National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 36, Houston 33
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 24, 2017
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 65878
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 10107633
New England 7147836
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:33
New England TD New England 7 - Houston 0
Rob Gronkowski 5 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 7:22
Houston FG New England 7 - Houston 3
Ka'imi Fairbairn 39 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:51
Houston TD New England 7 - Houston 10
Bruce Ellington 29 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:25
New England TD New England 14 - Houston 10
Chris Hogan 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:01
Houston FG New England 14 - Houston 13
Ka'imi Fairbairn 40 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 6:15
Houston TD New England 14 - Houston 20
Jadeveon Clowney 22 yd. fumble recovery (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:58
New England TD New England 21 - Houston 20
Chris Hogan 47 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:45
New England TD New England 28 - Houston 20
Brandin Cooks 42 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:12
Houston TD New England 28 - Houston 27
Ryan Griffin 12 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 12:13
Houston FG New England 28 - Houston 30
Ka'imi Fairbairn 31 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:24
Houston FG New England 28 - Houston 33
Ka'imi Fairbairn 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:23
New England TD New England 36 - Houston 33
Brandin Cooks 25 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Brandin Cooks pass from Tom Brady)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New England
1st Downs 23 21
Rushing 7 1
Passing 13 16
Penalty 3 4
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 4-58.5 6-45.3
Return Yards 95 148
Punts-Returns 3-20 2-53
Kickoffs-Returns 4-75 2-44
Int - Returns 0-0 2-51
Penalties-Yards 10-60 5-69
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-1
Time of Possession 33:38 26:22
Total Net Yards 417 396
Total Plays 67 60
Average Gain 6.2 6.6
Net Yards Rushing 125 59
Rushes 32 20
Average/Rush 3.9 3.0
Net Yards Passing 292 337
Comp-Att 22-33 25-35
Yards/Pass 8.3 8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 5-41
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 5
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 4-4 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 22/33 301 2 2
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 25/35 378 5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Miller 14 56 4.0 0 12
D. Watson 8 41 5.1 0 7
D. Foreman 8 25 3.1 0 5
T. Ervin 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Ellington 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Gillislee 12 31 2.6 0 8
J. White 5 17 3.4 0 6
T. Brady 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Lewis 2 5 2.5 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hopkins 8 7 76 10.9 0 21
D. Foreman 3 2 65 32.5 0 34
R. Griffin 6 5 61 12.2 1 35
B. Ellington 7 4 59 14.8 1 29
B. Miller 4 1 15 15.0 0 15
S. Anderson 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
L. Miller 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
T. Ervin 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 7 5 131 26.2 2 44
R. Gronkowski 10 8 89 11.1 1 22
C. Hogan 6 4 68 17.0 2 47
D. Amendola 5 3 48 16.0 0 27
J. Hollister 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
D. Lewis 3 3 12 4.0 0 5
J. White 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. Allen 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Gilmore 1 39 0
D. Harmon 1 12 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Clowney 2.0 15.0
C. Covington 1.0 12.0
M. Gilchrist 1.0 8.0
W. Mercilus 1.0 6.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Marsh 1.0 7.0
T. Flowers 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Clowney 6 0
W. Mercilus 5 0
J. Watt 5 1
K. Jackson 5 1
J. Banks 3 0
C. Covington 3 0
A. Hal 3 1
B. McKinney 3 2
Z. Cunningham 3 4
C. Moore 2 0
M. Gilchrist 2 1
B. Scarlett 1 0
J. Joseph 1 0
D. Reader 1 2
E. Pleasant 1 2
D. Cole 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. McCourty 9 1
K. Van Noy 9 2
E. Roberts 6 3
M. Brown 5 0
S. Gilmore 4 0
C. Marsh 4 0
J. Jones 3 0
T. Flowers 3 3
P. Chung 2 0
D. Harmon 2 0
L. Guy 2 1
M. Butler 2 1
D. Wise 1 1
A. Butler 1 2
M. Flowers 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Clowney 4.0
J. Watt 3.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Flowers 1.0
S. Gilmore 1.0
M. Brown 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Watson 2
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Brady 3
R. Gronkowski 1