Week 7, 2000

played in New England, MA

52 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	10	0	7	-	17
New England Patriots	0	3	7	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:38 HOU - Charlie Garner 6 run (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)
2Q: 02:58 NED - Cole Ford 34 field goal
2Q: 00:14 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 18 field goal
3Q: 10:24 NED - Eric Moulds 20 pass from Don Majkowski (Cole Ford extra point)
4Q: 13:23 NED - Cole Ford 20 field goal
4Q: 06:00 HOU - Laveranues Coles 2 pass from David Klingler (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:38 HOU - Charlie Garner 6 run (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)
2Q: 02:58 NED - Cole Ford 34 field goal
2Q: 00:14 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 18 field goal
3Q: 10:24 NED - Eric Moulds 20 pass from Don Majkowski (Cole Ford extra point)
4Q: 13:23 NED - Cole Ford 20 field goal
4Q: 06:00 HOU - Laveranues Coles 2 pass from David Klingler (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)

Team Statistics HOU NED
Record 7-0 1-5
First Downs 19 19
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 14 13
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 313 316
- Offensive Plays 63 62
- Yards per Play 4.97 5.10
Net Rushing Yards 80 72
- Rushing Attempts 35 22
- Yards per Rush 2.29 3.27
Net Passing Yards 233 244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 25 - 0 37 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 233 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 8.32 6.10
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 9/16 7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/50 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 3/23
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/26
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:37 28:23

Team Statistics	HOU	NED
Record	7-0	1-5
First Downs	19	19
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	14	13
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	313	316
- Offensive Plays	63	62
- Yards per Play	4.97	5.10
Net Rushing Yards	80	72
- Rushing Attempts	35	22
- Yards per Rush	2.29	3.27
Net Passing Yards	233	244
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 25 - 0	37 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	233	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	8.32	6.10
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	9/16	7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	9.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/50	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	3/23
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/26
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	31:37	28:23

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:34	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	7:11	4:02	OWN 34	6	28	Punt
1	1:38	5:08	50	11	50	Touchdown
2	9:45	3:13	OWN 41	5	21	Punt
2	2:51	2:45	OWN 20	10	79	Field Goal
3	10:13	1:36	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	6:02	2:33	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
4	13:18	7:27	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
4	4:24	1:43	OWN 29	3	-1	Punt
4	1:49	1:14	OPP 49	3	3	Punt

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:26	6:15	OWN 39	11	34	Missed FG
1	3:09	1:31	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
2	11:30	1:45	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	6:32	3:41	OWN 20	8	63	Field Goal
2	0:06	0:06	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	4:47	OWN 27	12	73	Touchdown
3	8:37	2:35	OWN 43	6	16	Punt
3	3:29	5:11	OWN 22	10	75	Field Goal
4	5:51	1:27	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
4	2:41	0:52	OWN 25	5	24	Fumble
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 20	2	31	Game

Game MVP: David Klingler, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Charlie Garner	21	47	2.24	14	1	1
Jamal Lewis	12	28	2.33	11	1	0
David Klingler	2	5	2.50	5	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Shaun Alexander	14	40	2.86	10	1
Don Majkowski	4	14	3.50	9	0
Mike Alstott	2	10	5.00	10	1
J.T. Ogden	2	8	4.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Klingler	28	25	233	0/0	1	22	0	113.2

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	37	24	263	3/19	1	52	0	94.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR James Jett	7	7	64	9.14	8	13	0
WR Laveranues Coles	7	7	52	7.43	9	16	1
WR David Boston	6	7	79	13.17	4	22	0
TE Jermaine Wiggins	3	4	23	7.67	0	10	0
RB Charlie Garner	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Jamal Lewis	1	1	12	12.00	2	12	0
TE Dwayne Carswell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Eric Moulds	7	10	63	9.00	31	20	1
WR Antonio Freeman	6	11	57	9.50	30	31	0
FB Mike Alstott	3	5	-2	-0.67	1	2	0
WR Muneer Moore	3	4	67	22.33	6	28	0
RB Shaun Alexander	2	3	0	0.00	3	4	0
TE Wesley Walls	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	52	52.00	41	52	0
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	15	15.00	4	15	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dexter Jackson	0	1	0	0
Tedy Bruschi	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mike Alstott	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	7	300	42.9	31.0	52	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	4	184	46.0	35.0	57	0

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Sebastian Janikowski	1/1	0/0	0/0	18	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cole Ford	2/3	0/1	0/0	34	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dante Hall	3	24	8.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Walhberg	3	23	7.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	26	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dexter Jackson	8	0	0.0	21	38
ILB Tedy Bruschi	6	2	0.0	19	38
CB Patrick Surtain	5	0	0.0	19	37
OLB Ike Reese	4	0	0.0	21	38
DE Kevin Carter	3	1	2.0	18	24
ILB Marvin Jones	3	2	0.0	6	6
CB Dexter McCleon	3	2	0.0	17	29
CB Ramos McDonald	3	0	0.0	13	33
DT Brian Young	2	0	1.0	12	27
S Le Roy Butler	2	0	0.0	22	32
DT Gilbert Brown	2	0	0.0	6	5
DT Keith Hamilton	1	0	0.0	8	24
S Bob Scanlan	1	0	0.0	1	3
CB Carlos Brooks	1	0	0.0	8	13
ILB Scott Von der Ahe	1	0	0.0	10	12
OLB Chris Slade	0	1	0.0	17	27
S Jay Bellamy	0	1	0.0	0	9
DE Hunter Fatafehi	0	1	0.0	8	20

New England	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Rodney Harrison	8	4	34	28
CB Tory James	6	2	32	26
S Zack de la Rocha	5	4	34	28
ILB Ted Johnson	5	3	35	28
S Greg Myers	5	2	9	12
DT Reggie McGrew	5	2	23	11
CB Mark Walhberg	5	1	17	21
CB Allen Rossum	5	1	32	27
OLB Tucker Brock	4	4	29	20
DT Tony Siragusa	2	1	17	12
DE Ben Karpinski	2	0	28	24
DT Sam Adams	1	3	23	22
DE Jeff Lageman	1	1	29	18
OLB Hannibal Navies	1	1	19	9
DE Shawn Sawyda	1	0	7	4
OLB Nickolas Fox	1	0	2	0
DE Erik Flowers	1	0	8	10
OLB Derrick Thomas	0	1	6	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kevin Carter	2.0	1	0	0	24
DT Brian Young	1.0	0	1	0	27
DE Hunter Fatafehi	0.0	1	1	0	20
OLB Ike Reese	0.0	1	0	0	38
OLB Chris Slade	0.0	0	1	2	27
DE Robert Porcher	0.0	0	1	0	20
DT Keith Hamilton	0.0	0	1	0	24

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff Lageman	0.0	0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Patrick Surtain	5	0	37
OLB Ike Reese	4	1	38
ILB Tedy Bruschi	3	1	38
CB Ramos McDonald	3	0	33
S Le Roy Butler	2	1	32
CB Dexter McCleon	2	1	29
S Dexter Jackson	2	0	38
ILB Marvin Jones	1	0	6
S Bob Scanlan	1	0	3
DE Hunter Fatafehi	1	0	20

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Allen Rossum	4	1	27
CB Tory James	4	0	26
S Greg Myers	4	0	12
S Zack de la Rocha	3	0	28
ILB Ted Johnson	3	0	28
S Rodney Harrison	2	1	28
CB Mark Walhberg	2	0	21
OLB Tucker Brock	2	0	20
DT Reggie McGrew	1	0	11

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Todd Steussie	4	8	0	35	28
Brendan Stai	3	10	1	35	28
Kyle Turley	2	4	0	35	28
Doug Karczewski	0	8	0	35	28
Adam Treu	0	2	0	35	28
Dwayne Carswell	0	1	0	14	5

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mandarich	1	5	22	1	40
Damien Woody	1	5	22	0	40
Greg Randall	1	3	22	1	40
Mo Collins	1	2	22	0	40
Damian Vaughn	1	1	3	0	0
John St. Clair	0	1	22	1	40
Mike Alstott	0	1	17	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Le Roy Butler	2	13
Dwayne Carswell	1	16
Tommy Vardell	1	8

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Mark Walhberg	2	33
J.T. Ogden	1	21

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brendan Stai	35	28	---	---	8	71
Le Roy Butler	---	---	22	32	13	67
David Klingler	35	28	---	---	---	63
Todd Steussie	35	28	---	---	---	63
Adam Treu	35	28	---	---	---	63
Doug Karczewski	35	28	---	---	---	63
Kyle Turley	35	28	---	---	---	63
Patrick Surtain	---	---	19	37	7	63
Ike Reese	---	---	21	38	2	61
Dexter Jackson	---	---	21	38	2	61
James Jett	28	24	---	---	8	60
Tedy Bruschi	---	---	19	38	3	60
Charlie Garner	23	12	---	---	20	55
Ramos McDonald	---	---	13	33	6	52
David Boston	26	26	---	---	---	52
Chris Slade	---	---	17	27	5	49
Dexter McCleon	---	---	17	29	3	49
Carlos Brooks	---	---	8	13	23	44
Kevin Carter	---	---	18	24	2	44
Jermaine Wiggins	21	17	---	---	4	42
Brian Young	---	---	12	27	1	40
Robert Porcher	---	---	14	20	4	38
George Jones	23	10	---	---	3	36
Keith Hamilton	---	---	8	24	3	35
Dwayne Carswell	14	5	---	---	16	35
Laveranues Coles	18	17	---	---	---	35
Jamal Lewis	13	19	---	---	2	34
Hunter Fatafehi	---	---	8	20	5	33
Scott Von der Ahe	---	---	10	12	8	30
Mo Lewis	---	---	2	5	12	19
Jay Bellamy	---	---	0	9	9	18
Germane Crowell	4	6	---	---	8	18
Marvin Jones	---	---	6	6	3	15
Gilbert Brown	---	---	6	5	3	14
Dante Hall	0	1	---	---	13	14
Ben Coates	5	3	---	---	3	11
Tommy Vardell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kris Hastings	0	0	---	---	8	8
Zach Pillar	0	0	---	---	8	8
Angel Hardy	0	0	---	---	8	8
Harvey Knaack	0	0	---	---	8	8
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bob Scanlan	---	---	1	3	1	5
Sebastian Janikowski	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tony Graziani	0	0	---	---	1	1
Damon Huard	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mark Walhberg	---	---	17	21	33	71
Mo Collins	22	40	---	---	7	69
John St. Clair	22	40	---	---	7	69
Ted Johnson	---	---	35	28	1	64
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	34	28	1	63
Rodney Harrison	---	---	34	28	1	63
Tory James	---	---	32	26	5	63
Don Majkowski	22	40	---	---	---	62
Tony Mandarich	22	40	---	---	---	62
Damien Woody	22	40	---	---	---	62
Greg Randall	22	40	---	---	---	62
Mike Alstott	17	36	---	---	7	60
Allen Rossum	---	---	32	27	1	60
Shaun Alexander	17	33	---	---	10	60
Eric Moulds	19	35	---	---	4	58
Ben Karpinski	---	---	28	24	4	56
Tucker Brock	---	---	29	20	---	49
Jeff Lageman	---	---	29	18	1	48
Sam Adams	---	---	23	22	1	46
Jamie Asher	16	21	---	---	7	44
Antonio Freeman	14	30	---	---	---	44
Muneer Moore	7	21	---	---	13	41
Reggie McGrew	---	---	23	11	4	38
Derrick Thomas	---	---	6	8	23	37
Greg Myers	---	---	9	12	14	35
J.T. Ogden	5	7	---	---	21	33
Wesley Walls	9	8	---	---	14	31
Tony Siragusa	---	---	17	12	2	31
Hannibal Navies	---	---	19	9	---	28
Ed McCaffrey	0	3	---	---	16	19
Erik Flowers	---	---	8	10	1	19
Shawn Sawyda	---	---	7	4	6	17
Damian Vaughn	3	0	---	---	9	12
Evan Toomer	3	6	---	---	---	9
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Utley	0	0	---	---	7	7
Leon Searcy	0	0	---	---	7	7
Cole Ford	0	0	---	---	7	7
Desmond Grasso	---	---	1	0	5	6
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	4	4
Sean Parker	0	0	---	---	3	3
Nickolas Fox	---	---	2	0	---	2
Ed Toner	0	0	---	---	---	0
Trot Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Daquan Peterman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Cameron Spikes	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	36	5.1
Middle	17	34	2.0
Right	11	10	0.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	14	1.8
Middle	9	25	2.8
Right	4	34	8.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Klingler	28	25	1	1	0	2	0	1	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	37	24	6	0	1	4	5	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	2	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	9	57	5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	15	174	10.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	7	-13	-1.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	81	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	147	12.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	48	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR James Jett	7	7	64	0	24
WR David Boston	7	6	79	1	26
WR Laveranues Coles	7	7	52	0	17
TE Jermaine Wiggins	4	3	23	0	17
RB Charlie Garner	1	1	3	0	12
TE Dwayne Carswell	1	0	0	0	5
RB Jamal Lewis	1	1	12	0	19

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Freeman	11	6	0	57	1	30
WR Eric Moulds	10	7	1	63	2	35
FB Mike Alstott	5	3	0	-2	0	36
WR Muneer Moore	4	3	0	67	2	21
RB Shaun Alexander	3	2	0	0	0	33
TE Wesley Walls	2	1	0	11	0	8
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	0	52	1	3
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	0	15	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Charlie Garner	3	7	2.33	2.24
David Klingler	1	0	0.00	2.50
Jamal Lewis	1	8	8.00	2.33

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Shaun Alexander	3	5	1.67	2.86
J.T. Ogden	1	3	3.00	4.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Klingler	5	5	39	7.80	8.32

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	3	2	23	7.67	7.11

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Laveranues Coles	4	4	29	7.25	7.43
WR David Boston	1	1	10	10.00	11.29

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Eric Moulds	3	2	23	7.67	6.30

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Jamal Lewis	3	0
Charlie Garner	2	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Shaun Alexander	2	1
Don Majkowski	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Klingler	11	10	8

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	10	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR James Jett	4	4	3
WR David Boston	3	2	2
WR Laveranues Coles	3	3	2
TE Jermaine Wiggins	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Freeman	3	1	1
WR Muneer Moore	3	3	3
WR Eric Moulds	2	1	0
WR Ed McCaffrey	1	1	1
FB Mike Alstott	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,400)
End Zone 14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,400)
End Zone	14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)