National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 28, Houston 13
Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 71540
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 7140728
Houston 006713
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:07
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 7
Steve Smith 26 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:19
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 14
Jeremy Shockey 9 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:55
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 21
Richie Brockel 7 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:07
Houston FG Houston 3 - Carolina 21
Neil Rackers 26 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:53
Houston FG Houston 6 - Carolina 21
Neil Rackers 34 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:48
Houston TD Houston 13 - Carolina 21
Arian Foster 1 yd. run (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 9:54
Carolina TD Houston 13 - Carolina 28
DeAngelo Williams 24 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Houston
1st Downs 20 18
Rushing 11 7
Passing 8 11
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 9-14 2-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-50.4 2-29.5
Return Yards 48 147
Punts-Returns 1-1 5-63
Kickoffs-Returns 1-21 2-84
Int-Returns 2-26 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-40 6-60
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 32:34 27:26
Total Net Yards 316 358
Total Plays 60 57
Average Gain 5.3 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 166 150
Rushes 34 25
Average/Rush 4.9 6.0
Net Yards Passing 150 208
Comp-Att 14-24 19-30
Yards/Pass 5.8 6.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 2-4
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 4 1
Rushing 2 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 1-1
Field Goals 0-0 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 1-4-25%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (5-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 13/23 149 2 0
A. Edwards 1/1 11 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 15 61 4.1 1 24
C. Newton 7 55 7.9 0 17
J. Stewart 11 43 3.9 0 12
R. Brockel 1 7 7.0 1 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 7 5 82 16.4 1 26
J. Shockey 4 2 35 17.5 1 26
L. Naanee 2 2 16 8.0 0 9
G. Olsen 2 2 15 7.5 0 17
J. Stewart 3 2 8 4.0 0 5
R. Brockel 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. LaFell 5 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Senn 1 21 0
J. Anderson 1 5 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Shirley 1.0 2.0
G. Hardy 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Senn 12 2
D. Connor 6 1
S. Martin 6 1
J. Anderson 5 1
C. Gamble 3 0
R. Stanford 3 1
J. Pugh 2 0
F. Kearse 2 1
C. Johnson 1 0
A. Neblett 1 0
G. Hardy 1 0
J. Shirley 1 1
C. Godfrey 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Houston Texans (10-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Yates 19/30 212 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 16 109 6.8 1 22
B. Tate 7 26 3.7 0 8
T. Yates 2 15 7.5 0 15
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 6 5 58 11.6 0 25
O. Daniels 5 2 29 14.5 0 17
L. Vickers 4 4 29 7.2 0 17
K. Walter 4 2 26 13.0 0 19
J. Jones 2 1 24 24.0 0 24
B. Johnson 4 2 23 11.5 0 18
J. Dreessen 4 2 19 9.5 0 11
B. Tate 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Barwin 1.0 10.0
E. Mitchell 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
B. Cushing 9 3
D. Ryans 6 2
J. Watt 5 2
D. Manning 4 0
G. Quin 4 1
E. Mitchell 3 2
T. Jamison 2 1
C. Barwin 2 1
J. Allen 2 1
J. Joseph 1 0
Q. Demps 1 0
S. Cody 1 1
B. Reed 1 1
A. Smith 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Yates 1
A. Foster 1