Conference Semifinals, 2032

played in New England, MA

19 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

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

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:54 NED - Fred Benson 20 field goal
2Q: 09:01 NED - Tito Lucas 5 run (Fred Benson extra point)
2Q: 02:06 NED - J.J. Lang 3 pass from Caleb Greathouse (Fred Benson extra point)
2Q: 00:03 NED - Fred Benson 38 field goal
3Q: 00:06 HOU - Bert Keen 11 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:54 NED - Fred Benson 20 field goal
2Q: 09:01 NED - Tito Lucas 5 run (Fred Benson extra point)
2Q: 02:06 NED - J.J. Lang 3 pass from Caleb Greathouse (Fred Benson extra point)
2Q: 00:03 NED - Fred Benson 38 field goal
3Q: 00:06 HOU - Bert Keen 11 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)

Team Statistics HOU NED
Record 10-7-1 12-5
First Downs 14 23
- by Rushing 2 8
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 294 395
- Offensive Plays 62 63
- Yards per Play 4.74 6.27
Net Rushing Yards 72 164
- Rushing Attempts 19 31
- Yards per Rush 3.79 5.29
Net Passing Yards 222 231
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 22 - 0 30 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 244 244
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 5.16 7.22
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/55 11/88
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/42
Kick Returns/Yards 2/47 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 30
Time of Possession 28:05 31:55

Team Statistics	HOU	NED
Record	10-7-1	12-5
First Downs	14	23
- by Rushing	2	8
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	294	395
- Offensive Plays	62	63
- Yards per Play	4.74	6.27
Net Rushing Yards	72	164
- Rushing Attempts	19	31
- Yards per Rush	3.79	5.29
Net Passing Yards	222	231
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 22 - 0	30 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	244	244
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	5.16	7.22
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/55	11/88
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/42
Kick Returns/Yards	2/47	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 30
Time of Possession	28:05	31:55

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:41	3:01	OWN 20	5	29	Punt
2	14:46	2:34	OWN 29	5	6	Punt
2	8:52	2:29	OWN 25	6	24	Punt
2	4:06	1:19	OWN 2	3	3	Punt
2	1:58	1:05	OWN 28	3	-1	Punt
3	15:00	2:17	OWN 25	4	13	Punt
3	9:39	2:21	OWN 20	5	30	Punt
3	5:55	5:55	OWN 38	11	62	Touchdown
4	12:43	1:29	OPP 46	5	17	Missed FG
4	9:26	3:40	OWN 3	9	64	Downs
4	3:13	2:02	OWN 7	7	25	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:19	OWN 25	7	32	Punt
1	7:40	7:54	OWN 20	14	77	Field Goal
2	12:12	3:20	OWN 37	7	63	Touchdown
2	6:23	2:17	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
2	2:47	0:49	OPP 36	3	36	Touchdown
2	0:53	0:53	OWN 32	4	47	Field Goal
3	12:43	3:04	OWN 23	6	28	Punt
3	7:18	1:23	OWN 1	4	18	Punt
4	15:00	2:17	OWN 8	3	1	Punt
4	11:14	1:48	OWN 36	3	6	Punt
4	5:46	2:33	OWN 33	3	7	Punt
4	1:11	1:11	OPP 32	4	11	Game

Game MVP: Caleb Greathouse, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Brock Flynn	10	29	2.90	28	1
RB Walt Tubbs	5	18	3.60	12	1
QB Dan Puzzuoli	4	25	6.25	16	1

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Kim Henson	27	147	5.44	17	4	0
QB Caleb Greathouse	3	12	4.00	8	0	0
WR Tito Lucas	1	5	5.00	5	0	1

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Puzzuoli	40	22	244	3/22	1	27	0	81.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Caleb Greathouse	30	23	244	2/13	1	32	0	110.9

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bert Keen	6	17	78	13.00	39	25	1
TE Earnest Hatcher	5	6	74	14.80	32	27	0
WR Rod Barlow	3	4	9	3.00	0	7	0
RB Brock Flynn	3	4	26	8.67	5	11	0
RB Walt Tubbs	2	5	22	11.00	20	18	0
WR Josh Myers	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
TE Cary Williams	1	1	15	15.00	1	15	0
FB Charles Farrell	1	1	8	8.00	2	8	0
WR Don White	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jose Rivers	9	11	64	7.11	19	14	0
WR J.J. Lang	4	4	66	16.50	21	32	1
RB Kim Henson	3	5	32	10.67	14	18	0
TE Nicholas Riffe	2	3	24	12.00	3	13	0
FB Asher Kostinko	2	2	19	9.50	5	11	0
WR Tito Lucas	2	3	21	10.50	2	17	0
WR Erik Mooney	1	1	18	18.00	0	18	0
WR Heath Terrell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Dan Puzzuoli	1	0	0
WR Bert Keen	0	1	0
FB Phil Forney	0	0	1
S Chris Devine	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Kim Henson	1	1	0
WR Kerry Ballard	1	0	0
FB Asher Kostinko	0	1	0
OLB Richard Nieves	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darren Rohr	7	332	47.4	35.7	51	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Dilly	7	339	48.4	42.7	59	3

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Samuel Stallings	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Fred Benson	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kerry Ballard	3	42	14.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Barlow	2	47	23.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Chase Jeffries	7	2	2.0	31	30
S Mickey Berry	6	4	0.0	29	28
ILB Malcolm Kelley	6	0	0.0	11	19
S Chris Devine	6	0	0.0	31	32
ILB Joseph Newhart	5	5	0.0	29	30
CB Brody Fisher	5	0	0.0	28	28
DE Louie Sagapolutele	4	2	0.0	26	24
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	3	3	0.0	31	32
CB Dashawn Palmer	3	1	0.0	31	32
DE Marshall Akiyama	3	0	0.0	8	12
CB Lincoln Greer	2	1	0.0	21	16
DE Owen Springer	2	0	0.0	2	4
DE Dale Lee	1	3	0.0	27	26
DE Ken Wayne	0	1	0.0	25	22

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tracy Ford	10	2	1.0	19	43
OLB Richard Nieves	5	2	1.0	18	36
S Curtis Hammond	5	0	0.0	19	43
S Edgar Salari	5	0	0.0	19	35
S Britt Fore	4	1	0.0	14	29
DE Dustin Johnston	3	1	0.5	19	43
DT Adam Fulton	3	0	0.0	19	34
CB Zach Allen	2	2	0.0	12	32
S Amari Ojeda	2	1	0.0	5	22
OLB Aiden Ward	2	0	0.0	19	43
DE Ruben Fillion	1	1	0.5	18	32
CB Ben Auyeung	1	1	0.0	13	23
CB Erik Bout	1	0	0.0	9	24

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Chase Jeffries	2.0	0	1	0	30
DE Louie Sagapolutele	0.0	1	0	0	24
DE Dale Lee	0.0	0	1	2	26
CB Brody Fisher	0.0	0	1	0	28
DE Marshall Akiyama	0.0	0	1	0	12
DE Ken Wayne	0.0	0	0	1	22

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Tracy Ford	1.0	1	0	43
OLB Richard Nieves	1.0	0	0	36
DE Ruben Fillion	0.5	1	0	32
DE Dustin Johnston	0.5	0	0	43
OLB Aiden Ward	0.0	2	2	43
DE Curtis Griffin	0.0	1	0	11
CB Erik Bout	0.0	1	0	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Brody Fisher	4	0	28
ILB Joseph Newhart	4	0	30
S Chris Devine	4	0	32
ILB Malcolm Kelley	2	1	19
DE Marshall Akiyama	2	0	12
CB Lincoln Greer	2	0	16
S Mickey Berry	2	0	28
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	1	0	32
OLB Chase Jeffries	1	0	30
CB Dashawn Palmer	1	0	32

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Tracy Ford	4	2	43
S Edgar Salari	4	1	35
S Britt Fore	3	0	29
OLB Richard Nieves	3	0	36
S Curtis Hammond	2	0	43
S Amari Ojeda	2	0	22
CB Ben Auyeung	1	0	23
DE Ruben Fillion	1	0	32
CB Zach Allen	1	0	32
DT Adam Fulton	1	0	34
DE Dustin Johnston	0	1	43
CB Erik Bout	0	1	24

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Daquan O'Neill	2	3	1	19	0	43
G Paul Coles	1	4	0	19	1	43
G Hunter Kakoza	0	4	0	19	0	43
T C.J. Riemersma	0	3	0	19	2	43
T Clifton Burgo	0	2	0	19	0	43
FB Phil Forney	0	1	0	3	0	4
TE Earnest Hatcher	0	1	0	5	0	11

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Donnie Searcy	6	11	2	31	0	32
T Jim Smith	3	5	0	31	0	32
C Toby Van Verth	3	4	0	31	0	32
G Jamal Bradford	1	6	1	31	1	32
T Kendall Snyder	0	2	0	31	1	32

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Carson Biletnikoff	1	22
Phil Forney	1	21
Karl Nuston	1	16

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Erik Bout	1	13
Jose Rivers	1	11

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	---	---	31	32	22	85
TE Cary Williams	19	38	---	---	21	78
CB Dashawn Palmer	---	---	31	32	15	78
WR Rod Barlow	18	41	---	---	13	72
T Clifton Burgo	19	43	---	---	8	70
S Chris Devine	---	---	31	32	2	65
OLB Chase Jeffries	---	---	31	30	2	63
QB Dan Puzzuoli	19	43	---	---	---	62
T C.J. Riemersma	19	43	---	---	---	62
G Paul Coles	19	43	---	---	---	62
G Hunter Kakoza	19	43	---	---	---	62
T Daquan O'Neill	19	43	---	---	---	62
ILB Joseph Newhart	---	---	29	30	2	61
DE Dale Lee	---	---	27	26	7	60
S Mickey Berry	---	---	29	28	2	59
CB Brody Fisher	---	---	28	28	2	58
WR Bert Keen	16	36	---	---	---	52
DE Louie Sagapolutele	---	---	26	24	2	52
RB Brock Flynn	14	30	---	---	5	49
DE Ken Wayne	---	---	25	22	1	48
DE Marshall Akiyama	---	---	8	12	20	40
CB Lincoln Greer	---	---	21	16	1	38
WR Josh Myers	8	12	---	---	14	34
WR Don White	6	28	---	---	---	34
ILB Malcolm Kelley	---	---	11	19	1	31
DT Karl Nuston	---	---	5	8	16	29
FB Phil Forney	3	4	---	---	21	28
RB Walt Tubbs	5	13	---	---	---	18
TE Earnest Hatcher	5	11	---	---	---	16
CB Nolan Madison	---	---	0	0	13	13
DE Owen Springer	---	---	2	4	7	13
C Erik Sununu	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Tyrus Joseph	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Courtney Elliott	0	0	---	---	8	8
OLB Tim Wright	---	---	3	5	---	8
G Patrick Harden	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Darren Rohr	0	0	---	---	7	7
CB Stan Ferrara	---	---	3	4	---	7
FB Charles Farrell	1	2	---	---	4	7
RB Mack Brown	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Samuel Stallings	0	0	---	---	3	3
OLB Omar Parker	---	---	0	0	3	3
QB Kim Rico	0	0	---	---	1	1
C Steven Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Enrique Hayes	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Christopher Vander Clute	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Aiden Ward	---	---	19	43	21	83
ILB Tracy Ford	---	---	19	43	21	83
G Jamal Bradford	31	32	---	---	9	72
G Donnie Searcy	31	32	---	---	9	72
T Jim Smith	31	32	---	---	9	72
T Kendall Snyder	31	32	---	---	9	72
TE Jose Rivers	29	30	---	---	11	70
RB Kim Henson	31	31	---	---	2	64
C Toby Van Verth	31	32	---	---	---	63
DE Dustin Johnston	---	---	19	43	1	63
QB Caleb Greathouse	31	32	---	---	---	63
S Curtis Hammond	---	---	19	43	1	63
S Edgar Salari	---	---	19	35	3	57
WR Heath Terrell	26	22	---	---	6	54
DT Adam Fulton	---	---	19	34	1	54
OLB Richard Nieves	---	---	18	36	---	54
DE Ruben Fillion	---	---	18	32	1	51
TE Nicholas Riffe	11	15	---	---	22	48
CB Erik Bout	---	---	9	24	13	46
CB Ben Auyeung	---	---	13	23	9	45
S Britt Fore	---	---	14	29	1	44
CB Zach Allen	---	---	12	32	---	44
WR Kerry Ballard	20	17	---	---	7	44
WR Tito Lucas	15	17	---	---	---	32
WR J.J. Lang	19	12	---	---	---	31
S Amari Ojeda	---	---	5	22	1	28
FB Asher Kostinko	2	10	---	---	15	27
ILB Marvin Summers	---	---	5	14	---	19
DE Curtis Griffin	---	---	1	11	7	19
WR Erik Mooney	0	2	---	---	15	17
RB Carson Young	0	0	---	---	15	15
S Kyle Foret	---	---	0	0	13	13
C Malcolm Wooden	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Rickey Dilly	0	0	---	---	9	9
DT Xavier Beyer	---	---	0	9	---	9
DT Cris Wolf	---	---	0	0	7	7
TE Matthew Lee	2	4	---	---	---	6
K Fred Benson	0	0	---	---	6	6
QB Conrad Manke	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Ben Ball	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Glenn McCarthy	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Omar Spurgeon	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Stanley Mathis	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Ronnie Jacobus	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Oscar Goble	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Taylor Long	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	1	0.3
Middle	11	66	6.0
Right	5	5	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	70	6.4
Middle	11	64	5.8
Right	8	32	4.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Puzzuoli	40	22	4	1	6	5	6	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Caleb Greathouse	30	23	1	0	1	1	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	55	6.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	94	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	95	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	-1	-0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	99	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	8	114	14.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	32	32.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bert Keen	17	6	5	78	2	36
TE Earnest Hatcher	6	5	0	74	2	11
RB Walt Tubbs	5	2	0	22	0	13
WR Rod Barlow	4	3	0	9	0	41
RB Brock Flynn	4	3	0	26	0	30
WR Josh Myers	1	1	0	12	0	12
TE Cary Williams	1	1	0	15	0	38
WR Don White	1	0	1	0	0	28
FB Charles Farrell	1	1	0	8	0	2

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Jose Rivers	11	9	0	64	0	30
RB Kim Henson	5	3	0	32	0	31
WR J.J. Lang	4	4	0	66	1	12
TE Nicholas Riffe	3	2	0	24	0	15
WR Tito Lucas	3	2	0	21	0	17
FB Asher Kostinko	2	2	0	19	0	10
WR Heath Terrell	1	0	1	0	0	22
WR Erik Mooney	1	1	0	18	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Dan Puzzuoli	1	2	2.00	6.25

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Caleb Greathouse	2	4	2.00	4.00
WR Tito Lucas	1	5	5.00	5.00
RB Kim Henson	1	8	8.00	5.44

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Puzzuoli	1	1	11	11.00	6.10

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Caleb Greathouse	2	2	6	3.00	8.13

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bert Keen	1	1	11	11.00	4.59

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jose Rivers	1	1	3	3.00	5.82
WR J.J. Lang	1	1	3	3.00	16.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
QB Dan Puzzuoli	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
RB Kim Henson	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Puzzuoli	15	8	6

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Caleb Greathouse	8	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bert Keen	8	3	2
RB Brock Flynn	2	1	0
TE Earnest Hatcher	2	2	2
WR Rod Barlow	1	1	1
WR Don White	1	0	0
FB Charles Farrell	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Jose Rivers	4	4	2
WR Tito Lucas	2	1	0
RB Kim Henson	2	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)