Regular Season Week 1: Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers
September 04, 2016 80° Ericsson Stadium
Attendance: 64,917 (87%)
Houston Texans 3 10 0 0 - 13
Carolina Panthers 7 14 3 8 - 32
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Carolina Panthers: 3-12-HOU 29 (13:38) 11-Michael Brown sacked at HOU 21 for -8 yards (91-Howard Ingraham). Sack allowed by 67-Dennis Kiser. 11-Michael Brown FUMBLES (91-Howard Ingraham) recovered by CAR-91-Howard Ingraham for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Frank Aoki. CAR 7 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Houston Texans: 4-8-CAR 36 (9:55) 4-Patrick Polster 54 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 7 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Carolina Panthers: 2-8-HOU 8 (13:52) 8-John Snapp pass complete to 82-Ian Burrowes to HOU 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Frank Aoki. CAR 14 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Carolina Panthers: 3-6-HOU 6 (11:16) 8-John Snapp pass complete to 84-Major Horn for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Frank Aoki. CAR 21 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Houston Texans: 2-5-CAR 40 (9:06) 11-Michael Brown pass complete to 15-William Fauver for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Patrick Polster. CAR 21 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Houston Texans: 4-1-CAR 13 (2:00) 4-Patrick Polster 32 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 21 HOU 13
(Qtr 3) Carolina Panthers: 4-12-HOU 35 (8:29) 4-Frank Aoki 52 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 24 HOU 13
(Qtr 4) Carolina Panthers: 2-11-HOU 2 (14:09) 11-Michael Brown sacked at HOU -6 for -8 yards (96-Daniel Cooper). Sack allowed by 63-Aaron Hoover. SAFETY! (96-Daniel Cooper) 92-Amos Malone got away with a hold on that play. CAR 26 HOU 13
(Qtr 4) Carolina Panthers: 1-10-CAR 48 (12:08) 8-John Snapp pass complete to 82-Ian Burrowes for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
Team Statistics
Carolina Panthers Houston Texans
First Downs 16 7
- Rushing 9 3
- Passing 6 3
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 340 172
- Offensive Plays 73 49
- Yards Per Play 4.66 3.51
Net Rushing Yards 146 64
- Rushing Attempts 41 21
- Yards Per Rush 3.56 3.05
Net Passing Yards 194 108
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 19 / 2 25 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 205 132
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 11 3 / 24
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.06 3.86
- Yards Per Completion 10.79 8.80
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 19 1 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 7.0
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 11 4 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 49 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 29
Time of Possession 38:27 21:34
Drive Charts
Carolina Panthers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:32 2:12 OPP 25 4 6 Punt
1 11:21 0:42 OWN 32 3 1 Interception
1 9:50 1:34 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 4:29 5:42 OWN 14 10 86 Touchdown
2 13:45 2:32 OPP 27 5 27 Touchdown
2 8:59 2:15 OWN 23 3 5 Punt
2 4:19 1:16 OWN 5 3 6 Interception
2 1:57 0:20 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 15:00 6:36 OWN 25 12 40 Field Goal
3 5:01 5:14 OWN 13 10 45 Punt
4 14:05 2:06 OWN 37 5 63 Touchdown
4 9:56 3:54 OWN 19 6 27 Punt
4 5:24 2:12 OWN 34 3 7 Punt
4 1:52 1:52 OWN 20 6 43 Game
Houston Texans
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:28 OWN 30 3 -2 Punt
1 10:38 0:48 OPP 37 3 2 Field Goal
1 8:16 3:47 OWN 16 6 20 Punt
2 13:48 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
2 11:13 2:14 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 6:44 2:25 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
2 3:03 1:06 OPP 22 3 9 Field Goal
2 1:38 1:38 OWN 26 3 8 Half
3 8:24 3:23 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
4 14:47 0:41 OWN 3 2 -9 Safety
4 11:59 2:03 OWN 25 4 9 Punt
4 6:02 0:38 OWN 15 3 9 Punt
4 3:12 1:20 OWN 18 4 24 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 Sterling Murray 20 94 4.70 17 4 0
#21 Larry Medina 15 50 3.33 12 2 0
#45 Roland Wallace 2 4 2.00 3 0 0
#8 John Snapp 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
#34 Kenneth Pitts 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Houston Texans
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#11 Michael Brown 2 25 12.50 15 2 0
#34 Lyle Sample 14 20 1.43 6 0 0
#25 Henry Woodrow 4 12 3.00 9 0 0
#23 Derek Escarcega 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Passing Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 John Snapp 31 19 205 1 / 11 3 52 2 86.09
Houston Texans
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#11 Michael Brown 25 15 132 3 / 24 1 40 1 70.75
Receiving Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Ian Burrowes 7 80 11.43 52 2
#24 Sterling Murray 5 76 15.20 43 0
#84 Major Horn 4 27 6.75 8 1
#18 Joseph Greene 1 11 11.00 11 0
#88 Alex Primo 1 11 11.00 11 0
#45 Roland Wallace 1 0 0.00 0 0
Houston Texans
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Fauver 1 40 40.00 40 1
#16 Larry Hyland 3 30 10.00 14 0
#12 Vincent Hendrickson 3 27 9.00 11 0
#80 Steven Gaddis 4 18 4.50 7 0
#85 Alex Hurwitz 1 7 7.00 7 0
#25 Henry Woodrow 1 6 6.00 6 0
#34 Lyle Sample 2 4 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Ronald Wadley 42 42 1 4
#60 Tracy Pope 0 2 0 0
#28 Larry Griggs 0 4 0 1
#66 Jason Justice 0 3 0 1
#64 Bert Newell 4 0 0 0
#76 Miguel Hughes 42 45 0 1
#61 Walter Bridges 13 3 0 0
#68 Nathan Little 42 38 0 1
#24 Sterling Murray 10 2 0 0
#58 Norman Magnuson 42 47 0 4
#84 Major Horn 24 40 0 3
#73 Timothy Adams 9 1 0 0
#63 Jacob Currier 30 36 0 2
#18 Joseph Greene 0 42 0 0
#45 Roland Wallace 16 13 0 2
#82 Ian Burrowes 0 39 0 0
#54 Scott Harms 5 2 0 0
#16 Derek Turner 0 1 0 0
#94 Peter Brent 0 3 0 0
#74 Joseph Noble 0 1 0 0
#77 Larry Pierce 0 1 0 0
#56 Albert Guzman 0 3 0 1
#88 Alex Primo 0 23 0 1
#34 Kenneth Pitts 2 0 0 0
#96 Daniel Cooper 0 3 0 0
#92 Amos Malone 0 2 0 0
#20 Ruben Francis 0 3 0 0
#91 Howard Ingraham 0 2 0 0
#46 Tyler Johnson 0 2 0 0
#21 Larry Medina 1 0 0 0
#87 Dan Ott 0 3 0 0
Houston Texans
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#67 Dennis Kiser 40 28 1 0
#70 Ryan Mack 35 29 1 1
#63 Aaron Hoover 40 24 1 1
#98 George Maestas 0 1 0 0
#36 John Merrill 0 1 0 0
#91 Andrew Perrotta 0 2 0 0
#26 Thomas Wilson 6 4 0 0
#44 Troy Holland 0 2 0 0
#99 Paul Marshall 0 1 0 1
#62 Thomas Fowler 0 2 0 0
#93 Wendell Garrett 0 4 0 0
#74 Carl Johnson 0 2 0 0
#36 Michael Gross 0 3 0 2
#55 Thomas Smith 35 23 0 1
#80 Steven Gaddis 6 22 0 0
#82 Ricardo Taylor 0 4 0 1
#12 Vincent Hendrickson 0 5 0 0
#85 Alex Hurwitz 13 14 0 0
#60 Sammy Isaacs 30 17 0 2
#25 Henry Woodrow 4 10 0 0
#28 John Lang 0 12 0 0
#54 Ernest Aguilar 10 1 0 0
#53 Clay Robbins 10 0 0 0
#73 Ronald Poore 10 1 0 0
#69 George Goins 0 2 0 0
#31 William Coleman 0 1 0 0
#23 Derek Escarcega 2 4 0 0
#15 William Fauver 0 5 0 0
#34 Lyle Sample 4 1 0 0
#96 Jay Allen 0 2 0 0
#97 Allen Sherwood 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#54 Scott Harms 1 0 0.00 0
Houston Texans
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#91 Andrew Perrotta 1 0 0.00 0
#26 Thomas Wilson 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#16 Derek Turner 1 0 0 0
#91 Howard Ingraham 0 1 1 1
#54 Scott Harms 0 1 0 0
Houston Texans
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#11 Michael Brown 1 0 0 0
Punting
Carolina Panthers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#15 Michael Guardado 6 274 45.67 44.00 53 4
Houston Texans
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Scott Lehner 7 335 47.86 45.43 63 3
Kicking
Carolina Panthers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Frank Aoki 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 3 / 3
Houston Texans
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Patrick Polster 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 54 1 / 1
Punt Return
Carolina Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Houston Texans
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Lawrence Toller 2 10 5.0 6 0
Kick Return
Carolina Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#24 Sterling Murray 2 49 24.5 0
Houston Texans
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#25 Henry Woodrow 1 28 28.0 0
Defensive Stats
Carolina Panthers
Name Tackles Sacks
#92 Amos Malone 8 0
#42 Man Silver 7 0
#94 Peter Brent 6 0
#54 Scott Harms 5 0
#28 Larry Griggs 5 0
#56 Albert Guzman 2 0
#66 Jason Justice 1 1
#20 Ruben Francis 1 0
#24 Sterling Murray 1 0
#82 Ian Burrowes 1 0
#43 Allan McCullough 1 0
#60 Tracy Pope 1 0
#96 Daniel Cooper 1 1
#91 Howard Ingraham 0 1
Houston Texans
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Jay Allen 14 0
#93 Wendell Garrett 8 0
#91 Andrew Perrotta 6 0
#45 Richard Callahan 5 0
#26 Thomas Wilson 5 0
#69 George Goins 4 0
#97 Allen Sherwood 4 1
#31 William Coleman 3 0
#44 Troy Holland 3 0
#95 Michael Fife 2 0
#36 Michael Gross 1 0
#58 Douglas Nance 1 0
#80 Steven Gaddis 1 0
#36 John Merrill 1 0
#74 Carl Johnson 1 0