2002 · Week 1
Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans
Sep 8, 2002 · Reliant Stadium · closed · grass
Recap
Houston Texans defeated Dallas Cowboys 19–10. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Texans (67%). Texans improve to 1-0; Cowboys fall to 0-1. David Carr paced the offense with 145 passing yards and 2 TDs; 7 rushing yards.
Team stats
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 8 |
| 286 | Total yards | 232 |
| 131 | Passing yards | 145 |
| 155 | Rushing yards | 87 |
| 13/30 | Comp / Att | 10/22 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 6 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Carter | 13/30 | 131 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Carter | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 17 | 67 | 0 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| Troy Hambrick | 4 | 16 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Galloway | 6 | 7 | 69 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Antonio Bryant | 4 | 14 | 47 | 0 |
| Michael Wiley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Hambrick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken-Yon Rambo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lucky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
HOU
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Carr | 10/22 | 145 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Carr | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| James Allen | 19 | 56 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wells | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jarrod Baxter | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Bradford | 4 | 6 | 99 | 1 |
| James Allen | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Miller | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| Jonathan Wells | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 |