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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 34, New England 27
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 3, 2010
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 71029
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 767727
Houston 7602134
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:19
Houston TD Houston 7 - New England 0
Joel Dreessen 25 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
1st Quarter - 0:50
New England TD Houston 7 - New England 7
Fred Taylor 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:51
New England FG Houston 7 - New England 10
Stephen Gostkowski 51 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:41
Houston TD Houston 13 - New England 10
Bernard Pollard fumble recovery in end zone (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 0:46
New England FG Houston 13 - New England 13
Stephen Gostkowski 43 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 7:43
New England TD Houston 13 - New England 20
Darius Butler 91 yd. interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 14:04
New England TD Houston 13 - New England 27
Fred Taylor 11 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 9:41
Houston TD Houston 20 - New England 27
Jacoby Jones 8 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 4:43
Houston TD Houston 27 - New England 27
Arian Foster 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 1:54
Houston TD Houston 34 - New England 27
Arian Foster 3 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Houston
1st Downs 21 29
Rushing 4 9
Passing 14 18
Penalty 3 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 3-7
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 3-36.3 2-40.0
Return Yards 245 187
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-31
Kickoffs-Returns 6-154 5-141
Int-Returns 1-91 1-15
Penalties-Yards 4-55 5-35
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Time of Possession 28:26 31:34
Total Net Yards 317 439
Total Plays 59 67
Average Gain 5.4 6.6
Net Yards Rushing 74 144
Rushes 19 27
Average/Rush 3.9 5.3
Net Yards Passing 243 295
Comp-Att 25-38 24-39
Yards/Pass 6.1 7.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 1-8
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 2 2
Passing 0 2
Other 1 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-5
Field Goals 2-2 0-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 3-6-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-4-75%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (10-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 17/26 186 0 1
B. Hoyer 8/12 71 0 0
Houston Texans (9-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 24/39 303 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Taylor 7 33 4.7 2 12
B. Green-Ellis 4 22 5.5 0 12
B. Hoyer 1 10 10.0 0 10
S. Morris 7 9 1.3 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 20 119 6.0 2 24
R. Moats 4 17 4.2 0 15
A. Johnson 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Schaub 2 1 0.5 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Edelman 15 10 103 10.3 0 25
R. Moss 6 5 75 15.0 0 41
B. Watson 6 3 32 10.7 0 14
C. Baker 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
S. Morris 3 3 13 4.3 0 9
W. Welker 2 1 12 12.0 0 12
S. Aiken 5 2 9 4.5 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Dreessen 7 6 81 13.5 1 25
A. Johnson 9 6 65 10.8 0 22
J. Jones 6 5 65 13.0 1 17
K. Walter 3 2 30 15.0 0 17
V. Leach 3 1 26 26.0 0 26
A. Foster 4 3 26 8.7 0 10
A. Davis 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
D. Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0
C. Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Moats 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Butler 1 91 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Pollard 1 15 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
D. Burgess 1.0 8.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Barwin 1.0 10.0
M. Williams 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Sanders 9 2
D. Burgess 8 1
B. Meriweather 6 4
J. Mayo 4 4
S. Springs 3 0
J. Wilhite 3 1
J. Seau 2 0
B. McGowan 2 0
D. Butler 2 0
M. Pryor 1 0
M. Wright 1 0
R. Ninkovich 1 0
J. Green 1 0
G. Guyton 1 4
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Ryans 6 1
D. Robinson 6 1
G. Quin 6 1
B. Pollard 5 1
B. Cushing 4 1
Z. Diles 4 2
C. Barwin 3 0
J. Reeves 2 0
M. Williams 2 0
A. Okoye 2 1
J. Zgonina 1 0
A. Smith 1 1
B. Russell 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
F. Taylor 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Moats 1
A. Johnson 1