National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 42, Houston 14
Monday, December 10, 2012 8:30 PM
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, December 10, 2012
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 59°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 007714
New England 14771442
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:27
New England TD New England 7 - Houston 0
Aaron Hernandez 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 2:49
New England TD New England 14 - Houston 0
Brandon Lloyd 37 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:01
New England TD New England 21 - Houston 0
Aaron Hernandez 4 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:49
New England TD New England 28 - Houston 0
Donte Stallworth 63 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:12
Houston TD New England 28 - Houston 7
Arian Foster 1 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 14:15
New England TD New England 35 - Houston 7
Brandon Lloyd fumble recovery in end zone (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 7:23
New England TD New England 42 - Houston 7
Stevan Ridley 14 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 2:00
Houston TD New England 42 - Houston 14
T.J. Yates 1 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New England
1st Downs 19 27
Rushing 7 9
Passing 10 15
Penalty 2 3
3rd Down Conversions 4-14 6-12
4th Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Punts-Average 7-49.3 5-48.0
Return Yards 41 76
Punts-Returns 2-1 4-50
Kickoffs-Returns 2-39 1-7
Int-Returns 1-1 1-19
Penalties-Yards 7-70 6-56
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Time of Possession 29:11 30:49
Total Net Yards 323 419
Total Plays 65 70
Average Gain 5.0 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 100 130
Rushes 27 33
Average/Rush 3.7 3.9
Net Yards Passing 223 289
Comp-Att 21-36 21-36
Yards/Pass 5.9 7.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-24 1-7
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 6
Rushing 2 1
Passing 0 4
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 6-6
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (11-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 19/32 232 0 1
T. Yates 2/4 15 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 15 46 3.1 1 15
B. Tate 8 46 5.8 0 23
J. Forsett 3 7 2.3 0 5
T. Yates 1 1 1.0 1 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 10 8 95 11.9 0 25
A. Foster 6 4 39 9.8 0 23
L. Jean 5 2 31 15.5 0 24
J. Casey 1 1 30 30.0 0 30
O. Daniels 3 2 24 12.0 0 13
D. Posey 2 1 19 19.0 0 19
J. Forsett 1 1 14 14.0 0 14
A. Gardner 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Walter 3 0 0 0 0 0
B. Tate 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
K. Martin 3 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Keo 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Joseph 5 1
D. Manning 3 4
W. Mercilus 2 0
T. Dobbins 2 1
J. Watt 2 2
B. Ruud 2 2
G. Quin 2 5
K. Jackson 1 1
B. Harris 1 1
C. Barwin 1 2
D. Sharpton 1 4
B. James 1 5
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Schaub 1
New England Patriots (10-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 21/35 296 4 0
R. Mallett 0/1 0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 18 72 4.0 1 14
S. Vereen 8 40 5.0 0 11
B. Bolden 2 11 5.5 0 6
T. Brady 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Woodhead 1 4 4.0 0 4
R. Mallett 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Lloyd 9 7 89 12.7 1 37
D. Stallworth 2 1 63 63.0 1 63
A. Hernandez 11 8 58 7.2 2 13
W. Welker 9 3 52 17.3 0 25
D. Woodhead 3 2 34 17.0 0 18
V. Shiancoe 1 0 0 0 0 0
S. Vereen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 1 19 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Wilfork 1.0 20.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Mayo 6 0
D. McCourty 5 0
D. Hightower 5 1
V. Wilfork 4 0
A. Dennard 4 0
S. Gregory 4 0
A. Talib 3 0
R. Ninkovich 3 2
B. Spikes 1 0
K. Arrington 1 0
P. Chung 1 1
C. Jones 1 1
M. Cole 1 1
B. Deaderick 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Woodhead 1
S. Ridley 1