Week 7, 2021

played in Houston, TX

64 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	0	3	0	0	-	3
Houston Texans	0	3	14	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:22 NED - Justin Medlock 22 field goal
2Q: 05:57 HOU - Mason Crosby 33 field goal
3Q: 10:57 HOU - Dean Rivers 88 punt return (Mason Crosby extra point)
3Q: 05:46 HOU - Russell Lucas 10 pass from Mitchell Gallier (Mason Crosby extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:22 NED - Justin Medlock 22 field goal
2Q: 05:57 HOU - Mason Crosby 33 field goal
3Q: 10:57 HOU - Dean Rivers 88 punt return (Mason Crosby extra point)
3Q: 05:46 HOU - Russell Lucas 10 pass from Mitchell Gallier (Mason Crosby extra point)

Team Statistics NED HOU
Record 4-2 6-1
First Downs 15 18
- by Rushing 1 4
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 302 258
- Offensive Plays 55 59
- Yards per Play 5.49 4.37
Net Rushing Yards 79 76
- Rushing Attempts 21 24
- Yards per Rush 3.76 3.17
Net Passing Yards 223 182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 19 - 1 32 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 229 209
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/27
- Yards per Pass Play 6.56 5.20
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/75 7/45
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 4/87
Kick Returns/Yards 3/58 2/59
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/2
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 28
Time of Possession 27:29 32:31

Team Statistics	NED	HOU
Record	4-2	6-1
First Downs	15	18
- by Rushing	1	4
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	302	258
- Offensive Plays	55	59
- Yards per Play	5.49	4.37
Net Rushing Yards	79	76
- Rushing Attempts	21	24
- Yards per Rush	3.76	3.17
Net Passing Yards	223	182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 19 - 1	32 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	229	209
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/27
- Yards per Pass Play	6.56	5.20
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/75	7/45
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	4/87
Kick Returns/Yards	3/58	2/59
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/2
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 28
Time of Possession	27:29	32:31

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:59	OWN 18	7	27	Punt
1	5:34	7:17	OWN 10	14	85	Field Goal
2	5:49	2:13	OWN 22	4	13	Interception
2	1:09	1:09	OWN 20	2	14	Half
3	13:18	2:28	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
3	10:50	1:49	OWN 45	4	21	Fumble
3	5:39	2:48	OWN 29	3	8	Punt
4	14:20	2:06	OWN 16	5	31	Punt
4	10:49	2:51	OWN 35	4	17	Punt
4	3:15	1:31	OWN 13	6	30	Downs

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:01	5:27	OWN 4	11	47	Punt
2	13:17	7:28	OWN 32	11	52	Field Goal
2	3:36	2:27	OWN 27	8	28	Punt
3	15:00	1:42	OWN 47	3	-1	Punt
3	9:01	3:22	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
3	2:51	3:31	OWN 14	7	28	Punt
4	12:14	1:25	OWN 16	3	6	Punt
4	7:58	4:43	OWN 12	6	22	Punt
4	1:44	1:44	OPP 43	3	-1	Game

Game MVP: Mitchell Gallier, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Ricky Peters	11	40	3.64	7
Joe Flacco	5	24	4.80	8
Richie Kresser	5	15	3.00	8

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Alonzo Wire	15	34	2.27	14	1
LeSean McCoy	5	17	3.40	11	1
Mitchell Gallier	4	25	6.25	12	1

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Flacco	33	19	229	1/6	0	26	1	66.3

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitchell Gallier	32	19	209	3/27	1	25	0	89.2

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Adam Velevis	4	8	41	10.25	9	14
TE Brandon Pettigrew	3	4	31	10.33	11	16
RB Ricky Peters	3	3	27	9.00	2	12
WR Rodney Lyons	3	9	63	21.00	22	26
FB Sam Nelson	2	2	14	7.00	6	12
WR Mike Smith	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
WR Frank Schneider	1	2	12	12.00	0	12
WR Riddick Gomez	1	2	23	23.00	0	23
TE Erik Bishop	1	1	12	12.00	5	12

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Russell Lucas	8	10	92	11.50	31	25	1
WR Preston Beadnell	4	6	52	13.00	29	18	0
WR Dean Rivers	3	5	28	9.33	4	16	0
WR Dwight Donovan	2	4	21	10.50	6	14	0
TE T.J. Ross	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Alonzo Wire	1	1	9	9.00	7	9	0
TE Keith Zinger	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB LeSean McCoy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE R.J. Cote	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Jamal Gardner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kent Jarvis	1	2	2.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ricky Peters	1	0	0	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kent Jarvis	0	1	0	0
Herb Hampton	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Patrick Hutton	5	224	44.8	34.6	52	5

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	6	276	46.0	39.3	54	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Medlock	1/1	0/0	0/0	22	0/0

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mason Crosby	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	4	87	21.8	1

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Schneider	2	42	21.0	0
Ethan Gaytan	1	16	16.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
LeSean McCoy	1	24	24.0	0
Preston Beadnell	1	35	35.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Terrell Thomas	6	0	0.0	19	28
OLB Travis Ellard	4	1	1.0	20	26
S Rufus Francis	4	1	0.0	10	17
OLB Beau Bell	4	0	0.0	5	14
ILB Lewis Sonneman	3	2	0.0	16	27
S Trent Wills	3	1	0.0	20	24
CB Ethan Gaytan	3	1	0.0	9	16
DT Corey Brilz	3	0	0.0	14	19
ILB Charlie Gerbasi	3	0	0.0	9	9
ILB Scott McKillop	2	0	0.5	4	3
OLB Curtis Zuck	2	2	0.0	19	19
DE Mike McCulley	1	2	1.5	17	32
CB Malcolm Hardy	1	4	0.0	17	26
DE Austin McDonald	1	3	0.0	11	19
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	1	2	0.0	12	10
DT Deon Chandler	1	1	0.0	10	16
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	1	0.0	11	27
S Chip Vaughn	1	1	0.0	18	28
WR Adam Velevis	1	0	---	---	---
DE Andy Ellison	1	0	0.0	16	18
RB Ricky Peters	1	0	---	---	---

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kent Jarvis	6	1	0.0	17	31
DT Levon Jacobs	6	1	0.0	18	26
ILB Lawrence Fisk	4	2	0.0	19	33
S Antonio Giles	4	1	0.0	13	27
OLB Herb Hampton	4	0	0.0	18	26
S Bryant Satterfield	3	0	0.0	10	12
CB Casey Donovan	3	0	0.0	8	25
S Luke Hartland	2	4	0.0	8	12
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	3	0.0	14	24
DE Joey Sims	2	0	0.0	13	23
DE Derrick Harvey	1	0	1.0	10	14
DT Mike Patterson	1	1	0.0	10	17
ILB Hugh Rogers	1	1	0.0	13	7
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	1	0.0	15	20
CB William Middleton	1	0	0.0	8	13
DT Sedrick Harvey	0	1	0.0	2	4

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike McCulley	1.5	1	0	0	32
OLB Travis Ellard	1.0	0	2	0	26
ILB Scott McKillop	0.5	0	0	0	3
OLB Curtis Zuck	0.0	0	2	1	19
DE Thomas Anderson	0.0	0	1	0	1
DT Deon Chandler	0.0	0	1	0	16
DT Corey Brilz	0.0	0	1	0	19
DE Austin McDonald	0.0	0	0	1	19

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Derrick Harvey	1.0	0	0	0	14
DE Teddy Flannery	0.0	1	1	2	23
DT Mike Patterson	0.0	1	0	0	17
DT Alex Rivera	0.0	0	1	0	16
DT Levon Jacobs	0.0	0	1	0	26
DT Sedrick Harvey	0.0	0	1	0	4

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Terrell Thomas	4	0	28
OLB Beau Bell	3	0	14
S Rufus Francis	3	0	17
S Trent Wills	2	0	24
CB Malcolm Hardy	1	2	26
ILB Lewis Sonneman	1	1	27
DE Austin McDonald	1	0	19
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	0	27
OLB Curtis Zuck	1	0	19
CB Ethan Gaytan	1	0	16
S Chip Vaughn	1	0	28

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Casey Donovan	3	2	0	25
S Bryant Satterfield	3	0	0	12
S Antonio Giles	3	0	0	27
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	2	0	24
OLB Herb Hampton	2	0	0	26
S Kent Jarvis	1	1	1	31
ILB Lawrence Fisk	1	0	0	33
CB William Middleton	1	0	0	13
DE Joey Sims	1	0	0	23
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	0	0	20
S Luke Hartland	1	0	0	12

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Otah	4	6	18	1	26
Breno Giacomini	1	2	17	0	27
Winston Stokes	0	3	18	0	30
Chad Rinehart	0	2	19	0	29
Sam Nelson	0	1	11	0	15
Erik Bishop	0	1	10	0	16
Duane Stafford	0	1	5	0	11

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Herb Bradford	1	6	21	0	31
Gosder Cherilus	1	2	21	0	29
Walter Van Valkenberg	1	1	12	0	14
Antoine Caldwell	0	5	13	0	21
Jumbo Wheeler	0	2	5	0	8
Mickey Brandon	0	2	17	0	31
Teddy Perrine	0	1	11	1	17
Matt Slauson	0	1	14	1	22
Jamon Meredith	0	0	11	1	10

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Richie Kresser	1	18
Frank Schneider	1	17
Erik Bishop	1	11
Chuck Poling	1	6
Lawrence Berry	1	6

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Peter Heuvicq	2	18
Dean Rivers	1	15

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Flacco	21	34	---	---	---	55
Chad Rinehart	19	29	---	---	4	52
Mike McCulley	---	---	17	32	1	50
Winston Stokes	18	30	---	---	1	49
Jeff Otah	18	26	---	---	5	49
Terrell Thomas	---	---	19	28	1	48
Chip Vaughn	---	---	18	28	2	48
Travis Ellard	---	---	20	26	2	48
Les Newhart	16	27	---	---	2	45
Trent Wills	---	---	20	24	1	45
Brandon Pettigrew	11	21	---	---	13	45
Lewis Sonneman	---	---	16	27	2	45
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	17	26	1	44
Breno Giacomini	17	27	---	---	---	44
Ricky Peters	15	28	---	---	---	43
Rodney Lyons	14	29	---	---	---	43
Curtis Zuck	---	---	19	19	4	42
Andy Ellison	---	---	16	18	8	42
Leodis McKelvin	---	---	11	27	2	40
Adam Velevis	15	24	---	---	---	39
Sam Nelson	11	15	---	---	12	38
Ethan Gaytan	---	---	9	16	12	37
Erik Bishop	10	16	---	---	11	37
Corey Brilz	---	---	14	19	1	34
Riddick Gomez	11	16	---	---	6	33
Beau Bell	---	---	5	14	13	32
Frank Schneider	6	9	---	---	17	32
Austin McDonald	---	---	11	19	1	31
Rufus Francis	---	---	10	17	4	31
Deon Chandler	---	---	10	16	4	30
Richie Kresser	6	6	---	---	18	30
Roosevelt Calmus	---	---	12	10	5	27
Wade Numbers	7	12	---	---	6	25
Charlie Gerbasi	---	---	9	9	5	23
Duane Stafford	5	11	---	---	6	22
Lawrence Berry	5	8	---	---	6	19
Scott McKillop	---	---	4	3	11	18
Brandon Carr	---	---	3	6	7	16
Chuck Poling	2	2	---	---	6	10
Mike Smith	4	4	---	---	---	8
Thomas Anderson	---	---	4	1	---	5
Patrick Hutton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Justin Medlock	0	0	---	---	3	3
Myron Herrlich	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ronnie Blair	0	0	---	---	---	0
Butch Gaylor	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mitchell Gallier	24	35	---	---	---	59
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	19	33	7	59
Herb Bradford	21	31	---	---	7	59
Gosder Cherilus	21	29	---	---	7	57
Dean Rivers	13	25	---	---	15	53
Kent Jarvis	---	---	17	31	2	50
Casey Donovan	---	---	8	25	15	48
Mickey Brandon	17	31	---	---	---	48
Russell Lucas	18	28	---	---	---	46
Levon Jacobs	---	---	18	26	2	46
Herb Hampton	---	---	18	26	1	45
Joey Sims	---	---	13	23	6	42
Preston Beadnell	20	20	---	---	2	42
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	14	24	3	41
Antonio Giles	---	---	13	27	1	41
Alonzo Wire	16	11	---	---	13	40
Teddy Flannery	---	---	15	23	1	39
Antoine Caldwell	13	21	---	---	4	38
Dwight Donovan	12	16	---	---	9	37
Matt Slauson	14	22	---	---	---	36
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	15	20	1	36
T.J. Ross	10	12	---	---	12	34
Mike Patterson	---	---	10	17	3	30
Walter Van Valkenberg	12	14	---	---	3	29
LeSean McCoy	8	19	---	---	2	29
Peter Heuvicq	---	---	3	8	18	29
Alex Rivera	---	---	12	16	---	28
Teddy Perrine	11	17	---	---	---	28
Bryant Satterfield	---	---	10	12	6	28
Derrick Harvey	---	---	10	14	4	28
Jamon Meredith	11	10	---	---	7	28
R.J. Cote	7	12	---	---	6	25
Jumbo Wheeler	5	8	---	---	9	22
Dominic Evans	10	9	---	---	3	22
Jamal Gardner	1	12	---	---	9	22
William Middleton	---	---	8	13	---	21
Hugh Rogers	---	---	13	7	---	20
Luke Hartland	---	---	8	12	---	20
Keith Zinger	0	3	---	---	13	16
Pete Turner	---	---	3	12	1	16
Fred Noll	---	---	2	1	4	7
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	2	4	1	7
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mason Crosby	0	0	---	---	5	5
Gene Chandler	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dan Orlovsky	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	3	3.0
Middle	13	49	3.8
Right	7	27	3.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	1	1.0
Middle	17	67	3.9
Right	6	8	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Flacco	33	19	3	0	2	5	4	2	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitchell Gallier	32	19	1	1	1	3	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	108	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	98	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	23	3.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	29	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	8	95	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	85	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rodney Lyons	9	3	1	63	2	29
WR Adam Velevis	8	4	0	41	0	24
TE Brandon Pettigrew	4	3	0	31	0	21
RB Ricky Peters	3	3	0	27	0	28
FB Sam Nelson	2	2	0	14	0	15
WR Mike Smith	2	1	0	6	0	4
WR Frank Schneider	2	1	0	12	0	9
WR Riddick Gomez	2	1	1	23	1	16
TE Erik Bishop	1	1	0	12	0	16

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Russell Lucas	10	8	1	92	1	28
WR Preston Beadnell	6	4	0	52	0	20
WR Dean Rivers	5	3	0	28	0	25
WR Dwight Donovan	4	2	0	21	0	16
TE R.J. Cote	2	0	0	0	0	12
TE T.J. Ross	1	1	0	7	0	12
TE Keith Zinger	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Alonzo Wire	1	1	0	9	0	11
RB LeSean McCoy	1	0	0	0	0	19
WR Jamal Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ricky Peters	1	3	3.00	3.64

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mitchell Gallier	1	8	8.00	6.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Flacco	2	1	6	3.00	6.94

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitchell Gallier	2	2	23	11.50	6.53

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Adam Velevis	1	1	6	6.00	5.13
WR Rodney Lyons	1	0	0	0.00	7.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Russell Lucas	1	1	10	10.00	9.20
WR Preston Beadnell	1	1	13	13.00	8.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Joe Flacco	1	0

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

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Flacco	11	6	5

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitchell Gallier	9	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rodney Lyons	4	0	0
FB Sam Nelson	2	2	1
WR Riddick Gomez	2	1	1
TE Brandon Pettigrew	1	1	1
WR Mike Smith	1	1	1
RB Ricky Peters	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Russell Lucas	5	4	4
WR Preston Beadnell	2	1	1
RB Alonzo Wire	1	1	1
WR Dwight Donovan	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,100)
End Zone 11,700 (15,200)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,400)
Club Seats 5,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,100)
End Zone	11,700 (15,200)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,400)
Club Seats	5,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (4,000)