National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 28, Detroit 21
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, October 19, 2008
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Carollo
Attendance: 70081
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 0371121
Houston 1477028
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:50
Houston TD Houston 7 - Detroit 0
Owen Daniels 2 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
1st Quarter - 5:44
Houston TD Houston 14 - Detroit 0
Ahman Green 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:13
Houston TD Houston 21 - Detroit 0
Steve Slaton 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:28
Detroit FG Houston 21 - Detroit 3
Jason Hanson 54 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:53
Detroit TD Houston 21 - Detroit 10
Kevin Smith 26 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:45
Houston TD Houston 28 - Detroit 10
Owen Daniels 1 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 11:45
Detroit TD Houston 28 - Detroit 18
Calvin Johnson 96 yd. pass from Dan Orlovsky (Calvin Johnson pass from Dan Orlovsky)
4th Quarter - 4:17
Detroit FG Houston 28 - Detroit 21
Jason Hanson 54 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Detroit Houston
1st Downs 15 29
Rushing 4 12
Passing 9 16
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 5-11 6-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 4-47.3 4-48.8
Return Yards 82 90
Punts-Returns 0-0 2--12
Kickoffs-Returns 4-82 5-102
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-31 5-41
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1
Time of Possession 19:56 40:04
Total Net Yards 326 404
Total Plays 46 68
Average Gain 7.1 5.9
Net Yards Rushing 77 150
Rushes 19 34
Average/Rush 4.1 4.4
Net Yards Passing 249 254
Comp-Att 12-25 26-31
Yards/Pass 9.2 7.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 3-13
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 0-0-0% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 4-4-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Lions (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Orlovsky 12/25 265 1 0
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 26/31 267 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 10 61 6.1 1 26
D. Orlovsky 2 10 5.0 0 10
R. Johnson 6 8 1.3 0 2
C. Johnson 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 17 80 4.7 1 37
A. Green 14 62 4.4 1 14
K. Walter 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Schaub 2 1 0.5 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 2 154 77.0 1 96
M. Furrey 6 89 14.8 0 25
J. Felton 1 11 11.0 0 11
M. Gaines 2 11 5.5 0 10
K. Smith 1 7 7.0 0 7
S. McDonald 0 -7 -∞ 0 -7
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 11 141 12.8 0 18
O. Daniels 6 66 11.0 2 25
K. Walter 3 27 9.0 0 15
A. Davis 1 15 15.0 0 15
S. Slaton 3 9 3.0 0 6
J. Dreessen 1 6 6.0 0 6
A. Green 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Redding 1.0 12.0
D. White 1.0 1.0
I. Alama-Francis 0.5 0.0
R. Nece 0.5 0.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
Z. Diles 1.0 9.0
T. Bulman 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
D. White 7 3
E. Sims 6 4
C. Redding 5 0
S. Cody 5 0
K. Pearson 5 1
C. Avril 3 0
I. Alama-Francis 3 1
B. Kelly 3 1
L. Bodden 3 1
P. Lenon 3 2
D. Bullocks 3 5
R. Robinson 2 0
D. Smith 2 0
J. DeVries 2 1
R. Nece 2 4
A. Fluellen 1 0
K. Smith 1 0
L. Moore 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
W. Demps 6 0
D. Ryans 5 0
Z. Diles 5 1
D. Robinson 2 0
M. Greenwood 2 1
A. Okoye 1 0
N. Ferguson 1 0
A. Weaver 1 0
D. Robinson 1 0
E. Cochran 1 0
J. Reeves 1 1
M. Williams 1 1
T. Bulman 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Orlovsky 1
S. McDonald 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Schaub 2