Week 1, 2021

played in Houston, TX

61 degrees, fair, calm

Tennessee Titans	0	7	3	0	-	10
Houston Texans	3	0	7	14	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:44 HOU - Mason Crosby 35 field goal
2Q: 01:22 TEN - Dwayne Bowe 5 pass from Phil Moran (Pat McAfee extra point)
3Q: 10:56 TEN - Pat McAfee 23 field goal
3Q: 05:00 HOU - Alonzo Wire 10 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
4Q: 08:55 HOU - LeSean McCoy 4 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
4Q: 05:34 HOU - Preston Beadnell 4 pass from Mitchell Gallier (Mason Crosby extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:44 HOU - Mason Crosby 35 field goal
2Q: 01:22 TEN - Dwayne Bowe 5 pass from Phil Moran (Pat McAfee extra point)
3Q: 10:56 TEN - Pat McAfee 23 field goal
3Q: 05:00 HOU - Alonzo Wire 10 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
4Q: 08:55 HOU - LeSean McCoy 4 run (Mason Crosby extra point)
4Q: 05:34 HOU - Preston Beadnell 4 pass from Mitchell Gallier (Mason Crosby extra point)

Team Statistics TEN HOU
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 13 27
- by Rushing 4 12
- by Passing 9 14
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 239 402
- Offensive Plays 53 76
- Yards per Play 4.51 5.29
Net Rushing Yards 83 169
- Rushing Attempts 20 37
- Yards per Rush 4.15 4.57
Net Passing Yards 156 233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 15 - 4 38 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 166 239
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 4.73 5.97
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/11 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/44 6/36
Punt Returns/Yards 2/17 1/3
Kick Returns/Yards 3/93 2/48
Interception Ret./Yards 1/27 4/16
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 22:25 37:35

Team Statistics	TEN	HOU
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	13	27
- by Rushing	4	12
- by Passing	9	14
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	239	402
- Offensive Plays	53	76
- Yards per Play	4.51	5.29
Net Rushing Yards	83	169
- Rushing Attempts	20	37
- Yards per Rush	4.15	4.57
Net Passing Yards	156	233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 15 - 4	38 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	166	239
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	4.73	5.97
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/11	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	4.7
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/44	6/36
Punt Returns/Yards	2/17	1/3
Kick Returns/Yards	3/93	2/48
Interception Ret./Yards	1/27	4/16
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 32
Time of Possession	22:25	37:35

Drive Charts

Tennessee Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:49	0:51	OWN 17	3	6	Interception
1	10:35	4:27	OWN 30	8	30	Punt
1	1:38	3:25	OWN 20	7	24	Punt
2	9:12	0:38	OWN 46	2	6	Interception
2	5:30	2:00	OWN 1	4	15	Punt
2	2:13	1:01	OWN 46	4	54	Touchdown
3	15:00	4:10	OWN 45	9	49	Field Goal
3	4:52	1:43	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
3	1:49	2:08	OWN 29	6	13	Punt
4	8:46	0:41	OWN 34	1	0	Interception
4	5:25	1:26	OWN 47	5	33	Interception
4	0:08	0:08	OWN 13	1	7	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:11	OWN 19	6	21	Punt
1	11:58	1:23	OPP 25	3	7	Missed FG
1	6:08	4:30	OWN 20	9	62	Field Goal
2	13:13	4:01	OWN 15	8	56	Fumble
2	8:34	3:04	OWN 43	5	19	Punt
2	3:30	1:17	OWN 41	5	26	Interception
2	1:12	1:12	OWN 6	3	6	Punt
3	10:50	5:58	OWN 42	10	58	Touchdown
3	3:09	1:20	OWN 30	3	7	Punt
4	14:41	5:55	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
4	8:05	2:40	OPP 30	5	30	Touchdown
4	3:59	3:51	OWN 10	7	35	Punt

Game MVP: Mitchell Gallier, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Clarence Kirk	10	37	3.70	9	0
Albert Merloni	6	19	3.17	17	1
Phil Moran	4	27	6.75	8	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Alonzo Wire	17	66	3.88	12	3	1
LeSean McCoy	14	73	5.21	21	1	1
Mitchell Gallier	5	23	4.60	8	0	0
Russell Lucas	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phil Moran	31	15	166	2/10	1	35	4	35.8

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitchell Gallier	38	25	239	1/6	1	19	1	80.9

Receiving Statistics

Tennessee	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Marcus Woodard	4	6	16	4.00	10	6	0
WR Dwayne Bowe	3	7	43	14.33	26	35	1
TE Kennedy Brusca	2	2	16	8.00	0	10	0
WR Sammie McKeehan	2	3	34	17.00	15	29	0
WR Kerry Barber	2	4	40	20.00	11	25	0
RB Albert Merloni	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
WR Everett Murray	1	2	14	14.00	8	14	0
RB Clarence Kirk	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Grant Fredrickson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Cornell Andersen	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Paul Johnston	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Preston Beadnell	5	7	42	8.40	20	14	1
WR Dean Rivers	5	7	64	12.80	14	19	0
WR Dwight Donovan	4	4	34	8.50	0	13	0
WR Jamal Gardner	3	3	31	10.33	4	14	0
RB LeSean McCoy	2	2	16	8.00	12	15	0
TE R.J. Cote	2	4	18	9.00	10	12	0
TE T.J. Ross	1	4	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Russell Lucas	1	4	9	9.00	2	9	0
RB Alonzo Wire	1	1	16	16.00	6	16	0
FB Dominic Evans	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Tennessee	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Brenden Anderson	1	27	27.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg
S Antonio Giles	2	8	4.00
OLB Pete Turner	1	8	8.00
OLB Herb Hampton	1	0	0.00

Fumble Statistics

Tennessee	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Edward Cineux	0	1	0	0
Brenden Anderson	0	0	1	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Alonzo Wire	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Tennessee	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Les Johnson	5	242	48.4	39.8	60	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	5	204	40.8	37.4	47	3

Kicking Statistics

Tennessee	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat McAfee	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	1/1

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mason Crosby	1/2	0/0	0/0	35	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dwayne Bowe	2	17	8.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	1	3	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Everett Murray	3	93	31.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Beadnell	2	48	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Tennessee	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Edward Cineux	11	0	0.0	33	38
S Jorge Barrett	9	5	0.0	30	34
OLB Desmond Carrigan	6	1	1.0	32	28
S Kim Givens	5	1	0.0	28	25
CB Brenden Anderson	4	2	0.0	23	27
CB Tony Ficek	4	1	0.0	24	24
S James Morton	3	3	0.0	19	23
OLB Buster Davis	3	0	0.0	28	28
DE Lonnie Atkins	2	1	0.0	16	20
CB Ricardo Lang	2	1	0.0	27	30
DE Damon Bromell	2	0	0.0	15	22
DT Ian Bullock	2	0	0.0	29	31
WR Dwayne Bowe	1	0	---	---	---
DE Trent South	1	0	0.0	30	27
ILB Rod Coleman	1	0	0.0	4	1
ILB Glenn Kasischke	1	0	0.0	11	9
CB Lardarius Webb	1	0	0.0	13	15
RB Albert Merloni	1	0	---	---	---
WR Paul Johnston	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Kris Carpenter	1	0	0.0	9	11
WR Kerry Barber	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Nick Hanks	1	0	0.0	2	9
S Dusty McGeorge	0	1	0.0	11	10

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Herb Hampton	6	0	0.0	19	28
S Antonio Giles	6	0	0.0	8	21
ILB Lawrence Fisk	4	3	0.0	18	32
S Kent Jarvis	3	2	0.0	20	26
CB Casey Donovan	3	1	0.0	15	26
DT Levon Jacobs	2	0	1.0	16	26
CB Lawrence Abbey	2	1	0.0	10	21
ILB Hugh Rogers	1	0	1.0	7	12
S Bryant Satterfield	1	2	0.0	13	16
DT Alex Rivera	1	1	0.0	10	9
DE Joey Sims	1	1	0.0	12	27
CB Rich Silverstone	1	0	0.0	9	16
DE Teddy Flannery	1	0	0.0	16	23
DE Derrick Harvey	1	0	0.0	8	10
CB Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	11	17
T Mickey Brandon	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Pete Turner	1	0	0.0	7	9
TE R.J. Cote	1	0	---	---	---
S Luke Hartland	1	0	0.0	6	16
DT Mike Patterson	0	1	0.0	5	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Tennessee	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Desmond Carrigan	1.0	0	1	0	28
DT Ian Bullock	0.0	0	1	0	31

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Levon Jacobs	1.0	1	1	26
ILB Hugh Rogers	1.0	0	0	12
DE Teddy Flannery	0.0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Tennessee	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Edward Cineux	6	1	0	38
CB Brenden Anderson	4	0	1	27
CB Tony Ficek	3	0	0	24
OLB Desmond Carrigan	2	1	0	28
CB Ricardo Lang	2	0	0	30
S Jorge Barrett	2	0	0	34
S Kim Givens	2	0	0	25
OLB Buster Davis	1	0	0	28
DE Trent South	1	0	0	27
DE Lonnie Atkins	1	0	0	20
OLB Nick Hanks	1	0	0	9
DT Nate Tate	0	1	0	17

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Antonio Giles	5	0	2	21
ILB Lawrence Fisk	2	1	0	32
OLB Herb Hampton	2	0	1	28
CB Casey Donovan	2	0	0	26
S Kent Jarvis	1	1	0	26
S Bryant Satterfield	1	0	0	16
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	0	0	21
S Luke Hartland	1	0	0	16
CB Tyrell Johnson	0	1	0	17
OLB Pete Turner	0	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Tennessee	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Conrad Banerjee	3	6	19	0	25
Kraig Urbik	1	3	19	1	33
Harry Battle	1	3	17	0	30
Cornell Andersen	1	1	14	0	17
Marcus Woodard	0	1	13	0	15
J.C. Iafrate	0	1	11	0	25
Damon Butterfield	0	1	17	0	26
Donnell Saylor	0	1	3	0	3
Cedric Giles	0	0	10	1	8

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Herb Bradford	3	9	1	34	0	36
Gosder Cherilus	3	6	0	31	1	34
Mickey Brandon	3	5	0	31	0	31
Matt Slauson	2	5	0	25	0	27
Neil James	1	3	0	19	0	15
Antoine Caldwell	1	1	0	21	0	19
Walter Van Valkenberg	0	3	0	21	0	25
Keith Zinger	0	1	0	5	0	1
Dominic Evans	0	1	0	10	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Tennessee	Tackles	STPlays
Cornell Andersen	1	13
Kris Carpenter	1	13
Kim Givens	1	10

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Dean Rivers	3	14
Peter Heuvicq	1	12
T.J. Ross	1	9

Participation

Tennessee	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Edward Cineux	---	---	33	38	2	73
Jorge Barrett	---	---	30	34	2	66
Trent South	---	---	30	27	7	64
Ricardo Lang	---	---	27	30	7	64
Desmond Carrigan	---	---	32	28	3	63
Kim Givens	---	---	28	25	10	63
Ian Bullock	---	---	29	31	2	62
Buster Davis	---	---	28	28	4	60
Kraig Urbik	19	33	---	---	6	58
Dwayne Bowe	17	27	---	---	11	55
Phil Moran	20	33	---	---	---	53
Brenden Anderson	---	---	23	27	1	51
James Morton	---	---	19	23	9	51
Tony Ficek	---	---	24	24	2	50
Harry Battle	17	30	---	---	2	49
Kennedy Brusca	16	21	---	---	10	47
Nate Tate	---	---	23	17	6	46
Conrad Banerjee	19	25	---	---	---	44
Cornell Andersen	14	17	---	---	13	44
Damon Butterfield	17	26	---	---	---	43
Marcus Woodard	13	15	---	---	11	39
Damon Bromell	---	---	15	22	1	38
J.C. Iafrate	11	25	---	---	---	36
Lonnie Atkins	---	---	16	20	---	36
Clarence Kirk	14	13	---	---	8	35
Kris Carpenter	---	---	9	11	13	33
Lardarius Webb	---	---	13	15	2	30
Albert Merloni	6	19	---	---	5	30
Grant Fredrickson	3	14	---	---	12	29
Dusty McGeorge	---	---	11	10	7	28
Glenn Kasischke	---	---	11	9	7	27
Everett Murray	4	13	---	---	9	26
Cedric Giles	10	8	---	---	6	24
Kerry Barber	8	16	---	---	---	24
Nick Hanks	---	---	2	9	12	23
Sammie McKeehan	3	6	---	---	12	21
Harvey Thompson	1	8	---	---	6	15
Roger Ogden	3	7	---	---	2	12
Donnell Saylor	3	3	---	---	6	12
Rod Coleman	---	---	4	1	5	10
Paul Johnston	2	4	---	---	---	6
Les Johnson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Pat McAfee	0	0	---	---	4	4
Keith Null	0	0	---	---	1	1
Thurman Carlson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Herb Bradford	34	36	---	---	7	77
Mitchell Gallier	37	39	---	---	---	76
Gosder Cherilus	31	34	---	---	7	72
Dwight Donovan	29	22	---	---	13	64
Mickey Brandon	31	31	---	---	---	62
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	18	32	9	59
Preston Beadnell	24	28	---	---	3	55
Matt Slauson	25	27	---	---	---	52
Walter Van Valkenberg	21	25	---	---	5	51
T.J. Ross	20	21	---	---	9	50
Kent Jarvis	---	---	20	26	2	48
LeSean McCoy	16	29	---	---	3	48
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	10	21	17	48
Herb Hampton	---	---	19	28	---	47
Antoine Caldwell	21	19	---	---	6	46
Dean Rivers	19	13	---	---	14	46
Alonzo Wire	20	10	---	---	15	45
Levon Jacobs	---	---	16	26	2	44
Joey Sims	---	---	12	27	5	44
Casey Donovan	---	---	15	26	---	41
Neil James	19	15	---	---	7	41
Teddy Flannery	---	---	16	23	1	40
Antonio Giles	---	---	8	21	8	37
Dominic Evans	10	21	---	---	3	34
Russell Lucas	14	19	---	---	---	33
R.J. Cote	10	15	---	---	7	32
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	11	17	2	30
Bryant Satterfield	---	---	13	16	---	29
Jumbo Wheeler	10	10	---	---	9	29
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	9	16	1	26
Rich Silverstone	---	---	9	16	---	25
Jamal Gardner	8	6	---	---	11	25
Pete Turner	---	---	7	9	8	24
Alex Rivera	---	---	10	9	4	23
Derrick Harvey	---	---	8	10	5	23
Luke Hartland	---	---	6	16	---	22
Keith Zinger	5	1	---	---	15	21
Hugh Rogers	---	---	7	12	2	21
Mike Patterson	---	---	5	10	---	15
Peter Heuvicq	---	---	0	1	12	13
Teddy Perrine	3	8	---	---	---	11
Mason Crosby	0	0	---	---	7	7
Fred Noll	---	---	1	1	5	7
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	5	5
Gene Chandler	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dan Orlovsky	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	15	5.0
Middle	11	52	4.7
Right	6	16	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	76	5.1
Middle	12	39	3.3
Right	10	54	5.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phil Moran	31	15	3	3	4	3	2	1	4

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitchell Gallier	38	25	0	0	7	3	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	17	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	8	80	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	69	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	24	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	136	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	79	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tennessee	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dwayne Bowe	7	3	1	43	1	27
FB Marcus Woodard	6	4	0	16	0	15
WR Kerry Barber	4	2	1	40	1	16
WR Sammie McKeehan	3	2	0	34	1	6
FB Grant Fredrickson	2	0	1	0	0	14
WR Everett Murray	2	1	0	14	0	13
TE Cornell Andersen	2	0	1	0	0	17
TE Kennedy Brusca	2	2	0	16	0	21
RB Clarence Kirk	1	0	0	0	0	13
RB Albert Merloni	1	1	0	3	0	19
WR Paul Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	4

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Preston Beadnell	7	5	2	42	28
WR Dean Rivers	7	5	1	64	13
TE T.J. Ross	4	1	2	5	21
WR Russell Lucas	4	1	2	9	19
WR Dwight Donovan	4	4	0	34	22
TE R.J. Cote	4	2	0	18	15
WR Jamal Gardner	3	3	0	31	6
FB Dominic Evans	2	1	0	4	21
RB LeSean McCoy	2	2	0	16	29
RB Alonzo Wire	1	1	0	16	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Phil Moran	1	6	6.00	6.75

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mitchell Gallier	1	2	2.00	4.60
Alonzo Wire	1	10	10.00	3.88
LeSean McCoy	1	4	4.00	5.21

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Phil Moran	4	1	5	1.25	5.35

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitchell Gallier	5	2	18	3.60	6.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tennessee	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dwayne Bowe	3	1	5	1.67	6.14
FB Marcus Woodard	1	0	0	0.00	2.67

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE T.J. Ross	2	0	0	0.00	1.25
WR Preston Beadnell	2	2	18	9.00	6.00
TE R.J. Cote	1	0	0	0.00	4.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tennessee	Rushes	Conversions
Phil Moran	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Alonzo Wire	4	3
LeSean McCoy	2	0
Mitchell Gallier	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phil Moran	10	3	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitchell Gallier	8	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tennessee	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Grant Fredrickson	2	0	0
WR Kerry Barber	2	0	0
WR Dwayne Bowe	1	0	0
RB Albert Merloni	1	1	0
WR Everett Murray	1	1	1
WR Paul Johnston	1	0	0
TE Kennedy Brusca	1	1	1
WR Sammie McKeehan	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dean Rivers	3	2	2
TE T.J. Ross	1	0	0
WR Russell Lucas	1	1	1
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	0
TE R.J. Cote	1	0	0
WR Jamal Gardner	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,700 (21,100)
End Zone 10,600 (15,200)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (13,400)
Club Seats 4,700 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,700 (21,100)
End Zone	10,600 (15,200)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (13,400)
Club Seats	4,700 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (4,000)