Week 3, 1992

played in Cincinnati, OH

60 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

Houston Texans	7	7	0	7	-	21
Cincinnati Bengals	0	0	3	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:57 HOU - Bo Jackson 8 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
2Q: 04:52 HOU - Len Bias 6 pass from Bernie Kosar (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 05:34 CIN - Cary Blanchard 19 field goal
4Q: 07:52 CIN - Cary Blanchard 23 field goal
4Q: 02:22 HOU - Tim Brown 12 pass from Bernie Kosar (Chris Jacke extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:57 HOU - Bo Jackson 8 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
2Q: 04:52 HOU - Len Bias 6 pass from Bernie Kosar (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 05:34 CIN - Cary Blanchard 19 field goal
4Q: 07:52 CIN - Cary Blanchard 23 field goal
4Q: 02:22 HOU - Tim Brown 12 pass from Bernie Kosar (Chris Jacke extra point)

Team Statistics HOU CIN
Record 3-0 1-2
First Downs 22 16
- by Rushing 9 2
- by Passing 13 13
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 352 254
- Offensive Plays 60 61
- Yards per Play 5.87 4.16
Net Rushing Yards 126 71
- Rushing Attempts 37 24
- Yards per Rush 3.41 2.96
Net Passing Yards 226 183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 22 - 18 - 0 35 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 235 199
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/9 2/16
- Yards per Pass Play 9.83 4.95
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/9 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/5 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/16 2/12
Kick Returns/Yards 3/91 1/16
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 23
Time of Possession 30:18 29:42

Team Statistics	HOU	CIN
Record	3-0	1-2
First Downs	22	16
- by Rushing	9	2
- by Passing	13	13
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	352	254
- Offensive Plays	60	61
- Yards per Play	5.87	4.16
Net Rushing Yards	126	71
- Rushing Attempts	37	24
- Yards per Rush	3.41	2.96
Net Passing Yards	226	183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	22 - 18 - 0	35 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	235	199
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/9	2/16
- Yards per Pass Play	9.83	4.95
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/9	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/5	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/16	2/12
Kick Returns/Yards	3/91	1/16
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 23
Time of Possession	30:18	29:42

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:44	6:53	OWN 11	13	89	Touchdown
1	1:26	2:58	OWN 39	7	52	Missed FG
2	9:15	4:32	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	2:15	2:15	OWN 1	5	38	Half
3	15:00	2:47	OWN 15	5	19	Punt
3	5:28	4:07	OWN 20	6	17	Punt
3	0:23	2:14	OWN 36	5	33	Fumble
4	7:44	2:30	OPP 40	3	-2	Punt
4	4:13	2:01	OPP 39	5	39	Touchdown
4	0:58	0:58	OPP 40	3	-3	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:16	OWN 20	8	27	Punt
1	3:51	2:25	OWN 30	3	0	Punt
2	13:28	4:13	OWN 35	7	25	Punt
2	4:43	2:28	OWN 20	6	25	Punt
3	12:13	6:45	OWN 32	15	66	Field Goal
3	1:21	0:58	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
4	13:09	5:25	OWN 31	11	63	Field Goal
4	5:14	1:01	OWN 2	3	4	Punt
4	2:12	1:14	OWN 20	5	19	Interception

Game MVP: Bernie Kosar, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	22	95	4.32	21	5	1
A.B. Brown	9	24	2.67	7	0	0
Bernie Kosar	3	-3	-1.00	-1	0	0
Jarrod Bunch	2	3	1.50	3	0	0
Bernie Parmalee	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dalton Hilliard	13	41	3.15	13	1
Sammie Smith	6	2	0.33	6	0
Ken O'Brien	3	18	6.00	9	0
Dan Majerle	2	10	5.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	22	18	235	1/9	2	35	0	141.5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken O'Brien	35	20	199	2/16	0	27	1	61.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tim Brown	5	8	64	12.80	25	35	1
RB Bo Jackson	4	4	56	14.00	30	24	0
TE Len Bias	3	3	29	9.67	2	15	1
WR Desmond Howard	2	2	19	9.50	0	11	0
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	22	11.00	5	12	0
WR Mark Clayton	1	2	30	30.00	0	30	0
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	15	15.00	0	15	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Michael Irvin	6	11	77	12.83	21	27
WR Yancey Thigpen	5	7	51	10.20	7	15
WR Brian Brennan	3	4	33	11.00	8	14
TE Mark Chmura	3	5	28	9.33	4	14
WR Alexander Wright	2	3	4	2.00	0	3
RB Sammie Smith	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
TE Mark Boyer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Dan Majerle	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Le Roy Butler	1	13	13.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tim Brown	1	0	0
Le Roy Butler	1	0	0
Skip McClendon	0	1	0
Anthony Florence	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
Courtney Hawkins	1	0	0
Alexander Wright	0	1	0
Chris Oldham	0	1	0
Michael Knight	0	0	1
Freddie Robinson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kent Sullivan	3	127	42.3	38.3	51	2

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Feagles	6	253	42.2	36.2	54	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cary Blanchard	2/2	0/0	0/0	23	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Le Roy Butler	2	16	8.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Courtney Hawkins	2	12	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Desmond Howard	2	36	18.0	0
Anthony Florence	1	55	55.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Brennan	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Le Roy Butler	6	5	0.0	24	37
OLB Jack Del Rio	6	4	0.0	23	36
CB Martin Mayhew	6	1	0.0	24	36
OLB Mo Lewis	5	1	0.0	23	31
S Bennie Thompson	4	0	0.0	14	27
DE Mark Gunn	3	0	2.0	11	20
ILB Hal Garner	3	1	0.0	10	13
CB Donnell Woolford	3	0	0.0	24	36
DE Skip McClendon	2	0	0.0	19	32
DE Warren Powers	2	0	0.0	18	22
DT Bert Tharpe	2	0	0.0	7	13
OLB Ricardo McDonald	2	0	0.0	21	25
S Myron Guyton	1	2	0.0	22	34
CB Randy Hilliard	1	0	0.0	1	10
DT Rush Brown	0	1	0.0	17	26

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Eugene Robinson	9	3	0.0	37	23
ILB Al Smith	7	1	0.0	37	23
S Chris Oldham	6	4	0.0	37	23
OLB Lamar Lathon	6	0	0.0	26	16
OLB Michael Knight	3	4	1.0	32	22
CB Troy Vincent	3	2	0.0	37	23
DT Bill Maas	3	1	0.0	20	11
DE Jeff Lageman	3	1	0.0	18	13
DE Larry Roberts	2	2	0.0	22	12
CB William White	2	1	0.0	37	23
DT Erik Howard	2	0	0.0	17	12
OLB Carleton Bailey	2	0	0.0	19	9
CB Issiac Holt	1	1	0.0	19	15
TE Mark Chmura	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mark Gunn	2.0	0	0	20
DE Warren Powers	0.0	2	0	22
DT Rush Brown	0.0	1	0	26
DE Skip McClendon	0.0	1	0	32
OLB Mo Lewis	0.0	0	1	31

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Michael Knight	1.0	0	0	22
DT Bill Maas	0.0	1	0	11
DE Jeff Lageman	0.0	0	1	13
OLB Lamar Lathon	0.0	0	1	16
DE Mike Jones	0.0	0	1	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Martin Mayhew	6	6	0	36
S Le Roy Butler	3	0	1	37
OLB Jack Del Rio	2	1	0	36
CB Donnell Woolford	2	1	0	36
S Bennie Thompson	2	0	0	27
OLB Mo Lewis	2	0	0	31
ILB Hal Garner	1	0	0	13
CB Randy Hilliard	1	0	0	10
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1	0	0	25

Cincinnati	Caught	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	5	23
S Eugene Robinson	3	23
OLB Michael Knight	2	22
CB William White	2	23
S Chris Oldham	2	23
CB Troy Vincent	2	23
CB Issiac Holt	1	15
OLB Carleton Bailey	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Dombrowski	4	10	37	0	23
Todd Peat	3	8	37	0	23
Jim Mills	3	7	37	1	23
Ron Solt	2	5	37	0	23
Len Bias	1	1	30	0	15
Vlade Divac	0	2	37	0	23
Jarrod Bunch	0	1	13	0	4

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tim Grunhard	1	4	15	0	15
Jerry Crafts	1	4	24	0	37
Dan Majerle	1	3	14	0	19
Will Wolford	1	2	24	1	37
Leo Goeas	0	4	24	1	37
David Williams	0	3	24	0	37
Dean Caliguire	0	1	9	0	22

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Anthony Florence	1	16
Jarrod Bunch	1	11
Bernie Parmalee	1	10

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Freddie Robinson	2	15
Sammie Smith	1	17
Mark Boyer	1	14
Erric Pegram	1	3

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jack Del Rio	---	---	23	36	14	73
Le Roy Butler	---	---	24	37	8	69
Todd Peat	37	23	---	---	4	64
Martin Mayhew	---	---	24	36	2	62
Donnell Woolford	---	---	24	36	2	62
Bernie Kosar	37	23	---	---	1	61
Jim Mills	37	23	---	---	---	60
Ron Solt	37	23	---	---	---	60
Jim Dombrowski	37	23	---	---	---	60
Vlade Divac	37	23	---	---	---	60
Skip McClendon	---	---	19	32	8	59
Tim Brown	37	22	---	---	---	59
Myron Guyton	---	---	22	34	2	58
Mo Lewis	---	---	23	31	3	57
Rush Brown	---	---	17	26	8	51
Len Bias	30	15	---	---	6	51
Desmond Howard	28	18	---	---	4	50
Ricardo McDonald	---	---	21	25	1	47
Bo Jackson	28	18	---	---	---	46
Bennie Thompson	---	---	14	27	4	45
Bernie Parmalee	20	14	---	---	10	44
Warren Powers	---	---	18	22	1	41
Mark Gunn	---	---	11	20	1	32
Hal Garner	---	---	10	13	5	28
Jarrod Bunch	13	4	---	---	11	28
Tyji Armstrong	12	5	---	---	10	27
A.B. Brown	9	4	---	---	11	24
Carl Pickens	5	5	---	---	11	21
Anthony Florence	---	---	2	2	16	20
Bert Tharpe	---	---	7	13	---	20
Randy Hilliard	---	---	1	10	7	18
Derek Brown	1	2	---	---	11	14
Greg McMurtry	0	3	---	---	8	11
Kenny Tippins	---	---	3	4	1	8
Mark Clayton	2	5	---	---	---	7
Cliff Charlton	---	---	0	0	7	7
Glenn Cadrez	---	---	1	3	3	7
Buddy Curry	---	---	0	0	5	5
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jim Sweeney	0	0	---	---	4	4
Harper LeBel	0	0	---	---	4	4
Charles McRae	0	0	---	---	4	4
Gene McGuire	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kent Sullivan	0	0	---	---	3	3
Jay Schroeder	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Klingler	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
David Williams	24	37	---	---	8	69
Leo Goeas	24	37	---	---	8	69
Jerry Crafts	24	37	---	---	4	65
Eugene Robinson	---	---	37	23	2	62
Ken O'Brien	24	37	---	---	---	61
Will Wolford	24	37	---	---	---	61
Al Smith	---	---	37	23	1	61
William White	---	---	37	23	1	61
Chris Oldham	---	---	37	23	1	61
Troy Vincent	---	---	37	23	1	61
Michael Irvin	21	36	---	---	---	57
Michael Knight	---	---	32	22	1	55
Yancey Thigpen	20	30	---	---	---	50
Dalton Hilliard	18	16	---	---	10	44
Sammie Smith	6	21	---	---	17	44
Lamar Lathon	---	---	26	16	2	44
Brian Brennan	17	18	---	---	7	42
Dan Majerle	14	19	---	---	7	40
Mark Chmura	11	23	---	---	6	40
Carleton Bailey	---	---	19	9	10	38
Issiac Holt	---	---	19	15	3	37
Larry Roberts	---	---	22	12	1	35
Dean Caliguire	9	22	---	---	4	35
Jeff Lageman	---	---	18	13	2	33
Bill Maas	---	---	20	11	---	31
Dean Hamel	---	---	19	10	2	31
Erik Howard	---	---	17	12	1	30
Tim Grunhard	15	15	---	---	---	30
Mike Jones	---	---	15	11	3	29
Alexander Wright	7	11	---	---	7	25
Mike Reichenbach	---	---	8	4	7	19
Mark Boyer	1	2	---	---	14	17
Gene Carroll	---	---	7	3	6	16
Freddie Robinson	---	---	0	0	15	15
Courtney Hawkins	0	3	---	---	12	15
Roy Jones Jr	5	6	---	---	3	14
Jeff Feagles	0	0	---	---	8	8
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Monte Smith	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bill S Preston	---	---	0	0	7	7
Cary Blanchard	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jackie Shipp	---	---	0	0	3	3
Erric Pegram	0	0	---	---	3	3
Richard Tardits	---	---	0	0	1	1
Steve Fuller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tom Hodson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	40	4.0
Middle	13	32	2.5
Right	11	57	5.2
None	3	-3	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	24	4.8
Middle	16	36	2.3
Right	3	11	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	22	18	3	0	0	0	3	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken O'Brien	35	20	1	1	1	8	4	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	152	15.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	83	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	12	112	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	87	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tim Brown	8	5	64	1	22
RB Bo Jackson	4	4	56	1	18
TE Len Bias	3	3	29	0	15
WR Mark Clayton	2	1	30	1	5
WR Desmond Howard	2	2	19	0	18
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	22	0	5
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	15	0	5

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Irvin	11	6	1	77	1	36
WR Yancey Thigpen	7	5	0	51	0	30
TE Mark Chmura	5	3	0	28	0	23
WR Brian Brennan	4	3	0	33	0	18
FB Dan Majerle	3	0	0	0	0	19
WR Alexander Wright	3	2	0	4	0	11
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0	0	0	2
RB Sammie Smith	1	1	0	6	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Jackson	2	10	5.00	4.32
A.B. Brown	1	1	1.00	2.67

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sammie Smith	2	0	0.00	0.33
Dalton Hilliard	1	3	3.00	3.15

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	3	3	26	8.67	10.68

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken O'Brien	6	2	28	4.67	5.69

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Len Bias	1	1	6	6.00	9.67
WR Tim Brown	1	1	12	12.00	8.00
WR Desmond Howard	1	1	8	8.00	9.50

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Michael Irvin	2	1	13	6.50	7.00
WR Yancey Thigpen	2	1	15	7.50	7.29
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Mark Chmura	1	0	0	0.00	5.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	3	2
Bernie Kosar	1	0
A.B. Brown	1	0
Jarrod Bunch	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	3	3	2

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken O'Brien	12	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Bo Jackson	1	1	1
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	1
WR Desmond Howard	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Michael Irvin	3	2	2
WR Brian Brennan	2	1	1
WR Alexander Wright	2	1	1
WR Yancey Thigpen	2	2	2
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0
FB Dan Majerle	1	0	0
TE Mark Chmura	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)