League Championship: Houston vs. Minnesota

January 21, 2035
74°
Dallas Stadium (Dallas, TX) Attendance: 80,000 (100%)
Houston 3 10 3 10 - 26
Minnesota 3 3 0 3 - 9

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 4-6-HOU 36 (11:28) 2-Thomas Edwards 54 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 HOU 0
(Qtr 1) Houston: 4-1-MIN 18 (8:20) 3-Robert Walker 35 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 52-Kevin McDougall was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIN 3 HOU 3
(Qtr 2) Houston: 2-8-MIN 8 (9:17) 1-Gregory Meyer pass complete to 15-Juan Thomas to MIN 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. MIN 3 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 4-1-HOU 37 (0:53) 2-Thomas Edwards 55 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 6 HOU 10
(Qtr 2) Houston: 2-9-MIN 24 (0:04) 3-Robert Walker 41 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 6 HOU 13
(Qtr 3) Houston: 4-8-MIN 13 (8:40) 3-Robert Walker 30 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 6 HOU 16
(Qtr 4) Houston: 1-1-MIN 1 (12:16) 1-Gregory Meyer pass complete to 32-Mark Woods for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Robert Walker. MIN 6 HOU 23
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 4-1-HOU 22 (8:08) 2-Thomas Edwards 40 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 9 HOU 23
(Qtr 4) Houston: 4-10-MIN 23 (1:54) 3-Robert Walker 40 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 9 HOU 26

Team Statistics

Minnesota Houston
First Downs 11 19
- Rushing 1 7
- Passing 10 11
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 226 336
- Offensive Plays 55 73
- Yards Per Play 4.11 4.60
Net Rushing Yards 28 133
- Rushing Attempts 13 30
- Yards Per Rush 2.15 4.43
Net Passing Yards 198 203
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 24 / 2 42 / 25 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 239 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 41 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.71 4.72
- Yards Per Completion 9.96 8.44
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 10.1 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 23 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 39
Time of Possession 25:35 34:25

Drive Charts

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:37 OWN 25 7 39 Field Goal
1 9:47 0:04 OWN 24 1 0 Interception
1 8:16 2:56 OWN 25 7 36 Downs
1 0:56 1:03 OWN 14 3 -10 Punt
2 9:13 3:29 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
2 4:18 3:29 OWN 27 7 37 Field Goal
3 14:21 1:18 OPP 40 3 6 Missed FG
3 8:37 1:05 OWN 18 3 1 Punt
3 6:11 3:01 OWN 20 5 18 Punt
4 12:14 4:09 OWN 25 7 53 Field Goal
4 4:46 0:53 OWN 10 4 6 Interception
4 1:51 0:31 OWN 25 2 17 Fumble

Houston

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:23 1:37 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 9:43 1:27 OPP 27 3 9 Field Goal
1 5:21 4:24 OWN 39 8 22 Punt
2 14:53 5:40 OWN 48 10 52 Touchdown
2 5:44 1:27 OWN 13 4 17 Punt
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 25 5 51 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:39 OWN 25 2 11 Interception
3 13:03 4:26 OWN 41 8 45 Field Goal
3 7:31 1:20 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
3 3:10 5:56 OWN 15 11 85 Touchdown
4 8:05 3:19 OWN 25 8 26 Punt
4 3:53 2:02 OPP 34 5 10 Field Goal
4 1:20 1:20 OPP 25 3 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Orlando Edwards 6 15 2.50 6 0 0
Rudolph Smith 6 14 2.33 11 1 0
Craig Plummer 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Houston

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Zachary Anderson 16 66 4.13 12 3 0
Roger Marinez 8 48 6.00 12 2 0
Kevin Stoddard 3 19 6.33 9 0 0
Gregory Meyer 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Reed Houston 38 24 239 4 / 41 0 31 2 58.99

Houston

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gregory Meyer 42 25 211 1 / 8 2 31 1 78.57

Receiving Stats

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Orlando Edwards 11 115 10.45 19 0
Weldon Chapman 2 36 18.00 23 0
Craig Plummer 2 34 17.00 31 0
Roger Coppin 2 25 12.50 17 0
Michael Castro 2 18 9.00 16 0
Rudolph Smith 5 11 2.20 7 0

Houston

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Juan Thomas 4 76 19.00 31 1
Zachary Anderson 7 34 4.86 8 0
James Davis 2 34 17.00 26 0
Larry Wheeler 3 26 8.67 12 0
Kevin Stoddard 6 22 3.67 7 0
Leonard Murray 1 13 13.00 13 0
Marcus Coleman 1 5 5.00 5 0
Mark Woods 1 1 1.00 1 1

Blocking Stats

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
William Gamboa 44 17 2 2
Edward Silva 50 20 1 2
Brian Dunlap 47 16 1 3
Kevin McDougall 3 4 0 0
James Brown 0 1 0 0
Israel Wright 0 1 0 1
Tyler Rhodes 0 1 0 0
Thomas McGhee 0 1 0 0
Ron Clark 0 2 0 0
Rudolph Smith 2 0 0 0
Jesse Tan 0 2 0 1
Aaron Dickson 0 3 0 0
Joe Scott 0 2 0 0
John Figueroa 0 2 0 0
Ronald Metcalf 1 1 0 0
Henry Colella 1 2 0 0
Christopher Lopez 50 15 0 1
Walter Carpenter 6 0 0 0
Ruben Smith 6 1 0 0
Craig Plummer 0 9 0 0
Orlando Edwards 3 3 0 1
Clarence Cannon 47 17 0 1
Weldon Chapman 0 15 0 1
Roger Coppin 8 21 0 1
Keith Manes 26 12 0 1
Michael Castro 0 16 0 0
John Chadwick 0 1 0 0

Houston

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bryon Larkin 52 34 1 3
Sam James 41 31 0 1
Larry Wheeler 0 12 0 1
Bruce Hays 0 1 0 0
Arthur Davis 0 1 0 0
James Chappell 0 1 0 0
Stephen Mattos 0 2 0 0
Richard Gonzalez 0 1 0 0
Mark Woods 0 1 0 0
Leonard Murray 0 1 0 0
Julian Shell 0 2 0 1
James Wescott 1 0 0 0
Roger Marinez 2 1 0 0
Juan Thomas 0 15 0 0
Kevin Stoddard 18 14 0 0
Justin Goforth 50 31 0 4
Marcus Coleman 0 21 0 0
Peter Bland 0 1 0 0
Landon Goetz 0 1 0 0
Roger Wysocki 8 5 0 0
Peter Gore 12 5 0 0
Michael Nunley 11 2 0 0
Christopher Hamilton 11 0 0 0
James Davis 15 23 0 0
Alfredo Brannan 53 36 0 1
Nicholas Burge 42 37 0 5
Zachary Anderson 9 2 0 0
Robert Esquer 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jesse Tan 1 1 1.00 0

Houston

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Lewis Lewis 1 0 0.00 0
Jacob Chaffin 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Reed Houston 1 0 0 0

Houston

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gordon Alonso 0 1 1 0

Punting

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nathan Sanchez 4 185 46.25 46.25 48 2

Houston

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Russell Beck 5 206 41.20 39.80 50 2

Kicking

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Thomas Edwards 3 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 3 55 0 / 0

Houston

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Walker 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 41 2 / 2

Punt Return

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Castro 1 8 8.0 8 0

Houston

Kick Return

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Castro 1 28 28.0 0

Houston

Defensive Stats