Week 9, 1987

played in Jacksonville, FL

49 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Houston Titans	7	0	0	10	-	17
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	10	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:37 HOU - Haywood Jeffires 43 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 03:53 JAX - Harry Sydney 1 run (Chuck Nelson extra point)
2Q: 00:21 JAX - Chuck Nelson 37 field goal
4Q: 06:55 HOU - Norm Johnson 24 field goal
4Q: 01:38 HOU - Marc Logan 3 run (Norm Johnson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:37 HOU - Haywood Jeffires 43 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 03:53 JAX - Harry Sydney 1 run (Chuck Nelson extra point)
2Q: 00:21 JAX - Chuck Nelson 37 field goal
4Q: 06:55 HOU - Norm Johnson 24 field goal
4Q: 01:38 HOU - Marc Logan 3 run (Norm Johnson extra point)

Team Statistics HOU JAX
Record 5-3 5-4
First Downs 15 20
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 10 14
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 371 329
- Offensive Plays 61 70
- Yards per Play 6.08 4.70
Net Rushing Yards 82 94
- Rushing Attempts 25 30
- Yards per Rush 3.28 3.13
Net Passing Yards 289 235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 20 - 0 34 - 19 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 300 275
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 6/40
- Yards per Pass Play 8.03 5.88
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/41 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/10 3/17
Kick Returns/Yards 3/53 3/73
Interception Ret./Yards 3/11 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:33 30:27

Team Statistics	HOU	JAX
Record	5-3	5-4
First Downs	15	20
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	10	14
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	371	329
- Offensive Plays	61	70
- Yards per Play	6.08	4.70
Net Rushing Yards	82	94
- Rushing Attempts	25	30
- Yards per Rush	3.28	3.13
Net Passing Yards	289	235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 20 - 0	34 - 19 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	300	275
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	6/40
- Yards per Pass Play	8.03	5.88
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/41	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/10	3/17
Kick Returns/Yards	3/53	3/73
Interception Ret./Yards	3/11	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 27
Time of Possession	29:33	30:27

Drive Charts

Houston Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:45	OWN 39	4	29	Missed FG
1	10:48	2:47	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
1	6:49	1:29	OPP 49	3	49	Touchdown
1	2:26	1:08	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
2	14:53	5:23	OWN 12	10	46	Punt
2	9:18	1:36	OPP 20	4	-11	Missed FG
2	3:47	1:58	OWN 29	3	6	Punt
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	12:07	3:12	OWN 4	5	44	Punt
3	3:08	0:59	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
4	13:55	2:33	OWN 20	5	70	Fumble
4	9:47	2:59	OPP 49	7	42	Field Goal
4	4:18	1:14	OWN 29	3	1	Punt
4	2:42	1:10	OPP 29	6	29	Touchdown
4	0:06	0:06	OWN 22	1	-1	Game

Jacksonville Jaguars
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:15	1:27	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
1	8:01	1:12	OWN 33	3	-8	Punt
1	5:20	2:54	OWN 29	6	35	Interception
1	1:18	1:25	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
2	9:30	0:12	OWN 7	1	0	Interception
2	7:42	3:55	OWN 38	10	62	Touchdown
2	1:49	1:33	OWN 26	6	54	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:53	OWN 34	5	12	Punt
3	8:55	5:47	OWN 19	11	57	Missed FG
3	2:09	3:14	OWN 21	7	23	Punt
4	11:22	1:35	OWN 10	3	3	Punt
4	6:48	2:30	OWN 36	3	2	Punt
4	3:04	0:22	OWN 39	1	-5	Interception
4	1:32	1:26	OWN 20	8	58	Downs

Game MVP: Neil Lomax, Houston Titans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Herschel Walker	18	69	3.83	10	2	0
Marc Logan	5	15	3.00	7	0	1
Neil Lomax	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0	0

Jacksonville	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Joe Morris	18	54	3.00	9	0
Harry Sydney	10	33	3.30	7	1
Mike Pagel	2	7	3.50	4	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	34	20	300	2/11	1	51	0	97.7

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Pagel	34	19	275	6/40	0	41	3	45.6

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Haywood Jeffires	7	11	158	22.57	89	51	1
WR Henry Ellard	4	8	65	16.25	13	26	0
WR Brian Brennan	3	5	39	13.00	13	23	0
TE Pat Beach	2	4	20	10.00	7	17	0
WR Gregg Garrity	2	2	14	7.00	0	11	0
TE KD Dunn	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Herschel Walker	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Jacksonville	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ray Alexander	7	14	103	14.71	40	41
WR Ike Harris	5	7	49	9.80	7	26
WR Tim Smith	4	6	67	16.75	0	34
TE Damone Johnson	1	1	27	27.00	9	27
WR Jose Gonzalez	1	4	20	20.00	1	20
C Rod Jones	1	1	9	9.00	0	9

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mike Richardson	2	11	5.50	0
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	1	0	0.00	0

Jacksonville	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Herschel Walker	1	0	0	0
Simon Fletcher	0	0	1	0

Jacksonville	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mike Pagel	1	0	0
Vince Stroth	0	1	0
Tyrone Braxton	0	1	0
Howie Long	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	7	266	38.0	35.6	46	2

Jacksonville	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Zenon Andrusyshyn	7	306	43.7	36.6	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Norm Johnson	1/3	0/2	0/0	24	2/2

Jacksonville	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chuck Nelson	1/2	0/1	0/0	37	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	2	11	5.5	0
Gregg Garrity	1	-1	-1.0	0

Jacksonville	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Turner	3	17	5.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gregg Garrity	3	53	17.7	0

Jacksonville	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darryl Clack	3	73	24.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Martin Bayless	7	3	0.0	25	39
OLB Simon Fletcher	6	3	2.5	29	36
CB Mike Richardson	5	2	0.0	27	32
ILB Riki Ellison	4	0	1.0	15	15
OLB Scott Studwell	4	1	0.0	8	9
ILB Pepper Johnson	4	1	0.0	17	24
DE Jim Jeffcoat	3	1	1.0	21	27
DT Bill Acker	3	1	0.0	19	24
S Bobby Kemp	3	1	0.0	6	18
DE Dexter Manley	2	0	0.5	17	30
DE Darryl Sims	2	1	0.0	23	23
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	2	0	0.0	9	12
S Kirk Springs	2	0	0.0	7	10
S David Greenwood	2	0	0.0	21	31
ILB Randy McClanahan	1	1	0.5	15	14
DT Mike Golic	1	1	0.5	12	16
CB Tory Nixon	1	1	0.0	20	31
S Lloyd Burrus	1	0	0.0	8	8
CB Donnie Elder	1	0	0.0	15	15

Jacksonville	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Al Richardson	8	1	0.0	15	28
S D.D. Hoggard	5	2	0.0	15	28
CB Tyrone Braxton	3	1	0.0	13	27
CB Tim Lewis	3	0	0.0	14	13
CB Dennis Woodberry	3	0	0.0	11	9
OLB Jackie Walker	3	0	0.0	11	13
DT Ray Childress	2	2	1.0	14	22
DE Keith Willis	2	0	1.0	20	29
S Gary Barbaro	2	1	0.0	18	30
ILB Mike Brooks	2	1	0.0	18	25
CB John Turner	2	0	0.0	13	23
DE Howie Long	2	0	0.0	13	22
DT Joe Nash	2	0	0.0	17	22
OLB Dennis Fowlkes	2	0	0.0	7	11
TE Damone Johnson	2	0	---	---	---
CB Ron Pitts	1	2	0.0	22	28
DT Wilson Faumuina	1	1	0.0	11	14
RB Joe Morris	1	0	---	---	---
S Craig Cassady	0	1	0.0	9	8
OLB Gary Reasons	0	1	0.0	10	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Simon Fletcher	2.5	0	1	36
ILB Riki Ellison	1.0	0	0	15
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1.0	0	0	27
DE Dexter Manley	0.5	1	2	30
ILB Randy McClanahan	0.5	0	0	14
DT Mike Golic	0.5	0	0	16
DT Bill Acker	0.0	2	0	24

Jacksonville	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Keith Willis	1.0	1	0	29
DT Ray Childress	1.0	0	1	22
DE Howie Long	0.0	1	0	22
DE Toby Williams	0.0	1	0	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mike Richardson	4	0	2	32
S Bobby Kemp	3	0	0	18
ILB Pepper Johnson	3	0	0	24
S Martin Bayless	2	1	0	39
S Kirk Springs	2	0	0	10
S David Greenwood	1	2	0	31
CB Tory Nixon	1	1	0	31
ILB Randy McClanahan	1	0	0	14
OLB Simon Fletcher	1	0	0	36
DT Mike Golic	1	0	0	16
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	0	0	1	12

Jacksonville	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Al Richardson	7	2	28
CB Tyrone Braxton	3	1	27
S D.D. Hoggard	3	0	28
CB Tim Lewis	2	1	13
OLB Jackie Walker	2	0	13
CB Ron Pitts	1	2	28
CB John Turner	1	1	23
CB Dennis Woodberry	1	0	9
DT Wilson Faumuina	0	1	14
OLB Gary Reasons	0	1	8
ILB Mike Brooks	0	1	25

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
George Lilja	3	4	0	18	1	25
Dave Studdard	2	4	0	19	0	32
Ralph Williams	2	3	0	11	0	15
Dennis McKnight	1	4	1	23	1	34
Jeff Bostic	1	4	0	21	0	28
Jewerl Thomas	0	2	0	9	0	10
Rob Taylor	0	1	0	9	0	13
John Alt	0	1	0	22	0	27

Jacksonville	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brian Millard	2	8	0	23	1	33
Bob Olderman	2	3	0	17	1	26
Jim Romano	1	5	0	20	1	28
Brian Johnston	1	3	1	21	1	30
Tim Manoa	1	2	0	18	0	19
Mark Lewis	1	1	0	15	0	12
Vince Stroth	0	4	0	24	2	28
Darryl Haley	0	2	0	24	0	34

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kirk Springs	3	11
Randy McClanahan	1	21
Bobby Kemp	1	15
Gregg Garrity	1	8

Jacksonville	Tackles	STPlays
Jose Gonzalez	2	13
Gary Reasons	1	28
Darryl Clack	1	23
Tyrone Braxton	1	12
Tim Manoa	1	6

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Simon Fletcher	---	---	29	36	3	68
Mike Richardson	---	---	27	32	8	67
Martin Bayless	---	---	25	39	3	67
Dave Studdard	19	32	---	---	10	61
Neil Lomax	25	36	---	---	---	61
Jeff Bostic	21	28	---	---	10	59
Dennis McKnight	23	34	---	---	---	57
Haywood Jeffires	20	33	---	---	3	56
Henry Ellard	24	30	---	---	---	54
David Greenwood	---	---	21	31	2	54
Tory Nixon	---	---	20	31	3	54
George Lilja	18	25	---	---	10	53
Darryl Sims	---	---	23	23	7	53
Mickey Sutton	---	---	16	26	9	51
Randy McClanahan	---	---	15	14	21	50
Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	21	27	2	50
Dexter Manley	---	---	17	30	2	49
John Alt	22	27	---	---	---	49
Brian Brennan	11	28	---	---	10	49
Bill Acker	---	---	19	24	2	45
Herschel Walker	19	24	---	---	1	44
Pepper Johnson	---	---	17	24	2	43
Marc Logan	6	12	---	---	23	41
Pat Beach	14	19	---	---	7	40
Bobby Kemp	---	---	6	18	15	39
Donnie Elder	---	---	15	15	7	37
Riki Ellison	---	---	15	15	4	34
Rob Taylor	9	13	---	---	10	32
Mike Golic	---	---	12	16	4	32
Ralph Williams	11	15	---	---	5	31
Kirk Springs	---	---	7	10	11	28
Frank Manumaleuga	---	---	9	12	5	26
Jewerl Thomas	9	10	---	---	7	26
KD Dunn	7	8	---	---	8	23
Gregg Garrity	6	8	---	---	8	22
Keith McKeller	2	1	---	---	17	20
Scott Studwell	---	---	8	9	2	19
Mike Friede	0	2	---	---	16	18
Lloyd Burrus	---	---	8	8	1	17
Ken Lacy	7	5	---	---	2	14
Ken Kaplan	2	6	---	---	5	13
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	10	10
Norm Johnson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joel Williams	---	---	0	0	4	4
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Jacksonville	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Pagel	30	40	---	---	---	70
Darryl Haley	24	34	---	---	5	63
Ray Alexander	27	34	---	---	---	61
Brian Johnston	21	30	---	---	9	60
Brian Millard	23	33	---	---	1	57
Jim Romano	20	28	---	---	7	55
John Turner	---	---	13	23	17	53
Toby Williams	---	---	18	26	9	53
Ron Pitts	---	---	22	28	3	53
Bob Olderman	17	26	---	---	9	52
Vince Stroth	24	28	---	---	---	52
Tyrone Braxton	---	---	13	27	12	52
Gary Barbaro	---	---	18	30	3	51
Damone Johnson	19	24	---	---	8	51
Keith Willis	---	---	20	29	1	50
Al Richardson	---	---	15	28	4	47
Gary Reasons	---	---	10	8	28	46
Mike Brooks	---	---	18	25	3	46
Ray Childress	---	---	14	22	8	44
D.D. Hoggard	---	---	15	28	1	44
Joe Morris	18	25	---	---	---	43
Tim Manoa	18	19	---	---	6	43
Jose Gonzalez	7	22	---	---	13	42
Joe Nash	---	---	17	22	2	41
Tim Smith	18	16	---	---	5	39
Howie Long	---	---	13	22	3	38
Rod Jones	8	14	---	---	15	37
Tim Lewis	---	---	14	13	8	35
Mark Lewis	15	12	---	---	8	35
Robert Jenkins	12	11	---	---	9	32
Jackie Walker	---	---	11	13	5	29
Harry Sydney	12	10	---	---	6	28
Wilson Faumuina	---	---	11	14	2	27
Ike Harris	7	18	---	---	---	25
Dennis Fowlkes	---	---	7	11	7	25
Darryl Clack	0	2	---	---	23	25
Craig Cassady	---	---	9	8	7	24
Mike Morris	9	10	---	---	5	24
Dennis Woodberry	---	---	11	9	3	23
Bob Otto	---	---	5	8	1	14
Jimmy Teal	1	4	---	---	9	14
Tom Benson	---	---	1	2	7	10
Zenon Andrusyshyn	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chuck Nelson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ken Karcher	0	0	---	---	2	2
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	22	2.0
Middle	5	20	4.0
Right	7	42	6.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	13	2.6
Middle	17	51	3.0
Right	8	30	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	34	20	6	0	1	10	3	1	0

Jacksonville	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Pagel	34	19	5	3	1	4	3	3	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	99	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	9	175	9.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	26	26.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-1	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	59	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	110	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	8	4	107	13.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Haywood Jeffires	11	7	1	158	3	33
WR Henry Ellard	8	4	0	65	2	30
WR Brian Brennan	5	3	0	39	1	28
TE Pat Beach	4	2	0	20	0	19
WR Gregg Garrity	2	2	0	14	0	8
TE KD Dunn	2	1	0	1	0	8
RB Herschel Walker	2	1	0	3	0	24

Jacksonville	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ray Alexander	14	7	1	103	1	34
WR Ike Harris	7	5	0	49	1	18
WR Tim Smith	6	4	0	67	1	16
WR Jose Gonzalez	4	1	0	20	1	22
TE Damone Johnson	1	1	0	27	1	24
C Rod Jones	1	1	0	9	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herschel Walker	3	7	2.33	3.83
Marc Logan	2	5	2.50	3.00

Jacksonville	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Joe Morris	4	9	2.25	3.00
Harry Sydney	2	8	4.00	3.30

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	3	1	5	1.67	8.82

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mike Pagel	4	1	4	1.00	8.09

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Pat Beach	1	0	0	0.00	5.00
WR Henry Ellard	1	0	0	0.00	8.13
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	1	5	5.00	14.36

Jacksonville	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ike Harris	1	1	4	4.00	7.00
WR Tim Smith	1	0	0	0.00	11.17
WR Ray Alexander	1	0	0	0.00	7.36
WR Jose Gonzalez	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Herschel Walker	4	0

Jacksonville	Rushes	Conversions
Joe Morris	1	0
Mike Pagel	1	0
Harry Sydney	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	8	4	3

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Pagel	7	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Haywood Jeffires	4	2	2
TE Pat Beach	1	0	0
WR Henry Ellard	1	1	0
WR Brian Brennan	1	0	0
TE KD Dunn	1	1	1

Jacksonville	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ike Harris	4	4	3
WR Ray Alexander	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 48,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,600 (21,400)
End Zone 10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	48,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,600 (21,400)
End Zone	10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)