Houston 24, L.A. Rams 20 – SFGATE
LAR_FG Gay 43, 4:49. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 3:25. Key Plays: Wolford 22 pass to McCutcheon; Wolford 21 pass to L.Akers. L.A. Rams 3, Houston 0.
Second Quarter
LAR_FG Gay 36, :40. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 00:50. L.A. Rams 6, Houston 0.
Hou_N.Collins 18 pass from Mills (Fairbairn kick), :01. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 00:39. Key Plays: Mills 4 pass to Burkhead on 3rd-and-4; Mills 32 pass to Dorsett on 3rd-and-10. Houston 7, L.A. Rams 6.
Third Quarter
Hou_Quitoriano 6 pass from K.Allen (Fairbairn kick), 5:58. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards, 5:48. Key Plays: K.Allen 18 pass to Freeman; Freeman 4 run on 3rd-and-1; K.Allen 8 pass to Dorsett on 3rd-and-5. Houston 14, L.A. Rams 6.
LAR_R.Carter 8 fumble return (Gay kick), 3:11. Houston 14, L.A. Rams 13.
Fourth Quarter
Hou_FG Fairbairn 42, 12:46. Drive: 13 plays, 51 yards, 5:25. Houston 17, L.A. Rams 13.
LAR_Ragas 7 run (Gay kick), 5:11. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 7:35. Key Plays: Perkins 12 pass to Trammell; Perkins 13 pass to McCutcheon; Perkins 5 pass to McCutcheon on 3rd-and-6; Ragas 2 run on 4th-and-1; Perkins 14 pass to Trammell on 3rd-and-3. L.A. Rams 20, Houston 17.
Hou_Schreck 8 pass from Driskel (Fairbairn kick), 1:05. Drive: 9 plays, 82 yards, 4:06. Key Plays: Dorsett kick return to Houston 18; Driskel 10 run; Driskel 14 run on 3rd-and-15; Ogunbowale 3 run on 4th-and-1. Houston 24, L.A. Rams 20.
A_70,554.
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| Hou | LAR | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 19 |
| Rushing | 6 | 3 |
| Passing | 12 | 11 |
| Penalty | 2 | 5 |
| THIRD DOWN EFF | 5-12 | 3-14 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFF | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 274 | 275 |
| Total Plays | 61 | 61 |
| Avg Gain | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 115 | 46 |
| Rushes | 27 | 20 |
| Avg per rush | 4.259 | 2.3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 159 | 229 |
| Sacked-Yds lost | 2-25 | 6-36 |
| Gross-Yds passing | 184 | 265 |
| Completed-Att. | 22-32 | 25-35 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Yards-Pass Play | 4.676 | 5.585 |
| KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB | 5-3-3 | 5-4-2 |
| PUNTS-Avg. | 5-52.2 | 6-46.667 |
| Punts blocked | 0 | 0 |
| FGs-PATs blocked | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE | 103 | 26 |
| Punt Returns | 4-43 | 4-11 |
| Kickoff Returns | 3-60 | 1-15 |
| Interceptions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES-Yds | 9-70 | 7-101 |
| FUMBLES-Lost | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 28:52 | 31:08 |
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Houston, Freeman 9-30, Mack 8-29, Ogunbowale 6-27, Driskel 2-24, Burkhead 2-5. L.A. Rams, Calais 4-14, Ragas 6-14, Rose 3-10, Wolford 4-7, Perkins 2-1, Funk 1-0.
PASSING_Houston, Mills 10-17-0-96, Allen 9-12-0-71, Driskel 3-3-0-17. L.A. Rams, Wolford 14-22-0-142, Perkins 11-13-0-123.
RECEIVING_Houston, N.Collins 4-48, Dorsett 3-48, Burkhead 3-9, Freeman 2-23, Schreck 2-13, Jordan 2-7, Camp 1-9, Moore 1-7, Wedington 1-7, Quitoriano 1-6, Hairston 1-4, S.Green 1-3. L.A. Rams, Hopkins 6-41, McCutcheon 5-96, Trammell 4-46, Harris 4-24, Calais 2-10, L.Akers 1-21, Blanton 1-14, R.Carter 1-14, Funk 1-(minus 1).
PUNT RETURNS_Houston, Rogers 3-30, King 1-13. L.A. Rams, Trammell 2-7, L.Akers 2-4.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Houston, Smith 1-26, Rogers 1-20, Dorsett 1-14. L.A. Rams, Calais 1-15.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Houston, Arnold 4-0-1, Grugier-Hill 4-0-0, Cashman 2-4-0, Hansen 2-3-0, Hewitt 2-2-0, Odeleye 2-1-0, D.Harris 2-0-1, Murray 2-0-0, Okoronkwo 2-0-0, Sheffield 2-0-0, Yiadom 2-0-0, Booker 1-3-0, Kirksey 1-2-1, King 1-2-0, Hinish 1-1-0, Greenard 1-0-1, Lopez 1-0-1, Rivers 1-0-1, Dwumfour 1-0-0, Moreau 1-0-0, Morrissey 1-0-0, Owens 1-0-0, Stingley 1-0-0, R.Green 0-2-0, Reeves-Maybin 0-2-0, Stewart 0-2-0, Blacklock 0-1-0, Brooks 0-1-0, McCollum 0-1-0. L.A. Rams, Gervase 4-1-0, Lowe 4-1-0, Hummel 3-3-0, Hines 3-2-0, McVea 3-2-0, J.Williams 3-1-1, E.Brown 3-0-0, Haley 3-0-0, B.Thomas 2-2-0, Whitley 2-1-0, Durant 2-0-1, Burgess 2-0-0, Garcia 1-3-0, Hoecht 1-2-0, T.Carter 1-1-0, Hall 1-1-0, T.Carter 1-0-0, Kendrick 1-0-0, Yeast 1-0-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Houston, None. L.A. Rams, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Alex Kemp, Ump Mike Morton, HL Danny Short, LJ Jeff Bergman, FJ John Jenkins, SJ Dale Shaw, BJ Scott Helverson, Replay Mike Chase.