| New England Patriots at Houston Texans |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| New England Patriots (3-0) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Houston Texans (2-1) | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| NWE | HOU |
| Total Offense | 439 | 393 |
| Rushing Yards | 52 | 167 |
| Passing Yards | 387 | 226 |
| First Downs | 22 | 11 |
| Punt Return Yards | 16 | 14 |
| Kick Return Yards | 115 | 71 |
| Total Yards | 570 | 478 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 6 | 5 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1 | 0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Penalties | 5-50 | 8-88 |
| Posession Time | 33:23 | 26:37 |
| New England Patriots | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | D.Burke (Injured 3rd Qt.) | 21/32 65% | 254 | 1 | 0 | | J.Brissett | 14/24 58% | 184 | 1 | 3 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | D.Lewis | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | | M.Tolbert | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | C.Moore | 7 | 97 | 13.8 | 1 | | J.Edelman | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 0 | | R.Gronkowski | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | | M.Tolbert | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | | D.Amendola | 3 | 23 | 7.6 | 0 | | D.Lewis | 3 | 53 | 17.6 | 0 | | R.Slate | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | | M.Wheaton | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | | R.Mooney | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Total D | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | S.Gostkowski | 1/1 | 2/2 | 5 | 21 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | S.Martin | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 1 |
| | Houston Texans | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | A.Gilyard | 17/25 68% | 226 | 2 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | L.Miller | 20 | 103 | 5.1 | 0 | | J.Robinson | 4 | 75 | 18.7 | 1 | | A.Gilyard | 4 | -11 | -2.7 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | L.Willson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | | W.Fuller V | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 1 | | R.Woods | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | | D.Hopkins | 3 | 20 | 6.6 | 0 | | B.Miller | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Total D | 88 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | N.Novak | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 27 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | T.Masthay | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 2 |
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As you can see we dominated this game, lost because back up QB came in and threw 3 INTs. His stat line is ok without those picks, but his throws where either right on the money in tight areas or off target big time. It was pretty cool to see him overthrow Gronk and have him try to jump to catch it.
2nd Year QB #2 Donald Burke out for 5 weeks - Upper Arm Fracture
Was on pace for great season: 4 games: 100.6 Rating 102/155 65% 1,245 yards(2nd in NFL) 6 TDs 1 INT
possibly if he played entire game he would be 1st in yards B.Rothlisberger has 1,291.