Coverage: NBC
4:30 PM ET, January 7, 2012
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
Top Performers
Passing: A. Dalton (CIN) - 257 YDS, 3 INT
Rushing: A. Foster (HOU) - 24 CAR, 153 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving: A. Johnson (HOU) - 5 REC, 90 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 07:34 | Cedric Benson 1 Yd Run (Mike Nugent Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 04:57 | Arian Foster 8 Yd Run (Neil Rackers Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | CIN | HOU | |||
| FG | 07:09 | Mike Nugent 37 Yd | 10 | 7 | |
| FG | 01:48 | Neil Rackers 39 Yd | 10 | 10 | |
| TD | 00:52 | J.J. Watt 29 Yd Interception Return (Neil Rackers Kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | CIN | HOU | |||
| TD | 01:08 | Andre Johnson 40 Yd Pass From T.J. Yates (Neil Rackers Kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | CIN | HOU | |||
| TD | 05:15 | Arian Foster 42 Yd Run (Neil Rackers Kick) | 10 | 31 | |
Team Stat Comparison
CIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 21 | 19 |
Passing 1st downs | 11 | 9 |
Rushing 1st downs | 8 | 9 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 6-13 | 6-12 |
4th down efficiency | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 65 | 57 |
| Total Yards | 300 | 340 |
| Yards per play | 4.6 | 6.0 |
| Total Drives | 11 | 11 |
| Passing | 224 | 152 |
Comp - Att | 27-42 | 11-20 |
Yards per pass | 5.3 | 7.6 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 4-33 | 2-7 |
| Rushing | 76 | 188 |
Rushing Attempts | 19 | 35 |
Yards per rush | 4.0 | 5.4 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Penalties | 3-25 | 5-87 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 30:17 | 29:43 |
| Cincinnati Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| A. Dalton | 27/42 | 257 | 6.1 | 0 | 3 | 4-33 | 17.3 | 51.4 |
| Team | 27/42 | 224 | 5.3 | 0 | 3 | 4-33 | -- | -- |
| Houston Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Yates | 11/20 | 159 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 56.6 | 97.7 |
| Team | 11/20 | 152 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | -- | -- |
| Cincinnati Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| B. Leonard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| A. Dalton | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| C. Benson | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| B. Scott | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Cincinnati Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Green | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | |
| J. Gresham | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| B. Leonard | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| D. Lee | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| J. Simpson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| B. Scott | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| R. Whalen | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| A. Hawkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| C. Benson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 0 | 36 | 42 | |
| Houston Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Johnson | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | |
| A. Foster | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| O. Daniels | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 21 | 6 | |
| K. Walter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Team | 11 | 159 | 14.5 | 1 | 40 | 20 | |
| Cincinnati Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| A. Dalton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| J. Watt | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| D. Manning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 28 | 1 |
| Cincinnati Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| T. Howard | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Nelson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Fanene | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Lawson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Jones | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Peko | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Atkins | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Clements | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Geathers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Maualuga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Crocker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jennings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Rucker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Miles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Dunlap | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Skuta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 55 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| B. Cushing | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Manning | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Quin | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Reed | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Allen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Mitchell | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Ryans | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barwin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Cody | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Watt | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Dobbins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Jamison | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Demps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Weeks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. McManis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Keo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Braman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. McCain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 72 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Cincinnati Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| B. Tate | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| B. Tate | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Jones | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Nugent | 1/2 | 50.0 | 37 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 37 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Houston Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| N. Rackers | 1/1 | 100.0 | 39 | 4/4 | 7 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 39 | 4/4 | 7 |
| Cincinnati Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| K. Huber | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Team | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Houston Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Turk | 5 | 251 | 50.2 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Team | 5 | 251 | 50.2 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
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