Week 1, 2019

played in Indianapolis, IN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	3	0	7	6	-	16
Indianapolis Colts	0	0	3	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:57 HOU - Mason Crosby 21 field goal
3Q: 06:26 HOU - LeSean McCoy 4 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
3Q: 01:52 IND - David Buehler 24 field goal
4Q: 05:40 HOU - Mason Crosby 36 field goal
4Q: 03:06 HOU - Mason Crosby 18 field goal
4Q: 00:01 IND - Winfred Gilmore 3 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:57 HOU - Mason Crosby 21 field goal
3Q: 06:26 HOU - LeSean McCoy 4 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
3Q: 01:52 IND - David Buehler 24 field goal
4Q: 05:40 HOU - Mason Crosby 36 field goal
4Q: 03:06 HOU - Mason Crosby 18 field goal
4Q: 00:01 IND - Winfred Gilmore 3 pass from Mark Sanchez (David Buehler extra point)

Team Statistics HOU IND
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 19 17
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 9 11
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 278 240
- Offensive Plays 65 65
- Yards per Play 4.28 3.69
Net Rushing Yards 128 68
- Rushing Attempts 31 23
- Yards per Rush 4.13 2.96
Net Passing Yards 150 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 0 41 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 157 177
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/7 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 4.41 4.10
Fumbles/Lost 3/3 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 4.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 3/3
Penalties/Yards 7/65 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/68 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/35 5/75
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 33
Time of Possession 35:49 24:11

Team Statistics	HOU	IND
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	19	17
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	9	11
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	278	240
- Offensive Plays	65	65
- Yards per Play	4.28	3.69
Net Rushing Yards	128	68
- Rushing Attempts	31	23
- Yards per Rush	4.13	2.96
Net Passing Yards	150	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 0	41 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	157	177
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/7	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	4.41	4.10
Fumbles/Lost	3/3	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	4.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	3/3
Penalties/Yards	7/65	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/68	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/35	5/75
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 33
Time of Possession	35:49	24:11

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	10:11	OWN 20	19	76	Field Goal
1	1:49	0:58	OWN 25	2	-2	Fumble
1	0:02	3:41	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
2	6:01	1:12	OWN 40	4	16	Punt
2	3:09	1:51	OWN 36	3	2	Punt
3	12:51	6:32	OWN 36	14	64	Touchdown
3	1:46	1:36	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
4	11:47	6:12	OWN 20	11	61	Field Goal
4	5:28	2:27	OPP 20	5	19	Field Goal

Indianapolis Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	4:49	3:00	OWN 12	6	26	Punt
1	0:51	0:49	OPP 23	4	19	Interception
2	11:21	5:20	OWN 8	11	52	Fumble
2	4:49	1:40	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	1:18	1:18	OWN 8	4	12	Half
3	15:00	2:09	OWN 30	5	26	Punt
3	6:19	2:22	OWN 32	3	7	Punt
3	3:57	2:11	OPP 19	6	12	Field Goal
3	0:10	2:13	OWN 22	5	20	Punt
4	12:57	1:10	OPP 48	3	2	Punt
4	3:01	3:01	OWN 25	16	75	Touchdown

Game MVP: Mitchell Gallier, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
LeSean McCoy	16	44	2.75	14	1	1
Tony Coffey	12	60	5.00	14	1	0
Mitchell Gallier	3	24	8.00	10	1	0

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Knowshon Moreno	13	24	1.85	9	0
Mark Sanchez	6	33	5.50	10	1
Tom Lee	4	11	2.75	5	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitchell Gallier	33	22	157	1/7	0	15	0	77.4

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mark Sanchez	41	23	177	1/5	1	19	1	64.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Harry Douglas	5	6	31	6.20	0	9
WR Dwight Donovan	4	5	42	10.50	15	15
WR Chad Jackson	3	7	16	5.33	0	7
TE T.J. Ross	3	4	18	6.00	1	7
RB LeSean McCoy	3	3	12	4.00	0	7
WR J.B. Nardi	2	4	25	12.50	9	14
WR Bob Brown	1	1	7	7.00	1	7
FB Dominic Evans	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
TE Jerome Collins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Keith Zinger	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Indianapolis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Knowshon Moreno	4	5	20	5.00	3	9	0
TE Winfred Gilmore	4	4	24	6.00	0	11	1
WR Donnie Bentsen	3	5	26	8.67	6	11	0
WR Rich Blair	3	9	33	11.00	2	19	0
WR Britt Wheeler	3	6	30	10.00	2	14	0
RB Marcus Thomas	2	3	2	1.00	0	2	0
TE Claude Drake	2	5	15	7.50	0	11	0
WR Clyde DeVault	2	2	27	13.50	0	18	0
WR Troy Roberson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
DE Derrick Harvey	1	0	0.00	0

Indianapolis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
J.B. Nardi	2	0	0
Mitchell Gallier	1	0	0
Tony Coffey	0	1	0
Cory Hopkins	0	1	0
Jerome Collins	0	0	1
Herb Hampton	0	0	1

Indianapolis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Knowshon Moreno	1	0	0
Rich Blair	1	0	0
Marcus Thomas	0	1	0
Wayne Linegar	0	1	0
Bucky Baxter	0	1	0
Jimmy Gaylor	0	0	1
Damon Sampson	0	0	1
Jamarca Sanford	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Hardy	4	183	45.8	40.8	49	2

Indianapolis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Christian Gunn	6	227	37.8	23.2	46	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mason Crosby	3/3	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

Indianapolis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Buehler	1/1	0/0	0/0	24	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.B. Nardi	3	68	22.7	0

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
LeSean McCoy	1	35	35.0	0

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg
Jamarca Sanford	2	31	15.5
Rich Blair	2	30	15.0
Irving Poliska	1	14	14.0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Fisk	6	1	0.0	22	40
OLB Jon Beason	5	4	0.0	21	41
OLB Herb Hampton	5	1	0.0	17	13
CB Tyrell Johnson	4	0	1.0	21	34
S Kent Jarvis	4	2	0.0	20	40
S Alvin Elkins	3	0	0.0	7	21
CB Casey Donovan	3	0	0.0	17	33
DT Levon Jacobs	3	0	0.0	16	40
DE Derrick Harvey	2	1	0.0	19	40
S Antonio Giles	2	1	0.0	22	36
CB Jack Ikegwuonu	2	0	0.0	7	10
ILB Hugh Rogers	2	0	0.0	2	5
OLB Perry Egan	2	0	0.0	2	1
DT Alex Rivera	1	1	0.0	15	20
CB Frankie Lane	1	0	0.0	6	32
DE Teddy Flannery	1	0	0.0	22	36
DT Sedrick Harvey	0	1	0.0	7	2

Indianapolis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jasper Brinkley	8	2	0.0	29	34
CB Tracy Porter	7	1	0.0	22	25
OLB Barry Blackburn	7	1	0.0	26	33
S Corwin Wunsch	6	0	0.0	31	32
CB Hal Tyler	4	3	0.0	29	34
DE Artie Shorter	3	2	0.0	28	31
S Darcel McBath	3	2	0.0	24	29
OLB Paul Kruger	3	1	0.0	20	24
CB Malcolm Jenkins	3	1	0.0	29	31
OLB Stanford Keglar	2	0	0.0	10	8
DE Donovan Cox	2	0	0.0	22	27
DT Damon Sampson	1	0	1.0	28	32
QB Mark Sanchez	1	0	---	---	---
DE David Veikune	1	0	0.0	5	6
DE Wayne Linegar	1	0	0.0	7	4
OLB Will Williamson	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Vaughn Martin	0	2	0.0	5	6
S Jamarca Sanford	0	1	0.0	7	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Tyrell Johnson	1.0	0	0	34
DT Levon Jacobs	0.0	2	0	40
DT Alex Rivera	0.0	1	0	20
DE Bryan Smith	0.0	1	0	6
DE Teddy Flannery	0.0	0	1	36

Indianapolis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Damon Sampson	1.0	0	0	32
DE Wayne Linegar	0.0	2	0	4
DE Artie Shorter	0.0	1	1	31
OLB Paul Kruger	0.0	1	0	24
OLB Will Williamson	0.0	1	0	4

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Jon Beason	4	2	0	41
CB Casey Donovan	4	1	0	33
OLB Herb Hampton	3	0	0	13
S Kent Jarvis	2	2	0	40
ILB Lawrence Fisk	2	1	0	40
S Alvin Elkins	2	0	0	21
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	0	0	34
CB Frankie Lane	1	0	0	32
CB Jack Ikegwuonu	1	0	0	10
ILB Hugh Rogers	1	0	0	5
S Antonio Giles	1	0	0	36
DE Teddy Flannery	0	1	0	36
DE Derrick Harvey	0	0	1	40

Indianapolis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Tracy Porter	5	0	25
OLB Barry Blackburn	4	0	33
S Corwin Wunsch	3	1	32
CB Hal Tyler	3	0	34
CB Malcolm Jenkins	2	0	31
OLB Stanford Keglar	1	0	8
DE Artie Shorter	1	0	31
DE Donovan Cox	1	0	27
DE David Veikune	1	0	6
ILB Jasper Brinkley	1	0	34

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brandon Frye	3	5	0	9	0	6
Herb Bradford	2	6	0	19	0	21
Gosder Cherilus	1	5	1	28	0	31
Mickey Brandon	1	5	0	25	1	31
Walter Van Valkenberg	1	2	0	28	0	25
Keith Zinger	1	1	0	8	0	10
Teddy Perrine	0	2	0	13	0	18
Joe Lujan	0	1	0	23	0	25
Dominic Evans	0	1	0	14	0	15

Indianapolis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Casey Heath	2	6	16	0	32
Ernie Fitzgerald	1	3	17	0	40
Riddick Turnbull	1	2	7	0	10
Dwayne Shannon	1	2	18	0	29
Jimmy Gaylor	1	1	7	0	20
Daniel Miller	0	2	22	0	35
Tyronne Green	0	1	21	0	33
Mario Woodford	0	0	7	1	11

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Jerome Collins	2	14
J.B. Nardi	1	17
Keith Zinger	1	17
Chad Jackson	1	7
Teddy Flannery	1	4
Harry Douglas	1	3

Indianapolis	Tackles	STPlays
Jamarca Sanford	1	11
Jimmy Gaylor	1	7
Joe Horner	1	7
Britt Wheeler	1	6

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jon Beason	---	---	21	41	8	70
Mitchell Gallier	31	34	---	---	3	68
Gosder Cherilus	28	31	---	---	7	66
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	22	40	2	64
Kent Jarvis	---	---	20	40	3	63
Teddy Flannery	---	---	22	36	4	62
Derrick Harvey	---	---	19	40	1	60
Antonio Giles	---	---	22	36	1	59
Walter Van Valkenberg	28	25	---	---	5	58
Levon Jacobs	---	---	16	40	2	58
Chad Jackson	22	28	---	---	7	57
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	21	34	1	56
Mickey Brandon	25	31	---	---	---	56
Joe Lujan	23	25	---	---	7	55
Casey Donovan	---	---	17	33	1	51
J.B. Nardi	12	19	---	---	17	48
Dwight Donovan	19	20	---	---	9	48
T.J. Ross	21	18	---	---	7	46
LeSean McCoy	17	26	---	---	2	45
Herb Bradford	19	21	---	---	4	44
Dominic Evans	14	15	---	---	12	41
Frankie Lane	---	---	6	32	1	39
Alex Rivera	---	---	15	20	3	38
Jack Ikegwuonu	---	---	7	10	19	36
Teddy Perrine	13	18	---	---	4	35
Keith Zinger	8	10	---	---	17	35
Alvin Elkins	---	---	7	21	6	34
Tony Coffey	14	5	---	---	14	33
Herb Hampton	---	---	17	13	---	30
Matt Slauson	10	13	---	---	6	29
Jerome Collins	9	4	---	---	14	27
Harry Douglas	10	13	---	---	3	26
Bob Brown	9	12	---	---	---	21
Hugh Rogers	---	---	2	5	12	19
Brandon Frye	9	6	---	---	---	15
Cory Hopkins	---	---	5	9	---	14
Joey Sims	---	---	4	2	8	14
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	7	2	3	12
Mason Crosby	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bryan Smith	---	---	1	6	---	7
Perry Egan	---	---	2	1	3	6
Les Hardy	0	0	---	---	4	4
Fred Noll	---	---	0	1	3	4
Byron Leftwich	0	0	---	---	---	0
Max Sciullo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Alonzo Wire	0	0	---	---	---	0

Indianapolis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Hal Tyler	---	---	29	34	3	66
Jasper Brinkley	---	---	29	34	3	66
Corwin Wunsch	---	---	31	32	2	65
Mark Sanchez	23	42	---	---	---	65
Damon Sampson	---	---	28	32	3	63
Malcolm Jenkins	---	---	29	31	3	63
Artie Shorter	---	---	28	31	3	62
Barry Blackburn	---	---	26	33	1	60
Donnie Bentsen	19	34	---	---	6	59
Tyronne Green	21	33	---	---	5	59
Daniel Miller	22	35	---	---	1	58
Ernie Fitzgerald	17	40	---	---	---	57
Darcel McBath	---	---	24	29	3	56
Donovan Cox	---	---	22	27	2	51
Tracy Porter	---	---	22	25	3	50
Marcus Thomas	9	22	---	---	18	49
Casey Heath	16	32	---	---	1	49
Rich Blair	12	30	---	---	5	47
Dwayne Shannon	18	29	---	---	---	47
Knowshon Moreno	18	28	---	---	---	46
Paul Kruger	---	---	20	24	2	46
Clyde DeVault	11	19	---	---	12	42
Claude Drake	11	17	---	---	13	41
Britt Wheeler	11	23	---	---	6	40
Jimmy Gaylor	7	20	---	---	7	34
Winfred Gilmore	11	16	---	---	5	32
Karl Sabin	---	---	9	5	15	29
Stanford Keglar	---	---	10	8	8	26
Mario Woodford	7	11	---	---	7	25
Riddick Turnbull	7	10	---	---	7	24
Tom Lee	5	13	---	---	6	24
Jamarca Sanford	---	---	7	3	11	21
Bucky Baxter	---	---	3	4	13	20
Christian Ellard	6	5	---	---	8	19
Wayne Linegar	---	---	7	4	8	19
Will Williamson	---	---	5	4	5	14
Irving Poliska	---	---	2	0	10	12
David Veikune	---	---	5	6	1	12
Vaughn Martin	---	---	5	6	1	12
Jerald Dunlap	---	---	0	2	7	9
Joe Horner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Christian Gunn	0	0	---	---	6	6
Troy Roberson	2	3	---	---	---	5
David Buehler	0	0	---	---	3	3
K.C. Shanks	0	0	---	---	1	1
Artie Rivers	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	42	4.7
Middle	9	34	3.8
Right	13	52	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	9	1.5
Middle	13	36	2.8
Right	4	23	5.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitchell Gallier	33	22	0	2	3	1	5	1	0

Indianapolis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mark Sanchez	41	23	0	3	3	7	4	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	19	126	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	31	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	63	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	8	77	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	37	7.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Chad Jackson	7	3	0	16	28
WR Harry Douglas	6	5	1	31	13
WR Dwight Donovan	5	4	0	42	20
TE T.J. Ross	4	3	0	18	18
WR J.B. Nardi	4	2	1	25	19
RB LeSean McCoy	3	3	0	12	26
TE Jerome Collins	1	0	0	0	4
WR Bob Brown	1	1	0	7	12
TE Keith Zinger	1	0	1	0	10
FB Dominic Evans	1	1	0	6	15

Indianapolis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Rich Blair	9	3	3	33	30
WR Britt Wheeler	6	3	0	30	23
TE Claude Drake	5	2	0	15	17
WR Donnie Bentsen	5	3	0	26	34
RB Knowshon Moreno	5	4	0	20	28
TE Winfred Gilmore	4	4	0	24	16
RB Marcus Thomas	3	2	0	2	22
WR Troy Roberson	2	0	0	0	3
WR Clyde DeVault	2	2	0	27	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeSean McCoy	5	16	3.20	2.75
Tony Coffey	4	7	1.75	5.00

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tom Lee	1	1	1.00	2.75
Mark Sanchez	1	4	4.00	5.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitchell Gallier	5	4	32	6.40	4.76

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mark Sanchez	11	4	28	2.55	4.32

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Harry Douglas	3	2	17	5.67	5.17
WR Chad Jackson	1	1	4	4.00	2.29
WR J.B. Nardi	1	1	11	11.00	6.25

Indianapolis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Claude Drake	3	1	11	3.67	3.00
WR Rich Blair	3	2	14	4.67	3.67
WR Britt Wheeler	2	0	0	0.00	5.00
RB Marcus Thomas	1	0	0	0.00	0.67
WR Donnie Bentsen	1	0	0	0.00	5.20
TE Winfred Gilmore	1	1	3	3.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Tony Coffey	3	1
Mitchell Gallier	2	0

Indianapolis	Rushes	Conversions
Tom Lee	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitchell Gallier	10	8	7

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mark Sanchez	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Chad Jackson	3	2	2
WR Harry Douglas	3	3	2
WR J.B. Nardi	2	1	1
WR Dwight Donovan	2	2	2

Indianapolis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Marcus Thomas	2	1	0
WR Donnie Bentsen	2	1	1
WR Troy Roberson	2	0	0
WR Britt Wheeler	2	1	0
TE Claude Drake	1	0	0
WR Clyde DeVault	1	1	1
WR Rich Blair	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,000 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,900 (24,000)
End Zone 13,400 (17,200)
Mezzanine 7,300 (9,900)
Sideline Seats 11,000 (15,300)
Luxury Boxes 1,400 (2,400)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,000 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,900 (24,000)
End Zone	13,400 (17,200)
Mezzanine	7,300 (9,900)
Sideline Seats	11,000 (15,300)
Luxury Boxes	1,400 (2,400)