Week 16, 2041

played in Arizona, AZ

35 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Houston Texans	3	0	7	10	-	20
Arizona Cardinals	0	6	0	3	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:33 HOU - Angel McTermid 35 field goal
2Q: 10:58 ARI - Gino Aldrich 34 field goal
2Q: 00:46 ARI - Gino Aldrich 40 field goal
3Q: 00:24 HOU - Dixon Edwards 3 pass from Jerald Newman (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 11:43 ARI - Gino Aldrich 44 field goal
4Q: 06:19 HOU - Dixon Edwards 21 pass from Jerald Newman (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 01:40 HOU - Angel McTermid 45 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:33 HOU - Angel McTermid 35 field goal
2Q: 10:58 ARI - Gino Aldrich 34 field goal
2Q: 00:46 ARI - Gino Aldrich 40 field goal
3Q: 00:24 HOU - Dixon Edwards 3 pass from Jerald Newman (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 11:43 ARI - Gino Aldrich 44 field goal
4Q: 06:19 HOU - Dixon Edwards 21 pass from Jerald Newman (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 01:40 HOU - Angel McTermid 45 field goal

Team Statistics HOU ARI
Record 7-8 5-10
First Downs 19 17
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 5 1
Total Net Yards 338 292
- Offensive Plays 64 68
- Yards per Play 5.28 4.29
Net Rushing Yards 116 107
- Rushing Attempts 29 22
- Yards per Rush 4.00 4.86
Net Passing Yards 222 185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 24 - 0 45 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 245 191
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/23 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 6.34 4.02
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 7/60 7/76
Punt Returns/Yards 2/6 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 1/29 3/89
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 27
Time of Possession 31:26 28:34

Team Statistics	HOU	ARI
Record	7-8	5-10
First Downs	19	17
- by Rushing	5	7
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	5	1
Total Net Yards	338	292
- Offensive Plays	64	68
- Yards per Play	5.28	4.29
Net Rushing Yards	116	107
- Rushing Attempts	29	22
- Yards per Rush	4.00	4.86
Net Passing Yards	222	185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 24 - 0	45 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	245	191
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/23	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	6.34	4.02
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	7/60	7/76
Punt Returns/Yards	2/6	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	1/29	3/89
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 27
Time of Possession	31:26	28:34

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:55	4:28	OWN 2	12	80	Field Goal
1	0:30	2:37	OWN 20	5	18	Fumble
2	10:52	1:34	OWN 30	3	3	Punt
2	6:30	1:37	OWN 14	3	4	Punt
2	4:53	2:41	OPP 48	4	11	Punt
2	0:41	0:41	OWN 20	1	3	Half
3	15:00	2:20	OWN 20	5	41	Punt
3	8:04	2:42	OWN 18	8	36	Punt
3	3:47	3:33	OPP 49	6	49	Touchdown
4	11:37	5:28	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
4	6:04	2:34	OPP 33	5	29	Fumble
4	2:04	0:31	OPP 19	4	-9	Field Goal
4	0:38	0:38	OPP 47	1	-2	Game

Arizona Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:05	OWN 20	11	43	Punt
1	5:27	4:57	OWN 20	10	46	Punt
2	12:53	2:01	OPP 28	4	11	Field Goal
2	9:18	2:48	OWN 33	5	22	Punt
2	2:12	1:31	OWN 20	6	57	Field Goal
3	12:40	4:36	OWN 20	8	40	Punt
3	5:22	1:35	OWN 1	5	10	Punt
3	0:14	3:37	OWN 45	8	28	Field Goal
4	3:30	1:26	OWN 4	8	15	Downs
4	1:33	0:55	OWN 38	4	9	Downs

Game MVP: Jerald Newman, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Cary Hicks	18	57	3.17	16	1
Jerald Newman	7	32	4.57	8	0
C.J. Grant	3	21	7.00	17	1
Dixon Edwards	1	6	6.00	6	0

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Korey Dux	17	54	3.18	17	3
Jermaine Ramsey	3	32	10.67	23	1
Luca Schulz	2	21	10.50	12	1

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jerald Newman	32	24	245	3/23	2	29	0	117.3

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jermaine Ramsey	45	25	191	1/6	0	29	0	66.0

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dixon Edwards	13	16	135	10.38	69	27	2
WR Gene Banks	3	5	19	6.33	5	9	0
TE Coby Fleener	2	4	33	16.50	24	27	0
FB Kirk Curley	2	2	2	1.00	0	6	0
WR Kelvin Benjamin	2	2	15	7.50	1	9	0
WR Cedric Allison	1	2	29	29.00	28	29	0
TE Sammie Gwinn	1	1	12	12.00	3	12	0

Arizona	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nicky Shea	7	13	82	11.71	32	29
RB Korey Dux	5	8	9	1.80	0	7
WR Leon Dillow	4	9	45	11.25	22	24
WR Gino Bensen	4	5	24	6.00	6	7
FB Dustin Patterson	2	2	1	0.50	1	1
WR Zach Powell	1	1	14	14.00	0	14
TE Graham Cassidy	1	5	10	10.00	4	10
RB Luca Schulz	1	2	6	6.00	1	6

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Arizona	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jerald Newman	1	0	0
Dixon Edwards	1	0	0
Cary Hicks	1	0	0
Lonnie Hitchcock	0	1	0
Shawn Houston	0	1	0
Sammie Gwinn	0	1	0
Darnell Dietz	0	0	2

Arizona	Fumb	Recov	Force
Nicky Shea	1	0	0
Luca Schulz	1	0	0
Chester Watson	0	1	0
Dominique Easley	0	1	0
Whitney Mercilus	0	0	1
Andy Bullock	0	0	1
Zack Grande	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Wayne Marshak	5	198	39.6	29.8	45	1

Arizona	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Abel Sherman	5	166	33.2	28.0	40	3

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Angel McTermid	2/2	1/1	0/0	45	2/2

Arizona	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gino Aldrich	3/3	2/2	0/0	44	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dwayne Hildreth	2	6	3.0	0

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Luca Schulz	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dixon Edwards	1	29	29.0	0

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nicky Shea	2	64	32.0	0
Zack Grande	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Percy Van DeWege	8	2	0.0	22	45
CB Rod Torres	6	1	0.0	20	42
ILB Michael Wheeler	6	0	0.0	19	27
OLB Donald Morehead	6	0	0.0	18	40
OLB Max Hout	5	2	0.0	11	13
S Alexis Carmazzi	4	1	0.0	22	44
OLB Darnell Dietz	3	4	0.0	20	45
S Dwight Marshall	3	2	0.0	22	45
DT Butch Craig	2	0	1.0	11	27
CB Jaiden Matthews	2	0	0.0	5	23
CB Kennedy Cassidy	1	2	0.0	11	33
QB Jerald Newman	1	0	---	---	---
DE Francisco Reeves	1	0	0.0	13	24
OLB Trent Steiner	1	0	0.0	6	7
DT Ty Terry	0	1	0.0	8	14
DE Abel Kurtz	0	1	0.0	17	34
DT Lee Kirkaldie	0	1	0.0	17	39

Arizona	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Greg Dawson	8	0	0.0	28	29
OLB Andy Bullock	7	3	0.0	23	29
S Benjamin Whitfield	5	1	0.0	21	13
S Zack Grande	4	0	1.0	11	26
CB Darrin Robertson	4	0	0.0	13	22
OLB Jared Campbell	3	0	1.0	11	7
CB Justin Gilbert	3	4	0.0	28	34
CB Leonardo Edmond	3	3	0.0	24	31
DE Jermaine Copeland	2	0	1.0	23	20
ILB Arnold Langham	2	1	0.0	11	8
OLB Quentin Evans	2	0	0.0	4	9
S Chester Watson	1	1	0.0	27	32
DE Whitney Mercilus	1	1	0.0	20	31
DE Casey Ready	1	1	0.0	11	6
CB Hardy Clements	1	1	0.0	3	5
DT William Preston	1	1	0.0	12	21
DT Dominique Easley	1	0	0.0	22	21
DT Elias Euerle	0	1	0.0	15	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Butch Craig	1.0	0	0	0	27
OLB Darnell Dietz	0.0	1	1	0	45
OLB Donald Morehead	0.0	1	0	1	40
DE Francisco Reeves	0.0	0	3	0	24
DE Abel Kurtz	0.0	0	1	3	34
OLB Trent Steiner	0.0	0	1	0	7

Arizona	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jermaine Copeland	1.0	0	1	0	20
OLB Jared Campbell	1.0	0	0	0	7
S Zack Grande	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Whitney Mercilus	0.0	1	0	0	31
DT Dominique Easley	0.0	0	2	2	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Rod Torres	6	1	42
ILB Michael Wheeler	4	0	27
CB Percy Van DeWege	3	1	45
OLB Donald Morehead	3	0	40
CB Jaiden Matthews	2	1	23
OLB Max Hout	2	0	13
S Alexis Carmazzi	2	0	44
OLB Darnell Dietz	1	1	45
OLB Trent Steiner	1	0	7
CB Kennedy Cassidy	1	0	33
DE Abel Kurtz	0	1	34
S Brian Van Hoose	0	1	1

Arizona	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Justin Gilbert	5	0	34
ILB Greg Dawson	3	1	29
S Benjamin Whitfield	3	0	13
CB Leonardo Edmond	3	0	31
OLB Andy Bullock	2	1	29
CB Darrin Robertson	2	0	22
S Zack Grande	2	0	26
DE Whitney Mercilus	1	0	31
OLB Jared Campbell	1	0	7
OLB Quentin Evans	1	0	9
CB Hardy Clements	1	0	5

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Xavier Su'a-Filo	2	8	29	0	35
Lonnie Hitchcock	2	4	29	0	35
Doug Beasley	2	3	29	0	35
Charles Pruett	1	4	15	0	15
Bruce Sloan	1	2	14	1	20
Shawn Houston	0	1	29	1	35
Blake Holliman	0	0	7	1	8

Arizona	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leland Benjdya	3	4	22	0	46
Luke Joeckel	1	4	22	0	46
Nolan Carlisle	1	3	22	1	46
Calvin Copeland	1	2	22	0	46
Brent Segalas	0	4	22	0	46
Dustin Patterson	0	2	10	0	30

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Darnell Dietz	2	13
Donald Morehead	1	13
Dixon Edwards	1	11

Arizona	Tackles	STPlays
Jared Campbell	2	24
Leonard Shreves	1	21
Arnold Langham	1	15

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Darnell Dietz	---	---	20	45	13	78
Dixon Edwards	28	34	---	---	11	73
Lonnie Hitchcock	29	35	---	---	7	71
Donald Morehead	---	---	18	40	13	71
Cary Hicks	25	30	---	---	16	71
Dwight Marshall	---	---	22	45	3	70
Percy Van DeWege	---	---	22	45	3	70
Alexis Carmazzi	---	---	22	44	3	69
Lee Kirkaldie	---	---	17	39	12	68
Rod Torres	---	---	20	42	4	66
Jerald Newman	29	35	---	---	---	64
Shawn Houston	29	35	---	---	---	64
Doug Beasley	29	35	---	---	---	64
Xavier Su'a-Filo	29	35	---	---	---	64
Abel Kurtz	---	---	17	34	3	54
Kennedy Cassidy	---	---	11	33	9	53
Michael Wheeler	---	---	19	27	6	52
Gene Banks	21	28	---	---	---	49
Coby Fleener	20	20	---	---	5	45
Kirk Curley	19	17	---	---	9	45
Butch Craig	---	---	11	27	1	39
Francisco Reeves	---	---	13	24	2	39
Charles Pruett	15	15	---	---	7	37
Bruce Sloan	14	20	---	---	---	34
Kelvin Benjamin	9	20	---	---	4	33
Jaiden Matthews	---	---	5	23	5	33
Blake Holliman	7	8	---	---	16	31
Cedric Allison	7	8	---	---	14	29
Max Hout	---	---	11	13	5	29
Trent Steiner	---	---	6	7	15	28
Ty Terry	---	---	8	14	1	23
Sammie Gwinn	4	5	---	---	8	17
C.J. Grant	5	5	---	---	4	14
Sam Bishop	---	---	0	3	9	12
Dwayne Hildreth	---	---	0	0	9	9
Sam Massare	---	---	0	0	8	8
Wesley Cook	0	0	---	---	7	7
Angel McTermid	0	0	---	---	7	7
Broderick Kelley	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ernie Kaplan	0	0	---	---	7	7
Wayne Marshak	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jerome Henry	---	---	0	0	4	4
Brian Van Hoose	---	---	0	1	---	1
Gilbert Washington	0	0	---	---	---	0
Edwin Schneggenburger	0	0	---	---	---	0

Arizona	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brent Segalas	22	46	---	---	8	76
Calvin Copeland	22	46	---	---	---	68
Nolan Carlisle	22	46	---	---	---	68
Leland Benjdya	22	46	---	---	---	68
Luke Joeckel	22	46	---	---	---	68
Jermaine Ramsey	22	46	---	---	---	68
Nicky Shea	20	40	---	---	7	67
Justin Gilbert	---	---	28	34	2	64
Greg Dawson	---	---	28	29	6	63
Chester Watson	---	---	27	32	---	59
Graham Cassidy	17	37	---	---	5	59
Whitney Mercilus	---	---	20	31	7	58
Leonardo Edmond	---	---	24	31	2	57
Andy Bullock	---	---	23	29	2	54
Korey Dux	19	33	---	---	1	53
Leon Dillow	15	37	---	---	---	52
Dustin Patterson	10	30	---	---	9	49
Dominique Easley	---	---	22	21	2	45
Jermaine Copeland	---	---	23	20	1	44
Zack Grande	---	---	11	26	6	43
Jared Campbell	---	---	11	7	24	42
Darrin Robertson	---	---	13	22	2	37
Benjamin Whitfield	---	---	21	13	1	35
Arnold Langham	---	---	11	8	15	34
William Preston	---	---	12	21	1	34
Elias Euerle	---	---	15	17	1	33
Gino Bensen	12	21	---	---	---	33
Arnie Doub	---	---	11	20	1	32
Zach Powell	6	7	---	---	14	27
Hardy Clements	---	---	3	5	19	27
Stanley Conley	2	7	---	---	16	25
Casey Ready	---	---	11	6	5	22
Leonard Shreves	0	0	---	---	21	21
Luca Schulz	3	13	---	---	3	19
Quentin Evans	---	---	4	9	4	17
Ed Utley	4	4	---	---	9	17
Bernie Hunsinger	---	---	1	4	11	16
Jeff Johnstone	2	1	---	---	12	15
Lance Urbanus	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bruce Butler	0	0	---	---	8	8
Floyd Browning	0	0	---	---	8	8
Graham Mahaffey	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gino Aldrich	0	0	---	---	7	7
Abel Sherman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Courtney Murphy	0	0	---	---	3	3
Rod Sweeney	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	61	5.5
Middle	17	57	3.4
Right	0	0	0.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	66	7.3
Middle	7	48	6.9
Right	6	-7	-1.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jerald Newman	32	24	5	1	1	2	3	2	0

Arizona	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jermaine Ramsey	45	25	2	5	1	6	6	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	62	7.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	124	8.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	59	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	13	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	14	89	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	6	89	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dixon Edwards	16	13	0	135	3	34
WR Gene Banks	5	3	0	19	0	28
TE Coby Fleener	4	2	0	33	1	20
WR Cedric Allison	2	1	1	29	1	8
FB Kirk Curley	2	2	0	2	0	17
WR Kelvin Benjamin	2	2	0	15	0	20
TE Sammie Gwinn	1	1	0	12	0	5

Arizona	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nicky Shea	13	7	0	82	1	40
WR Leon Dillow	9	4	1	45	1	37
RB Korey Dux	8	5	0	9	0	33
TE Graham Cassidy	5	1	0	10	0	37
WR Gino Bensen	5	4	0	24	0	21
FB Dustin Patterson	2	2	0	1	0	30
RB Luca Schulz	2	1	0	6	0	13
WR Zach Powell	1	1	0	14	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cary Hicks	4	7	1.75	3.17

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Korey Dux	1	-3	-3.00	3.18

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jerald Newman	2	2	3	1.50	7.66

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jermaine Ramsey	2	1	3	1.50	4.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dixon Edwards	2	2	3	1.50	8.44

Arizona	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Graham Cassidy	1	0	0	0.00	2.00
WR Nicky Shea	1	1	3	3.00	6.31

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Jerald Newman	2	2
Cary Hicks	1	0

Arizona	Rushes	Conversions
Korey Dux	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jerald Newman	10	7	5

Arizona	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jermaine Ramsey	14	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dixon Edwards	4	4	4
WR Cedric Allison	2	1	1
WR Gene Banks	2	1	0
TE Coby Fleener	1	0	0
WR Kelvin Benjamin	1	1	0

Arizona	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leon Dillow	5	4	2
WR Nicky Shea	3	2	2
TE Graham Cassidy	2	0	0
RB Korey Dux	2	1	0
RB Luca Schulz	1	0	0
WR Gino Bensen	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 91,100 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,100 (25,400)
End Zone 15,800 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 15,600 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 4,200 (9,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	91,100 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,100 (25,400)
End Zone	15,800 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	15,600 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	4,200 (9,800)