Week 8, 2071

played in Cincinnati, OH

47 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Houston Texans	10	0	0	7	-	17
Cincinnati Bengals	7	3	10	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:17 HOU - Chester Gaines 1 pass from Eddie Berner (Trevor Hicks extra point)
1Q: 09:23 CIN - Claude Polasek 63 pass from Claude Gavalas (Cameron Wolf extra point)
1Q: 02:45 HOU - Trevor Hicks 19 field goal
2Q: 12:53 CIN - Cameron Wolf 20 field goal
3Q: 10:21 CIN - Buddy Stamps 22 pass from Claude Gavalas (Cameron Wolf extra point)
3Q: 05:57 CIN - Cameron Wolf 39 field goal
4Q: 09:32 HOU - Tre Richmond 2 pass from Eddie Berner (Trevor Hicks extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:17 HOU - Chester Gaines 1 pass from Eddie Berner (Trevor Hicks extra point)
1Q: 09:23 CIN - Claude Polasek 63 pass from Claude Gavalas (Cameron Wolf extra point)
1Q: 02:45 HOU - Trevor Hicks 19 field goal
2Q: 12:53 CIN - Cameron Wolf 20 field goal
3Q: 10:21 CIN - Buddy Stamps 22 pass from Claude Gavalas (Cameron Wolf extra point)
3Q: 05:57 CIN - Cameron Wolf 39 field goal
4Q: 09:32 HOU - Tre Richmond 2 pass from Eddie Berner (Trevor Hicks extra point)

Team Statistics HOU CIN
Record 4-3 4-4
First Downs 28 21
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 22 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 467 421
- Offensive Plays 77 62
- Yards per Play 6.06 6.79
Net Rushing Yards 122 70
- Rushing Attempts 29 15
- Yards per Rush 4.21 4.67
Net Passing Yards 345 351
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 30 - 0 46 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 345 367
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/16
- Yards per Pass Play 7.19 7.47
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/30 7/42
Punt Returns/Yards 2/13 2/40
Kick Returns/Yards 3/66 1/13
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 26
Time of Possession 35:08 24:52

Team Statistics	HOU	CIN
Record	4-3	4-4
First Downs	28	21
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	22	15
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	467	421
- Offensive Plays	77	62
- Yards per Play	6.06	6.79
Net Rushing Yards	122	70
- Rushing Attempts	29	15
- Yards per Rush	4.21	4.67
Net Passing Yards	345	351
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 30 - 0	46 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	345	367
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/16
- Yards per Pass Play	7.19	7.47
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/30	7/42
Punt Returns/Yards	2/13	2/40
Kick Returns/Yards	3/66	1/13
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 26
Time of Possession	35:08	24:52

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:52	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
1	9:09	1:29	OWN 21	3	8	Punt
1	7:33	4:55	OWN 27	8	71	Field Goal
2	12:48	3:47	OWN 27	6	13	Punt
2	8:04	2:19	OPP 48	5	11	Punt
2	4:51	2:01	OWN 36	5	43	Missed FG
2	0:48	0:48	OWN 26	4	21	Half
3	10:08	2:12	OWN 25	6	12	Punt
3	5:49	3:33	OWN 29	6	29	Punt
4	14:09	4:43	OWN 13	11	87	Touchdown
4	7:43	3:53	OWN 6	9	43	Punt
4	1:51	1:14	OWN 24	5	34	Downs

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:08	0:59	OWN 25	3	75	Touchdown
1	7:40	0:07	OPP 36	1	18	Fumble
1	2:38	4:50	OWN 25	11	72	Field Goal
2	9:01	0:57	OWN 7	3	3	Punt
2	5:45	0:54	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	2:50	2:02	OWN 28	5	0	Punt
3	15:00	4:52	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
3	7:56	2:07	OWN 21	6	57	Field Goal
3	2:16	3:07	OWN 20	7	61	Interception
4	9:26	1:43	OWN 25	6	18	Punt
4	3:50	1:59	OWN 20	5	12	Punt
4	0:37	0:37	OWN 42	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Eddie Berner, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Gino Bradley	18	41	2.28	11	2
RB Willie Dodge	6	47	7.83	30	2
QB Eddie Berner	4	31	7.75	11	1
QB Javier Sharpe	1	3	3.00	3	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Buddy Stamps	6	5	0.83	5	0
RB Elliot Thomason	4	22	5.50	17	2
QB Claude Gavalas	3	23	7.67	13	2
RB Ivan Sanford	2	20	10.00	17	1

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Eddie Berner	46	30	345	0/0	2	38	0	102.1
Javier Sharpe	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	39.6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Claude Gavalas	46	25	367	1/16	2	63	1	86.0

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Dominique Sharber	8	14	64	8.00	16	12	0
WR Chester Gaines	6	11	95	15.83	56	38	1
WR Zach Meier	4	7	69	17.25	22	31	0
TE Tre Richmond	4	6	35	8.75	10	26	1
RB Gino Bradley	3	3	24	8.00	0	11	0
WR Philip Ogden	2	2	23	11.50	12	16	0
WR Aaron Littlejohn	2	3	22	11.00	2	12	0
RB Willie Dodge	1	2	13	13.00	8	13	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Claude Polasek	8	16	174	21.75	92	63	1
FB Wes Berkhofer	6	7	43	7.17	18	15	0
TE Dusty Montalvo	4	8	66	16.50	23	34	0
RB Ivan Sanford	3	3	25	8.33	21	23	0
WR Denzel Blades	2	5	17	8.50	6	10	0
WR Arturo Horner	1	3	20	20.00	0	20	0
RB Buddy Stamps	1	1	22	22.00	8	22	1
TE Darren Carey	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Wesley Lane	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Recov	Force
CB Irv Detsch	1	0
DE Floyd Phillips	0	1
S Darrell Whitehurst	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Buddy Stamps	1	1	0	0
TE Dusty Montalvo	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Keith Witt	6	267	44.5	27.8	51	2

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Francisco Whalen	5	229	45.8	43.2	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Trevor Hicks	1/2	0/0	0/0	19	2/2

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cameron Wolf	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Schneggenburger	2	13	6.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Elliot Thomason	2	40	20.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Schneggenburger	2	44	22.0	0
Willie Dodge	1	22	22.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ivan Sanford	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Darrell Whitehurst	8	1	0.0	15	47
DE Kyle Howen	5	0	1.0	11	46
ILB Lenny Theisen	5	0	0.0	3	37
ILB Brendan Tongue	4	0	0.0	9	46
OLB Shane Adamski	3	4	0.0	9	38
CB Kim Hernandez	3	1	0.0	11	41
DE Floyd Phillips	2	1	0.0	6	1
CB Irv Detsch	2	1	0.0	15	47
S Wesley Lane	1	1	0.0	8	42
DT Sawyer McIntyre	1	0	0.0	10	11
OLB Nick Collette	1	0	0.0	0	4
CB Nickolas Alston	1	0	0.0	8	6
OLB Phil Baker	1	0	0.0	5	9
OLB Tevin Gibson	0	1	0.0	12	10
S Randy Tusch	0	1	0.0	10	6
DT Richie Martinez	0	1	0.0	8	38

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Karl Satterlee	8	4	0.0	29	48
OLB Gordon Metz	7	0	0.0	19	28
OLB Marc Lane	6	2	0.0	28	48
ILB Brayden Purslow	5	5	0.0	28	46
CB Xavier Richmond	5	3	0.0	21	37
DT Colby McCollom	5	1	0.0	26	41
CB Alfred Mulhollon	4	2	0.0	24	42
CB Sammie Price	4	2	0.0	25	40
S Butch Sides	4	0	0.0	21	32
S Casey McDaniel	3	1	0.0	7	15
DT Ellis Dawkins	2	0	0.0	5	9
ILB Andre Kiel	1	1	0.0	9	18
CB Matt Kingry	1	1	0.0	9	9
RB Ivan Sanford	1	0	---	---	---
WR Claude Polasek	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Stanley Ring	1	0	0.0	2	7
DE Alexis Hoff	1	0	0.0	25	38
DE Stan Rinkenberg	0	2	0.0	28	41
OLB Blaine Nixon	0	2	0.0	9	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kyle Howen	1.0	0	5	3	46
S Darrell Whitehurst	0.0	1	0	0	47
ILB Dale Griese	0.0	0	1	0	33
OLB Shane Adamski	0.0	0	1	0	38
DE Gabe Morton	0.0	0	1	0	5

Cincinnati	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Stan Rinkenberg	1	5	1	41
OLB Blaine Nixon	0	1	0	16
DT Colby McCollom	0	0	1	41

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Lenny Theisen	5	0	0	37
S Darrell Whitehurst	5	0	0	47
OLB Shane Adamski	3	1	0	38
CB Kim Hernandez	3	1	0	41
ILB Brendan Tongue	2	1	0	46
CB Irv Detsch	2	1	0	47
S Wesley Lane	2	0	1	42
DE Kyle Howen	2	0	0	46
OLB Nick Collette	1	0	0	4

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Xavier Richmond	5	0	37
S Karl Satterlee	4	1	48
CB Sammie Price	3	1	40
OLB Marc Lane	3	0	48
CB Alfred Mulhollon	3	0	42
S Butch Sides	3	0	32
OLB Gordon Metz	2	0	28
S Casey McDaniel	2	0	15
ILB Brayden Purslow	1	1	46
DT Ellis Dawkins	1	0	9
DT Colby McCollom	1	0	41
DE Stan Rinkenberg	1	0	41
CB Matt Kingry	1	0	9
CB Howie Baumann	0	1	2

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
G Micah Bernard	2	7	29	48
T Daryl Riner	2	5	29	48
T Dean Cochrane	1	5	29	48
G Gage Bennett	1	3	29	48
C Emmanuel Bennetts	1	3	29	48
TE Abel Wiggins	0	1	2	0

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Fernando Meadows	2	7	2	15	0	47
FB Wes Berkhofer	1	1	0	2	0	30
T Greg Donaldson	0	4	0	15	0	47
C Ezekiel Jefferson	0	0	0	15	1	47

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Darrell Whitehurst	2	12
Andres Hanks	1	8

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Karl Satterlee	2	12
Casey McDaniel	1	14
Fernando Meadows	1	12
Clayton Moss	1	7

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Dominique Sharber	28	47	---	---	15	90
T Dean Cochrane	29	48	---	---	8	85
G Gage Bennett	29	48	---	---	8	85
G Micah Bernard	29	48	---	---	8	85
T Daryl Riner	29	48	---	---	8	85
WR Aaron Littlejohn	24	42	---	---	14	80
C Emmanuel Bennetts	29	48	---	---	---	77
WR Chester Gaines	27	48	---	---	---	75
QB Eddie Berner	28	46	---	---	---	74
S Darrell Whitehurst	---	---	15	47	12	74
S Wesley Lane	---	---	8	42	15	65
CB Kim Hernandez	---	---	11	41	13	65
CB Irv Detsch	---	---	15	47	2	64
DE Kyle Howen	---	---	11	46	2	59
ILB Brendan Tongue	---	---	9	46	2	57
RB Gino Bradley	22	30	---	---	---	52
OLB Shane Adamski	---	---	9	38	3	50
DE Alfredo Barton	---	---	4	40	6	50
DT Richie Martinez	---	---	8	38	2	48
ILB Dale Griese	---	---	3	33	11	47
WR Zach Meier	20	27	---	---	---	47
RB Willie Dodge	7	18	---	---	22	47
TE Tre Richmond	5	16	---	---	22	43
ILB Lenny Theisen	---	---	3	37	1	41
OLB Phil Baker	---	---	5	9	19	33
DT Sawyer McIntyre	---	---	10	11	6	27
OLB Tevin Gibson	---	---	12	10	1	23
WR Richie Schneggenburger	1	2	---	---	16	19
CB Duane Darusmont	---	---	4	6	8	18
S Randy Tusch	---	---	10	6	1	17
WR Philip Ogden	7	8	---	---	---	15
RB Howie Ramirez	2	2	---	---	11	15
CB Nickolas Alston	---	---	8	6	1	15
DE Gabe Morton	---	---	6	5	---	11
C Andres Hanks	0	0	---	---	8	8
CB Chester Schulz	---	---	7	1	---	8
P Keith Witt	0	0	---	---	8	8
TE Abel Wiggins	2	0	---	---	5	7
DE Floyd Phillips	---	---	6	1	---	7
K Trevor Hicks	0	0	---	---	6	6
OLB Nick Collette	---	---	0	4	---	4
S Aaron Blackwell	---	---	1	3	---	4
QB Javier Sharpe	1	2	---	---	---	3
ILB Don Stevens	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Randall Chorak	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Maurice Henderson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Karl Satterlee	---	---	29	48	12	89
OLB Marc Lane	---	---	28	48	1	77
ILB Brayden Purslow	---	---	28	46	2	76
CB Xavier Richmond	---	---	21	37	17	75
G Fernando Meadows	15	47	---	---	12	74
DE Stan Rinkenberg	---	---	28	41	1	70
T Greg Donaldson	15	47	---	---	7	69
DT Colby McCollom	---	---	26	41	2	69
G Leo Heap	15	47	---	---	7	69
CB Alfred Mulhollon	---	---	24	42	2	68
T Clayton Moss	15	46	---	---	7	68
TE Dusty Montalvo	8	43	---	---	16	67
C Ezekiel Jefferson	15	47	---	---	5	67
CB Sammie Price	---	---	25	40	1	66
WR Claude Polasek	14	42	---	---	9	65
DE Alexis Hoff	---	---	25	38	1	64
QB Claude Gavalas	15	47	---	---	---	62
S Butch Sides	---	---	21	32	2	55
FB Wes Berkhofer	2	30	---	---	22	54
WR Denzel Blades	11	41	---	---	---	52
OLB Gordon Metz	---	---	19	28	1	48
OLB Blaine Nixon	---	---	9	16	21	46
RB Ivan Sanford	4	32	---	---	4	40
ILB Andre Kiel	---	---	9	18	11	38
S Casey McDaniel	---	---	7	15	14	36
TE Darren Carey	3	17	---	---	7	27
WR Aaron Zoto	12	10	---	---	4	26
RB Elliot Thomason	5	11	---	---	6	22
WR Brock Wayne	4	1	---	---	17	22
DT Ellis Dawkins	---	---	5	9	6	20
CB Matt Kingry	---	---	9	9	---	18
DT Gene Wagoner	---	---	3	10	2	15
WR Arturo Horner	6	5	---	---	---	11
TE Ryan Chapman	0	0	---	---	10	10
OLB Stanley Ring	---	---	2	7	1	10
RB Buddy Stamps	6	3	---	---	---	9
CB Howie Baumann	---	---	1	2	6	9
K Cameron Wolf	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Francisco Whalen	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Ed Arroyo	0	0	---	---	7	7
DE Harold Berry	---	---	0	0	6	6
DT Alfredo Perrin	---	---	0	1	1	2
G Brad Pritchett	0	1	---	---	---	1
T Chase Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0
CB Colton Velasco	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Jason Irons	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	24	3.4
Middle	13	53	4.1
Right	9	45	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	8	33	4.1
Right	6	39	6.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Eddie Berner	46	30	5	2	5	2	6	2	0
Javier Sharpe	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Claude Gavalas	46	25	7	1	6	4	8	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	32	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	18	120	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	145	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	48	9.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	6	43	3.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	111	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	159	11.4
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	54	9.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Dominique Sharber	14	8	1	64	0	47
WR Chester Gaines	11	6	1	95	2	48
WR Zach Meier	7	4	1	69	2	27
TE Tre Richmond	6	4	1	35	1	16
RB Gino Bradley	3	3	0	24	0	30
WR Aaron Littlejohn	3	2	0	22	0	42
WR Philip Ogden	2	2	0	23	0	8
RB Willie Dodge	2	1	1	13	0	18

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Claude Polasek	16	8	2	174	3	42
TE Dusty Montalvo	8	4	2	66	1	43
FB Wes Berkhofer	7	6	0	43	0	30
WR Denzel Blades	5	2	1	17	0	41
RB Ivan Sanford	3	3	0	25	1	32
WR Arturo Horner	3	1	1	20	1	5
TE Darren Carey	3	0	0	0	0	17
RB Buddy Stamps	1	1	0	22	1	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Gino Bradley	3	15	5.00	2.28
QB Eddie Berner	2	12	6.00	7.75
RB Willie Dodge	1	1	1.00	7.83

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ivan Sanford	1	3	3.00	10.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Eddie Berner	6	6	11	1.83	7.50

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Claude Gavalas	7	3	12	1.71	7.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Chester Gaines	2	2	0	0.00	8.64
TE Tre Richmond	2	2	1	0.50	5.83
TE Dominique Sharber	1	1	8	8.00	4.57
RB Gino Bradley	1	1	2	2.00	8.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Claude Polasek	4	1	11	2.75	10.88
RB Ivan Sanford	1	1	-1	-1.00	8.33
FB Wes Berkhofer	1	1	2	2.00	6.14
TE Darren Carey	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Willie Dodge	1	0
QB Javier Sharpe	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
RB Elliot Thomason	2	0
QB Claude Gavalas	1	1
RB Buddy Stamps	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Eddie Berner	13	8	6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Claude Gavalas	8	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Dominique Sharber	3	1	1
WR Chester Gaines	3	2	2
WR Zach Meier	2	0	0
TE Tre Richmond	2	2	1
WR Philip Ogden	1	1	0
RB Gino Bradley	1	1	1
RB Willie Dodge	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Claude Polasek	6	3	3
TE Dusty Montalvo	1	0	0
WR Denzel Blades	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 25,400 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 6,900 (19,800)
End Zone 5,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine 3,000 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 4,800 (12,700)
Club Seats 3,100 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	25,400 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	6,900 (19,800)
End Zone	5,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine	3,000 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	4,800 (12,700)
Club Seats	3,100 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (2,800)