| New England Patriots at Houston Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: January 3, 2010 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 71029 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston TexansHOU | Joel Dreessen 25 pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Fred Taylor 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 51 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Bernard Pollard EZ opponents fumble recovery (Chris Brown kick failed) | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 43 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Darius Butler 91 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Fred Taylor 11 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Jacoby Jones 8 pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick) | 27 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Arian Foster 1 run (Kris Brown kick) | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Arian Foster 3 run (Kris Brown kick) | 27 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Sam Aiken |
| 11 | WR | Julian Edelman |
| 81 | WR | Randy Moss |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 76 | ROT | Sebastian Vollmer |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 34 | RB | Sammy Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 55/53 | LDE | Derrick Burgess |
| 99 | NT | Mike Wright |
| 97 | RDE | Jarvis Green |
| 95 | LOLB | Tully Banta-Cain |
| 51 | LILB | Jerod Mayo |
| 59 | RILB | Gary Guyton |
| 29 | LCB | Shawn Springs |
| 31 | SS | Brandon Meriweather |
| 24 | RCB | Jonathan Wilhite |
| 28 | DB | Darius Butler |
| 36 | DB | James Sanders |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | David Anderson |
| 80 | WR | Andre Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Kevin Walter |
| 76 | LOT | Duane Brown |
| 64 | LOG | Kasey Studdard |
| 55 | C | Chris Myers |
| 63 | ROG | Chris White |
| 73 | ROT | Eric Winston |
| 85 | TE | Joel Dreessen |
| 8 | QB | Matt Schaub |
| 27 | RB | Arian Foster |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Antonio Smith |
| 91 | DT | Amobi Okoye |
| 90 | RDE | Mario Williams |
| 56 | SLB | Brian Cushing |
| 59 | MLB | DeMeco Ryans |
| 29 | LCB | Glover Quin |
| 31 | SS | Bernard Pollard |
| 40 | FS | John Busing |
| 23 | RCB | Dunta Robinson |
| 41 | DB | Brice McCain |
| 35 | DB | Jacques Reeves |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Fred Taylor | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 12 | 2 |
| Benjarvus Green-Ellis | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Brian Hoyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Arian Foster | 20 | 119 | 6.0 | 24 | 2 |
| Ryan Moats | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Andre Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Schaub | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 186 | 7.2 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 70.4 |
| Brian Hoyer | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 71 | 5.9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 82.3 |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Matt Schaub | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 1 | 303 | 7.8 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 92.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 15 | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 6 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 6 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Baker | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Joel Dreessen | 7 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 25t | 1 |
| Andre Johnson | 9 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Jacoby Jones | 6 | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Arian Foster | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Vonta Leach | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Andre' Davis | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| David Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Moats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Darius Butler | 1 | 91 | 91.0 | 91t | 1 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Bernard Pollard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Chris Hanson | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Matt Turk | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Jacoby Jones | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 6 | 418 | 69.7 | 1 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Kris Brown | 6 | 422 | 70.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Darius Butler | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Matt Slater | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Isaiah Stanback | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre' Davis | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Derrick Burgess | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Connor Barwin | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Mario Williams | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| James Sanders | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Burgess | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wilhite | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Springs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McGowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Seau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Chung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Pryor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Dunta Robinson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMeco Ryans | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Pollard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zac Diles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Cushing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Barwin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amobi Okoye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Williams | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Reeves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Busing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice McCain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bulman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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