Week 2, 2003

played in Atlanta, GA

77 degrees, fair, calm

Houston Texans	3	6	0	6	-	15
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:29 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 31 field goal
2Q: 09:45 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 21 field goal
2Q: 04:19 ATL - Derek Whaley 31 field goal
2Q: 00:53 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 37 field goal
4Q: 00:59 ATL - Antonio Nicas 28 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 00:05 HOU - Troy Edwards 92 pass from David Klingler (Brock Forsey run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:29 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 31 field goal
2Q: 09:45 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 21 field goal
2Q: 04:19 ATL - Derek Whaley 31 field goal
2Q: 00:53 HOU - Sebastian Janikowski 37 field goal
4Q: 00:59 ATL - Antonio Nicas 28 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 00:05 HOU - Troy Edwards 92 pass from David Klingler (Brock Forsey run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics HOU ATL
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 21 19
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 385 323
- Offensive Plays 71 63
- Yards per Play 5.42 5.13
Net Rushing Yards 123 77
- Rushing Attempts 30 22
- Yards per Rush 4.10 3.50
Net Passing Yards 262 246
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 22 - 1 39 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 281 254
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 2/8
- Yards per Pass Play 6.39 6.00
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/19 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 7/31 10/85
Punt Returns/Yards 3/29 4/24
Kick Returns/Yards 1/29 2/32
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/10
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 15 OWN 31
Time of Possession 30:47 29:13

Team Statistics	HOU	ATL
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	21	19
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	385	323
- Offensive Plays	71	63
- Yards per Play	5.42	5.13
Net Rushing Yards	123	77
- Rushing Attempts	30	22
- Yards per Rush	4.10	3.50
Net Passing Yards	262	246
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 22 - 1	39 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	281	254
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	2/8
- Yards per Pass Play	6.39	6.00
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/19	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	8.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	7/31	10/85
Punt Returns/Yards	3/29	4/24
Kick Returns/Yards	1/29	2/32
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/10
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 15	OWN 31
Time of Possession	30:47	29:13

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:04	6:41	OWN 19	11	67	Field Goal
1	0:54	6:15	OWN 2	16	94	Field Goal
2	4:12	3:25	OWN 20	10	60	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:46	OWN 31	3	-2	Punt
3	9:06	0:58	OWN 22	3	2	Punt
3	6:21	2:21	OWN 27	5	19	Punt
3	0:55	5:33	OWN 23	13	57	Interception
4	8:14	1:31	OWN 10	3	-2	Punt
4	3:57	1:50	OWN 1	3	2	Punt
4	0:44	0:44	OWN 2	5	98	Touchdown

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:56	OWN 20	6	28	Punt
1	5:23	4:29	OWN 20	10	38	Punt
2	9:39	5:27	OWN 24	9	62	Field Goal
2	0:47	0:47	OWN 35	5	23	Half
3	13:14	4:08	OWN 15	9	22	Punt
3	8:08	1:47	OWN 43	3	-1	Punt
3	4:00	3:05	OWN 27	5	17	Punt
4	10:22	2:08	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
4	6:43	2:46	OPP 40	7	39	Downs
4	2:07	1:23	OWN 45	6	55	Touchdown

Game MVP: Drew Brees, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jamal Lewis	18	77	4.28	22	4
Brock Forsey	7	12	1.71	10	1
David Klingler	4	32	8.00	11	2
Jarrod Baxter	1	2	2.00	2	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Quentin Griffin	11	41	3.73	10	3
Spencer George	8	22	2.75	8	0
Drew Brees	3	14	4.67	9	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Klingler	38	22	281	3/19	1	92	1	78.9

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	39	24	254	2/8	1	37	0	89.0

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Troy Edwards	7	12	138	19.71	56	92	1
WR Terrell Owens	5	8	62	12.40	19	18	0
TE Todd Heap	4	7	55	13.75	18	22	0
WR James Jett	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Andrew Jordan	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Jamal Lewis	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Jarrod Baxter	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Brock Forsey	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Brandon Lloyd	1	3	7	7.00	0	7	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Antonio Nicas	9	14	146	16.22	61	37	1
RB Quentin Griffin	6	8	38	6.33	13	19	0
WR Charles Johnson	3	7	30	10.00	4	13	0
WR Peter Warrick	2	6	19	9.50	0	12	0
RB Spencer George	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
FB George Irwin	1	1	17	17.00	3	17	0
WR Donald Hayes	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
TE Erron Kinney	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Shaunard Harts	1	10	10.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jamal Lewis	1	0	0	0
Casey Rabach	0	1	0	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Shaunard Harts	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	5	216	43.2	38.4	60	2

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Flaherty	6	264	44.0	39.2	57	5

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Sebastian Janikowski	3/3	0/0	0/0	37	0/0

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derek Whaley	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dante Hall	2	25	12.5	0
Troy Edwards	1	4	4.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Mathis	4	24	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Patrick Surtain	1	29	29.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Mathis	1	16	16.0	0
Peter Warrick	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dexter Jackson	8	4	0.0	17	39
CB Patrick Surtain	6	1	0.0	22	37
ILB Tedy Bruschi	6	0	0.0	22	37
OLB Rick Crowell	4	2	0.0	20	34
S Roy Williams	4	2	0.0	22	41
DT Ross Kolodziej	4	0	0.0	12	20
ILB Josh Wooden	3	0	0.0	8	7
ILB Marvin Jones	2	0	1.0	3	9
CB Sheldon Brown	2	1	0.0	17	38
OLB Ike Reese	2	0	0.0	19	34
OLB J.J. Syvrud	2	0	0.0	2	9
DT Kelly Gregg	1	0	0.5	11	13
DE Dorian Boose	1	0	0.0	5	11
DT Brian Young	1	0	0.0	12	21
TE Todd Heap	1	0	---	---	---
CB Brant Kohberger	1	0	0.0	7	24
DE Albert Haynesworth	0	1	0.5	17	30
DE Kevin Carter	0	1	0.0	11	28

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Shannon Taylor	7	4	0.0	26	33
ILB Zeke Moreno	7	1	0.0	29	36
OLB Ian Gold	6	1	2.0	28	38
S Matt Bowmen	5	3	0.0	14	15
CB Donnie Abraham	5	1	0.0	28	41
DT Trevor Pryce	4	2	1.0	24	30
DE Lance Perea	4	1	0.0	18	23
CB Raymond Walls	3	1	0.0	19	29
S Shaunard Harts	3	1	0.0	29	37
S Terrence Kiel	3	0	0.0	16	26
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	2	2	0.0	15	15
DE Orpheus Roye	2	1	0.0	22	33
CB Kevin Mathis	1	0	0.0	16	25
S Tyrone Carter	1	0	0.0	6	12
DE Gavin Schneider	1	0	0.0	16	24

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Marvin Jones	1.0	0	0	0	9
DT Kelly Gregg	0.5	0	1	0	13
DE Albert Haynesworth	0.5	0	1	0	30
OLB Ike Reese	0.0	1	2	1	34
DE Dorian Boose	0.0	0	1	0	11
DT Ross Kolodziej	0.0	0	1	0	20

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ian Gold	2.0	0	3	3	38
DT Trevor Pryce	1.0	0	1	1	30
DE Gavin Schneider	0.0	2	1	0	24
DE Orpheus Roye	0.0	1	0	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Patrick Surtain	4	1	37
S Dexter Jackson	4	1	39
S Roy Williams	3	2	41
OLB Rick Crowell	3	1	34
ILB Tedy Bruschi	3	0	37
ILB Josh Wooden	1	0	7
ILB Marvin Jones	1	0	9
S John Lynch	1	0	2
OLB Ike Reese	1	0	34
OLB J.J. Syvrud	1	0	9
CB Brant Kohberger	1	0	24
CB Sheldon Brown	1	0	38

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Donnie Abraham	5	1	0	41
ILB Zeke Moreno	5	0	0	36
OLB Ian Gold	3	0	0	38
CB Raymond Walls	2	1	0	29
S Shaunard Harts	1	0	1	37
CB Kevin Mathis	1	0	0	25
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	1	0	0	15
ILB Shannon Taylor	1	0	0	33
S Matt Bowmen	1	0	0	15
S Tyrone Carter	1	0	0	12
S Terrence Kiel	1	0	0	26
OLB Mario Haggan	0	1	0	5

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Todd Steussie	2	4	30	0	41
Jarrod Baxter	1	4	18	0	23
Doug Karczewski	1	3	30	3	41
Andrew Jordan	1	1	8	0	7
Joe Wong	1	1	30	0	41
Kyle Turley	0	8	30	0	41
Casey Rabach	0	4	30	0	41
Todd Heap	0	1	23	0	38

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Travis Claridge	3	8	22	0	41
Jeff Backus	3	4	22	0	41
Cooper Carlisle	2	3	22	1	41
George Irwin	2	2	8	0	11
Erron Kinney	1	1	12	0	22
Chris Samuels	0	3	22	0	41
Todd McClure	0	0	22	1	41

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Dante Hall	2	20
Andrew Jordan	2	15
George Jones	1	21
Joe Wong	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Spencer George	1	19
Tyrone Carter	1	16
Shaunard Harts	1	12
Cooper Carlisle	1	7

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Wong	30	41	---	---	8	79
David Klingler	30	41	---	---	---	71
Todd Steussie	30	41	---	---	---	71
Doug Karczewski	30	41	---	---	---	71
Kyle Turley	30	41	---	---	---	71
Casey Rabach	30	41	---	---	---	71
Sheldon Brown	---	---	17	38	13	68
Terrell Owens	28	37	---	---	2	67
Todd Heap	23	38	---	---	4	65
Patrick Surtain	---	---	22	37	5	64
Roy Williams	---	---	22	41	1	64
Tedy Bruschi	---	---	22	37	1	60
Dexter Jackson	---	---	17	39	2	58
Troy Edwards	22	33	---	---	1	56
Ike Reese	---	---	19	34	1	54
Rick Crowell	---	---	20	34	---	54
Jarrod Baxter	18	23	---	---	11	52
Albert Haynesworth	---	---	17	30	2	49
Jamal Lewis	19	28	---	---	---	47
Brant Kohberger	---	---	7	24	16	47
Kevin Carter	---	---	11	28	1	40
Brian Young	---	---	12	21	2	35
Brandon Lloyd	10	16	---	---	8	34
Ross Kolodziej	---	---	12	20	---	32
Andrew Jordan	8	7	---	---	15	30
Kelly Gregg	---	---	11	13	6	30
J.J. Syvrud	---	---	2	9	16	27
Brock Forsey	10	11	---	---	6	27
Terence Newman	---	---	11	15	1	27
Dante Hall	3	2	---	---	20	25
George Jones	1	2	---	---	21	24
James Jett	8	8	---	---	7	23
Josh Wooden	---	---	8	7	6	21
Dorian Boose	---	---	5	11	4	20
Marvin Jones	---	---	3	9	7	19
Harvey Knaack	0	0	---	---	8	8
Barry Barham	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jeff Diehl	0	0	---	---	8	8
Makoa Freitas	0	0	---	---	8	8
Sebastian Janikowski	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bhawon Jue	---	---	0	1	6	7
John Lynch	---	---	3	2	---	5
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	5	5
Nick Greisen	---	---	1	1	2	4
Charlie Batch	0	0	---	---	3	3
Pat Burrell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Shaunard Harts	---	---	29	37	12	78
Donnie Abraham	---	---	28	41	4	73
Cooper Carlisle	22	41	---	---	7	70
Ian Gold	---	---	28	38	3	69
Zeke Moreno	---	---	29	36	2	67
Raymond Walls	---	---	19	29	16	64
Todd McClure	22	41	---	---	---	63
Travis Claridge	22	41	---	---	---	63
Chris Samuels	22	41	---	---	---	63
Drew Brees	22	41	---	---	---	63
Jeff Backus	22	41	---	---	---	63
Antonio Nicas	22	40	---	---	---	62
Shannon Taylor	---	---	26	33	3	62
Charles Johnson	15	34	---	---	12	61
Peter Warrick	19	36	---	---	5	60
Orpheus Roye	---	---	22	33	3	58
Trevor Pryce	---	---	24	30	2	56
Kevin Mathis	---	---	16	25	14	55
Quentin Griffin	13	34	---	---	4	51
Gavin Schneider	---	---	16	24	7	47
Terrence Kiel	---	---	16	26	1	43
Lance Perea	---	---	18	23	1	42
Spencer George	11	10	---	---	19	40
George Irwin	8	11	---	---	16	35
Erron Kinney	12	22	---	---	---	34
Tyrone Carter	---	---	6	12	16	34
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	15	15	1	31
Matt Bowmen	---	---	14	15	2	31
Chris Cooper	---	---	10	13	6	29
Tom Knight	---	---	11	12	---	23
Damian Vaughn	4	2	---	---	14	20
Donald Hayes	6	13	---	---	---	19
Mario Haggan	---	---	1	5	13	19
Marcus Robinson	0	1	---	---	8	9
Quincy Monk	---	---	2	3	3	8
Marcus Spriggs	0	0	---	---	7	7
Johnny Minevich	0	0	---	---	7	7
L.J. Shelton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Darnell Alford	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tom Blackwell	---	---	0	1	6	7
Mike Flaherty	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Baker	0	2	---	---	3	5
Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kerry Collins	0	0	---	---	1	1
Adam Dunn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Wayne Lucier	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	47	4.7
Middle	19	66	3.5
Right	1	10	10.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	1	0.1
Middle	13	69	5.3
Right	2	7	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Klingler	38	22	2	2	2	3	5	4	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	39	24	3	0	3	5	6	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	71	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	10	110	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	92	46.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	18	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	104	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	104	8.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	28	4.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Troy Edwards	12	7	1	138	1	33
WR Terrell Owens	8	5	0	62	0	37
TE Todd Heap	7	4	0	55	1	38
FB Jarrod Baxter	3	1	0	-1	0	23
WR Brandon Lloyd	3	1	0	7	0	16
RB Jamal Lewis	2	1	1	6	0	28
WR James Jett	1	1	0	5	0	8
TE Andrew Jordan	1	1	0	7	0	7
RB Brock Forsey	1	1	0	2	0	11

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Nicas	14	9	2	146	3	40
RB Quentin Griffin	8	6	0	38	0	34
WR Charles Johnson	7	3	1	30	0	34
WR Peter Warrick	6	2	0	19	0	36
RB Spencer George	1	1	0	-4	0	10
FB George Irwin	1	1	0	17	0	11
WR Donald Hayes	1	1	0	7	0	13
TE Erron Kinney	1	1	0	1	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jamal Lewis	2	-4	-2.00	4.28
Brock Forsey	2	13	6.50	1.71
David Klingler	1	5	5.00	8.00

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Spencer George	1	0	0.00	2.75
Quentin Griffin	1	-1	-1.00	3.73

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Klingler	4	0	0	0.00	7.39

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	5	3	1	0.20	6.51

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Overall Avg
TE Todd Heap	2	7.86
FB Jarrod Baxter	1	-0.33
WR Brandon Lloyd	1	2.33

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Quentin Griffin	3	2	5	1.67	4.75
RB Spencer George	1	1	-4	-4.00	-4.00
WR Peter Warrick	1	0	0	0.00	3.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Brock Forsey	3	0
David Klingler	2	2
Jamal Lewis	2	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Spencer George	1	1
Quentin Griffin	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Klingler	11	6	6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	11	7	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terrell Owens	4	2	2
WR Troy Edwards	3	2	2
TE Todd Heap	2	1	1
FB Jarrod Baxter	1	0	0
RB Brock Forsey	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Nicas	4	3	2
RB Quentin Griffin	3	2	0
WR Charles Johnson	2	1	1
WR Donald Hayes	1	1	0
WR Peter Warrick	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,600 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,000 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,600 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,000 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)