NFL: CHICAGO at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL CHICAGO 20 HOUSTON 19 0:32 LEFT, 4TH QTR HST BALL ON HST 22 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CHICAGO at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CHICAGO 0 7 0 13 20 HOUSTON 3 9 7 0 19 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD, 13:16. HOUSTON 3-0 2ND QUARTER: HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 20 YD, 1:54. HOUSTON 6-0 CHI - TD, OBAFEMI AYANBADEJO 2 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK), 5:05. CHICAGO 7-6 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD, 5:39. HOUSTON 9-7 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 29 YD, 14:50. HOUSTON 12-7 3RD QUARTER: HST - TD, JEB PUTZIER 6 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK), 10:46. HOUSTON 19-7 4TH QUARTER: CHI - TD, FONTEL MINES 4 YD PASS FROM KYLE ORTON (ROBBIE GOULD KICK), 0:06. HOUSTON 19-14 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 44 YD, 10:08. HOUSTON 19-17 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD, 14:24. CHICAGO 20-19 ATT: 70,060</div>
By Ted Dunnam PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer HOUSTON (Ticker) - Don't blame quarterback Rex Grossman for thedefending NFC champion Chicago Bears' punchless offense in a20-19 victory over the Houston Texans Saturday night. Grossman was perfect on the Bears' opening possession,completing all seven of his passes for 48 yards. Chicago heldthe ball for nine plays and more than six minutes before RobbieGould missed a 52-yard field goal attempt. Gould later atoned for the miss by kicked the winning 47-yardfield goal with 36 seconds to play. Grossman completed his first eight attempts for 50 yards beforemisfiring on his final two attempts. Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, making his debut after beingacquired from Atlanta in the offseason, completed 3-of-5 passesfor 25 yards. His longest completion was 15 yards to AndreJohnson on the Texans' second drive that resulted in KrisBrown's 37-yard field goal. Brown also kicked field goals of 42, 29 and 20 yards in thefirst half, giving Houston a 12-7 lead. Texans backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels fired a six-yardtouchdown pass to tight end Jeb Putzier to help Houston open a19-7 advantage in the third quarter. Bears backup quarterback Brian Griese threw a two-yard touchdownpass to Obafemi Ayanbadejo in the second quarter for Chicago'sfirst touchdown. Third-string quarterback Kyle Orton hooked up with tight endFontel Miles for a 4-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarterto pull Chicago within 19-14. Griese completed 6-of-7 passes for 72 yards and one score.Running back Cedric Benson carried five times for 23 yards intwo possessions. Newly acquired running back Ahman Green had seven yards on threecarries for Houston. Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher did not dress for the game.
NFL: CHICAGO at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CHICAGO 0 7 0 13 20 HOUSTON 3 9 7 0 19 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 13:16 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD. HOUSTON 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 1:54 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 20 YD. HOUSTON 6-0. 5:05 CHI - TD, OBAFEMI AYANBADEJO 2 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK). CHICAGO 7-6. 5:39 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD. HOUSTON 9-7. 14:50 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 29 YD. HOUSTON 12-7. 3RD QUARTER: 10:46 HST - TD, JEB PUTZIER 6 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK). HOUSTON 19-7. 4TH QUARTER: 0:06 CHI - TD, FONTEL MINES 4 YD PASS FROM KYLE ORTON (ROBBIE GOULD KICK). HOUSTON 19-14. 10:08 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 44 YD. HOUSTON 19-17. 14:24 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD. CHICAGO 20-19. CHICAGO - HOUSTON Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO HOUSTON FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 3 4 Passing 16 13 Penalty 0 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-11-18% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 321 235 Total offensive plays 64 65 Average gain per play 5.0 3.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 57 75 Rushing attempts 21 25 Average gain per rush 2.7 3.0 Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 0-0 NET YARDS PASSING 264 160 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-9 2-11 Gross passing yards 273 171 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 42-30-1 38-20-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.1 4.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-0 6-3-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-40.6 5-44.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 40.6 41.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 38 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-0 2-18 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-111 5-181 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-20 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-30 6-38 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 4-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:35 29:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CHICAGO HOUSTON RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C BENSON 5 23 4.6 11 0 W LUNDY 8 24 3.0 6 0 G WOLFE 7 15 2.1 8 0 S GADO 4 14 3.5 7 0 A PETERSON 6 10 1.7 5 0 S ROSENFEL 1 11 11.0 11 0 J ALLEN 3 9 3.0 4 0 D WALKER 2 8 4.0 6 0 A GREEN 3 7 2.3 4 0 R DAYNE 4 6 1.5 4 0 B VAN PELT 3 5 1.7 10 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K ORTON 16-25-151 0 1 20 S ROSENFEL 16-26-138 0 1 18 B GRIESE 6- 7- 72 1 1 31 M SCHAUB 3- 5- 25 0 0 15 R GROSSMAN 8-10- 50 0 0 12 B VAN PELT 1- 7- 8 0 0 8 Sacked-Yards Lost: K ORTON 1-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: B VAN PELT 2-11. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J GILMORE 4 43 10.8 13 0 J JONES 4 47 11.8 18 0 B RIDEAU 3 43 14.3 18 0 J PUTZIER 4 40 10.0 13 1 O AYANBADE 3 11 3.7 6 1 J MATHIS 2 17 8.5 10 0 C BENSON 3 11 3.7 5 0 A DAVIS 2 14 7.0 7 0 M BRADLEY 2 47 23.5 31 0 O DANIELS 2 10 5.0 8 0 D BALL 2 24 12.0 20 0 S GADO 2 9 4.5 6 0 G OLSEN 2 17 8.5 12 0 A JOHNSON 1 15 15.0 15 0 G WOLFE 2 5 2.5 4 0 B VAN PELT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C SOLOMON 1 15 15.0 15 0 J ABBATE 1 7 7.0 7 0 D HESTER 1 12 12.0 12 0 D ANDERSON 1 4 4.0 4 0 D JAMES 1 11 11.0 11 0 B BERRIAN 1 10 10.0 10 0 M MUHAMMAD 1 10 10.0 10 0 B PIERCE 1 7 7.0 7 0 F MINES 1 3 3.0 3 1 R DAVIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 J MCKIE 1 2 2.0 2 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V HUTCHINS 1 20 20.0 20 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Punting: None T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JAMES 1 0 0.0 0 0 J JONES 2 18 9.0 22 0 T MARSHALL 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G WOLFE 3 59 19.7 26 0 B JOHNSON 3 78 26.0 33 0 D MANNING 1 21 21.0 21 0 J MATHIS 1 78 78.0 78 0 J ALLEN 1 17 17.0 17 0 A DAVIS 1 25 25.0 25 0 T MARSHALL 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- R GOULD 2/2 2/3 K BROWN 1/1 4/4 Dist.: (52) 44 47 Dist.: 37 20 42 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J ALLEN 1 0 0 0-0 B VAN PELT 1 1 0 0-0 D JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 T SMITH 0 0 1 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOE 7 5 2 0-0 T BRAY 6 5 1 0-0 R WILSON 5 4 1 0-0 Z DILES 6 2 4 0-0 T MCBRIDE 4 4 0 0-0 J HORTON 5 5 0 0-0 B AYANBADEJO 3 3 0 0-0 J FLETCHER 4 3 1 0-0 D DVORACEK 3 2 1 0-0 D ROBINSON 4 3 1 0-0 B MCGOWAN 3 2 1 0-0 B MITCHELL 4 1 3 0-0 C GRAHAM 3 2 1 0-0 M GREENWOOD 3 3 0 0-0 A ADAMS 3 1 2 .5-5 D WYNN 3 3 0 0-0 I IDONIJE 3 1 2 .5-5 D RYANS 3 3 0 0-0 R MANNING JR 3 1 2 0-0 J SIMMONS 3 1 2 0-0 C BRYAN 2 2 0 1-1 C ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0 H HILLENMEYER 2 2 0 0-0 F BENNETT 2 2 0 0-0 M ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0 J BABIN 2 2 0 0-0 D MCCLOVER 2 1 1 0-0 S ORR 2 1 1 .5-4.5 K PAYNE 2 1 1 0-0 D ROBINSON 2 1 1 .5-4.5 A GARAY 2 1 1 0-0 D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 L BRIGGS 2 0 2 0-0 B HARRISON 2 1 1 0-0 A ARCHULETA 1 1 0 0-0 E COCHRAN 2 1 1 0-0 D MANNING 1 1 0 0-0 N KALU 1 1 0 0-0 C TILLMAN 1 1 0 0-0 C WHITE 1 1 0 0-0 N VASHER 1 1 0 0-0 V HUTCHINS 1 1 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 T SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 M BROWN 1 0 1 0-0 A MALONE 1 1 0 0-0 S BARBER 1 1 0 0-0 A OKOYE 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hanna, Head Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Terry Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith. Att: 70,060 Time of Game: 2:58</div>
NFL: CHICAGO at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CHICAGO 0 7 0 13 20 HOUSTON 3 9 7 0 19 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 13:16 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 37 YD. HOUSTON 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 1:54 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 20 YD. HOUSTON 6-0. 5:05 CHI - TD, OBAFEMI AYANBADEJO 2 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (ROBBIE GOULD KICK). CHICAGO 7-6. 5:39 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 42 YD. HOUSTON 9-7. 14:50 HST - FG, KRIS BROWN 29 YD. HOUSTON 12-7. 3RD QUARTER: 10:46 HST - TD, JEB PUTZIER 6 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK). HOUSTON 19-7. 4TH QUARTER: 0:06 CHI - TD, FONTEL MINES 4 YD PASS FROM KYLE ORTON (ROBBIE GOULD KICK). HOUSTON 19-14. 10:08 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 44 YD. HOUSTON 19-17. 14:24 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD. CHICAGO 20-19. CHICAGO - HOUSTON Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO HOUSTON FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 3 4 Passing 16 13 Penalty 0 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-11-18% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 321 235 Total offensive plays 64 65 Average gain per play 5.0 3.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 57 75 Rushing attempts 21 25 Average gain per rush 2.7 3.0 Tackles for loss-yards 4-12 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 264 160 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-9 2-11 Gross passing yards 273 171 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 42-30-1 38-20-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.1 4.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-0 6-3-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-40.6 5-44.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 40.6 41.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 38 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-0 2-18 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-111 5-181 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-20 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-30 6-38 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 2 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 4-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:35 29:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CHICAGO HOUSTON RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C BENSON 5 23 4.6 11 0 W LUNDY 8 24 3.0 6 0 G WOLFE 7 15 2.1 8 0 S GADO 4 14 3.5 7 0 A PETERSON 6 10 1.7 5 0 S ROSENFEL 1 11 11.0 11 0 J ALLEN 3 9 3.0 4 0 D WALKER 2 8 4.0 6 0 A GREEN 3 7 2.3 4 0 R DAYNE 4 6 1.5 4 0 B VAN PELT 3 5 1.7 10 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K ORTON 16-25-151 0 1 20 S ROSENFEL 16-26-138 0 1 18 B GRIESE 6- 7- 72 1 1 31 M SCHAUB 3- 5- 25 0 0 15 R GROSSMAN 8-10- 50 0 0 12 B VAN PELT 1- 7- 8 0 0 8 Sacked-Yards Lost: K ORTON 1-9. Sacked-Yards Lost: B VAN PELT 2-11. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J GILMORE 4 43 10.8 13 0 J JONES 4 47 11.8 18 0 B RIDEAU 3 43 14.3 18 0 J PUTZIER 4 40 10.0 13 1 O AYANBADE 3 11 3.7 6 1 J MATHIS 2 17 8.5 10 0 C BENSON 3 11 3.7 5 0 A DAVIS 2 14 7.0 7 0 M BRADLEY 2 47 23.5 31 0 O DANIELS 2 10 5.0 8 0 D BALL 2 24 12.0 20 0 S GADO 2 9 4.5 6 0 G OLSEN 2 17 8.5 12 0 A JOHNSON 1 15 15.0 15 0 G WOLFE 2 5 2.5 4 0 B VAN PELT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C SOLOMON 1 15 15.0 15 0 J ABBATE 1 7 7.0 7 0 D HESTER 1 12 12.0 12 0 D ANDERSON 1 4 4.0 4 0 D JAMES 1 11 11.0 11 0 B BERRIAN 1 10 10.0 10 0 M MUHAMMAD 1 10 10.0 10 0 B PIERCE 1 7 7.0 7 0 F MINES 1 3 3.0 3 1 R DAVIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 J MCKIE 1 2 2.0 2 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V HUTCHINS 1 20 20.0 20 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Punting: None T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JAMES 1 0 0.0 0 0 J JONES 2 18 9.0 22 0 T MARSHALL 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G WOLFE 3 59 19.7 26 0 B JOHNSON 3 78 26.0 33 0 D MANNING 1 21 21.0 21 0 J MATHIS 1 78 78.0 78 0 J ALLEN 1 17 17.0 17 0 A DAVIS 1 25 25.0 25 0 T MARSHALL 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- R GOULD 2/2 2/3 K BROWN 1/1 4/4 Dist.: (52) 44 47 Dist.: 37 20 42 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J ALLEN 1 0 0 0-0 B VAN PELT 1 1 0 0-0 D JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 T SMITH 0 0 1 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOE 7 5 2 0-0 T BRAY 6 5 1 0-0 R WILSON 5 4 1 0-0 Z DILES 6 2 4 0-0 T MCBRIDE 4 4 0 0-0 J HORTON 5 5 0 0-0 B AYANBADEJO 3 3 0 0-0 J FLETCHER 4 3 1 0-0 D DVORACEK 3 2 1 0-0 D ROBINSON 4 3 1 0-0 B MCGOWAN 3 2 1 0-0 B MITCHELL 4 1 3 0-0 C GRAHAM 3 2 1 0-0 M GREENWOOD 3 3 0 0-0 A ADAMS 3 1 2 .5-5 D WYNN 3 3 0 0-0 I IDONIJE 3 1 2 .5-5 D RYANS 3 3 0 0-0 R MANNING JR 3 1 2 0-0 J SIMMONS 3 1 2 0-0 C BRYAN 2 2 0 1-1 C ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0 H HILLENMEYER 2 2 0 0-0 F BENNETT 2 2 0 0-0 M ANDERSON 2 2 0 0-0 J BABIN 2 2 0 0-0 D MCCLOVER 2 1 1 0-0 S ORR 2 1 1 .5-4.5 K PAYNE 2 1 1 0-0 D ROBINSON 2 1 1 .5-4.5 A GARAY 2 1 1 0-0 D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 L BRIGGS 2 0 2 0-0 B HARRISON 2 1 1 0-0 A ARCHULETA 1 1 0 0-0 E COCHRAN 2 1 1 0-0 D MANNING 1 1 0 0-0 N KALU 1 1 0 0-0 C TILLMAN 1 1 0 0-0 C WHITE 1 1 0 0-0 N VASHER 1 1 0 0-0 V HUTCHINS 1 1 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 T SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 M BROWN 1 0 1 0-0 A MALONE 1 1 0 0-0 S BARBER 1 1 0 0-0 A OKOYE 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hanna, Head Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Terry Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith. Att: 70,060 Time of Game: 2:58</div>
