| Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 7, 2018 Location: Houston, TX | 
| Venue: NRG Stadium Attendance: 72008 | 
| Weather: Indoors | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | HOU | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Brett Maher 27 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Brett Maher 43 FG | 6 | 0 | 
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Keke Coutee 1 pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) | 6 | 7 | 
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 20 FG | 6 | 10 | 
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Allen Hurns 3 pass from Dak Prescott (Brett Maher kick) | 13 | 10 | 
| 3 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 21 FG | 13 | 13 | 
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 19 FG | 13 | 16 | 
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Brett Maher 48 FG | 16 | 16 | 
| 5 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 36 FG | 16 | 19 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Allen Hurns | 
| 15 | WR | Deonte Thompson | 
| 77 | LOT | Tyron Smith | 
| 52 | LOG | Connor Williams | 
| 73 | C | Joe Looney | 
| 70 | ROG | Zack Martin | 
| 71 | ROT | La'el Collins | 
| 87 | TE | Geoff Swaim | 
| 4 | QB | Dak Prescott | 
| 21 | RB | Ezekiel Elliott | 
| 49 | FB | Jamize Olawale | 
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | DeMarcus Lawrence | 
| 98 | LDT | Tyrone Crawford | 
| 99 | RDT | Antwaun Woods | 
| 97 | RDE | Taco Charlton | 
| 54 | MLB | Jaylon Smith | 
| 55 | WLB | Leighton Vander Esch | 
| 24 | LCB | Chidobe Awuzie | 
| 38 | SS | Jeff Heath | 
| 25 | FS | Xavier Woods | 
| 31 | RCB | Byron Jones | 
| 30 | NB | Anthony Brown | 
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 16 | WR | Keke Coutee | 
| 15 | WR | Will Fuller | 
| 10 | WR | DeAndre Hopkins | 
| 70 | LOT | Julie'n Davenport | 
| 74 | LOG | Senio Kelemete | 
| 66 | C | Nick Martin | 
| 73 | ROG | Zach Fulton | 
| 74 | ROT | Kendall Lamm | 
| 84 | TE | Ryan Griffin | 
| 4 | QB | Deshaun Watson | 
| 28 | RB | Alfred Blue | 
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | J.J. Watt | 
| 98 | NT | D.J. Reader | 
| 97 | RDE | Angelo Blackson | 
| 59 | SLB | Whitney Mercilus | 
| 90 | JLB | Jadeveon Clowney | 
| 55 | MLB | Bernardrick McKinney | 
| 41 | WLB | Zach Cunningham | 
| 24 | LCB | Johnathan Joseph | 
| 25 | SS | Kareem Jackson | 
| 32 | FS | Tyrann Mathieu | 
| 36 | RCB | Kayvon Webster | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 20 | 54 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 | 
| Dak Prescott | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 | 
| Rod Smith | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Alfred Blue | 20 | 46 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 | 
| Deshaun Watson | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Keke Coutee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Dak Prescott | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 2 | 208 | 7.2 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 66.5 | 
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Deshaun Watson | 44 | 33 | 75.0 | 1 | 375 | 8.5 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98.2 | 
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 7 | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 | 
| Geoff Swaim | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 43 | 0 | 
| Deonte Thompson | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Tavon Austin | 3 | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | 
| Rico Gathers | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| Blake Jarwin | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Cole Beasley | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Michael Gallup | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Allen Hurns | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 | 
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 13 | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 49 | 0 | 
| Alfred Blue | 8 | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 28 | 0 | 
| Ryan Griffin | 9 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 13 | 0 | 
| Keke Coutee | 7 | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 18 | 1 | 
| Will Fuller | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | 
| Jordan Thomas | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Jordan Akins | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Xavier Woods | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Kareem Jackson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Justin Reid | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chris Jones | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 55 | 0 | 
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Trevor Daniel | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 61 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tavon Austin | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Tyler Ervin | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Brett Maher | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 5 | 
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 6 | 390 | 65.0 | 6 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Jaylon Smith | 1.0 | 1.0 | 
| Houston Texans | ||
| J.J. Watt | 1.0 | 9.0 | 
| Jadeveon Clowney | 0.5 | 2.5 | 
| Bernardrick McKinney | 0.5 | 2.5 | 
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Leighton Vander Esch | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jaylon Smith | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Byron Jones | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jeff Heath | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Xavier Woods | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tyrone Crawford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Randy Gregory | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Anthony Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Antwaun Woods | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Chidobe Awuzie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Joe Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Damien Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dorance Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kavon Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jourdan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ezekiel Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Deonte Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Taco Charlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| DeMarcus Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Geoff Swaim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Daniel Ross | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Zach Cunningham | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bernardrick McKinney | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tyrann Mathieu | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Justin Reid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kareem Jackson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Shareece Wright | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| D.J. Reader | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jadeveon Clowney | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| J.J. Watt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Brandon Dunn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Johnathan Joseph | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kayvon Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Johnson Bademosi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Joe Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| DeAndre Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Nick Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Angelo Blackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
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