2018 · Week 1
Houston Texans at New England Patriots
Sep 9, 2018 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots topped Houston Texans 27–20. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Patriots (77%). Patriots improve to 1-0; Texans fall to 0-1. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 277 passing yards and 3 TDs; 2 rushing yards.
Team stats
| HOU | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 21 |
| 343 | Total yards | 399 |
| 176 | Passing yards | 277 |
| 167 | Rushing yards | 122 |
| 17/34 | Comp / Att | 26/39 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
HOU
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deshaun Watson | 17/34 | 176 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deshaun Watson | 8 | 40 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 20 | 98 | 0 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| Alfred Blue | 5 | 36 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Miller | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 8 | 11 | 78 | 0 |
| Bruce Ellington | 4 | 8 | 37 | 1 |
| Jordan Thomas | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Tyler Ervin | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jordan Akins | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Vyncint Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Griffin | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Coates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 26/39 | 277 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 18 | 64 | 0 |
| James White | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeremy Hill | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 3 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Gronkowski | 7 | 8 | 123 | 1 |
| Phillip Dorsett | 7 | 7 | 66 | 1 |
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| James White | 4 | 9 | 38 | 1 |
| Jeremy Hill | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| James Develin | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Hogan | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Riley McCarron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |