Team Statistics
2008 Houston Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 117-220-11-348 94-150-12-256
Third Down Efficiency 106-231-46% 80-214-37%
Fourth Down Efficiency 4-8-50% 4-16-25%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 327-462-71% 206-287-72%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 6129-1098-5.6 4458-950-4.7
Total Net Yards Rushing 2171 1882
Total Rushes 493 440
Average Per Rush 4.4 4.3
Passes Completed/Attempted 356/593 (60.0%) 276/483 (57.1%)
Net Yards Passing 3958 2576
Avg Yards Per Pass 6.8 5.8
Sacked/Yards Lost 12/90 27/209
Punts/Average 71/46.5 91/42.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage 42/422 28/460
Kickoffs/Returns 45/1007 68/1525
Interceptions/Returns 15/217 15/148
Penalties/Yards 59/555 47/384
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 14/8 20/10
Time of Possession 516 mins 26 secs 459 mins 46 secs
Average Drive Start HOA 29 OPP 29

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2008 Houston
Drew Brees 593 356 4048 60.0 6.8 26 4.4 15 2.5 77 12/90 84.6

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2008 Houston
Jonathan Stewart 334 1616 4.8 41 10 0 0/0
Maurice Morris 93 466 5.0 44 0 0 1/1
LaDainian Tomlinson 23 41 1.8 8 3 0 0/0
Drew Brees 20 -2 -0.1 5 2 0 3/3
Tim Hightower 17 35 2.1 7 3 0 0/0
Jacob Hester 6 15 2.5 10 0 0 2/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2008 Houston
Jason Witten 79 864 10.9 39 9 1
Steve L. Smith 72 905 12.6 70 8 0
Mike Tolbert 62 491 7.9 30 2 0
Greg Jennings 49 758 15.5 63 3 0
Brandon Marshall 29 349 12.0 47 1 0
Jonathan Stewart 29 214 7.4 15 0 0
Maurice Morris 17 132 7.8 13 0 0
Lee Evans 10 259 25.9 77 1 0
LaDainian Tomlinson 4 31 7.8 12 0 0
Lawrence Vickers 3 33 11.0 21 0 0
Tim Hightower 2 12 6.0 7 2 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2008 Houston
Joe Nedney 2/2 7/7 12/14 9/13 0/1 30/37 81.1

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2008 Houston
Brett Kern 71 46.5 35.3 17 25 66 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
2008 Houston
Johnnie Higgins 31 732 23.6 69 0
Jonathan Stewart 14 275 19.6 26 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2008 Houston
Johnnie Higgins 42 10 422 10.0 81 2

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2008 Houston
Takeo Spikes 87 1 1
Troy Polamalu 86 0 1
Shaun Phillips 81 9 2
Michael Griffin 75 0 0
Ernie Sims 75 4 2
Phillip Buchanon 55 1 0
Trent Cole 53 3 0
Quentin Jammer 50 0 1
Julius Peppers 41 5 1
Pat Williams 37 3 0
Mike Patterson 37 1 0
Richard Marshall 19 0 0
Paul Oliver 3 0 1
Zach Diles 2 0 0
Jovan Haye 1 0 0
Jason Allen 1 0 0
Jacob Hester 0 0 1
Jason Witten 0 0 1
Steve L. Smith 0 0 1
Davin Joseph 0 0 1
Greg Jennings 0 0 1
Mike Tolbert 0 0 1
Drew Brees 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
2008 Houston
Phillip Buchanon 5 24 4.8 20 0
Michael Griffin 4 85 21.3 25 0
Quentin Jammer 2 25 12.5 25 0
Ernie Sims 2 50 25.0 37 1
Paul Oliver 1 20 20.0 20 0
Richard Marshall 1 13 13.0 13 0