Houston Texans’ loss to Seahawks proves they’re not contenders.
Houston
0
6
6
7
—
19
Seattle
14
0
13
0
—
27
First Quarter
Sea_Charbonnet 1 run (Myers kick), 7:28. Drive: 5 plays, 44 yards, 2:38. Key Play: Darnold 27 pass to Arroyo. Seattle 7, Houston 0.
Sea_Smith-Njigba 11 pass from Darnold (Myers kick), :00. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 5:08. Key Plays: Darnold 32 pass to Kupp; Charbonnet 1 run on 3rd-and-2; Barner 2 run on 4th-and-1; Darnold 3 run on 3rd-and-11. Seattle 14, Houston 0.
Second Quarter
Hou_FG Fairbairn 36, 2:18. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 4:44. Key Plays: Bullock 11 interception return to Houston 23; Stroud 14 pass to Collins; Stroud 4 pass to Collins on 3rd-and-1; Marks 11 run; Stroud 22 pass to Schultz; Stroud 8 pass to Schultz on 3rd-and-15. Seattle 14, Houston 3.
Hou_FG Fairbairn 46, :00. Drive: 3 plays, 29 yards, 00:13. Key Play: Stroud 29 pass to Noel. Seattle 14, Houston 6.
Third Quarter
Sea_FG Myers 26, 10:34. Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards, 3:28. Key Plays: E.Jones 23 interception return to Houston 38; Walker 3 run on 3rd-and-4; Darnold 18 pass to Smith-Njigba on 4th-and-1. Seattle 17, Houston 6.
Hou_Anderson 0 fumble return (pass failed), 7:24. Seattle 17, Houston 12.
Sea_FG Myers 47, 5:15. Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 2:09. Key Plays: Holani kick return to Seattle 38; Darnold 26 pass to Smith-Njigba. Seattle 20, Houston 12.
Sea_Charbonnet 2 run (Myers kick), :54. Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 2:17. Key Play: Darnold 19 pass to Smith-Njigba on 3rd-and-7. Seattle 27, Houston 12.
Fourth Quarter
Hou_Marks 4 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 2:04. Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards, 2:30. Key Plays: Stroud 22 pass to Noel; Stroud 13 pass to Schultz; Stroud 15 run on 3rd-and-16. Seattle 27, Houston 19.
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Hou
Sea
FIRST DOWNS
18
19
Rushing
1
6
Passing
13
9
Penalty
4
4
THIRD DOWN EFF
2-15
2-14
FOURTH DOWN EFF
1-4
2-2
TOTAL NET YARDS
254
316
Total Plays
69
67
Avg Gain
3.7
4.7
NET YARDS RUSHING
56
118
Rushes
17
33
Avg per rush
3.294
3.576
NET YARDS PASSING
198
198
Sacked-Yds lost
3-31
2-15
Gross-Yds passing
229
213
Completed-Att.
23-49
17-32
Had Intercepted
1
2
Yards-Pass Play
3.808
5.824
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB
4-1-0
6-2-0
PUNTS-Avg.
7-49.143
4-51.25
Punts blocked
0
0
FGs-PATs blocked
0-0
1-0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE
207
206
Punt Returns
3-25
5-67
Kickoff Returns
6-154
4-116
Interceptions
2-28
1-23
PENALTIES-Yds
10-105
12-93
FUMBLES-Lost
0-0
2-2
TIME OF POSSESSION
27:43
32:17
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Houston, Stroud 2-25, Chubb 5-16, Marks 10-15. Seattle, Walker 17-66, Charbonnet 12-49, Barner 1-2, Darnold 3-1.
PASSING_Houston, Stroud 23-49-1-229. Seattle, Darnold 17-31-1-213, Kupp 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING_Houston, Schultz 9-98, Noel 4-77, Collins 4-27, Marks 3-20, Hutchinson 1-13, Berrios 1-(minus 1), Chubb 1-(minus 5). Seattle, Smith-Njigba 8-123, Arroyo 4-42, Charbonnet 2-6, Kupp 1-32, Barner 1-7, Bobo 1-3.
PUNT RETURNS_Houston, Berrios 3-25. Seattle, Horton 5-67.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Houston, T.Smith 6-154. Seattle, Holani 3-88, Young 1-28.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Houston, Lassiter 7-3-0, Speed 5-1-0, Pitre 4-4-0, Anderson 3-2-1, Bullock 3-1-0, Togiai 3-0-0, Al-Shaair 2-4-0, Hunter 2-2-0, Autry 2-0-1, Stingley 2-0-0, To’oTo’o 2-0-0, Rankins 1-3-0, Stewart 1-2-0, Horton 0-1-0, Settle 0-1-0. Seattle, Okada 6-3-1, Bryant 5-0-0, Thomas 5-0-0, E.Jones 4-8-0, Jobe 4-1-0, Murphy 3-3-0, Lawrence 2-0-1, Nwosu 2-0-1, Woolen 2-0-0, Williams 1-2-0, Emmanwori 0-2-0, Pili 0-1-0, Ja.Reed 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Houston, Stingley 1-17, Bullock 1-11. Seattle, E.Jones 1-23.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Seattle, Myers 53.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Carl Cheffers, Ump Derek Anderson, HL Daniel Gallagher, LJ Quentin Givens, FJ Nathan Jones, SJ Eugene Hall, BJ Martin Hankins, Replay Brian Matoren.




