Week 7, 2043

played in Houston, TX

89 degrees, fair, calm

Denver Broncos	0	3	3	0	-	6
Houston Texans	7	14	7	3	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:25 HOU - Jon Moss 2 pass from Howard Heupel (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 07:47 HOU - Ben Whiting 17 run (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 03:49 DEN - Tommy Walton 39 field goal
2Q: 00:46 HOU - Henry Ramsey 5 pass from Howard Heupel (Ed Norton extra point)
3Q: 01:28 DEN - Tommy Walton 41 field goal
3Q: 01:22 HOU - DeAndre Greer 92 kickoff return (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 10:34 HOU - Ed Norton 51 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:25 HOU - Jon Moss 2 pass from Howard Heupel (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 07:47 HOU - Ben Whiting 17 run (Ed Norton extra point)
2Q: 03:49 DEN - Tommy Walton 39 field goal
2Q: 00:46 HOU - Henry Ramsey 5 pass from Howard Heupel (Ed Norton extra point)
3Q: 01:28 DEN - Tommy Walton 41 field goal
3Q: 01:22 HOU - DeAndre Greer 92 kickoff return (Ed Norton extra point)
4Q: 10:34 HOU - Ed Norton 51 field goal

Team Statistics DEN HOU
Record 2-4 7-0
First Downs 11 20
- by Rushing 2 8
- by Passing 9 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 225 336
- Offensive Plays 59 59
- Yards per Play 3.81 5.69
Net Rushing Yards 70 130
- Rushing Attempts 20 31
- Yards per Rush 3.50 4.19
Net Passing Yards 155 206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 16 - 0 25 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 184 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/29 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 3.97 7.36
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/16 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 6/98
Kick Returns/Yards 3/73 2/107
Interception Ret./Yards 1/19 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 32
Time of Possession 27:50 32:10

Team Statistics	DEN	HOU
Record	2-4	7-0
First Downs	11	20
- by Rushing	2	8
- by Passing	9	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	225	336
- Offensive Plays	59	59
- Yards per Play	3.81	5.69
Net Rushing Yards	70	130
- Rushing Attempts	20	31
- Yards per Rush	3.50	4.19
Net Passing Yards	155	206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 16 - 0	25 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	184	222
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/29	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	3.97	7.36
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/16	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	6/98
Kick Returns/Yards	3/73	2/107
Interception Ret./Yards	1/19	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 32
Time of Possession	27:50	32:10

Drive Charts

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:46	1:27	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	6:15	2:27	OWN 20	6	22	Punt
1	0:27	5:08	OWN 5	9	33	Punt
2	7:30	1:10	OWN 27	3	0	Punt
2	5:02	1:21	OPP 31	3	9	Field Goal
2	0:35	0:35	OWN 36	3	18	Half
3	15:00	2:20	OWN 24	3	3	Punt
3	10:54	2:28	OWN 18	6	21	Punt
3	6:31	5:09	OWN 3	9	73	Field Goal
3	1:08	1:08	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	10:29	1:18	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	5:47	2:49	OWN 9	5	20	Punt
4	1:06	1:06	OWN 20	3	4	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:14	OWN 14	6	27	Punt
1	10:19	4:04	OPP 40	8	40	Touchdown
1	3:48	3:21	OWN 16	5	29	Punt
2	10:19	2:49	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
2	6:20	1:18	OWN 44	3	-2	Interception
2	3:41	3:06	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	12:40	1:46	OWN 35	5	14	Punt
3	8:26	1:55	OWN 42	3	8	Punt
4	15:00	4:31	OWN 28	7	38	Field Goal
4	9:11	3:24	OWN 26	6	15	Punt
4	2:58	1:52	OPP 48	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Rex Hauer, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Wade Blade	7	5	0.71	8	0
Butch Snyder	7	24	3.43	6	0
Terrance Cortez	4	33	8.25	12	2
Gerald Hamilton	1	5	5.00	5	0
Irving Solymos	1	3	3.00	3	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Earnest Stadtmauer	18	62	3.44	22	3	0
Ben Whiting	10	42	4.20	17	1	1
Howard Heupel	3	26	8.67	11	2	0

Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Irving Solymos	33	16	184	5/29	0	32	0	65.7
Aaron Abrams	1	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	39.6

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howard Heupel	25	18	222	3/16	2	30	1	109.1

Receiving Statistics

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Cameron Tucker	3	6	22	7.33	10	14
TE Rufus Ford	2	2	24	12.00	6	13
WR Cristian Clements	2	6	39	19.50	6	32
WR Casey Blackburn	2	10	23	11.50	13	13
RB Terrance Cortez	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Angel Cottle	1	1	19	19.00	13	19
WR Rusty Boone	1	3	20	20.00	5	20
RB Wade Blade	1	1	11	11.00	2	11
RB Butch Snyder	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Preston Cremeans	1	2	18	18.00	6	18
WR Connor Worthy	1	1	5	5.00	0	5

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR DeAndre Greer	5	5	74	14.80	31	25	0
WR Bart Mandzuk	5	8	66	13.20	18	29	0
TE Henry Ramsey	3	5	34	11.33	31	30	1
RB Ben Whiting	2	2	25	12.50	8	14	0
WR Jon Moss	2	3	11	5.50	0	9	1
RB Earnest Stadtmauer	1	1	12	12.00	7	12	0
FB Trevor Davis	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Isaiah Obenhoff	1	19	19.00	0

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Reuben Webster	0	0	1	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Henry Ramsey	1	0	0	0
Earnest Stadtmauer	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Richie Lira	9	386	42.9	32.0	54	3

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mack Petry	6	299	49.8	40.8	59	4

Kicking Statistics

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommy Walton	2/2	1/1	0/0	41	0/0

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ed Norton	1/1	1/1	1/1	51	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mason Donovan	2	14	7.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Carson Wagner	6	98	16.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Blackburn	2	57	28.5	0
Terry Sims	1	16	16.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DeAndre Greer	1	92	92.0	1
T.J. Womack	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	9	3	1.5	31	27
S Reuben Webster	8	0	0.0	28	25
ILB Efrain Richmond	7	2	0.0	31	28
CB Terry Sims	5	1	0.0	13	18
ILB Grayson Villareal	4	1	0.0	17	10
S Tony Greenlee	3	2	0.0	28	27
CB Mason Donovan	3	1	0.0	29	28
DT Paul Babcock	3	1	0.0	17	14
DE Winfred Fennell	2	1	0.5	29	21
CB Isaiah Obenhoff	2	2	0.0	28	23
OLB Brody Jamison	1	1	0.5	17	10
OLB Kody Westbrook	1	0	0.5	7	17
DE Jared Madison	1	1	0.0	19	14
DT Raymond Hudson	0	2	0.0	14	15
DE Rufus Douglas	0	1	0.0	14	21
S Lewis James	0	1	0.0	11	6

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	6	4	0.0	20	39
DT Rex Hauer	5	0	2.5	14	22
S Shawn Hickman	5	4	0.0	19	37
CB Zach Jacquet	4	1	0.0	18	38
CB Marcus Szypulski	4	0	0.0	16	36
S Gabe Hanks	3	2	0.0	20	38
CB J.R. Robbins	3	2	0.0	18	35
OLB J.T. Phillips	2	2	2.0	19	37
DE Rusty Ansara	2	1	0.5	11	27
DE Oliver Shire	2	0	0.0	14	23
OLB Korey Fichialos	2	0	0.0	9	22
ILB Lorenzo Walton	1	0	0.0	4	4
ILB Ed Demyan	1	0	0.0	4	5
S Terrence Kelly	1	0	0.0	8	12
TE Henry Ramsey	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rickey Loyd	0	1	0.0	6	16
DE Ricky Wretzky	0	1	0.0	9	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	1.5	0	0	27
OLB Kody Westbrook	0.5	0	1	17
OLB Brody Jamison	0.5	0	0	10
DE Winfred Fennell	0.5	0	0	21
DT Paul Babcock	0.0	1	1	14
DT Raymond Hudson	0.0	1	0	15

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Rex Hauer	2.5	1	2	1	22
OLB J.T. Phillips	2.0	0	4	2	37
DE Rusty Ansara	0.5	0	0	0	27
DE Ricky Wretzky	0.0	1	0	0	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Denver	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
S Reuben Webster	5	0	25
CB Terry Sims	4	0	18
ILB Grayson Villareal	3	0	10
OLB Sedrick Zimmerman	2	0	27
CB Isaiah Obenhoff	1	1	23
CB Mason Donovan	1	0	28
ILB Efrain Richmond	1	0	28
S Tony Greenlee	1	0	27

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Marcus Szypulski	4	3	36
CB J.R. Robbins	3	1	35
ILB Dustin Kuszewski	2	1	39
S Gabe Hanks	2	0	38
OLB Korey Fichialos	2	0	22
S Shawn Hickman	1	2	37
S Terrence Kelly	1	1	12
ILB Lorenzo Walton	1	0	4
CB Zach Jacquet	0	2	38

Blocking Statistics

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Winters	2	4	1	16	0	39
Lester O'Brien	2	3	0	19	0	38
Thomas Blake	1	3	0	15	1	38
Nathaniel Garboushian	1	2	0	5	0	1
Philip Ebeling	0	4	0	20	2	39
Angel Cottle	0	2	0	8	0	21
Antonio Mullaney	0	1	0	15	2	38

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leslie Mozart	2	7	0	31	1	28
Bernie Flowers	2	4	0	31	0	28
Frankie Hardy	1	7	0	31	1	28
Jimmy Greene	1	5	0	31	0	28
Trevor Davis	1	1	1	21	0	17
Zane Duran	0	4	0	31	1	28

Special Teams Tackles

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Gerald Hamilton	3	20
Connor Worthy	2	19
Butch Snyder	1	26
Lester O'Brien	1	11

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Chris Terry	3	23
Zachary Coffey	1	15
Luther Willbrandt	1	7

Participation

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lester O'Brien	19	38	---	---	11	68
Reuben Webster	---	---	28	25	14	67
Mason Donovan	---	---	29	28	6	63
Efrain Richmond	---	---	31	28	1	60
Philip Ebeling	20	39	---	---	---	59
Sedrick Zimmerman	---	---	31	27	1	59
Irving Solymos	18	38	---	---	---	56
Tony Greenlee	---	---	28	27	1	56
Rufus Ford	13	24	---	---	18	55
Pete Winters	16	39	---	---	---	55
Thomas Blake	15	38	---	---	---	53
Cameron Tucker	14	25	---	---	14	53
Butch Snyder	8	19	---	---	26	53
Antonio Mullaney	15	38	---	---	---	53
Isaiah Obenhoff	---	---	28	23	1	52
Winfred Fennell	---	---	29	21	1	51
Terry Sims	---	---	13	18	19	50
Casey Blackburn	10	29	---	---	6	45
Angel Cottle	8	21	---	---	13	42
Jared Madison	---	---	19	14	6	39
Rusty Boone	12	25	---	---	1	38
Brody Jamison	---	---	17	10	9	36
Rufus Douglas	---	---	14	21	1	36
Gerald Hamilton	6	9	---	---	20	35
Raymond Hudson	---	---	14	15	6	35
Kody Westbrook	---	---	7	17	9	33
Paul Babcock	---	---	17	14	1	32
Lewis James	---	---	11	6	14	31
Grayson Villareal	---	---	17	10	---	27
Cristian Clements	7	15	---	---	2	24
Wade Blade	8	13	---	---	---	21
Connor Worthy	0	2	---	---	19	21
Darrell Godsey	5	1	---	---	11	17
Nathaniel Garboushian	5	1	---	---	11	17
Preston Cremeans	10	6	---	---	1	17
Les Arndt	5	1	---	---	11	17
Dustin Dawson	---	---	3	0	13	16
Terrance Cortez	4	7	---	---	2	13
Ryan Napiecek	0	0	---	---	11	11
Richie Lira	0	0	---	---	9	9
Everett Fredrickson	---	---	3	3	1	7
Aaron Abrams	2	1	---	---	2	5
Tommy Walton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Leon Brewer	---	---	2	1	---	3
Bruce Torelli	0	0	---	---	---	0
Martin Lyon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Marcus Szypulski	---	---	16	36	27	79
Bart Mandzuk	28	21	---	---	18	67
Bernie Flowers	31	28	---	---	7	66
Dustin Kuszewski	---	---	20	39	2	61
Howard Heupel	31	28	---	---	1	60
Trevor Davis	21	17	---	---	21	59
Frankie Hardy	31	28	---	---	---	59
Gabe Hanks	---	---	20	38	1	59
Leslie Mozart	31	28	---	---	---	59
Jimmy Greene	31	28	---	---	---	59
Zane Duran	31	28	---	---	---	59
Shawn Hickman	---	---	19	37	2	58
J.T. Phillips	---	---	19	37	2	58
Zach Jacquet	---	---	18	38	2	58
J.R. Robbins	---	---	18	35	2	55
Henry Ramsey	27	23	---	---	---	50
Leslie Johnston	15	11	---	---	16	42
Korey Fichialos	---	---	9	22	10	41
Rex Hauer	---	---	14	22	5	41
Ben Whiting	14	9	---	---	16	39
Rusty Ansara	---	---	11	27	1	39
Oliver Shire	---	---	14	23	---	37
Earnest Stadtmauer	18	19	---	---	---	37
DeAndre Greer	16	18	---	---	2	36
Rickey Loyd	---	---	6	16	11	33
Chris Terry	4	5	---	---	23	32
Camden Cox	---	---	6	18	6	30
Ed Demyan	---	---	4	5	19	28
Jon Moss	10	15	---	---	1	26
Ricky Wretzky	---	---	9	12	2	23
Terrence Kelly	---	---	8	12	1	21
Leonard O'Donnell	---	---	4	6	9	19
Lorenzo Walton	---	---	4	4	10	18
Zachary Coffey	---	---	0	0	15	15
B.J. Randle	0	0	---	---	12	12
Carson Wagner	---	---	0	0	9	9
Corwin Hicks	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bryce Shula	0	0	---	---	7	7
T.J. Womack	2	2	---	---	3	7
Luther Willbrandt	0	0	---	---	7	7
Devin Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ed Norton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mack Petry	0	0	---	---	6	6
Melvin Craig	---	---	1	2	---	3
Quentin Slechta	0	0	---	---	---	0
Emmanuel O'Dwyer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	31	7.8
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	5	14	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	17	5.7
Middle	20	90	4.5
Right	8	23	2.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Irving Solymos	33	16	2	0	0	9	6	3	0
Aaron Abrams	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howard Heupel	25	18	3	0	2	0	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	18	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	61	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	73	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	32	4.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	30	30.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	98	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	94	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Casey Blackburn	10	2	23	0	29
WR Cameron Tucker	6	3	22	0	25
WR Cristian Clements	6	2	39	1	15
WR Rusty Boone	3	1	20	1	25
TE Rufus Ford	2	2	24	0	24
TE Preston Cremeans	2	1	18	0	6
RB Terrance Cortez	1	1	0	0	7
FB Angel Cottle	1	1	19	0	21
RB Wade Blade	1	1	11	0	13
RB Butch Snyder	1	1	3	0	19
WR Connor Worthy	1	1	5	0	2

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bart Mandzuk	8	5	1	66	1	21
WR DeAndre Greer	5	5	0	74	1	18
TE Henry Ramsey	5	3	0	34	1	23
WR Jon Moss	3	2	0	11	0	15
RB Ben Whiting	2	2	0	25	0	9
RB Earnest Stadtmauer	1	1	0	12	0	19
FB Trevor Davis	1	0	1	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wade Blade	1	-4	-4.00	0.71

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ben Whiting	2	17	8.50	4.20
Earnest Stadtmauer	1	-1	-1.00	3.44

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howard Heupel	4	3	18	4.50	8.88

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jon Moss	2	1	2	1.00	3.67
WR DeAndre Greer	1	1	11	11.00	14.80
TE Henry Ramsey	1	1	5	5.00	6.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
Terrance Cortez	4	2
Irving Solymos	1	0
Wade Blade	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Earnest Stadtmauer	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Irving Solymos	10	5	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howard Heupel	8	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Casey Blackburn	4	1	0
TE Rufus Ford	1	1	1
WR Cameron Tucker	1	1	0
RB Terrance Cortez	1	1	0
WR Cristian Clements	1	0	0
WR Rusty Boone	1	0	0
WR Connor Worthy	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR DeAndre Greer	2	2	1
WR Bart Mandzuk	2	0	0
TE Henry Ramsey	2	0	0
RB Ben Whiting	1	1	1
WR Jon Moss	1	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)