National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 27, Houston 6
Sunday, December 13, 2015 8:30 PM
When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, December 13, 2015
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 71908
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 7103727
Houston 33006
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:22
New England TD Houston 0 - New England 7
Keshawn Martin 2 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 2:38
Houston FG Houston 3 - New England 7
Nick Novak 37 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:13
New England FG Houston 3 - New England 10
Stephen Gostkowski 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:26
Houston FG Houston 6 - New England 10
Nick Novak 45 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:14
New England TD Houston 6 - New England 17
Rob Gronkowski 1 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:48
New England FG Houston 6 - New England 20
Stephen Gostkowski 49 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:04
New England TD Houston 6 - New England 27
James White 2 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Houston
1st Downs 18 7
Rushing 7 2
Passing 11 4
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 3-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Punts-Average 6-44.0 7-45.3
Return Yards 113 41
Punts-Returns 4-46 3-22
Kickoffs-Returns 3-67 1-19
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-46 4-36
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Time of Possession 35:14 24:46
Total Net Yards 313 189
Total Plays 64 52
Average Gain 4.9 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 116 87
Rushes 31 22
Average/Rush 3.7 4.0
Net Yards Passing 197 102
Comp-Att 22-30 12-24
Yards/Pass 6.0 3.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 6-57
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 0
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 0-0
Field Goals 2-2 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (11-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 22/30 226 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Blount 10 53 5.3 0 17
B. Bolden 16 51 3.2 0 12
T. Brady 4 10 2.5 0 13
J. White 1 2 2.0 1 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 4 4 87 21.8 1 45
D. Amendola 8 6 46 7.7 0 10
J. White 6 4 38 9.5 0 27
B. LaFell 8 5 32 6.4 0 10
K. Martin 4 3 23 7.7 1 13
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Sheard 2.0 34.0
A. Hicks 2.0 7.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 8.0
D. Easley 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Mayo 7 1
A. Hicks 5 1
P. Chung 5 3
J. Collins 5 4
J. Sheard 4 0
M. Brown 2 0
R. Ninkovich 2 1
M. Butler 1 0
D. Easley 1 0
D. McCourty 1 0
L. Ryan 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Martin 1
Houston Texans (6-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Hoyer 11/22 155 0 0
T. Yates 1/2 4 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Grimes 7 53 7.6 0 37
C. Polk 11 34 3.1 0 9
A. Hunt 1 1 1.0 0 1
C. Shorts 2 0 0.0 0 0
B. Hoyer 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hopkins 6 3 52 17.3 0 40
N. Washington 4 1 49 49.0 0 49
R. Griffin 6 1 20 20.0 0 20
C. Polk 2 2 14 7.0 0 9
J. Grimes 2 2 9 4.5 0 5
C. Shorts 3 2 9 4.5 0 10
J. Strong 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Clowney 2.0 20.0
W. Mercilus 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Jackson 9 0
B. Cushing 6 3
J. Clowney 4 3
B. McKinney 4 4
J. Watt 3 0
W. Mercilus 3 2
Q. Demps 3 3
J. Joseph 3 3
K. Johnson 2 0
A. Hal 2 2
J. Crick 2 3
J. Simon 1 0
M. Bullough 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Hoyer 2