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

GAME 1: Houston 34, Indianapolis 771,444 • Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas • Sept. 11, 2011GAME SUMMARYIn Wade Phillips’ fi rst game as defensive coordinator,the Texans limited the Indianapolis Colts to236 yards and forced two turnovers. They raced toa 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 34-7 fi nishin front of 71,444 fans at Reliant Stadium.With Arian Foster sidelined by a hamstring injury,RB Ben Tate had 24 carries for 116 yards and atouchdown in his NFL debut. OLB Mario Williamshad two sacks and a forced fumble, and DE AntonioSmith had one sack and forced fumble.The Texans opened the scoring on their seconddrive, when QB Matt Schaub drove the Texans 73yards in 13 plays for a 25-yard Neil Rackers fi eldgoal.The Texans scored two touchdowns in a spanof 1:15 after Colts QB Kerry Collins fumbled onconsecutive plays late in the fi rst quarter. The fi rstfumble came on Smith’s sack and was recoveredby Shaun Cody at the Colts’ 12-yard line. DerrickWard ran in for a 1-yard touchdown three playslater.Collins fumbled again on the next play, and Texansrookie DE J.J. Watt recovered at the Indianapolis18 to set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Tate.Schaub had three passes for 53 yards to WR AndreJohnson on a 10-play, 89-yard scoring drivein the second quarter, including a four-yard touchdown.Johnson fi nished the game with a team-highseven catches for 95 yards.That was followed by a nine-play, 51-yard drivethat ended with a 29-yard fi eld goal by Rackers. WRJacoby Jones tacked on another score with a fi eldreversing79-yard punt return in the fi nal minute ofthe fi rst half.The Texans’ 34-0 halftime lead was the biggest inteam history. They outgained the Colts 259-72 in thefi rst half, limiting Indianapolis to fi ve fi rst downs.The Colts scored with 9:17 left in the fourth quarterafter Tate lost a fumble at the Texans’ 13-yard line.They drove to the Texans’ seven-yard line on theirnext drive, but Williams sacked Collins on third-andfive. The Texans forced an incompletion on the nextplay for a turnover on downs, then ran out the last4:49 of the clock.Notes: Ward (ankle) and WR Kevin Walter (collarbone)left the game with injuries and did not return.SCORINGSCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalIndianapolis Colts 0 0 0 7 - 7Houston Texans 17 17 0 0 - 34SCORING DRIVESTeam Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive info)IND HOUTexans 1 4:27 N.Rackers 25 yd. Field Goal (13-73, 6:32) 0 3Texans 1 2:56 D.Ward 1 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (3-12, 1:17) 0 10Texans 1 1:41 B.Tate 2 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (3-18, 1:08) 0 17Texans 2 6:57 A.Johnson 4 yd. pass from M.Schaub (N.Rackers kick) (10-89, 5:54) 0 24Texans 2 1:34 N.Rackers 29 yd. Field Goal (9-51, 3:51) 0 27Texans 2 0:54 J.Jones 79 yd. punt return (N.Rackers kick) 0 34Colts 4 9:17 R.Wayne 6 yd. pass from K.Collins (A.Vinatieri kick) (2-13, 1:10) 7 34TEAM STATISTICSCOLTS TEXANSTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 15 26THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-9-11% 5-11-45%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 236 384NET YARDS RUSHING 64 167NET YARDS PASSING 172 217PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 31-16-0 24-17-2KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 2-2-1 7-7-6PUNTS Number and Average 6-46.8 2-44.5FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Average 25.0 34.5TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 42 91PENALTIES Number and Yards 6-60 4-30FUMBLES Number and Lost 3-2 1-1TOUCHDOWNS 1 4EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 1-1 4-4FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 0-1 2-2RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 3-6-50%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 3-5-60%SAFETIES 0 0TIME OF POSSESSION 23:16 36:44INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds): Indianapolis, J. Addai 8-39, D. Carter 7-25, K. Collins 1-0.Houston, B. Tate 24-116, D. Ward 11-39, S. Slaton 2-12, M. Schaub 4-0PASSING (C-A-Y-I): Indianapolis, K. Collins 16-31-197-0. Houston, M. Schaub17-24-220-2.RECEIVING (Rec-Yds): Indianapolis, R. Wayne 7-106, D. Clark 4-39, P. Garcon3-39, J. Addai 2-13. Houston, A. Johnson 7-95, J. Jones 3-43, J. Casey 3-29, J.Dreessen 1-21, K. Walter 1-14, O. Daniels 1-12, S. Slaton 1-6.SACKS (Sk-Yds): Indianapolis, R. Mathis 1-13. Houston, M. Williams 2.0-18, A.Smith 1.0-7.INTERCEPTIONS (Int-Yds): Indianapolis, G. Brackett 1-27, M. Bullitt 1-15.Houston, None.TACKLES (S-A-T): Indianapolis, P. Angerer 9-4-13, G. Brackett 5-1-6, J. Lacey5-1-6, A. Bethea 5-1-6, J. Powers 5-1-6, E. Foster 4-2-6, K. Conner 4-1-5, D.Nevis 4-0-4, R. Mathis 2-0-2, M. Bullitt 2-0-2, J. Tryon 2-0-2, A. Moten 2-0-2, J.Anderson 0-2-2, E. Sims 1-0-1, F. Moala 1-0-1, D. Caldwell 1-0-1. Houston, B.Cushing 4-3-7, D. Ryans 4-2-6, J. Watt 5-0-5, J. Joseph 4-1-5, G. Quin 2-2-4, D.Sharpton 3-0-3, A. Smith 1-2-3, M. Williams 2-0-2, D. Manning 2-0-2, J. Allen 2-0-2, C. Barwin 1-0-1, E. Mitchell 1-0-1, K. Jackson 1-0-1, T. Jamison 0-1-1.MISSED FIELD GOAL: Indianapolis, A. Vinatieri 37 (WR).HOUSTONTEXANS.COM 75