Houston 24, L.A. Rams 20 | Sports | bakersfield.com – The Bakersfield Californian

Houston	0	7	7	10	—	24
L.A. Rams	3	3	7	7	—	20

First Quarter

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.