Exhibition Week 3, 2035

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	0	0	3	0	-	3
Detroit Lions	7	3	7	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:25 DET - Travis Payton 4 pass from Bill Thomason (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 14:56 DET - Justin Branch 33 field goal
3Q: 08:10 DET - AJ Green 42 fumble return (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 04:57 HOU - Ian Zupancic 39 field goal
4Q: 08:03 DET - Travis Payton 8 run (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 02:24 DET - Justin Branch 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:25 DET - Travis Payton 4 pass from Bill Thomason (Justin Branch extra point)
2Q: 14:56 DET - Justin Branch 33 field goal
3Q: 08:10 DET - AJ Green 42 fumble return (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 04:57 HOU - Ian Zupancic 39 field goal
4Q: 08:03 DET - Travis Payton 8 run (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 02:24 DET - Justin Branch 38 field goal

Team Statistics HOU DET
Record 0-2 1-1
First Downs 13 25
- by Rushing 1 10
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 272 383
- Offensive Plays 59 79
- Yards per Play 4.61 4.85
Net Rushing Yards 27 176
- Rushing Attempts 4 36
- Yards per Rush 6.75 4.89
Net Passing Yards 245 207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 53 - 26 - 1 42 - 29 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 256 223
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/16
- Yards per Pass Play 4.45 4.81
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/14 11/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.0 4.8
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/20 7/64
Punt Returns/Yards 2/4 3/32
Kick Returns/Yards 3/55 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 3/63 1/9
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 27
Time of Possession 19:36 40:24

Team Statistics	HOU	DET
Record	0-2	1-1
First Downs	13	25
- by Rushing	1	10
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	272	383
- Offensive Plays	59	79
- Yards per Play	4.61	4.85
Net Rushing Yards	27	176
- Rushing Attempts	4	36
- Yards per Rush	6.75	4.89
Net Passing Yards	245	207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	53 - 26 - 1	42 - 29 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	256	223
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/16
- Yards per Pass Play	4.45	4.81
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/14	11/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.0	4.8
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/20	7/64
Punt Returns/Yards	2/4	3/32
Kick Returns/Yards	3/55	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	3/63	1/9
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 27
Time of Possession	19:36	40:24

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	5:14	1:57	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
2	14:49	2:17	OWN 19	4	35	Punt
2	10:09	3:24	OWN 24	8	35	Punt
2	5:03	0:43	OPP 17	3	-3	Interception
2	1:00	0:52	OPP 31	5	16	Missed FG
3	15:00	1:37	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
3	11:46	0:47	OWN 36	3	6	Punt
3	7:30	2:38	OWN 20	7	58	Field Goal
3	3:39	1:43	OWN 30	5	12	Punt
4	14:14	0:13	OWN 40	2	4	Fumble
4	7:55	2:15	OWN 20	10	30	Downs
4	2:16	2:16	OWN 20	6	71	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	9:46	OWN 16	18	84	Touchdown
1	3:17	3:28	OWN 39	10	45	Field Goal
2	12:32	2:23	OWN 20	5	26	Punt
2	6:45	1:42	OWN 20	4	23	Interception
2	4:20	3:20	OWN 22	8	27	Interception
2	0:08	0:08	OWN 22	1	-1	Half
3	13:23	1:37	OWN 5	2	7	Punt
3	10:59	3:29	OWN 19	7	81	Touchdown
3	4:52	1:13	OWN 20	4	10	Punt
3	1:56	2:42	OWN 35	6	21	Interception
4	14:01	6:06	OPP 44	11	44	Touchdown
4	5:40	3:24	50	5	29	Field Goal

Game MVP: Travis Payton, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Perry Torres	2	6	3.00	5	0	0
Ray Rasmussen	2	21	10.50	20	1	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Travis Payton	20	118	5.90	20	4	1
Brady Heath	8	21	2.63	7	0	0
Dwayne George	2	20	10.00	19	1	0
Thomas Montgomery	2	6	3.00	5	0	0
Gilbert Brewer	2	4	2.00	5	0	0
Bill Thomason	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
Gino Collier	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tim Tebow	53	26	256	2/11	0	36	1	55.2

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gilbert Brewer	24	16	141	1/16	0	36	3	42.5
Bill Thomason	18	13	82	0/0	1	14	0	99.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mercury Stokes	8	15	91	11.38	33	36
WR Howard Hutek	5	14	50	10.00	4	22
WR Harry Rock	5	9	32	6.40	7	10
TE Dwayne Allen	3	7	21	7.00	2	12
WR Eugene Bogan	2	5	33	16.50	0	30
WR Chris Leskanic	2	2	29	14.50	11	15
RB Perry Torres	1	1	0	0.00	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR AJ Green	6	10	38	6.33	5	13	0
RB Travis Payton	6	7	52	8.67	12	26	1
WR Tracy Schrader	6	10	37	6.17	3	12	0
WR Leroy Messerly	4	4	36	9.00	9	12	0
WR J.T. Forbes	3	4	17	5.67	0	7	0
TE Bruce Brizzolara	2	5	36	18.00	30	36	0
FB Dwayne George	2	2	7	3.50	0	7	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Moe Quayle	2	61	30.50	0
CB Rod Torres	1	2	2.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kevin Delgado	1	9	9.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Harry Rock	1	0	0	0
Randal Swiderski	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Travis Payton	1	0	0	0
Kevin Delgado	0	1	1	0
AJ Green	0	1	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brenden McDonald	6	278	46.3	34.3	64	2

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gino James	3	120	40.0	38.7	52	0

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ian Zupancic	1/2	0/0	0/0	39	0/0

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vincent Donaldson	2	4	2.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Schrader	3	32	10.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vincent Donaldson	3	55	18.3	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Bubba Gilroy	7	0	0.5	25	30
ILB Michael Wheeler	5	4	0.0	34	42
S Perry Coffin	5	3	0.0	23	26
ILB Ernest Everett	5	1	0.0	17	19
CB Moe Quayle	5	0	0.0	26	26
CB Randal Swiderski	5	0	0.0	22	28
OLB Donald Morehead	4	1	0.0	29	37
DE Marcell Dareus	4	0	0.0	31	40
OLB Jimmie Devine	3	2	0.0	27	35
CB Rod Torres	3	1	0.0	23	29
CB Adam Hawkins	3	1	0.0	11	20
S Butch Dawson	3	0	0.0	17	20
S Joseph Wright	2	2	0.0	26	32
OLB Willie Joyner	2	0	0.0	9	8
DT C.J. Huffman	2	0	0.0	16	23
DE Melvin Dennis	1	0	0.0	11	13
RB Ray Rasmussen	1	0	---	---	---
DE Harvey Westbrook	1	0	0.0	5	3
S Mack Rivers	1	0	0.0	8	10
DT Ian Lance	0	3	0.5	20	20
CB Vincent Donaldson	0	1	0.0	8	6

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Robert Blanton	5	1	0.0	3	48
S Zach May	3	0	1.0	3	42
CB Dennis Meidinger	2	2	0.0	4	45
S Sammy Foster	2	0	0.0	2	32
S Kevin Delgado	2	0	0.0	3	47
ILB Sean Spence	2	0	0.0	2	23
OLB Lavonte David	2	0	0.0	1	31
CB Clay Fletcher	2	0	0.0	1	40
ILB Seth Covington	2	0	0.0	0	23
DE Bill Batchelder	1	0	1.0	3	32
CB Dustin Blake	1	1	0.0	3	29
TE Bruce Brizzolara	1	0	---	---	---
DE Austin Tomei	1	0	0.0	2	34
WR AJ Green	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	0	0.0	3	11
OLB William Backstrom	1	0	0.0	2	33
DE Omar Fields	1	0	0.0	2	21
DT Lance Evans	1	0	0.0	2	21
RB Brady Heath	1	0	---	---	---
DT Curtis Mason	1	0	0.0	1	23
ILB K.C. Dodge	1	0	0.0	3	25
ILB Ross Donohue	0	1	0.0	2	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Ian Lance	0.5	1	0	0	20
DE Bubba Gilroy	0.5	0	0	0	30
DE Marcell Dareus	0.0	1	3	2	40
DT C.J. Huffman	0.0	0	1	0	23
OLB Donald Morehead	0.0	0	1	0	37

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Bill Batchelder	1.0	1	0	32
S Zach May	1.0	0	0	42
DE Austin Tomei	0.0	3	0	34
DE Omar Fields	0.0	1	0	21
OLB William Backstrom	0.0	0	2	33
DT Neal Wolfe	0.0	0	2	34

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Perry Coffin	5	0	0	26
CB Moe Quayle	4	0	2	26
ILB Michael Wheeler	4	0	0	42
S Butch Dawson	3	0	0	20
ILB Ernest Everett	3	0	0	19
CB Randal Swiderski	3	0	0	28
CB Adam Hawkins	2	1	0	20
CB Rod Torres	2	0	1	29
OLB Donald Morehead	2	0	0	37
DT C.J. Huffman	1	0	0	23
S Joseph Wright	0	1	0	32

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Robert Blanton	4	2	0	48
S Kevin Delgado	3	1	1	47
S Sammy Foster	2	4	0	32
OLB Lavonte David	2	1	0	31
ILB Sean Spence	2	0	0	23
S Zach May	2	0	0	42
CB Clay Fletcher	2	0	0	40
CB Dennis Meidinger	2	0	0	45
ILB Seth Covington	2	0	0	23
CB Dustin Blake	1	1	0	29
DE Austin Tomei	1	0	0	34
DE Omar Fields	1	0	0	21
DT Curtis Mason	1	0	0	23
ILB K.C. Dodge	1	0	0	25
OLB William Backstrom	0	1	0	33

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alonzo Hansen	1	1	4	0	53
Vincent Ogden	0	2	4	0	44
Marvin Flowers	0	1	4	0	46
Kenyon Fulcher	0	0	4	2	52

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Julio Koepke	4	6	1	21	0	26
Bill Harmon	2	5	0	22	0	29
Kelly Donaldson	2	3	0	17	0	22
Zachary Williams	1	6	0	23	0	27
Wendell Gaylor	1	4	0	22	0	26
Ricky Carpenter	1	3	0	30	0	35
Dwayne George	1	2	0	23	0	17
Travis Corbett	1	1	0	24	0	22
Mike Cochrane	0	2	0	21	1	28
Gino Collier	0	1	0	13	0	13

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Randal Swiderski	2	20
Joseph Wright	1	15

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Kevin Delgado	4	12
Gino Collier	1	10

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Michael Wheeler	---	---	34	42	2	78
Joseph Wright	---	---	26	32	15	73
Marcell Dareus	---	---	31	40	1	72
Randal Swiderski	---	---	22	28	20	70
Donald Morehead	---	---	29	37	2	68
Mercury Stokes	4	52	---	---	11	67
Kenyon Fulcher	4	52	---	---	8	64
Alonzo Hansen	4	53	---	---	7	64
Jimmie Devine	---	---	27	35	2	64
Tim Tebow	4	55	---	---	---	59
Marvin Flowers	4	46	---	---	8	58
Bubba Gilroy	---	---	25	30	1	56
Moe Quayle	---	---	26	26	3	55
Rod Torres	---	---	23	29	3	55
Xavier Gunn	4	49	---	---	---	53
Perry Coffin	---	---	23	26	1	50
Harry Rock	3	36	---	---	10	49
Vincent Ogden	4	44	---	---	---	48
Howard Hutek	2	42	---	---	---	44
Ian Lance	---	---	20	20	2	42
C.J. Huffman	---	---	16	23	---	39
Ernest Everett	---	---	17	19	3	39
Butch Dawson	---	---	17	20	1	38
Eugene Bogan	2	35	---	---	---	37
Dwayne Allen	4	28	---	---	3	35
Ray Rasmussen	2	26	---	---	7	35
Willie Joyner	---	---	9	8	15	32
Melvin Dennis	---	---	11	13	7	31
Adam Hawkins	---	---	11	20	---	31
Dale Toviessi	0	8	---	---	17	25
Vincent Donaldson	---	---	8	6	10	24
Mack Rivers	---	---	8	10	3	21
Nate Harding	---	---	8	6	6	20
Ethan Brown	0	12	---	---	7	19
Bruce Butler	0	11	---	---	8	19
Chris Leskanic	1	17	---	---	---	18
Jimmy Sherman	0	10	---	---	7	17
Bennie Brister	0	7	---	---	10	17
Perry Torres	2	14	---	---	---	16
A.J. Kochansky	0	0	---	---	16	16
Ricky Huffman	0	8	---	---	2	10
Harvey Westbrook	---	---	5	3	1	9
Brenden McDonald	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ian Zupancic	0	0	---	---	4	4
Andrew Luck	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tyrone Weaver	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bruce Brizzolara	33	39	---	---	5	77
Ricky Carpenter	30	35	---	---	4	69
Zach May	---	---	3	42	22	67
AJ Green	29	35	---	---	---	64
Tracy Schrader	22	34	---	---	7	63
Kevin Delgado	---	---	3	47	12	62
Robert Blanton	---	---	3	48	9	60
Dennis Meidinger	---	---	4	45	8	57
Zachary Williams	23	27	---	---	5	55
Travis Payton	22	29	---	---	4	55
Bill Harmon	22	29	---	---	4	55
Mike Cochrane	21	28	---	---	5	54
Dwayne George	23	17	---	---	8	48
Travis Corbett	24	22	---	---	2	48
Wendell Gaylor	22	26	---	---	---	48
Julio Koepke	21	26	---	---	---	47
Kelly Donaldson	17	22	---	---	5	44
Clay Fletcher	---	---	1	40	3	44
Gilbert Brewer	19	25	---	---	---	44
J.T. Forbes	12	16	---	---	14	42
Austin Tomei	---	---	2	34	5	41
Neal Wolfe	---	---	2	34	4	40
Sammy Foster	---	---	2	32	4	38
Bill Batchelder	---	---	3	32	2	37
William Backstrom	---	---	2	33	2	37
Gino Collier	13	13	---	---	10	36
K.C. Dodge	---	---	3	25	8	36
Bill Thomason	17	18	---	---	---	35
Lavonte David	---	---	1	31	2	34
Dustin Blake	---	---	3	29	1	33
Curtis Mason	---	---	1	23	5	29
Sean Spence	---	---	2	23	3	28
Brady Heath	11	10	---	---	6	27
Lance Evans	---	---	2	21	3	26
Leroy Messerly	8	15	---	---	2	25
Omar Fields	---	---	2	21	1	24
Seth Covington	---	---	0	23	1	24
Renaldo Sims	---	---	3	11	9	23
Thomas Montgomery	2	3	---	---	18	23
Cedric Allison	5	4	---	---	10	19
Ross Donohue	---	---	2	11	3	16
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gino James	0	0	---	---	3	3
Norman Cote	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tommy Wineholt	---	---	0	0	2	2

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	21	10.5
Middle	1	1	1.0
Right	1	5	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	61	4.4
Middle	17	102	6.0
Right	4	14	3.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tim Tebow	53	26	3	7	0	10	4	0	1

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gilbert Brewer	24	16	2	0	1	1	3	1	3
Bill Thomason	18	13	0	0	0	1	2	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	8	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	15	86	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	7	110	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	52	6.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	92	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	11	119	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mercury Stokes	15	8	91	1	52
WR Howard Hutek	14	5	50	1	42
WR Harry Rock	9	5	32	0	36
TE Dwayne Allen	7	3	21	0	28
WR Eugene Bogan	5	2	33	1	35
WR Chris Leskanic	2	2	29	0	17
RB Perry Torres	1	1	0	0	14

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR AJ Green	10	6	0	38	0	35
WR Tracy Schrader	10	6	1	37	0	34
RB Travis Payton	7	6	0	52	1	29
TE Bruce Brizzolara	5	2	0	36	1	39
WR J.T. Forbes	4	3	0	17	0	16
WR Leroy Messerly	4	4	0	36	0	15
FB Dwayne George	2	2	0	7	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brady Heath	4	10	2.50	2.63
Travis Payton	3	21	7.00	5.90
Dwayne George	1	1	1.00	10.00
Gino Collier	1	2	2.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tim Tebow	5	0	0	0.00	4.83

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Thomason	4	3	7	1.75	4.56

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Overall Avg
WR Howard Hutek	2	3.57
WR Harry Rock	2	3.56
TE Dwayne Allen	1	3.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Bruce Brizzolara	1	0	0	0.00	7.20
FB Dwayne George	1	1	0	0.00	3.50
RB Travis Payton	1	1	4	4.00	7.43
WR Tracy Schrader	1	1	3	3.00	3.70

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Travis Payton	3	3
Brady Heath	2	1
Bill Thomason	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tim Tebow	14	3	2

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gilbert Brewer	7	5	4
Bill Thomason	4	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Howard Hutek	4	0	0
TE Dwayne Allen	3	2	2
WR Mercury Stokes	3	0	0
WR Eugene Bogan	2	0	0
RB Perry Torres	1	1	0
WR Harry Rock	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR AJ Green	4	2	2
RB Travis Payton	4	3	3
TE Bruce Brizzolara	1	0	0
WR J.T. Forbes	1	1	1
WR Tracy Schrader	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 22,200 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 8,000 (19,600)
End Zone 4,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine 2,600 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 4,200 (12,500)
Club Seats 1,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,000 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	22,200 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	8,000 (19,600)
End Zone	4,800 (14,200)
Mezzanine	2,600 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	4,200 (12,500)
Club Seats	1,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,000 (3,500)