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SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
RACKERS CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Texans K Neil Rackers moved into 50th place on the
NFL’s all-time scoring list among kickers with his 12-point
effort at Washington (9/19).
After his eight-point effort in Houston’s Week 12 victory
over Tennessee (11/28), Rackers has 989 career points in
11 seasons, which puts him in 44th all-time. He needs 11
points to reach 1,000 for his career.
ALL-TIME LEADING SCORERS, KICKERS
Rk Player FGM FGA XPM XPA Points
41 Phil Dawson 245 295 297 305 1,032
42 Bruce Gossett 219 360 374 383 1,031
43 Jeff Jaeger 229 309 321 327 1,008
44 Neil Rackers 223 282 320 325 989
45 Sam Baker 179 316 428 444 965
RACKERS’ GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS
Neil Rackers drilled a 35-yard field goal with 3:24 left in
overtime to deliver the Texans’ first-ever win in extra time.
It was his third career overtime game-winner and his first
since 12/23/07 vs. Atlanta, when he made a 31-yarder to
help Arizona beat the Falcons. Rackers is 3-of-4 in his career
in overtime.
RACK-ING UP THE TACKLES
Texans K Neil Rackers has amassed 44 tackles on special
teams throughout his 11-year career to rank first
among NFL kickers since STATS, LLC started tracking
special teams tackles in 1994. He ranks fifth on the Texans
this season with seven special teams tackles, including
one in last Sunday’s 20-0 win vs. Tennessee (11/28).
Head coach Gary Kubiak commented on Rackers’ style
earlier in the season: “It scares you, but you don’t want
to take that away from him,” Kubiak said. “He likes to go
down there. He will make a tackle. You don’t want to lose
him, but I think that’s what makes him tick. He likes being
a part of that. He likes getting pushed around a bit and
showing his teammates he’ll go down there and make a
tackle.”
Rackers leads the team with 84 points and is 18-for-20 on
field goals this season.
SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES BY KICKERS
(since 1994)
Player Seasons GP Total Solo Asst.
Neil Rackers 2000-2010(11) 159 44 37 7
Jeff Wilkins 1994-2007(14) 200 38 35 3
John Hall 1997-2006(10) 134 36 30 6
Jay Feely 2001-2010(10) 153 34 32 2
Jason Hanson 1992-2010(19) 295 33 27 6
NEIL RACKERS IN OVERTIME, CAREER
Game, Date Yds Time Score Final
@ WAS, 9/19/10 35 3:24 27-27 30-27
ATL, 12/23/07 31 9:36 27-27 30-27
@ SF, 11/25/07 32 6:49 31-31 31-37
vs. PIT, 12/30/01# 31 4:17 23-23 26-23
Rackers has also made three career game-winning field
goals in non-overtime situations and has two game-tieing
kicks to force overtime.
NEIL RACKERS GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS
(Fourth Quarter, Less Than 4:00 Remaining)
Game, Date Yds Time Score Final
SEA 9/16/07 42 0:01 20-20 23-20
@ TEN, 1/6/02# 34 0:20 20-21 23-21
JAX, 12/17/00# 27 0:00 14-14 17-14
NEIL RACKERS GAME-TYING FIELD GOALS
(To Force Overtime)
Game, Date Yds Time Score Final
SF, 11/25/07 19 0:00 28-31 31-37
ATL, 12/23/07 29 0:00 24-27 30-27
BOLD indicates games with Houston Texans.
# indicates games with Cincinnati Bengals.
K Neil Rackers makes a habit of sticking his nose in on
kickoff coverage. Rackers leads all kickers since 1994
with 44 career tackles.
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