Week 7, 2021

played in Houston, TX

78 degrees, rain, 9 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	7	3	7	-	20
Houston Texans	3	14	7	13	-	37

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:46 HOU - Isaac Caruso 44 field goal
1Q: 04:05 NED - Craig Sinclair 18 field goal
2Q: 11:43 HOU - Dean Rivers 6 pass from Les Randle (Isaac Caruso extra point)
2Q: 07:45 NED - Ronald Hudson 5 pass from Colin Reese (Craig Sinclair extra point)
2Q: 02:32 HOU - Vincent Vance 5 pass from Les Randle (Isaac Caruso extra point)
3Q: 12:16 NED - Craig Sinclair 48 field goal
3Q: 01:18 HOU - Dean Rivers 3 run (Isaac Caruso extra point)
4Q: 08:03 HOU - Dean Rivers 29 run (Isaac Caruso extra point failed)
4Q: 04:30 NED - Walt Wolfe 5 pass from Colin Reese (Craig Sinclair extra point)
4Q: 04:19 HOU - Leonardo Thomas 91 kickoff return (Isaac Caruso extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:46 HOU - Isaac Caruso 44 field goal
1Q: 04:05 NED - Craig Sinclair 18 field goal
2Q: 11:43 HOU - Dean Rivers 6 pass from Les Randle (Isaac Caruso extra point)
2Q: 07:45 NED - Ronald Hudson 5 pass from Colin Reese (Craig Sinclair extra point)
2Q: 02:32 HOU - Vincent Vance 5 pass from Les Randle (Isaac Caruso extra point)
3Q: 12:16 NED - Craig Sinclair 48 field goal
3Q: 01:18 HOU - Dean Rivers 3 run (Isaac Caruso extra point)
4Q: 08:03 HOU - Dean Rivers 29 run (Isaac Caruso extra point failed)
4Q: 04:30 NED - Walt Wolfe 5 pass from Colin Reese (Craig Sinclair extra point)
4Q: 04:19 HOU - Leonardo Thomas 91 kickoff return (Isaac Caruso extra point)

Team Statistics NED HOU
Record 3-3 4-3
First Downs 25 20
- by Rushing 9 8
- by Passing 13 10
- by Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 438 293
- Offensive Plays 78 58
- Yards per Play 5.62 5.05
Net Rushing Yards 201 134
- Rushing Attempts 37 24
- Yards per Rush 5.43 5.58
Net Passing Yards 237 159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 40 - 22 - 3 34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 244 159
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/7 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.78 4.68
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 6.7
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/42 8/55
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 2/28
Kick Returns/Yards 5/113 1/91
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/61
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 35
Time of Possession 33:08 26:52

Team Statistics	NED	HOU
Record	3-3	4-3
First Downs	25	20
- by Rushing	9	8
- by Passing	13	10
- by Penalty	3	2
Total Net Yards	438	293
- Offensive Plays	78	58
- Yards per Play	5.62	5.05
Net Rushing Yards	201	134
- Rushing Attempts	37	24
- Yards per Rush	5.43	5.58
Net Passing Yards	237	159
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	40 - 22 - 3	34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	244	159
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/7	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.78	4.68
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	6.7
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/42	8/55
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	2/28
Kick Returns/Yards	5/113	1/91
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/61
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 35
Time of Possession	33:08	26:52

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:38	6:40	OWN 33	13	66	Field Goal
2	11:32	3:56	OWN 19	6	81	Touchdown
2	6:03	1:09	OWN 18	5	29	Interception
2	2:25	1:29	OWN 25	4	25	Punt
3	15:00	2:49	OWN 25	6	44	Field Goal
3	11:17	4:51	OWN 4	10	40	Punt
3	3:24	0:48	OWN 20	2	-4	Interception
3	1:07	3:48	OWN 27	7	25	Punt
4	10:38	1:19	OWN 4	4	7	Punt
4	8:54	0:51	OWN 43	2	11	Interception
4	7:50	3:31	OWN 41	8	59	Touchdown
4	3:53	3:05	OWN 41	11	55	Downs
4	0:09	0:09	50	1	5	Fumble

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:22	OWN 25	8	48	Field Goal
1	3:58	7:26	OWN 25	14	75	Touchdown
2	7:36	1:33	OWN 25	4	16	Punt
2	4:54	2:29	OPP 43	7	43	Touchdown
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 20	2	16	Half
3	12:11	0:54	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
3	6:26	3:02	OWN 28	6	12	Punt
3	2:36	1:29	OPP 36	4	36	Touchdown
4	12:19	1:41	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	9:19	0:25	OPP 36	3	0	Missed FG
4	8:03	0:13	OPP 29	1	29	Touchdown
4	0:48	0:39	OWN 4	3	-2	Punt

Game MVP: Les Randle, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Shannon Hudson	28	160	5.71	44	4
QB Colin Reese	8	40	5.00	12	1
RB Lucas Sampson	1	1	1.00	1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Dean Rivers	17	74	4.35	29	4	2
QB Les Randle	6	56	9.33	17	1	0
RB Tristan Hoover	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Colin Reese	40	22	244	1/7	2	35	3	58.8

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Les Randle	34	19	159	0/0	2	25	0	87.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Walt Wolfe	7	11	82	11.71	12	24	1
WR Ronald Hudson	6	7	58	9.67	24	21	1
WR Tim Horn	3	11	15	5.00	0	9	0
WR Devan Cudney	2	2	5	2.50	0	6	0
WR Maxwell Gross	1	3	12	12.00	0	12	0
RB Shannon Hudson	1	1	25	25.00	18	25	0
WR Grady Myers	1	1	12	12.00	6	12	0
WR Leon Sauls	1	3	35	35.00	25	35	0
WR Lester Conway	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Sawyer Guthrie	8	15	62	7.75	31	25	0
WR O.J. Foilette	4	7	28	7.00	0	14	0
WR Leonardo Thomas	3	6	24	8.00	8	9	0
TE Vincent Vance	2	4	27	13.50	20	22	1
RB Dean Rivers	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	1
FB Conrad Rigby	1	1	12	12.00	5	12	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Wyatt Clements	2	30	15.00	0
CB Trey Johnston	1	31	31.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Colin Reese	2	0	0
G Ryan Harper	0	1	0
G Charlie Crossman	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
WR Leonardo Thomas	1	0	0
CB Trey Johnston	0	1	1
TE Vincent Vance	0	1	0
DE Norm Lyle	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shaquille Ogunleye	4	179	44.8	27.8	50	1

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tevin Montague	5	294	58.8	52.8	72	3

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Craig Sinclair	2/2	1/1	0/0	48	2/2

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Isaac Caruso	1/2	1/2	0/1	44	4/5

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Grady Myers	2	10	5.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leonardo Thomas	2	28	14.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.B. Becker	5	113	22.6	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leonardo Thomas	1	91	91.0	1

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Demetrius Baxter	10	1	0.0	24	31
ILB Todd Cole	8	2	0.0	21	31
CB Buddy Obenhoff	4	1	0.0	23	31
DT Tracy Stelick	4	0	0.0	18	24
OLB Kyle Raggio	4	0	0.0	19	23
S Gavin Tyler	2	2	0.0	16	16
S Pedro Armstrong	2	1	0.0	8	21
ILB Stan Hanks	2	0	0.0	18	26
DT Weston Slusarczyk	1	0	0.0	22	28
TE Walt Wolfe	1	0	---	---	---
CB Zach Cassani	1	0	0.0	10	12
OLB Justics Pogrelis	1	0	0.0	6	11
RB Shannon Hudson	1	0	---	---	---
T Karl Connelly	1	0	---	---	---
CB Cris Willis	0	1	0.0	24	34
DE James Zellers	0	1	0.0	9	21
CB J.B. Becker	0	1	0.0	14	15
DE Miles Harvey	0	1	0.0	20	27

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB J.J. Sprague	9	2	0.0	29	33
ILB Colin Moore	7	0	0.0	27	27
CB Taylor Osborne	6	2	0.0	33	39
CB Trey Johnston	5	1	0.0	24	30
S Joey Norris	4	2	0.0	36	41
DE Jerald Moultrie	4	0	0.0	16	21
S Kirk Cabrera	3	3	0.0	36	41
CB Wyatt Clements	3	2	0.0	37	41
ILB Conrad Burgos	3	1	0.0	11	10
OLB Ricky Lester	3	1	0.0	27	31
DT Clayton Morse	2	3	0.0	26	23
DT Vincent Bishop	2	1	0.0	26	24
DT David Stargell	2	1	0.0	15	22
DE Norm Lyle	1	1	1.0	36	41
ILB Steve Fry	1	1	0.0	2	9
CB Raul Newhart	1	1	0.0	7	3
OLB Brent Campbell	1	0	0.0	10	10

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Weston Slusarczyk	2	1	3	28
DE James Zellers	0	1	0	21
DE Miles Harvey	0	1	0	27

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Norm Lyle	1.0	1	2	1	41
DT David Stargell	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Demetrius Baxter	5	0	31
CB Buddy Obenhoff	4	0	31
S Pedro Armstrong	3	1	21
ILB Todd Cole	2	1	31
ILB Stan Hanks	1	1	26
S Gavin Tyler	1	0	16
CB Zach Cassani	1	0	12
OLB Justics Pogrelis	1	0	11
OLB Kyle Raggio	1	0	23
CB Cris Willis	0	2	34
CB J.B. Becker	0	1	15

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB J.J. Sprague	5	1	0	33
CB Trey Johnston	2	2	1	30
CB Wyatt Clements	2	1	2	41
S Kirk Cabrera	2	1	0	41
OLB Ricky Lester	2	1	0	31
ILB Conrad Burgos	2	0	0	10
ILB Colin Moore	2	0	0	27
CB Taylor Osborne	1	1	0	39
DE Jerald Moultrie	1	0	0	21
ILB Steve Fry	1	0	0	9
DT David Stargell	1	0	0	22
CB Raul Newhart	1	0	0	3
S Joey Norris	0	1	0	41

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Ryan Harper	4	10	1	37	0	41
G Charlie Crossman	4	5	0	37	1	41
T Roberto Andersen	4	5	0	37	0	41
T Stan Morrish	2	8	0	37	0	41
T Karl Connelly	0	1	0	37	0	41

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
C Quinn Wilhite	4	6	1	24	34
T Graham Finch	3	4	0	24	34
T Abel Martin	1	2	0	24	34
G Angel Walker	0	3	0	24	34
T Jerome Shaw	0	3	0	24	34

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Alfred White	1	23
Charlie Crossman	1	6

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Vincent Vance	2	23
O.J. Foilette	1	18
Colin Moore	1	18
Leonardo Thomas	1	16
Norm Lyle	1	13
Elijah Huntley	1	7

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Walt Wolfe	29	37	---	---	23	89
G Ryan Harper	37	41	---	---	11	89
T Roberto Andersen	37	41	---	---	6	84
G Charlie Crossman	37	41	---	---	6	84
T Karl Connelly	37	41	---	---	6	84
T Stan Morrish	37	41	---	---	---	78
WR Ronald Hudson	31	35	---	---	12	78
QB Colin Reese	37	41	---	---	---	78
RB Shannon Hudson	33	37	---	---	2	72
CB Cris Willis	---	---	24	34	7	65
OLB Kyle Raggio	---	---	19	23	20	62
DT Tracy Stelick	---	---	18	24	16	58
S Demetrius Baxter	---	---	24	31	2	57
ILB Stan Hanks	---	---	18	26	12	56
CB Buddy Obenhoff	---	---	23	31	2	56
ILB Todd Cole	---	---	21	31	2	54
DE Miles Harvey	---	---	20	27	6	53
WR Devan Cudney	17	16	---	---	19	52
DT Weston Slusarczyk	---	---	22	28	1	51
WR Tim Horn	23	27	---	---	---	50
S Gavin Tyler	---	---	16	16	16	48
WR Grady Myers	19	22	---	---	5	46
CB Zach Cassani	---	---	10	12	19	41
CB J.B. Becker	---	---	14	15	7	36
OLB Reginald Norey	---	---	9	21	3	33
S Pedro Armstrong	---	---	8	21	3	32
DE James Zellers	---	---	9	21	2	32
RB Alfred White	5	2	---	---	23	30
OLB Justics Pogrelis	---	---	6	11	2	19
WR Leon Sauls	11	7	---	---	---	18
TE Broderick Abbey	7	10	---	---	---	17
RB Lucas Sampson	1	1	---	---	12	14
WR Lester Conway	0	3	---	---	7	10
TE Ben Shea	5	4	---	---	---	9
WR Maxwell Gross	4	4	---	---	---	8
K Craig Sinclair	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Trevor Robertson	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Shaquille Ogunleye	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Malcolm Mathews	---	---	3	2	---	5
G Stan Pearson	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Lamont Stuart	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Vince Stultz	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Salvador Ginn	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Cary Finch	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Carter Stuart	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Ivan Baker	---	---	0	0	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Joey Norris	---	---	36	41	17	94
DE Norm Lyle	---	---	36	41	13	90
CB Wyatt Clements	---	---	37	41	2	80
OLB Ricky Lester	---	---	27	31	22	80
S Kirk Cabrera	---	---	36	41	1	78
WR O.J. Foilette	23	33	---	---	18	74
CB Taylor Osborne	---	---	33	39	2	74
TE Vincent Vance	19	30	---	---	23	72
ILB Colin Moore	---	---	27	27	18	72
RB Dean Rivers	21	27	---	---	19	67
WR Leonardo Thomas	22	26	---	---	16	64
OLB J.J. Sprague	---	---	29	33	1	63
QB Les Randle	24	34	---	---	---	58
T Graham Finch	24	34	---	---	---	58
G Angel Walker	24	34	---	---	---	58
T Jerome Shaw	24	34	---	---	---	58
T Abel Martin	24	34	---	---	---	58
C Quinn Wilhite	24	34	---	---	---	58
WR Sawyer Guthrie	23	33	---	---	---	56
CB Trey Johnston	---	---	24	30	---	54
DT Clayton Morse	---	---	26	23	2	51
DT Vincent Bishop	---	---	26	24	1	51
DE Jerald Moultrie	---	---	16	21	6	43
DT David Stargell	---	---	15	22	1	38
ILB Conrad Burgos	---	---	11	10	11	32
CB Kai Chelle	---	---	7	5	16	28
TE Darryl Williams	3	8	---	---	12	23
OLB Brent Campbell	---	---	10	10	1	21
FB Conrad Rigby	0	2	---	---	18	20
WR Myron Gowins	5	3	---	---	5	13
ILB Steve Fry	---	---	2	9	---	11
CB Raul Newhart	---	---	7	3	---	10
RB Tristan Hoover	3	7	---	---	---	10
K Isaac Caruso	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Tevin Montague	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Aaron Burroughs	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Elijah Huntley	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Trent Conway	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Brayden Shea	0	0	---	---	7	7
DE Malik Coleman	---	---	0	0	4	4
S Kyle Taylor	---	---	1	0	1	2
S Karl Swift	---	---	1	0	1	2
TE Dashawn Witt	1	1	---	---	---	2
WR Dominique Holliday	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Conner Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Justin Giles	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	36	6.0
Middle	18	71	3.9
Right	13	94	7.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	11	11.0
Middle	22	115	5.2
Right	1	8	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Colin Reese	40	22	4	3	0	8	3	1	3

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Les Randle	34	19	2	2	2	6	3	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	33	8.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	126	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	7	85	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	43	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	9	68	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	48	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Walt Wolfe	11	7	82	1	37
WR Tim Horn	11	3	15	0	27
WR Ronald Hudson	7	6	58	1	35
WR Maxwell Gross	3	1	12	0	4
WR Leon Sauls	3	1	35	1	7
WR Devan Cudney	2	2	5	0	16
WR Lester Conway	1	0	0	0	3
RB Shannon Hudson	1	1	25	1	37
WR Grady Myers	1	1	12	0	22

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Sawyer Guthrie	15	8	2	62	1	33
WR O.J. Foilette	7	4	0	28	0	33
WR Leonardo Thomas	6	3	0	24	0	26
TE Vincent Vance	4	2	0	27	1	30
RB Dean Rivers	1	1	0	6	0	27
FB Conrad Rigby	1	1	0	12	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Shannon Hudson	2	-1	-0.50	5.71
QB Colin Reese	2	8	4.00	5.00

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Dean Rivers	3	5	1.67	4.35
QB Les Randle	1	9	9.00	9.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Colin Reese	9	5	42	4.67	6.10

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Les Randle	5	3	7	1.40	4.68

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ronald Hudson	3	2	14	4.67	8.29
WR Tim Horn	3	0	0	0.00	1.36
TE Walt Wolfe	2	2	16	8.00	7.45
WR Grady Myers	1	1	12	12.00	12.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Sawyer Guthrie	2	1	-4	-2.00	4.13
TE Vincent Vance	1	1	5	5.00	6.75
RB Dean Rivers	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
WR O.J. Foilette	1	0	0	0.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
QB Colin Reese	3	1
RB Shannon Hudson	2	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
QB Les Randle	1	1
RB Dean Rivers	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Colin Reese	8	5	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Les Randle	10	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Walt Wolfe	3	2	1
WR Leon Sauls	2	1	1
WR Devan Cudney	1	1	0
WR Ronald Hudson	1	1	0
WR Maxwell Gross	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sawyer Guthrie	6	3	3
WR O.J. Foilette	2	1	0
WR Leonardo Thomas	1	0	0
FB Conrad Rigby	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,400 (21,400)
End Zone 14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,400 (21,400)
End Zone	14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)