Week 10, 2015

played in Cincinnati, OH

32 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	3	6	0	-	9
Cincinnati Bengals	0	7	10	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
2Q: 06:23 CIN - A.J. Green 8 pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent extra point)
2Q: 00:06 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 38 field goal
3Q: 09:59 CIN - Mike Nugent 50 field goal
3Q: 02:36 HOU - DeAndre Hopkins 32 pass from Brian Hoyer (Ellis LaPorte extra point failed)
3Q: 02:23 CIN - Reggie Nelson 101 kickoff return (Mike Nugent extra point)
4Q: 11:08 CIN - Mike Nugent 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 06:23 CIN - A.J. Green 8 pass from Andy Dalton (Mike Nugent extra point)
2Q: 00:06 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 38 field goal
3Q: 09:59 CIN - Mike Nugent 50 field goal
3Q: 02:36 HOU - DeAndre Hopkins 32 pass from Brian Hoyer (Ellis LaPorte extra point failed)
3Q: 02:23 CIN - Reggie Nelson 101 kickoff return (Mike Nugent extra point)
4Q: 11:08 CIN - Mike Nugent 18 field goal

Team Statistics HOU CIN
Record 5-4 5-4
First Downs 13 12
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 7 5
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 216 252
- Offensive Plays 71 60
- Yards per Play 3.04 4.20
Net Rushing Yards 67 163
- Rushing Attempts 19 43
- Yards per Rush 3.53 3.79
Net Passing Yards 149 89
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 13 - 1 16 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 196 95
- Sacks/Yards Lost 10/47 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 2.87 5.24
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/17 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 11.1 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/38 6/55
Punt Returns/Yards 7/70 3/21
Kick Returns/Yards 2/68 2/122
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/27
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 26
Time of Possession 26:21 33:39

Team Statistics	HOU	CIN
Record	5-4	5-4
First Downs	13	12
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	7	5
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	216	252
- Offensive Plays	71	60
- Yards per Play	3.04	4.20
Net Rushing Yards	67	163
- Rushing Attempts	19	43
- Yards per Rush	3.53	3.79
Net Passing Yards	149	89
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 13 - 1	16 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	196	95
- Sacks/Yards Lost	10/47	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	2.87	5.24
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/17	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	11.1	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/38	6/55
Punt Returns/Yards	7/70	3/21
Kick Returns/Yards	2/68	2/122
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/27
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 26
Time of Possession	26:21	33:39

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:14	OWN 45	6	29	Missed FG
1	10:34	1:38	OPP 32	4	2	Downs
1	8:00	1:43	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
1	4:45	1:01	OWN 38	3	9	Punt
1	0:21	1:15	OWN 25	6	20	Punt
2	12:07	1:18	OWN 40	3	-2	Punt
2	6:14	2:09	OWN 37	3	-11	Punt
2	2:35	1:21	OWN 34	5	18	Punt
2	0:19	0:19	OPP 21	2	0	Field Goal
3	9:52	0:29	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	7:02	0:27	OWN 23	3	0	Punt
3	4:53	2:30	OWN 17	8	83	Touchdown
3	2:06	1:30	OWN 20	4	-18	Punt
4	11:01	3:23	OWN 20	6	49	Punt
4	3:53	2:31	OWN 25	9	38	Downs
4	0:48	0:48	OWN 16	5	13	Interception

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:46	0:12	OWN 33	1	0	Interception
1	8:56	0:56	OWN 30	3	-3	Punt
1	6:17	1:32	OWN 34	3	3	Punt
1	3:44	3:23	OWN 7	6	33	Punt
2	14:06	1:59	OWN 23	3	1	Punt
2	10:49	4:35	OWN 17	9	83	Touchdown
2	4:05	1:30	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
2	1:14	0:55	OWN 1	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	5:08	OWN 22	8	45	Field Goal
3	9:23	2:21	OWN 37	3	6	Punt
3	6:35	1:42	OWN 33	3	2	Punt
3	0:36	4:35	OPP 46	7	45	Field Goal
4	7:38	3:45	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
4	1:22	0:34	OWN 37	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Geno Atkins, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Alfred Blue	11	15	1.36	10	1
Brian Hoyer	4	29	7.25	11	2
Arian Foster	3	17	5.67	10	1
Jaelen Strong	1	6	6.00	6	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Giovani Bernard	24	77	3.21	31	2
Jeremy Hill	14	59	4.21	16	3
Andy Dalton	4	27	6.75	14	1
A.J. Green	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Hoyer	42	13	196	10/47	1	39	1	45.3

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andy Dalton	16	10	95	1/6	1	22	1	73.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jaelen Strong	5	18	81	16.20	19	32	0
WR DeAndre Hopkins	4	13	50	12.50	0	32	1
TE Garrett Graham	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	0
WR Cecil Shorts	1	2	39	39.00	7	39	0
TE Ryan Griffin	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
RB Alfred Blue	1	3	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
WR Nate Washington	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR A.J. Green	4	6	53	13.25	13	22	1
TE Tyler Eifert	2	2	27	13.50	18	22	0
RB Jeremy Hill	2	3	2	1.00	0	3	0
WR Marvin Jones	1	3	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Giovani Bernard	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Trey Flournoy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Brian Cushing	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Reggie Nelson	1	27	27.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov
Brian Hoyer	3	0
Chris Clark	0	1
Brandon Brooks	0	1
Jaelen Strong	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Geno Atkins	0	0	2	0
Dre Kirkpatrick	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shane Lechler	10	444	44.4	40.3	57	3

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kevin Huber	10	429	42.9	35.9	53	5

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ellis LaPorte	1/2	0/1	0/0	38	0/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Nugent	2/2	1/1	1/1	50	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rahim Moore	6	64	10.7	0
Kareem Jackson	1	6	6.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dre Kirkpatrick	3	21	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rahim Moore	1	36	36.0	0
Keshawn Martin	1	32	32.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reggie Nelson	1	101	101.0	1
Giovani Bernard	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brian Cushing	11	3	0.0	43	17
ILB Akeem Dent	6	0	0.0	23	4
OLB Jadeveon Clowney	4	3	0.0	42	16
S Rahim Moore	4	1	0.0	42	17
S Andre Hal	4	1	0.0	27	6
S Eddie Pleasant	4	0	0.0	20	13
CB Kevin Johnson	4	0	0.0	43	17
DE J.J. Watt	3	2	0.0	37	15
DT Vince Wilfork	2	0	1.0	22	6
DE Rob Ninkovich	2	2	0.0	27	13
DE Jared Crick	2	0	0.0	7	2
OLB Whitney Mercilus	2	0	0.0	22	5
CB Johnathan Joseph	1	1	0.0	43	17
CB Charles James	1	1	0.0	19	13
DE Don Clemons	1	1	0.0	16	4
WR DeAndre Hopkins	1	0	---	---	---
OLB John Simon	1	0	0.0	17	10
DT Christian Covington	1	0	0.0	22	11

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Geno Atkins	7	1	4.5	19	50
ILB Rey Maualuga	7	2	1.0	19	48
DE Carlos Dunlap	4	0	2.0	17	45
S George Iloka	4	1	0.0	19	52
CB Adam Jones	3	1	0.0	11	41
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	3	1	0.0	19	49
CB Leon Hall	3	0	0.0	10	43
OLB Vontaze Burfict	3	0	0.0	15	44
DT Domata Peko	2	2	1.0	15	19
S Reggie Nelson	2	4	0.0	17	44
CB Darqueze Dennard	2	0	0.0	10	42
DE Wallace Gilberry	1	0	1.0	4	18
DE Will Clarke	1	1	0.5	7	28
RB Jeremy Hill	1	0	---	---	---
OLB P.J. Dawson	0	1	0.0	5	8
ILB C.J. Foster	0	1	0.0	6	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Vince Wilfork	1.0	0	1	6
DE Rob Ninkovich	0.0	1	1	13
DE J.J. Watt	0.0	1	1	15
OLB John Simon	0.0	1	0	10

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Geno Atkins	4.5	0	2	6	50
DE Carlos Dunlap	2.0	1	11	8	45
DT Domata Peko	1.0	0	0	0	19
DE Wallace Gilberry	1.0	0	0	0	18
ILB Rey Maualuga	1.0	0	0	0	48
DE Will Clarke	0.5	0	0	0	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kevin Johnson	2	1	0	17
S Rahim Moore	2	0	0	17
S Eddie Pleasant	2	0	0	13
ILB Brian Cushing	1	1	1	17
DE J.J. Watt	1	0	0	15
OLB Whitney Mercilus	1	0	0	5
S Andre Hal	1	0	0	6

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Adam Jones	3	2	0	41
CB Leon Hall	3	1	0	43
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	2	1	0	49
S George Iloka	2	0	0	52
ILB Rey Maualuga	1	1	0	48
S Reggie Nelson	1	0	1	44
CB Darqueze Dennard	1	0	0	42

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Clark	2	4	1	19	2	52
Xavier Su'a-Filo	1	4	0	19	4	52
Duane Brown	1	2	0	19	4	52
Jay Prosch	1	1	0	10	0	21
Brandon Brooks	0	2	0	19	0	52
Ben Jones	0	2	0	19	0	52

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Andrew Whitworth	4	12	1	43	0	17
Kevin Zeitler	2	9	0	43	0	17
Clint Boling	1	8	0	43	0	17
Trevor Shaw	1	3	0	27	0	10
Cedric Ogbuehi	0	5	0	43	1	17
Roderick Bailey	0	3	0	43	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Arian Foster	1	19
Keshawn Martin	1	19
Ryan Griffin	1	17
Greg Mancz	1	12

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Trey Flournoy	3	19
Kevin Zeitler	2	12
Giovani Bernard	2	8
Trevor Shaw	1	19
Marvin Jones	1	1

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Xavier Su'a-Filo	19	52	---	---	12	83
DeAndre Hopkins	19	52	---	---	7	78
J.J. Watt	---	---	37	15	23	75
Rahim Moore	---	---	42	17	15	74
Brian Hoyer	19	52	---	---	2	73
Duane Brown	19	52	---	---	---	71
Chris Clark	19	52	---	---	---	71
Brandon Brooks	19	52	---	---	---	71
Ben Jones	19	52	---	---	---	71
Johnathan Joseph	---	---	43	17	9	69
Brian Cushing	---	---	43	17	7	67
Jaelen Strong	17	48	---	---	---	65
Kevin Johnson	---	---	43	17	2	62
Jadeveon Clowney	---	---	42	16	2	60
Garrett Graham	14	30	---	---	11	55
Alfred Blue	15	38	---	---	---	53
Jay Prosch	10	21	---	---	22	53
Rob Ninkovich	---	---	27	13	4	44
Arian Foster	6	15	---	---	19	40
Eddie Pleasant	---	---	20	13	4	37
Andre Hal	---	---	27	6	4	37
Charles James	---	---	19	13	4	36
Whitney Mercilus	---	---	22	5	7	34
Christian Covington	---	---	22	11	1	34
Vince Wilfork	---	---	22	6	5	33
Ryan Griffin	3	13	---	---	17	33
Don Clemons	---	---	16	4	13	33
Cecil Shorts	6	23	---	---	1	30
John Simon	---	---	17	10	3	30
Akeem Dent	---	---	23	4	1	28
Nate Washington	3	8	---	---	16	27
Keshawn Martin	0	3	---	---	19	22
Kareem Jackson	---	---	1	1	17	19
Chris Polk	2	9	---	---	8	19
Oday Aboushi	0	0	---	---	12	12
Kendall Lamm	0	0	---	---	12	12
Greg Mancz	0	0	---	---	12	12
Dave Coles	0	0	---	---	12	12
Shane Lechler	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jared Crick	---	---	7	2	1	10
A.J. Bouye	---	---	0	0	10	10
Benardrick McKinney	---	---	0	0	7	7
Lonnie Ballentine	---	---	0	0	6	6
Ellis LaPorte	0	0	---	---	4	4
T.J. Yates	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brandon Weeden	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dre Kirkpatrick	---	---	19	49	22	90
Leon Hall	---	---	10	43	22	75
George Iloka	---	---	19	52	2	73
Kevin Zeitler	43	17	---	---	12	72
Geno Atkins	---	---	19	50	2	71
Reggie Nelson	---	---	17	44	9	70
Rey Maualuga	---	---	19	48	2	69
Giovani Bernard	41	17	---	---	8	66
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	17	45	2	64
Vontaze Burfict	---	---	15	44	5	64
Adam Jones	---	---	11	41	9	61
Andrew Whitworth	43	17	---	---	---	60
Clint Boling	43	17	---	---	---	60
Andy Dalton	43	17	---	---	---	60
Cedric Ogbuehi	43	17	---	---	---	60
Roderick Bailey	43	17	---	---	---	60
A.J. Green	39	17	---	---	---	56
Trevor Shaw	27	10	---	---	19	56
Tyler Eifert	34	10	---	---	10	54
Darqueze Dennard	---	---	10	42	2	54
Domata Peko	---	---	15	19	8	42
Marvin Jones	28	12	---	---	1	41
Will Clarke	---	---	7	28	4	39
Jeremy Hill	25	12	---	---	---	37
Emmanuel Walsh	---	---	2	15	17	34
Michael Johnson	---	---	10	13	7	30
Trey Flournoy	7	4	---	---	19	30
Wallace Gilberry	---	---	4	18	3	25
C.J. Foster	---	---	6	8	10	24
Ryan Hewitt	7	1	---	---	14	22
Nic Jacobs	1	0	---	---	19	20
Rex Burkhead	6	2	---	---	9	17
Mario Alford	0	0	---	---	17	17
P.J. Dawson	---	---	5	8	---	13
Clark Harris	0	0	---	---	12	12
Andre Smith	0	0	---	---	12	12
T.J. Johnson	0	0	---	---	12	12
Jake Fisher	0	0	---	---	12	12
Kevin Huber	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brandon Thompson	---	---	0	0	10	10
Julian Israel	---	---	2	1	6	9
Mike Nugent	0	0	---	---	7	7
Pat Sims	---	---	2	4	---	6
Ellis Meier	0	0	---	---	4	4
Keith Wenning	0	0	---	---	2	2
A.J. McCarron	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	10	10.0
Middle	14	43	3.1
Right	4	14	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	73	5.2
Middle	24	58	2.4
Right	5	32	6.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Hoyer	42	13	4	2	6	5	13	14	1

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andy Dalton	16	10	2	0	0	2	3	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	-2	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	2	32	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	7	63	3.2
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	103	12.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	3	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	53	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	2	17	3.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	22	7.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jaelen Strong	18	5	3	81	2	48
WR DeAndre Hopkins	13	4	1	50	1	52
RB Alfred Blue	3	1	0	-2	0	38
WR Nate Washington	2	0	2	0	0	8
TE Garrett Graham	2	1	0	15	0	30
WR Cecil Shorts	2	1	0	39	1	23
TE Ryan Griffin	1	1	0	13	0	13

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR A.J. Green	6	4	53	1	17
WR Marvin Jones	3	1	4	0	12
RB Jeremy Hill	3	2	2	0	12
TE Tyler Eifert	2	2	27	1	10
RB Giovani Bernard	1	1	9	0	17
WR Trey Flournoy	1	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Andy Dalton	2	15	7.50	6.75
Giovani Bernard	2	-1	-0.50	3.21
Jeremy Hill	1	4	4.00	4.21

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andy Dalton	2	2	17	8.50	5.94

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR A.J. Green	1	1	8	8.00	8.83
RB Giovani Bernard	1	1	9	9.00	9.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Hoyer	2	1
Arian Foster	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Giovani Bernard	8	0
Jeremy Hill	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Hoyer	10	4	3

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andy Dalton	6	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jaelen Strong	5	1	1
WR DeAndre Hopkins	2	1	1
TE Garrett Graham	1	0	0
TE Ryan Griffin	1	1	1
RB Alfred Blue	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR A.J. Green	3	2	2
WR Marvin Jones	1	0	0
TE Tyler Eifert	1	1	1
WR Trey Flournoy	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (21,400)
End Zone 14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (21,400)
End Zone	14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)