Patriots 42-14 Texans (Dec 10, 2012) Box Score

Houston Texans

11-2, 6-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	0	0	7	7	14
NE	14	7	7	14	42

New England Patriots

10-3, 5-1 home

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
T.J. Yates
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
19/32	232	7.3	1	2-24	18.1	68.8
2/4	15	3.8	0	0-0	93.7	59.4
21/36	223	6.9	1	2-24	--	67.7

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Ryan Mallett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
21/35	296	8.5	4	0	1-7	97.8	125.4
0/1	0	0.0	0	1	0-0	0.0	0.0
21/36	289	8.2	4	1	1-7	--	110.4

Houston Rushing


Arian Foster
Ben Tate
Justin Forsett
T.J. Yates
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	46	3.1	1	15
8	46	5.8	0	23
3	7	2.3	0	5
1	1	1.0	1	1
27	100	3.7	2	23

New England Rushing


Stevan Ridley
Shane Vereen
Brandon Bolden
Tom Brady
Danny Woodhead
Ryan Mallett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	72	4.0	1	14
8	40	5.0	0	11
2	11	5.5	0	6
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	4	4.0	0	4
3	-3	-1.0	0	-1
33	130	3.9	1	14

Houston Receiving


Andre Johnson
Arian Foster
Lestar Jean
James Casey
Owen Daniels
DeVier Posey
Justin Forsett
Ben Tate
Keshawn Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
8	95	11.9	25	10
4	39	9.8	23	6
2	31	15.5	24	5
1	30	30.0	30	1
2	24	12.0	13	3
1	19	19.0	19	2
1	14	14.0	14	1
1	-1	-1.0	-1	1
1	-4	-4.0	-4	3
21	247	11.8	30	32

New England Receiving


Brandon Lloyd
Donte' Stallworth
Aaron Hernandez
Wes Welker
Danny Woodhead
Shane Vereen
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	89	12.7	1	37	9
1	63	63.0	1	63	2
8	58	7.3	2	13	11
3	52	17.3	0	25	9
2	34	17.0	0	18	3
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
21	296	14.1	4	63	35

Houston Fumbles


Matt Schaub
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Fumbles


Danny Woodhead
Stevan Ridley
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Houston Defense



Danieal Manning
Glover Quin
Johnathan Joseph
Darryl Sharpton
Bradie James
Earl Mitchell
Barrett Ruud
J.J. Watt
Jared Crick
Whitney Mercilus
Tim Dobbins
Connor Barwin
Quintin Demps
Brandon Harris
Kareem Jackson
Shiloh Keo
Bryan Braman
Shaun Cody
Arian Foster
Antonio Smith
Donnie Jones
DeVier Posey
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	2	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	1	0	0	0	1	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	3	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	1	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	27	1	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Jerod Mayo
Dont'a Hightower
Devin McCourty
Rob Ninkovich
Brandon Deaderick
Vince Wilfork
Steve Gregory
Alfonzo Dennard
Aqib Talib
Kyle Arrington
Marquice Cole
Patrick Chung
Mike Rivera
Chandler Jones
Trevor Scott
Matthew Slater
Brandon Spikes
Tavon Wilson
Justin Francis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	6	0	0	0	2	0
6	5	0	0	0	2	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	1	0	0	1	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	1	1	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0
59	45	2	0	7	0	1

Houston Interceptions


Shiloh Keo
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Interceptions


Devin McCourty
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	19	0
1	19	0

Houston Kick Returns


Keshawn Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	39	19.5	27	0
2	39	19.5	27	0

New England Kick Returns


Wes Welker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	7	7.0	7	0
1	7	7.0	7	0

Houston Punt Returns


Keshawn Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	1	0.5	1	0
2	1	0.5	1	0

New England Punt Returns


Wes Welker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	50	12.5	31	0
4	50	12.5	31	0

Houston Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Houston Punting


Donnie Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	345	49.3	0	1	59
7	345	49.3	0	1	59

New England Punting


Zoltan Mesko
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	240	48.0	1	2	55
5	240	48.0	1	2	55

Gillette Stadium

8:30 PM, December 10, 2012Coverage: ESPN

Foxborough, MA

Referees:
Terry McAulay

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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