Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Denver 37, Houston 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 22, 2013
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 71761
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Denver 31302137
Houston 337013
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:50
Denver FG Houston 0 - Denver 3
Matt Prater 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:02
Houston FG Houston 3 - Denver 3
Randy Bullock 45 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:54
Denver TD Houston 3 - Denver 10
Demaryius Thomas 36 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:06
Houston FG Houston 6 - Denver 10
Randy Bullock 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:56
Denver FG Houston 6 - Denver 13
Matt Prater 25 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Denver FG Houston 6 - Denver 16
Matt Prater 44 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:33
Houston TD Houston 13 - Denver 16
Keshawn Martin 15 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Randy Bullock kick)
4th Quarter - 13:26
Denver TD Houston 13 - Denver 23
Eric Decker 10 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 6:57
Denver TD Houston 13 - Denver 30
Eric Decker 20 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
4th Quarter - 4:28
Denver TD Houston 13 - Denver 37
Julius Thomas 25 yd. pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Denver Houston
1st Downs 25 14
Rushing 4 5
Passing 20 8
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 2-11 6-16
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 6-48.7 8-44.9
Return Yards 123 92
Punts-Returns 5-21 5-70
Kickoffs-Returns 4-99 1-22
Int - Returns 2-3 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-67 4-57
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Possession 28:53 31:07
Total Net Yards 511 240
Total Plays 70 66
Average Gain 7.3 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 114 87
Rushes 18 26
Average/Rush 6.3 3.3
Net Yards Passing 397 153
Comp-Att 32-51 18-37
Yards/Pass 7.6 3.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 3-23
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 4 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 4 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 1-1
Field Goals 3-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Denver Broncos (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Manning 32/51 400 4 0
Houston Texans (2-13)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 18/37 176 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Moreno 11 76 6.9 0 31
M. Ball 4 32 8.0 0 13
R. Hillman 3 6 2.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Karim 8 30 3.8 0 14
D. Johnson 12 29 2.4 0 9
J. Grimes 5 23 4.6 0 9
M. Schaub 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Decker 17 10 131 13.1 2 35
D. Thomas 14 8 123 15.4 1 36
J. Thomas 8 6 78 13.0 1 25
K. Moreno 4 2 26 13.0 0 17
J. Tamme 3 3 22 7.3 0 10
A. Caldwell 3 2 12 6.0 0 13
V. Green 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
M. Ball 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Griffin 5 5 66 13.2 0 40
A. Johnson 13 4 63 15.8 0 33
K. Martin 6 4 35 8.8 1 15
D. Hopkins 4 1 8 8.0 0 8
G. Jones 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Johnson 4 2 1 0.5 0 3
L. Jean 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Karim 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Adams 1 3 0
D. Rodgers-Cromartie 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Trevathan 1.0 9.0
S. Williams 1.0 8.0
R. Ayers 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Trevathan 6 2
M. Adams 6 3
S. Williams 5 0
M. Jackson 4 1
N. Irving 4 1
P. Lenon 3 0
R. Ayers 3 0
C. Harris 3 1
M. Unrein 2 0
T. Knighton 2 1
C. Bailey 1 0
J. Mincey 1 0
W. Woodyard 1 0
D. Rodgers-Cromartie 1 0
V. Miller 1 0
S. Phillips 1 1
D. Ihenacho 1 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Jackson 6 1
D. Sharpton 5 3
B. McCain 4 0
T. McClain 4 0
E. Pleasant 4 0
D. Swearinger 4 1
S. Keo 4 1
J. Mays 3 0
J. Tuggle 2 0
B. Reed 2 2
J. Tarpinian 1 0
J. Crick 1 0
E. Mitchell 1 0
J. Watt 1 1
B. Harris 1 1
W. Mercilus 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Williams 3.0
D. Trevathan 2.0
M. Jackson 1.0
W. Woodyard 1.0
N. Irving 1.0
M. Unrein 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
W. Mercilus 1.0
K. Jackson 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Holliday 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Schaub 1