Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Houston 23, Buffalo 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 28, 2014
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Vinovich
Attendance: 71756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0100717
Houston 0710623
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 11:37
Buffalo FG Houston 0 - Buffalo 3
Dan Carpenter 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:54
Buffalo TD Houston 0 - Buffalo 10
Sammy Watkins 5 yd. pass from EJ Manuel (Dan Carpenter kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:57
Houston TD Houston 7 - Buffalo 10
DeAndre Hopkins 35 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Randy Bullock kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:28
Houston TD Houston 14 - Buffalo 10
J.J. Watt 80 yd. interception return (Randy Bullock kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:14
Houston FG Houston 17 - Buffalo 10
Randy Bullock 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:21
Houston FG Houston 20 - Buffalo 10
Randy Bullock 55 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:08
Buffalo TD Houston 20 - Buffalo 17
Mike Williams 80 yd. pass from EJ Manuel (Dan Carpenter kick)
4th Quarter - 4:49
Houston FG Houston 23 - Buffalo 17
Randy Bullock 50 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo Houston
1st Downs 17 19
Rushing 3 2
Passing 12 13
Penalty 2 4
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 9-45.9 6-41.7
Return Yards 93 145
Punts-Returns 1-11 5-24
Kickoffs-Returns 3-82 1-41
Int - Returns 2-0 2-80
Penalties-Yards 8-40 8-90
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Time of Possession 29:04 30:56
Total Net Yards 316 301
Total Plays 69 63
Average Gain 4.6 4.8
Net Yards Rushing 96 37
Rushes 23 23
Average/Rush 4.2 1.6
Net Yards Passing 220 264
Comp-Att 21-44 25-37
Yards/Pass 4.8 6.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-5 3-4
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills (2-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
E. Manuel 21/44 225 2 2
Houston Texans (3-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 25/37 268 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Spiller 15 60 4.0 0 22
F. Jackson 7 33 4.7 0 14
E. Manuel 1 3 3.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Fitzpatrick 5 14 2.8 0 11
A. Blue 9 9 1.0 0 6
D. Johnson 1 8 8.0 0 8
A. Foster 8 6 0.8 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Williams 6 2 84 42.0 1 80
F. Jackson 7 6 52 8.7 0 14
S. Watkins 9 4 30 7.5 1 10
C. Spiller 3 3 24 8.0 0 12
R. Woods 12 3 17 5.7 0 13
S. Chandler 5 2 15 7.5 0 11
F. Summers 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 7 6 71 11.8 0 25
D. Hopkins 6 5 64 12.8 1 35
A. Foster 10 7 55 7.9 0 17
G. Graham 5 3 28 9.3 0 12
J. Prosch 2 1 24 24.0 0 24
A. Blue 3 2 16 8.0 0 13
D. Johnson 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
K. Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Fiedorowicz 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. Bradham 1 0 0
L. McKelvin 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Watt 1 80 1
D. Morris 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Bradham 1.5 2.0
M. Dareus 1.0 2.0
M. Williams 0.5 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Crick 1.5 5.0
T. Jamison 0.5 0.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
P. Brown 5 4
M. Dareus 4 0
K. Rivers 4 2
A. Williams 3 0
L. McKelvin 3 0
S. Gilmore 3 0
D. Williams 3 1
B. Spikes 2 1
N. Bradham 2 2
M. Lawson 1 0
C. Graham 1 0
C. Bryant 1 0
J. Hughes 1 1
M. Williams 1 1
K. Williams 1 1
N. Robey 1 1
S. Charles 1 2
D. Searcy 1 2
J. Wynn 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Cushing 8 1
J. Joseph 5 0
K. Lewis 4 2
K. Jackson 4 2
D. Swearinger 3 0
D. Morris 3 1
B. Reed 2 1
J. Watt 2 3
J. Powe 1 0
W. Mercilus 1 1
M. Mohamed 1 2
J. Tuggle 1 2
J. Crick 1 3
R. Pickett 0 1
T. Jamison 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Dareus 3.0
K. Rivers 1.0
K. Williams 1.0
N. Bradham 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Crick 1.0
J. Joseph 1.0
K. Lewis 1.0
D. Morris 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Spiller 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Johnson 1
R. Fitzpatrick 1