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2006 Houston Texans
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 267 points (16.7/g), 28th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 366 points (22.9/g), 25th.
Differential of -99 points (-6.2/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-10.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 21st.
Coached by Gary Kubiak (6-10-0)
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2006 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | David Carr | 27 | 4 | 16 | 302 for 442, 2,767 yards, 11 td, 12 int, & 53 rushes for 195 yards and 2 td | Houston Texans / 1st / 1st pick / 2002 |
| RB | Wali Lundy | 23 | Rook | 8 | 124 rushes for 476 yards, 4 td, & 33 catches for 204 yards and 0 td | Houston Texans / 6th / 170th pick / 2006 |
| RB | Ron Dayne | 28 | 6 | 6 | 151 rushes for 612 yards, 5 td, & 14 catches for 77 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 2000 |
| FB | Jameel Cook | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3 rushes for 18 yards, 0 td, & 18 catches for 107 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 174th pick / 2001 |
| WR | Andre Johnson* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 103 catches for 1,147 yards, 5 td, & 3 rushes for 14 yards and 0 td | Houston Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 2003 |
| WR | Eric Moulds | 33 | 10 | 16 | 57 catches for 557 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 24th pick / 1996 |
| TE | Owen Daniels | 24 | Rook | 12 | 34 catches for 352 yards, 5 td | Houston Texans / 4th / 98th pick / 2006 |
| TE | Jeb Putzier | 27 | 4 | 5 | 13 catches for 125 yards, 0 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 191st pick / 2002 |
| LT | Ephraim Salaam | 30 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 199th pick / 1998 |
| LG | Chester Pitts | 27 | 4 | 16 | 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Texans / 2nd / 50th pick / 2002 |
| C | Mike Flanagan | 33 | 8 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 90th pick / 1996 |
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| C | Drew Hodgdon | 25 | 1 | 5 | Houston Texans / 5th / 151st pick / 2005 |
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| RG | Fred E. Weary | 29 | 4 | 12 | Houston Texans / 3rd / 66th pick / 2002 |
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| RG | Steve McKinney | 31 | 8 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 93rd pick / 1998 |
| RT | Zach Wiegert | 34 | 11 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 38th pick / 1995 |
| RT | Eric Winston | 23 | Rook | 7 | Houston Texans / 3rd / 66th pick / 2006 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Anthony Weaver | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Ravens / 2nd / 52nd pick / 2002 |
| LDT | Travis Johnson | 24 | 1 | 8 | Houston Texans / 1st / 16th pick / 2005 |
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| RDT | Anthony Maddox | 28 | 2 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 118th pick / 2004 |
| RDE | Mario Williams | 21 | Rook | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Texans / 1st / 1st pick / 2006 |
| LLB | Shantee Orr | 25 | 3 | 11 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | DeMeco Ryans | 22 | Rook | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Texans / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2006 |
| RLB | Morlon Greenwood | 28 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 88th pick / 2001 |
| LCB | Dunta Robinson | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Texans / 1st / 10th pick / 2004 |
| CB | Dexter McCleon | 33 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 40th pick / 1997 |
| RCB | Demarcus Faggins | 27 | 4 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Texans / 6th / 173rd pick / 2002 |
| RCB | Lewis Sanders | 28 | 6 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 95th pick / 2000 |
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| SS | Glenn Earl | 25 | 2 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Texans / 4th / 122nd pick / 2004 |
| FS | C.C. Brown | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Texans / 6th / 188th pick / 2005 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Kris Brown | 30 | 7 | 0 | 19 of 25 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 228th pick / 1999 |
| P | Chad Stanley | 30 | 7 | 0 | 76 punts for a 41.6 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Dexter Wynn | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 punt returns for a 11.6 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 192nd pick / 2004 |
| KR | Dexter Wynn | 25 | 2 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 192nd pick / 2004 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Roc Alexander | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Washington | 9/23/1981 | 2 | |
| 50 | Charlie Anderson | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 12/8/1981 | 2 | Houston Texans / 6th / 200th pick / 2004 |
| 14 | David Anderson | 23 | WR | 9 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Colorado State | 7/28/1983 | Rook | Houston Texans / 7th / 251st pick / 2006 |
| 93 | Jason Babin | 26 | LB-DE | 15 | 3 | 265 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 5/24/1980 | 2 | Houston Texans / 1st / 27th pick / 2004 |
| 68 | Brad Bedell | 29 | T | 9 | 0 | 306 | 6-4 | Colorado | 2/12/1977 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 206th pick / 2000 |
| 24 | C.C. Brown | 23 | DB | 15 | 15 | 210 | 6-2 | La-Lafayette | 1/27/1983 | 1 | Houston Texans / 6th / 188th pick / 2005 |
| 3 | Kris Brown | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 12/23/1976 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 228th pick / 1999 |
| 87 | Mark Bruener | 34 | TE | 15 | 4 | 260 | 6-4 | Washington | 9/16/1972 | 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 27th pick / 1995 |
| 31 | Phillip Buchanon | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Miami (FL) | 9/19/1980 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 2002 |
| 8 | David Carr | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-3 | Fresno State | 7/21/1979 | 4 | Houston Texans / 1st / 1st pick / 2002 |
| 60 | Earl Cochran | 25 | DE | 1 | 0 | 284 | 6-5 | Alabama State | 4/19/1981 | Rook | |
| 43 | Jameel Cook | 27 | FB | 11 | 6 | 237 | 5-10 | Illinois | 2/8/1979 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 174th pick / 2001 |
| 75 | Lional Dalton | 31 | DT | 8 | 2 | 315 | 6-1 | Eastern Michigan | 2/21/1975 | 8 | |
| 81 | Owen Daniels | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 245 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 11/9/1982 | Rook | Houston Texans / 4th / 98th pick / 2006 |
| 36 | Ron Dayne | 28 | RB | 11 | 6 | 250 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 3/14/1978 | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 2000 |
| 26 | Glenn Earl | 25 | DB | 15 | 15 | 215 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 6/10/1981 | 2 | Houston Texans / 4th / 122nd pick / 2004 |
| 54 | Troy Evans | 29 | LB | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 12/3/1977 | 4 | |
| 38 | Demarcus Faggins | 27 | DB | 11 | 10 | 178 | 5-10 | Kansas State | 6/13/1979 | 4 | Houston Texans / 6th / 173rd pick / 2002 |
| 58 | Mike Flanagan | 33 | C-T | 9 | 9 | 297 | 6-5 | UCLA | 11/10/1973 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 90th pick / 1996 |
| 35 | Samkon Gado | 24 | RB | 8 | 1 | 210 | 5-11 | Liberty | 11/13/1982 | 1 | |
| 25 | Kevin Garrett | 26 | DB | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | SMU | 7/29/1980 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 172nd pick / 2003 |
| 56 | Morlon Greenwood | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 7/17/1978 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 88th pick / 2001 |
| 55 | Drew Hodgdon | 25 | C | 8 | 5 | 309 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 11/15/1981 | 1 | Houston Texans / 5th / 151st pick / 2005 |
| 34 | Von Hutchins | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | Mississippi | 2/14/1981 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 173rd pick / 2004 |
| 80 | Andre Johnson* | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 219 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 7/11/1981 | 3 | Houston Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 2003 |
| 25 | Derrick Johnson | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Washington | 2/9/1982 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 205th pick / 2005 |
| 96 | Thomas Johnson | 25 | DT-DE | 11 | 3 | 294 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State | 6/24/1981 | 1 | |
| 99 | Travis Johnson | 24 | DT | 9 | 8 | 314 | 6-3 | Florida State | 4/26/1982 | 1 | Houston Texans / 1st / 16th pick / 2005 |
| 83 | Bennie Joppru | 26 | TE | 1 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Michigan | 1/5/1980 | Rook | Houston Texans / 2nd / 41st pick / 2003 |
| 94 | N.D. Kalu | 31 | DE | 15 | 3 | 265 | 6-3 | Rice | 8/3/1975 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 152nd pick / 1997 |
| 78 | Cedric Killings | 29 | DT | 4 | 0 | 290 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 12/14/1977 | 6 | |
| 44 | Vonta Leach | 25 | RB | 11 | 4 | 246 | 6-0 | East Carolina | 11/6/1981 | 2 | |
| 86 | Derrick Lewis | 31 | WR | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 10/30/1975 | 4 | |
| 33 | Wali Lundy | 23 | RB | 14 | 8 | 215 | 5-10 | Virginia | 9/8/1983 | Rook | Houston Texans / 6th / 170th pick / 2006 |
| 95 | Anthony Maddox | 28 | DT | 12 | 9 | 305 | 6-1 | Delta State | 11/22/1978 | 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 118th pick / 2004 |
| 97 | Alfred Malone | 24 | DE | 2 | 0 | 308 | 6-5 | Troy | 2/21/1982 | 1 | |
| 57 | Roy Manning | 25 | LB | 1 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Michigan | 12/4/1981 | 1 | |
| 13 | Jerome Mathis | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Hampton | 7/26/1983 | 1 | Houston Texans / 4th / 114th pick / 2005 |
| 20 | Dexter McCleon | 33 | DB | 16 | 5 | 195 | 5-10 | Clemson | 10/9/1973 | 9 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 40th pick / 1997 |
| 76 | Steve McKinney | 31 | C-G | 16 | 6 | 300 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 10/15/1975 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 93rd pick / 1998 |
| 34 | Vernand Morency | 26 | RB | 1 | 0 | 212 | 5-9 | Oklahoma State | 2/4/1980 | 1 | Houston Texans / 3rd / 73rd pick / 2005 |
| 84 | Eric Moulds | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 7/17/1973 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 24th pick / 1996 |
| 53 | Shantee Orr | 25 | LB | 16 | 11 | 250 | 6-0 | Michigan | 5/28/1981 | 3 | |
| 91 | Seth Payne | 31 | DT-NT | 5 | 2 | 303 | 6-4 | Cornell | 2/12/1975 | 9 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 114th pick / 1997 |
| 98 | Antwan Peek | 27 | LB | 11 | 2 | 237 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 10/29/1979 | 3 | Houston Texans / 3rd / 67th pick / 2003 |
| 48 | Bryan Pittman | 29 | C | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Washington | 1/20/1977 | 3 | |
| 69 | Chester Pitts | 27 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 323 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 6/26/1979 | 4 | Houston Texans / 2nd / 50th pick / 2002 |
| 51 | DaShon Polk | 29 | LB | 10 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Arizona | 3/13/1977 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 251st pick / 2000 |
| 88 | Jeb Putzier | 27 | TE | 14 | 5 | 256 | 6-4 | Boise State | 1/20/1979 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 191st pick / 2002 |
| 23 | Dunta Robinson | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 172 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 4/11/1982 | 2 | Houston Texans / 1st / 10th pick / 2004 |
| 18 | Sage Rosenfels | 28 | QB | 4 | 0 | 222 | 6-4 | Iowa State | 3/6/1978 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 109th pick / 2001 |
| 59 | DeMeco Ryans | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-1 | Alabama | 7/28/1984 | Rook | Houston Texans / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2006 |
| 74 | Ephraim Salaam | 30 | T | 15 | 14 | 295 | 6-7 | San Diego State | 6/19/1976 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 199th pick / 1998 |
| 21 | Lewis Sanders | 28 | DB | 9 | 7 | 210 | 6-1 | Maryland | 6/22/1978 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 95th pick / 2000 |
| 29 | Guss Scott | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Florida | 5/21/1982 | 1 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 95th pick / 2004 |
| 19 | Edell Shepherd | 26 | WR | 7 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | San Jose State | 5/18/1980 | 3 | |
| 30 | Jason Simmons | 30 | DB | 16 | 2 | 198 | 5-9 | Arizona State | 3/30/1976 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1998 |
| 77 | Charles Spencer | 24 | G | 2 | 2 | 340 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/17/1982 | Rook | Houston Texans / 3rd / 65th pick / 2006 |
| 7 | Chad Stanley | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Stephen F. Austin | 1/29/1976 | 7 | |
| 42 | Michael Stone | 28 | DB | 2 | 0 | 201 | 6-0 | Central State (OH),Memphis | 2/13/1978 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals / 2nd / 54th pick / 2001 |
| 27 | Chris Taylor | 23 | RB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Indiana | 11/7/1983 | Rook | |
| 85 | Kevin Walter | 25 | WR | 16 | 2 | 221 | 6-3 | Eastern Michigan | 8/4/1981 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 255th pick / 2003 |
| 70 | Fred E. Weary | 29 | G | 15 | 12 | 308 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 9/30/1977 | 4 | Houston Texans / 3rd / 66th pick / 2002 |
| 92 | Anthony Weaver | 26 | DE | 15 | 15 | 290 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/28/1980 | 4 | Baltimore Ravens / 2nd / 52nd pick / 2002 |
| 72 | Zach Wiegert | 34 | G-T | 9 | 9 | 309 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 8/16/1972 | 11 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 38th pick / 1995 |
| 90 | Mario Williams | 21 | DE | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-6 | North Carolina State | 1/31/1985 | Rook | Houston Texans / 1st / 1st pick / 2006 |
| 73 | Eric Winston | 23 | T | 12 | 7 | 305 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 11/17/1983 | Rook | Houston Texans / 3rd / 66th pick / 2006 |
| 52 | Kailee Wong | 30 | LB | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Stanford | 5/23/1976 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1998 |
| 25 | Dexter Wynn | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | Colorado State | 2/25/1981 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 192nd pick / 2004 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 243.6 | 6-1.6 | 3.7 |