Above: Hopkins catches a Mallet touchdown; Clowney and Reed make a Romo sandwich.
The Streak Lives On: Houston Improve To 5-0 With 31-24 Win Over Dallas
AP Dallas -- The
Houston Texans continued their impressive start to the season under 1st year head coach
Bill O'Brien with a 31-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
After falling behind 14-0 halfway thorugh the first quarter, the Texans answered back with a Randy
Bullock field goal and a
Ryan Mallett touchdown pass to
DeAndre Hopkins to bring them within four points. Mallett came in and replaced starter
Ryan Fitzpatrick who had to leave the game with broken ribs. The former Razorback had a pretty decent outing completing 14-of-23 passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns.
Even though
Tony Romo, who played great with 260 yards passing and 3 total touchdowns, the Cowboys defense failed to show up like they've failed to do the first four weeks of the season. Dallas had a balanced attack of passing and rushing with over 160 yards on the ground but it still wasn't enough. Now sitting at 0-5, some big changes could happen if the team doesn't turn things around.
Arian Foster had another great outing with 121 yards rushing and a touchdown. All pro wide receiver
Andre Johnson continued to show the league that he's still one of the best receivers playing hauling in 10 catches for 123 yards and a touchdown. On the defensive side
Brian Cushing led the team with 8 tackles and 2 sacks while
J.J. Watt had another 2 sack performance to go along with 7 tackles, 4 which went for a loss.
The Texans will now have a short week as they will head to Indy to take on AFC South foe the
Indianapolis Colts for a Thursday night game.
| Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys |
| Oct 5, 2014 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Houston Texans (5-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Dallas Cowboys (0-5) | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| HOU | DAL |
| Total Offense | 344 | 374 |
| Rushing Yards | 157 | 161 |
| Passing Yards | 187 | 213 |
| First Downs | 19 | 19 |
| Punt Return Yards | 6 | 19 |
| Kick Return Yards | 128 | 15 |
| Total Yards | 478 | 408 |
| Turnovers | 2 (-1) | 1 (+1) |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 3-10 (10%) | 5-14 (35%) |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 (0%) | 0-1 (0%) |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%) |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 4/0 | 2/1 |
| Penalties | 5-40 | 11-88 |
| Posession Time | 22:46 | 25:14 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | HOU | DAL |
| 10:46 | (DAL) T.Romo 11 Yd run (D.Bailey kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 6:47 | (DAL) D.Bryant 48 Yd pass from T.Romo (D.Bailey kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4:33 | (HOU) R.Bullock 40 Yd FG | 3 | 14 |
| 0:58 | (HOU) D.Hopkins 3 Yd pass from R.Mallett (R.Bullock kick) | 10 | 14 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | HOU | DAL |
| 1:08 | (DAL) D.Bailey 24 Yd pass | 10 | 17 |
| 0:01 | (HOU) A.Johnson 2 Yd pass from R.Mallett (R.Bullock kick) | 17 | 17 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | HOU | DAL |
| 0:45 | (DAL) T.Romo 1 Yd run (D.Bailey kick) | 17 | 24 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | HOU | DAL |
| 9:16 | (HOU) J.Grimes 1 Yd run (R.Bullock kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 7:11 | (HOU) A.Foster 10 Yd run (R.Bullock kick) | 31 | 24 |
| Houston Texans | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Ryan Mallett (106.6 Rating) | 14-23 | 137 | 2 | 0 | | Ryan Fitzpatrick (28.7 Rating) | 4-9 | 63 | 0 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Arian Foster | 16 | 121 | 7.5 | 1 | | Jonathan Grimes | 6 | 28 | 4.6 | 2 | | Alfred Blue | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Andre Johnson | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 1 | | DeAndre Hopkins | 3 | 35 | 11.6 | 1 | | Devier Posey | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | | C.J. Fiedorowicz | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Garrett Graham | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | Brandon Brooks | 0 | 2 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Brian Cushing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | D.J. Swearinger | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J.J. Watt | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Brooks Reed | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | | Jadeveon Clowney | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Randy Bullock | 1-1 | 4-4 | 7 | 41 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Shane Lechler | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Damaris Johnson | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | | Keshawn Martin | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Keshawn Martin | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| | Dallas Cowboys | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Tony Romo (94.9 Rating) | 22-35 | 260 | 1 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | DeMarco Murray | 15 | 85 | 5.6 | 0 | | Tony Romo | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 2 | | Lance Dunbar | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Cole Beasley | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | | Jason Witten | 5 | 43 | 10.6 | 0 | | Terrance Williams | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | | Dez Bryant | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | | DeMarco Murray | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | Doug Free | 0 | 2 | | Mackenzy Bernadeau | 0 | 2 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | J.J. Wilcox | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sean Lee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rolando McClain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Barry Church | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | George Selvie | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Dan Bailey | 1-1 | 3-3 | 6 | 25 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Chris Jones | 6 | 259 | 43.1 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Orlando Scandrick | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Orlando Scandrick | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 |
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