2008 Houston Texans

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 366 points (22.9/g), 17th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 394 points (24.6/g), 27th.
Differential of -28 points (-1.8/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 29th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.4, Offense: 2.8, Defense: -3.2, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Gary Kubiak (8-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Kyle Shanahan

Training Camp: Texans Training Facility (Houston, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	366	6113	1019	6.0	340	367	555	4267	21	20	7.3	210	432	1846	16	4.3	106	32	12	24
Team Defense	394	5385	935	5.8	300	294	471	3423	24	12	6.9	167	439	1962	18	4.5	114	22	10	19
Lg Rank Offense	17	3			4		7	4	13	29	5		16	13	11	13		30	20
Lg Rank Defense	27	22			19		5	17	26	21	25		17	23	24	24		20	16

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 7	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	38	20	234	159	75	3	21	305	122	183	1
2								Bye Week
3	Sun	September 21	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Tennessee Titans	12	31	18	317	171	146	3	19	343	185	158	2
4	Sun	September 28	boxscore	L	OT	0-3	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	27	30	23	386	307	79		21	375	236	139
5	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		0-4		Indianapolis Colts	27	31	23	391	235	156	3	18	314	235	79	1
6	Sun	October 12	boxscore	W		1-4		Miami Dolphins	29	28	23	485	371	114	4	14	370	274	96	1
7	Sun	October 19	boxscore	W		2-4		Detroit Lions	28	21	29	404	254	150	1	15	326	249	77
8	Sun	October 26	boxscore	W		3-4		Cincinnati Bengals	35	6	23	384	275	109		16	253	148	105	3
9	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	21	28	20	389	327	62	3	15	345	168	177	1
10	Sun	November 9	boxscore	L		3-6		Baltimore Ravens	13	41	19	355	280	75	4	27	333	171	162
11	Sun	November 16	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Indianapolis Colts	27	33	16	356	179	177	1	30	474	320	154
12	Sun	November 23	boxscore	W		4-7	@	Cleveland Browns	16	6	19	383	271	112	2	15	240	145	95	5
13	Mon	December 1	boxscore	W		5-7		Jacksonville Jaguars	30	17	18	326	200	126	1	21	388	262	126	3
14	Sun	December 7	boxscore	W		6-7	@	Green Bay Packers	24	21	25	549	408	141	4	16	387	279	108	1
15	Sun	December 14	boxscore	W		7-7		Tennessee Titans	13	12	22	375	268	107	1	14	281	181	100	2
16	Sun	December 21	boxscore	L		7-8	@	Oakland Raiders	16	27	17	324	234	90	1	17	362	223	139	1
17	Sun	December 28	boxscore	W		8-8		Chicago Bears	31	24	25	455	328	127	1	21	294	225	69	1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
8	Matt Schaub	27	QB	11	11	6-5-0	251	380	66.1	3043	15	3.9	10	2.6	65	8.0	7.6	12.1	276.6	92.7	23	149	7.2	6.8	5.7	2	2
18	Sage Rosenfels	30	qb	6	5	2-3-0	116	174	66.7	1431	6	3.4	10	5.7	61	8.2	6.3	12.3	238.5	79.5	9	58	7.5	5.7	4.9
1	Matt Turk	40	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total	27.0		16		8-8-0	367	555	66.1	4474	21	3.8	20	3.6	65	8.1	7.2	12.2	279.6	88.4	32	207	7.3	6.5	5.5	2	2
	Opp Total			16			294	471	62.4	3598	24	5.1	12	2.5		7.6	7.5	12.2	224.9	92.3	25	175	6.9	6.8	5.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
20	Steve Slaton	22	RB	16	15	268	1282	9	71	4.8	80.1	16.8	50	377	7.5	1	46	3.1	23.6	1659	10	3
30	Ahman Green	31		8	1	74	294	3	14	4.0	36.8	9.3	11	32	2.9	0	8	1.4	4.0	326	3	0
8	Matt Schaub	27	QB	11	11	31	68	2	10	2.2	6.2	2.8								68	2	10
21	Ryan Moats	26		9	0	26	94	1	12	3.6	10.4	2.9	3	14	4.7	0	5	0.3	1.6	108	1	0
27	Chris Taylor	25		3	0	14	37	0	17	2.6	12.3	4.7								37	0	1
18	Sage Rosenfels	30	qb	6	5	11	37	0	15	3.4	6.2	1.8								37	0	4
83	Kevin Walter	27	WR	16	16	3	23	0	13	7.7	1.4	0.2	60	899	15.0	8	61	3.8	56.2	922	8	0
33	Cecil Sapp	30		12	0	2	-3	0	0	-1.5	-0.3	0.2								-3	0	0
44	Vonta Leach	27	FB	16	12	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	12	103	8.6	0	22	0.8	6.4	104	1	0
12	Jacoby Jones	24	PR	16	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.3	0.1	3	81	27.0	0	45	0.2	5.1	76	0	4
1	Matt Turk	40	P	16	0	1	18	0	18	18.0	1.1	0.1								18	0	1
80	Andre Johnson*+	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	115	1575	13.7	8	65	7.2	98.4	1575	8	1
81	Owen Daniels*	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	70	862	12.3	2	35	4.4	53.9	862	2	2
89	David Anderson	25		16	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	241	12.7	2	65	1.2	15.1	241	2	0
11	Andre' Davis	29	KR	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	213	16.4	0	49	1.1	17.8	213	0	0
85	Joel Dreessen	26		16	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	77	7.0	0	13	0.7	4.8	77	0	1
	Team Total	27.0		16		432	1846	16	71	4.3	115.4	27.0	367	4474	12.2	21	65	22.9	279.6	6320	37	28
	Opp Total			16		439	1962	18		4.5	122.6	27.4	294	3423	11.6	24		18.4	213.9	5385	42	19

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
12	Jacoby Jones	24	PR	16	0	32	386	2	73	12.1	13	280	0	30	21.5	742
11	Andre' Davis	29	KR	12	0						43	993	0	50	23.1	1206
21	Ryan Moats	26		9	0						9	212	0	32	23.6	320
44	Vonta Leach	27	FB	16	12						3	34	0	15	11.3	138
33	Cecil Sapp	30		12	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	4
27	Chris Taylor	25		3	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	54
83	Kevin Walter	27	WR	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	922
63	Chris L. White	25		8	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
	Team Total	27.0		16		32	386	2	73	12.1	72	1550	0	50	21.5	8256
	Opp Total			16		21		1			73	1630	0		22.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
3	Kris Brown	32	K	16	0			10	9	10	10	10	8	3	2	33	29	87.9%	37	37	100.0%
1	Matt Turk	40	P	16	0																	53	2240	59	0	42.3
	Team Total	27.0		16				10	9	10	10	10	8	3	2	33	29	87.9%	37	37	100.0%	53	2240	59	0	42.3
	Opp Total			16												29	25	86.2%	43	43	100.0%	67	2975			44.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
59	DeMeco Ryans	24	MLB	16	16	1.0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	47	0	86	26
26	Eugene Wilson	28	FS	12	10		2	36	0	19	7	0	1	0	0	0	52	11
54	Zach Diles	23	LLB	8	8	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	47	19
90	Mario Williams*	23	RDE	16	16	12.0						4	0	0	0	0	44	9
35	Jacques Reeves	26	RCB	16	16		4	108	1	44	19	1	0	1	0	0	46	4
25	Nick Ferguson	34	SS	14	9		0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	42	11
32	Fred Bennett	25	LCB	16	6		2	26	0	23	6	2	0	0	0	0	33	8
56	Morlon Greenwood	30	RLB	15	10		0	0	0	0	1						31	14
23	Dunta Robinson	26	rcb	11	6		2	0	0	0	6						35	3
98	Anthony Weaver	28	LDE	16	16		1	8	0	8	1						28	17
57	Kevin Bentley	29	rlb	16	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	19
52	Xavier Adibi	24	rlb	7	5							0	0	1	0	0	26	8
47	Will Demps	29	fs	9	5												20	12
31	Brandon Harrison	23	ss	15	6		0	0	0	0	1						21	9
99	Travis Johnson	26	NT	15	14	1.0	0	0	0	0	2						22	6
66	DelJuan Robinson	24		16	3							1	0	0	0	0	20	8
91	Amobi Okoye	21	RDT	14	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	15	9
38	Demarcus Faggins	29	lcb	16	5		0	0	0	0	2						16	5
92	Jeff Zgonina	38		16	2							0	0	1	0	0	13	6
93	Tim Bulman	26		14	0	4.0						0	0	1	0	0	10	7
96	Earl Cochran	27		8	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1						13	4
24	C.C. Brown	25		3	3		0	0	0	0	1						12	3
8	Matt Schaub	27	QB	11	11							0	10	4	-5	0
51	Chaun Thompson	28		15	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1						4	5
34	Dominique Barber	22		12	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1						4	3
72	Jesse Nading	23		6	0												3	2
83	Kevin Walter	27	WR	16	16												4	0
80	Andre Johnson*+	27	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0	3	0
65	Mike Brisiel	25	RG	16	16												3	0
94	N.D. Kalu	33		2	0												2	2
28	Antwaun Molden	23		14	0							0	0	1	0	0	1	3
97	Frank Okam	23		5	0												2	2
20	Steve Slaton	22	RB	16	15							0	3	1	0	0	1	0
89	David Anderson	25		16	1												2	1
76	Duane Brown	23	LT	16	16							0	0	2	0	0	1	1
81	Owen Daniels*	26	TE	16	16							0	2	1	0	0	1	0
12	Jacoby Jones	24	PR	16	0							0	4	1	0	0
44	Vonta Leach	27	FB	16	12												2	1
85	Joel Dreessen	26		16	3							0	1	1	0	0	0	2
30	Ahman Green	31		8	1												2	0
55	Chris Myers	27	C	16	16												2	0
18	Sage Rosenfels	30	qb	6	5							0	4	0	-1	0
73	Eric Winston	25	RT	16	16												2	0
11	Andre' Davis	29	KR	12	0												1	0
21	Ryan Moats	26		9	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Chris Taylor	25		3	0							0	1	1	0	0
1	Matt Turk	40	P	16	0							0	1	1	0	0
3	Kris Brown	32	K	16	0							0	0	1	0	0
48	Bryan Pittman	31		12	0												0	1
69	Chester Pitts	29	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	27.0		16		25.0	12	178	1	44	60	14	28	25	41	0	694	243
	Opp Total			16		32							19	9					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
3	Kris Brown	32	K	16	0							37	29		124
20	Steve Slaton	22	RB	16	15	9	1			10					60
80	Andre Johnson*+	27	WR	16	16		8			8	1				50
83	Kevin Walter	27	WR	16	16		8			8					48
30	Ahman Green	31		8	1	3				3					18
89	David Anderson	25		16	1		2			2					12
81	Owen Daniels*	26	TE	16	16		2			2					12
12	Jacoby Jones	24	PR	16	0			2		2					12
8	Matt Schaub	27	QB	11	11	2				2					12
44	Vonta Leach	27	FB	16	12	1				1					6
21	Ryan Moats	26		9	0	1				1					6
35	Jacques Reeves	26	RCB	16	16				1	1					6
	Team Total	27.0		16		16	21	2	1	40	1	37	29		366
	Opp Total			16		18	24	1			2	43	25	1	394

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