Week 14, 2015

played in Houston, TX

43 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	7	0	0	-	14
Houston Texans	14	3	0	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 HOU - Jaelen Strong 23 pass from Brandon Weeden (Ellis LaPorte extra point)
1Q: 05:03 NED - Rob Gronkowski 14 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 01:26 HOU - Alfred Blue 41 run (Ellis LaPorte extra point)
2Q: 11:01 NED - Calvin Johnson 17 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 06:00 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 28 field goal
4Q: 11:08 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 HOU - Jaelen Strong 23 pass from Brandon Weeden (Ellis LaPorte extra point)
1Q: 05:03 NED - Rob Gronkowski 14 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 01:26 HOU - Alfred Blue 41 run (Ellis LaPorte extra point)
2Q: 11:01 NED - Calvin Johnson 17 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 06:00 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 28 field goal
4Q: 11:08 HOU - Ellis LaPorte 34 field goal

Team Statistics NED HOU
Record 10-3 7-6
First Downs 22 18
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 319 332
- Offensive Plays 74 58
- Yards per Play 4.31 5.72
Net Rushing Yards 79 69
- Rushing Attempts 16 23
- Yards per Rush 4.94 3.00
Net Passing Yards 240 263
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 53 - 30 - 1 34 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 269 273
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/29 1/10
- Yards per Pass Play 4.14 7.51
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 10.2
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/35 6/37
Punt Returns/Yards 3/36 5/42
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 1/25
Interception Ret./Yards 1/9 1/6
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:10 28:50

Team Statistics	NED	HOU
Record	10-3	7-6
First Downs	22	18
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	3	2
Total Net Yards	319	332
- Offensive Plays	74	58
- Yards per Play	4.31	5.72
Net Rushing Yards	79	69
- Rushing Attempts	16	23
- Yards per Rush	4.94	3.00
Net Passing Yards	240	263
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	53 - 30 - 1	34 - 27 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	269	273
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/29	1/10
- Yards per Pass Play	4.14	7.51
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	10.2
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/35	6/37
Punt Returns/Yards	3/36	5/42
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	1/25
Interception Ret./Yards	1/9	1/6
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 22
Time of Possession	31:10	28:50

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:24	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
1	10:25	5:29	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
1	1:04	5:13	OWN 38	10	62	Touchdown
2	5:54	4:33	OWN 14	9	52	Interception
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 32	3	-9	Half
3	12:31	1:08	OWN 22	4	20	Punt
3	8:25	3:24	OWN 6	6	37	Punt
3	3:21	2:28	OWN 37	5	15	Punt
4	11:03	1:44	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	5:53	2:17	OWN 17	11	38	Punt
4	2:20	2:08	OWN 43	10	54	Downs

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:36	2:11	OWN 47	5	53	Touchdown
1	4:56	3:52	OWN 24	6	76	Touchdown
2	10:51	4:57	OWN 20	11	69	Field Goal
2	1:21	0:50	OWN 15	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	2:29	OWN 20	4	18	Punt
3	11:23	2:58	OWN 27	7	23	Punt
3	5:01	1:40	OWN 22	3	9	Punt
3	0:53	4:50	OWN 20	10	63	Field Goal
4	9:19	3:26	OWN 38	7	45	Interception
4	3:36	1:16	OWN 12	3	-2	Punt
4	0:12	0:12	OWN 3	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: J.J. Watt, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dion Lewis	14	77	5.50	18	3
Calvin Johnson	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0
Brandon Bolden	1	6	6.00	6	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Alfred Blue	20	65	3.25	41	3	1
Arian Foster	2	4	2.00	4	0	0
Jay Prosch	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	53	30	269	5/29	2	32	1	75.1

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brandon Weeden	34	27	273	1/10	1	32	1	97.6

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julian Edelman	9	16	91	10.11	40	32	0
WR Calvin Johnson	6	10	33	5.50	8	17	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	5	7	35	7.00	11	14	1
WR Aaron Dobson	5	10	64	12.80	5	27	0
TE Eric Ebron	3	3	23	7.67	16	21	0
RB Dion Lewis	2	4	23	11.50	23	21	0
WR Matthew Slater	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Brandon LaFell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jaelen Strong	7	9	108	15.43	11	32	1
WR Cecil Shorts	4	4	52	13.00	16	27	0
WR DeAndre Hopkins	4	6	47	11.75	14	18	0
TE Garrett Graham	3	6	22	7.33	4	10	0
RB Alfred Blue	3	3	13	4.33	4	9	0
TE C.J. Fiedorowicz	3	3	25	8.33	1	15	0
WR Nate Washington	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Chris Polk	1	1	7	7.00	2	7	0
FB Jay Prosch	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Jamie Collins	1	9	9.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Johnathan Joseph	1	6	6.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colton Schmidt	6	267	44.5	34.2	52	2

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shane Lechler	5	247	49.4	42.2	59	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ellis LaPorte	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	3	36	12.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rahim Moore	5	42	8.4	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matthew Slater	1	25	25.0	0
Julian Edelman	1	12	12.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Keshawn Martin	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jerod Mayo	13	4	0.0	23	35
CB Logan Ryan	6	2	0.0	23	35
DE Jabaal Sheard	5	1	0.0	21	29
S Jordan Richards	5	1	0.0	23	35
OLB Dont'a Hightower	3	3	0.0	16	21
DE Chandler Jones	3	1	0.0	20	33
DT Sealver Siliga	2	3	1.0	15	14
S Devin McCourty	2	2	0.0	23	35
OLB Jamie Collins	2	1	0.0	20	21
CB Rashaan Melvin	2	1	0.0	3	15
S Duron Harmon	2	0	0.0	1	5
DT Malcom Brown	2	0	0.0	19	26
CB Tarell Brown	1	1	0.0	23	35
WR Calvin Johnson	1	0	---	---	---
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0.0	7	15
OLB Jon Bostic	0	1	0.0	7	11

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jadeveon Clowney	8	3	0.0	14	55
ILB Brian Cushing	8	2	0.0	16	58
DE J.J. Watt	5	1	2.5	14	51
S Eddie Pleasant	4	1	0.0	11	39
CB Kevin Johnson	4	1	0.0	16	58
S Rahim Moore	4	0	0.0	16	58
OLB Whitney Mercilus	3	0	0.0	4	19
DE Rob Ninkovich	2	2	1.5	9	37
DE Don Clemons	2	0	1.0	7	21
CB Johnathan Joseph	2	0	0.0	16	58
S Andre Hal	2	0	0.0	8	27
CB Charles James	2	0	0.0	10	38
DT Vince Wilfork	1	1	0.0	9	28
CB Kareem Jackson	1	0	0.0	2	9
DE Jared Crick	1	0	0.0	3	8
WR DeAndre Hopkins	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Sealver Siliga	1.0	0	1	14
DE Chandler Jones	0.0	1	0	33
DT Malcom Brown	0.0	1	0	26

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE J.J. Watt	2.5	1	1	5	51
DE Rob Ninkovich	1.5	0	1	1	37
DE Don Clemons	1.0	0	1	0	21
DT Christian Covington	0.0	1	0	0	30
OLB John Simon	0.0	0	3	1	25
DT Vince Wilfork	0.0	0	1	0	28
OLB Jadeveon Clowney	0.0	0	1	0	55

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Jerod Mayo	7	0	0	35
CB Logan Ryan	6	1	0	35
CB Rashaan Melvin	2	1	0	15
S Jordan Richards	2	1	0	35
OLB Jamie Collins	2	0	1	21
S Duron Harmon	2	0	0	5
CB Tarell Brown	1	0	0	35
S Devin McCourty	1	0	0	35
DE Jabaal Sheard	1	0	0	29
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	0	21
DE Chandler Jones	1	0	0	33
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0	15

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Jadeveon Clowney	7	0	0	55
ILB Brian Cushing	6	1	0	58
OLB Whitney Mercilus	4	1	0	19
CB Kevin Johnson	4	1	0	58
CB Johnathan Joseph	3	1	1	58
S Eddie Pleasant	2	1	0	39
S Rahim Moore	2	0	0	58
CB Kareem Jackson	1	0	0	9
CB Charles James	1	0	0	38
DT Vince Wilfork	0	1	0	28

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tre Jackson	3	3	16	0	58
Nate Solder	2	3	16	1	58
Derek Newton	1	5	16	1	58
Sebastian Vollmer	1	3	16	2	58
Bryan Stork	0	2	16	1	58

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Duane Brown	3	9	1	23	0	35
Ben Jones	1	4	0	23	0	35
Chris Clark	1	3	0	23	1	35
Brandon Brooks	0	5	0	23	0	35
Garrett Graham	0	1	0	21	0	21
Xavier Su'a-Filo	0	1	0	23	0	35

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Tarell Brown	3	12
Rob Gronkowski	1	14
Brandon Bolden	1	14
Calvin Johnson	1	13

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Keshawn Martin	2	15
C.J. Fiedorowicz	2	15
Andre Hal	1	8

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rob Gronkowski	14	55	---	---	14	83
Julian Edelman	14	56	---	---	10	80
Derek Newton	16	58	---	---	6	80
Calvin Johnson	14	51	---	---	13	78
Tom Brady	16	58	---	---	---	74
Sebastian Vollmer	16	58	---	---	---	74
Nate Solder	16	58	---	---	---	74
Bryan Stork	16	58	---	---	---	74
Tre Jackson	16	58	---	---	---	74
Tarell Brown	---	---	23	35	12	70
Jordan Richards	---	---	23	35	11	69
Dion Lewis	14	46	---	---	5	65
Jerod Mayo	---	---	23	35	3	61
Devin McCourty	---	---	23	35	2	60
Logan Ryan	---	---	23	35	2	60
Chandler Jones	---	---	20	33	2	55
Aaron Dobson	13	41	---	---	---	54
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	21	29	3	53
Malcom Brown	---	---	19	26	5	50
Jamie Collins	---	---	20	21	2	43
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	16	21	3	40
Jon Bostic	---	---	7	11	18	36
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	3	15	17	35
Sealver Siliga	---	---	15	14	2	31
Brandon Bolden	2	12	---	---	14	28
Eric Ebron	2	18	---	---	5	25
Chris Jones	---	---	7	15	2	24
Scott Chandler	3	3	---	---	14	20
Geneo Grissom	---	---	5	8	5	18
Brandon LaFell	4	5	---	---	5	14
Dominique Easley	---	---	4	9	---	13
Matthew Slater	0	3	---	---	8	11
Patrick Chung	---	---	0	1	8	9
Duron Harmon	---	---	1	5	3	9
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	6	6
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	6	6
Eric Martin	---	---	0	2	4	6
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	6	6
Colton Schmidt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	6	6
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	3	3
Nate Ebner	---	---	0	0	---	0
Ronnie Hillman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rahim Moore	---	---	16	58	9	83
Johnathan Joseph	---	---	16	58	5	79
Brian Cushing	---	---	16	58	4	78
J.J. Watt	---	---	14	51	12	77
Kevin Johnson	---	---	16	58	---	74
Jadeveon Clowney	---	---	14	55	---	69
DeAndre Hopkins	23	35	---	---	8	66
Xavier Su'a-Filo	23	35	---	---	7	65
Duane Brown	23	35	---	---	---	58
Chris Clark	23	35	---	---	---	58
Brandon Brooks	23	35	---	---	---	58
Ben Jones	23	35	---	---	---	58
Brandon Weeden	23	35	---	---	---	58
Eddie Pleasant	---	---	11	39	---	50
Jaelen Strong	19	31	---	---	---	50
Rob Ninkovich	---	---	9	37	3	49
Garrett Graham	21	21	---	---	6	48
Alfred Blue	21	27	---	---	---	48
Charles James	---	---	10	38	---	48
Andre Hal	---	---	8	27	8	43
Vince Wilfork	---	---	9	28	2	39
Christian Covington	---	---	7	30	---	37
Jay Prosch	11	18	---	---	7	36
John Simon	---	---	9	25	1	35
Don Clemons	---	---	7	21	7	35
Whitney Mercilus	---	---	4	19	7	30
C.J. Fiedorowicz	2	11	---	---	15	28
Nate Washington	4	7	---	---	14	25
Arian Foster	2	8	---	---	15	25
Kareem Jackson	---	---	2	9	13	24
Akeem Dent	---	---	5	19	---	24
Chris Polk	3	6	---	---	14	23
Cecil Shorts	9	11	---	---	---	20
Keshawn Martin	0	0	---	---	15	15
Jared Crick	---	---	3	8	---	11
A.J. Bouye	---	---	0	0	8	8
Oday Aboushi	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kendall Lamm	0	0	---	---	7	7
Greg Mancz	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dave Coles	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ellis LaPorte	0	0	---	---	7	7
Benardrick McKinney	---	---	0	0	6	6
Shane Lechler	0	0	---	---	5	5
Lonnie Ballentine	---	---	0	0	3	3
Brian Hoyer	0	0	---	---	2	2
T.J. Yates	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	6	1.2
Middle	4	5	1.3
Right	7	68	9.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	27	3.4
Middle	13	44	3.4
Right	2	-2	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	53	30	4	5	0	6	8	7	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brandon Weeden	34	27	4	0	0	3	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	11	55	4.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	12	112	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	58	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	44	8.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	5	0.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	77	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	136	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	55	18.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julian Edelman	16	9	91	1	56
WR Calvin Johnson	10	6	33	0	51
WR Aaron Dobson	10	5	64	1	41
TE Rob Gronkowski	7	5	35	0	55
RB Dion Lewis	4	2	23	1	46
TE Eric Ebron	3	3	23	1	18
WR Matthew Slater	1	0	0	0	3
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0	5

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jaelen Strong	9	7	108	3	31
TE Garrett Graham	6	3	22	0	21
WR DeAndre Hopkins	6	4	47	0	35
WR Cecil Shorts	4	4	52	1	11
RB Alfred Blue	3	3	13	0	27
TE C.J. Fiedorowicz	3	3	25	0	11
WR Nate Washington	1	1	3	0	7
RB Chris Polk	1	1	7	0	6
FB Jay Prosch	1	1	-4	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alfred Blue	1	-2	-2.00	3.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	11	5	48	4.36	5.08

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brandon Weeden	4	1	9	2.25	8.03

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julian Edelman	3	2	18	6.00	5.69
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	1	14	4.67	5.00
WR Calvin Johnson	2	2	16	8.00	3.30
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Aaron Dobson	1	0	0	0.00	6.40

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Garrett Graham	2	0	0	0.00	3.67
WR DeAndre Hopkins	1	1	9	9.00	7.83
WR Jaelen Strong	1	0	0	0.00	12.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Brandon Bolden	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Alfred Blue	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	10	5	3

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brandon Weeden	9	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	3	2
WR Julian Edelman	2	1	0
WR Aaron Dobson	2	1	1
WR Matthew Slater	1	0	0
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0
RB Dion Lewis	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Garrett Graham	3	1	1
WR Jaelen Strong	3	3	0
WR DeAndre Hopkins	2	1	1
WR Cecil Shorts	1	1	0

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

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