National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 28, Houston 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 71540
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final1234T
Carolina 7140728
Houston 006713
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:07
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 7
Steve Smith 26 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:19
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 14
Jeremy Shockey 9 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:55
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 21
Richie Brockel 7 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:07
Houston FG Houston 3 - Carolina 21
Neil Rackers 26 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:53
Houston FG Houston 6 - Carolina 21
Neil Rackers 34 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:48
Houston TD Houston 13 - Carolina 21
Arian Foster 1 yd. run (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 9:54
Carolina TD Houston 13 - Carolina 28
DeAngelo Williams 24 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Houston
1st Downs 20 18
Rushing 11 7
Passing 8 11
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 9-14 2-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-50.4 2-29.5
Return Yards 48 147
Punts-Returns 1-1 5-63
Kickoffs-Returns 1-21 2-84
Int-Returns 2-26 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-40 6-60
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 32:34 27:26
Total Net Yards 316 358
Total Plays 60 57
Average Gain 5.3 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 166 150
Rushes 34 25
Average/Rush 4.9 6.0
Net Yards Passing 150 208
Comp-Att 14-24 19-30
Yards/Pass 5.8 6.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 2-4
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 4 1
Rushing 2 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 1-1
Field Goals 0-0 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 1-4-25%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (5-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 13/23 149 2 0
A. Edwards 1/1 11 0 0
Houston Texans (10-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Yates 19/30 212 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 15 61 4.1 1 24
C. Newton 7 55 7.9 0 17
J. Stewart 11 43 3.9 0 12
R. Brockel 1 7 7.0 1 7
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 16 109 6.8 1 22
B. Tate 7 26 3.7 0 8
T. Yates 2 15 7.5 0 15
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 7 5 82 16.4 1 26
J. Shockey 4 2 35 17.5 1 26
L. Naanee 2 2 16 8.0 0 9
G. Olsen 2 2 15 7.5 0 17
J. Stewart 3 2 8 4.0 0 5
R. Brockel 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. LaFell 5 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 6 5 58 11.6 0 25
O. Daniels 5 2 29 14.5 0 17
L. Vickers 4 4 29 7.2 0 17
K. Walter 4 2 26 13.0 0 19
J. Jones 2 1 24 24.0 0 24
B. Johnson 4 2 23 11.5 0 18
J. Dreessen 4 2 19 9.5 0 11
B. Tate 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Senn 1 21 0
J. Anderson 1 5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Shirley 1.0 2.0
G. Hardy 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Barwin 1.0 10.0
E. Mitchell 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Senn 12 2
D. Connor 6 1
S. Martin 6 1
J. Anderson 5 1
C. Gamble 3 0
R. Stanford 3 1
J. Pugh 2 0
F. Kearse 2 1
C. Johnson 1 0
A. Neblett 1 0
G. Hardy 1 0
J. Shirley 1 1
C. Godfrey 1 1
C. Munnerlyn 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
B. Cushing 9 3
D. Ryans 6 2
J. Watt 5 2
D. Manning 4 0
G. Quin 4 1
E. Mitchell 3 2
T. Jamison 2 1
C. Barwin 2 1
J. Allen 2 1
J. Joseph 1 0
Q. Demps 1 0
S. Cody 1 1
B. Reed 1 1
A. Smith 1 2
K. Jackson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Shirley 1.0
J. Senn 1.0
D. Connor 1.0
G. Hardy 1.0
J. Anderson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
B. Cushing 1.0
J. Watt 1.0
C. Barwin 1.0
A. Smith 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Yates 1
A. Foster 1