Week 8, 1997

played in Tennessee, TX

70 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	0	7	7	0	-	14
Tennessee Oilers	14	3	3	3	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:05 TEN - Haywood Jeffires 19 pass from Jeff George (Lucy Draper extra point)
1Q: 02:02 TEN - Sedrick Shaw 10 run (Lucy Draper extra point)
2Q: 07:29 TEN - Lucy Draper 30 field goal
2Q: 00:55 HOU - Terrell Owens 18 pass from David Klingler (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 08:08 HOU - David Klingler 4 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 00:50 TEN - Lucy Draper 24 field goal
4Q: 01:47 TEN - Lucy Draper 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:05 TEN - Haywood Jeffires 19 pass from Jeff George (Lucy Draper extra point)
1Q: 02:02 TEN - Sedrick Shaw 10 run (Lucy Draper extra point)
2Q: 07:29 TEN - Lucy Draper 30 field goal
2Q: 00:55 HOU - Terrell Owens 18 pass from David Klingler (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 08:08 HOU - David Klingler 4 run (Chris Jacke extra point)
3Q: 00:50 TEN - Lucy Draper 24 field goal
4Q: 01:47 TEN - Lucy Draper 40 field goal

Team Statistics HOU TEN
Record 6-2 5-3
First Downs 23 18
- by Rushing 9 7
- by Passing 14 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 437 400
- Offensive Plays 71 61
- Yards per Play 6.15 6.56
Net Rushing Yards 175 107
- Rushing Attempts 32 28
- Yards per Rush 5.47 3.82
Net Passing Yards 262 293
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 21 - 1 33 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 267 293
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.72 8.88
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/45 6/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/11 1/7
Kick Returns/Yards 1/27 1/19
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/4
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 20
Time of Possession 31:12 28:48

Team Statistics	HOU	TEN
Record	6-2	5-3
First Downs	23	18
- by Rushing	9	7
- by Passing	14	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	437	400
- Offensive Plays	71	61
- Yards per Play	6.15	6.56
Net Rushing Yards	175	107
- Rushing Attempts	32	28
- Yards per Rush	5.47	3.82
Net Passing Yards	262	293
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 21 - 1	33 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	267	293
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.72	8.88
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/45	6/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/11	1/7
Kick Returns/Yards	1/27	1/19
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/4
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 20
Time of Possession	31:12	28:48

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:52	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
1	9:54	3:41	OWN 20	9	71	Fumble
1	1:52	4:58	OWN 20	11	59	Interception
2	7:22	2:07	OWN 20	4	33	Punt
2	3:44	2:56	OWN 22	11	78	Touchdown
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 48	1	0	Half
3	13:36	5:36	OWN 28	11	72	Touchdown
3	5:24	1:38	OWN 12	3	0	Punt
3	0:44	1:16	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	13:15	2:03	OWN 17	5	33	Punt
4	9:32	2:44	OWN 27	5	16	Punt
4	1:41	1:27	OWN 20	5	49	Missed FG

Tennessee Oilers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:08	2:14	OWN 27	5	73	Touchdown
1	6:13	4:21	OWN 9	9	91	Touchdown
2	11:54	4:32	OWN 25	9	62	Field Goal
2	5:15	1:31	OWN 20	5	39	Interception
2	0:48	0:46	OWN 14	3	-4	Punt
3	15:00	1:24	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
3	8:00	2:36	OWN 9	5	8	Punt
3	3:46	3:02	OWN 46	5	47	Field Goal
4	14:28	1:13	OWN 31	3	4	Punt
4	11:12	1:40	OWN 1	3	2	Punt
4	6:48	5:07	OWN 7	10	70	Field Goal
4	0:14	0:14	OWN 38	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Bo Jackson, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	28	160	5.71	29	4	0
David Klingler	4	15	3.75	4	0	1

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rey Mysterio Jr	19	46	2.42	21	2	0
Sedrick Shaw	6	59	9.83	24	3	1
Joe Aska	2	3	1.50	2	0	0
Jeff George	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Klingler	38	21	267	1/5	1	34	1	75.2

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff George	33	22	293	0/0	1	37	1	92.1

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Bo Jackson	9	11	95	10.56	64	27	0
WR James Jett	4	7	69	17.25	10	20	0
WR Terrell Owens	3	8	39	13.00	11	18	1
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	1	0.50	0	3	0
WR Carl Pickens	2	4	48	24.00	33	34	0
WR Bruce Hill	1	4	15	15.00	0	15	0
TE Dwayne Carswell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Tennessee	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Lonzell Hill	5	6	89	17.80	47	37	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	4	8	106	26.50	31	36	1
FB Joe Aska	4	4	28	7.00	26	24	0
RB Rey Mysterio Jr	4	5	26	6.50	21	23	0
WR Joaquin Stuckey	3	4	28	9.33	18	16	0
WR Ben Johnson	1	3	13	13.00	3	13	0
FB Donnell Bennett	1	2	3	3.00	2	3	0
RB Sedrick Shaw	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jay Bellamy	1	0	0.00	0

Tennessee	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Mike Vrabel	1	4	4.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bo Jackson	1	0	0	0
Dennis Stallings	0	0	1	0

Tennessee	Fumb	Recov	Force
Joaquin Stuckey	1	1	0
Anthony Smith	0	1	0
Alvin Walton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	6	277	46.2	41.7	49	2

Tennessee	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Hutton	5	280	56.0	53.8	71	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Tennessee	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lucy Draper	3/3	1/1	0/0	40	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Hill	2	11	5.5	0

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joaquin Stuckey	1	7	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Hill	1	27	27.0	0

Tennessee	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rey Mysterio Jr	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Le Roy Butler	7	2	0.0	27	31
OLB Mo Lewis	5	1	0.0	17	31
ILB Marvin Jones	5	1	0.0	26	31
ILB Dennis Stallings	5	1	0.0	17	11
CB Dexter McCleon	5	1	0.0	14	27
DE Daryl King	3	0	0.0	22	18
DT Gilbert Brown	3	0	0.0	11	3
OLB Ricardo McDonald	2	3	0.0	25	29
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	2	1	0.0	4	10
CB Donnell Woolford	2	0	0.0	26	27
DT David Rocker	2	0	0.0	14	21
DT Bert Tharpe	1	2	0.0	15	18
OLB Martin Bishop	1	2	0.0	17	3
DE Bernard Whittington	1	1	0.0	6	15
RB Bo Jackson	1	0	---	---	---
S Dave Whitmore	1	0	0.0	14	6
CB Nate Clune	1	0	0.0	23	31
S Jay Bellamy	1	0	0.0	12	27
DE Kevin Carter	0	3	0.0	18	24

Tennessee	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Pepper Johnson	9	1	0.0	30	33
S Alvin Walton	8	4	0.0	32	38
S Mark Carrier	7	1	0.0	29	36
OLB Mike Vrabel	5	0	0.0	23	29
S George Teague	4	4	0.0	26	38
OLB Carlos Jenkins	3	1	0.0	20	16
CB James Hasty	3	0	0.0	26	37
CB Dexter Bahr	3	0	0.0	17	32
DE Anthony Smith	2	3	0.5	19	31
DT Israel Miller	2	1	0.0	22	18
DE Shante Carver	1	1	0.5	22	29
DT Shane Dronett	1	1	0.0	23	28
DE Ray Moreno	1	1	0.0	18	12
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	0	---	---	---
S Ron Granger	1	0	0.0	5	8
DE Hugh Douglas	1	0	0.0	22	23
OLB Ben Talley	1	0	0.0	5	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Dennis Stallings	1	0	11
DE Daryl King	0	2	18
DT David Rocker	0	1	21
DE Kevin Carter	0	1	24

Tennessee	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Shante Carver	0.5	1	2	0	29
DE Anthony Smith	0.5	1	1	2	31
DE Hugh Douglas	0.0	0	2	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dexter McCleon	5	0	0	27
OLB Mo Lewis	4	0	0	31
ILB Marvin Jones	4	0	0	31
S Le Roy Butler	2	2	0	31
CB Donnell Woolford	2	0	0	27
CB Nate Clune	1	2	0	31
S Jay Bellamy	1	0	1	27
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1	0	0	29
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	1	0	0	10
ILB Dennis Stallings	1	0	0	11

Tennessee	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Mark Carrier	3	0	0	36
CB Dexter Bahr	3	0	0	32
S George Teague	3	0	0	38
ILB Pepper Johnson	2	1	0	33
CB James Hasty	2	1	0	37
OLB Mike Vrabel	2	0	1	29
OLB Carlos Jenkins	2	0	0	16
S Alvin Walton	1	1	0	38
S Ron Granger	1	0	0	8
DT Israel Miller	1	0	0	18
OLB Ben Talley	1	0	0	4

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gary Zimmerman	4	5	1	32	0	39
Ellison Onizuka	3	7	0	23	0	25
Todd Peat	3	6	0	32	0	39
Jim Dombrowski	1	3	0	32	0	39
Todd Steussie	1	3	0	32	0	39
Tommy Vardell	0	2	0	17	0	18
Adam Treu	0	1	0	9	1	14
Tyji Armstrong	0	1	0	7	0	12

Tennessee	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Jeff Davidson	2	6	0	28	33
Orlando Brown	2	6	0	28	33
Wally Williams	1	5	1	28	33
Jeff Christy	1	4	0	28	33
Sid Miller	1	3	0	28	33
Donnell Bennett	0	3	0	19	13

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Bruce Hill	1	20
Tommy Vardell	1	11

Tennessee	Tackles	STPlays
Macey Brooks	1	15
Ben Talley	1	14
Marcus Brown	1	8

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Todd Peat	32	39	---	---	7	78
Gary Zimmerman	32	39	---	---	---	71
Jim Dombrowski	32	39	---	---	---	71
Bo Jackson	32	39	---	---	---	71
Le Roy Butler	---	---	27	31	13	71
David Klingler	32	39	---	---	---	71
Marvin Jones	---	---	26	31	14	71
Todd Steussie	32	39	---	---	---	71
James Jett	26	35	---	---	9	70
Terrell Owens	30	36	---	---	---	66
Ricardo McDonald	---	---	25	29	9	63
Nate Clune	---	---	23	31	4	58
Donnell Woolford	---	---	26	27	3	56
Carl Pickens	13	24	---	---	19	56
Mo Lewis	---	---	17	31	3	51
Ellison Onizuka	23	25	---	---	---	48
Dwayne Carswell	23	19	---	---	5	47
Tommy Vardell	17	18	---	---	11	46
Jay Bellamy	---	---	12	27	5	44
Kevin Carter	---	---	18	24	2	44
Daryl King	---	---	22	18	2	42
Dexter McCleon	---	---	14	27	---	41
David Rocker	---	---	14	21	2	37
Dennis Stallings	---	---	17	11	9	37
Bert Tharpe	---	---	15	18	3	36
Tyji Armstrong	7	12	---	---	16	35
Rashaan Salaam	7	6	---	---	21	34
Dave Whitmore	---	---	14	6	13	33
Bruce Hill	5	6	---	---	20	31
Bernard Whittington	---	---	6	15	9	30
Adam Treu	9	14	---	---	---	23
Martin Bishop	---	---	17	3	2	22
Emmanuel McDaniel	---	---	4	10	8	22
Gilbert Brown	---	---	11	3	1	15
Keith Poole	0	0	---	---	10	10
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	7	7
Derek Cook	0	0	---	---	7	7
Zack Wiegert	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sale Isaia	0	0	---	---	7	7
Payton Feeley	0	0	---	---	7	7
George Jones	0	0	---	---	5	5
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	4	4
Neil O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damon Huard	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tennessee	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Alvin Walton	---	---	32	38	2	72
Jeff Davidson	28	33	---	---	8	69
Wally Williams	28	33	---	---	8	69
Mark Carrier	---	---	29	36	1	66
George Teague	---	---	26	38	1	65
James Hasty	---	---	26	37	1	64
Pepper Johnson	---	---	30	33	---	63
Dexter Bahr	---	---	17	32	13	62
Jeff George	28	33	---	---	---	61
Sid Miller	28	33	---	---	---	61
Jeff Christy	28	33	---	---	---	61
Orlando Brown	28	33	---	---	---	61
Mike Vrabel	---	---	23	29	3	55
Joaquin Stuckey	23	23	---	---	6	52
Shane Dronett	---	---	23	28	1	52
Shante Carver	---	---	22	29	1	52
Lonzell Hill	14	24	---	---	13	51
Haywood Jeffires	24	27	---	---	---	51
Anthony Smith	---	---	19	31	1	51
Hugh Douglas	---	---	22	23	6	51
Carlos Jenkins	---	---	20	16	12	48
Rey Mysterio Jr	19	25	---	---	4	48
Israel Miller	---	---	22	18	6	46
Alfred Pupunu	18	18	---	---	6	42
Chris Dishman	---	---	12	17	10	39
Donnell Bennett	19	13	---	---	3	35
Sedrick Shaw	7	6	---	---	21	34
Joe Aska	7	9	---	---	15	31
Ray Moreno	---	---	18	12	---	30
Ron Granger	---	---	5	8	12	25
Ben Talley	---	---	5	4	14	23
Itula Mili	3	2	---	---	17	22
Ben Johnson	5	15	---	---	---	20
Macey Brooks	0	1	---	---	15	16
Alex Van Dyke	1	2	---	---	12	15
Vincent Brown	---	---	0	0	9	9
Jay Pennison	0	0	---	---	8	8
Thomas Rayam	0	0	---	---	8	8
Marcus Brown	0	0	---	---	8	8
Tom Hutton	0	0	---	---	8	8
David Akers	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lucy Draper	0	0	---	---	3	3
Patrick Sapp	---	---	1	0	2	3
Tom Hodson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Randall Floyd	0	0	---	---	---	0
George Hegamin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	38	5.4
Middle	17	109	6.4
Right	8	28	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	29	7.3
Middle	22	74	3.4
Right	1	5	5.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Klingler	38	21	4	3	2	3	5	2	1

Tennessee	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff George	33	22	8	1	0	4	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	45	6.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	70	10.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	10	152	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	9	57	5.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	115	9.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	57	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	64	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Bo Jackson	11	9	0	95	2	39
WR Terrell Owens	8	3	0	39	0	36
WR James Jett	7	4	0	69	1	35
WR Bruce Hill	4	1	1	15	0	6
WR Carl Pickens	4	2	0	48	1	24
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	0	1	0	18
TE Dwayne Carswell	1	0	1	0	0	19

Tennessee	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Haywood Jeffires	8	4	106	3	27
WR Lonzell Hill	6	5	89	3	24
RB Rey Mysterio Jr	5	4	26	1	25
WR Joaquin Stuckey	4	3	28	0	23
FB Joe Aska	4	4	28	1	9
WR Ben Johnson	3	1	13	0	15
FB Donnell Bennett	2	1	3	0	13
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Jackson	3	2	0.67	5.71
David Klingler	1	4	4.00	3.75

Tennessee	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rey Mysterio Jr	2	10	5.00	2.42
Sedrick Shaw	1	10	10.00	9.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Klingler	4	2	33	8.25	7.03

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff George	6	5	32	5.33	8.88

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Terrell Owens	3	2	33	11.00	4.88
WR Bruce Hill	1	0	0	0.00	3.75

Tennessee	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Haywood Jeffires	2	1	19	9.50	13.25
FB Joe Aska	2	2	6	3.00	7.00
RB Rey Mysterio Jr	2	2	7	3.50	5.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	4	2
David Klingler	1	0

Tennessee	Rushes	Conversions
Joe Aska	2	2
Rey Mysterio Jr	1	1
Sedrick Shaw	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Klingler	10	7	5

Tennessee	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff George	9	7	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Bo Jackson	4	3	1
WR Bruce Hill	2	1	1
WR Terrell Owens	2	2	2
WR Carl Pickens	1	0	0
WR James Jett	1	1	1

Tennessee	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Joe Aska	3	3	1
WR Lonzell Hill	2	2	1
WR Ben Johnson	2	1	0
WR Joaquin Stuckey	1	1	0
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,400)
End Zone 11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,400)
End Zone	11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)