2015 Denver 14, 2015 Houston 17

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

2015 Denver

3

0

8

3

0

14

2015 Houston

0

14

0

0

3

17

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 0:00 2015 Denver B.McManus 27 yd. field goal 3-0 DNA
2 8:42 2015 Houston A.Blue 8 yd. pass from B.Hoyer (N.Novak kick) 7-3 HOA
2 0:01 2015 Houston D.Hopkins 62 yd. pass from B.Hoyer (N.Novak kick) 14-3 HOA
3 7:30 2015 Denver J.Thompson 3 yd. run (R.Hillman Run) 14-11 HOA
4 0:00 2015 Denver B.McManus 40 yd. field goal 14-14 HOA
5 12:54 2015 Houston N.Novak 43 yd. field goal 17-14 HOA

Team Statistics

2015 Denver 2015 Houston
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 11-13-0-24 5-7-3-15
Third Down Efficiency 5-13-38% 3-13-23%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 13-28-46% 7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 413-72-5.7 266-58-4.6
Total Net Yards Rushing 200 82
Total Rushes 36 29
Average Per Rush 5.6 2.8
Passes Completed/Attempted 20/36 (55.6%) 17/28 (60.7%)
Net Yards Passing 213 184
Avg Yards Per Pass 5.9 6.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 0/0 1/7
Punts/Average 4/39.3 7/44.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 4/23 1/11
Kickoffs/Returns 2/37 1/27
Interceptions/Returns 0/0 3/45
Penalties/Yards 6/60 8/52
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/0 1/0
Time of Possession 31 mins 33 secs 43 mins 27 secs
Average Drive Start DNA 24 HOA 29

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2015 Denver
Brock Osweiler 36 20 213 55.6 5.9 0 0 3 8.3 31 0/0 38.3
2015 Houston
Brian Hoyer 28 17 191 60.7 6.8 2 7.1 0 0 62 1/7 104.9

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2015 Denver
Ronnie Hillman 16 91 5.7 23 0 1 1/0
C.J. Anderson 15 92 6.1 17 0 0 0/0
Juwan Thompson 3 6 2.0 3 1 0 0/0
Brock Osweiler 2 11 5.5 7 0 0 0/0
2015 Houston
Alfred Blue 20 43 2.2 13 0 0 1/0
Arian Foster 4 -1 -0.3 1 0 0 0/0
Brian Hoyer 3 26 8.7 10 0 0 0/0
Jonathan Grimes 2 14 7.0 13 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2015 Denver
Emmanuel Sanders 7 98 14.0 31 0 0
C.J. Anderson 3 18 6.0 8 0 0
Demaryius Thomas 3 27 9.0 12 0 0
Vernon Davis 2 23 11.5 14 0 0
Owen Daniels 2 18 9.0 10 0 0
Ronnie Hillman 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
Jordan Norwood 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Juwan Thompson 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
2015 Houston
DeAndre Hopkins 4 91 22.8 62 1 0
Ryan Griffin 3 19 6.3 10 0 0
Nate Washington 2 16 8.0 10 0 0
Arian Foster 2 15 7.5 10 0 0
Alfred Blue 2 13 6.5 8 1 0
Chris Polk 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
C.J. Fiedorowicz 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Jonathan Grimes 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
Cecil Shorts 1 11 11.0 11 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2015 Denver
Brandon McManus 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 2/2 100
2015 Houston
Nick Novak 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/1 1/2 50.0

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2015 Denver
Britton Colquitt 4 39.3 36.5 0 2 49 0
2015 Houston
Shane Lechler 7 44.0 40.7 0 4 61 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
2015 Denver
Andre Caldwell 1 22 22.0 22 0
Emmanuel Sanders 1 15 15.0 15 0
2015 Houston
Keith Mumphery 1 27 27.0 27 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2015 Denver
Emmanuel Sanders 3 0 23 7.7 14 0
Omar Bolden 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
2015 Houston
Keith Mumphery 1 0 11 11.0 11 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2015 Denver
Sylvester Williams 9 0 0
DeMarcus Ware 7 0 0
Von Miller 6 0 0
T.J. Ward 5 0 1
Derek Wolfe 5 1 0
Danny Trevathan 3 0 0
Aqib Talib 3 0 0
Brandon Marshall 2 0 0
Malik Jackson 2 0 0
Chris Harris 2 0 0
Darian Stewart 1 0 0
Michael Schofield 0 0 1
2015 Houston
John Simon 13 0 0
Benardrick McKinney 10 0 0
Johnathan Joseph 8 0 0
Whitney Mercilus 6 0 0
Kareem Jackson 4 0 0
Brian Cushing 3 0 0
Jared Crick 3 0 0
Vince Wilfork 3 0 0
Andre Hal 2 0 0
Quintin Demps 2 0 0
J.J. Watt 1 0 0
Derek Newton 0 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
2015 Denver
2015 Houston
Quintin Demps 1 10 10.0 10 0
Andre Hal 1 23 23.0 23 0
Johnathan Joseph 1 12 12.0 12 0

Game Story

In a close battle Houston got past Denver by the score of 17 to 14. Houston had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 43:27. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins that went for 62 yards with 0:01 left in the 2nd quarter. Houston was ahead at halftime 14 to 3. C.J. Anderson ran the ball 15 times gaining 92 yards for Denver , but it wasn't enough.