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

GAME 10: Houston 37, Tampa Bay 956,037 • Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Fla. • Nov. 13, 2011GAME SUMMARYQB Matt Schaub connected with WR JacobyJones for an 80-yard touchdown on the fi rst play ofthe game, and the Texans didn’t look back in a 37-9rout of Tampa Bay. Four different Texans offensiveplayers scored a touchdown and four different defensiveplayers forced a turnover against the Bucs,who were 3-1 at home and 4-4 overall.The Texans’ No. 1-ranked defense limited TampaBay to 231 yards, sacking QB Josh Freeman fourtimes. He had been sacked 10 times all seasoncoming into the game. Houston controlled the ballfor 35:06, piling up 185 yards on the ground.RB Arian Foster gashed the Bucs’ 29th-rankeddefense for 186 yards from scrimmage (84 rushing,102 receiving) and two touchdowns. All three Texansrunning backs – Foster, Ben Tate and DerrickWard – scored rushing touchdowns.Foster juked two Bucs on a 78-yard touchdowncatch-and-run in the second quarter. That put theTexans up 16-0 and made Schaub the fi rst quarterbackwith two 78-yard touchdown passes in onegame since Brett Favre in 2007.ILB Brian Cushing, who had a team-high eighttackles, stopped the Bucs’ fi rst drive with a sack onthird down. With 1:45 left in the fi rst half, CB KareemJackson broke up a jump ball in the end zoneon fourth-and-2 from the 5-yard line. The Texans led16-0 at the time.The Bucs gained only one yard in the third quarter.Back-to-back sacks by OLBs Brooks Reed andConnor Barwin led to a punt on the fi rst series ofthe second half. The Texans’ offense answered witha 5-yard rushing touchdown by Foster.Barwin and rookie DE J.J. Watt teamed up to sackFreeman on the Bucs’ next drive. Cushing pickedoff Freeman at the Tampa Bay 39-yard line on thenext play, a pass that was knocked out of TE KellenWinslow’s hands by CB Johnathan Joseph. Wardscored shortly afterward on a four-yard run, whichmade it 30-3 with 2:08 left in the third quarter.Texans S Quintin Demps intercepted a defl ectedpass at the Tampa 32-yard line with 8:15 remaining.Four plays later, Tate weaved his way to the endzone on an 11-yard touchdown run.The Bucs’ only scores came on a 55-yard fi eld goalby Connor Barth at the end of the fi rst half and a9-yard touchdown catch by Preston Parker early inthe fourth quarter.SCORINGSCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalHouston Texans 9 7 14 7 - 37Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 3 0 6 - 9SCORING DRIVESTeam Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive info) HOU TBTexans 1 14:48 J.Jones 80 yd. pass from M.Schaub (kick blocked) (1-80, 0:12) 6 0Texans 1 4:29 N.Rackers 22 yd. Field Goal (14-80, 7:24) 9 0Texans 2 8:55 A.Foster 78 yd. pass from M.Schaub (N.Rackers kick) (3-90, 1:53) 16 0Bucs 2 0:00 C.Barth 55 yd. Field Goal (4-9, 0:28) 16 3Texans 3 8:10 A.Foster 5 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (7-65, 4:04) 23 3Texans 3 2:03 D.Ward 4 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (7-39, 3:14) 30 3Bucs 4 11:17 P.Parker 9 yd. pass from J.Freeman (pass failed) (9-73, 3:38) 30 9Texans 4 5:38 B.Tate 11 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (4-27, 2:29) 37 9TEAM STATISTICSTEXANS BUCSTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 12THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10-30% 3-13-23%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 420 231NET YARDS RUSHING 185 90NET YARDS PASSING 235 141PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 15-11-0 35-15-3KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-5-3 2-1-1PUNTS Number and Average 4-45.3 6-44.2FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-1 0-0Net Punting Average 36.8 42.5TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 25 34PENALTIES Number and Yards 8-54 6-49FUMBLES Number and Lost 0-0 2-1TOUCHDOWNS 5 1EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 4-5 0-1FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 1-2 1-1RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-6-50% 1-2-50%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-1-100%SAFETIES 0 0TIME OF POSSESSION 35:06 24:54INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds): Houston, A. Foster 17-84, B. Tate 13-63, D. Ward 11-36,J. Jones 1-2, M. Schaub 1-1, M. Leinart 1-(-1). Tampa Bay, L. Blount 10-34, K.Lumpkin 4-31, J. Freeman 3-25, J. Johnson 1-0.PASSING (C-A-Y-I): Houston, M. Schaub 11-15-242-0. Tampa Bay, J. Freeman15-33-170-3, J. Johnson 2-0-0-0.RECEIVING (Rec-Yds): Houston, A. Foster 4-102, O. Daniels 3-31, J. Jones2-87, D. Mason 1-16, K. Walter 1-6. Tampa Bay, K. Lumpkin 5-30, K. Winslow3-33, A. Benn 2-47, M. Williams 2-43, P. Parker 2-17, L. Blount 1-0.SACKS (Sk-Yds): Houston, C. Barwin 1.5-7.5, B. Reed 1.0-10, B. Cushing 1.0-8,J. Watt 0.5-3.5. Tampa Bay, B. Price 1.0-7.INTERCEPTIONS (Int-Yds): Houston, B. McCain 1-10, Q. Demps 1-5, B. Cushing1-0. Tampa Bay, none.TACKLES (S-A-T): Houston, B. Cushing 8-0-8, T. Nolan 4-2-6, Q. Demps 3-1-4,J. Watt 3-0-3, D. Ryans 3-0-3, C. Barwin 1-2-3, G. Quin 1-2-3, B. McCain 2-0-2,J. Joseph 2-0-2, T. Bulman 2-0-2, T. Jamison 2-0-2, B. Reed 1-1-2, J. Allen 1-0-1,S. Cody 1-0-1, K. Jackson 0-1-1. Tampa Bay, A. Hayward 7-1-8, R. Barber 6-1-7,B. Price 5-0-5, M. Bennett 5-0-5, A. Haynesworth 4-1-5, M. Foster 3-2-5, S. Jones3-1-4, A. Clayborn 3-1-4, G. Hayes 2-2-4, A. Talib 3-0-3, Q. Black 3-0-3, R. Miller2-1-3, G. Johnson 1-1-2, E. Biggers 1-0-1, L. Asante 1-0-1, T. Jackson 1-0-1.MISSED FIELD GOAL: Houston, N. Rackers 37 (WL).84 2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE