National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 34, Houston 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 1, 2013
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 71769
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 70141334
Houston 1077731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:44
Houston TD Houston 7 - New England 0
Ben Tate 8 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
1st Quarter - 4:10
Houston FG Houston 10 - New England 0
Randy Bullock 43 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:25
New England TD Houston 10 - New England 7
Rob Gronkowski 23 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:47
Houston TD Houston 17 - New England 7
Ben Tate 20 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:41
New England TD Houston 17 - New England 14
James Develin 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:06
New England TD Houston 17 - New England 21
Shane Vereen 9 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:11
Houston TD Houston 24 - New England 21
Case Keenum 5 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
4th Quarter - 13:09
New England TD Houston 24 - New England 28
LeGarrette Blount 7 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 11:35
Houston TD Houston 31 - New England 28
Ben Tate 10 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
4th Quarter - 7:16
New England FG Houston 31 - New England 31
Stephen Gostkowski 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:12
New England FG Houston 31 - New England 34
Stephen Gostkowski 53 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Houston
1st Downs 28 19
Rushing 7 8
Passing 20 11
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 3-44.0 3-44.7
Return Yards 162 108
Punts-Returns 1-11 1-6
Kickoffs-Returns 6-149 2-71
Int - Returns 1-2 1-31
Penalties-Yards 0-0 2-25
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 33:45 26:14
Total Net Yards 453 385
Total Plays 69 59
Average Gain 6.6 6.5
Net Yards Rushing 88 121
Rushes 27 28
Average/Rush 3.3 4.3
Net Yards Passing 365 264
Comp-Att 29-41 15-30
Yards/Pass 8.7 8.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 1-8
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 2 4
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (9-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 29/41 371 2 1
Houston Texans (2-10)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Keenum 15/30 272 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Blount 12 44 3.7 1 8
S. Vereen 10 38 3.8 0 14
J. Develin 2 4 2.0 1 3
B. Bolden 3 2 0.7 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tate 22 102 4.6 3 20
D. Johnson 3 13 4.3 0 9
C. Keenum 3 6 2.0 1 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 12 6 127 21.2 1 50
J. Edelman 12 9 101 11.2 0 25
D. Amendola 5 5 54 10.8 0 17
S. Vereen 6 5 37 7.4 1 12
B. Bolden 1 1 18 18.0 0 18
K. Thompkins 3 1 16 16.0 0 16
J. Develin 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Boyce 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 9 8 121 15.1 0 29
D. Hopkins 5 2 77 38.5 0 66
G. Graham 11 3 36 12.0 0 17
K. Martin 1 1 27 27.0 0 27
D. Johnson 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Ryan 1 2 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Joseph 1 31 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
I. Sopoaga 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 0.5 3.0
J. Tarpinian 0.5 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. McCourty 5 0
D. Hightower 5 2
B. Spikes 4 1
L. Ryan 3 0
A. Talib 3 0
R. Ninkovich 3 1
D. Harmon 2 0
J. Vellano 2 0
J. Collins 1 0
I. Sopoaga 1 0
S. Siliga 1 1
C. Jones 1 2
S. Gregory 1 2
C. Jones 1 3
D. Fletcher 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Swearinger 7 1
J. Mays 6 1
D. Sharpton 6 3
S. Keo 5 0
J. Watt 5 0
E. Pleasant 4 0
B. McCain 3 0
J. Joseph 3 0
A. Smith 2 0
K. Jackson 2 1
W. Mercilus 2 1
E. Mitchell 2 1
J. Tarpinian 1 1
B. Reed 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Hightower 1.0
I. Sopoaga 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Smith 1.0
D. Swearinger 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles