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

GAME 15: Indianapolis 19, Houston 1664,159 • Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, Ind. • Dec. 22, 2011GAME SUMMARYThe Texans led the Colts for nearly 59 minutesuntil former Texans QB Dan Orlovsky put the Coltsahead for good with a 1-yard touchdown pass toWR Reggie Wayne with 19 seconds remaining.It capped a 12-play, 78-yard drive in the fi nal twominutes that featured three penalties on the Texans.Houston was penalized 11 times for 84 yards overalland was 1-for-10 on third down in the 19-16 loss.RB Arian Foster had 158 rushing yards on 23 carriesand a touchdown, but the Texans could sustainonly two drives of longer than three minutes. RookieQB T.J. Yates attempted 16 passes but was sackedfour times, including twice by DE Robert Mathis.Orlovsky was 23-off-41 for 233 yards and a touchdown.He completed passes of 11, 10 and 34 yardson the fi nal drive to move the Colts to the 20-yardline with 46 seconds left. That was followed by backto-backpenalties on rookie DE J.J. Watt, one forillegal use of hands to the face and one for a lowhit on Orlovsky.On third-and-goal from the 6, Texans S GloverQuin was fl agged for pass interference at the 1-yardline. Wayne scored on the next play with a leapingcatch over CB Kareem Jackson.ILB Brian Cushing sacked Orlovsky and forceda fumble on the fi rst play of the game, and BrooksReed recovered at the Indianapolis 17-yard line.Foster put the Texans up 7-0 two plays later with a9-yard touchdown run.Later in the fi rst quarter, Cushing stopped JosephAddai for no gain on third-and-2 from the 5-yardline to force Indy to settle for a 23-yard fi eld goal byAdam Vinatieri.That was the fi rst of seven fi eld goals on thenight. Neil Rackers put the Texans up 10-3 with a44-yarder late in the fi rst quarter. Vinatieri made a32-yarder late in the second quarter and missed a42-yard attempt wide left in the fi nal minute of thefi rst half.The teams traded fi eld goals twice in the third andfourth quarters, leaving the score at 16-12 with 1:56remaining. With no timeouts, Orlovsky then led theColts on the game-winning drive.Cushing had a game-high 12 tackles, a sack andtwo forced fumbles. Watt drew three penalties buthad fi ve tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss, threequarterback hits and three passes defensed.SCORINGSCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalHouston Texans 10 0 3 3 - 16Indianapolis Colts 3 3 3 10 - 19SCORING DRIVESTeam Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive info)HOU INDTexans 1 14:06 A.Foster 9 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (2-17, 0:45) 7 0Colts 1 4:38 A.Vinatieri 23 yd. Field Goal (7-22, 3:36) 7 3Texans 1 2:01 N.Rackers 44 yd. Field Goal (6-54, 2:37) 10 3Colts 2 3:36 A.Vinatieri 32 yd. Field Goal (7-47, 3:39) 10 6Texans 3 10:25 N.Rackers 35 yd. Field Goal (8-63, 4:35) 13 6Colts 3 0:54 A.Vinatieri 47 yd. Field Goal (12-51, 5:11) 13 9Colts 4 6:48 A.Vinatieri 31 yd. Field Goal (11-67, 6:08) 13 12Texans 4 1:56 N.Rackers 31 yd. Field Goal (11-67, 4:52) 16 12Colts 4 0:19 R.Wayne 1 yd. pass from D.Orlovsky (A.Vinatieri kick) (12-78, 1:37) 16 19TEAM STATISTICSTEXANS COLTSTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 14 24THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-10-10% 7-17-41%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 283 320NET YARDS RUSHING 171 95NET YARDS PASSING 112 225PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-13-0 41-23-0KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-4 6-6-5PUNTS Number and Average 6-42.2 5-41.8FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Average 35.5 38.6TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 16 20PENALTIES Number and Yards 11-84 4-35FUMBLES Number and Lost 2-1 2-1TOUCHDOWNS 1 1EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 3-3 4-5RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 1-5-20%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%SAFETIES 0 0TIME OF POSSESSION 27:05 32:55INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds): Houston, A. Foster 23-158, J. Jones 1-15, B. Tate 6-(-1),T. Yates 1-(-1). Indianapolis, J. Addai 19-59, D. Brown 11-35, D. Orlovsky 1-2, D.Carter 1-(-1).PASSING (C-A-Y-I): Houston,T. Yates 13-16-132-0. Indianapolis, D. Orlovsky23-41-244-0.RECEIVING (Rec-Yds): Houston, J. Dreessen 4-38, K. Walter 3-47, A. Foster3-16, J. Jones 2-27, O. Daniels 1-4. Indianapolis, R. Wayne, 8-106, P. Garcon6-50, A. Collie 3-49, D. Brown 2-13, B. Eldridge 2-8, J. Tamme 1-10, J. Addai 1-8.SACKS (Sk-Yds): Houston, C. Barwin 1.0-7, B. Cushing 1.0-4, J. Watt 1.0-8.Indianapolis, R. Mathis 2.0-14, J. Anderson 1.0-4, F. Moala 1.0-2.INTERCEPTIONS (Int-Yds): Houston, none. Indianapolis, none.TACKLES (S-A-T): Houston, B. Cushing 7-5-12, B. McCain 6-1-7, J. Watt 5-0-5,D. Ryans 3-2-5, G. Quin 3-1-4, D. Manning 2-2-4, T. Jamison 2-2-4, E. Mitchell0-4-4, B. Reed 3-0-3, J. Allen 3-0-3, J. Joseph 3-0-3, C. Barwin 2-1-3, T. Bulman0-3-3, K. Jackson 2-0-2, A. Smith 1-0-1, S. Cody 1-0-1, J. Nading 1-0-1, Q.Demps 0-1-1. Indianapolis, A. Bethea 8-1-9, K. Conner 5-1-6, P. Angerer 5-0-5,T. Brayton 4-1-5, J. Lacey 4-0-4, E. Sims 2-2-4, R. Mathis 3-0-3, D. Caldwell3-0-3, J. Anderson 2-1-3, C. Rucker 2-1-3, F. Moala 2-0-2, D. Freeney 1-0-1, R.Matthews 1-0-1, A. Johnson 1-0-1, K. Thomas 0-1-1.MISSED FIELD GOAL: Indianapolis, A. Vinatieri 42 (WL).HOUSTONTEXANS.COM 89