Week 4, 2017

played in Pittsburgh, PA

66 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Houston Texans	7	0	3	3	-	13
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:23 HOU - Nelson Agholor 41 pass from Tavaris Jackson (Julian Salyer extra point)
2Q: 06:54 PIT - Shaquille Brooks 14 pass from Cam Newton (Paul Ernster extra point)
3Q: 10:25 HOU - Julian Salyer 28 field goal
4Q: 12:49 HOU - Julian Salyer 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:23 HOU - Nelson Agholor 41 pass from Tavaris Jackson (Julian Salyer extra point)
2Q: 06:54 PIT - Shaquille Brooks 14 pass from Cam Newton (Paul Ernster extra point)
3Q: 10:25 HOU - Julian Salyer 28 field goal
4Q: 12:49 HOU - Julian Salyer 36 field goal

Team Statistics HOU PIT
Record 1-3 1-3
First Downs 18 15
- by Rushing 7 4
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 333 263
- Offensive Plays 69 60
- Yards per Play 4.83 4.38
Net Rushing Yards 127 91
- Rushing Attempts 32 22
- Yards per Rush 3.97 4.14
Net Passing Yards 206 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 19 - 1 35 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 212 187
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/15
- Yards per Pass Play 5.57 4.53
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/2
Penalties/Yards 7/51 7/43
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 2/9
Kick Returns/Yards 2/59 1/15
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:17 25:43

Team Statistics	HOU	PIT
Record	1-3	1-3
First Downs	18	15
- by Rushing	7	4
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	333	263
- Offensive Plays	69	60
- Yards per Play	4.83	4.38
Net Rushing Yards	127	91
- Rushing Attempts	32	22
- Yards per Rush	3.97	4.14
Net Passing Yards	206	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 19 - 1	35 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	212	187
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/15
- Yards per Pass Play	5.57	4.53
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	8.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/2
Penalties/Yards	7/51	7/43
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	2/9
Kick Returns/Yards	2/59	1/15
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 23
Time of Possession	34:17	25:43

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:50	1:29	OWN 18	3	17	Interception
1	9:57	3:53	OWN 17	7	83	Touchdown
1	3:30	0:44	OWN 33	3	1	Punt
1	0:57	4:54	OWN 18	10	32	Punt
2	6:46	2:38	OWN 38	5	35	Missed FG
2	2:23	1:57	OWN 13	6	9	Punt
3	15:00	4:42	OWN 30	9	59	Field Goal
3	8:53	2:53	OWN 6	5	15	Punt
3	3:11	5:28	OWN 20	11	61	Field Goal
4	9:36	4:24	OWN 20	7	20	Punt
4	3:17	1:22	OWN 43	3	8	Punt

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:10	OWN 25	4	18	Punt
1	11:21	1:24	OWN 39	3	-4	Punt
1	6:04	2:34	OWN 25	5	3	Punt
1	2:46	1:49	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	11:03	4:17	OWN 5	9	95	Touchdown
2	4:08	1:45	OWN 34	4	13	Punt
2	0:26	0:26	OWN 32	3	9	Punt
3	10:18	1:25	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
3	6:00	2:49	OWN 24	7	40	Punt
4	12:43	3:07	OWN 18	6	43	Punt
4	5:12	1:55	OWN 12	3	-1	Punt
4	1:55	1:55	OWN 20	11	51	Game

Game MVP: Everson Griffen, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Stephen Sanders	15	89	5.93	22	4
RB Bishop Sankey	12	22	1.83	8	0
QB Tavaris Jackson	4	11	2.75	7	0
WR Dominique Edison	1	5	5.00	5	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Charles Sims	13	14	1.08	19	1
RB James Conner	6	67	11.17	48	3
RB DeAndr� Washington	2	9	4.50	6	0
QB Cam Newton	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tavaris Jackson	36	19	212	1/6	1	41	1	68.2

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	35	19	187	3/15	1	40	0	79.1

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Adam Thielen	5	7	58	11.60	32	29	0
RB Nelson Agholor	5	9	69	13.80	32	41	1
TE Julius Thomas	2	2	26	13.00	0	15	0
TE Michael Egnew	2	9	10	5.00	1	8	0
WR Donte Moncrief	2	2	10	5.00	0	6	0
WR Dominique Edison	1	3	5	5.00	4	5	0
FB Rhett Ellison	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Bishop Sankey	1	3	35	35.00	31	35	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Shaquille Brooks	6	10	54	9.00	11	14	1
WR Will Fuller	4	9	75	18.75	8	40	0
RB DeAndr� Washington	2	3	14	7.00	13	7	0
RB James Conner	2	2	27	13.50	3	15	0
WR Devin Hester	1	5	-1	-1.00	2	-1	0
TE Vance McDonald	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
WR Terrance Williams	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Charles Sims	1	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Troy Niklas	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jaquiski Tartt	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dustin Colquitt	6	318	53.0	44.8	66	3

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Drew Kaser	10	462	46.2	39.8	58	6

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Julian Salyer	2/3	0/1	0/0	36	1/1

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Paul Ernster	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nelson Agholor	3	24	8.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devin Hester	2	9	4.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Adam Thielen	2	59	29.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jacoby Ford	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	7	0	0.0	22	36
OLB D'Qwell Jackson	6	4	0.0	22	23
ILB Bobby Carpenter	4	1	0.0	20	22
CB Tharold Simon	4	0	0.0	19	35
DE Phil Taylor	3	2	0.5	22	33
DT Everson Griffen	2	0	1.5	0	13
OLB Benjamin Loyd	2	0	1.0	5	17
DT Austin Johnson	2	1	0.0	19	24
DT Alan Branch	2	0	0.0	16	25
CB Jason McCourty	2	0	0.0	16	33
CB Marcus Gilchrist	2	0	0.0	19	27
OLB Keenan Robinson	2	0	0.0	6	14
S Ladarius Webb	1	1	0.0	10	22
S Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	2	3
DE Jordan Hill	1	0	0.0	19	21
S Duron Harmon	1	0	0.0	16	17
RB Nelson Agholor	1	0	---	---	---
DT Justin Ellis	0	1	0.0	9	14
CB Zack Sanchez	0	1	0.0	0	13

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jaquiski Tartt	6	0	0.0	32	34
ILB James-Michael Johnson	5	3	0.0	12	22
OLB Clay Matthews	5	2	0.0	32	37
OLB Sean Weatherspoon	5	1	0.0	18	17
CB Josh Nobles	5	1	0.0	31	35
ILB Josh Forrest	5	0	0.0	19	15
S Dawan Landry	3	3	0.0	17	15
S Marcus Peters	3	2	0.0	32	37
DT Javon Hargrave	2	1	1.0	15	13
DE Noah Spence	2	2	0.0	22	25
OLB Justin O'Neal	2	1	0.0	11	16
DE Hunter Vergara	2	1	0.0	21	26
DE Kawann Short	2	0	0.0	29	32
CB Corn Elder	2	0	0.0	21	19
S Matt Elam	1	1	0.0	12	20
DT Andrew Billings	1	1	0.0	12	19
DE Matt Shaughnessy	0	1	0.0	5	6
OLB Rodney Duffy	0	1	0.0	6	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Everson Griffen	1.5	2	1	13
OLB Benjamin Loyd	1.0	0	0	17
DE Phil Taylor	0.5	3	2	33
OLB Keenan Robinson	0.0	1	0	14

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Javon Hargrave	1.0	0	0	13
DE Kawann Short	0.0	3	2	32
DE Matt Shaughnessy	0.0	1	0	6
ILB James-Michael Johnson	0.0	1	0	22
DE Noah Spence	0.0	1	0	25
DT Andrew Billings	0.0	1	0	19
DE Hunter Vergara	0.0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Tharold Simon	5	1	35
CB Marcus Gilchrist	3	0	27
ILB Bobby Carpenter	2	1	22
CB Jason McCourty	2	0	33
OLB D'Qwell Jackson	1	2	23
S Tyrell Johnson	1	0	3
S Ladarius Webb	1	0	22
S Duron Harmon	1	0	17
OLB Benjamin Loyd	1	0	17
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	1	0	36
DT Austin Johnson	1	0	24

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Josh Nobles	5	3	0	35
OLB Clay Matthews	3	1	0	37
S Marcus Peters	2	2	0	37
S Matt Elam	2	1	0	20
S Jaquiski Tartt	1	0	1	34
ILB James-Michael Johnson	1	0	0	22
DE Hunter Vergara	1	0	0	26
DE Noah Spence	1	0	0	25
DT Javon Hargrave	1	0	0	13
ILB Josh Forrest	1	0	0	15
CB Corn Elder	1	0	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Tre' Jackson	4	10	1	32	1	37
G Cody Whitehair	2	6	0	32	0	37
C Ryan Pontbraind	1	7	0	32	0	37
T Jammal Brown	1	5	0	32	0	37

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Parker Ehinger	3	6	22	1	38
T John Terry	1	3	22	0	38
TE Troy Niklas	1	2	19	0	38
C A.Q. Shipley	0	7	22	0	38
T Oliver Humphrey	0	1	22	1	38
G Dakota Dozier	0	1	22	1	38
TE Vance McDonald	0	1	7	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
LeGarrette Blount	1	15
Harvey Schwartz	1	9
Stephen Sanders	1	1

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Jacoby Ford	2	12
Rodney Duffy	1	20
Devin Hester	1	19
John Terry	1	12

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Cody Whitehair	32	37	---	---	13	82
RB Nelson Agholor	32	37	---	---	10	79
G Tre' Jackson	32	37	---	---	9	78
C Ryan Pontbraind	32	37	---	---	---	69
T Jammal Brown	32	37	---	---	---	69
QB Tavaris Jackson	32	37	---	---	---	69
T Courtney Bronson	32	37	---	---	---	69
WR Adam Thielen	31	30	---	---	3	64
CB Jason McCourty	---	---	16	33	11	60
TE Michael Egnew	29	31	---	---	---	60
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	---	---	22	36	---	58
DE Phil Taylor	---	---	22	33	---	55
CB Tharold Simon	---	---	19	35	---	54
OLB D'Qwell Jackson	---	---	22	23	1	46
CB Marcus Gilchrist	---	---	19	27	---	46
TE Julius Thomas	6	14	---	---	25	45
WR Dominique Edison	20	20	---	---	4	44
DT Austin Johnson	---	---	19	24	---	43
ILB Bobby Carpenter	---	---	20	22	---	42
RB Bishop Sankey	15	18	---	---	9	42
DT Alan Branch	---	---	16	25	---	41
OLB Keenan Robinson	---	---	6	14	21	41
DE Jordan Hill	---	---	19	21	---	40
FB Rhett Ellison	7	9	---	---	19	35
RB Stephen Sanders	17	16	---	---	1	34
S Duron Harmon	---	---	16	17	---	33
DT Justin Ellis	---	---	9	14	10	33
S Ladarius Webb	---	---	10	22	---	32
CB Zack Sanchez	---	---	0	13	15	28
OLB Jelani Jenkins	---	---	0	13	12	25
WR Donte Moncrief	2	5	---	---	17	24
DT Everson Griffen	---	---	0	13	10	23
OLB Benjamin Loyd	---	---	5	17	---	22
S Tyrell Johnson	---	---	2	3	16	21
RB LeGarrette Blount	0	0	---	---	15	15
DT Jameson Leagra	---	---	0	13	---	13
P Dustin Colquitt	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Tommy Walsh	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Willie Philip	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Harvey Schwartz	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Taywan Taylor	1	3	---	---	5	9
TE Lester Meerdink	0	2	---	---	6	8
K Julian Salyer	0	0	---	---	7	7
QB Joe Flacco	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Stefen Wisniewski	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Leonard Fournette	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Josh Nobles	---	---	31	35	10	76
OLB Clay Matthews	---	---	32	37	5	74
T John Terry	22	38	---	---	12	72
S Marcus Peters	---	---	32	37	3	72
T Oliver Humphrey	22	38	---	---	10	70
G Dakota Dozier	22	38	---	---	10	70
G Parker Ehinger	22	38	---	---	10	70
S Jaquiski Tartt	---	---	32	34	3	69
DE Kawann Short	---	---	29	32	3	64
C A.Q. Shipley	22	38	---	---	---	60
QB Cam Newton	22	38	---	---	---	60
WR Will Fuller	22	38	---	---	---	60
WR Devin Hester	11	29	---	---	19	59
TE Troy Niklas	19	38	---	---	---	57
WR Shaquille Brooks	17	33	---	---	4	54
DE Hunter Vergara	---	---	21	26	3	50
ILB James-Michael Johnson	---	---	12	22	13	47
DE Noah Spence	---	---	22	25	---	47
CB Corn Elder	---	---	21	19	---	40
OLB Sean Weatherspoon	---	---	18	17	1	36
TE Vance McDonald	7	6	---	---	22	35
OLB Rodney Duffy	---	---	6	9	20	35
S Matt Elam	---	---	12	20	2	34
DT Javon Hargrave	---	---	15	13	6	34
ILB Josh Forrest	---	---	19	15	---	34
S Dawan Landry	---	---	17	15	1	33
DT Andrew Billings	---	---	12	19	2	33
RB Charles Sims	13	18	---	---	1	32
RB DeAndr� Washington	5	4	---	---	22	31
OLB Justin O'Neal	---	---	11	16	2	29
RB James Conner	7	16	---	---	5	28
S Chris Prosinski	---	---	3	5	12	20
DE Matt Shaughnessy	---	---	5	6	8	19
CB B. W. Webb	---	---	2	3	12	17
WR Terrance Williams	5	7	---	---	3	15
WR Jacoby Ford	2	0	---	---	12	14
P Drew Kaser	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Leslie Weber	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Antonio Garcia	0	0	---	---	10	10
WR Cory Corcoran	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Whitney Mercilus	---	---	0	2	1	3
TE Mason Pritchett	2	1	---	---	---	3
K Paul Ernster	0	0	---	---	2	2
G Rodney Hudson	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Khaled Holmes	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Bryce Petty	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	8	2.7
Middle	21	64	3.0
Right	8	55	6.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	20	5.0
Middle	14	79	5.6
Right	4	-8	-2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tavaris Jackson	36	19	3	0	2	7	7	3	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	35	19	1	2	3	4	6	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	50	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	81	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	81	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	6	1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	70	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	71	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	40	13.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Michael Egnew	9	2	1	10	0	31
RB Nelson Agholor	9	5	0	69	1	37
WR Adam Thielen	7	5	1	58	1	30
WR Dominique Edison	3	1	0	5	0	20
RB Bishop Sankey	3	1	0	35	1	18
TE Julius Thomas	2	2	0	26	0	14
WR Donte Moncrief	2	2	0	10	0	5
FB Rhett Ellison	1	1	0	-1	0	9

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Shaquille Brooks	10	6	1	54	0	33
WR Will Fuller	9	4	0	75	1	38
WR Devin Hester	5	1	1	-1	0	29
RB DeAndr� Washington	3	2	1	14	0	4
RB Charles Sims	2	1	0	0	0	18
RB James Conner	2	2	0	27	0	16
TE Vance McDonald	1	1	0	14	0	6
WR Terrance Williams	1	1	0	3	0	7
TE Troy Niklas	1	1	0	1	0	38

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Tavaris Jackson	1	1	1.00	2.75

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tavaris Jackson	3	1	5	1.67	5.89

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	1	1	14	14.00	5.34

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dominique Edison	1	1	5	5.00	1.67
TE Michael Egnew	1	0	0	0.00	1.11
WR Adam Thielen	1	0	0	0.00	8.29

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Shaquille Brooks	1	1	14	14.00	5.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
QB Tavaris Jackson	2	1
RB Bishop Sankey	1	0

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tavaris Jackson	13	7	6

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	11	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Michael Egnew	4	1	1
WR Adam Thielen	3	2	1
TE Julius Thomas	2	2	2
RB Bishop Sankey	2	0	0
RB Nelson Agholor	2	2	2

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Shaquille Brooks	3	2	1
WR Devin Hester	3	1	0
WR Will Fuller	3	1	1
RB James Conner	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 34,800 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 8,900 (20,900)
End Zone 7,200 (15,100)
Mezzanine 4,200 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 6,700 (13,300)
Club Seats 4,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	34,800 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	8,900 (20,900)
End Zone	7,200 (15,100)
Mezzanine	4,200 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	6,700 (13,300)
Club Seats	4,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,800)