GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: HOUSTON (1-0) at CAROLINA (1-0)

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 31
CAROLINA 14 14:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR

HST BALL ON CAR 45 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 31
CAROLINA 14 11:34 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL FG HST
KRIS BROWN 33 YD

HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 14 9:07 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 14 9:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 23 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 14 6:07 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 14 5:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 1 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL TD CAR
STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME
(JOHN KASAY KICK)

HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 4:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL TD CAR
STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME
(JOHN KASAY KICK)

HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 4:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 4:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR

HST BALL ON HST 47 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 2:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 2:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CAR BALL ON CAR 2 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 10 14 3 34
CAROLINA 14 0 0 7 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 7 YD PASS FROM JAKE
DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 8:22.
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:31.
Key plays: Delhomme 28-yard pass to
Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Houston 32;
Delhomme 11-yard pass to King on
3rd-and-10 to Houston 21;
Delhomme 10-yard pass to Foster to
Houston 7. CAROLINA 7-0
CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 12 YD PASS FROM JAKE
DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 9:56.
Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Lucas 16-yard fumble
return to the Houston 13. CAROLINA
14-0
HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 31 YD PASS FROM MATT
SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK), 11:12.
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Schaub 33-yard pass to A
Johnson to Carolina 32. CAROLINA
14-7
2ND QUARTER: HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 9 YD PASS FROM MATT
SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK), 6:33.
Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 7:39.
Key plays: Schaub 6-yard pass to
Putzier on 3rd-and-4 to Houston 32;
Schaub 14-yard pass to Daniels to
Houston 46; Green 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Carolina 42; Schaub
10-yard pass to Daniels on
4th-and-3 to Carolina 26; Green
13-yard run to the Carolina 13.
HOUSTON 14-14
HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 25 YD, 12:43. Drive: 10
plays, 36 yards in 4:54. Key plays:
Baker 29-yard punt to Carolina 43;
Green 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
Carolina 29; Shaub 12-yard pass to
Daniels to Carolina 7. HOUSTON
17-14
3RD QUARTER: HST - TD, AHMAN GREEN 13 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN
KICK), 3:32. Drive: 5 plays, 56
yards in 2:33. Key plays: Schaub
20-yard pass to A Johnson to
Carolina 24; Schaub 11-yard pass to
Daniels to Carolina 13 HOUSTON
24-14
HST - TD, KEVIN WALTER RECOVERED FUMBLE IN
END ZONE ( KICK), 3:44. HOUSTON
31-14
4TH QUARTER: HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 33 YD, 5:53. Drive: 9
plays, 30 yards in 5:44. Key plays:
C Brown recovery of Foster fumble
at Carolina 45; Schaub 10-yard pass
to A Johnson on 3rd-and-10 to
Carolina 22. HOUSTON 34-14
CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE
DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 10:34.
Drive: 3 plays, 99 yards in 1:23.
Key plays: Delhomme 24-yard pass to
Carter to Carolina 26 HOUSTON 34-21

ATT: 67,503</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 10 14 3 34
CAROLINA 14 0 0 7 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:22 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 7 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:31.
Key plays: Delhomme 28-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Houston
32; Delhomme 11-yard pass to King on 3rd-and-10 to Houston 21; Delhomme
10-yard pass to Foster to Houston 7. CAROLINA 7-0.
9:56 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 12 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Lucas 16-yard fumble return to the Houston 13. CAROLINA
14-0.
11:12 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 31 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Schaub 33-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 32. CAROLINA
14-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:33 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 9 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 7:39.
Key plays: Schaub 6-yard pass to Putzier on 3rd-and-4 to Houston 32;
Schaub 14-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 46; Green 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Carolina 42; Schaub 10-yard pass to Daniels on 4th-and-3 to
Carolina 26; Green 13-yard run to the Carolina 13. HOUSTON 14-14.
12:43 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 25 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Baker 29-yard punt to Carolina 43; Green 6-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to Carolina 29; Shaub 12-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 7.
HOUSTON 17-14.

3RD QUARTER:

3:32 HST - TD, AHMAN GREEN 13 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:33.
Key plays: Schaub 20-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 24; Schaub
11-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 13 HOUSTON 24-14.
3:44 HST - TD, KEVIN WALTER RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE ( KICK).
HOUSTON 31-14.

4TH QUARTER:

5:53 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 30 yards in 5:44.
Key plays: C Brown recovery of Foster fumble at Carolina 45; Schaub
10-yard pass to A Johnson on 3rd-and-10 to Carolina 22. HOUSTON 34-14.
10:34 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 99 yards in 1:23.
Key plays: Delhomme 24-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 26 HOUSTON
34-21.

HOUSTON - CAROLINA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON CAROLINA

FIRST DOWNS 19 17
Rushing 8 1
Passing 11 16
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 6-14-43%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 346 344
Total offensive plays 64 62
Average gain per play 5.4 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 119 66
Rushing attempts 36 18
Average gain per rush 3.3 3.7
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 227 278
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 3-29
Gross passing yards 227 307
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-0 41-27-1
Avg gain per pass play 8.1 6.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-6-2 4-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 6-41.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 32.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-48 5-101
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-10 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-40 5-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 3-2
TOUCHDOWNS 4 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:48 25:08


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON CAROLINA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A GREEN 15 71 4.7 13 1 D WILLIAMS 8 31 3.9 16 0
R DAYNE 18 44 2.4 9 0 D FOSTER 9 22 2.4 6 0
M SCHAUB 2 3 1.5 4 0 J DELHOMME 1 13 13.0 13 0
V LEACH 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 20-28-227 0 2 33 J DELHOMME 27-41-307 1 3 74

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J DELHOMME 3-29.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A JOHNSON 7 120 17.1 33 2 S SMITH 8 153 19.1 74 3
O DANIELS 5 58 11.6 14 0 D WILLIAMS 5 20 4.0 7 0
V LEACH 5 26 5.2 9 0 J KING 4 39 9.8 11 0
R DAYNE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D FOSTER 4 20 5.0 10 0
K WALTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D CARTER 3 50 16.7 24 0
J PUTZIER 1 6 6.0 6 0 K COLBERT 3 25 8.3 12 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 5 196 39.2 0 3 47 J BAKER 6 246 41.0 0 1 52

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J JONES 2 32 16.0 33 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J MATHIS 2 36 18.0 19 0 N GOINGS 5 101 20.2 29 0
J COOK 1 12 12.0 12 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 3/3 2/2 J KASAY 3/3 0/0
Dist.: 25 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
O DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 N GOINGS 1 1 0 0-0
W DEMPS 0 0 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
A OKOYE 0 0 1 0-0 J DELHOMME 1 0 0 0-0
C BROWN 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
K WALTER 0 0 0 0-1 K LUCAS 0 0 0 0-1
J HARTWIG 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
V HUTCHINS 11 11 0 0-0 T DAVIS 8 6 2 0-0
D RYANS 7 7 0 0-0 J BEASON 7 7 0 0-0
C BROWN 6 4 2 0-0 D MORGAN 6 3 3 0-0
A OKOYE 4 4 0 2-23 D COOPER 5 5 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 4 3 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 5 4 1 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 C HARRIS 5 3 2 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 1-6 M RUCKER 4 4 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 2 2 0 0-0 D LEWIS 4 3 1 0-0
D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0
M GREENWOOD 2 0 2 0-0 K LUCAS 3 2 1 0-0
J FLETCHER 1 1 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 0-0
S BARBER 1 1 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 2 0 0-0
M WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 2 2 0 0-0
W DEMPS 1 1 0 0-0 N DIGGS 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 67,503</div>

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Matt Schaub era inHouston is off to quite a start.


Behind their new quarterback, the Texans overcame a standoutperformance by Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith onSunday en route to a 34-21 victory.


It was the most points in franchise history for the Texans.The Texans have now accomplished something they never did infive years with David Carr as their starting quarterback as theyimproved to 2-0 for the first time in the franchise's briefhistory.


But Smith made them earn it after an eight-catch performance for153 yards and all three Carolina (1-1) touchdowns. The widereceiver caught a pair of touchdowns from Jake Delhomme in thefirst quarter to put the Panthers ahead 14-0.


But it was all Houston from there. Schaub hooked up with widereceiver Andre Johnson for a pair of scoring plays to knot thescore, and Kris Brown hit a 25-yard field goal with 2:19 left inthe half to give the Texans the lead.


Schaub finished 20-for-28 for 227 yards and a pair of TD passes,while Johnson became the franchise leader in touchdownreceptions after catching seven passes for 120 yards.

Houston increased its lead to 31-14 in the third quarter on a13-yard run by Ahman Green, and fumble recovery by Kevin Walterin the end zone.


Smith made things interesting in the fourth quarter on a 74-yardTD reception from Delhomme to cut the final margin to 34-21.

Green finished with 71 yards on 15 carries.

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 10 14 3 34
CAROLINA 14 0 0 7 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:22 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 7 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:31.
Key plays: Delhomme 28-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Houston
32; Delhomme 11-yard pass to King on 3rd-and-10 to Houston 21; Delhomme
10-yard pass to Foster to Houston 7. CAROLINA 7-0.
9:56 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 12 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Lucas 16-yard fumble return to the Houston 13. CAROLINA
14-0.
11:12 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 31 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Schaub 33-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 32. CAROLINA
14-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:33 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 9 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 7:39.
Key plays: Schaub 6-yard pass to Putzier on 3rd-and-4 to Houston 32;
Schaub 14-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 46; Green 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Carolina 42; Schaub 10-yard pass to Daniels on 4th-and-3 to
Carolina 26; Green 13-yard run to the Carolina 13. HOUSTON 14-14.
12:43 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 25 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Baker 29-yard punt to Carolina 43; Green 6-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to Carolina 29; Shaub 12-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 7.
HOUSTON 17-14.

3RD QUARTER:

3:32 HST - TD, AHMAN GREEN 13 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:33.
Key plays: Schaub 20-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 24; Schaub
11-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 13 HOUSTON 24-14.
3:44 HST - TD, KEVIN WALTER RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (KRIS BROWN KICK).
HOUSTON 31-14.

4TH QUARTER:

5:53 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 30 yards in 5:44.
Key plays: C Brown recovery of Foster fumble at Carolina 45; Schaub
10-yard pass to A Johnson on 3rd-and-10 to Carolina 22. HOUSTON 34-14.
10:34 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 99 yards in 1:23.
Key plays: Delhomme 24-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 26 HOUSTON
34-21.

HOUSTON - CAROLINA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON CAROLINA

FIRST DOWNS 19 17
Rushing 8 1
Passing 11 16
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14-43% 7-13-54%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 346 344
Total offensive plays 64 62
Average gain per play 5.4 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 119 66
Rushing attempts 36 18
Average gain per rush 3.3 3.7
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 227 278
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 3-29
Gross passing yards 227 307
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-0 41-27-1
Avg gain per pass play 8.1 6.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-6-2 4-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 6-41.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 32.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-48 5-101
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-10 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-40 5-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 3-2
TOUCHDOWNS 4 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:48 25:12


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON CAROLINA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A GREEN 15 71 4.7 13 1 D WILLIAMS 8 31 3.9 16 0
R DAYNE 18 44 2.4 9 0 D FOSTER 9 22 2.4 6 0
M SCHAUB 2 3 1.5 4 0 J DELHOMME 1 13 13.0 13 0
V LEACH 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 20-28-227 0 2 33 J DELHOMME 27-41-307 1 3 74

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J DELHOMME 3-29.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A JOHNSON 7 120 17.1 33 2 S SMITH 8 153 19.1 74 3
O DANIELS 5 58 11.6 14 0 D WILLIAMS 5 20 4.0 7 0
V LEACH 5 26 5.2 9 0 J KING 4 39 9.8 11 0
R DAYNE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D FOSTER 4 20 5.0 10 0
K WALTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D CARTER 3 50 16.7 24 0
J PUTZIER 1 6 6.0 6 0 K COLBERT 3 25 8.3 12 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 5 196 39.2 0 3 47 J BAKER 6 246 41.0 0 1 52

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J JONES 2 32 16.0 33 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J MATHIS 2 36 18.0 19 0 N GOINGS 5 101 20.2 29 0
J COOK 1 12 12.0 12 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 4/4 2/2 J KASAY 3/3 0/0
Dist.: 25 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
O DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 N GOINGS 1 1 0 0-0
W DEMPS 0 0 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
A OKOYE 0 0 1 0-0 J DELHOMME 1 0 0 0-0
C BROWN 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
K WALTER 0 0 0 0-1 K LUCAS 0 0 0 0-1
J HARTWIG 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
V HUTCHINS 11 11 0 0-0 T DAVIS 8 6 2 0-0
D RYANS 7 7 0 0-0 J BEASON 7 7 0 0-0
C BROWN 6 4 2 0-0 D MORGAN 6 3 3 0-0
A OKOYE 4 4 0 2-23 D COOPER 5 5 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 4 3 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 5 4 1 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 C HARRIS 5 3 2 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 1-6 M RUCKER 4 4 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 2 2 0 0-0 D LEWIS 4 3 1 0-0
D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0
M GREENWOOD 2 0 2 0-0 K LUCAS 3 2 1 0-0
J FLETCHER 1 1 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 0-0
W DEMPS 1 1 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 2 0 0-0
S BARBER 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 2 2 0 0-0
M WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 N DIGGS 1 1 0 0-0
C KILLINGS 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head
Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary
Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli.

Att: 73,665 Time of Game: 3:10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 10 14 3 34
CAROLINA 14 0 0 7 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:22 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 7 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:31.
Key plays: Delhomme 28-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Houston
32; Delhomme 11-yard pass to King on 3rd-and-10 to Houston 21; Delhomme
10-yard pass to Foster to Houston 7. CAROLINA 7-0.
9:56 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 12 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 13 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Lucas 16-yard fumble return to the Houston 13. CAROLINA
14-0.
11:12 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 31 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Schaub 33-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 32. CAROLINA
14-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:33 HST - TD, ANDRE JOHNSON 9 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 7:39.
Key plays: Schaub 6-yard pass to Putzier on 3rd-and-4 to Houston 32;
Schaub 14-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 46; Green 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Carolina 42; Schaub 10-yard pass to Daniels on 4th-and-3 to
Carolina 26; Green 13-yard run to the Carolina 13. HOUSTON 14-14.
12:43 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 25 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Baker 29-yard punt to Carolina 43; Green 6-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to Carolina 29; Shaub 12-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 7.
HOUSTON 17-14.

3RD QUARTER:

3:32 HST - TD, AHMAN GREEN 13 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:33.
Key plays: Schaub 20-yard pass to A Johnson to Carolina 24; Schaub
11-yard pass to Daniels to Carolina 13 HOUSTON 24-14.
3:44 HST - TD, KEVIN WALTER RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (KRIS BROWN KICK).
HOUSTON 31-14.

4TH QUARTER:

5:53 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 33 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 30 yards in 5:44.
Key plays: C Brown recovery of Foster fumble at Carolina 45; Schaub
10-yard pass to A Johnson on 3rd-and-10 to Carolina 22. HOUSTON 34-14.
10:34 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 74 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 99 yards in 1:23.
Key plays: Delhomme 24-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 26 HOUSTON
34-21.

HOUSTON - CAROLINA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON CAROLINA

FIRST DOWNS 19 17
Rushing 8 1
Passing 11 16
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14-43% 7-13-54%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 346 344
Total offensive plays 64 62
Average gain per play 5.4 5.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 119 66
Rushing attempts 36 18
Average gain per rush 3.3 3.7
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 227 278
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 3-29
Gross passing yards 227 307
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-20-0 41-27-1
Avg gain per pass play 8.1 6.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-6-2 4-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 6-41.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 32.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-48 5-101
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-10 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-40 5-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 3-2
TOUCHDOWNS 4 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 3
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:48 25:12


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON CAROLINA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A GREEN 15 71 4.7 13 1 D WILLIAMS 8 31 3.9 16 0
R DAYNE 18 44 2.4 9 0 D FOSTER 9 22 2.4 6 0
M SCHAUB 2 3 1.5 4 0 J DELHOMME 1 13 13.0 13 0
V LEACH 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 20-28-227 0 2 33 J DELHOMME 27-41-307 1 3 74

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J DELHOMME 3-29.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A JOHNSON 7 120 17.1 33 2 S SMITH 8 153 19.1 74 3
O DANIELS 5 58 11.6 14 0 D WILLIAMS 5 20 4.0 7 0
V LEACH 5 26 5.2 9 0 J KING 4 39 9.8 11 0
R DAYNE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D FOSTER 4 20 5.0 10 0
K WALTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D CARTER 3 50 16.7 24 0
J PUTZIER 1 6 6.0 6 0 K COLBERT 3 25 8.3 12 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 5 196 39.2 0 3 47 J BAKER 6 246 41.0 0 1 52

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J JONES 2 32 16.0 33 0 R ROBINSON 2 18 9.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J MATHIS 2 36 18.0 19 0 N GOINGS 5 101 20.2 29 0
J COOK 1 12 12.0 12 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 4/4 2/2 J KASAY 3/3 0/0
Dist.: 25 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
O DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 N GOINGS 1 1 0 0-0
W DEMPS 0 0 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
A OKOYE 0 0 1 0-0 J DELHOMME 1 0 0 0-0
C BROWN 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0
K WALTER 0 0 0 0-1 K LUCAS 0 0 0 0-1
J HARTWIG 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
V HUTCHINS 11 11 0 0-0 T DAVIS 8 6 2 0-0
D RYANS 7 7 0 0-0 J BEASON 7 7 0 0-0
C BROWN 6 4 2 0-0 D MORGAN 6 3 3 0-0
A OKOYE 4 4 0 2-23 D COOPER 5 5 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 4 3 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 5 4 1 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 C HARRIS 5 3 2 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 1-6 M RUCKER 4 4 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 2 2 0 0-0 D LEWIS 4 3 1 0-0
D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 3 3 0 0-0
M GREENWOOD 2 0 2 0-0 K LUCAS 3 2 1 0-0
J FLETCHER 1 1 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 2 0 0-0
W DEMPS 1 1 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 2 0 0-0
S BARBER 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 2 2 0 0-0
M WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 N DIGGS 1 1 0 0-0
C KILLINGS 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head
Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary
Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli.

Att: 73,665 Time of Game: 3:10</div>

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Matt Schaub era inHouston is off to quite a start.


Behind their new quarterback, the Texans overcame a standoutperformance by Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith onSunday en route to a 34-21 victory.


"It was a tremendous team victory," said Texans coach GaryKubiak, whose team next faces the Indianapolis Colts. "We have agroup of guys that believe in themselves. They never loseconfidence.


"We did not make changes, we believed in our game plan. We'reoff to a good start, now we have to play the world champions."

The 34 points were the most points in franchise history for theTexans. Houston also accomplished something else it neverdid in five years with David Carr as their starting quarterbackas it improved to 2-0 for the first time in the franchise'sbrief history.


But Smith made them earn it after an eight-catch performance for153 yards and all three Carolina touchdowns. The wide receivercaught a pair of touchdowns from Jake Delhomme in the firstquarter to put the Panthers ahead 14-0.


"We play this game for a reason," Smith said. "You try to playall-out every play. I will continue to do that until I am doneplaying."


It was all Houston from there. Schaub hooked up with widereceiver Andre Johnson for a pair of scoring plays to knot thescore, and Kris Brown hit a 25-yard field goal with 2:19 left inthe half to give the Texans the lead.


"It was tough on us early," said Schaub, who finished 20-for-28for 227 yards and a pair of TD passes. "We had some penaltiesand a turnover. Our defense put us in excellent position andstepped up after the first quarter.


"All throughout, our offense is clicking. It's a team game andthere is no division between offense and defense. It was justexecuting what was in our plan."


Carolina (1-1) was coming off last week's 27-13 win at St.Louis.


"We didn't play well enough to win," said Panthers head coachJohn Fox, whose career record with the Panthers fell to 50-38."We jumped out 14-0, but they executed better than we did for 60minutes. There were too many drops and too many turnovers.Those are things that make it hard to win in the NFL."

Andre Johnson became the franchise leader in touchdown receptionsafter catching seven passes for 120 yards and two scores.

"The coaches put in a good game plan," said Johnson, who recordedhis 15th career 100-yard game. "They knew who was going to beopen.


"Going down 14 points early, in years past the game was over.Now when we go down 14 points, we're on the sidelines ready togo."


Houston increased its lead to 31-14 in the third quarter on a13-yard run by Ahman Green, and fumble recovery by Kevin Walterin the end zone. Green finished with 71 yards on 15 carries.

Smith made things interesting in the fourth quarter on a 74-yardTD reception from Delhomme to cut the final margin to 34-21.

"We didn't do enough offensively," Delhomme said. "We didn'tmake enough plays on offense. It's very frustrating. To startfast and then all of a sudden it's 31 unanswered points. It'sdisappointing."

 

NFL: HOUSTON at CAROLINA

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NFL
HOUSTON 34
CAROLINA 21 FINAL</div>