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

AFC DIVISIONAL: Baltimore 20, Houston 1371,547 • M&T Stadium • Houston, Texas • Jan. 15, 2012GAME SUMMARYHouston gave up 17 points off four turnovers in a20-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, ending Houston’splayoff run in the Divisional Round at M&T Bank Stadium.The Texans controlled the line of scrimmage on bothsides of the ball, limiting Ray Rice, the NFL’s secondleadingrusher, to 60 yards on 21 carries (2.9 average).Arian Foster ran 27 times for 132 yards, the highestrushing total ever allowed by the Ravens in a postseasongame.The Texans sacked Ravens QB Joe Flacco fi vetimes, with 2.5 sacks apiece for rookies J.J. Watt andBrooks Reed. They allowed only three points in thefi nal 46 minutes of the game and 227 yards overall.The Ravens were 4-of-16 (25 percent) on third down.Baltimore recovered all three of its fumbles.After taking a 3-0 lead on the game’s opening drive,keyed by a 60-yard kickoff return by FS Danieal Manning,Houston forced the Ravens into a three-and-outon their fi rst possession. Texans WR Jacoby Jonestried to fi eld a 64-yard punt on a bounce at his own13-yard line. The ball bounced off Jones’ facemask,and the Ravens recovered at the 2. They scored threeplays later on a 1-yard pass from Flacco to TE KrisWilson.The Texans’ other three turnovers came on interceptionsby rookie QB T.J. Yates, who had thrown onlythree interceptions in his previous seven games.Late in the fi rst quarter, CB Lardarius Webb pickedoff Yates’ attempt to WR Andre Johnson at the Houston35-yard line, setting up a 10-yard touchdown passfrom Flacco to WR Anquan Boldin for a 17-3 lead with1:08 remaining in the quarter.The Texans trimmed the defi cit to 17-13 before intermissionon K Neil Rackers’ 33-yard fi eld goal anda 1-yard touchdown run by Foster to cap an 86-yarddrive.Both teams squandered opportunities in a scorelessthird quarter. Rackers missed a 50-yard fi eld goal thatwould have made it a 1-point game. The Ravens thendrove to the Texans’ 1-yard line before ILB Tim Dobbinsstuffed Rice for no gain on fourth-and-goal.Yates was picked off by Webb a second time with7:21 remaining at the Baltimore 29-yard line. That ledto a 44-yard fi eld goal by Ravens K Billy Cundiff with2:52 remaining, the only score of the second half.Yates moved the Texans to the Baltimore 38 at thetwo-minute warning. But he went deep for Johnsondown the right sideline on the next play and was pickedoff by S Ed Reed. The Texans got the ball on their own48-yard line with no timeouts, 45 seconds remainingand a chance to tie the game. After a 9-yard pass to TEOwen Daniels, Yates threw two incompletions to setup fourth-and-1 from the Baltimore 43 with 24 secondsleft. His Hail Mary heave to the end zone defl ected offWR Kevin Walter and fell incomplete.SCORINGSCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalHouston Texans 3 10 0 0 - 13Baltimore Ravens 17 0 0 3 - 20SCORING DRIVESTeam Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive info)HOU BALTexans 1 12:24 N.Rackers 40 yd. Field Goal (5-20, 2:36) 3 0Ravens 1 9:51 K.Wilson 1 yd. pass from J.Flacco (B.Cundiff kick) (3-2, 1:21) 3 7Ravens 1 6:02 B.Cundiff 48 yd. Field Goal (6-30, 2:47) 3 10Ravens 1 1:08 A.Boldin 10 yd. pass from J.Flacco (B.Cundiff kick) (5-34, 2:05) 3 17Texans 2 11:42 N.Rackers 33 yd. Field Goal (11-59, 4:26) 6 17Texans 2 4:48 A.Foster 1 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (12-86, 5:49) 13 17Ravens 4 2:52 B.Cundiff 44 yd. Field Goal (10-45, 4:29) 13 20TEAM STATISTICSTEXANS RAVENSTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 16 11THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-15-33% 4-16-25%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 315 227NET YARDS RUSHING 131 87NET YARDS PASSING 184 140PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 35-17-3 27-14-0KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-4-3 5-4-1PUNTS Number and Average 5-40.0 9-49.3FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Average 40.0 44.4TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 4 1PENALTIES Number and Yards 3-20 0-0FUMBLES Number and Lost 3-1 3-0TOUCHDOWNS 1 2EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Kicking Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 2-3 2-2RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-3-67%GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-2-50%SAFETIES 0 0TIME OF POSSESSION 28:40 31:20INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING (Att-Yds): Houston, A. Foster 27-132, T. Yates 1-(-1). Baltimore, R.Rice 21-60, R. Williams 6-27, V. Leach 2-1, J. Flacco 2-(-1).PASSING (C-A-Y-I): Houston,T. Yates 17-35-184-3. Baltimore, J. Flacco 14-27-176-0RECEIVING (Rec-Yds): Houston, A. Johnson 8-111, A. Foster 5-22, O. Daniels2-26, K. Walter 2-25. Baltimore, A. Boldin 4-73, R. Rice 4-20, D. Pitta 2-29, L.Evans 2-29, E. Dickson 1-14, T. Smith 1-9, K. Wilson 1-1.SACKS (Sk-Yds): Houston, J. Watt 2.5-22, B. Reed 2.5-14. Baltimore, none.INTERCEPTIONS (Int-Yds): Houston, none. Baltimore, L. Webb 2-1, E. Reed1-0.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. MannJ. Watt 9-3-12, B. Cushing 5-6-11, D.Manning 8-1-9, B. Reed 6-2-8, D. Ryans 2-5-7, K. Jackson 4-0-4, S. Cody 1-3-4,A. Smith 2-1-3, G. Quin 2-1-3, C. Barwin 2-0-2, J. Joseph 2-0-2, Q. Demps 2-0-2,T. Dobbins 1-0-1, E. Mitchell 0-1-1. Baltimore, R. Lewis 7-18, E. Reed 6-0-6, T.Suggs 5-1-6, B. Pollard 3-2-5, L. Webb 4-0-4, C. Redding 3-0-3, Ca. Williams 3-0-3, J. Johnson 3-0-3, H. Ngata 2-1-3, T. Cody 2-1-3, D. Ellerbe 2-1-3, B. McKinney1-2-3, J. McClain 2-0-2, J. Smith 1-1-2.MISSED FIELD GOAL: Houston, N. Rackers 50 (SH).92 2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE