2017 · Week 3
Houston Texans at New England Patriots
Sep 24, 2017 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots escaped with a 36–33 win over Houston Texans. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (79%) going in. Patriots improve to 2-1; Texans fall to 1-2. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 378 passing yards and 5 TDs; 6 rushing yards. Texans turned it over 2 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| HOU | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 17 |
| 426 | Total yards | 437 |
| 301 | Passing yards | 378 |
| 125 | Rushing yards | 59 |
| 22/33 | Comp / Att | 25/35 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 5 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
HOU
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deshaun Watson | 22/33 | 301 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deshaun Watson | 8 | 41 | 0 |
| D'Onta Foreman | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bruce Ellington | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 14 | 56 | 0 |
| Tyler Ervin | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Hopkins | 7 | 8 | 76 | 0 |
| D'Onta Foreman | 2 | 3 | 65 | 0 |
| Ryan Griffin | 5 | 6 | 61 | 1 |
| Bruce Ellington | 4 | 7 | 59 | 1 |
| Lamar Miller | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Braxton Miller | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Stephen Anderson | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tyler Ervin | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 25/35 | 378 | 5 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Gillislee | 12 | 31 | 0 |
| James White | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandin Cooks | 5 | 7 | 131 | 2 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 8 | 10 | 89 | 1 |
| Chris Hogan | 4 | 6 | 68 | 2 |
| Danny Amendola | 3 | 5 | 48 | 0 |
| Jacob Hollister | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| James White | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwayne Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |