National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 27, Houston 6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Clowney 2.0 20.0
W. Mercilus 1.0 9.0
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
A. Branch 0 2
C. Jones 0 2
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
C. Covington 0 1
V. Wilfork 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Hicks 2.0
P. Chung 1.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0
J. Collins 1.0
D. Easley 1.0
J. Mayo 1.0
J. Sheard 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Clowney 2.0
B. Cushing 2.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
J. Watt 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Martin 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Hoyer 2