1 2 3 4 F

TEXANS 3 10 0 3 16

PATRIOTS 14 3 7 10 34

At Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 66,829. Time: 3:11.

  Net yards rushing  

HOU   104

NE   98

  Net yards passing  

HOU   181

NE   279

  Total net yards offense  

HOU   285

NE   377

  Time of possession  

Hou   32:30

NE   27:30

Hou NE

First downs Total 14 20

  Rushing 4 6

  Passing 8 12

  Penalties 2 2

Conversions Third down 3-16 5-14

  Fourth down 0-0 0-0

  Red zone efficiency 1-3 3-4

Rushing Attempts 23 27

  Average gain 4.5 3.6

Passing Comp.-att.-int. 23-40-3 18-38-2

  Avg. gain per pass play 4.2 7.0

  Sacked-yards lost 3-17 2-8

Total offense Plays, pass and rush 66 67

  Avg. gain per play 4.3 5.6

Return yards Total 99 208

  Punt returns-yards 2-34 4-26

  Kick returns-yards 3-52 3-124

  Int. returns-yards 2-13 3-58

Punting Number-average 8-42.6 6-40.0

  Had blocked 0 0

Penalties No.-yards 5-75 5-50

Fumbles No.-lost 0-0 2-1

Scoring summary

FIRST QUARTER

New England 7, Houston 0

 Dion Lewis 13 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 2 plays, 65 yards, 0:43.

New England 7, Houston 3

 Nick Novak 33 yd FG. Drive: 14 plays, 62 yards, 8:12.

New England 14, Houston 3

 Dion Lewis 98 yd kick return (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00.

SECOND QUARTER

New England 14, Houston 6

 Nick Novak 27 yd FG. Drive: 6 plays, 18 yards, 2:48.

New England 14, Houston 13

 C.J. Fiedorowicz 10 yd pass from Brock Osweiler (Nick Novak kick). Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards, 0:40.

New England 17, Houston 13

 Stephen Gostkowski 19 yd FG. Drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 3:47.

THIRD QUARTER

New England 24, Houston 13

 James White 19 yd pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 3:21.

FOURTH QUARTER

New England 24, Houston 16

 Nick Novak 46 yd FG. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 0:50.

New England 31, Houston 16

 Dion Lewis 1 yd run (Stephen Gostkowski kick). Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, 0:28.

New England 34, Houston 16

 Stephen Gostkowski 43 yd FG. Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards, 3:45.

TEXANS STATISTICS

Rushing

  Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

L.Miller 19 73 3.8 17 0

Osweiler 1 18 18.0 18 0

Grimes 2 11 5.5 6 0

Blue 1 2 2.0 2 0

Passing

  Att. Com. Yds. TD Int. Lg

Osweiler 40 23 198 1 3 19

Pass receiving

  Tar. No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Hopkins 6 65 10.8 19 0

Grimes 4 43 10.8 15 0

L.Miller 4 16 4.0 6 0

Fiedorowicz 3 36 12.0 17 1

Fuller V 3 16 5.3 7 0

Hunt 2 15 7.5 13 0

Mumphery 1 7 7.0 7 0

Interceptions

  No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Bouye 1 7 7.0 7 0

Hal 1 6 6.0 6 0

Punting

In

No. Avg. Lg 20 TB

Lechler 8 42.6 63 3 1

Punt returns

  No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Fuller V 2 17.0 1 18 0

Kickoff returns

  No. Avg. Lg TD

Hunt 2 20.0 22 0

Fuller V 1 12.0 12 0

Tackles-assists-sacks

 Moore 6-1-0, Hal 3-3-0, Bouye 5-0-0, McKinney 3-2-0, Joseph 4-0-0, Jackson 3-1-0, Mercilus 2-2-1, Cushing 1-3-1, Dent 0-1-0, Clowney 2-0-0, Reader 1-1-0, Pleasant 0-2-0, Su’a-Filo 0-0-0, Scarlett 0-0-0, Hopkins 0-0-0, Wilfork 0-1-0, Anderson 0-0-0, Covington 0-1-0

PATRIOTS STATISTICS

Rushing

  Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Lewis 13 41 3.2 9 1

Blount 8 31 3.9 18 0

Amendola 1 15 15.0 15 0

Edelman 1 12 12.0 12 0

Brady 4 -1 -0.3 2 0

Passing

  Att. Com. Yds. TD Int. Lg

Brady 38 18 287 2 2 48

Pass receiving

  Tar. No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Edelman 8 137 17.1 48 0

Hogan 4 95 23.8 45 0

Lewis 2 23 11.5 13 1

J.White 1 19 19.0 19 1

Floyd 1 9 9.0 9 0

Bennett 1 4 4.0 4 0

Develin 1 0 0.0 0 0

Interceptions

  No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD

Harmon 1 31 31.0 31 0

Ryan 1 23 23.0 23 0

McCourty 1 4 4.0 4 0

Punting

In

No. Avg. Lg 20 TB

Allen 6 40.0 55 4 0

Punt returns

  No. Avg. FC Lg TD

Edelman 4 6.5 3 14 0

Kickoff returns

  No. Avg. Lg TD

Lewis 3 41.3 98 1

Tackles-assists-sacks

 Hightower 5-3-0, Ryan 4-3-1, Branch 2-5-0, Flowers 1-6-0, M.Brown 3-3-1, Chung 1-3-0, Butler 5-0-0, McCourty 1-4-0, Rowe 3-0-0, Roberts 1-2-0, Van Noy 2-0-0, Ninkovich 1-1-1, Ebner 0-0-0, Sheard 1-1-0, Slater 0-0-0, Valentine 1-0-0, Lengel 0-0-0, Edelman 0-0-0, Bennett 0-0-0, Bolden 0-0-0, King 0-0-0, Harmon 0-1-0