Week 2, 2023

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	0	6	7	9	-	22
Atlanta Falcons	0	0	7	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
2Q: 06:54 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 36 field goal
2Q: 02:01 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 21 field goal
3Q: 11:28 HOU - Jamal Gardner 54 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
3Q: 08:44 ATL - Shawn Nelson 20 pass from Tyrell Terrell (T.J. Greenberg extra point)
4Q: 13:32 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 45 field goal
4Q: 04:41 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 19 field goal
4Q: 00:17 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 20 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 06:54 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 36 field goal
2Q: 02:01 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 21 field goal
3Q: 11:28 HOU - Jamal Gardner 54 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
3Q: 08:44 ATL - Shawn Nelson 20 pass from Tyrell Terrell (T.J. Greenberg extra point)
4Q: 13:32 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 45 field goal
4Q: 04:41 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 19 field goal
4Q: 00:17 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 20 field goal

Team Statistics HOU ATL
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 21 13
- by Rushing 12 2
- by Passing 9 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 435 267
- Offensive Plays 69 52
- Yards per Play 6.30 5.13
Net Rushing Yards 211 50
- Rushing Attempts 40 15
- Yards per Rush 5.28 3.33
Net Passing Yards 224 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 15 - 1 35 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 224 229
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 7.72 5.86
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 10/63 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/31 1/6
Kick Returns/Yards 2/25 6/151
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/4 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time of Possession 34:53 25:07

Team Statistics	HOU	ATL
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	21	13
- by Rushing	12	2
- by Passing	9	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	435	267
- Offensive Plays	69	52
- Yards per Play	6.30	5.13
Net Rushing Yards	211	50
- Rushing Attempts	40	15
- Yards per Rush	5.28	3.33
Net Passing Yards	224	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 15 - 1	35 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	224	229
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	7.72	5.86
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	10/63	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/31	1/6
Kick Returns/Yards	2/25	6/151
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/4	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 33
Time of Possession	34:53	25:07

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:40	1:59	OWN 13	3	-4	Punt
1	6:21	1:24	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
1	2:10	1:11	OWN 27	3	-1	Punt
2	14:11	1:35	OWN 39	4	14	Interception
2	10:01	3:13	OWN 36	6	45	Field Goal
2	4:49	2:57	OWN 20	8	76	Field Goal
2	0:04	0:04	OWN 26	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:52	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
3	8:33	4:04	OWN 25	8	41	Punt
3	1:20	2:55	OWN 17	6	55	Field Goal
4	11:48	7:12	OWN 21	11	77	Field Goal
4	3:29	3:18	OPP 28	8	25	Field Goal

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:20	OWN 27	6	11	Punt
1	9:41	3:20	OPP 45	5	14	Missed FG
1	4:57	2:47	OWN 28	5	11	Punt
1	0:59	1:48	OWN 32	3	2	Punt
2	12:36	2:35	OWN 39	5	25	Fumble
2	6:48	1:59	50	3	3	Punt
2	1:52	1:48	OWN 18	6	63	Missed FG
3	11:08	2:35	OWN 36	4	64	Touchdown
3	4:29	3:09	OWN 20	6	25	Punt
4	13:25	1:37	OWN 37	3	8	Punt
4	4:36	1:07	OWN 10	5	18	Downs
4	0:11	0:11	OWN 48	1	18	Game

Game MVP: Jack Kemnitzer, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
LeSean McCoy	22	121	5.50	24	5
Kurt Houston	16	89	5.56	30	2
Gene Chandler	2	1	0.50	3	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	10	36	3.60	10	1	0
Randy Fulcher	5	14	2.80	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	29	15	224	0/0	1	54	1	74.5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tyrell Terrell	35	21	229	2/12	1	37	0	88.8

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jamal Gardner	5	7	152	30.40	91	54	1
RB LeSean McCoy	3	3	23	7.67	12	16	0
WR Dean Rivers	3	8	28	9.33	0	15	0
WR Tim Lincoln	2	4	10	5.00	0	11	0
TE John Carlson	1	2	4	4.00	6	4	0
FB Darrell Erickson	1	1	7	7.00	4	7	0
WR Dwight Donovan	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE R.J. Cote	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jonathan Snyder	5	9	68	13.60	8	37	0
FB Monty Tilton	4	4	35	8.75	6	18	0
RB Rashard Mendenhall	3	3	17	5.67	12	13	0
WR Frank Schneider	3	4	43	14.33	30	35	0
WR Karl Burtner	2	3	24	12.00	3	18	0
WR Dez Bryant	2	2	20	10.00	4	17	0
TE Shawn Nelson	1	4	20	20.00	18	20	1
TE Billy Duffy	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Jamie Marx	0	5	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Shawn Crable	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Lawrence Fisk	0	1	1	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Randy Fulcher	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	4	153	38.3	31.8	42	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Corey Seder	6	248	41.3	32.8	47	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jack Kemnitzer	5/5	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
T.J. Greenberg	0/2	0/1	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	3	31	10.3	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamie Marx	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tim Lincoln	1	10	10.0	0
LeSean McCoy	1	15	15.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Schneider	5	131	26.2	0
Karl Burtner	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kent Jarvis	8	2	0.0	7	22
ILB Lawrence Fisk	5	3	0.0	14	31
CB Casey Donovan	5	2	0.0	13	28
S Luke Hartland	2	3	0.0	9	25
OLB Herb Hampton	2	2	0.0	14	32
DE Carlos Dunlap	2	1	0.0	11	31
DT Sedrick Harvey	2	0	0.0	6	11
DT Levon Jacobs	1	2	1.0	13	32
DE Teddy Flannery	1	0	1.0	8	16
S Antonio Giles	1	1	0.0	2	18
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	1	0.0	10	29
S Chad Jones	1	1	0.0	13	26
CB Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	8	19
ILB Emmitt Vilnit	1	0	0.0	1	5
WR Dwight Donovan	1	0	---	---	---
CB D.J. Moore	1	0	0.0	9	26
OLB Marc Poloski	1	0	0.0	1	6
DT Jermaine Lowe	1	0	0.0	8	9
OLB Ralph Livanis	1	0	0.0	2	7

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Scott McKillop	8	2	34	27
DT Marty Reilly	5	3	20	11
S Coye Francies	5	2	38	23
CB Jerraud Powers	5	0	39	28
OLB Shawn Crable	4	5	33	24
DT Terrence Cody	4	0	20	18
S Tom Zhao	3	2	10	15
DE Dwayne Compton	3	2	32	20
DE Jason Lynch	3	1	23	13
DT Russell Crittenden	3	0	14	10
S Broderick Stephenson	2	2	32	25
DT Corey Peters	2	1	25	17
ILB Shaun Zeier	2	0	6	2
CB Rondell Shelton	2	0	38	28
OLB Gerald McRath	1	2	15	5
OLB Cory Cochrane	1	0	7	9
ILB Hugh Rogers	0	1	3	1
DE Kelvin Kinney	0	1	21	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Teddy Flannery	1.0	2	1	16
DT Levon Jacobs	1.0	2	0	32
DE Carlos Dunlap	0.0	2	1	31
ILB Lawrence Fisk	0.0	1	0	31
DE Joey Sims	0.0	1	0	22

Atlanta	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jason Lynch	1	0	13
ILB Scott McKillop	1	0	27
DT Marty Reilly	1	0	11
DT Terrence Cody	1	0	18
DE Dwayne Compton	1	0	20
DT Corey Peters	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Kent Jarvis	6	2	22
CB Casey Donovan	4	0	28
OLB Herb Hampton	2	0	32
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	1	29
CB Tyrell Johnson	1	0	19
ILB Lawrence Fisk	1	0	31
ILB Emmitt Vilnit	1	0	5
CB D.J. Moore	1	0	26
S Antonio Giles	1	0	18
S Luke Hartland	1	0	25
S Chad Jones	1	0	26
OLB Ralph Livanis	1	0	7

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jerraud Powers	4	0	0	28
ILB Scott McKillop	3	0	0	27
S Coye Francies	2	0	0	23
S Tom Zhao	1	2	0	15
S Broderick Stephenson	1	2	0	25
OLB Shawn Crable	1	1	1	24
CB Rondell Shelton	1	1	0	28
OLB Gerald McRath	1	0	0	5
DT Terrence Cody	1	0	0	18
DE Jason Lynch	0	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Antoine Caldwell	3	11	0	26	17
Herb Bradford	3	10	2	40	29
Matt Slauson	3	6	0	26	18
Jimmy Fulcher	2	4	0	12	5
Jumbo Wheeler	2	2	0	5	3
Mickey Brandon	2	2	0	33	25
Lawrence Berry	1	2	0	15	13
Darrell Erickson	1	1	0	27	13
R.J. Cote	1	1	0	8	3

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Pollak	1	7	13	0	32
Harvey Ancheta	1	2	12	1	32
Keith DiMillo	1	1	15	0	37
Sam Kovarik	0	2	13	1	32
Kelly Fortier	0	1	2	0	8
Zane Beadles	0	1	13	0	29
Tommie McKenna	0	1	2	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Dean Rivers	3	15
Brett Murphy	1	23
Tim Lincoln	1	17
R.J. Cote	1	16
Darrell Erickson	1	14

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Lester Allen	3	17
Cory Cochrane	1	21
Scott McKillop	1	13

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Herb Bradford	40	29	---	---	9	78
Gene Chandler	40	29	---	---	5	74
Gosder Cherilus	34	27	---	---	9	70
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	10	29	21	60
Mickey Brandon	33	25	---	---	---	58
Dean Rivers	22	21	---	---	15	58
Dwight Donovan	17	21	---	---	16	54
Darrell Erickson	27	13	---	---	14	54
Jamal Gardner	26	24	---	---	1	51
Herb Hampton	---	---	14	32	3	49
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	14	31	3	48
Levon Jacobs	---	---	13	32	2	47
LeSean McCoy	24	21	---	---	1	46
Kent Jarvis	---	---	7	22	15	44
Matt Slauson	26	18	---	---	---	44
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	11	31	2	44
Casey Donovan	---	---	13	28	2	43
Antoine Caldwell	26	17	---	---	---	43
Tim Lincoln	10	15	---	---	17	42
Jumbo Dolan	23	5	---	---	12	40
Chad Jones	---	---	13	26	1	40
D.J. Moore	---	---	9	26	3	38
Lawrence Berry	15	13	---	---	9	37
Luke Hartland	---	---	9	25	1	35
Mitch Petrus	14	11	---	---	9	34
John Carlson	21	9	---	---	1	31
Joey Sims	---	---	7	22	2	31
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	8	19	2	29
Kurt Houston	17	10	---	---	---	27
R.J. Cote	8	3	---	---	16	27
Jimmy Fulcher	12	5	---	---	9	26
Teddy Flannery	---	---	8	16	1	25
Emmitt Vilnit	---	---	1	5	19	25
Brett Murphy	0	0	---	---	23	23
Jermaine Lowe	---	---	8	9	6	23
Antonio Giles	---	---	2	18	1	21
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	6	11	---	17
Junior Harden	---	---	4	6	6	16
Jumbo Wheeler	5	3	---	---	7	15
Ralph Livanis	---	---	2	7	4	13
Jack Kemnitzer	0	0	---	---	12	12
Peter Heuvicq	---	---	5	6	---	11
Marc Poloski	---	---	1	6	3	10
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	4	4
Charles Stephens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Julio McElroy	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jerraud Powers	---	---	39	28	13	80
Rondell Shelton	---	---	38	28	10	76
Scott McKillop	---	---	34	27	13	74
Coye Francies	---	---	38	23	9	70
Shawn Crable	---	---	33	24	5	62
Keith DiMillo	15	37	---	---	8	60
Broderick Stephenson	---	---	32	25	3	60
Dwayne Compton	---	---	32	20	7	59
Tyrell Terrell	15	37	---	---	---	52
Frankie Hutton	---	---	21	18	11	50
Corey Peters	---	---	25	17	5	47
Mike Pollak	13	32	---	---	---	45
Sam Kovarik	13	32	---	---	---	45
Harvey Ancheta	12	32	---	---	---	44
Kelvin Kinney	---	---	21	20	3	44
Jason Lynch	---	---	23	13	7	43
Zane Beadles	13	29	---	---	---	42
Jamie Marx	8	22	---	---	11	41
Jonathan Snyder	14	27	---	---	---	41
Terrence Cody	---	---	20	18	2	40
Randy Fulcher	5	12	---	---	21	38
Cory Cochrane	---	---	7	9	21	37
Karl Burtner	11	19	---	---	7	37
Marty Reilly	---	---	20	11	5	36
Rashard Mendenhall	10	24	---	---	---	34
Dez Bryant	6	16	---	---	12	34
Frank Schneider	5	16	---	---	11	32
Tom Zhao	---	---	10	15	5	30
Shawn Nelson	8	17	---	---	5	30
Billy Duffy	2	12	---	---	13	27
Russell Crittenden	---	---	14	10	2	26
Lester Allen	2	6	---	---	17	25
Gerald McRath	---	---	15	5	2	22
Monty Tilton	4	14	---	---	3	21
Kelly Fortier	2	8	---	---	8	18
Grady Coffey	---	---	9	5	2	16
Duane Derr	3	5	---	---	8	16
Teddy Reeve	2	5	---	---	8	15
Tommie McKenna	2	5	---	---	8	15
Hugh Rogers	---	---	3	1	9	13
Shaun Zeier	---	---	6	2	---	8
Corey Seder	0	0	---	---	6	6
T.J. Greenberg	0	0	---	---	4	4
Andrew Ward	0	0	---	---	2	2
Karl Wolfe	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Raymond	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	38	7.6
Middle	22	128	5.8
Right	12	47	3.9
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	6	2.0
Middle	10	33	3.3
Right	2	11	5.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	29	15	4	0	1	7	5	1	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tyrell Terrell	35	21	3	2	1	3	8	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	20	6.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	63	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	141	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	80	13.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	50	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	43	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	56	11.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dean Rivers	8	3	1	28	0	21
WR Jamal Gardner	7	5	0	152	4	24
WR Tim Lincoln	4	2	0	10	0	15
WR Dwight Donovan	3	0	0	0	0	21
RB LeSean McCoy	3	3	0	23	0	21
TE John Carlson	2	1	0	4	0	9
FB Darrell Erickson	1	1	0	7	0	13
TE R.J. Cote	1	0	0	0	0	3

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jonathan Snyder	9	5	0	68	1	27
WR Jamie Marx	5	0	0	0	0	22
TE Shawn Nelson	4	1	1	20	1	17
WR Frank Schneider	4	3	0	43	1	16
FB Monty Tilton	4	4	0	35	0	14
RB Rashard Mendenhall	3	3	0	17	0	24
WR Karl Burtner	3	2	0	24	0	19
WR Dez Bryant	2	2	0	20	0	16
TE Billy Duffy	1	1	0	2	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeSean McCoy	6	19	3.17	5.50
Kurt Houston	5	1	0.20	5.56

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	4	1	15	3.75	7.72

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tyrell Terrell	2	1	20	10.00	6.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE John Carlson	1	0	0	0.00	2.00
WR Dwight Donovan	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Dean Rivers	1	1	15	15.00	3.50
WR Jamal Gardner	1	0	0	0.00	21.71

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Shawn Nelson	1	1	20	20.00	5.00
WR Jamie Marx	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Kurt Houston	5	3
LeSean McCoy	1	1
Gene Chandler	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Rashard Mendenhall	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	9	2	1

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tyrell Terrell	11	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dean Rivers	3	0	0
WR Jamal Gardner	2	1	1
WR Tim Lincoln	1	0	0
WR Dwight Donovan	1	0	0
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	0
TE R.J. Cote	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jonathan Snyder	3	2	2
RB Rashard Mendenhall	2	2	1
TE Shawn Nelson	2	1	1
WR Karl Burtner	1	0	0
TE Billy Duffy	1	1	0
FB Monty Tilton	1	1	0
WR Dez Bryant	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,800 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,300 (22,200)
End Zone 13,900 (16,000)
Mezzanine 8,000 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (14,100)
Club Seats 3,500 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,400 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,800 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,300 (22,200)
End Zone	13,900 (16,000)
Mezzanine	8,000 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (14,100)
Club Seats	3,500 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,400 (5,000)