| Houston Texans at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 2006 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 54 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Kevin Faulk 11 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 36 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Kevin Faulk 43 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 32 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Jabar Gaffney 6 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | Houston TexansHOU | Ron Dayne 1 run (Kris Brown kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Ellis Hobbs 93 kickoff return (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 31 FG | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 21 FG | 7 | 40 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Andre Johnson |
| 84 | WR | Eric Moulds |
| 74 | LOT | Ephraim Salaam |
| 69 | LOG | Chester Pitts |
| 55 | C | Drew Hodgdon |
| 70 | ROG | Fred Weary |
| 73 | ROT | Eric Winston |
| 81 | TE | Owen Daniels |
| 8 | QB | David Carr |
| 36 | RB | Ron Dayne |
| 44 | FB | Vonta Leach |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Shantee Orr |
| 94 | LDT | N.D. Kalu |
| 92 | RDT | Anthony Weaver |
| 90 | RDE | Mario Williams |
| 59 | LB | DeMeco Ryans |
| 56 | WLB | Morlon Greenwood |
| 23 | LCB | Dunta Robinson |
| 26 | SS | Glenn Earl |
| 30 | FS | Jason Simmons |
| 38 | RCB | Demarcus Faggins |
| 20 | DB | Dexter McCleon |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 87 | WR | Reche Caldwell |
| 10 | WR | Jabar Gaffney |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 77 | ROT | Nick Kaczur |
| 82 | TE | Daniel Graham |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 28 | RB | Corey Dillon |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 99 | NT | Mike Wright |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 59 | LOLB | Rosevelt Colvin |
| 50 | LILB | Mike Vrabel |
| 54 | RILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 95 | ROLB | Tully Banta-Cain |
| 22 | LCB | Asante Samuel |
| 36 | SS | James Sanders |
| 25 | FS | Artrell Hawkins |
| 30 | RCB | Chad Scott |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Ron Dayne | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Wali Lundy | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Jason Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Corey Dillon | 20 | 61 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| David Carr | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 4 | 127 | 4.5 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 29.0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 109 | 4.7 | 43t | 2 | 1 | 4 | 108.8 |
| Matt Cassel | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre Johnson | 10 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 8 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Wali Lundy | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| David Anderson | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Owen Daniels | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Dayne | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Reche Caldwell | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 5 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Asante Samuel | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Chad Stanley | 7 | 295 | 42.1 | 56 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ken Walter | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Dexter Wynn | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 1 | 44 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Kris Brown | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 9 | 603 | 67.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Dexter Wynn | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 24 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ellis Hobbs | 1 | 93 | 93.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Jason Babin | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Tully Banta-Cain | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Mike Wright | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeMeco Ryans | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Earl | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demarcus Faggins | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunta Robinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Simmons | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Peek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Hutchins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Babin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kailee Wong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lional Dalton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Weaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N.D. Kalu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonta Leach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ephraim Salaam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Maddox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shantee Orr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Mays | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guss Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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