he led the
offense on an eight-play, 59-yard drive over 1:32…
drive set up a 57-yard field goal attempt by K Kris
Brown for the win…finished with a QB rating of
74.9 and threw one interception…started at Jacksonville
(10/14) and completed 19-of-31 passes
for 259 yards…started vs. Tennessee (10/21) and
was five-of-nine for 23 yards before leaving the
game late in the first quarter with a knee injury…
finished with a completion percentage of 55.5
and a QB rating of 60.9…was sacked twice for 19
yards…started at San Diego (10/28) and completed
11-of-18 passes for 77 yards before leaving the
game in the second quarter with a head injury…
threw two interceptions in the game and finished
with his lowest QB rating of the season of 31.2…
inactive due to injury at Oakland (11/4)...started vs.
New Orleans (11/11) and finished 21-of-33 for 293
yards and two touchdowns…started the game by
finding WR Andre Johnson for a 73-yard touchdown,
the second-longest of his career...led the
offense on two scoring drives in the fourth quarter,
both resulting in field goals, to seal the victory…finished
with a 63.6 completion percentage
and a passer rating of 112.3, second-highest of the
season…293 passing yards were third-highest
of the season…started at Cleveland (11/25) and
finished 22-of-36 for 256 yards and two touchdowns…got
the Texans on the board in the first
quarter connecting with WR Kevin Walter for a
17-yard touchdown…got the Texans on the board
again late in the game when he found TE Owen
Daniels for a six-yard touchdown…recorded his
third multi-touchdown game of the season…
threw two interceptions and was sacked twice
for 19 yards…finished with a quarterback rating
of 78.0…started at Tennessee (12/2) but left the
game in the first quarter with a left shoulder injury…before
his departure, he went three-of-five
for 34 yards…inactive last four games of the season
due to shoulder injury.
2006 (Atlanta 16/0): Played in all 16 games for the
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