National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New England 40, Houston 7
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 17, 2006
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 52°
Head Official: Scott Green
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 00707
New England 17107640
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:06
New England TD New England 7 - Houston 0
Kevin Faulk 11 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 6:38
New England FG New England 10 - Houston 0
Stephen Gostkowski 36 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 3:31
New England TD New England 17 - Houston 0
Kevin Faulk 43 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:47
New England FG New England 20 - Houston 0
Stephen Gostkowski 32 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:11
New England TD New England 27 - Houston 0
Jabar Gaffney 6 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:49
Houston TD New England 27 - Houston 7
Ron Dayne 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:37
New England TD New England 34 - Houston 7
Ellis Hobbs 93 yd. kickoff return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 14:18
New England FG New England 37 - Houston 7
Stephen Gostkowski 31 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:00
New England FG New England 40 - Houston 7
Stephen Gostkowski 21 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New England
1st Downs 13 15
Rushing 6 6
Passing 7 8
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-11 7-17
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-2
Punts-Average 7-42.1 4-40.0
Return Yards 167 209
Punts-Returns 2-16 4-44
Kickoffs-Returns 8-151 2-102
Int-Returns 0-0 4-63
Penalties-Yards 4-66 2-10
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 24:07 35:53
Total Net Yards 198 230
Total Plays 54 66
Average Gain 3.7 3.5
Net Yards Rushing 105 105
Rushes 22 38
Average/Rush 4.8 2.8
Net Yards Passing 93 125
Comp-Att 16-28 19-27
Yards/Pass 2.9 4.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-34 1-4
Had Intercepted 4 0
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 4-4
Red Zone Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-6-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Carr 16/28 127 0 4
New England Patriots (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 16/23 109 2 0
M. Cassel 3/4 20 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Dayne 18 94 5.2 1 19
W. Lundy 3 11 3.7 0 6
J. Simmons 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Dillon 20 61 3.0 0 15
H. Evans 8 24 3.0 0 11
K. Faulk 4 22 5.5 1 11
T. Brady 2 2 1.0 0 3
V. Testaverde 4 -4 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 5 28 5.6 0 9
D. Anderson 1 27 27.0 0 27
E. Moulds 4 26 6.5 0 12
W. Lundy 2 18 9.0 0 12
O. Daniels 1 9 9.0 0 9
R. Dayne 1 7 7.0 0 7
K. Walter 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Bruener 1 6 6.0 0 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Faulk 2 46 23.0 1 43
R. Caldwell 6 25 4.2 0 8
D. Thomas 3 24 8.0 0 11
C. Dillon 5 20 4.0 0 12
J. Gaffney 1 6 6.0 1 6
H. Evans 1 4 4.0 0 4
T. Brown 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Samuel 1 33 0
J. Sanders 1 21 0
E. Hobbs 1 9 0
R. Seymour 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Babin 1.0 4.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
T. Banta-Cain 2.0 12.0
M. Wright 1.0 13.0
R. Colvin 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Ryans 8 2
G. Earl 7 3
D. Faggins 5 1
D. Robinson 5 1
M. Greenwood 5 4
M. Williams 3 1
J. Simmons 3 3
J. Babin 2 0
A. Peek 2 0
K. Wong 2 0
V. Hutchins 2 0
T. Johnson 2 2
A. Weaver 1 0
N. Kalu 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Sanders 5 0
A. Samuel 5 0
T. Bruschi 4 6
E. Hobbs 3 0
J. Green 3 1
M. Wright 3 1
C. Scott 3 1
T. Warren 3 2
T. Banta-Cain 3 3
C. Mays 2 1
M. Vrabel 2 2
G. Scott 1 0
R. Seymour 1 1
L. Izzo 1 1
R. Colvin 1 1
A. Hawkins 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Carr 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles