2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE - Parent Directory - NFL.com

MATT SCHAUBQUARTERBACKHeight: 6-5 | Weight: 241 | College: Virginia |Hometown: West Chester, Pa. | 9th NFL Season |6th with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2012: 31 |Acquired: T-’07 (Atlanta) | 2012 GP/GS: 0/0 |Career GP/GS: 102/66 | Teams: Atlanta, 2004-06; Houston, 2007-12 |HEADERTEXANS BIOS8TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Atlanta Falcons in the third round (90th pick overall) of 2004 NFL draft...signed by Falcons on July 28, 2004...traded by Falcons to Houston Texans on March 22, 2007...placed oninjured reserve on Nov. 23, 2011.HONORS:• AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 14, 2008; Week 2, 2009, Week 6, 2010)• Pro Bowl Selection (2010)• Pro Bowl MVP (2010)• FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week (Week 2, 2010)CAREER:• Has started 64 games with the Texans and has thrown for 16,903 yards, 92 touchdowns and 52interceptions in five years as a starter• Career totals include 17,936 passing yards, 98 touchdowns and 58 interceptions with a careerpasser rating of 92.2• Owns the Texans career record with 23 300-yard games, including eight in 2009, seven in 2010and two in 2011• Holds the franchise record for career passer rating, with a mark of 94.0 since joining the club• One of 12 NFL quarterbacks with back-to-back 4,000-yard passing seasons and one of six to throwfor a combined 9,000 yards in consecutive seasons (2009-10)• Starting quarterback of the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl, where he earned MVP honors after completeing13-of-17 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-34 win for the AFC2011 (Houston 10/10):• Named one of the offensive captains for the 2011 season• Completed 17-of-24 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown vs. Indianapolis (9/11)• Completed 21-of-29 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 118.5 at Miami(9/18)• Became the Texans’ all-time completions leader as he completed 22-of-39 passes for a 373 yards,three touchdowns and an interception at New Orleans (9/25)• Finished 14-of-21 for 138 yards, one touchdown and a passer rating of 100.9 vs. Pittsburgh (10/2)• Threw for a season-high 416 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oakland (10/9)• Completed 21-of-37 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown at Baltimore (10/16)• Connected on 18-of-23 passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns with a 147.7 passer rating atTennessee (10/23)• Threw for 225 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for his first touchdown of the season on a2-yard run to cap off the opening drive vs. Jacksonville (10/30)• Ran in a touchdown for the second consecutive week vs. Cleveland (11/6)• Connected on 11-of-15 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns while setting a career-high andfranchise record with a 154.9 passer rating at Tampa Bay (11/13)• Placed on injured reserve after suffering a foot injury against the Buccaneers (11/23)2010 (Houston 16/16):• Named one of the offensive captains for the 2010 season and started all 16 games for the secondconsecutive season; throwing for 4,369 yards, 24 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a 92.0 passerrating for the season• Completed 38-of-52 passes for a career high 497 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and apasser rating of 114.0 at Washington (9/19), the Texans first overtime win in franchise history• Set a franchise record with his 60th touchdown pass as a Texan with his second touchdown pass atOakland (10/3); completed 16-of-29 passes for 192 yards• Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after completing 25-of-33 passes for 305 yards and twotouchdowns, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson with 28 seconds remaining toclinch the win vs. Kansas City (10/17)• Completed 22-of-32 passes for 314 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 121.1 atJacksonville (11/14)• Completed 22-of-26 passes for 337 yards, two touchdowns and one interception at Philadelphia(12/2)• Threw for 394 yards, breaking David Carr’s franchise record of 13,391 passing yards vs. Baltimore(12/13); finished with three touchdown passes and two interceptions• Threw for 325 yards, two touchdowns and one interception at Tennessee (12/19)• Had his fourth consecutive 300-yard game, throwing for 310 yards, one touchdown and oneinterception at Denver (12/26)2009 (Houston 16/16):• Finished the year with an NFL-best 4,770 passing yards, becoming the first Texans quarterback tolead the league in passing; passed for the sixth-most yards• Had 10 games with a QB rating of 90, topped 300 passing yards nine times, tying for the secondmost300-yard games in a season in NFL history• Surpassed 10,000 passing yards as a Texan• Named AFC Offensive Palyer of the Week after completing 25-of-39 passes at Tennessee (9/20) for357 yards, a career-high four touchdown passes and a 127.8 passer rating• Set career highs for pass attempts and completions, going 35-of-50 for 371 yards and twotouchdowns at Arizona (10/11)• Completed 28-of-40 passes for a season-high 392 yards and tied a career high with four touchdownpasses at Cincinnati (10/18)• Set a Texans season record with his 17th touchdown pass and fifth 300-yard game passing when hecompleted 32-of-43 passes for 311 yards and one touchdown at Indianapolis (11/8); threw his 50thcareer touchdown pass to FB Vonta Leach for a seven-yard score in the first quarter• Completed 29-of-39 passes for 365 yards, two touchdowns and one interception vs. Seattle (12/13)for a passer rating of 109.5; his 336 yards at halftime were the third-most in the NFL since 1991• Threw for 367 yards and one touchdown at St. Louis (12/20) for his NFL-leading fifth game of atleast 350 passing yards• Completed 24-of-39 passes for 303 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, giving him apasser rating of 92.1 vs. New England (1/3/10) and led the Texans back from a 27-13 fourth quarterdeficit to give the Texans the first winning season in franchise history2008 (Houston 11/11):• Started 11 games for the second consecutive year, going 6-5 in those starts• Threw for a career-high 3,043 yards and 15 touchdowns on 251-of-380 attempts while rushing fortwo touchdowns• Missed one game due to illness and four because of a knee injury suffered against Minnesota• Set franchise records for quarterback rating (92.7) and 300-yard passing games (4)• Had the fourth-best completion percentage in the NFL (66.1), was second in yards per pass attempt(8.01), fourth in passing yards per game (276.6) and his 92.7 passer rating was good for eighth inthe League• Threw for 202 yards on 25-of-33 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions at Pittsburgh(9/7); also rushed for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, the first of his career• Completed 29-of-40 passes for 307 yards and three touchdowns at Jacksonville (9/28)• Completed 22-of-42 passes for 379 yards and one touchdown vs. Miami (10/12) and ran the ball fourtimes for 15 yards, including the game-winning three-yard touchdown run with :07 left on the clock;his touchdown run capped the second game-winning drive of his career, rallying the Texans from a28-23 deficit to a 29-28 win• Connected on 24-of-28 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and setthen-franchise records with a 144.0 passer rating and 85.7 completion percentage• Named the AFC Offensive Player fo the Week after throwing for a career-high and franchise-record414 yards on 28-of-42 passing and leading the third game-winning drive of his career and second ofthe season at Green Bay (12/7); guided the Texans 75 yards in nine plays to set up K Kris Brown’sgame-winning 40-yard field goal• Completed 27-of-36 pass attempts for 328 yards and two touchdowns vs. Chicago (12/28)2007 (Houston 11/11):• Started 11 games in his first season as a regular starter and finished 192-of-289 for 2,241 yards andnine touchdown passes and nine interceptions and a quarterback rating of 87.3• Missed portions of the season with a shoulder injury and concussion• Started his first game as a Texan vs. Kansas City (9/9) and finished 16-of-22 for 225 yards and atouchdown with a rating of 101.5; connected with WR Andre Johnson midway through the secondquarter for a 77-yard touchdown, the longest touchdown toss of his career• Started at Carolina (9/16) and finished 20-of-28 for 227 yards and two touchdowns with a seasonbestrating of 119.2• Completed his last 14 pass attempts to finish 27-of-33 for 236 yards and a touchdown vs. Indianapolis(9/23); the completion streak was the second-longest in team history• Returned to Atlanta (9/30) against his former team and completed 28-of-40 passes for a career-high317 yards and one touchdown pass and 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 gamewinningdrive, starting at the Texans’ 3-yard line and marching the team 59 yards on eight plays toset up K Kris Bown’s 57-yard game-winning field goal• Finished 21-of-33 for 293 yards and two touchdowns vs. New Orleans (11/11) and a passer rating of112.3, his second-highest of the season• Finished 22-of-36 for 256 yards and two touchdowns at Cleveland (11/25) and recorded his thirdmulti-touchdown game of the season2006 (Atlanta 16/0):• Played in all 16 games for the second consecutive season as the primary backup to starting QBMichael Vick• Threw for 208 yards on 18-of-27 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions on the year• Saw his most extensive action of the year in the season finale at Philadelphia (12/31), completing15-of-21 passes for 175 yards with one touchdown and one interception2005 (Atlanta 16/1):• Played in every game with one start, completing 33-of-64 passes for 495 yards with four touchdownsand no interceptions on the season• Rushed nine times for 76 yards (8.4 avg.)• Made second career start vs. New England (10/9) and completed 18-of-34 passes for 298 yards withthree touchdowns and a 112.1 passer rating; led fourth-quarter comeback from 15-point deficit to tiethe game at 28 with four minutes remaining• Played in the second half vs. Carolina (1/1/06) and completed 9-of-13 passes for 110 yards withone touchdownwww.HoustonTexans.comtwitter.com/TexansPR