Wild Card Playoff Games, 2016

played in Houston, TX

45 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	14	0	7	10	-	31
Houston Texans	0	0	7	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:08 NED - Darrel Young 2 pass from Derek Carr (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 05:55 NED - Denard Robinson 17 pass from Derek Carr (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 14:28 NED - Justin Coleman 20 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 01:02 HOU - Cecil Shorts 10 fumble return (Randal Browne extra point)
4Q: 03:58 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 37 field goal
4Q: 02:25 NED - Denard Robinson 6 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:08 NED - Darrel Young 2 pass from Derek Carr (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 05:55 NED - Denard Robinson 17 pass from Derek Carr (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 14:28 NED - Justin Coleman 20 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 01:02 HOU - Cecil Shorts 10 fumble return (Randal Browne extra point)
4Q: 03:58 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 37 field goal
4Q: 02:25 NED - Denard Robinson 6 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Team Statistics NED HOU
Record 10-7 10-7
First Downs 26 12
- by Rushing 9 2
- by Passing 15 8
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 411 193
- Offensive Plays 75 50
- Yards per Play 5.48 3.86
Net Rushing Yards 131 58
- Rushing Attempts 33 18
- Yards per Rush 3.97 3.22
Net Passing Yards 280 135
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 27 - 2 29 - 15 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards 303 155
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/23 3/20
- Yards per Pass Play 6.67 4.22
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/45 6/42
Punt Returns/Yards 4/39 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/48 1/18
Interception Ret./Yards 4/45 2/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 24
Time of Possession 35:38 24:22

Team Statistics	NED	HOU
Record	10-7	10-7
First Downs	26	12
- by Rushing	9	2
- by Passing	15	8
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	411	193
- Offensive Plays	75	50
- Yards per Play	5.48	3.86
Net Rushing Yards	131	58
- Rushing Attempts	33	18
- Yards per Rush	3.97	3.22
Net Passing Yards	280	135
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 27 - 2	29 - 15 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards	303	155
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/23	3/20
- Yards per Pass Play	6.67	4.22
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	8.7
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/45	6/42
Punt Returns/Yards	4/39	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/48	1/18
Interception Ret./Yards	4/45	2/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 24
Time of Possession	35:38	24:22

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:00	OWN 23	7	77	Touchdown
1	10:10	4:23	OWN 21	10	79	Touchdown
1	2:24	2:38	OWN 41	6	24	Interception
2	13:01	4:57	OWN 20	9	70	Fumble
2	5:46	1:39	OPP 48	5	24	Downs
2	2:40	0:47	OWN 46	3	-2	Punt
2	0:42	0:42	OWN 26	3	4	Half
3	10:18	5:46	OWN 33	10	42	Missed FG
3	3:01	0:50	OWN 20	2	2	Interception
3	0:29	1:25	OWN 30	3	-2	Punt
4	10:27	6:34	OWN 23	11	57	Field Goal
4	3:25	1:08	OPP 21	4	21	Touchdown
4	2:01	1:11	OPP 46	3	5	Punt

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:00	0:50	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	5:47	3:23	OWN 20	6	10	Punt
2	14:46	1:45	OWN 26	3	8	Punt
2	8:04	2:18	OWN 10	3	-1	Punt
2	4:07	1:27	OWN 24	5	34	Interception
2	1:53	1:11	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	15:00	0:42	OWN 17	1	0	Interception
3	14:18	4:00	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
3	4:32	1:31	OWN 33	3	6	Punt
3	2:11	1:42	OPP 22	3	22	Touchdown
4	14:04	3:37	OWN 28	7	62	Fumble
4	3:53	0:28	OWN 20	3	0	Interception
4	2:17	0:16	OWN 20	2	0	Interception
4	0:50	0:50	OWN 1	2	39	Game

Game MVP: Justin Coleman, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dion Lewis	19	75	3.95	13	2	0
Denard Robinson	10	26	2.60	6	0	1
Derek Carr	3	20	6.67	7	0	0
Brandon LaFell	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Alfred Blue	12	25	2.08	14	1
Kapri Bibbs	5	27	5.40	18	1
T.J. Yates	1	6	6.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Carr	39	27	303	3/23	2	51	2	87.8

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
T.J. Yates	22	13	116	3/20	0	20	2	35.4
Joseph Clark	7	2	39	0/0	0	35	2	10.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Marquise Goodwin	7	11	103	14.71	12	51	0
WR Julian Edelman	5	7	44	8.80	10	22	0
RB Denard Robinson	4	5	36	9.00	25	17	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	5	35	11.67	10	15	0
RB Dion Lewis	3	4	26	8.67	19	23	0
FB Darrel Young	2	2	10	5.00	10	8	1
WR Louis Hill	2	2	14	7.00	0	8	0
WR Brandon LaFell	1	3	35	35.00	21	35	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Keith Mumphery	4	7	20	5.00	5	10
WR Cecil Shorts	3	4	40	13.33	27	20
WR Keshawn Martin	2	5	20	10.00	0	10
WR Dale Everett	2	5	18	9.00	4	14
TE Jay Wilcox	2	3	39	19.50	32	35
TE Demarcus Dobbs	1	1	16	16.00	17	16
WR Jaelen Strong	1	4	2	2.00	0	2

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Justin Coleman	2	33	16.50	1
CB Tarell Brown	1	12	12.00	0
ILB Jonathan Freeny	1	0	0.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mark Barron	1	3	3.00	0
CB Charles James	1	4	4.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dion Lewis	1	1	0
Marquise Goodwin	1	0	0
Dont'a Hightower	0	1	0
Jerod Mayo	0	0	1
Nick Perry	0	0	1
Malliciah Goodman	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
T.J. Yates	2	0	0	0
Cecil Shorts	1	1	0	1
Demarcus Dobbs	0	1	0	0
Rahim Moore	0	1	0	0
Brian Cushing	0	0	2	0

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ryan Allen	3	147	49.0	42.3	56	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Clyde Austin	7	328	46.9	41.3	69	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	1/2	0/1	0/0	37	4/4

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Randal Browne	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darryl Roberts	3	36	12.0	0
Louis Hill	1	3	3.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	2	48	24.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Keith Mumphery	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Devin McCourty	8	1	0.0	18	32
OLB Dont'a Hightower	7	2	0.0	14	22
CB Justin Coleman	6	0	0.0	18	32
ILB Jerod Mayo	4	2	0.0	18	26
OLB Nick Perry	3	0	1.0	8	21
DE Jabaal Sheard	2	0	1.0	13	16
WR Marquise Goodwin	2	0	---	---	---
DE Malliciah Goodman	1	1	1.0	5	16
S Erik Watkins	1	1	0.0	16	30
OLB Ahmad Brooks	1	0	0.0	2	11
CB Tarell Brown	1	0	0.0	9	15
OLB David Bass	1	0	0.0	7	6
CB Malcolm Butler	1	0	0.0	15	30
CB Darryl Roberts	0	3	0.0	14	19

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brian Cushing	12	1	0.0	26	42
S Mark Barron	8	1	0.0	33	42
OLB Whitney Mercilus	7	1	1.0	33	42
DE J.J. Watt	5	2	1.0	25	36
DT Christian Covington	4	0	1.0	20	28
DT Brandon Thompson	4	3	0.0	16	6
CB Charles James	3	2	0.0	24	37
S Rahim Moore	3	1	0.0	25	38
CB Jason Jones	3	0	0.0	20	24
S Andre Hal	2	2	0.0	11	8
ILB Jerrell Freeman	2	1	0.0	15	21
WR Jaelen Strong	2	0	---	---	---
DE Riddick Farley	2	0	0.0	16	14
DE Jared Crick	1	2	0.0	17	28
OLB Robert Williams	1	1	0.0	11	6
CB Kareem Jackson	1	0	0.0	26	38
S Larry Asante	1	0	0.0	9	10
WR Keshawn Martin	1	0	---	---	---
TE Jay Wilcox	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Nick Perry	1.0	0	1	21
DE Jabaal Sheard	1.0	0	0	16
DE Malliciah Goodman	1.0	0	0	16
DT Malcom Brown	0.0	1	0	16
DT Damon Samuels	0.0	1	0	13
DE Thomas Lujan	0.0	1	0	19

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE J.J. Watt	1.0	3	7	36
OLB Whitney Mercilus	1.0	1	2	42
DT Christian Covington	1.0	0	0	28
OLB Thurston Armbrister	0.0	1	0	28
OLB Robert Williams	0.0	1	0	6

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Justin Coleman	5	1	2	32
OLB Dont'a Hightower	3	0	0	22
S Devin McCourty	2	0	0	32
ILB Jerod Mayo	1	1	0	26
CB Tarell Brown	1	0	1	15
OLB Ahmad Brooks	1	0	0	11
DE Jabaal Sheard	1	0	0	16
CB Malcolm Butler	1	0	0	30
CB Darryl Roberts	0	1	0	19
ILB Jonathan Freeny	0	0	1	6

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Brian Cushing	5	0	0	42
OLB Whitney Mercilus	5	0	0	42
S Mark Barron	4	1	1	42
S Rahim Moore	4	1	0	38
CB Charles James	3	0	1	37
ILB Jerrell Freeman	2	0	0	21
CB Kareem Jackson	1	2	0	38
S Larry Asante	1	0	0	10
DT Brandon Thompson	1	0	0	6
S Andre Hal	1	0	0	8

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marco Williamson	2	9	0	29	0	42
Tre Jackson	2	7	0	28	1	42
Nate Solder	2	6	1	30	1	42
David Andrews	2	5	0	28	0	42
Dominique Yachera	2	2	0	5	0	0
Bryan Stork	1	1	0	6	0	0
Sebastian Vollmer	0	0	0	26	1	42

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Derek Newton	2	5	18	1	26
Kendall Lamm	0	3	18	1	32
Ryan Harris	0	3	16	0	16
Kelechi Osemele	0	3	18	0	32
Greg Mancz	0	2	18	1	28
Jay Wilcox	0	1	5	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Brandon LaFell	1	10

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Demarcus Dobbs	2	15
Larry Asante	2	15
Ryan Harris	1	6
Dustin Wheeler	1	1

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Derek Carr	33	42	---	---	---	75
Marco Williamson	29	42	---	---	4	75
Rob Gronkowski	25	40	---	---	8	73
Nate Solder	30	42	---	---	1	73
David Andrews	28	42	---	---	---	70
Tre Jackson	28	42	---	---	---	70
Sebastian Vollmer	26	42	---	---	---	68
Julian Edelman	22	35	---	---	4	61
Devin McCourty	---	---	18	32	6	56
Marquise Goodwin	20	32	---	---	1	53
Malcolm Butler	---	---	15	30	6	51
Justin Coleman	---	---	18	32	1	51
Dion Lewis	21	27	---	---	2	50
Denard Robinson	13	15	---	---	20	48
Jerod Mayo	---	---	18	26	2	46
Erik Watkins	---	---	16	30	---	46
Brandon LaFell	19	16	---	---	10	45
Darryl Roberts	---	---	14	19	9	42
Darrel Young	13	25	---	---	2	40
Thomas Lujan	---	---	14	19	4	37
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	14	22	---	36
Tarell Brown	---	---	9	15	11	35
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	13	16	3	32
Nick Perry	---	---	8	21	2	31
Nick Boyle	13	6	---	---	12	31
Louis Hill	8	8	---	---	13	29
A.J. Derby	11	6	---	---	11	28
Richard Jarvis	---	---	10	16	2	28
Logan Ryan	---	---	2	3	22	27
Damon Samuels	---	---	4	13	10	27
Malcom Brown	---	---	8	16	---	24
Malliciah Goodman	---	---	5	16	2	23
Ahmad Brooks	---	---	2	11	7	20
David Bass	---	---	7	6	1	14
Jonathan Freeny	---	---	0	6	6	12
Dane Fletcher	---	---	3	3	5	11
Marcus Cannon	6	0	---	---	5	11
Bryan Stork	6	0	---	---	4	10
Dominique Yachera	5	0	---	---	5	10
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jean Campbell	7	0	---	---	1	8
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ryan Allen	0	0	---	---	3	3
Clarence McGettigan	0	0	---	---	2	2
Matt Flynn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Akiem Hicks	---	---	0	0	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mark Barron	---	---	33	42	5	80
Whitney Mercilus	---	---	33	42	3	78
Brian Cushing	---	---	26	42	2	70
J.J. Watt	---	---	25	36	6	67
Kareem Jackson	---	---	26	38	2	66
Rahim Moore	---	---	25	38	2	65
Charles James	---	---	24	37	4	65
Jason Jones	---	---	20	24	14	58
Kelechi Osemele	18	32	---	---	---	50
Kendall Lamm	18	32	---	---	---	50
Christian Covington	---	---	20	28	1	49
Jared Crick	---	---	17	28	3	48
Thurston Armbrister	---	---	18	28	2	48
Demarcus Dobbs	9	22	---	---	15	46
Greg Mancz	18	28	---	---	---	46
Derek Newton	18	26	---	---	1	45
T.J. Yates	18	25	---	---	---	43
Keith Mumphery	15	18	---	---	7	40
Keshawn Martin	12	20	---	---	7	39
Kapri Bibbs	5	16	---	---	18	39
Ryan Harris	16	16	---	---	6	38
Jerrell Freeman	---	---	15	21	1	37
Levine Toilolo	10	15	---	---	12	37
Jaelen Strong	8	20	---	---	9	37
Larry Asante	---	---	9	10	15	34
Cecil Shorts	11	19	---	---	1	31
Riddick Farley	---	---	16	14	---	30
Brandon Mebane	---	---	13	14	1	28
Brandon Thompson	---	---	16	6	5	27
James Lewis	2	16	---	---	7	25
Alfred Blue	12	12	---	---	---	24
Robert Williams	---	---	11	6	7	24
Dale Everett	2	13	---	---	8	23
Andre Hal	---	---	11	8	2	21
Benardrick McKinney	---	---	5	0	15	20
Jay Wilcox	5	5	---	---	4	14
Tony Hughes	0	6	---	---	7	13
Andy Gallik	0	4	---	---	7	11
Jon Weeks	0	0	---	---	7	7
Clyde Austin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joseph Clark	0	7	---	---	---	7
Jay Prosch	1	0	---	---	2	3
Paul Soliai	---	---	0	0	2	2
Randal Browne	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dustin Wheeler	0	0	---	---	1	1
Frankie Cogswell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	34	3.1
Middle	10	38	3.8
Right	12	59	4.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	0	0.0
Middle	5	35	7.0
Right	6	23	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Carr	39	27	4	0	0	4	6	9	2

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
T.J. Yates	22	13	1	1	2	2	2	1	2
Joseph Clark	7	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	51	8.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	91	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	110	12.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	51	10.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	32	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	73	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	50	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marquise Goodwin	11	7	103	1	32
WR Julian Edelman	7	5	44	1	35
TE Rob Gronkowski	5	3	35	0	40
RB Denard Robinson	5	4	36	0	15
RB Dion Lewis	4	3	26	1	27
WR Brandon LaFell	3	1	35	1	16
FB Darrel Young	2	2	10	0	25
WR Louis Hill	2	2	14	0	8

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Keith Mumphery	7	4	1	20	0	18
WR Keshawn Martin	5	2	0	20	0	20
WR Dale Everett	5	2	0	18	0	13
WR Cecil Shorts	4	3	0	40	1	19
WR Jaelen Strong	4	1	1	2	0	20
TE Jay Wilcox	3	2	0	39	1	5
TE Demarcus Dobbs	1	1	0	16	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brandon LaFell	1	10	10.00	10.00
Denard Robinson	1	6	6.00	2.60

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kapri Bibbs	1	2	2.00	5.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Derek Carr	5	4	22	4.40	7.77

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
T.J. Yates	3	3	8	2.67	5.27

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
FB Darrel Young	1	1	2	2.00	5.00
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	1	1.00	6.50
WR Marquise Goodwin	1	1	2	2.00	9.36
RB Denard Robinson	1	1	17	17.00	7.20

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cecil Shorts	1	1	2	2.00	10.00
WR Jaelen Strong	1	1	2	2.00	0.50
TE Jay Wilcox	1	1	4	4.00	13.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dion Lewis	2	1
Denard Robinson	2	1
Brandon LaFell	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Alfred Blue	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Carr	7	5	3

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
T.J. Yates	7	4	2
Joseph Clark	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Julian Edelman	3	2	1
RB Denard Robinson	2	1	0
WR Marquise Goodwin	1	1	1
WR Louis Hill	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Keshawn Martin	2	1	0
WR Keith Mumphery	2	2	2
WR Dale Everett	2	1	0
WR Cecil Shorts	1	0	0
TE Jay Wilcox	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 71,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats 7,500 (7,500)
Luxury Boxes 4,100 (4,100)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	71,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats	7,500 (7,500)
Luxury Boxes	4,100 (4,100)