Week 14, 2024

played in Houston, TX

56 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	0	3	0	7	-	10
Houston Texans	0	13	0	7	-	20

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:44 HOU - LeSean McCoy 2 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 08:31 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 39 field goal
2Q: 03:09 DET - Rusty Sheldon 22 field goal
2Q: 00:12 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 32 field goal
4Q: 02:32 HOU - LeSean McCoy 66 run (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
4Q: 00:38 DET - Darrell Helfrich 15 pass from Maurice Greer (Rusty Sheldon extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:44 HOU - LeSean McCoy 2 pass from Gene Chandler (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
2Q: 08:31 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 39 field goal
2Q: 03:09 DET - Rusty Sheldon 22 field goal
2Q: 00:12 HOU - Jack Kemnitzer 32 field goal
4Q: 02:32 HOU - LeSean McCoy 66 run (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)
4Q: 00:38 DET - Darrell Helfrich 15 pass from Maurice Greer (Rusty Sheldon extra point)

Team Statistics DET HOU
Record 4-9 7-6
First Downs 22 19
- by Rushing 6 12
- by Passing 11 6
- by Penalty 5 1
Total Net Yards 369 354
- Offensive Plays 68 69
- Yards per Play 5.43 5.13
Net Rushing Yards 188 274
- Rushing Attempts 23 38
- Yards per Rush 8.17 7.21
Net Passing Yards 181 80
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 23 - 3 29 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 210 93
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/29 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 4.02 2.58
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 4/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/36 10/65
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/19
Kick Returns/Yards 4/62 1/39
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 3/29
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 40
Time of Possession 29:56 30:04

Team Statistics	DET	HOU
Record	4-9	7-6
First Downs	22	19
- by Rushing	6	12
- by Passing	11	6
- by Penalty	5	1
Total Net Yards	369	354
- Offensive Plays	68	69
- Yards per Play	5.43	5.13
Net Rushing Yards	188	274
- Rushing Attempts	23	38
- Yards per Rush	8.17	7.21
Net Passing Yards	181	80
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 23 - 3	29 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	210	93
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/29	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	4.02	2.58
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	4/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/36	10/65
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/19
Kick Returns/Yards	4/62	1/39
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	3/29
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 40
Time of Possession	29:56	30:04

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:32	1:12	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	8:03	3:28	OWN 1	6	83	Missed FG
1	2:15	1:50	OWN 18	3	7	Punt
2	13:37	2:08	OWN 22	4	18	Interception
2	8:23	1:23	OWN 17	3	-1	Punt
2	6:21	3:20	OWN 20	10	75	Field Goal
2	0:47	0:08	OWN 41	1	0	Interception
3	15:00	2:54	OWN 32	6	36	Missed FG
3	7:48	6:00	OWN 20	11	42	Punt
4	11:42	6:33	OWN 25	14	53	Interception
4	2:17	1:49	OWN 18	8	82	Touchdown

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:28	OPP 41	6	19	Interception
1	11:20	3:17	OWN 36	8	21	Punt
1	4:35	2:20	OWN 23	4	8	Punt
1	0:25	1:48	OWN 44	6	56	Touchdown
2	11:29	3:06	OWN 38	7	40	Field Goal
2	7:00	0:39	OWN 49	3	6	Punt
2	3:01	2:14	OWN 36	6	30	Missed FG
2	0:39	0:32	OPP 30	3	15	Field Goal
3	12:06	4:18	OWN 39	8	27	Punt
3	1:48	5:06	OWN 20	10	55	Fumble
4	5:09	2:52	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
4	0:28	0:28	OPP 43	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Bob Hutton, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ricky Johnstone	11	113	10.27	66	1
Ryan Mathews	5	42	8.40	31	2
Maurice Greer	4	18	4.50	6	0
Quentin Dernbach	2	13	6.50	9	0
Damon Lebiedzinski	1	2	2.00	2	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
LeSean McCoy	17	154	9.06	66	3	1
Billy Lutes	10	79	7.90	35	1	0
Gene Chandler	7	41	5.86	19	1	0
Brett Murphy	3	2	0.67	1	0	0
Darrell Erickson	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Maurice Greer	41	23	210	4/29	1	28	3	47.8

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	29	10	93	2/13	1	25	1	41.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Damian Williams	6	10	91	15.17	25	28	0
WR Golden Tate	5	9	25	5.00	0	9	0
WR Adam Crane	4	5	49	12.25	7	16	0
WR Darrell Helfrich	3	7	27	9.00	4	15	1
TE Donovan Sampson	3	4	13	4.33	0	9	0
FB Damon Lebiedzinski	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Ernest Henderson	1	5	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jamal Gardner	3	7	54	18.00	31	25	0
WR Preston Beadnell	2	5	18	9.00	6	12	0
TE R.J. Cote	2	2	11	5.50	9	10	0
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	1
FB Darrell Erickson	1	2	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
TE Frank Fortune	1	1	10	10.00	2	10	0
WR Jessie Johannsen	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Dean Rivers	0	7	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Norman Colon	1	0	0.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.00
ILB Bob Hutton	1	29	29.00
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	0	0.00

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Recov	Force
Nolan Carroll	1	1
Damon Sampson	0	1
Nicky Jeffries	0	1
Dan Batten	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov
LeSean McCoy	3	0
Gene Chandler	1	0
Gosder Cherilus	0	1
Darrell Erickson	0	1
Leonard Gillespie	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Duane Grant	4	163	40.8	31.0	47	0

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	4	172	43.0	33.0	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rusty Sheldon	1/3	0/1	0/0	22	1/1

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jack Kemnitzer	2/3	0/1	0/1	39	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	2	19	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Golden Tate	3	55	18.3	0
Darrell Helfrich	1	7	7.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamal Gardner	1	39	39.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Karl Sabin	6	1	1.0	16	17
CB Nolan Carroll	5	1	0.0	20	10
S A.J. Brennan	4	3	0.0	28	26
ILB Nicky Jeffries	3	1	1.0	35	27
DT Percy Press	3	1	0.0	18	20
CB Tyrus Dubester	3	1	0.0	28	24
OLB Norman Colon	3	0	0.0	28	23
DT Damon Sampson	2	1	0.0	15	10
DE Tyson Jackson	2	1	0.0	34	26
DE Billy Joe Corbett	2	1	0.0	19	18
CB Rich Markowitz	2	1	0.0	27	19
OLB Timothy Rood	2	0	0.0	10	6
S Kendrick Lewis	2	0	0.0	25	18
CB Archie Walters	2	0	0.0	11	13
CB Perry Dees	1	1	0.0	24	18
QB Maurice Greer	1	0	---	---	---
T Karl Wolfe	1	0	---	---	---
DT Dave Thibodeau	1	0	0.0	12	11
S Winfred Laudenback	1	0	0.0	16	18
WR Darrell Helfrich	1	0	---	---	---
DE Dan Batten	1	0	0.0	23	16
DT Jermaine Lowe	1	0	0.0	29	21

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Fisk	10	1	0.0	18	38
OLB Herb Hampton	6	0	1.0	18	29
ILB Bob Hutton	5	2	2.0	18	37
CB D.J. Moore	5	0	0.0	18	37
DT Levon Jacobs	4	0	0.0	18	35
S Chad Jones	4	0	0.0	16	35
S Kent Jarvis	2	2	0.0	14	28
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	1	0.0	13	25
S Clarence Mankey	2	1	0.0	6	8
DE Calvin Green	2	0	0.0	9	7
DE Carlos Dunlap	1	0	1.0	14	38
CB Gregory Toler	1	2	0.0	5	15
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	2	0.0	18	30
S Luke Hartland	1	2	0.0	14	23
OLB Ralph Livanis	1	1	0.0	4	4
QB Gene Chandler	1	0	---	---	---
S Perry Coffin	1	0	0.0	9	29
ILB Bucky Baxter	0	1	0.0	3	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Karl Sabin	1.0	0	0	17
ILB Nicky Jeffries	1.0	0	0	27
DE Billy Joe Corbett	0.0	1	2	18
DE Tyson Jackson	0.0	1	1	26
DE Dan Batten	0.0	0	1	16

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Bob Hutton	2.0	0	2	2	37
DE Carlos Dunlap	1.0	1	3	4	38
OLB Herb Hampton	1.0	0	1	0	29
DT Levon Jacobs	0.0	1	1	1	35
DE Joey Sims	0.0	0	2	1	27

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tyrus Dubester	3	0	0	24
ILB Karl Sabin	2	0	0	17
OLB Norman Colon	1	2	1	23
ILB Nicky Jeffries	1	1	0	27
CB Nolan Carroll	1	0	0	10
DT Percy Press	1	0	0	20
CB Archie Walters	1	0	0	13
S Kendrick Lewis	0	3	0	18
CB Perry Dees	0	1	0	18
CB Rich Markowitz	0	1	0	19

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Lawrence Fisk	5	0	0	38
OLB Herb Hampton	3	0	0	29
CB D.J. Moore	2	1	0	37
S Luke Hartland	2	0	0	23
S Chad Jones	2	0	0	35
S Clarence Mankey	2	0	0	8
CB Lawrence Abbey	1	1	1	30
CB Tyrell Johnson	1	0	1	25
ILB Bob Hutton	1	0	1	37
S Kent Jarvis	1	0	0	28
DT Levon Jacobs	1	0	0	35
CB Gregory Toler	1	0	0	15
S Perry Coffin	1	0	0	29
OLB Cary Torres	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dennis Rawls	3	7	19	0	34
Quentin Dernbach	2	2	15	0	17
Dennis Hannam	1	2	22	2	45
Karl Wolfe	1	2	20	1	36
Norbert Crane	1	2	19	1	34
Anthony Sneller	1	2	20	0	37
Tony Hills	1	1	6	0	16
Damon Lebiedzinski	0	1	4	0	14
Buddy Detsch	0	1	2	0	3
Todd Chaudrey	0	1	7	0	20

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Antoine Caldwell	6	7	1	33	0	25
Leonard Gillespie	4	8	3	31	1	23
Alonzo Hansen	2	5	0	35	0	30
Herb Bradford	1	3	1	35	1	24
Gosder Cherilus	1	3	0	30	0	27
Mickey Brandon	1	2	0	8	0	4
Jimmy Fulcher	1	2	0	7	0	8
Darrell Erickson	1	1	0	28	0	23
Ethan Bowens	0	1	0	5	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Tyrus Dubester	2	18
Buddy Detsch	1	7

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Frank Fortune	2	13
Darrell Erickson	1	18
Cary Torres	1	12

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Nicky Jeffries	---	---	35	27	12	74
Tyrus Dubester	---	---	28	24	18	70
Maurice Greer	23	45	---	---	---	68
Dennis Hannam	22	45	---	---	---	67
Tyson Jackson	---	---	34	26	4	64
Anthony Sneller	20	37	---	---	7	64
Norbert Crane	19	34	---	---	7	60
Norman Colon	---	---	28	23	7	58
A.J. Brennan	---	---	28	26	3	57
Karl Wolfe	20	36	---	---	---	56
Ricky Johnstone	15	24	---	---	15	54
Dennis Rawls	19	34	---	---	---	53
Rich Markowitz	---	---	27	19	5	51
Jermaine Lowe	---	---	29	21	1	51
Darrell Helfrich	13	28	---	---	9	50
Kendrick Lewis	---	---	25	18	2	45
Perry Dees	---	---	24	18	2	44
Winfred Laudenback	---	---	16	18	10	44
Golden Tate	11	21	---	---	12	44
Dan Batten	---	---	23	16	5	44
Donovan Sampson	13	24	---	---	7	44
Karl Sabin	---	---	16	17	9	42
Damian Williams	13	28	---	---	---	41
Percy Press	---	---	18	20	3	41
Billy Joe Corbett	---	---	19	18	1	38
Nolan Carroll	---	---	20	10	8	38
Quentin Dernbach	15	17	---	---	2	34
Clay Harbor	11	18	---	---	5	34
Todd Chaudrey	7	20	---	---	7	34
Ernest Henderson	4	15	---	---	13	32
Tony Hills	6	16	---	---	7	29
Dave Thibodeau	---	---	12	11	5	28
Adam Crane	5	16	---	---	7	28
Damon Lebiedzinski	4	14	---	---	9	27
Archie Walters	---	---	11	13	3	27
Damon Sampson	---	---	15	10	---	25
Ryan Mathews	8	14	---	---	---	22
Grant Terry	3	2	---	---	15	20
Timothy Rood	---	---	10	6	---	16
Buddy Detsch	2	3	---	---	7	12
Rusty Sheldon	0	0	---	---	6	6
Brock Houghtlin	0	4	---	---	---	4
Duane Grant	0	0	---	---	4	4
Pat White	0	0	---	---	3	3
Marcus Lincoln	---	---	0	0	2	2
Mickey Garner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Alonzo Hansen	35	30	---	---	7	72
Gene Chandler	38	31	---	---	---	69
Darrell Erickson	28	23	---	---	18	69
Antoine Caldwell	33	25	---	---	7	65
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	18	38	4	60
Bob Hutton	---	---	18	37	5	60
Jamal Gardner	29	23	---	---	8	60
Herb Bradford	35	24	---	---	---	59
Dean Rivers	19	24	---	---	15	58
Gosder Cherilus	30	27	---	---	---	57
D.J. Moore	---	---	18	37	2	57
Levon Jacobs	---	---	18	35	2	55
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	14	38	3	55
Leonard Gillespie	31	23	---	---	---	54
Frank Fortune	27	14	---	---	13	54
Kent Jarvis	---	---	14	28	11	53
Chad Jones	---	---	16	35	1	52
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	18	30	3	51
Herb Hampton	---	---	18	29	2	49
Joey Sims	---	---	13	27	5	45
LeSean McCoy	23	21	---	---	---	44
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	13	25	3	41
Luke Hartland	---	---	14	23	4	41
Billy Lutes	14	11	---	---	15	40
Perry Coffin	---	---	9	29	---	38
Jessie Johannsen	17	12	---	---	7	36
Preston Beadnell	15	19	---	---	2	36
Kendrick Hussey	---	---	10	18	6	34
R.J. Cote	10	7	---	---	11	28
Gregory Toler	---	---	5	15	5	25
Cary Torres	---	---	5	7	12	24
Clarence Mankey	---	---	6	8	9	23
Jimmy Fulcher	7	8	---	---	7	22
Ralph Livanis	---	---	4	4	13	21
Mickey Brandon	8	4	---	---	7	19
Calvin Green	---	---	9	7	1	17
Sedrick Harvey	---	---	5	10	1	16
Ethan Bowens	5	6	---	---	5	16
Walter Jelinek	6	8	---	---	2	16
Bucky Baxter	---	---	3	7	5	15
Wayne Snyder	---	---	5	8	2	15
Brett Murphy	8	1	---	---	4	13
Jack Kemnitzer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	4	4
Charles Stephens	0	0	---	---	3	3
Vernon Marroquin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	32	5.3
Middle	12	134	11.2
Right	5	22	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	73	6.1
Middle	20	185	9.3
Right	4	18	4.5
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Maurice Greer	41	23	2	1	0	3	9	8	3

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	29	10	2	2	2	8	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	9	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	31	2.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	11	142	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	10	1	28	2.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-1	-0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	73	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	1	21	2.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Damian Williams	10	6	91	2	28
WR Golden Tate	9	5	25	0	21
WR Darrell Helfrich	7	3	27	0	28
WR Ernest Henderson	5	1	-1	0	15
WR Adam Crane	5	4	49	0	16
TE Donovan Sampson	4	3	13	0	24
FB Damon Lebiedzinski	1	1	6	0	14

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dean Rivers	7	0	2	0	0	24
WR Jamal Gardner	7	3	0	54	2	23
WR Preston Beadnell	5	2	0	18	0	19
WR Jessie Johannsen	4	0	0	0	0	12
FB Darrell Erickson	2	1	0	-2	0	23
TE R.J. Cote	2	2	0	11	0	7
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	0	2	0	21
TE Frank Fortune	1	1	0	10	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ryan Mathews	1	1	1.00	8.40

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Billy Lutes	1	4	4.00	7.90

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Maurice Greer	8	5	43	5.38	5.12

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	1	1	2	2.00	3.21

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darrell Helfrich	2	2	18	9.00	3.86
TE Donovan Sampson	2	1	9	4.50	3.25
WR Adam Crane	2	1	7	3.50	9.80
WR Golden Tate	1	1	9	9.00	2.78
WR Ernest Henderson	1	0	0	0.00	-0.20

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	2	2.00	2.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Ricky Johnstone	2	2

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Brett Murphy	3	2
LeSean McCoy	1	1
Gene Chandler	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Maurice Greer	11	8	4

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	9	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Damian Williams	3	1	0
WR Darrell Helfrich	2	2	1
WR Golden Tate	2	1	1
TE Donovan Sampson	2	2	0
WR Adam Crane	2	2	2

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dean Rivers	3	0	0
WR Jessie Johannsen	2	0	0
WR Preston Beadnell	2	1	1
WR Jamal Gardner	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,100 (21,100)
End Zone 10,900 (15,200)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 9,600 (13,400)
Club Seats 5,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,800 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,100 (21,100)
End Zone	10,900 (15,200)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	9,600 (13,400)
Club Seats	5,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (4,000)