Preseason Week 2: Houston Texans at New York Giants

August 21, 2004
68°
Shea Stadium (New York City, NY) Attendance: 41,544 (55%)
Houston Texans 10 0 0 0 - 10
New York Giants 7 0 3 5 - 15

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Houston Texans: 1-10-HOU 25 (15:00) 2-Gerald Ohara ran for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Joseph Poorman. NYG 0 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) New York Giants: 1-3-HOU 3 (11:13) 24-Ricky Fletcher ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fred Sumlin. NYG 7 HOU 7
(Qtr 1) Houston Texans: 4-4-NYG 27 (4:17) 17-Joseph Poorman 46 yard field goal is GOOD. NYG 7 HOU 10
(Qtr 3) New York Giants: 4-3-HOU 37 (9:51) 1-Fred Sumlin 55 yard field goal is GOOD. NYG 10 HOU 10
(Qtr 4) New York Giants: 4-8-HOU 21 (11:44) 1-Fred Sumlin 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NYG 13 HOU 10
(Qtr 4) New York Giants: 1-10-HOU 8 (1:34) 3-Jonathan Stephan sacked at HOU -2 for -11 yards (97-Jamie Rios). Sack allowed by 73-Chad Barry. SAFETY! (97-Jamie Rios) 73-Chad Barry totally missed that block. NYG 15 HOU 10

Team Statistics

New York Giants Houston Texans
First Downs 13 8
- Rushing 6 3
- Passing 3 4
- Penalty 4 1
Total Net Yards 215 177
- Offensive Plays 65 53
- Yards Per Play 3.31 3.34
Net Rushing Yards 123 149
- Rushing Attempts 40 20
- Yards Per Rush 3.08 7.45
Net Passing Yards 92 28
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 17 / 0 27 / 13 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 102 70
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 10 6 / 42
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.68 0.85
- Yards Per Completion 6.00 5.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 38 3 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 36:07 23:52

Drive Charts

New York Giants

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:47 3:37 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
1 9:37 2:46 OWN 32 5 8 Fumble
1 4:14 2:09 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 12:42 3:21 OWN 1 5 16 Punt
2 6:14 3:48 OWN 3 6 25 Punt
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 20 2 4 Half
3 15:00 2:04 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 11:18 1:32 OPP 44 3 7 Field Goal
3 7:49 2:06 OWN 7 4 18 Punt
3 3:27 6:46 OWN 28 12 51 Field Goal
4 9:31 2:00 OWN 27 3 1 Punt
4 6:31 2:58 OWN 37 6 19 Punt
4 1:53 0:19 OWN 41 3 2 Punt
4 1:31 1:31 OPP 26 3 0 Game

Houston Texans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:13 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
1 11:10 1:33 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 6:52 2:38 OPP 50 6 22 Field Goal
1 2:04 4:22 OWN 18 8 31 Punt
2 9:21 3:07 OWN 38 6 17 Punt
2 2:26 1:16 OWN 25 7 29 Punt
3 12:56 1:37 OWN 13 3 -12 Punt
3 9:46 1:57 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 5:43 2:16 OWN 26 4 2 Punt
4 11:41 2:10 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 7:31 1:00 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
4 3:33 1:40 OWN 6 5 6 Punt
4 1:34 0:03 OWN 8 1 -11 Safety

Rushing Stats

New York Giants

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Christopher Cary 17 63 3.71 38 2 0
Ricky Fletcher 15 34 2.27 5 0 1
Dan Hubbard 4 14 3.50 6 0 0
John Triplett 4 12 3.00 12 1 0

Houston Texans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gerald Ohara 7 114 16.29 75 4 1
David Thornton 12 36 3.00 9 0 0
Oscar Bittner 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

New York Giants

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
John Triplett 14 9 56 2 / 10 0 10 0 72.32
William Lawler 9 8 46 0 / 0 0 10 0 87.96

Houston Texans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel Webb 17 8 58 1 / 2 0 16 0 55.51
Jonathan Stephan 10 5 12 5 / 40 0 9 0 56.25

Receiving Stats

New York Giants

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dan Hubbard 6 34 5.67 10 0
Christopher Cary 4 21 5.25 10 0
Brian McGuire 3 20 6.67 9 0
Robin Neal 2 16 8.00 10 0
Ricky Fletcher 1 6 6.00 6 0
William Fraser 1 5 5.00 5 0

Houston Texans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Gridley 4 33 8.25 16 0
Kevin Winter 1 10 10.00 10 0
Matthew Anderson 1 9 9.00 9 0
Oscar Bittner 3 7 2.33 9 0
Ross Ramirez 2 6 3.00 5 0
Evan Key 1 4 4.00 4 0
John Tapia 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

New York Giants

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Newsome 28 25 1 3
William Parenteau 27 21 1 2
Ken Mills 9 17 0 2
William Grant 0 8 0 1
John Webster 0 1 0 0
Mark Neeley 0 1 0 0
Darrin Cook 0 3 0 0
Augustus Dickey 2 0 0 0
Doug Macaulay 4 4 0 0
Jamie Rios 0 2 0 0
Jeffery Moore 5 2 0 0
Michael Durbin 2 6 0 1
Dana Mendez 2 10 0 0
Mark McDuffie 6 12 0 0
James Hays 20 17 0 1
Eugene Willis 3 2 0 1
Gene Stein 25 22 0 1
Stanton Sullivan 0 1 0 0
Brian McGuire 1 29 0 0
Mark Dahl 12 1 0 0
Sean Cheesman 28 23 0 2
William Fraser 0 12 0 0
Robin Neal 0 13 0 4
Ricky Fletcher 1 1 0 0
Jaime Preuss 8 17 0 1
Dennis Preston 3 20 0 1
Robert Valdez 8 23 0 2
Christopher Cary 7 12 0 0
Dan Hubbard 11 25 0 0
Douglas Morrow 13 22 0 1
Charles McCarthy 13 22 0 0
Steve Hutson 0 1 0 0

Houston Texans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chad Barry 21 10 2 2
Ross Ramirez 16 16 1 2
Williams Epperson 4 0 1 1
Jonathan Stam 24 17 1 2
Joe Bradshaw 23 9 1 1
Kevin Winter 0 6 0 0
John Smith 2 4 0 0
Billy Miles 5 0 0 0
Robert Gonzalez 0 1 0 0
Ralph Padgett 2 1 0 0
Dallas Smith 0 1 0 0
Antonio Smith 0 1 0 0
David Gridley 0 5 0 0
Oscar Bittner 1 6 0 1
John Tapia 0 6 0 1
Roy Smith 0 6 0 0
Kelly Duncan 1 2 0 1
John Burchett 0 2 0 1
David Thornton 10 1 0 0
Olen Truluck 0 1 0 0
James Dade 0 1 0 0
Gerald Ohara 7 2 0 0
Stanley McGee 25 10 0 0
Alfredo Owens 18 9 0 0
Kenneth Kalish 27 8 0 0
Evan Key 3 11 0 1
Jumbo Arce 24 18 0 2
David Gardner 20 13 0 0
Kurt Oyler 24 15 0 0
Nathan Hummel 22 19 0 2
Matthew Anderson 2 13 0 0
Brandon Johnston 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New York Giants

Houston Texans

Fumble Stats

New York Giants

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Cary 1 0 0 0
William Fraser 0 1 0 0

Houston Texans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jose Rivera 0 1 0 0
James Dade 0 0 1 0

Punting

New York Giants

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clarence Faulkner 8 343 42.88 48.00 58 4

Houston Texans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Gonzales 10 493 49.30 43.50 63 3

Kicking

New York Giants

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Fred Sumlin 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 1 / 1

Houston Texans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Joseph Poorman 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 1 / 1

Punt Return

New York Giants

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Peter Tuttle 3 31 10.3 12 0
Robin Neal 1 7 7.0 7 0

Houston Texans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Gridley 2 9 4.5 7 0
Oscar Bittner 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Return

New York Giants

Houston Texans

Defensive Stats