Exhibition Week 3, 1993

played in Atlanta, GA

76 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	0	10	0	7	-	17
Atlanta Falcons	3	14	3	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:54 ATL - John Kasay 23 field goal
2Q: 10:01 ATL - Thurman Thomas 7 run (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 05:51 HOU - Bo Jackson 5 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
2Q: 01:17 ATL - Rob Moore 14 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Chris Jacke 54 field goal
3Q: 01:47 ATL - John Kasay 29 field goal
4Q: 00:42 HOU - Bo Jackson 4 run (Chris Jacke extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:54 ATL - John Kasay 23 field goal
2Q: 10:01 ATL - Thurman Thomas 7 run (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 05:51 HOU - Bo Jackson 5 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
2Q: 01:17 ATL - Rob Moore 14 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Chris Jacke 54 field goal
3Q: 01:47 ATL - John Kasay 29 field goal
4Q: 00:42 HOU - Bo Jackson 4 run (Chris Jacke extra point)

Team Statistics HOU ATL
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 21 21
- by Rushing 11 12
- by Passing 7 6
- by Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 361 310
- Offensive Plays 57 72
- Yards per Play 6.33 4.31
Net Rushing Yards 231 190
- Rushing Attempts 25 50
- Yards per Rush 9.24 3.80
Net Passing Yards 130 120
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 15 - 1 21 - 9 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 147 124
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/17 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 4.06 5.45
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/11 7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.0
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/51 8/55
Punt Returns/Yards 2/11 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 36
Time of Possession 25:12 34:48

Team Statistics	HOU	ATL
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	21	21
- by Rushing	11	12
- by Passing	7	6
- by Penalty	3	3
Total Net Yards	361	310
- Offensive Plays	57	72
- Yards per Play	6.33	4.31
Net Rushing Yards	231	190
- Rushing Attempts	25	50
- Yards per Rush	9.24	3.80
Net Passing Yards	130	120
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 15 - 1	21 - 9 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	147	124
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/17	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	4.06	5.45
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/11	7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	8.0
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/51	8/55
Punt Returns/Yards	2/11	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 36
Time of Possession	25:12	34:48

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:48	2:51	OWN 21	5	37	Punt
1	4:21	1:53	OWN 17	5	47	Punt
2	14:12	2:00	OWN 20	4	20	Interception
2	9:52	4:11	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	4:14	1:18	OWN 19	3	9	Punt
2	1:10	1:10	OWN 20	2	43	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:36	OWN 20	3	11	Punt
3	6:33	1:18	OWN 20	3	13	Fumble
3	1:42	1:49	OWN 7	3	4	Punt
4	13:19	4:26	OWN 20	7	35	Punt
4	4:39	2:39	OWN 27	12	48	Fumble
4	1:21	0:49	OPP 19	3	19	Touchdown

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:12	OWN 20	11	74	Field Goal
1	7:57	3:36	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
1	2:28	3:16	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
2	12:12	2:20	OPP 26	5	26	Touchdown
2	5:41	1:27	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	2:56	1:46	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
3	13:24	6:51	OWN 33	12	25	Punt
3	5:15	3:33	OPP 33	9	21	Field Goal
4	14:53	1:34	OPP 48	3	9	Punt
4	8:53	4:14	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
4	2:00	0:39	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 44	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Bo Jackson, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	23	221	9.61	43	8	2
Owen Gill	2	10	5.00	10	1	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bill Jones	15	53	3.53	9	0	0
Thurman Thomas	14	92	6.57	17	4	1
Ostell Miles	14	41	2.93	23	2	0
Nick Bell	4	-3	-0.75	0	0	0
Derrick Fenner	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
Scott Mitchell	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Todd Kinchen	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ed Luther	23	13	145	4/17	0	28	1	57.4
David Klingler	5	2	2	0/0	0	3	0	47.9

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chris Chandler	14	5	89	1/4	1	31	0	82.1
Scott Mitchell	7	4	35	0/0	0	15	0	70.5

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Bo Jackson	6	8	73	12.17	74	28
WR Desmond Howard	2	3	16	8.00	13	13
WR Carl Pickens	2	7	16	8.00	0	13
WR Greg McMurtry	1	3	10	10.00	0	10
FB Tommy Vardell	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
TE Derek Brown	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
WR James Jett	1	3	14	14.00	0	14

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rob Moore	3	6	53	17.67	24	24	1
TE Roger Patrick	3	3	18	6.00	1	13	0
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	19	19.00	5	19	0
RB Bill Jones	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	31	31.00	24	31	0
WR Stephone Paige	0	6	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Nick Bell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Dave Groh	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Quintin Jones	1	20	20.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ed Luther	1	0	0	0
Carl Pickens	1	0	0	0

Atlanta	Recov	Force
Brett Faryniarz	1	0
Michael Strahan	1	0
John Booty	0	1
Curtis Maxie	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kent Sullivan	6	247	41.2	29.0	50	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shawn McCarthy	7	267	38.1	28.0	61	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	1/1	1/1	1/1	54	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Kasay	2/2	0/0	0/0	29	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rich Erenberg	2	11	5.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephone Paige	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rich Erenberg	1	22	22.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Glenn Cadrez	7	1	0.0	40	14
DE Warren Powers	6	0	1.0	44	17
S David Fulcher	5	5	0.0	27	11
ILB Hal Garner	4	5	0.0	21	7
OLB Ricardo McDonald	4	2	0.0	29	14
OLB Kenny Tippins	4	0	0.0	21	8
DE Skip McClendon	3	1	0.0	13	9
DE Kurt Ploeger	3	0	0.0	43	18
CB David Pool	3	0	0.0	28	11
DT Bert Tharpe	3	0	0.0	41	17
CB Brian Allred	3	0	0.0	22	11
OLB Mo Lewis	2	3	0.0	43	16
CB Randy Hilliard	2	2	0.0	30	15
S Myron Guyton	2	1	0.0	25	10
S Le Roy Butler	1	3	0.0	23	13
CB Anthony Florence	1	2	0.0	12	7
S Jim Cain	1	1	0.0	26	12
RB Bo Jackson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Donnell Woolford	1	0	0.0	33	13
WR Carl Pickens	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Marvin Jones	1	0	0.0	20	13

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Quintin Jones	5	2	0.0	22	30
DT Cortez Kennedy	4	1	2.5	14	17
S Marcus Robertson	4	1	0.0	15	24
S John Booty	4	0	0.0	17	24
S Bubba McDowell	4	0	0.0	16	16
DE Michael Strahan	3	4	1.0	24	28
ILB Walter Johnson	3	0	0.0	16	22
CB Greg Jeffries	3	0	0.0	22	29
DE Curtis Maxie	2	0	0.5	20	29
S Dave Whitmore	2	1	0.0	20	22
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	1	0.0	12	12
DT Keith Hamilton	2	0	0.0	18	24
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	0.0	9	10
OLB Derrick Thomas	1	0	0.0	10	7
ILB Chuck Powell	1	0	0.0	15	25
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0	1	0.0	11	19
DE Dennis Byrd	0	1	0.0	6	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Warren Powers	1.0	1	1	0	17
OLB Ricardo McDonald	0.0	1	0	0	14
DE Skip McClendon	0.0	0	2	0	9
OLB Kenny Tippins	0.0	0	1	0	8
DE Kurt Ploeger	0.0	0	0	1	18

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Cortez Kennedy	2.5	0	1	17
DE Michael Strahan	1.0	0	0	28
DE Curtis Maxie	0.5	2	0	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB David Pool	3	0	11
CB Brian Allred	2	1	11
ILB Marvin Jones	1	1	13
CB Randy Hilliard	1	0	15
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1	0	14
S Jim Cain	1	0	12
S David Fulcher	0	1	11
ILB Glenn Cadrez	0	1	14

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S John Booty	3	0	0	24
CB Quintin Jones	2	1	1	30
CB Greg Jeffries	2	1	0	29
ILB Walter Johnson	2	0	0	22
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	0	0	12
S Marcus Robertson	2	0	0	24
S Bubba McDowell	1	1	0	16
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	0	10
S Dave Whitmore	0	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Todd Peat	4	8	21	1	25
Jim Dombrowski	3	4	23	0	26
Vlade Divac	2	6	18	1	21
Brian Holloway	2	3	18	0	18
Kevin Belcher	1	2	18	0	18
Charles McRae	1	1	7	2	14
Bill Brown	1	1	7	0	14

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Widell	4	10	0	50	0	22
Richard Cooper	4	7	0	46	0	21
Tony Mayberry	2	10	0	33	1	21
Randy Shughart	2	6	0	32	0	12
Dermontti Dawson	2	5	1	21	0	3
Paul Bingham	2	5	0	50	0	22
Brian Kinchen	1	2	0	25	0	14
Nick Bell	1	1	0	20	0	6
Mark Stepnoski	0	2	0	18	0	9
Roger Patrick	0	1	0	31	0	11

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Jim Cain	1	11

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
John Booty	2	15
Nick Bell	1	12

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Glenn Cadrez	---	---	40	14	22	76
Kurt Ploeger	---	---	43	18	9	70
Bert Tharpe	---	---	41	17	9	67
Warren Powers	---	---	44	17	2	63
Mo Lewis	---	---	43	16	3	62
Bo Jackson	23	29	---	---	---	52
Todd Peat	21	25	---	---	5	51
Jim Dombrowski	23	26	---	---	1	50
Ricardo McDonald	---	---	29	14	7	50
Donnell Woolford	---	---	33	13	3	49
Jim Cain	---	---	26	12	11	49
Ed Luther	20	27	---	---	1	48
Desmond Howard	11	24	---	---	13	48
Randy Hilliard	---	---	30	15	2	47
Brian Holloway	18	18	---	---	7	43
Rich Erenberg	15	12	---	---	15	42
Tyji Armstrong	14	17	---	---	11	42
Brian Allred	---	---	22	11	9	42
David Fulcher	---	---	27	11	3	41
David Pool	---	---	28	11	1	40
Le Roy Butler	---	---	23	13	4	40
Vlade Divac	18	21	---	---	---	39
Bob Kratch	13	24	---	---	1	38
Myron Guyton	---	---	25	10	2	37
Kevin Belcher	18	18	---	---	---	36
Carl Pickens	13	23	---	---	---	36
Greg McMurtry	6	16	---	---	11	33
Marvin Jones	---	---	20	13	---	33
Hal Garner	---	---	21	7	4	32
Kenny Tippins	---	---	21	8	3	32
Anthony Florence	---	---	12	7	9	28
Charles McRae	7	14	---	---	7	28
Bill Brown	7	14	---	---	7	28
Owen Gill	2	3	---	---	22	27
Len Bias	11	9	---	---	7	27
Bernie Parmalee	8	4	---	---	14	26
Tommy Vardell	11	8	---	---	7	26
Derek Brown	3	5	---	---	15	23
Skip McClendon	---	---	13	9	---	22
James Jett	8	10	---	---	---	18
Gilbert Brown	---	---	9	6	---	15
David Klingler	5	5	---	---	---	10
Harper LeBel	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kent Sullivan	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	4	4
Billy Joe Hobert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Widell	50	22	---	---	9	81
Paul Bingham	50	22	---	---	8	80
Richard Cooper	46	21	---	---	3	70
Greg Jeffries	---	---	22	29	13	64
Quintin Jones	---	---	22	30	9	61
Bill Jones	26	10	---	---	22	58
Roger Patrick	31	11	---	---	15	57
John Booty	---	---	17	24	15	56
Tony Mayberry	33	21	---	---	2	56
Michael Strahan	---	---	24	28	4	56
Stephone Paige	31	12	---	---	9	52
Curtis Maxie	---	---	20	29	1	50
Chuck Powell	---	---	15	25	9	49
Walter Johnson	---	---	16	22	9	47
Brian Kinchen	25	14	---	---	8	47
Marcus Robertson	---	---	15	24	6	45
Keith Hamilton	---	---	18	24	2	44
Randy Shughart	32	12	---	---	---	44
Dave Whitmore	---	---	20	22	1	43
Bubba McDowell	---	---	16	16	10	42
Chris Chandler	23	15	---	---	---	38
Nick Bell	20	6	---	---	12	38
Cortez Kennedy	---	---	14	17	4	35
Mark Stepnoski	18	9	---	---	7	34
Scott Mitchell	27	7	---	---	---	34
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	11	19	3	33
Ernie Mills	19	4	---	---	10	33
Ostell Miles	18	6	---	---	8	32
Dermontti Dawson	21	3	---	---	7	31
Rob Moore	17	11	---	---	---	28
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	12	12	4	28
Derrick Fenner	16	7	---	---	4	27
Dave Groh	14	13	---	---	---	27
Thurman Thomas	14	7	---	---	1	22
Robb Thomas	16	6	---	---	---	22
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	9	10	1	20
Todd Kinchen	3	3	---	---	14	20
Dennis Byrd	---	---	6	7	5	18
Derrick Thomas	---	---	10	7	---	17
Shawn McCarthy	0	0	---	---	9	9
Israel Miller	---	---	5	4	---	9
Eric Moore	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Kasay	0	0	---	---	7	7
John Copeland	---	---	3	3	---	6
Dan Footman	---	---	0	0	4	4
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	86	21.5
Middle	12	71	5.9
Right	9	74	8.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	46	3.5
Middle	18	79	4.4
Right	18	66	3.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ed Luther	23	13	1	2	2	3	2	1	1
David Klingler	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chris Chandler	14	5	2	0	2	2	3	1	0
Scott Mitchell	7	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	87	12.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	5	13	1.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	47	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	5	54	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	70	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Bo Jackson	8	6	1	73	1	29
WR Carl Pickens	7	2	0	16	0	23
WR Greg McMurtry	3	1	1	10	0	16
WR Desmond Howard	3	2	0	16	0	24
WR James Jett	3	1	1	14	0	10
TE Tyji Armstrong	2	1	0	10	0	17
FB Tommy Vardell	1	1	0	3	0	8
TE Derek Brown	1	1	0	5	0	5

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Stephone Paige	6	0	1	0	0	12
WR Rob Moore	6	3	1	53	1	11
TE Roger Patrick	3	3	0	18	0	11
WR Dave Groh	2	0	0	0	0	13
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	0	19	0	7
RB Bill Jones	1	1	0	3	0	10
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	0	31	1	7
FB Nick Bell	1	0	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Jackson	2	9	4.50	9.61
Owen Gill	1	10	10.00	5.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ostell Miles	3	1	0.33	2.93
Thurman Thomas	2	17	8.50	6.57
Bill Jones	2	8	4.00	3.53

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ed Luther	2	0	0	0.00	6.30

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chris Chandler	3	1	14	4.67	6.36
Scott Mitchell	2	0	0	0.00	5.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Carl Pickens	2	0	0	0.00	2.29

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rob Moore	2	1	14	7.00	8.83
WR Dave Groh	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
FB Nick Bell	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	5	2

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Ostell Miles	4	2
Bill Jones	3	1
Thurman Thomas	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ed Luther	3	1	0
David Klingler	2	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Mitchell	4	3	2
Chris Chandler	3	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch
WR Carl Pickens	3	1
WR Greg McMurtry	1	0
WR James Jett	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Roger Patrick	2	2	1
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	1
WR Rob Moore	1	1	1
FB Nick Bell	1	0	0
WR Dave Groh	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,600 (17,100)
End Zone 10,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine 5,600 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 8,900 (10,900)
Club Seats 12,600 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,300 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,600 (17,100)
End Zone	10,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine	5,600 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	8,900 (10,900)
Club Seats	12,600 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,300 (7,500)