National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
When: 4:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 71725
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cincinnati 730010
Houston 7107731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:34
Cincinnati TD Houston 0 - Cincinnati 7
Cedric Benson 1 yd. run (Mike Nugent kick)
1st Quarter - 4:57
Houston TD Houston 7 - Cincinnati 7
Arian Foster 8 yd. run (Neil Rackers kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:09
Cincinnati FG Houston 7 - Cincinnati 10
Mike Nugent 37 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:48
Houston FG Houston 10 - Cincinnati 10
Neil Rackers 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:52
Houston TD Houston 17 - Cincinnati 10
J.J. Watt 29 yd. interception return (Neil Rackers kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:08
Houston TD Houston 24 - Cincinnati 10
Andre Johnson 40 yd. pass from T.J. Yates (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 5:15
Houston TD Houston 31 - Cincinnati 10
Arian Foster 42 yd. run (Neil Rackers kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cincinnati Houston
1st Downs 21 19
Rushing 8 9
Passing 11 9
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-13 6-12
4th Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Punts-Average 3-48.3 5-50.2
Return Yards 42 40
Punts-Returns 3-20 3-12
Kickoffs-Returns 1-22 0-0
Int-Returns 0-0 3-28
Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-87
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 30:17 29:43
Total Net Yards 300 340
Total Plays 65 57
Average Gain 4.6 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 76 188
Rushes 19 35
Average/Rush 4.0 5.4
Net Yards Passing 224 152
Comp-Att 27-42 11-20
Yards/Pass 4.9 6.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-33 2-7
Had Intercepted 3 0
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 1-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 1-1-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cincinnati Bengals (9-8)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Dalton 27/42 257 0 3
Houston Texans (11-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Yates 11/20 159 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Leonard 3 34 11.3 0 19
A. Dalton 3 17 5.7 0 15
C. Benson 7 14 2.0 1 7
B. Scott 6 11 1.8 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 24 153 6.4 2 42
B. Tate 9 37 4.1 0 9
J. Casey 1 0 0.0 0 0
T. Yates 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Green 12 5 47 9.4 0 21
J. Gresham 6 5 46 9.2 0 16
B. Leonard 7 6 36 6.0 0 16
D. Lee 1 1 36 36.0 0 36
J. Simpson 6 3 33 11.0 0 16
B. Scott 4 3 29 9.7 0 11
R. Whalen 2 2 24 12.0 0 20
A. Hawkins 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
C. Benson 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 9 5 90 18.0 1 40
O. Daniels 6 2 29 14.5 0 21
A. Foster 3 3 29 9.7 0 15
K. Walter 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Watt 1 29 1
D. Manning 1 0 0
J. Joseph 1 -1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Nelson 1.0 7.0
G. Atkins 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Mitchell 1.0 9.0
B. Reed 1.0 9.0
A. Smith 1.0 8.0
J. Watt 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Howard 6 0
J. Fanene 5 1
R. Nelson 5 1
A. Jones 4 0
D. Peko 4 0
M. Lawson 4 1
N. Clements 3 0
G. Atkins 3 1
C. Crocker 2 0
K. Jennings 2 0
R. Geathers 2 1
D. Skuta 1 0
C. Dunlap 1 0
F. Rucker 1 1
R. Maualuga 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Joseph 6 0
A. Smith 5 0
D. Manning 5 2
B. Cushing 5 3
G. Quin 4 1
C. Barwin 3 0
E. Mitchell 3 1
K. Jackson 3 1
B. Reed 3 2
J. Allen 3 2
J. Watt 2 0
D. Ryans 2 2
T. Dobbins 1 0
Q. Demps 1 0
T. Jamison 1 1
S. Cody 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Nelson 1.0
G. Atkins 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Smith 3.0
E. Mitchell 1.0
B. Reed 1.0
B. Cushing 1.0
J. Watt 1.0
J. Joseph 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Dalton 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles