Week 7, 2027

played in New England, MA

56 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	7	3	14	0	-	24
New England Patriots	10	3	3	6	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 NED - Rodney Lyons 1 pass from Emmanuel Lynn (Marcus Robbins extra point)
1Q: 07:43 HOU - Jimmie Mahaffey 28 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
1Q: 02:35 NED - Marcus Robbins 21 field goal
2Q: 05:42 HOU - Ian Zupancic 25 field goal
2Q: 00:09 NED - Marcus Robbins 52 field goal
3Q: 12:58 HOU - Jamal Gardner 17 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
3Q: 08:04 NED - Marcus Robbins 22 field goal
3Q: 06:14 HOU - Jamal Gardner 33 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
4Q: 05:16 NED - Vincent Chandler 3 pass from Emmanuel Lynn (Delone Carter run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 NED - Rodney Lyons 1 pass from Emmanuel Lynn (Marcus Robbins extra point)
1Q: 07:43 HOU - Jimmie Mahaffey 28 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
1Q: 02:35 NED - Marcus Robbins 21 field goal
2Q: 05:42 HOU - Ian Zupancic 25 field goal
2Q: 00:09 NED - Marcus Robbins 52 field goal
3Q: 12:58 HOU - Jamal Gardner 17 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
3Q: 08:04 NED - Marcus Robbins 22 field goal
3Q: 06:14 HOU - Jamal Gardner 33 pass from Gene Chandler (Ian Zupancic extra point)
4Q: 05:16 NED - Vincent Chandler 3 pass from Emmanuel Lynn (Delone Carter run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics HOU NED
Record 6-1 3-3
First Downs 16 26
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 12 20
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 331 425
- Offensive Plays 60 74
- Yards per Play 5.52 5.74
Net Rushing Yards 69 102
- Rushing Attempts 26 20
- Yards per Rush 2.65 5.10
Net Passing Yards 262 323
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 18 - 0 53 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 268 328
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 7.71 5.98
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.3 4.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/30 4/37
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 6/141 4/71
Interception Ret./Yards 1/18 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 23
Time of Possession 27:26 32:34

Team Statistics	HOU	NED
Record	6-1	3-3
First Downs	16	26
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	12	20
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	331	425
- Offensive Plays	60	74
- Yards per Play	5.52	5.74
Net Rushing Yards	69	102
- Rushing Attempts	26	20
- Yards per Rush	2.65	5.10
Net Passing Yards	262	323
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 18 - 0	53 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	268	328
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	7.71	5.98
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.3	4.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/30	4/37
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	6/141	4/71
Interception Ret./Yards	1/18	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 23
Time of Possession	27:26	32:34

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:28	0:52	OWN 28	3	0	Punt
1	8:41	1:11	OPP 35	3	35	Touchdown
1	2:27	2:34	OWN 32	3	8	Punt
2	12:03	6:28	OWN 28	15	64	Field Goal
2	2:17	1:38	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	2:08	OWN 42	6	58	Touchdown
3	7:59	2:01	OWN 48	3	52	Touchdown
3	3:33	2:47	OWN 16	8	46	Punt
4	13:43	4:35	OWN 4	10	43	Punt
4	5:08	3:18	OWN 28	6	15	Punt

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:32	OWN 36	8	64	Touchdown
1	9:36	0:55	OWN 25	2	2	Interception
1	7:30	5:03	OWN 28	11	68	Field Goal
2	14:53	2:50	OWN 10	5	22	Punt
2	5:35	3:18	OWN 24	6	17	Punt
2	0:39	0:36	OWN 38	4	27	Field Goal
3	12:52	4:53	OWN 29	9	66	Field Goal
3	5:58	2:25	OWN 14	7	17	Punt
3	0:46	2:03	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
4	9:08	4:00	OWN 16	9	84	Touchdown
4	1:50	1:50	OWN 20	9	41	Game

Game MVP: Gene Chandler, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
C.J. Spiller	17	53	3.12	8	0	0
Sammy Farrington	9	16	1.78	5	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Delone Carter	10	69	6.90	18	2
Vincent Chandler	8	29	3.63	10	1
Emmanuel Lynn	2	4	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	33	18	268	1/6	3	33	0	111.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Emmanuel Lynn	53	33	328	1/5	2	35	1	84.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jamal Gardner	8	9	131	16.38	63	33	2
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	3	9	73	24.33	22	28	1
WR Dean Rivers	3	4	49	16.33	13	23	0
RB C.J. Spiller	3	6	8	2.67	9	8	0
TE Frank Fortune	1	3	7	7.00	1	7	0
TE Daryl Barricelli	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Sammy Farrington	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Smith	7	12	79	11.29	33	29	0
WR Rodney Lyons	7	11	49	7.00	6	18	1
WR Marcus Young	7	9	99	14.14	49	35	0
FB Dwayne George	6	10	63	10.50	21	23	0
RB Vincent Chandler	3	3	18	6.00	1	10	1
RB Delone Carter	2	2	9	4.50	10	9	0
TE Bobby Banks	1	3	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Dixon Pasquarella	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Brian Downs	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Nate Allen	1	18	18.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dean Rivers	1	1	0	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bobby Banks	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Glover	6	270	45.0	36.2	57	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Larry Mirkovich	4	193	48.3	44.8	60	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ian Zupancic	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Marcus Robbins	3/3	1/1	1/1	52	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	2	14	7.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Hayes	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Rivers	4	96	24.0	0
Victor Liotti	2	45	22.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Harris Bruce	2	32	16.0	0
Chris Cook	2	39	19.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ralph Livanis	5	2	0.0	14	27
S Perry Coffin	5	2	0.0	15	33
CB Andrew Franz	5	1	0.0	14	40
DE Carlos Dunlap	5	1	0.0	16	47
CB Lawrence Abbey	4	3	0.0	15	37
ILB Lawrence Fisk	4	2	0.0	10	22
CB Chris Culliver	4	2	0.0	4	18
OLB Herb Hampton	4	1	0.0	15	43
DE Mike McCulley	3	1	1.0	19	42
ILB Bob Hutton	3	2	0.0	18	51
CB Patrick Robinson	2	1	0.0	9	27
S Allen Dawson	2	1	0.0	3	25
ILB Teddy Jamison	2	0	0.0	8	13
DT Cris Batten	2	0	0.0	13	31
CB Victor Liotti	1	3	0.0	14	44
DT Chris Zlotnik	1	0	0.0	3	14
ILB Alonzo Conrady	0	1	0.0	2	3

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S D.J. O'Neal	6	2	0.0	17	22
ILB Charlie Gerbasi	6	0	0.0	19	25
S Dominic Tirtha	5	2	0.0	24	30
DT Darrin Middleton	4	1	1.0	24	30
OLB Curtis Zuck	4	0	0.0	12	16
CB Steven Ravas	3	0	0.0	15	27
DE Moe Daugherty	2	1	0.0	21	21
DE Calvin Green	2	0	0.0	13	17
ILB Dean Wilde	2	0	0.0	7	9
OLB Jonas Mouton	2	0	0.0	17	15
CB Jimmy Smith	2	0	0.0	20	24
ILB Lewis Sonneman	1	2	0.0	24	29
S Michael Mitchell	1	0	0.0	14	21
WR Rodney Lyons	1	0	---	---	---
DT Jimmie Sullivan	1	0	0.0	2	4
CB Chris Cook	1	0	0.0	4	15
CB Willie Hayes	0	2	0.0	25	27

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike McCulley	1.0	1	3	0	42
DE Carlos Dunlap	0.0	1	2	1	47
DT Chris Zlotnik	0.0	1	1	0	14
ILB Bob Hutton	0.0	0	2	0	51
DT Cris Batten	0.0	0	1	0	31

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Darrin Middleton	1.0	0	3	0	30
ILB Lewis Sonneman	0.0	1	1	1	29
OLB Roderick Garner	0.0	1	0	0	5
DE Calvin Green	0.0	1	0	0	17
DE Moe Daugherty	0.0	0	1	0	21
DE Daryl Perry	0.0	0	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Lawrence Abbey	4	1	0	37
CB Andrew Franz	4	0	0	40
OLB Ralph Livanis	4	0	0	27
S Perry Coffin	3	0	0	33
CB Chris Culliver	3	0	0	18
ILB Lawrence Fisk	2	0	0	22
OLB Herb Hampton	2	0	0	43
DE Carlos Dunlap	2	0	0	47
CB Patrick Robinson	2	0	0	27
S Allen Dawson	2	0	0	25
CB Victor Liotti	1	2	0	44
ILB Teddy Jamison	1	0	0	13
ILB Bob Hutton	1	0	0	51
DT Chris Zlotnik	1	0	0	14
DE Kendrick Hussey	1	0	0	19
S Nate Allen	0	0	1	47

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S D.J. O'Neal	4	0	22
ILB Charlie Gerbasi	3	0	25
S Dominic Tirtha	2	1	30
CB Steven Ravas	2	1	27
OLB Curtis Zuck	2	0	16
CB Willie Hayes	1	1	27
OLB Jonas Mouton	1	1	15
CB Jimmy Smith	1	1	24
CB Chris Cook	1	0	15
DE Calvin Green	1	0	17
DE Daryl Perry	0	1	17

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Walter Jelinek	4	10	1	26	0	34
Ethan Bowens	3	8	0	26	0	32
A.J. Murray	1	1	0	13	0	20
Ernie Fitzgerald	0	4	0	23	0	32
Alonzo Hansen	0	2	0	26	1	33
Leonard Gillespie	0	1	0	22	0	29

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wayne Kamego	3	4	12	0	42
Archie Dudley	2	3	20	0	54
Ricardo Meadows	1	4	17	0	39
Tyrone Wand	1	2	16	0	44
Shawn Lauvao	1	1	17	0	43
Bill Serino	0	2	7	1	25
Neil James	0	2	8	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Ralph Livanis	2	16
Herb Hampton	2	13
Daryl Barricelli	1	15

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Eugene Duran	5	23
Bobby Banks	1	18
Harris Bruce	1	14
Curtis Zuck	1	11

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Hutton	---	---	18	51	3	72
Herb Hampton	---	---	15	43	13	71
Victor Liotti	---	---	14	44	10	68
Nate Allen	---	---	17	47	4	68
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	16	47	4	67
Alonzo Hansen	26	33	---	---	7	66
Mike McCulley	---	---	19	42	3	64
Gene Chandler	26	34	---	---	---	60
Walter Jelinek	26	34	---	---	---	60
Ethan Bowens	26	32	---	---	---	58
Ralph Livanis	---	---	14	27	16	57
Andrew Franz	---	---	14	40	1	55
Ernie Fitzgerald	23	32	---	---	---	55
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	15	37	2	54
Jamal Gardner	15	28	---	---	11	54
Jimmie Mahaffey	22	30	---	---	---	52
Leonard Gillespie	22	29	---	---	---	51
Perry Coffin	---	---	15	33	2	50
Patrick Robinson	---	---	9	27	11	47
Cris Batten	---	---	13	31	2	46
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	10	22	13	45
Dean Rivers	10	19	---	---	16	45
C.J. Spiller	17	25	---	---	2	44
Frank Fortune	16	18	---	---	7	41
A.J. Murray	13	20	---	---	7	40
Allen Dawson	---	---	3	25	11	39
Sammy Farrington	9	9	---	---	20	38
Daryl Barricelli	11	10	---	---	15	36
Chris Culliver	---	---	4	18	12	34
Kendrick Hussey	---	---	5	19	7	31
Tandon Doss	8	10	---	---	10	28
Teddy Jamison	---	---	8	13	6	27
Don Myers	7	7	---	---	7	21
Bruce Ryder	9	1	---	---	11	21
Chris Zlotnik	---	---	3	14	3	20
Leonard Westbrook	---	---	6	11	2	19
Kent Chappell	0	2	---	---	7	9
Eben Britton	0	1	---	---	7	8
Alonzo Conrady	---	---	2	3	3	8
Damon Connell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sam Glover	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ian Zupancic	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ricky Stanzi	0	0	---	---	1	1
Glenn Dorsey	---	---	0	0	---	0
LeSean McCoy	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dwayne Hogenmiller	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dwayne George	14	40	---	---	23	77
Archie Dudley	20	54	---	---	---	74
Emmanuel Lynn	20	54	---	---	---	74
Tyrone Wand	16	44	---	---	5	65
Mike Smith	16	47	---	---	1	64
Marcus Young	15	32	---	---	17	64
Ricardo Meadows	17	39	---	---	7	63
Willie Hayes	---	---	25	27	9	61
Wayne Kamego	12	42	---	---	7	61
Shawn Lauvao	17	43	---	---	---	60
Rodney Lyons	15	44	---	---	---	59
Dominic Tirtha	---	---	24	30	3	57
Darrin Middleton	---	---	24	30	3	57
Lewis Sonneman	---	---	24	29	1	54
Steven Ravas	---	---	15	27	10	52
D.J. O'Neal	---	---	17	22	10	49
Charlie Gerbasi	---	---	19	25	2	46
Jimmy Smith	---	---	20	24	1	45
Moe Daugherty	---	---	21	21	1	43
Delone Carter	12	29	---	---	1	42
Curtis Zuck	---	---	12	16	11	39
Bill Serino	7	25	---	---	6	38
Eugene Duran	---	---	8	7	23	38
Michael Mitchell	---	---	14	21	1	36
Jonas Mouton	---	---	17	15	4	36
Dixon Pasquarella	5	20	---	---	10	35
Bobby Banks	5	10	---	---	18	33
Lorenzo McDaniel	5	10	---	---	18	33
Chris Cook	---	---	4	15	13	32
Daryl Perry	---	---	13	17	2	32
Calvin Green	---	---	13	17	2	32
Vincent Chandler	8	20	---	---	---	28
Jason Lynch	---	---	5	13	7	25
Neil James	8	12	---	---	3	23
Brian Downs	4	16	---	---	---	20
Dean Wilde	---	---	7	9	4	20
Harris Bruce	1	2	---	---	14	17
Wade Santoki	3	11	---	---	---	14
Bryan Covington	---	---	0	0	11	11
Roderick Garner	---	---	2	5	4	11
Marcus Robbins	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rod Lovett	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jimmie Sullivan	---	---	2	4	---	6
Larry Mirkovich	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kerry Newhart	0	0	---	---	3	3
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	36	3.0
Middle	8	28	3.5
Right	6	5	0.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	39	6.5
Middle	7	16	2.3
Right	7	47	6.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	33	18	5	0	1	6	5	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Emmanuel Lynn	53	33	4	2	1	3	9	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	9	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	8	82	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	99	12.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	78	19.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	30	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	24	17	191	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	107	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	9	3	0	73	2	30
WR Jamal Gardner	9	8	0	131	2	28
RB C.J. Spiller	6	3	0	8	0	25
WR Dean Rivers	4	3	0	49	1	19
TE Frank Fortune	3	1	0	7	0	18
TE Daryl Barricelli	1	0	1	0	0	10
RB Sammy Farrington	1	0	0	0	0	9

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Smith	12	7	0	79	1	47
WR Rodney Lyons	11	7	0	49	0	44
FB Dwayne George	10	6	0	63	1	40
WR Marcus Young	9	7	1	99	2	32
TE Bobby Banks	3	1	0	11	0	10
RB Vincent Chandler	3	3	0	18	0	20
RB Delone Carter	2	2	0	9	0	29
TE Dixon Pasquarella	1	0	0	0	0	20
WR Brian Downs	1	0	0	0	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
C.J. Spiller	1	-1	-1.00	3.12

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Delone Carter	3	16	5.33	6.90
Emmanuel Lynn	1	2	2.00	2.00
Vincent Chandler	1	10	10.00	3.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	5	3	27	5.40	8.12

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Emmanuel Lynn	8	5	20	2.50	6.19

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jamal Gardner	3	3	27	9.00	14.56
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	1	0	0	0.00	8.11
TE Daryl Barricelli	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Smith	2	1	12	6.00	6.58
WR Rodney Lyons	2	2	0	0.00	4.45
RB Vincent Chandler	2	2	8	4.00	6.00
WR Marcus Young	1	0	0	0.00	11.00
FB Dwayne George	1	0	0	0.00	6.30

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
C.J. Spiller	4	3

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Vincent Chandler	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	11	7	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Emmanuel Lynn	12	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Gardner	4	4	4
WR Jimmie Mahaffey	3	1	1
RB C.J. Spiller	2	2	0
TE Frank Fortune	1	0	0
RB Sammy Farrington	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rodney Lyons	3	3	2
FB Dwayne George	3	2	0
WR Mike Smith	2	0	0
WR Marcus Young	2	2	2
TE Bobby Banks	1	0	0
RB Delone Carter	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 73,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,200 (23,200)
End Zone 16,800 (16,800)
Mezzanine 9,700 (9,700)
Sideline Seats 14,800 (14,800)
Club Seats 6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (4,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	73,600 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,200 (23,200)
End Zone	16,800 (16,800)
Mezzanine	9,700 (9,700)
Sideline Seats	14,800 (14,800)
Club Seats	6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (4,500)