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2012 STONS
Preseason Game #3 • Houston Texans vs. New Orleans Saints • Sunday, August 25, 2013
2012 MILESTONES REACHED, continued
• Joined Marvin Harrison as the only players in NFL history to record
three seasons with more than 100 receptions and 1,500 receiving
yards. Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is the only other player with multiple
100-1,500 seasons in his career.
• Recorded his 17th career game with 10 or more receptions and 100
or more yards, the most in NFL history. He had three such games this
season.
• Set an NFL record with his 18th career game with 10 or more receptions
when he had 12 for 141 yards in Week 17 at Indianapolis.
• Became the third-fastest player to reach 11,000 career receiving
yards, doing so with a 151-yard effort in his 136th career game vs.
Indianapolis in Week 15.
• Became the sixth-fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 yards
receiving vs. Green Bay in Week 6.
• Became the second-fastest player to reach 800 career receptions on
his first catch of the game in Week 16 vs. Minnesota.
• Caught the 750th pass of his career when he hauled in an 8-yard pass
in the second quarter at Chicago in Week 10.
• Had the ninth-most receiving yards in a game in modern NFL history
and the most since 2000 with 273 vs. Jacksonville in Week 11. The
last receiver with more yards in a game was Jacksonville WR Jimmy
Smith, who had 291 vs. Baltimore on 9/10/2000.
• Gained 461 receiving yards in a two-game span in Week 11 vs. Jacksonville
and at Detroit in Week 12. That two-game total is the most in
NFL history by a player in consecutive games.
• Became the first player in Texans history to play 10 seasons with the
team when he took the field vs. Miami in Week 1 and became the
franchise’s all-time leader in career games played in Week 7 vs. Baltimore.
P DONNIE JONES
• Set the franchise single-season punting record with an average of
47.2 yards per punt on 88 attempts.
• Placed his 200th career punt downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard
line in Week 2 at Jacksonville.
OLB WHITNEY MERCILUS
• Tied the franchise rookie sack record with 6.0, reaching the milestone
in Week 14 at New England. He tied the record set by OLB Brooks
Reed in 2011.
C CHRIS MYERS
• Extended his streak of consecutive games started to 80 as a member
of the Texans and 96 overall.
QB MATT SCHAUB
• Tied for the second-most passing yards in a game in NFL history with
527 vs. Jacksonville in Week 11. Houston Oilers QB Warren Moon
threw for 527 vs. Kansas City on 12/16/90.
• Tied for the second-most completions in a game in NFL history with 43
vs. Jacksonville in Week 11. The last player to do so was Oakland QB
Rich Gannon on 9/15/02 at Pittsburgh.
• Topped 20,000 career passing yards when he hit WR Andre Johnson
for a 45-yard gain on the third play of the game vs. Jacksonville in
Week 11.
• Set a franchise record with five touchdown passes vs. Jacksonville in
Week 11.
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• Surpassed 3,000 passing yards in a season for the fourth time in his
career. He topped the milestone on a 21-yard pass to WR Andre
Johnson in the second quarter at Tennessee in Week 13.
• Completed his 1,500th career pass when he hit TE Owen Daniels for
a 6-yard gain in the second quarter in Week 2 at Jacksonville.
• Threw his 100th career touchdown pass in Week 3 at Denver, a 60-
yard scoring strike to WR Andre Johnson in the first quarter.
• Threw his 100th touchdown pass as a Texan on a 34-yarder to TE
Owen Daniels in the first quarter at the New York Jets in Week 5.
• Surpassed 4,000 yards passing for the third time in his career.
DE ANTONIO SMITH
• Notched his 20th sack as a Texan and his fifth of the season when
he dropped Tennessee QB Jake Locker for a 9-yard loss in the third
quarter at Tennessee in Week 13.
• Set a career high with 7.0 sacks for the season.
LG WADE SMITH
• Started the 75th game of his career at Chicago in Week 10.
RB BEN TATE
• Surpassed 1,000 career rushing yards on a 7-yard carry in the third
quarter in Week 2 at Jacksonville.
WR KEVIN WALTER
• Caught his 300th pass as a Texan in Week 6 vs. Green Bay.
• Surpassed 4,000 receiving yards as a Texan on an 18-yard catch in
the fourth quarter at Tennessee in Week 13.
DE JJ WATT
• Led the NFL with 20.5 sacks and became the ninth player in NFL history
to record 20 or more sacks in a season.
• Set an NFL record for passes defensed in a season by a defensive
lineman at Tennessee in Week 13. Watt finished the season with 16
passes defensed to surpass White’s record of 13, set in 1991.
• Joined Hall of Fame DE Reggie White as the only players in NFL
history to record 15 or more sacks and 13 passes defensed in a season
in Week 13 at Tennessee. White had 15.0 sacks and 13 passes
defensed in 1991.
• Accounted for 95 plays for zero or negative yards.
• Tied a franchise record with sacks in each of the first six games of the
season.
• Broke the Texans single-season sack record on his third sack of the
game at Detroit in Week 12. The sack gave him 14.5 on the year, topping
the previous mark of 14.0 by Mario Williams in 2007.
• Tied the franchise record with four forced fumbles in the season, all of
which came in four consecutive games, from Weeks 13-16.
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