National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New England 36,
Houston 33
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 24, 2017
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 65878
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| New England | 7 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 36 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 10:33 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 7 - Houston 0 Rob Gronkowski 5 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 7:22 | ||
| Houston | FG |
New England 7 - Houston 3 Ka'imi Fairbairn 39 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 1:51 | ||
| Houston | TD |
New England 7 - Houston 10 Bruce Ellington 29 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 12:25 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 14 - Houston 10 Chris Hogan 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 7:01 | ||
| Houston | FG |
New England 14 - Houston 13 Ka'imi Fairbairn 40 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 6:15 | ||
| Houston | TD |
New England 14 - Houston 20 Jadeveon Clowney 22 yd. fumble recovery (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 3:58 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 21 - Houston 20 Chris Hogan 47 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 12:45 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 28 - Houston 20 Brandin Cooks 42 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 7:12 | ||
| Houston | TD |
New England 28 - Houston 27 Ryan Griffin 12 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 12:13 | ||
| Houston | FG |
New England 28 - Houston 30 Ka'imi Fairbairn 31 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 2:24 | ||
| Houston | FG |
New England 28 - Houston 33 Ka'imi Fairbairn 36 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:23 | ||
| New England | TD |
New England 36 - Houston 33 Brandin Cooks 25 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Brandin Cooks pass from Tom Brady) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Houston | New England | |
| 1st Downs | 23 | 21 |
| Rushing | 7 | 1 |
| Passing | 13 | 16 |
| Penalty | 3 | 4 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 6-14 | 6-13 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Punts-Average | 4-58.5 | 6-45.3 |
| Return Yards | 95 | 148 |
| Punts-Returns | 3-20 | 2-53 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 4-75 | 2-44 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 2-51 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-60 | 5-69 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| Time of Possession | 33:38 | 26:22 |
| Total Net Yards | 417 | 396 |
| Total Plays | 67 | 60 |
| Average Gain | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 125 | 59 |
| Rushes | 32 | 20 |
| Average/Rush | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Net Yards Passing | 292 | 337 |
| Comp-Att | 22-33 | 25-35 |
| Yards/Pass | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 2-9 | 5-41 |
| Had Intercepted | 2 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 5 |
| Rushing | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | 2 | 5 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 5-5 |
| Field Goals | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 1-3-33% | 2-2-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 0-0-0% | 2-2-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans
(1-2)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Watson | 22/33 | 301 | 2 | 2 |
New England Patriots
(2-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| T. Brady | 25/35 | 378 | 5 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| L. Miller | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 |
| D. Watson | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
| D. Foreman | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Ervin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Ellington | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Gillislee | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 |
| J. White | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Brady | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Lewis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Hopkins | 8 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 21 |
| D. Foreman | 3 | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 34 |
| R. Griffin | 6 | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | 35 |
| B. Ellington | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 29 |
| B. Miller | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| S. Anderson | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| L. Miller | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Ervin | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| B. Cooks | 7 | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 2 | 44 |
| R. Gronkowski | 10 | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 1 | 22 |
| C. Hogan | 6 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 2 | 47 |
| D. Amendola | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 27 |
| J. Hollister | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| D. Lewis | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. White | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| S. Gilmore | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| D. Harmon | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Clowney | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| C. Covington | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| M. Gilchrist | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| W. Mercilus | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Marsh | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| T. Flowers | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| J. Clowney | 6 | 0 |
| W. Mercilus | 5 | 0 |
| J. Watt | 5 | 1 |
| K. Jackson | 5 | 1 |
| J. Banks | 3 | 0 |
| C. Covington | 3 | 0 |
| A. Hal | 3 | 1 |
| B. McKinney | 3 | 2 |
| Z. Cunningham | 3 | 4 |
| C. Moore | 2 | 0 |
| M. Gilchrist | 2 | 1 |
| B. Scarlett | 1 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 1 | 0 |
| D. Reader | 1 | 2 |
| E. Pleasant | 1 | 2 |
| D. Cole | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| D. McCourty | 9 | 1 |
| K. Van Noy | 9 | 2 |
| E. Roberts | 6 | 3 |
| M. Brown | 5 | 0 |
| S. Gilmore | 4 | 0 |
| C. Marsh | 4 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 3 | 0 |
| T. Flowers | 3 | 3 |
| P. Chung | 2 | 0 |
| D. Harmon | 2 | 0 |
| L. Guy | 2 | 1 |
| M. Butler | 2 | 1 |
| D. Wise | 1 | 1 |
| A. Butler | 1 | 2 |
| M. Flowers | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| J. Clowney | 4.0 |
| J. Watt | 3.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| T. Flowers | 1.0 |
| S. Gilmore | 1.0 |
| M. Brown | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Watson | 2 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| T. Brady | 3 |
| R. Gronkowski | 1 |