Week 8, 2078

played in Tennessee, MI

58 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	6	0	14	-	20
Tennessee Titans	7	3	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:45 TEN - Kyle Hutton 40 pass from Mason Cybulski (Taylor Poston extra point)
2Q: 13:15 HOU - Caden Buysse 24 field goal
2Q: 05:17 TEN - Taylor Poston 27 field goal
2Q: 00:21 HOU - Caden Buysse 25 field goal
4Q: 12:30 HOU - Kristopher Johnston 6 run (Caden Buysse extra point)
4Q: 07:22 HOU - Grady Mahoney 42 interception return (Caden Buysse extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:45 TEN - Kyle Hutton 40 pass from Mason Cybulski (Taylor Poston extra point)
2Q: 13:15 HOU - Caden Buysse 24 field goal
2Q: 05:17 TEN - Taylor Poston 27 field goal
2Q: 00:21 HOU - Caden Buysse 25 field goal
4Q: 12:30 HOU - Kristopher Johnston 6 run (Caden Buysse extra point)
4Q: 07:22 HOU - Grady Mahoney 42 interception return (Caden Buysse extra point)

Team Statistics HOU TEN
Record 3-5 3-5
First Downs 13 20
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 9 13
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 245 371
- Offensive Plays 56 72
- Yards per Play 4.38 5.15
Net Rushing Yards 99 138
- Rushing Attempts 24 31
- Yards per Rush 4.13 4.45
Net Passing Yards 146 233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 20 - 0 38 - 21 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 159 248
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/13 3/15
- Yards per Pass Play 4.56 5.68
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 10/63 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/13
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 3/64 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 20
Time of Possession 27:20 32:40

Team Statistics	HOU	TEN
Record	3-5	3-5
First Downs	13	20
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	9	13
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	245	371
- Offensive Plays	56	72
- Yards per Play	4.38	5.15
Net Rushing Yards	99	138
- Rushing Attempts	24	31
- Yards per Rush	4.13	4.45
Net Passing Yards	146	233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 20 - 0	38 - 21 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	159	248
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/13	3/15
- Yards per Pass Play	4.56	5.68
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	6.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	10/63	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/13
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	3/64	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 20
Time of Possession	27:20	32:40

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:41	OWN 25	9	29	Punt
1	5:26	2:52	OWN 25	6	24	Punt
1	0:55	2:47	OPP 16	5	9	Field Goal
2	5:09	2:28	OWN 25	5	19	Punt
2	0:53	0:38	OWN 43	3	49	Field Goal
3	12:51	1:05	OWN 27	3	1	Punt
3	7:26	3:21	OWN 17	5	5	Punt
3	1:58	4:39	OWN 35	11	65	Touchdown
4	10:18	1:21	OWN 31	3	1	Punt
4	5:29	2:45	OWN 37	3	-2	Punt
4	2:08	0:43	OPP 34	3	-3	Punt

Tennessee Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:19	4:53	OWN 6	9	94	Touchdown
1	2:34	1:39	OWN 6	4	10	Fumble
2	13:08	7:59	OWN 25	15	65	Field Goal
2	2:41	1:48	OWN 14	7	27	Interception
2	0:15	0:15	OWN 25	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:09	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
3	11:46	4:20	OWN 26	9	66	Missed FG
3	4:05	2:07	OWN 30	3	-4	Punt
4	12:19	2:01	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
4	8:57	1:46	OWN 20	4	17	Interception
4	7:11	1:42	OWN 25	5	45	Missed FG
4	2:44	0:36	OWN 25	3	4	Interception
4	1:25	1:25	OWN 20	6	30	Game

Game MVP: Spencer Tyler, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Kendrick Mueller	12	36	3.00	11	1	0
RB Kristopher Johnston	11	56	5.09	12	1	1
QB D.J. Keeley	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
WR Zachery Parker	24	92	3.83	25	1
QB Mason Cybulski	5	37	7.40	21	1
RB Leslie Palumbo	2	9	4.50	8	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
D.J. Keeley	29	20	159	3/13	0	37	0	82.4

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mason Cybulski	38	21	248	3/15	1	40	3	51.2

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Victor Holzberger	5	8	17	3.40	3	5
TE Buddy Ratto	4	6	22	5.50	1	11
WR Brian Shiver	4	5	62	15.50	30	37
RB Kendrick Mueller	2	2	28	14.00	19	25
RB Kristopher Johnston	2	3	14	7.00	11	11
FB Ethan Nykolaiszyn	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Demetrius Reynolds	1	1	4	4.00	3	4
TE Van Otomo	1	3	6	6.00	0	6

Tennessee	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Silas Bixler	9	17	80	8.89	5	16	0
TE Kyle Hutton	4	5	82	20.50	19	40	1
WR Marshall Minkel	4	5	37	9.25	3	14	0
WR Zachery Parker	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Nickolas Porter	1	1	14	14.00	1	14	0
TE Zachery Harner	1	5	9	9.00	3	9	0
WR Harry Copeland	1	1	20	20.00	3	20	0
RB Leslie Palumbo	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Ernie Kennedy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Nate Duncan	1	0	0.00	0
S Silas Greer	1	22	22.00	0
DE Grady Mahoney	1	42	42.00	1

Tennessee	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Spencer Tyler	0	1	1	0
RB Kendrick Mueller	0	0	1	0

Tennessee	Fumb	Recov
QB Mason Cybulski	1	0
CB Juan Woodard	1	0
TE Kyle Hutton	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
A.J. Toscano	8	358	44.8	40.6	54	5

Tennessee	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
B.J. Fulcher	3	113	37.7	37.7	39	0

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Caden Buysse	2/2	0/0	0/0	25	2/2

Tennessee	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Poston	1/3	0/1	0/0	27	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Juan Woodard	2	13	6.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Collin Darchi	7	4	0.0	29	26
DE Spencer Tyler	6	0	3.0	28	33
S Silas Greer	6	1	0.0	31	41
OLB Glenn Boyd	5	2	0.0	28	23
ILB Darius Collier	5	1	0.0	12	12
CB Rondell Medley	4	1	0.0	28	31
OLB Dave Craig	4	1	0.0	24	29
CB Ruben Schmid	4	1	0.0	30	41
OLB R.J. Marshall	3	1	0.0	25	25
CB Renaldo Lapointe	3	0	0.0	2	13
S Adam Sutter	2	0	0.0	4	16
ILB Timothy Sherman	1	1	0.0	2	12
OLB Vernon Herek	1	1	0.0	10	20
DT Sam Stortz	1	0	0.0	8	6
CB Nate Duncan	1	0	0.0	21	37

Tennessee	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Gus Swan	9	1	0.0	24	31
S Neil Varney	7	1	0.0	24	32
DE Barry Glenn	5	0	1.0	23	20
OLB Curtis Humble	3	0	1.0	21	18
OLB Carson Kirchhof	3	1	0.0	16	20
DT Gage Garner	3	1	0.0	24	32
CB Ronald Mohler	2	3	0.5	24	30
OLB Alonzo Shapiro	2	0	0.5	2	12
CB Damian Robbins	2	1	0.0	10	23
DE Phillip Uffins	2	0	0.0	20	18
CB Drew Donaldson	2	0	0.0	24	32
DT Thomas Tubbs	2	0	0.0	13	9
CB Juan Woodard	2	0	0.0	0	2
DT Riley Fitzmaurice	1	2	0.0	12	25
TE Kyle Hutton	1	0	---	---	---
TE Zachery Harner	1	0	---	---	---
S Orlando Huh	1	0	0.0	21	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Spencer Tyler	3.0	1	2	0	33
DT Benjamin Angelone	0.0	0	1	2	37
DT Sam Stortz	0.0	0	1	0	6
DT Gregory Gray	0.0	0	1	0	9
OLB Glenn Boyd	0.0	0	1	0	23

Tennessee	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Barry Glenn	1.0	0	0	3	20
OLB Curtis Humble	1.0	0	0	0	18
OLB Alonzo Shapiro	0.5	0	0	0	12
CB Ronald Mohler	0.5	0	0	0	30
DT Gage Garner	0.0	1	1	1	32
DE Dennis Gaines	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Collin Darchi	4	1	0	26
CB Ruben Schmid	4	0	0	41
S Silas Greer	3	1	1	41
OLB Dave Craig	3	0	0	29
OLB Glenn Boyd	2	1	0	23
S Adam Sutter	2	0	0	16
CB Renaldo Lapointe	1	1	0	13
CB Rondell Medley	1	0	0	31
ILB Timothy Sherman	1	0	0	12
CB Nate Duncan	0	0	1	37
DE Grady Mahoney	0	0	1	18

Tennessee	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Gus Swan	4	0	31
OLB Carson Kirchhof	3	0	20
S Neil Varney	2	2	32
CB Drew Donaldson	2	0	32
CB Juan Woodard	2	0	2
OLB Alonzo Shapiro	1	0	12
CB Ronald Mohler	1	0	30
CB Damian Robbins	1	0	23
DE Barry Glenn	1	0	20
DT Gage Garner	1	0	32
OLB Curtis Humble	1	0	18
S Orlando Huh	1	0	18

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Josue Arcenaux	3	7	24	1	32
G Jessie Giles	2	4	24	1	32
T Chandler Bridges	1	4	24	1	32
G Kelly Levine	0	6	24	0	32
FB Ethan Nykolaiszyn	0	1	8	0	6
T Andres Bonar	0	1	24	0	32

Tennessee	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Dashawn Beals	3	4	31	1	41
T Ian Pierce	2	5	31	0	41
G Everett Joslin	2	3	31	1	41
C Tim Flynn	1	9	31	0	41
T Alfred Hoover	1	5	31	1	41

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kendrick Mueller	2	18

Tennessee	Tackles	STPlays

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Ruben Schmid	---	---	30	41	19	90
S Silas Greer	---	---	31	41	3	75
OLB Dave Craig	---	---	24	29	19	72
CB Nate Duncan	---	---	21	37	13	71
G Kelly Levine	24	32	---	---	15	71
G Jessie Giles	24	32	---	---	10	66
T Chandler Bridges	24	32	---	---	10	66
T Andres Bonar	24	32	---	---	10	66
DT Benjamin Angelone	---	---	26	37	3	66
DE Spencer Tyler	---	---	28	33	3	64
CB Rondell Medley	---	---	28	31	1	60
C Josue Arcenaux	24	32	---	---	---	56
S Collin Darchi	---	---	29	26	1	56
QB D.J. Keeley	24	32	---	---	---	56
TE Buddy Ratto	23	30	---	---	---	53
RB Kendrick Mueller	12	21	---	---	18	51
OLB Glenn Boyd	---	---	28	23	---	51
OLB R.J. Marshall	---	---	25	25	---	50
WR Victor Holzberger	17	29	---	---	---	46
WR Keegan Kakoza	18	26	---	---	---	44
DE Grady Mahoney	---	---	22	18	---	40
OLB Vernon Herek	---	---	10	20	4	34
S Adam Sutter	---	---	4	16	13	33
WR Brian Shiver	11	18	---	---	3	32
FB Ethan Nykolaiszyn	8	6	---	---	13	27
TE Kody Mahaffey	3	1	---	---	21	25
ILB Darius Collier	---	---	12	12	1	25
WR Demetrius Reynolds	7	9	---	---	8	24
DE Quinn Mathis	---	---	3	16	5	24
ILB Timothy Sherman	---	---	2	12	9	23
RB Kristopher Johnston	12	10	---	---	---	22
DT Gregory Gray	---	---	6	9	5	20
TE Van Otomo	8	9	---	---	3	20
CB Renaldo Lapointe	---	---	2	13	5	20
WR Terrence Jaster	1	1	---	---	13	15
DT Sam Stortz	---	---	8	6	---	14
C Ron Fellin	0	0	---	---	10	10
P A.J. Toscano	0	0	---	---	10	10
DE Kody Tucker	---	---	2	6	1	9
G Spencer Barnes	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Caden Buysse	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Kennedy Ramczyk	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Alejandro Compton	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Nathan Clements	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Derrick Runyon	---	---	0	0	---	0
RB Donte Crutchfield	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tennessee	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Everett Joslin	31	41	---	---	6	78
T Alfred Hoover	31	41	---	---	6	78
G Dashawn Beals	31	41	---	---	6	78
T Ian Pierce	31	41	---	---	6	78
WR Silas Bixler	31	41	---	---	---	72
QB Mason Cybulski	31	41	---	---	---	72
C Tim Flynn	31	41	---	---	---	72
CB Ronald Mohler	---	---	24	30	16	70
TE Zachery Harner	27	39	---	---	1	67
WR Marshall Minkel	18	30	---	---	19	67
WR Zachery Parker	29	35	---	---	---	64
WR Harry Copeland	25	31	---	---	7	63
S Neil Varney	---	---	24	32	3	59
CB Drew Donaldson	---	---	24	32	2	58
DT Gage Garner	---	---	24	32	2	58
ILB Gus Swan	---	---	24	31	2	57
TE Kyle Hutton	11	14	---	---	22	47
DE Barry Glenn	---	---	23	20	1	44
OLB Curtis Humble	---	---	21	18	1	40
S Orlando Huh	---	---	21	18	1	40
DE Phillip Uffins	---	---	20	18	1	39
DT Riley Fitzmaurice	---	---	12	25	2	39
OLB Carson Kirchhof	---	---	16	20	1	37
CB Damian Robbins	---	---	10	23	3	36
OLB Alonzo Shapiro	---	---	2	12	20	34
S Matt Buckner	---	---	3	14	16	33
DT Thomas Tubbs	---	---	13	9	8	30
RB Leslie Palumbo	2	2	---	---	22	26
DE Dennis Gaines	---	---	2	13	9	24
CB Grant Meier	---	---	1	2	15	18
RB Neal Elliott	4	0	---	---	11	15
ILB Gage Pressnall	---	---	0	1	13	14
WR Ernie Kennedy	2	5	---	---	6	13
WR Nickolas Porter	5	7	---	---	---	12
TE Tracy Gomez	1	1	---	---	10	12
CB Juan Woodard	---	---	0	2	8	10
C Ernie Dreher	0	0	---	---	6	6
P B.J. Fulcher	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Taylor Poston	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Ike Hutton	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Mercury Spindler	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Preston Lofton	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Frankie Newton	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Chuck Norris	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Darius Cobb	---	---	0	0	---	0
DT Lee Agan	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	45	6.4
Middle	12	48	4.0
Right	5	6	1.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	9	1.8
Middle	21	117	5.6
Right	4	13	3.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
D.J. Keeley	29	20	2	1	3	2	2	4	0

Tennessee	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mason Cybulski	38	21	3	1	1	4	6	2	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	50	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	72	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	37	9.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	10	57	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	137	9.8
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	54	10.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Victor Holzberger	8	5	0	17	0	29
TE Buddy Ratto	6	4	0	22	0	30
WR Brian Shiver	5	4	0	62	1	18
RB Kristopher Johnston	3	2	1	14	0	10
TE Van Otomo	3	1	2	6	0	9
RB Kendrick Mueller	2	2	0	28	1	21
FB Ethan Nykolaiszyn	1	1	0	6	0	6
WR Demetrius Reynolds	1	1	0	4	0	9

Tennessee	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Silas Bixler	17	9	0	80	0	41
TE Kyle Hutton	5	4	0	82	2	14
TE Zachery Harner	5	1	0	9	0	39
WR Marshall Minkel	5	4	0	37	0	30
WR Zachery Parker	1	1	0	6	0	35
WR Nickolas Porter	1	1	0	14	0	7
RB Leslie Palumbo	1	0	0	0	0	2
WR Ernie Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	5
WR Harry Copeland	1	1	0	20	1	31

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB D.J. Keeley	1	7	7.00	7.00
RB Kristopher Johnston	1	6	6.00	5.09

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
WR Zachery Parker	5	20	4.00	3.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
D.J. Keeley	5	4	19	3.80	5.48

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mason Cybulski	2	0	0	0.00	6.53

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Buddy Ratto	3	2	10	3.33	3.67
WR Victor Holzberger	1	1	3	3.00	2.13
WR Brian Shiver	1	1	6	6.00	12.40

Tennessee	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Silas Bixler	2	0	0	0.00	4.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Kendrick Mueller	2	0

Tennessee	Rushes	Conversions
QB Mason Cybulski	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
D.J. Keeley	11	7	5

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mason Cybulski	11	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Buddy Ratto	4	2	1
WR Victor Holzberger	3	2	1
FB Ethan Nykolaiszyn	1	1	1
RB Kendrick Mueller	1	1	1
TE Van Otomo	1	0	0
WR Brian Shiver	1	1	1

Tennessee	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Silas Bixler	5	3	2
TE Kyle Hutton	2	1	1
WR Nickolas Porter	1	1	1
TE Zachery Harner	1	1	1
WR Marshall Minkel	1	0	0
WR Ernie Kennedy	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 12,700 (50,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 3,700 (17,200)
End Zone 3,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine 2,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 2,800 (11,000)
Club Seats 400 (1,600)
Luxury Boxes 500 (700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	12,700 (50,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	3,700 (17,200)
End Zone	3,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine	2,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	2,800 (11,000)
Club Seats	400 (1,600)
Luxury Boxes	500 (700)