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

GAME 9: Houston 30, Cleveland 1271,515 • Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas • Nov. 6, 2011GAME SUMMARYThe Texans defeated the Cleveland Browns 30-12 in front of a sellout crowd of 71,511 at ReliantStadium. Houston outgained its opponent 380-172and won the time of possession battle by more than10 minutes.The Texans led 14-0 midway through the fi rst quarterfollowing rushing touchdowns by RB Ben Tateand QB Matt Schaub; and the team never trailedin the game.The victory was the Texans’ third in a row andmoves the team’s record to 6-3, making it the fi rsttime in franchise history that Houston was threegames above .500.It was the third consecutive week that Houstonheld the opposing offense to less than 175 netyards. The Texans also forced a pair of turnoversand collected four sacks, including a pair from rookieOLB Brooks Reed.ILB Brian Cushing again led the Texans with sevencombined tackles, one sack and a quarterbackhurry. At the end of the fi rst half, blood streameddown his nose after S Quintin Demps’ interceptionreturn. That was the only thing that could get Cushing,a newly minted team captain, off the fi eld.The two-headed monster of running backs ArianFoster and Tate never looked better as the offenserushed for a club-record 261 yards and both playerssurpassed the 100-yard mark.Carrying a 24-3 halftime lead, the Texans usedtheir run game to grind out the clock in the secondhalf. Schaub attempted only eight passes in the fi -nal two quarters as he handed off 25 times. K NeilRackers booted a pair of fi eld goals in the fi nal 30minutes, including a 50-yarder in the fourth quarterthat gave the Texans a 30-6 lead.Schaub didn’t have the prettiest game statistically,with an interception and no touchdown passes, buthe completed 61 percent of his throws and helpedthe offense convert 64 percent of its third down tries.More importantly, he left the game unscathed withoutbeing sacked and he took only three hits.SCORINGSCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalCleveland Browns 3 0 3 6 - 12Houston Texans 14 10 3 3 - 30SCORING DRIVESTeam Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive info)CLE HOUTexans 1 9:50 B.Tate 27 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (9-82, 5:10) 0 7Texans 1 7:11 M.Schaub 2 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (6-28, 2:29) 0 14Browns 1 3:43 P.Dawson 50 yd. Field Goal (7-20, 3:28) 3 14Texans 2 8:06 A.Foster 19 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (7-71, 3:54) 3 21Texans 2 0:00 N.Rackers 28 yd. Field Goal (1-0, 0:02) 3 24Texans 3 5:45 N.Rackers 21 yd. Field Goal (13-78, 7:19) 3 27Browns 3 2:08 P.Dawson 51 yd. Field Goal (8-35, 3:37) 6 27Texans 4 10:35 N.Rackers 50 yd. Field Goal (12-47, 6:33) 6 30Browns 4 4:47 J.Cribbs 2 yd. pass from C.McCoy (pass failed) (11-64, 5:48) 12 30TEAM STATISTICSBROWNS TEXANSTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 10 21THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12-33% 9-14-64%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-1-100%TOTAL NET YARDS 172 380NET YARDS RUSHING 44 261NET YARDS PASSING 128 119PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-14-1 23-14-1KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 6-2-0PUNTS Number and Average 4-43.8 2-47.5FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Average 29.8 36.0TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 27 98PENALTIES Number and Yards 4-35 2-15FUMBLES Number and Lost 1-1 0-0TOUCHDOWNS 1 3EXTRA POINTS 0-0 3-3FIELD GOALS 2-2 3-3RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-4-50%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%SAFETIES 0 0TIME OF POSSESSION 24:45 35:15INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds): Cleveland, C. Ogbonnaya 13-28, T. Clayton 5-10, C. McCoy3-6. Houston, A. Foster 19-124, B. Tate 12-115, D. Ward 6-22, M. Schaub 3-0.PASSING (C-A-Y-I): Cleveland, C. McCoy 14-22-146-1. Houston, M. Schaub14-23-119-1.RECEIVING (Rec-Yds): Cleveland, J. Cribbs 5-50, G. Little 2-33, B. Watson 2-26,E. Moore 2-11, C. Ogbonnaya 1-13, J. Cameron 1-7, J. Norwood 1-6. Houston,A. Foster 5-26, O. Daniels 3-32, J. Jones 2-28, J. Dreessen 2-27, K. Walter 1-5,J. Casey 1-1.SACKS (Sk-Yds): Cleveland, none. Houston, B. Reed 2.0-9, C. Barwin 1.0-4, B.Cushing 1.0-5.INTERCEPTIONS (Int-Yds): Cleveland, D. Jackson 1-24. Houston, Q. Demps1-42.TACKLES (S-A-T): Cleveland, S. Fujita 7-2-9, D. Jackson 8-0-8, J. Haden 7-0-7,T. Ward 3-2-5, E. Stephens 3-1-4, A. Rubin 3-1-4, U. Young 2-2-4, C. Gocong3-0-3, J. Sheard 3-0-3, S. Brown 3-0-3, B. Schaefering 2-1-3, M. Adams 1-1-2,B. Skrine 1-1-2, P. Taylor 1-0-1, J. Mitchell 1-0-1. Houston, B. Cushing 4-3-7, G.Quin 6-0-6, K. Jackson 5-0-5, B. Reed 4-1-5, J. Joseph 4-0-4, C. Barwin 3-0-3, E.Mitchell 3-0-3, J. Watt 2-1-3, Q. Demps 2-0-2, D. Ryans 1-1-2, S. Cody 1-1-2, T.Nolan 1-1-2, T. Bulman 1-0-1.MISSED FIELD GOAL: None.HOUSTONTEXANS.COM 83