Week 6, 2036

played in Buffalo, NY

43 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Houston Texans	7	14	7	3	-	31
Buffalo Bills	0	10	0	6	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:24 HOU - Darnell Bates 6 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 14:35 HOU - Darnell Bates 3 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 07:13 BUF - Steve Monroe 24 pass from Ernie Sims (Ken Goldberg extra point)
2Q: 01:07 HOU - Randal Posante 13 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 00:03 BUF - Ken Goldberg 42 field goal
3Q: 06:26 HOU - Jamal Lemke 44 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Darrin Borders extra point)
4Q: 10:38 BUF - Ernie Sims 3 run (Owen Farrens run for conversion failed)
4Q: 00:09 HOU - Darrin Borders 37 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:24 HOU - Darnell Bates 6 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 14:35 HOU - Darnell Bates 3 run (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 07:13 BUF - Steve Monroe 24 pass from Ernie Sims (Ken Goldberg extra point)
2Q: 01:07 HOU - Randal Posante 13 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Darrin Borders extra point)
2Q: 00:03 BUF - Ken Goldberg 42 field goal
3Q: 06:26 HOU - Jamal Lemke 44 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Darrin Borders extra point)
4Q: 10:38 BUF - Ernie Sims 3 run (Owen Farrens run for conversion failed)
4Q: 00:09 HOU - Darrin Borders 37 field goal

Team Statistics HOU BUF
Record 4-2 2-4
First Downs 21 23
- by Rushing 10 6
- by Passing 11 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 360 365
- Offensive Plays 66 66
- Yards per Play 5.45 5.53
Net Rushing Yards 178 70
- Rushing Attempts 47 14
- Yards per Rush 3.79 5.00
Net Passing Yards 182 295
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 15 - 0 52 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 182 295
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 9.58 5.67
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 7/60 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 4/44 4/55
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/51
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 22
Time of Possession 35:45 24:15

Team Statistics	HOU	BUF
Record	4-2	2-4
First Downs	21	23
- by Rushing	10	6
- by Passing	11	15
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	360	365
- Offensive Plays	66	66
- Yards per Play	5.45	5.53
Net Rushing Yards	178	70
- Rushing Attempts	47	14
- Yards per Rush	3.79	5.00
Net Passing Yards	182	295
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 15 - 0	52 - 30 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	182	295
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	9.58	5.67
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	7/60	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	4/44	4/55
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/51
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 22
Time of Possession	35:45	24:15

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:43	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
1	8:12	2:01	OWN 47	3	7	Punt
1	2:38	3:12	OWN 41	8	59	Touchdown
2	12:56	2:44	OWN 20	5	23	Punt
2	7:02	6:01	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
3	10:27	4:16	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
3	3:47	0:47	OWN 48	3	1	Punt
3	1:43	3:15	OWN 35	5	20	Punt
4	10:26	1:22	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	6:49	2:35	OWN 19	3	-4	Punt
4	3:35	1:15	OPP 30	3	-10	Punt
4	1:46	1:42	OPP 20	3	0	Field Goal

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:17	2:05	OWN 21	3	-4	Punt
1	6:11	3:33	OWN 4	7	25	Punt
2	14:26	1:30	OWN 20	4	26	Punt
2	10:12	3:10	OWN 31	7	69	Touchdown
2	1:01	1:01	OWN 20	4	55	Field Goal
3	14:11	3:44	OWN 32	5	29	Punt
3	6:11	2:24	OWN 20	6	45	Fumble
3	3:00	1:17	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
4	13:28	3:02	OWN 2	10	98	Touchdown
4	9:04	2:15	OWN 47	10	34	Downs
4	4:14	0:39	OWN 29	4	1	Downs
4	2:20	0:34	OWN 20	4	0	Downs
4	0:04	0:04	OWN 20	1	0	Game

Game MVP: Frankie Blincoe, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Darnell Bates	34	119	3.50	19	3	2
Jackie Barber	8	27	3.38	7	0	0
Frankie Blincoe	5	32	6.40	10	2	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Owen Farrens	9	42	4.67	11	3	0
Ernie Sims	4	19	4.75	11	1	1
Archie Carmona	1	9	9.00	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Blincoe	19	15	182	0/0	2	44	0	141.6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ernie Sims	52	30	295	0/0	1	27	0	80.2

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jamal Lemke	4	4	58	14.50	39	44	1
RB Darnell Bates	4	5	53	13.25	28	27	0
TE Pete Siders	3	5	28	9.33	4	14	0
WR Mo Garrett	2	2	24	12.00	5	13	0
RB Jackie Barber	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Randal Posante	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	1
TE Griffin Barton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Larry Stratton	9	16	103	11.44	34	27	0
RB Owen Farrens	7	8	63	9.00	41	19	0
TE Zack Kelley	5	9	43	8.60	9	14	0
WR Steve Monroe	4	10	54	13.50	8	24	1
FB Jerry Douglas	2	2	23	11.50	10	12	0
TE Bart Geib	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Scott Welch	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Collin Carlisle	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Recov	Force
Emmanuel Makovicka	1	0
Harold Mason	0	1
Winston Bensen	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov
Ernie Sims	1	0
Owen Farrens	1	0
Bob Riley	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	7	321	45.9	35.1	60	4

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Caiden Shaw	5	220	44.0	31.2	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Darrin Borders	1/1	0/0	0/0	37	4/4

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ken Goldberg	1/1	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Norman Pomeranz	4	44	11.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Owen Farrens	4	55	13.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cornelius Hughes	1	24	24.0	0
Melvin Thomason	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Floyd Juarez	8	3	14	50
S Harold Mason	7	0	13	51
CB Winston Bensen	6	1	10	43
CB Lamar Timpson	4	2	13	50
S Alan Cutler	3	2	11	20
OLB Carl Ingram	3	2	11	42
DE Sammie Back	2	1	8	31
DT Keith Small	2	0	9	31
CB C.J. Stewart	2	0	3	15
OLB Lorenzo Walton	2	0	3	6
S Leroy Strong	1	0	3	31
CB Emmanuel Makovicka	0	1	13	49

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Melvin Thomason	13	3	0.0	47	19
ILB Matt Ramaswami	9	1	0.0	27	9
ILB Chuck McDaniel	7	9	0.0	47	19
S Edwin Castillo	4	2	0.0	46	19
CB Grant Prescott	3	1	0.0	20	10
OLB Bernie Marshak	3	1	0.0	27	8
DE Grant Meier	3	1	0.0	32	15
OLB Deon Riley	3	1	0.0	41	19
CB Robbie Tate	2	1	0.0	47	19
DE Tyrone Koslosky	2	1	0.0	23	15
DT Noah Ingram	2	1	0.0	17	8
DT Damon Towle	2	0	0.0	35	12
CB Earl Wombacher	2	0	0.0	42	16
OLB Leon Walker	1	1	0.0	19	8
DE Hugh Boyer	1	1	0.0	35	7
C Sedrick Douthit	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Keith Small	1	0	0	31
ILB Floyd Juarez	1	0	0	50
DE Scott Meier	1	0	0	34
DE Sammie Back	0	3	0	31
DT Wendell Fletcher	0	2	1	42
DE Xavier Terry	0	2	0	34
DT Eric Sarfaty	0	1	1	23

Buffalo	Hurry	PPlay
DT Damon Towle	1	12
CB Robbie Tate	1	19
ILB Chuck McDaniel	1	19
DE Hugh Boyer	1	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Winston Bensen	5	1	43
OLB Carl Ingram	4	2	42
S Harold Mason	4	0	51
ILB Floyd Juarez	4	0	50
CB Lamar Timpson	3	1	50
OLB Lorenzo Walton	2	1	6
S Leroy Strong	2	1	31
DE Sammie Back	2	0	31
CB C.J. Stewart	2	0	15
S Alan Cutler	2	0	20

Buffalo	Caught	PPlay
S Melvin Thomason	3	19
CB Robbie Tate	2	19
ILB Chuck McDaniel	2	19
ILB Matt Ramaswami	2	9
CB Earl Wombacher	2	16
CB Grant Prescott	1	10
OLB Bernie Marshak	1	8
S Edwin Castillo	1	19
DT Noah Ingram	1	8

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Mo Dole	4	7	47	19
Cole Bennett	3	10	47	19
Darren Coles	3	7	47	19
Kent Niechniedowicz	1	7	47	19
Bernie Flowers	1	6	47	19
Griffin Barton	1	3	47	19
Stephen Kluge	0	2	31	10

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Deron Griffin	2	2	14	52
Trent Dircks	1	3	14	52
Sedrick Douthit	1	1	13	30
Brody Picton	0	2	14	48
Bart Geib	0	1	4	20
Bob Riley	0	1	14	52

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Jackie Barber	2	17
Leroy Strong	1	16
Emmanuel Makovicka	1	13
Arnie Reed	1	8
Marco Nimmons	1	8

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Hardy Nixon	2	14
Bart Geib	1	15
Deon Riley	1	9

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Pete Siders	47	19	---	---	14	80
Floyd Juarez	---	---	14	50	15	79
Emmanuel Makovicka	---	---	13	49	13	75
Bernie Flowers	47	19	---	---	8	74
Griffin Barton	47	19	---	---	1	67
Frankie Blincoe	47	19	---	---	---	66
Harold Mason	---	---	13	51	2	66
Darren Coles	47	19	---	---	---	66
Kent Niechniedowicz	47	19	---	---	---	66
Mo Dole	47	19	---	---	---	66
Cole Bennett	47	19	---	---	---	66
Winston Bensen	---	---	10	43	11	64
Lamar Timpson	---	---	13	50	1	64
Darnell Bates	38	14	---	---	6	58
Stephen Kluge	31	10	---	---	16	57
Jamal Lemke	42	15	---	---	---	57
Carl Ingram	---	---	11	42	1	54
Wendell Fletcher	---	---	9	42	---	51
Leroy Strong	---	---	3	31	16	50
Scott Meier	---	---	10	34	4	48
Xavier Terry	---	---	6	34	3	43
Keith Small	---	---	9	31	2	42
Sammie Back	---	---	8	31	2	41
Jackie Barber	12	8	---	---	17	37
Eric Sarfaty	---	---	10	23	1	34
Alan Cutler	---	---	11	20	3	34
C.J. Stewart	---	---	3	15	10	28
Norman Pomeranz	3	2	---	---	15	20
Mo Garrett	6	5	---	---	8	19
Norman Nixon	---	---	3	10	1	14
Tommie Drake	0	0	---	---	14	14
Randal Posante	9	3	---	---	2	14
Ty Shields	---	---	1	2	8	11
Toby Castanie	0	0	---	---	10	10
Lorenzo Walton	---	---	3	6	1	10
Darnell Briggs	0	0	---	---	8	8
Arnie Reed	0	0	---	---	8	8
Marco Nimmons	0	0	---	---	8	8
Barry Kamin	---	---	3	4	1	8
Bryce Shula	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chris Sturgeon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Morris Hurnblad	0	0	---	---	6	6
Wendell Begay	---	---	1	4	---	5
Darrin Borders	0	0	---	---	1	1
Joel Grzybowski	0	0	---	---	---	0
Wally Binkow	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Larry Stratton	13	46	---	---	16	75
Owen Farrens	9	44	---	---	21	74
Melvin Thomason	---	---	47	19	7	73
Deron Griffin	14	52	---	---	6	72
Deon Riley	---	---	41	19	9	69
Brody Picton	14	48	---	---	6	68
Robbie Tate	---	---	47	19	1	67
Chuck McDaniel	---	---	47	19	1	67
Trent Dircks	14	52	---	---	---	66
Ernie Sims	14	52	---	---	---	66
Edwin Castillo	---	---	46	19	1	66
Bob Riley	14	52	---	---	---	66
Zack Kelley	11	41	---	---	7	59
Earl Wombacher	---	---	42	16	1	59
Steve Monroe	8	38	---	---	7	53
Grant Prescott	---	---	20	10	23	53
Leon Walker	---	---	19	8	23	50
Jerry Douglas	6	29	---	---	15	50
Hugh Boyer	---	---	35	7	7	49
Damon Towle	---	---	35	12	1	48
Grant Meier	---	---	32	15	1	48
Sedrick Douthit	13	30	---	---	---	43
Matt Ramaswami	---	---	27	9	6	42
Bart Geib	4	20	---	---	15	39
Tyrone Koslosky	---	---	23	15	1	39
Bernie Marshak	---	---	27	8	1	36
Collin Carlisle	8	24	---	---	1	33
Noah Ingram	---	---	17	8	7	32
Randal Dawson	1	22	---	---	6	29
Scott Welch	7	11	---	---	---	18
Hardy Nixon	---	---	1	0	14	15
Chester Murray	1	1	---	---	10	12
Everett Dunlap	---	---	5	3	3	11
Archie Carmona	3	6	---	---	---	9
Kris Garrett	---	---	3	0	6	9
Ethan Devine	---	---	3	3	2	8
Cornelius Hughes	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dean Clark	0	0	---	---	6	6
Heath Rodenhauser	0	0	---	---	6	6
Caiden Shaw	0	0	---	---	5	5
Dennis Meadows	0	4	---	---	---	4
Ricky Harper	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ken Goldberg	0	0	---	---	1	1
Marco Josephson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Donald Loftus	0	0	---	---	---	0
Devin Dore	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	49	4.9
Middle	32	118	3.7
Right	4	12	3.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	29	7.3
Middle	6	33	5.5
Right	4	8	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Blincoe	19	15	2	0	0	0	4	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ernie Sims	52	30	3	2	3	6	8	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	27	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	11	119	9.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	3	36	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	50	7.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	16	107	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	94	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	44	5.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Pete Siders	5	3	28	0	19
RB Darnell Bates	5	4	53	1	14
WR Jamal Lemke	4	4	58	1	15
WR Mo Garrett	2	2	24	0	5
RB Jackie Barber	1	1	6	0	8
WR Randal Posante	1	1	13	0	3
TE Griffin Barton	1	0	0	0	19

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Larry Stratton	16	9	0	103	2	46
WR Steve Monroe	10	4	0	54	1	38
TE Zack Kelley	9	5	2	43	0	41
RB Owen Farrens	8	7	0	63	0	44
TE Bart Geib	3	1	1	-1	0	20
WR Scott Welch	2	1	0	7	0	11
WR Collin Carlisle	2	1	0	3	0	24
FB Jerry Douglas	2	2	0	23	0	29

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Darnell Bates	7	26	3.71	3.50
Frankie Blincoe	2	6	3.00	6.40

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ernie Sims	1	3	3.00	4.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Frankie Blincoe	1	1	13	13.00	9.58

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ernie Sims	7	2	13	1.86	5.67

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Randal Posante	1	1	13	13.00	13.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Larry Stratton	2	0	0	0.00	6.44
TE Zack Kelley	2	1	14	7.00	4.78
TE Bart Geib	1	1	-1	-1.00	-0.33
WR Scott Welch	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
RB Owen Farrens	1	0	0	0.00	7.88

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	4	2
Darnell Bates	3	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Ernie Sims	1	0
Owen Farrens	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	7	4	3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ernie Sims	10	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamal Lemke	2	2	2
TE Pete Siders	2	1	0
RB Darnell Bates	2	1	1
TE Griffin Barton	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Larry Stratton	3	0	0
WR Steve Monroe	2	0	0
TE Bart Geib	1	1	0
TE Zack Kelley	1	1	0
RB Owen Farrens	1	1	1
WR Collin Carlisle	1	0	0
FB Jerry Douglas	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 77,500 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,300 (23,500)
End Zone 12,800 (16,900)
Mezzanine 8,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats 12,000 (15,000)
Club Seats 16,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,400 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	77,500 (95,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,300 (23,500)
End Zone	12,800 (16,900)
Mezzanine	8,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats	12,000 (15,000)
Club Seats	16,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,400 (9,900)