Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 27, Houston 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2018
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 62°
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 337720
New England 7143327
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:50
New England TD New England 7 - Houston 0
Rob Gronkowski 21 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 2:33
Houston FG New England 7 - Houston 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:38
New England TD New England 14 - Houston 3
James White 12 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:01
Houston FG New England 14 - Houston 6
Ka'imi Fairbairn 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:14
New England TD New England 21 - Houston 6
Phillip Dorsett 4 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:02
New England FG New England 24 - Houston 6
Stephen Gostkowski 39 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:52
Houston TD New England 24 - Houston 13
Alfred Blue 1 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 9:48
New England FG New England 27 - Houston 13
Stephen Gostkowski 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:08
Houston TD New England 27 - Houston 20
Bruce Ellington 5 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New England
1st Downs 21 23
Rushing 10 5
Passing 8 16
Penalty 3 2
3rd Down Conversions 2-11 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-1
Punts-Average 6-38.3 6-46.8
Return Yards 176 19
Punts-Returns 2-20 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 5-156 1-19
Int - Returns 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-44 6-36
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Time of Possession 28:50 31:10
Total Net Yards 325 389
Total Plays 71 72
Average Gain 4.6 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 167 122
Rushes 34 31
Average/Rush 4.9 3.9
Net Yards Passing 158 267
Comp-Att 17-34 26-39
Yards/Pass 4.3 6.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 2-10
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 2-2 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-5-40% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 17/34 176 1 1
New England Patriots (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 26/39 277 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Miller 20 98 4.9 0 31
D. Watson 8 40 5.0 0 13
A. Blue 5 36 7.2 1 17
D. Hopkins 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Burkhead 18 64 3.6 0 12
J. Hill 4 25 6.2 0 11
J. White 5 18 3.6 0 11
C. Patterson 3 13 4.3 0 10
T. Brady 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hopkins 11 8 78 9.8 0 17
B. Ellington 8 4 37 9.2 1 14
J. Thomas 2 1 27 27.0 0 27
T. Ervin 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
L. Miller 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
J. Akins 2 2 11 5.5 0 8
R. Griffin 5 0 0 0 0 0
S. Coates Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 8 7 123 17.6 1 30
P. Dorsett 7 7 66 9.4 1 14
J. White 9 4 38 9.5 1 12
J. Develin 4 4 22 5.5 0 10
C. Hogan 5 1 11 11.0 0 11
J. Hill 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
C. Patterson 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
R. Burkhead 3 1 5 5.0 0 5
R. McCarron 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Mathieu 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Gilmore 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Reader 2.0 10.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Flowers 1.5 10.5
D. Wise Jr. 1.5 7.5
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Jackson 8 0
J. Joseph 6 1
D. Cole 5 0
B. McKinney 5 2
D. Reader 4 0
T. Mathieu 3 2
Z. Cunningham 3 4
J. Watt 2 0
B. Dunn 2 1
A. Blackson 2 1
A. Colvin 2 2
J. Reid 1 0
J. Clowney 1 1
K. Johnson 1 3
C. Covington 0 1
W. Mercilus 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Gilmore 7 1
J. Bentley 4 3
E. Rowe 3 1
P. Chung 3 1
D. Harmon 2 1
D. Wise Jr. 2 1
T. Flowers 2 3
D. McCourty 2 4
N. Grigsby 1 0
M. Brown 1 1
K. Van Noy 1 2
L. Guy 1 4
A. Butler 1 4
D. Hightower 0 2
J. Jones 0 2
E. Roberts 0 3
D. Shelton 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Reader 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Bentley 1.0
K. Van Noy 1.0
T. Flowers 1.0
D. Wise Jr. 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Watson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Gronkowski 1
R. McCarron 1
R. Burkhead 1