Week 16, 2042

played in Houston, TX

45 degrees, fair, calm

Dallas Cowboys	0	17	17	13	-	47
Houston Texans	7	7	3	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:40 HOU - Bart Mandzuk 11 pass from Howard Heupel (Kaleb Francis extra point)
2Q: 14:27 DAL - Darrin Dodge 3 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
2Q: 04:04 DAL - William Marohl 6 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
2Q: 02:00 HOU - DeAndre Greer 28 pass from Howard Heupel (Kaleb Francis extra point)
2Q: 00:02 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 36 field goal
3Q: 11:15 HOU - Kaleb Francis 44 field goal
3Q: 07:23 DAL - Darrin Dodge 3 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
3Q: 03:53 DAL - Cory Fellin 16 pass from Darrin Dodge (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
3Q: 02:00 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 43 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 40 field goal
4Q: 11:57 HOU - Kaleb Francis 39 field goal
4Q: 02:15 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 43 field goal
4Q: 02:04 DAL - Henry Gilmore 13 interception return (Nicolas Kelly extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:40 HOU - Bart Mandzuk 11 pass from Howard Heupel (Kaleb Francis extra point)
2Q: 14:27 DAL - Darrin Dodge 3 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
2Q: 04:04 DAL - William Marohl 6 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
2Q: 02:00 HOU - DeAndre Greer 28 pass from Howard Heupel (Kaleb Francis extra point)
2Q: 00:02 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 36 field goal
3Q: 11:15 HOU - Kaleb Francis 44 field goal
3Q: 07:23 DAL - Darrin Dodge 3 run (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
3Q: 03:53 DAL - Cory Fellin 16 pass from Darrin Dodge (Nicolas Kelly extra point)
3Q: 02:00 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 43 field goal
4Q: 15:00 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 40 field goal
4Q: 11:57 HOU - Kaleb Francis 39 field goal
4Q: 02:15 DAL - Nicolas Kelly 43 field goal
4Q: 02:04 DAL - Henry Gilmore 13 interception return (Nicolas Kelly extra point)

Team Statistics DAL HOU
Record 13-2 5-10
First Downs 29 15
- by Rushing 9 4
- by Passing 18 10
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 398 338
- Offensive Plays 73 58
- Yards per Play 5.45 5.83
Net Rushing Yards 127 117
- Rushing Attempts 38 19
- Yards per Rush 3.34 6.16
Net Passing Yards 271 221
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 27 - 1 37 - 21 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 279 235
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/8 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 7.74 5.67
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/12 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 4/47 7/52
Punt Returns/Yards 1/4 2/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/71 2/34
Interception Ret./Yards 3/44 1/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 22
Time of Possession 37:47 22:13

Team Statistics	DAL	HOU
Record	13-2	5-10
First Downs	29	15
- by Rushing	9	4
- by Passing	18	10
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	398	338
- Offensive Plays	73	58
- Yards per Play	5.45	5.83
Net Rushing Yards	127	117
- Rushing Attempts	38	19
- Yards per Rush	3.34	6.16
Net Passing Yards	271	221
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 27 - 1	37 - 21 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	279	235
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/8	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	7.74	5.67
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/12	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	4/47	7/52
Punt Returns/Yards	1/4	2/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/71	2/34
Interception Ret./Yards	3/44	1/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	4/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 41	OWN 22
Time of Possession	37:47	22:13

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:40	OWN 20	3	5	Interception
1	12:33	4:39	OWN 20	8	38	Punt
1	4:22	5:05	OWN 24	10	76	Touchdown
2	12:35	2:24	OWN 25	4	13	Punt
2	8:48	4:53	OWN 12	9	88	Touchdown
2	1:49	1:49	OWN 38	8	43	Field Goal
3	11:08	3:56	OWN 46	7	54	Touchdown
3	7:03	3:17	OPP 42	6	42	Touchdown
3	2:58	1:05	OPP 27	3	1	Field Goal
3	1:13	1:19	OPP 23	3	0	Field Goal
4	11:52	3:59	OWN 20	7	28	Punt
4	5:57	2:00	OPP 41	3	7	Punt
4	3:14	1:05	OPP 27	3	1	Field Goal

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:20	0:47	OPP 28	2	28	Touchdown
1	7:54	3:32	OWN 6	6	20	Punt
2	14:17	1:42	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	10:11	1:23	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
2	3:55	2:06	OWN 24	7	76	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:52	OWN 19	7	54	Field Goal
3	7:12	0:09	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
3	3:46	0:48	OWN 20	2	-6	Interception
3	1:53	0:40	OWN 20	2	6	Fumble
4	14:54	3:02	OWN 20	10	58	Field Goal
4	7:53	1:56	OWN 20	7	21	Downs
4	3:57	0:43	OWN 20	4	7	Downs
4	2:09	0:13	OWN 9	1	0	Interception
4	1:56	1:56	OWN 20	4	49	Game

Game MVP: Darrin Dodge, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
William Marohl	25	90	3.60	13	2	1
Carlton Castillo	8	19	2.38	9	0	0
Darrin Dodge	5	18	3.60	10	1	2

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Earnest Stadtmauer	8	35	4.38	17	2
Chris Terry	6	56	9.33	20	2
Howard Heupel	5	26	5.20	8	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Darrin Dodge	33	27	279	2/8	1	31	1	99.3

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howard Heupel	36	21	235	2/14	2	31	2	73.2
Jose Robinson	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	1	0.0

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cory Fellin	9	10	106	11.78	58	23	1
WR Conner Justin	8	11	76	9.50	18	18	0
TE Randall Adams	4	4	25	6.25	21	14	0
RB William Marohl	2	2	24	12.00	3	16	0
TE Bob Hammes	2	2	30	15.00	7	31	0
FB Kelly Hammond	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Joey Wilkins	1	1	9	9.00	4	9	0
WR Salvador Glover	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jon Moss	7	10	82	11.71	41	26	0
WR Bart Mandzuk	4	9	34	8.50	11	14	1
WR DeAndre Greer	3	7	65	21.67	0	31	1
TE Keith Ballard	3	3	28	9.33	0	22	0
RB Chris Terry	2	3	18	9.00	3	10	0
RB Earnest Stadtmauer	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Taylor Cirino	1	3	9	9.00	0	9	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Greg Hellestrae	1	26	26.00	0
S Lance Waskow	1	5	5.00	0
S Henry Gilmore	1	13	13.00	1

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB J.R. Robbins	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force
Darrin Dodge	1	0	0
Rusty Jimenez	0	1	0
Taylor Krieger	0	1	0
Bill Joseph	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Howard Heupel	1	0	0	0
J.T. Phillips	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Stanley Kraft	4	167	41.8	30.8	52	2

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mack Petry	3	151	50.3	49.0	51	0

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Nicolas Kelly	4/4	3/3	0/0	43	5/5

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kaleb Francis	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Salvador Glover	1	4	4.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DeAndre Greer	2	4	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kelvin Witt	1	39	39.0	0
Henry Gilmore	1	32	32.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
B.J. Randle	1	11	11.0	0
DeAndre Greer	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lance Waskow	10	1	0.0	19	37
CB Lorenzo George	4	0	0.0	15	32
OLB Bill Joseph	3	0	2.0	11	22
ILB Silas Buckner	3	2	0.0	16	34
OLB Alonzo Gillespie	3	2	0.0	17	34
S Greg Hellestrae	3	1	0.0	15	34
CB Monty Burns	3	1	0.0	19	39
CB Kelvin Witt	2	2	0.0	11	31
DT William Ortega	2	0	0.0	13	21
CB Sebastian Galland	2	0	0.0	4	7
ILB Jaylen Gunn	1	1	0.0	3	5
OLB Stan Lake	1	0	0.0	3	3
RB William Marohl	1	0	---	---	---
DE Pete Stabenow	1	0	0.0	13	24
DE Jason Garrett	1	0	0.0	12	22
ILB Chad Elrod	0	3	0.0	9	21
DE Jonah Nelson	0	1	0.0	11	27

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	9	3	0.0	34	35
OLB Korey Fichialos	8	2	0.0	28	14
S Terrence Kelly	6	1	0.0	35	35
CB J.R. Robbins	5	2	0.0	32	32
CB Zach Jacquet	5	1	0.0	33	35
DT Rex Hauer	4	2	0.5	29	29
S Shawn Hickman	4	5	0.0	33	30
OLB J.T. Phillips	3	1	1.5	33	35
ILB Lorenzo Walton	3	2	0.0	15	8
CB Landon Killian	3	1	0.0	24	26
DE Oliver Shire	3	0	0.0	30	32
DE Rickey Loyd	2	0	0.0	13	6
CB Marcus Szypulski	2	0	0.0	7	4
WR Bart Mandzuk	2	0	---	---	---
DE Rusty Ansara	1	2	0.0	9	10
ILB Ed Demyan	1	1	0.0	9	5
OLB Scott Aceves	1	0	0.0	5	0
ILB Quinn Rico	1	0	0.0	3	0
DE Ricky Wretzky	1	0	0.0	24	22
G Leslie Mozart	1	0	---	---	---
S Gabe Hanks	0	2	0.0	12	21

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Bill Joseph	2.0	0	22
DT William Ortega	0.0	1	21
DT Taylor Krieger	0.0	1	23
DE Jason Garrett	0.0	1	22

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB J.T. Phillips	1.5	1	3	35
DT Rex Hauer	0.5	1	0	29
DE Ricky Wretzky	0.0	0	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Lance Waskow	4	1	1	37
CB Monty Burns	3	2	0	39
S Greg Hellestrae	3	0	1	34
OLB Alonzo Gillespie	3	0	0	34
CB Kelvin Witt	2	0	0	31
CB Sebastian Galland	2	0	0	7
CB Lorenzo George	2	0	0	32
ILB Jaylen Gunn	1	0	0	5
ILB Silas Buckner	1	0	0	34
S Henry Gilmore	0	0	1	5

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Zach Jacquet	4	1	0	35
CB J.R. Robbins	4	0	1	32
S Terrence Kelly	4	0	0	35
OLB Korey Fichialos	3	0	0	14
CB Landon Killian	3	0	0	26
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	2	1	0	35
S Shawn Hickman	2	0	0	30
DE Rickey Loyd	2	0	0	6
OLB J.T. Phillips	1	0	0	35
CB Marcus Szypulski	1	0	0	4
DT Rex Hauer	1	0	0	29

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Paul Geller	2	9	36	1	35
Winfred Nader	2	8	36	1	35
Ken Jacobs	2	5	34	0	35
Rusty Jimenez	2	5	35	0	35
Howie Ramsey	1	5	35	0	35
Myles Burns	0	1	4	0	0

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ricardo Barnes	2	3	0	17	0	38
Leslie Mozart	2	3	0	19	0	39
Roger Chandler	1	2	0	19	0	39
Mercury Newsome	1	1	1	3	0	4
Randal Dillon	1	1	0	4	0	3
Jimmy Greene	0	2	0	17	2	37
Frankie Hardy	0	2	0	16	0	35

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Blaine Rogers	2	19
Randall Adams	1	21
Cory Fellin	1	11

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Chris Terry	1	19
Marcus Szypulski	1	15
Quinn Rico	1	14

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Randall Adams	30	28	---	---	21	79
Ken Jacobs	34	35	---	---	6	75
Monty Burns	---	---	19	39	17	75
Darrin Dodge	38	35	---	---	---	73
Howie Ramsey	35	35	---	---	2	72
Paul Geller	36	35	---	---	---	71
Winfred Nader	36	35	---	---	---	71
Conner Justin	35	35	---	---	---	70
Rusty Jimenez	35	35	---	---	---	70
Cory Fellin	23	25	---	---	11	59
Lance Waskow	---	---	19	37	2	58
Bob Hammes	30	28	---	---	---	58
Kelvin Witt	---	---	11	31	15	57
William Marohl	28	27	---	---	---	55
Alonzo Gillespie	---	---	17	34	2	53
Silas Buckner	---	---	16	34	2	52
Greg Hellestrae	---	---	15	34	2	51
Lorenzo George	---	---	15	32	2	49
Carlton Castillo	10	8	---	---	25	43
Jonah Nelson	---	---	11	27	2	40
Kelly Hammond	11	8	---	---	20	39
Bill Joseph	---	---	11	22	6	39
Pete Stabenow	---	---	13	24	2	39
Chad Elrod	---	---	9	21	9	39
Joey Wilkins	12	7	---	---	18	37
Jason Garrett	---	---	12	22	3	37
William Ortega	---	---	13	21	1	35
Taylor Krieger	---	---	8	23	4	35
Blaine Rogers	---	---	6	8	19	33
Salvador Glover	7	8	---	---	18	33
Stan Lake	---	---	3	3	14	20
Henry Gilmore	---	---	4	5	9	18
Sebastian Galland	---	---	4	7	6	17
Stanley Kraft	0	0	---	---	13	13
Malcolm Spadaford	4	0	---	---	8	12
James Mills	3	0	---	---	8	11
Mason Daniels	3	0	---	---	6	9
Jaylen Gunn	---	---	3	5	---	8
Morris Madison	1	1	---	---	6	8
Butch Allen	0	0	---	---	8	8
Myles Burns	4	0	---	---	2	6
Darrin Dotson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Nicolas Kelly	0	0	---	---	4	4
Heath Marshall	3	0	---	---	---	3
Arnie Collier	0	0	---	---	---	0
Patrick Foley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Terrence Kelly	---	---	35	35	4	74
Dustin Kuszewski	---	---	34	35	4	73
J.T. Phillips	---	---	33	35	3	71
Zach Jacquet	---	---	33	35	3	71
Oliver Shire	---	---	30	32	8	70
Shawn Hickman	---	---	33	30	5	68
J.R. Robbins	---	---	32	32	4	68
Roger Chandler	19	39	---	---	5	63
DeAndre Greer	15	34	---	---	12	61
Rex Hauer	---	---	29	29	3	61
Ricardo Barnes	17	38	---	---	5	60
Leslie Mozart	19	39	---	---	---	58
Landon Killian	---	---	24	26	8	58
Howard Heupel	15	38	---	---	2	55
Keith Ballard	14	24	---	---	17	55
Bart Mandzuk	9	28	---	---	18	55
Jimmy Greene	17	37	---	---	---	54
Gabe Hanks	---	---	12	21	19	52
Frankie Hardy	16	35	---	---	---	51
Ricky Wretzky	---	---	24	22	4	50
Jon Moss	16	31	---	---	---	47
Chris Terry	9	19	---	---	19	47
Trevor Davis	10	13	---	---	23	46
Korey Fichialos	---	---	28	14	---	42
Earnest Stadtmauer	10	20	---	---	7	37
Lorenzo Walton	---	---	15	8	4	27
Taylor Cirino	4	14	---	---	9	27
Ed Demyan	---	---	9	5	12	26
Marcus Szypulski	---	---	7	4	15	26
B.J. Randle	1	5	---	---	17	23
Rusty Ansara	---	---	9	10	1	20
Rickey Loyd	---	---	13	6	1	20
Camden Cox	---	---	10	6	3	19
Quinn Rico	---	---	3	0	14	17
Leslie Johnston	7	7	---	---	1	15
Rodney Burney	0	0	---	---	12	12
Mercury Newsome	3	4	---	---	5	12
Randal Dillon	4	3	---	---	5	12
Zachary Coffey	---	---	0	0	9	9
Scott Aceves	---	---	5	0	1	6
Morris Hurnblad	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bryce Shula	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jose Robinson	4	1	---	---	---	5
Mack Petry	0	0	---	---	3	3
Kaleb Francis	0	0	---	---	2	2
Emmanuel O'Dwyer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	44	4.0
Middle	15	45	3.0
Right	12	38	3.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	15	5.0
Middle	11	58	5.3
Right	5	44	8.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Darrin Dodge	33	27	3	1	0	2	2	4	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howard Heupel	36	21	5	4	3	3	3	0	2
Jose Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	38	9.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	15	130	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	80	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	31	10.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	26	26.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	51	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	54	5.4
Long (19+ Yds)	11	4	104	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Conner Justin	11	8	76	0	35
WR Cory Fellin	10	9	106	2	25
TE Randall Adams	4	4	25	0	28
FB Kelly Hammond	2	1	9	0	8
RB William Marohl	2	2	24	0	27
TE Bob Hammes	2	2	30	1	28
WR Joey Wilkins	1	1	9	0	7
WR Salvador Glover	1	0	0	0	8

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jon Moss	10	7	2	82	2	31
WR Bart Mandzuk	9	4	0	34	0	28
WR DeAndre Greer	7	3	0	65	2	34
RB Chris Terry	3	2	0	18	0	19
TE Keith Ballard	3	3	0	28	1	24
WR Taylor Cirino	3	1	1	9	0	14
RB Earnest Stadtmauer	2	1	0	-1	0	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
William Marohl	7	23	3.29	3.60
Darrin Dodge	2	6	3.00	3.60

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Darrin Dodge	7	6	52	7.43	8.45

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howard Heupel	1	1	11	11.00	6.53

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cory Fellin	3	3	30	10.00	10.60
WR Conner Justin	2	2	13	6.50	6.91
FB Kelly Hammond	1	0	0	0.00	4.50
WR Joey Wilkins	1	1	9	9.00	9.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bart Mandzuk	1	1	11	11.00	3.78

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Carlton Castillo	3	1
William Marohl	2	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Earnest Stadtmauer	1	0
Howard Heupel	1	0
Chris Terry	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Darrin Dodge	7	4	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howard Heupel	10	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cory Fellin	4	3	1
WR Conner Justin	3	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jon Moss	5	5	3
WR DeAndre Greer	3	2	1
WR Bart Mandzuk	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,200 (21,200)
End Zone 15,300 (15,300)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 13,500 (13,500)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,200 (4,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,200 (21,200)
End Zone	15,300 (15,300)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	13,500 (13,500)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,200 (4,200)