Exhibition Week 5, 2002

played in Houston, AL

85 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	6	3	0	-	9
Houston Texans	0	7	0	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
2Q: 09:12 ATL - Derek Whaley 34 field goal
2Q: 06:50 HOU - Dominic Rhodes 7 run (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)
2Q: 02:00 ATL - Derek Whaley 45 field goal
3Q: 07:38 ATL - Derek Whaley 29 field goal
4Q: 03:39 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 18 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 09:12 ATL - Derek Whaley 34 field goal
2Q: 06:50 HOU - Dominic Rhodes 7 run (Sebastian Janikowski extra point)
2Q: 02:00 ATL - Derek Whaley 45 field goal
3Q: 07:38 ATL - Derek Whaley 29 field goal
4Q: 03:39 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 18 field goal

Team Statistics ATL HOU
Record 2-2 4-0
First Downs 19 13
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 8 8
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 314 313
- Offensive Plays 77 53
- Yards per Play 4.08 5.91
Net Rushing Yards 141 104
- Rushing Attempts 32 23
- Yards per Rush 4.41 4.52
Net Passing Yards 173 209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 23 - 0 28 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 186 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/13 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 3.84 6.97
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 9/20 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/45 7/45
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-2 1/10
Kick Returns/Yards 1/26 2/43
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 28
Time of Possession 36:41 23:19

Team Statistics	ATL	HOU
Record	2-2	4-0
First Downs	19	13
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	8	8
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	314	313
- Offensive Plays	77	53
- Yards per Play	4.08	5.91
Net Rushing Yards	141	104
- Rushing Attempts	32	23
- Yards per Rush	4.41	4.52
Net Passing Yards	173	209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 23 - 0	28 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	186	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/13	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	3.84	6.97
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	9/20	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/45	7/45
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-2	1/10
Kick Returns/Yards	1/26	2/43
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 28
Time of Possession	36:41	23:19

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:04	1:59	OWN 26	3	6	Punt
1	8:11	4:24	OWN 20	8	38	Punt
1	0:50	0:58	OWN 24	3	5	Punt
2	13:51	4:46	OWN 37	10	46	Field Goal
2	6:43	4:50	OWN 20	8	52	Field Goal
2	0:08	0:08	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	7:27	OWN 35	12	53	Field Goal
3	5:41	2:48	OWN 12	6	19	Punt
4	14:55	2:09	OWN 20	5	24	Punt
4	11:12	3:52	OWN 34	10	38	Missed FG
4	3:32	1:00	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	1:53	1:53	OWN 6	9	25	Downs

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:56	OWN 19	3	-2	Punt
1	11:05	2:54	OWN 38	6	23	Punt
1	3:47	2:57	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
2	14:52	1:01	OWN 34	3	29	Fumble
2	9:05	2:22	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
2	1:53	1:45	OWN 20	6	60	Fumble
3	7:33	1:52	OWN 36	3	3	Punt
3	2:53	2:58	OWN 33	6	27	Punt
4	12:46	1:34	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	7:20	3:48	OWN 35	8	64	Field Goal
4	2:32	0:39	OWN 43	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Charlie Batch, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Spencer George	12	55	4.58	19	1
Rudi Johnson	10	39	3.90	13	1
Adam Dunn	7	32	4.57	12	2
George Irwin	3	15	5.00	10	1

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
George Jones	19	92	4.84	40	3	0
Dominic Rhodes	3	13	4.33	7	0	1
Eli Reid	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Adam Dunn	32	17	128	2/8	0	20	0	63.0
Ray Lucas	10	6	58	1/5	0	23	0	76.3

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Charlie Batch	17	13	157	2/11	0	29	0	104.3
Heath Ledger	11	7	63	0/0	0	25	0	78.9

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Charles Johnson	11	16	106	9.64	27	20
WR Mike Pritchard	4	5	42	10.50	3	23
TE Damian Vaughn	2	4	10	5.00	0	7
WR Chad Johnson	2	6	11	5.50	0	6
RB Spencer George	1	3	5	5.00	0	5
FB George Irwin	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Donald Hayes	1	3	3	3.00	0	3
TE Bobby Collins	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Craig Yeast	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Dante Hall	4	7	56	14.00	5	25
WR Justics Register	3	5	5	1.67	0	3
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	18	9.00	14	10
TE Gilberto Campbell	2	2	35	17.50	13	23
WR James Jett	2	2	41	20.50	8	29
WR Eli Reid	2	4	7	3.50	0	4
RB George Jones	2	2	13	6.50	0	8
TE Jermaine Wiggins	2	2	22	11.00	0	18
RB Dominic Rhodes	1	2	23	23.00	18	23

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Adam Dunn	2	0	0
Matt Bowmen	0	1	1
George Irwin	0	1	0
Travis Claridge	0	1	0
Leonard Myers	0	1	0
Charles Woodson	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Force
Gilberto Campbell	1	0
Dominic Rhodes	1	0
Dorian Boose	0	1
Nick Greisen	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Flaherty	6	229	38.2	33.2	56	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	7	317	45.3	39.9	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derek Whaley	3/4	1/2	0/0	45	0/0

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

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Mathis	2	-2	-1.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dante Hall	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charles Woodson	1	26	26.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eli Reid	1	20	20.0	0
Brant Kohberger	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Zeke Moreno	6	3	0.0	13	16
S Willie Clay	6	0	0.0	12	14
ILB Quincy Monk	5	0	0.5	19	22
ILB Shannon Taylor	4	2	0.0	11	17
OLB Mike Barber	3	1	1.0	14	21
CB Leonard Myers	3	2	0.0	20	26
S Shaunard Harts	3	2	0.0	15	21
S Tyrone Carter	3	1	0.0	10	16
DT Chris Cooper	2	2	0.0	20	27
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	2	1	0.0	10	8
S Matt Bowmen	2	1	0.0	11	18
DE Derrick Burgess	1	1	0.5	4	13
ILB Tom Blackwell	1	1	0.0	8	8
DE Orpheus Roye	1	0	0.0	19	22

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Napoleon Harris	7	3	0.0	29	43
CB Bennett Wilson	7	1	0.0	25	43
S John Lynch	6	1	0.0	22	25
CB Brant Kohberger	5	0	0.0	24	29
CB Sheldon Brown	4	2	0.0	23	26
S Zack de la Rocha	4	1	0.0	11	22
S Roy Williams	4	1	0.0	19	31
CB Eric Stokes	3	0	0.0	9	19
DT Brian Young	3	0	0.0	24	35
OLB Ike Reese	2	2	1.0	13	15
DE Dorian Boose	2	0	1.0	24	39
OLB Nick Greisen	2	0	1.0	26	39
S Bhawon Jue	2	3	0.0	24	37
OLB Darrin Smith	2	1	0.0	17	19
ILB Riall Thompson	1	3	0.0	5	2
ILB James Cotton	1	1	0.0	6	8
ILB Scott Von der Ahe	1	0	0.0	3	2
DE Hunter Fatafehi	1	0	0.0	7	3
DT Ross Kolodziej	0	2	0.0	19	37
DE Albert Haynesworth	0	1	0.0	14	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Mike Barber	1.0	3	2	21
DE Derrick Burgess	0.5	0	0	13
ILB Quincy Monk	0.5	0	0	22
DE Lance Perea	0.0	2	0	25

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Nick Greisen	1.0	2	1	39
DE Dorian Boose	1.0	2	0	39
OLB Ike Reese	1.0	0	0	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	PPlay
ILB Quincy Monk	4	22
ILB Zeke Moreno	3	16
S Willie Clay	2	14
OLB Mike Barber	2	21
S Matt Bowmen	2	18
CB Leonard Myers	2	26
CB Charles Woodson	1	15
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	1	8
ILB Shannon Taylor	1	17
S Tyrone Carter	1	16
S Shaunard Harts	1	21

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bennett Wilson	4	0	43
ILB Napoleon Harris	3	2	43
CB Brant Kohberger	3	1	29
S Zack de la Rocha	3	0	22
CB Eric Stokes	3	0	19
CB Sheldon Brown	2	2	26
S John Lynch	2	0	25
S Roy Williams	1	3	31
ILB Scott Von der Ahe	1	0	2
OLB Nick Greisen	1	0	39

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cooper Carlisle	1	6	19	0	28
Travis Claridge	1	5	23	1	33
Chris Samuels	1	3	22	0	29
Erik Williams	1	2	15	1	27
Todd McClure	1	2	17	0	21
Rick Delrio	1	1	19	1	22
George Irwin	1	1	6	0	10
Marco Rivera	0	5	24	0	33

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shrek Ogre	2	2	22	1	27
Robbie Tobeck	1	4	11	0	26
Brendan Stai	1	3	14	0	20
Gilberto Campbell	1	1	14	0	16
Tommy Vardell	0	4	11	0	16
Todd Steussie	0	3	15	1	23
Barret Robbins	0	2	15	0	4
Christopher Collier	0	2	9	0	11
Eric Harris	0	1	5	0	9
Casey Rabach	0	1	12	0	24

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
George Irwin	1	16
Craig Yeast	1	13
Willie Clay	1	12

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Tommy Vardell	1	13
Bhawon Jue	1	11
Justics Register	1	10

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chad Johnson	28	42	---	---	---	70
Charles Johnson	21	37	---	---	---	58
Marco Rivera	24	33	---	---	1	58
Marcus Spriggs	21	32	---	---	4	57
Quincy Monk	---	---	19	22	16	57
Lance Perea	---	---	23	25	8	56
Adam Dunn	22	34	---	---	---	56
Travis Claridge	23	33	---	---	---	56
Spencer George	16	21	---	---	17	54
Kevin Mathis	---	---	16	17	21	54
Cooper Carlisle	19	28	---	---	6	53
Erik Williams	15	27	---	---	10	52
Rick Delrio	19	22	---	---	10	51
Chris Samuels	22	29	---	---	---	51
Leonard Myers	---	---	20	26	4	50
Chris Cooper	---	---	20	27	2	49
Todd McClure	17	21	---	---	9	47
Damian Vaughn	8	21	---	---	17	46
Chris Baker	15	18	---	---	11	44
Mike Barber	---	---	14	21	7	42
Orpheus Roye	---	---	19	22	---	41
Donald Hayes	17	22	---	---	---	39
Willie Clay	---	---	12	14	12	38
Shaunard Harts	---	---	15	21	1	37
Bobby Collins	14	17	---	---	4	35
Craig Yeast	13	9	---	---	13	35
Matt Bowmen	---	---	11	18	6	35
Mike Pritchard	10	10	---	---	13	33
Shannon Taylor	---	---	11	17	5	33
George Irwin	6	10	---	---	16	32
Tyrone Carter	---	---	10	16	6	32
Zeke Moreno	---	---	13	16	3	32
Rudi Johnson	12	18	---	---	---	30
Donnie Abraham	---	---	11	16	2	29
Charles Woodson	---	---	9	15	5	29
Ray Lucas	10	11	---	---	4	25
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	10	8	2	20
Tom Blackwell	---	---	8	8	3	19
Derrick Burgess	---	---	4	13	1	18
Ian Mayes	---	---	1	0	11	12
Johnny Minevich	0	0	---	---	10	10
Benjamin Gerhardt	---	---	4	5	1	10
Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	8	8
Trevor Pryce	---	---	3	3	---	6
Mike Flaherty	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kerry Collins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Napoleon Harris	---	---	29	43	4	76
Bennett Wilson	---	---	25	43	4	72
Bhawon Jue	---	---	24	37	11	72
Nick Greisen	---	---	26	39	5	70
Dorian Boose	---	---	24	39	5	68
Ross Kolodziej	---	---	19	37	9	65
Brian Young	---	---	24	35	2	61
Darrin Smith	---	---	17	19	23	59
Brant Kohberger	---	---	24	29	5	58
George Jones	20	15	---	---	21	56
Jermaine Wiggins	16	25	---	---	14	55
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	11	22	21	54
Roy Williams	---	---	19	31	2	52
Sheldon Brown	---	---	23	26	2	51
Shrek Ogre	22	27	---	---	---	49
John Lynch	---	---	22	25	1	48
Dante Hall	17	17	---	---	13	47
Robbie Tobeck	11	26	---	---	4	41
Tommy Vardell	11	16	---	---	13	40
Todd Steussie	15	23	---	---	2	40
Gilberto Campbell	14	16	---	---	7	37
Casey Rabach	12	24	---	---	1	37
James Jett	7	18	---	---	11	36
Brendan Stai	14	20	---	---	---	34
Justics Register	11	11	---	---	10	32
Eric Stokes	---	---	9	19	2	30
Ike Reese	---	---	13	15	2	30
Albert Haynesworth	---	---	14	11	5	30
Barret Robbins	15	4	---	---	8	27
Charlie Batch	8	19	---	---	---	27
Dominic Rhodes	8	17	---	---	2	27
Heath Ledger	15	11	---	---	---	26
Eli Reid	9	13	---	---	3	25
Christopher Collier	9	11	---	---	5	25
Harvey Knaack	12	6	---	---	6	24
Kelly Gregg	---	---	8	10	3	21
Eric Harris	5	9	---	---	6	20
James Cotton	---	---	6	8	5	19
Marco Branch	2	2	---	---	10	14
Hunter Fatafehi	---	---	7	3	1	11
Riall Thompson	---	---	5	2	4	11
Scott Von der Ahe	---	---	3	2	3	8
Barry Barham	0	0	---	---	8	8
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sebastian Janikowski	0	0	---	---	4	4
Rick Mirer	0	0	---	---	1	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	35	3.9
Middle	18	90	5.0
Right	4	17	4.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	6	6.0
Middle	18	94	5.2
Right	4	4	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Adam Dunn	32	17	1	4	1	5	4	1	0
Ray Lucas	10	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Charlie Batch	17	13	3	1	0	0	3	0	0
Heath Ledger	11	7	1	1	1	0	2	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	17	107	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	56	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	23	3.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	35	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	8	48	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	83	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	54	13.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charles Johnson	16	11	1	106	1	37
WR Chad Johnson	6	2	1	11	0	42
WR Mike Pritchard	5	4	0	42	1	10
TE Damian Vaughn	4	2	0	10	0	21
RB Spencer George	3	1	0	5	0	21
WR Donald Hayes	3	1	0	3	0	22
WR Craig Yeast	2	0	0	0	0	9
FB George Irwin	1	1	0	3	0	10
TE Bobby Collins	1	1	0	6	0	17

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dante Hall	7	4	1	56	1	17
WR Justics Register	5	3	0	5	0	11
WR Eli Reid	4	2	0	7	0	13
FB Tommy Vardell	2	2	0	18	0	16
TE Gilberto Campbell	2	2	0	35	1	16
WR James Jett	2	2	0	41	1	18
RB George Jones	2	2	0	13	0	15
TE Jermaine Wiggins	2	2	0	22	0	25
RB Dominic Rhodes	2	1	0	23	1	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rudi Johnson	3	6	2.00	3.90
Adam Dunn	1	2	2.00	4.57

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Jones	6	14	2.33	4.84
Dominic Rhodes	1	7	7.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Adam Dunn	2	1	3	1.50	4.00

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Charlie Batch	2	1	3	1.50	9.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Pritchard	1	1	3	3.00	8.40
TE Damian Vaughn	1	0	0	0.00	2.50

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dante Hall	1	0	0	0.00	8.00
WR Justics Register	1	1	3	3.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Adam Dunn	3	2
Spencer George	1	1
Rudi Johnson	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
George Jones	3	1
Dominic Rhodes	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Adam Dunn	11	8	4
Ray Lucas	4	3	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Charlie Batch	6	5	2
Heath Ledger	5	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Charles Johnson	6	5	3
WR Mike Pritchard	3	3	2
TE Damian Vaughn	2	1	0
WR Donald Hayes	2	1	1
RB Spencer George	1	0	0
WR Chad Johnson	1	1	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dante Hall	4	4	3
WR Justics Register	3	2	0
RB Dominic Rhodes	2	1	0
TE Gilberto Campbell	1	1	0
WR Eli Reid	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)