| New England Patriots at Houston Texans |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 13, 2015 Location: Houston, TX Venue: NRG Stadium Attendance: 71908 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Keshawn Martin 2 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston TexansHOU | Nick Novak 37 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 43 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Nick Novak 45 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Rob Gronkowski 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 49 FG | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | James White 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 27 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| LeGarrette Blount | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| James White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Jonathan Grimes | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Chris Polk | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Akeem Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cecil Shorts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hoyer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 0 | 226 | 7.5 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 116.8 |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Brian Hoyer | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 155 | 7.0 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 73.1 |
| T.J. Yates | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Danny Amendola | 8 | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Brandon LaFell | 8 | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 45 | 1 |
| James White | 6 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Keshawn Martin | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 6 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Chris Polk | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cecil Shorts | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jonathan Grimes | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 4 | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Ryan Griffin | 6 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jaelen Strong | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Houston Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ryan Allen | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Shane Lechler | 7 | 317 | 45.3 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Keshawn Martin | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Cecil Shorts | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 6 | 378 | 63.0 | 5 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Nick Novak | 3 | 204 | 68.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Keshawn Martin | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Akeem Hunt | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Jabaal Sheard | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Dominique Easley | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Jadeveon Clowney | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Jamie Collins | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Chung | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabaal Sheard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Logan Ryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Branch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominique Easley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Bostic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Ebner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Bernardrick McKinney | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kareem Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cushing | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeveon Clowney | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Joseph | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quintin Demps | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Crick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Hal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Peters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Watt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Bullough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Covington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Bouye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Prosch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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