GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: HOUSTON (2-1) at ATLANTA (0-3)

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FG ATL
MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD

HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 8:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 8:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR

HST BALL ON HST 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 8:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR

ATL BALL ON HST 19 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 6:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR

HST BALL ON HST 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG ATL
MORTEN ANDERSEN 42 YD ATTEMPT SHORT

HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 6:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 2:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 2:06 LEFT, 4TH QTR

ATL BALL ON ATL 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

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

HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26

ATL BALL ON ATL 22 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG HST
KRIS BROWN 25 YD ATTEMPT WIDE LEFT

HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 2:07 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 1:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 0:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR

HST BALL ON HST 44 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 3 3 3 16
ATLANTA 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD, 6:46. Drive:
7 plays, 42 yards in 3:01. Key
plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to
Jenkins on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 16.
ATLANTA 3-0
HST - TD, ANDRE DAVIS 35 YD PASS FROM MATT
SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK), 9:26.
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Schaub 7-yard pass to
Walter on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 40;
Dayne 25-yard run to Atlanta 35.
HOUSTON 7-3
ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 5 YD PASS FROM JOEY
HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
13:47. Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in
4:21. Key plays: Pinner 2-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 43;
Harrington 34-yard pass to White to
Houston 23; Harrington 12-yard pass
to Jenkins to Houston 11. ATLANTA
10-7
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 7 YD PASS FROM JOEY
HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
6:38. Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in
1:51. Key plays: Nicholas recovery
of Leach fumble at Houston 34;
Harrington 14-yard pass to Crumpler
to Houston 15. ATLANTA 17-7
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD, 13:08.
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:36.
Key plays: 33-yard pass
interference penalty on Texans'
Faggins to Houston 1. ATLANTA 20-7
HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD, 14:55. Drive: 9
plays, 52 yards in 1:47. Key plays:
Schaub 11-yard pass to Daniels to
Houston 40; Schaub 13-yard pass to
Daniels on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 40;
Schaub 11-yard pass to Walter to
Atlanta 29. ATLANTA 20-10
3RD QUARTER: HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD, 4:47. Drive: 10
plays, 61 yards in 4:47. Key plays:
Schaub 17-yard pass to Daniels to
Houston 37; Schaub 17-yard pass to
Daniels to Atlanta 45; Schaub
19-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta
23. ATLANTA 20-13
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD, 11:00.
Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 6:13.
Key plays: Harrington 7-yard pass
to Jenkins on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta
32; Harrington 22-yard pass to
White to Houston 30. ATLANTA 23-13
4TH QUARTER: HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 19 YD, 0:08. Drive: 9
plays, 64 yards in 4:08. Key plays:
Shaub 45-yard pass to Davis to
Atlanta 20; Dayne 4-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 8. ATLANTA
23-16
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD, 6:44. Drive:
12 plays, 52 yards in 6:36. Key
plays: Norwood 10-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 39; Dunn
17-yard pass to Houston 42;
Harrington 7-yard pass to Dunn on
3rd-and-7 to Houston 32. ATLANTA
26-16

ATT: 69,312</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 3 3 3 16
ATLANTA 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

6:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-3 to
Houston 16. ATLANTA 3-0.
9:26 HST - TD, ANDRE DAVIS 35 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Schaub 7-yard pass to Walter on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 40;
Dayne 25-yard run to Atlanta 35. HOUSTON 7-3.
13:47 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 5 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Pinner 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 43; Harrington
34-yard pass to White to Houston 23; Harrington 12-yard pass to Jenkins to
Houston 11. ATLANTA 10-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:38 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 7 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Nicholas recovery of Leach fumble at Houston 34;
Harrington 14-yard pass to Crumpler to Houston 15. ATLANTA 17-7.
13:08 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:36.
Key plays: 33-yard pass interference penalty on Texans' Faggins to
Houston 1. ATLANTA 20-7.
14:55 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: Schaub 11-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 40; Schaub
13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 40; Schaub 11-yard pass to
Walter to Atlanta 29. ATLANTA 20-10.

3RD QUARTER:

4:47 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 4:47.
Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 37; Schaub
17-yard pass to Daniels to Atlanta 45; Schaub 19-yard pass to Davis to
Atlanta 23. ATLANTA 20-13.
11:00 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 6:13.
Key plays: Harrington 7-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta
32; Harrington 22-yard pass to White to Houston 30. ATLANTA 23-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:08.
Key plays: Shaub 45-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 20; Dayne 4-yard
run on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 8. ATLANTA 23-16.
6:44 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Norwood 10-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 39; Dunn
17-yard pass to Houston 42; Harrington 7-yard pass to Dunn on 3rd-and-7 to
Houston 32. ATLANTA 26-16.

HOUSTON - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 3 6
Passing 14 10
Penalty 1 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 398 304
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 6.3 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 87 90
Rushing attempts 22 30
Average gain per rush 4.0 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 6-11
NET YARDS PASSING 311 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 2-9
Gross passing yards 317 223
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-28-0 29-23-0
Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 7-5-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-52.5 3-44.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 52.0 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-1 1-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-131 3-68
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-78 2-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 4-5
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-6-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:45 34:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DAYNE 15 62 4.1 25 0 W DUNN 18 62 3.4 17 0
M SCHAUB 5 19 3.8 12 0 J NORWOOD 9 29 3.2 10 0
J COOK 2 6 3.0 5 0 A PINNER 2 0 0.0 2 0
J HARRINGT 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 28-40-317 0 1 45 J HARRINGT 23-29-223 0 2 34

Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 2-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WALTER 6 77 12.8 35 0 M JENKINS 6 64 10.7 29 2
J COOK 6 28 4.7 9 0 L ROBINSON 4 31 7.8 14 0
A DAVIS 5 117 23.4 45 1 W DUNN 4 9 2.3 7 0
O DANIELS 5 69 13.8 17 0 R WHITE 3 64 21.3 34 0
R DAYNE 2 12 6.0 8 0 A CRUMPLER 3 34 11.3 14 0
V LEACH 2 3 1.5 3 0 J NORWOOD 2 16 8.0 8 0
D ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 J HORN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J PUTZIER 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 2 105 52.5 0 1 57 M KOENEN 3 132 44.0 0 0 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 2 1 0.5 4 0 A JENNINGS 1 18 18.0 18 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 4 117 29.3 39 0 J NORWOOD 3 68 22.7 35 0
V LEACH 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 1/1 3/4 M ANDERSEN 2/2 4/5
Dist.: 42 37 19 (25) Dist.: 28 22 36 46 (42)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 2 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
V LEACH 1 1 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1
S NICHOLAS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M GREENWOOD 11 11 0 0-0 M BOLEY 9 9 0 0-0
V HUTCHINS 8 7 1 0-0 L SANDERS 7 7 0 0-0
D RYANS 6 6 0 1-5 C CROCKER 6 6 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 5 5 0 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 L MILLOY 5 3 2 0-0
M WILLIAMS 3 3 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 4 4 0 0-0
A OKOYE 2 2 0 1-4 J ABRAHAM 3 3 0 1-6
J FLETCHER 2 2 0 0-0 G JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0
D CLARK 2 2 0 0-0 T LEWIS 2 2 0 0-0
C BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 1 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
S ORR 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 1 1 0 0-0
C ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0
J COOK 1 0 1 0-0
E COCHRAN 1 0 1 0-0

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NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 3 3 3 16
ATLANTA 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

6:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-3 to
Houston 16. ATLANTA 3-0.
9:26 HST - TD, ANDRE DAVIS 35 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Schaub 7-yard pass to Walter on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 40;
Dayne 25-yard run to Atlanta 35. HOUSTON 7-3.
13:47 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 5 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Pinner 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 43; Harrington
34-yard pass to White to Houston 23; Harrington 12-yard pass to Jenkins to
Houston 11. ATLANTA 10-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:38 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 7 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Nicholas recovery of Leach fumble at Houston 34;
Harrington 14-yard pass to Crumpler to Houston 15. ATLANTA 17-7.
13:08 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:36.
Key plays: 33-yard pass interference penalty on Texans' Faggins to
Houston 1. ATLANTA 20-7.
14:55 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: Schaub 11-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 40; Schaub
13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 40; Schaub 11-yard pass to
Walter to Atlanta 29. ATLANTA 20-10.

3RD QUARTER:

4:47 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 4:47.
Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 37; Schaub
17-yard pass to Daniels to Atlanta 45; Schaub 19-yard pass to Davis to
Atlanta 23. ATLANTA 20-13.
11:00 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 6:13.
Key plays: Harrington 7-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta
32; Harrington 22-yard pass to White to Houston 30. ATLANTA 23-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:08.
Key plays: Shaub 45-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 20; Dayne 4-yard
run on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 8. ATLANTA 23-16.
6:44 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Norwood 10-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 39; Dunn
17-yard pass to Houston 42; Harrington 7-yard pass to Dunn on 3rd-and-7 to
Houston 32. ATLANTA 26-16.

HOUSTON - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 3 6
Passing 14 10
Penalty 1 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 398 304
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 6.3 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 87 90
Rushing attempts 22 30
Average gain per rush 4.0 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 6-11
NET YARDS PASSING 311 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 2-9
Gross passing yards 317 223
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-28-0 29-23-0
Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 7-5-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-52.5 3-44.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 52.0 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-1 1-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-131 3-68
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-78 2-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 4-5
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-6-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:45 34:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DAYNE 15 62 4.1 25 0 W DUNN 18 62 3.4 17 0
M SCHAUB 5 19 3.8 12 0 J NORWOOD 9 29 3.2 10 0
J COOK 2 6 3.0 5 0 A PINNER 2 0 0.0 2 0
J HARRINGT 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 28-40-317 0 1 45 J HARRINGT 23-29-223 0 2 34

Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 2-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WALTER 6 77 12.8 35 0 M JENKINS 6 64 10.7 29 2
J COOK 6 28 4.7 9 0 L ROBINSON 4 31 7.8 14 0
A DAVIS 5 117 23.4 45 1 W DUNN 4 9 2.3 7 0
O DANIELS 5 69 13.8 17 0 R WHITE 3 64 21.3 34 0
R DAYNE 2 12 6.0 8 0 A CRUMPLER 3 34 11.3 14 0
V LEACH 2 3 1.5 3 0 J NORWOOD 2 16 8.0 8 0
D ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 J HORN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J PUTZIER 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 2 105 52.5 0 1 57 M KOENEN 3 132 44.0 0 0 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 2 1 0.5 4 0 A JENNINGS 1 18 18.0 18 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 4 117 29.3 39 0 J NORWOOD 3 68 22.7 35 0
V LEACH 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 1/1 3/4 M ANDERSEN 2/2 4/5
Dist.: 42 37 19 (25) Dist.: 28 22 36 46 (42)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 2 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
V LEACH 1 1 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1
S NICHOLAS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M GREENWOOD 11 11 0 0-0 M BOLEY 9 9 0 0-0
V HUTCHINS 8 7 1 0-0 L SANDERS 7 7 0 0-0
D RYANS 6 6 0 1-5 C CROCKER 6 6 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 5 5 0 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 L MILLOY 5 3 2 0-0
M WILLIAMS 3 3 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 4 4 0 0-0
A OKOYE 2 2 0 1-4 J ABRAHAM 3 3 0 1-6
J FLETCHER 2 2 0 0-0 G JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0
D CLARK 2 2 0 0-0 T LEWIS 2 2 0 0-0
C BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 1 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
S ORR 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 1 1 0 0-0
C ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0
J COOK 1 0 1 0-0
E COCHRAN 1 0 1 0-0

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By Phil Foley
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


ATLANTA (Ticker) - Joey Harrington and Michael Jenkins ruinedMatt Schaub's return to Atlanta.


Harrington tossed two touchdown passes and Jenkins found the endzone twice to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 26-16 victory overthe Houston Texans on Sunday.


Schaub served as the backup quarterback for the past fourseasons in Atlanta (1-3) before he was traded to Houston in theoffseason for draft picks. But the move backfired for theFalcons when starting quarterback Michael Vick ran into legaltrouble and was suspended indefinitely by the league after hepleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges.


Atlanta turned to backup quarterback Joey Harrington, who theclub signed as Vick's backup in the offseason. The 28-year oldhad been dreadful coming into this one, completing 66-of-96passes for 760 yards and two touchdowns in three games.

Meanwhile, Schaub had been brilliant, connecting on 63-of-83passes for 688 yards and four touchdowns for the surprisingTexans (2-2).


But it was Harrington, who was the hero in this one.

Harrington completed 23-of-29 passes for 223 yards and two TDs,leading the Falcons (1-3) to their first win of the season.

After Schaub found Andre Davis for a 35-yard touchdown pass at5:27 of the first quarter to give the Texans a 7-3 lead,Harrington and the Falcons responded.


Harrington engineered a seven play, 68 yard drive, connectingwith Jenkins for a 5-yard TD pass with 1:13 remaining in thefirst quarter.


Warrick Dunn kept alive the drive by gaining two yards on acrucial 3rd-and-1 situation before Harrington found Roddy Whitefor a 34-yard completion to take the ball to the Houston 23.

Atlanta found the end zone again thanks to a costly Texansfumble.


Linebacker Stephen Nichols recovered Vonta Leach's fumble at theHouston 34 before Schaub once again found Jenkins for a 7-yardTD pass at 8:22 of the second to give Atlanta a 17-7 edge.

It was the first multi-touchdown game for the 25-year oldJenkins, who caught six passes for 64 yards.


Atlanta took a 20-10 advantage into the half after the two clubstraded field goals before intermission.


Houston and Atlanta traded field goals in the third quarterbefore the Falcons defense stymied the Texans' offense in thered zone.


Schaub found Davis for a 45-yard pass to the Atlanta 20 anddrove the team to the Atlanta 1. But a pressured, Schaub threwan incomplete pass on third down setting up a Kris Brown fieldgoal to cut the advantage to 23-16 with 14:52 remaining.

But Morten Andersen answered with a 46-yard field goal to padthe advantage to 26-16.


Schaub finished 28-of-40 for 317 yards and one touchdown.

Andersen had three field goals for the Falcons, who defeated theTexans for the first time in franchise history.

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
HOUSTON 16
ATLANTA 26 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 3 3 3 16
ATLANTA 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

6:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-3 to
Houston 16. ATLANTA 3-0.
9:26 HST - TD, ANDRE DAVIS 35 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Schaub 7-yard pass to Walter on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 40;
Dayne 25-yard run to Atlanta 35. HOUSTON 7-3.
13:47 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 5 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Pinner 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 43; Harrington
34-yard pass to White to Houston 23; Harrington 12-yard pass to Jenkins to
Houston 11. ATLANTA 10-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:38 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 7 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Nicholas recovery of Leach fumble at Houston 34;
Harrington 14-yard pass to Crumpler to Houston 15. ATLANTA 17-7.
13:08 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:46.
Key plays: 33-yard pass interference penalty on Texans' Faggins to
Houston 1. ATLANTA 20-7.
14:55 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: Schaub 11-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 40; Schaub
13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 40; Schaub 11-yard pass to
Walter to Atlanta 29. ATLANTA 20-10.

3RD QUARTER:

4:47 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 4:47.
Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 37; Schaub
17-yard pass to Daniels to Atlanta 45; Schaub 19-yard pass to Davis to
Atlanta 23. ATLANTA 20-13.
11:00 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 6:13.
Key plays: Harrington 7-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta
32; Harrington 22-yard pass to White to Houston 30. ATLANTA 23-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:08.
Key plays: Shaub 45-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 20; Dayne 4-yard
run on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 8. ATLANTA 23-16.
6:44 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Norwood 10-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 39; Dunn
17-yard run to Houston 42; Harrington 7-yard pass to Dunn on 3rd-and-7 to
Houston 32. ATLANTA 26-16.

HOUSTON - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 3 6
Passing 14 10
Penalty 1 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 398 304
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 6.3 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 87 90
Rushing attempts 22 30
Average gain per rush 4.0 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 6-11
NET YARDS PASSING 311 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 2-9
Gross passing yards 317 223
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-28-0 29-23-0
Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 7-5-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-52.5 3-44.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 52.0 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-1 1-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-131 3-68
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-78 2-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 4-5
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-6-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:48 34:12


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DAYNE 15 62 4.1 25 0 W DUNN 18 62 3.4 17 0
M SCHAUB 5 19 3.8 12 0 J NORWOOD 9 29 3.2 10 0
J COOK 2 6 3.0 5 0 A PINNER 2 0 0.0 2 0
J HARRINGT 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 28-40-317 0 1 45 J HARRINGT 23-29-223 0 2 34

Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 2-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WALTER 6 77 12.8 35 0 M JENKINS 6 64 10.7 29 2
J COOK 6 28 4.7 9 0 L ROBINSON 4 31 7.8 14 0
A DAVIS 5 117 23.4 45 1 W DUNN 4 9 2.3 7 0
O DANIELS 5 69 13.8 17 0 R WHITE 3 64 21.3 34 0
R DAYNE 2 12 6.0 8 0 A CRUMPLER 3 34 11.3 14 0
V LEACH 2 3 1.5 3 0 J NORWOOD 2 16 8.0 8 0
D ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 J HORN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J PUTZIER 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 2 105 52.5 0 1 57 M KOENEN 3 132 44.0 0 0 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 2 1 0.5 4 0 A JENNINGS 1 18 18.0 18 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 4 117 29.3 39 0 J NORWOOD 3 68 22.7 35 0
V LEACH 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 1/1 3/4 M ANDERSEN 2/2 4/5
Dist.: 42 37 19 (25) Dist.: 28 22 36 46 (42)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 2 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
V LEACH 1 1 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1
S NICHOLAS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M GREENWOOD 11 11 0 0-0 M BOLEY 9 9 0 0-0
V HUTCHINS 8 7 1 0-0 L SANDERS 7 7 0 0-0
D RYANS 6 6 0 1-5 C CROCKER 6 6 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 5 5 0 0-0 L MILLOY 6 4 2 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 K BROOKING 5 5 0 0-0
D CLARK 3 3 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 4 4 0 0-0
M WILLIAMS 3 3 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 3 3 0 1-6
A OKOYE 2 2 0 1-4 G JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
J FLETCHER 2 2 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 0-0 T LEWIS 2 2 0 0-0
C BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 1 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
S ORR 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 1 1 0 0-0
C ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0
J COOK 1 0 1 0-0
E COCHRAN 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Ruben Fowler, Head Linesman-Ed
Camp, Line Judge-Carl Johnson, Field Judge-Scott Edwards, Side
Judge-Al Riveron, Back Judge-Bob Lawing.

Att: 69,312 Time of Game: 3:03</div>

 

NFL: HOUSTON at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 7 3 3 3 16
ATLANTA 10 10 3 3 26 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

6:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-3 to
Houston 16. ATLANTA 3-0.
9:26 HST - TD, ANDRE DAVIS 35 YD PASS FROM MATT SCHAUB (KRIS BROWN KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Schaub 7-yard pass to Walter on 3rd-and-3 to Houston 40;
Dayne 25-yard run to Atlanta 35. HOUSTON 7-3.
13:47 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 5 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Pinner 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 43; Harrington
34-yard pass to White to Houston 23; Harrington 12-yard pass to Jenkins to
Houston 11. ATLANTA 10-7.

2ND QUARTER:

6:38 ATL - TD, MICHAEL JENKINS 7 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Nicholas recovery of Leach fumble at Houston 34;
Harrington 14-yard pass to Crumpler to Houston 15. ATLANTA 17-7.
13:08 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:46.
Key plays: 33-yard pass interference penalty on Texans' Faggins to
Houston 1. ATLANTA 20-7.
14:55 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 1:47.
Key plays: Schaub 11-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 40; Schaub
13-yard pass to Daniels on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 40; Schaub 11-yard pass to
Walter to Atlanta 29. ATLANTA 20-10.

3RD QUARTER:

4:47 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 4:47.
Key plays: Schaub 17-yard pass to Daniels to Houston 37; Schaub
17-yard pass to Daniels to Atlanta 45; Schaub 19-yard pass to Davis to
Atlanta 23. ATLANTA 20-13.
11:00 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 6:13.
Key plays: Harrington 7-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-5 to Atlanta
32; Harrington 22-yard pass to White to Houston 30. ATLANTA 23-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 19 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:08.
Key plays: Shaub 45-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 20; Dayne 4-yard
run on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 8. ATLANTA 23-16.
6:44 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 46 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 6:36.
Key plays: Norwood 10-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 39; Dunn
17-yard run to Houston 42; Harrington 7-yard pass to Dunn on 3rd-and-7 to
Houston 32. ATLANTA 26-16.

HOUSTON - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 3 6
Passing 14 10
Penalty 1 4
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 398 304
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 6.3 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 87 90
Rushing attempts 22 30
Average gain per rush 4.0 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 6-11
NET YARDS PASSING 311 214
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 2-9
Gross passing yards 317 223
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 40-28-0 29-23-0
Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 7-5-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-52.5 3-44.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 52.0 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-1 1-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-131 3-68
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-78 2-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-4 4-5
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 1-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-6-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:48 34:12


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

HOUSTON ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DAYNE 15 62 4.1 25 0 W DUNN 18 62 3.4 17 0
M SCHAUB 5 19 3.8 12 0 J NORWOOD 9 29 3.2 10 0
J COOK 2 6 3.0 5 0 A PINNER 2 0 0.0 2 0
J HARRINGT 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 28-40-317 0 1 45 J HARRINGT 23-29-223 0 2 34

Sacked-Yards Lost: M SCHAUB 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 2-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WALTER 6 77 12.8 35 0 M JENKINS 6 64 10.7 29 2
J COOK 6 28 4.7 9 0 L ROBINSON 4 31 7.8 14 0
A DAVIS 5 117 23.4 45 1 W DUNN 4 9 2.3 7 0
O DANIELS 5 69 13.8 17 0 R WHITE 3 64 21.3 34 0
R DAYNE 2 12 6.0 8 0 A CRUMPLER 3 34 11.3 14 0
V LEACH 2 3 1.5 3 0 J NORWOOD 2 16 8.0 8 0
D ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 J HORN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J PUTZIER 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M TURK 2 105 52.5 0 1 57 M KOENEN 3 132 44.0 0 0 51

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 2 1 0.5 4 0 A JENNINGS 1 18 18.0 18 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WYNN 4 117 29.3 39 0 J NORWOOD 3 68 22.7 35 0
V LEACH 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
K BROWN 1/1 3/4 M ANDERSEN 2/2 4/5
Dist.: 42 37 19 (25) Dist.: 28 22 36 46 (42)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M SCHAUB 2 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
V LEACH 1 1 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1
S NICHOLAS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M GREENWOOD 11 11 0 0-0 M BOLEY 9 9 0 0-0
V HUTCHINS 8 7 1 0-0 L SANDERS 7 7 0 0-0
D RYANS 6 6 0 1-5 C CROCKER 6 6 0 0-0
D ROBINSON 5 5 0 0-0 L MILLOY 6 4 2 0-0
A WEAVER 4 3 1 0-0 K BROOKING 5 5 0 0-0
D CLARK 3 3 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 4 4 0 0-0
M WILLIAMS 3 3 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 3 3 0 1-6
A OKOYE 2 2 0 1-4 G JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
J FLETCHER 2 2 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0
A MADDOX 2 2 0 0-0 T LEWIS 2 2 0 0-0
C BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0
T JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
J ZGONINA 1 1 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
S ORR 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
D FAGGINS 1 1 0 0-0
C ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0
J COOK 1 0 1 0-0
E COCHRAN 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Ruben Fowler, Head Linesman-Ed
Camp, Line Judge-Carl Johnson, Field Judge-Scott Edwards, Side
Judge-Al Riveron, Back Judge-Bob Lawing.

Att: 69,312 Time of Game: 3:03</div>

 

By Phil Foley
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


ATLANTA (Ticker) - Joey Harrington and Michael Jenkins ruinedMatt Schaub's return to Atlanta.


Harrington tossed two touchdown passes and Jenkins found the endzone twice to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 26-16 victory overthe Houston Texans on Sunday.


Schaub served as the backup quarterback for the past fourseasons in Atlanta (1-3) before he was traded to Houston in theoffseason for draft picks. But the move backfired for theFalcons when starting quarterback Michael Vick ran into legaltrouble and was suspended indefinitely by the league after hepleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges.


Atlanta turned to backup quarterback Joey Harrington, who theclub signed as Vick's backup in the offseason. The 28-year oldhad been dreadful coming into this one, completing 66-of-96passes for 760 yards and two touchdowns in three games.

Meanwhile, Schaub had been brilliant, connecting on 63-of-83passes for 688 yards and four touchdowns for the Texans(2-2).


But it was Harrington, who was the hero in this one.

Harrington completed 23-of-29 passes for 223 yards and two TDs,leading the Falcons (1-3) to their first win of the season.

"It's a positive step," Harrington said. "Being 1-3 is not where<div class="pre">we want to be, but we made a positive step to where we want to</div>be."


"We have been fighting through adversity all year long and theteam has always played hard, practiced hard and prepared hard,"said Falcons coach Bobby Petrino, who recorded his firstNFL coaching victory. "I like the way we played."

After Schaub found Andre Davis for a 35-yard touchdown pass at5:27 of the first quarter to give the Texans a 7-3 lead,Harrington and the Falcons responded.


Harrington engineered a seven play, 68 yard drive, connectingwith Jenkins for a 5-yard TD pass with 1:13 remaining in thefirst quarter.


"Mike (Jenkins) is developing a feel in the middle of thefield," Harrington said. "He made a great move on the safety,got in the middle and made a great catch in the middle of theend zone."


Warrick Dunn kept alive the drive by gaining two yards on acrucial 3rd-and-1 situation before Harrington found Roddy Whitefor a 34-yard completion to take the ball to the Houston 23.

Atlanta found the end zone again thanks to a costly Texansfumble.


Linebacker Stephen Nichols recovered Vonta Leach's fumble at theHouston 34 before Schaub once again found Jenkins for a 7-yardTD pass at 8:22 of the second to give Atlanta a 17-7 edge.

It was the first multi-touchdown game for the 25-year oldJenkins, who caught six passes for 64 yards.


"We kind of got into a rhythm in the first half," Jenkins said."I caught a couple of passes and caught a couple of touchdowns.Hopefully, we'll continue to do that."


Linebacker Marcus Boley, who forced the fumble leading to theJenkins TD, finished the game with a team-high nine tackles knewthat he needed to come big to help stop the Falcons' slide.

"It was one of those games where I seemed to be at the rightplace at the right time," Boley said. "I've never been 0-3before and it wasn't a good feeling."


"I felt like we was running around and making plays everywhere,"Petrino said. "He is having a really good year for us and hewas really glued into what they were trying to do."

Atlanta took a 20-10 advantage into the half after the two clubstraded field goals before intermission.


Houston and Atlanta traded field goals in the third quarterbefore the Falcons defense stymied the Texans' offense in thered zone.


Schaub found Davis for a 45-yard pass to the Atlanta 20 anddrove the team to the Atlanta 1. But a pressured Schaub threw anincomplete pass on third down setting up a Kris Brown fieldgoal to cut the advantage to 23-16 with 14:52 remaining.

"We've got to (continue) making big stops," Falcons defensive endJohn Abraham said. "We have to keep on going on."

But Morten Andersen answered with a 46-yard field goal to padthe advantage to 26-16.


It appeared as if the Texans the advantage to six when Schaubscampered 13 yards into the end zone with just over two minutesremaining. But the Falcons challenged the call and, uponreview, the officials placed the ball at the Atlanta 1.

The Atlanta defense once again came up big, backing up Houstonto the Atlanta 7 on Schaub's fumble before Kris Brown missed a25-yard field goal with 2:07 remaining in the contest.

"I thought I was in," Schaub said of the called-back touchdown."But looking at the replay, I guess I was just a little short.... But when you can't convert third down with less than two yards,it's definitely frustrating."


Schaub finished 28-of-40 for 317 yards and one touchdown.

"Our quarterback is playing extremely well," Texans coach GaryKubiak said. "He can not turn the ball over. We have to protectthe ball in the pocket, but he is playing well. Our effort isnot a problem at all, but we are not playing very clean and whenyou don't play clean, you can expect to get beat."

Andersen had four field goals for the Falcons, who defeated theTexans for the first time in franchise history.