National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 31, Denver 25
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2012
Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: Jerry Frump
Attendance: 76566
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 71410031
Denver 5601425
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:20
Denver S Denver 2 - Houston 0
Matt Schaub sacked in end zone by Elvis Dumervil for a safety
1st Quarter - 8:41
Denver FG Denver 5 - Houston 0
Matt Prater 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:28
Houston TD Denver 5 - Houston 7
Andre Johnson 60 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:47
Houston TD Denver 5 - Houston 14
Arian Foster 3 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:54
Houston TD Denver 5 - Houston 21
Kevin Walter 52 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:44
Denver FG Denver 8 - Houston 21
Matt Prater 23 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:01
Denver FG Denver 11 - Houston 21
Matt Prater 53 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:11
Houston FG Denver 11 - Houston 24
Shayne Graham 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:33
Houston TD Denver 11 - Houston 31
Owen Daniels 14 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 9:49
Denver TD Denver 18 - Houston 31
Brandon Stokley 38 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 3:00
Denver TD Denver 25 - Houston 31
Joel Dreessen 6 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Denver
1st Downs 23 24
Rushing 7 5
Passing 13 14
Penalty 3 5
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 6-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-54.2 8-47.4
Return Yards 19 120
Punts-Returns 4-19 4-29
Kickoffs-Returns 1-0 4-84
Int-Returns 0-0 1-7
Penalties-Yards 9-69 7-75
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 31:40 28:20
Total Net Yards 436 375
Total Plays 65 76
Average Gain 6.7 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 152 59
Rushes 34 21
Average/Rush 4.5 2.8
Net Yards Passing 284 316
Comp-Att 17-30 26-52
Yards/Pass 9.2 5.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 3-14
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 4 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 4 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 1
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 17/30 290 4 1
Denver Broncos (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Manning 26/52 330 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 25 105 4.2 0 22
B. Tate 8 26 3.2 0 9
K. Martin 1 21 21.0 0 21
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. McGahee 12 36 3.0 0 15
L. Ball 7 16 2.3 0 11
R. Hillman 2 7 3.5 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Walter 6 3 73 24.3 1 52
A. Johnson 4 2 72 36.0 1 60
L. Jean 1 1 46 46.0 0 46
G. Graham 4 2 39 19.5 0 27
O. Daniels 5 3 26 8.7 1 14
K. Martin 4 2 20 10.0 0 18
J. Casey 3 3 11 3.7 0 12
A. Foster 1 1 3 3.0 1 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Decker 11 8 136 17.0 0 35
B. Stokley 6 6 73 12.2 1 38
J. Dreessen 5 2 36 18.0 1 30
D. Thomas 11 3 34 11.3 0 23
J. Tamme 10 3 31 10.3 0 14
C. Gronkowski 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
W. McGahee 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
L. Ball 3 1 2 2.0 0 3
R. Hillman 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
M. Willis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. Woodyard 1 7 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Watt 2.5 11.5
B. Reed 0.5 2.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Dumervil 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Jackson 7 1
Q. Demps 6 1
J. Watt 6 1
J. Joseph 5 0
B. Cushing 4 1
G. Quin 3 0
B. James 2 0
C. Barwin 2 0
D. Manning 2 1
S. Cody 1 0
B. McCain 1 0
E. Mitchell 1 0
T. Jamison 1 0
A. Smith 1 1
B. Reed 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. Moore 9 0
C. Harris 4 0
E. Dumervil 4 1
M. Adams 4 2
K. Vickerson 3 2
J. Bannan 3 2
T. Porter 2 1
M. Jackson 1 0
T. Carter 1 0
C. Bailey 1 0
W. Woodyard 1 0
K. Brooking 1 1
M. Unrein 1 2
J. Mays 1 2
D. Wolfe 1 4
V. Miller 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Watt 4.0
B. James 1.0
Q. Demps 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Porter 1.0
E. Dumervil 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Tate 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Thomas 1