NFL: Carolina Panthers 27, Houston Texans 17: Final game summary
Panthers 27, Texans 17
Houston | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 17 |
Carolina | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | — | 27 |
First Quarter
Car—Benjamin 23 pass from De.Anderson (Gano kick), 7:12. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 2:49. Key Plays: De.Anderson 32 pass to Olsen; McCaffrey 12 run. Carolina 7, Houston 0.
Hou—Blue 16 run (Novak kick), :10. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:02. Key Plays: Savage 11 pass to Griffin; Savage 7 pass to Blue on 3rd-and-5; J.Prosch 10-yard offensive holding penalty; Savage 18 pass to Strong; B.Giacomini 10-yard offensive holding penalty; Savage 11 pass to Hopkins. Houston 7, Carolina 7.
Second Quarter
Car—Byrd 50 pass from Webb (Gano kick), 8:13. Drive: 1 plays, 50 yards, 00:09. Carolina 14, Houston 7.
Car—FG Gano 45, 5:55. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 1:29. Carolina 17, Houston 7.
Hou—FG Fairbairn 25, 1:42. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:13. Key Plays: Foreman 14 run; Watson 18 pass to McCarron; Watson 16 pass to Hunt. Carolina 17, Houston 10.
Third Quarter
Car—Byrd 8 pass from Webb (Butker kick), 8:46. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards, 6:14. Key Plays: Webb 29 pass to Byrd; Artis-Payne 20 run; Webb 7 run on 3rd-and-7; Webb 11 run. Carolina 24, Houston 10.
Hou—Watson 15 run (Fairbairn kick), :56. Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 7:50. Key Plays: Watson 1 run on 3rd-and-2; Foreman 2 run on 4th-and-1; G.Mancz 10-yard offensive holding penalty; Watson 5 pass to Dr.Anderson on 3rd-and-4; Watson 19 pass to Dr.Anderson on 3rd-and-8; Watson 14 pass to Hunt. Carolina 24, Houston 17.
Fourth Quarter
Car—FG Butker 51, 5:11. Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 4:21. Key Plays: Simmons 19 run; Gilbert 13 pass to Duke on 3rd-and-10; Gilbert 21 pass to Duke. Carolina 27, Houston 17.
A—72,100.
Hou | Car | |
FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 19 |
Rushing | 5 | 7 |
Passing | 15 | 10 |
Penalty | 3 | 2 |
THIRD DOWN EFF | 4-14 | 4-12 |
FOURTH DOWN EFF | 1-2 | 0-1 |
TOTAL NET YARDS | 410 | 388 |
Total Plays | 74 | 58 |
Avg Gain | 5.5 | 6.7 |
NET YARDS RUSHING | 153 | 146 |
Rushes | 24 | 30 |
Avg per rush | 6.4 | 4.9 |
NET YARDS PASSING | 257 | 242 |
Sacked-Yds lost | 5-29 | 1-9 |
Gross-Yds passing | 286 | 251 |
Completed-Att. | 28-45 | 15-27 |
Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
Yards-Pass Play | 5.1 | 8.6 |
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB | 4-3-2 | 6-4-3 |
PUNTS-Avg. | 6-47.0 | 4-41.3 |
Punts blocked. | 0 | 0 |
FGs-PATs blocked | 0-0 | 0-0 |
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE | 52 | 92 |
Punt Returns | 1-1 | 5-46 |
Kickoff Returns | 3-51 | 2-46 |
Interceptions | 1-0 | 0-0 |
PENALTIES-Yds | 12-91 | 5-42 |
FUMBLES-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
TIME OF POSSESSION | 33:30 | 26:30 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Houston, Foreman 9-76, Blue 5-33, Watson 3-24, Ogunbowale 1-8, Hunt 2-8, Weeden 2-4, Miller 2-0. Carolina, Simmons 9-38, McCaffrey 7-33, Artis-Payne 6-22, Webb 3-21, Clay 1-18, Whittaker 2-10, Stewart 2-4.
PASSING—Houston, Savage 9-11-0-69, Watson 15-25-0-179, Weeden 4-9-0-38. Carolina, Anderson 4-5-0-76, Webb 7-14-1-128, Gilbert 4-8-0-47.
RECEIVING—Houston, Anderson 4-80, Hunt 3-38, Baylis 3-24, Miller 3-10, Hopkins 2-15, Allen 2-9, Foreman 2-6, Thompson 1-21, McCarron 1-18, Strong 1-18, Hardee 1-12, Griffin 1-11, Ervin 1-8, Blue 1-7, Street 1-6, Ogunbowale 1-3. Carolina, Byrd 4-98, Benjamin 2-40, Duke 2-34, Olsen 1-32, Garrett 1-23, Clay 1-11, Funchess 1-4, Manhertz 1-4, Frazier 1-3, Simmons 1-2.
PUNT RETURNS—Houston, McCarron 1-1. Carolina, Byrd 2-19, Duke 2-7, Clay 1-20.
KICKOFF RETURNS—Houston, Hunt 2-36, McCarron 1-15. Carolina, Simmons 1-24, Byrd 1-22.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Houston, Cunningham 4-3-0, Nelson 3-1-0, Rice 2-0-0, Roberson 2-0-0, Dillon 2-0-0, Watkins 1-2-0, Scarlett 1-2-0, Peters 1-2-0, Dunn 1-1-1, Cole 1-1-0, Williams 1-1-0, Godin 1-1-0, Jones 1-1-0, Washington 1-1-0, President 1-1-0, Ankou 1-1-0, Lee 1-0-0, Jackson 1-0-0, Clowney 1-0-0, Joseph 1-0-0, Pleasant 1-0-0, Drummond 1-0-0, Cushing 0-2-0, Hal 0-1-0, Reader 0-1-0, Smith 0-1-0, Moore 0-1-0. Carolina, Norris 4-4-0, Southward 4-2-0, Cash 3-1-.5, Thompson 3-0-0, Mayo 2-3-0, Jones 2-2-0, Bigger 2-1-1, Obada 2-0-1, Williams 2-0-0, Luke 1-4-0, McCray 1-3-.5, Jacobs 1-2-0, Sanchez 1-2-0, Parms 1-1-1, Crume 1-1-0, Webster 1-1-0, Short 1-0-1, Hall 1-0-0, Coleman 1-0-0, Cox 1-0-0, Horton 1-0-0, Davis 1-0-0, Moore 1-0-0, Munnerlyn 1-0-0, Richards 0-1-0, Bradberry 0-1-0, Kuechly 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS—Houston, Moore 1-0. Carolina, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Houston, Fairbairn 55. Carolina, Gano 50.
This story was originally published August 10, 2017 at 12:30 AM with the headline "NFL: Carolina Panthers 27, Houston Texans 17: Final game summary."