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HOU at MIN: 2023 PRESEASON WEEK 3 BOX.

Houston

Minnesota

Exhibition Week 3, 2023

played in Minnesota, MN

76 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Houston Texans	0	3	0	0	-	3
Minnesota Vikings	3	6	10	13	-	32

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:52 MIN - Andrew Stephens 46 field goal
2Q: 09:35 MIN - Andrew Stephens 29 field goal
2Q: 06:18 HOU - Tyrell Fleming 49 field goal
2Q: 02:51 MIN - Andrew Stephens 35 field goal
3Q: 11:18 MIN - Johnnie Buckley 15 pass from Nathan Witten (Andrew Stephens extra point)
3Q: 02:14 MIN - Andrew Stephens 29 field goal
4Q: 12:42 MIN - Deion Grimsley 29 pass from Nathan Witten (Andrew Stephens extra point failed)
4Q: 09:05 MIN - Luke Boone 1 run (Andrew Stephens extra point)

Team Statistics HOU MIN
Record 0-2 2-0
First Downs 11 24
- by Rushing 6 7
- by Passing 5 16
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 162 417
- Offensive Plays 55 71
- Yards per Play 2.95 5.87
Net Rushing Yards 84 122
- Rushing Attempts 22 30
- Yards per Rush 3.82 4.07
Net Passing Yards 78 295
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 11 - 1 39 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 112 303
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/34 2/8
- Yards per Pass Play 2.36 7.20
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/41 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 2/8 5/42
Kick Returns/Yards 3/69 1/22
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/33
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 36
Time of Possession 24:24 35:36

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:16	4:41	OWN 20	7	31	Punt
1	0:47	1:04	OWN 17	3	1	Punt
2	9:30	3:20	OWN 30	7	38	Field Goal
2	2:43	2:05	OWN 7	7	33	Punt
2	0:06	0:06	OWN 20	1	-4	Half
3	15:00	3:02	OWN 25	6	11	Fumble
3	11:10	2:36	OWN 25	4	5	Punt
3	6:14	0:58	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	2:08	1:54	OWN 25	4	13	Punt
4	12:32	1:25	OWN 28	3	-1	Punt
4	8:57	2:46	OWN 12	6	33	Interception
4	3:49	1:38	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 9	1	3	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:44	OWN 30	6	27	Punt
1	6:35	5:48	OWN 2	10	69	Field Goal
2	14:43	5:13	OWN 40	10	48	Field Goal
2	6:10	3:27	OWN 25	9	57	Field Goal
2	0:38	0:32	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
3	11:58	0:48	OPP 26	3	26	Touchdown
3	8:34	2:20	OWN 31	5	27	Punt
3	5:16	3:08	OWN 38	8	50	Field Goal
3	0:14	2:26	OWN 22	5	13	Punt
4	12:48	0:16	OPP 29	2	29	Touchdown
4	11:07	2:10	OWN 38	4	62	Touchdown
4	6:11	2:22	OPP 47	3	3	Punt
4	2:11	1:54	OWN 36	3	7	Punt

Game MVP: Nathan Witten, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Freddie Logan	12	25	2.08	10	1
Abraham Small	6	37	6.17	12	3
Donnie Bullock	3	19	6.33	10	1
J.C. Giles	1	3	3.00	3	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Luke Boone	20	75	3.75	36	3	1
Trevor Allred	6	29	4.83	11	2	0
Micah McConnell	2	17	8.50	9	0	0
Gary Powers	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Nathan Witten	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.C. Giles	23	9	91	5/28	0	33	1	33.1
Donnie Bullock	4	2	21	1/6	0	13	0	65.6

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Nathan Witten	28	18	229	1/3	2	38	0	113.5
Micah McConnell	11	8	74	1/5	0	19	0	90.7

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Marty DeMulling	4	7	37	9.25	20	17
WR Roman Wulfeck	3	5	42	14.00	0	33
WR Dashawn Becker	2	7	23	11.50	16	20
RB Freddie Logan	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Sawyer Simmons	1	3	7	7.00	0	7
TE Jake Grubbs	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
WR Deron Walker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Luke Boone	9	11	80	8.89	37	26	0
WR Mo Yaw	5	6	69	13.80	25	25	0
WR Deion Grimsley	4	5	74	18.50	60	38	1
TE Neil Cobb	3	5	32	10.67	10	15	0
FB Marlon Saddler	2	4	22	11.00	9	19	0
TE Reginald Fariman	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	1
RB Trevor Allred	1	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Aidan Hopkins	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Gary Powers	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Matthew Coffey	1	33	33.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov
J.C. Giles	2	0
Roman Wulfeck	1	0
Eugene Ramsey	0	1

Minnesota	Recov	Force
Ellis Ogden	1	2
Shannon Holliday	1	0
Gary Powers	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Raymond Battle	8	379	47.4	42.1	56	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Quentin Lake	6	274	45.7	34.3	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tyrell Fleming	1/1	1/1	0/0	49	0/0

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Andrew Stephens	4/4	1/1	0/0	46	2/3

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roman Wulfeck	2	8	4.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dusty Cavoretto	5	42	8.4	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vernon Soprano	2	53	26.5	0
Roman Wulfeck	1	16	16.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Deion Grimsley	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Nick Reid	11	4	0.0	28	33
CB Riddick Brandon	7	0	0.0	27	39
DE Jonah Duffy	5	3	1.0	30	39
S Todd Rodrigues	5	2	0.0	29	39
CB Vernon Soprano	5	2	0.0	30	41
ILB Lester Fulcher	5	0	0.0	18	32
S Mike Halama	4	2	0.0	9	7
OLB Dusty Brewer	4	0	0.0	11	25
DE Burt Sanders	3	1	1.0	22	33
CB Theodore O'Shea	2	0	0.0	8	15
DT Joey Van Pelt	1	1	0.0	13	16
DE Omar Thompson	1	0	0.0	30	38
WR Dashawn Becker	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Andy Mayes	1	0	0.0	15	13
TE Jake Grubbs	1	0	---	---	---
DT Ray Murphy	1	0	0.0	3	12
S Jeff Unutoa	0	1	0.0	24	38
DE Andy Stillman	0	1	0.0	16	20
CB Andrew Fulcher	0	1	0.0	11	5

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Nolan Harden	8	1	0.5	20	23
DT Ellis Ogden	4	1	2.0	22	33
OLB Amari Rodriguez	4	2	0.0	19	28
S Micah Hotle	4	0	0.0	11	25
DE Grady Foreman	3	1	1.5	17	27
CB Manuel Small	3	2	0.0	22	33
OLB Shannon Holliday	2	1	1.0	11	24
S Matthew Coffey	2	2	0.0	21	31
DE Derrick Parrish	2	1	0.0	12	22
S Ashton Wynn	2	0	0.0	15	27
DT Shannon Pettit	1	1	0.5	4	4
DE Cornell Lighthiser	1	1	0.5	18	29
ILB Rusty Russo	1	1	0.0	10	11
CB Jesse Osborne	1	0	0.0	9	5
DT Mason Reid	1	0	0.0	1	0
CB Winfred Corbett	0	1	0.0	7	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jonah Duffy	1.0	0	2	2	39
DE Burt Sanders	1.0	0	0	0	33
DE Omar Thompson	0.0	1	1	0	38
ILB Lester Fulcher	0.0	0	1	0	32

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Ellis Ogden	2.0	0	2	3	33
DE Grady Foreman	1.5	0	1	0	27
OLB Shannon Holliday	1.0	1	0	0	24
DE Cornell Lighthiser	0.5	0	1	0	29
DT Shannon Pettit	0.5	0	0	0	4
OLB Nolan Harden	0.5	0	0	0	23
DE Derrick Parrish	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Nick Reid	5	1	33
ILB Lester Fulcher	5	1	32
CB Riddick Brandon	4	0	39
CB Vernon Soprano	4	0	41
OLB Dusty Brewer	3	1	25
S Todd Rodrigues	2	0	39
S Mike Halama	1	1	7
DE Omar Thompson	1	0	38
DT Ray Murphy	1	0	12
OLB Andy Mayes	0	1	13

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Micah Hotle	3	0	0	25
CB Manuel Small	2	2	0	33
OLB Nolan Harden	2	0	0	23
ILB Rusty Russo	1	1	0	11
DE Grady Foreman	1	0	0	27
OLB Shannon Holliday	1	0	0	24
CB Jesse Osborne	1	0	0	5
S Matthew Coffey	0	1	1	31

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jason Bell	1	7	22	0	33
Caden Jones	1	4	22	1	33
Mason Shaw	1	3	10	2	20
Braden Pantoja	1	1	12	1	13
DeAndre Maugh	1	1	12	0	13
Stanley Sumter	0	1	10	2	20
Eugene Ramsey	0	1	22	0	33

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nicolas Davidds	3	7	30	0	41
Mercury Garner	2	7	30	0	41
Adam Richmond	1	5	14	1	19
Samuel Murphy	1	2	16	1	22
Tamarick Zimmerman	1	2	16	0	22
Gustavo Jackson	0	3	16	0	22
Gene Figley	0	1	14	0	19
Tyrell Pritchett	0	1	14	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Eugene Ramsey	3	10
Dusty Brewer	1	26
Theodore O'Shea	1	17
Jason Bell	1	9

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Reginald Fariman	1	28
Shannon Holliday	1	24
Deion Grimsley	1	22
Gary Powers	1	16
Johnnie Buckley	1	10

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Vernon Soprano	---	---	30	41	12	83
Jeff Unutoa	---	---	24	38	18	80
Riddick Brandon	---	---	27	39	13	79
Todd Rodrigues	---	---	29	39	5	73
Jonah Duffy	---	---	30	39	4	73
Omar Thompson	---	---	30	38	3	71
Lester Fulcher	---	---	18	32	16	66
Nick Reid	---	---	28	33	4	65
Eugene Ramsey	22	33	---	---	10	65
Jason Bell	22	33	---	---	9	64
Burt Sanders	---	---	22	33	9	64
Caden Jones	22	33	---	---	9	64
Jake Grubbs	13	27	---	---	23	63
Dusty Brewer	---	---	11	25	26	62
Freddie Logan	16	28	---	---	18	62
Dashawn Becker	19	31	---	---	10	60
Roman Wulfeck	15	25	---	---	17	57
J.C. Giles	13	28	---	---	---	41
Marty DeMulling	16	22	---	---	2	40
Theodore O'Shea	---	---	8	15	17	40
Deron Walker	10	14	---	---	14	38
Andy Stillman	---	---	16	20	1	37
Braden Pantoja	12	13	---	---	9	34
DeAndre Maugh	12	13	---	---	9	34
Andy Mayes	---	---	15	13	3	31
Joey Van Pelt	---	---	13	16	2	31
Stanley Sumter	10	20	---	---	---	30
Mason Shaw	10	20	---	---	---	30
Ray Murphy	---	---	3	12	9	24
Sawyer Simmons	10	9	---	---	---	19
Jorge Wischhof	0	0	---	---	17	17
Andrew Fulcher	---	---	11	5	1	17
Mike Halama	---	---	9	7	1	17
Donnie Bullock	9	5	---	---	---	14
Abraham Small	6	5	---	---	1	12
Adam Oliveira	---	---	6	6	---	12
Raymond Battle	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dennis O'Neill	5	4	---	---	---	9
Riley Makowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Timothy McCrary	---	---	0	0	6	6
Tyrell Fleming	0	0	---	---	3	3
Jerry Cole	0	0	---	---	---	0
Graham Pfingsten	0	0	---	---	---	0
Abraham Dillon	---	---	0	0	---	0
Carter Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaun Richardson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mercury Garner	30	41	---	---	10	81
Nicolas Davidds	30	41	---	---	10	81
Deion Grimsley	14	29	---	---	22	65
Mo Yaw	21	26	---	---	14	61
Luke Boone	23	37	---	---	---	60
Ashton Wynn	---	---	15	27	18	60
Shannon Holliday	---	---	11	24	24	59
Manuel Small	---	---	22	33	1	56
Ellis Ogden	---	---	22	33	1	56
Grady Foreman	---	---	17	27	9	53
Matthew Coffey	---	---	21	31	1	53
Cornell Lighthiser	---	---	18	29	1	48
Samuel Murphy	16	22	---	---	10	48
Gustavo Jackson	16	22	---	---	10	48
Amari Rodriguez	---	---	19	28	1	48
Nathan Witten	19	29	---	---	---	48
Aidan Hopkins	21	25	---	---	---	46
Marlon Saddler	6	18	---	---	22	46
Reginald Fariman	8	8	---	---	28	44
Nolan Harden	---	---	20	23	1	44
Johnnie Buckley	11	22	---	---	10	43
Winfred Corbett	---	---	7	13	18	38
Tamarick Zimmerman	16	22	---	---	---	38
Micah Hotle	---	---	11	25	---	36
Derrick Parrish	---	---	12	22	---	34
Adam Richmond	14	19	---	---	---	33
Neil Cobb	18	15	---	---	---	33
Gene Figley	14	19	---	---	---	33
Tyrell Pritchett	14	19	---	---	---	33
Ethan Andersen	12	17	---	---	---	29
Gary Powers	9	4	---	---	16	29
Dusty Cavoretto	0	0	---	---	28	28
Jesse Osborne	---	---	9	5	10	24
Micah McConnell	11	12	---	---	---	23
Rusty Russo	---	---	10	11	1	22
Connor Scott	---	---	11	10	1	22
Les Lane	---	---	8	10	1	19
Andrew Stephens	0	0	---	---	12	12
Trevor Allred	7	4	---	---	---	11
Leroy Grier	---	---	3	6	1	10
Quentin Lake	0	0	---	---	10	10
Joe McMurdo	0	0	---	---	10	10
Christian Anderson	---	---	0	0	10	10
Mason Reid	---	---	1	0	8	9
Shannon Pettit	---	---	4	4	---	8
Scottie Humphrey	---	---	1	2	---	3

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	24	8.0
Middle	11	30	2.7
Right	8	30	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	19	3.8
Middle	14	89	6.4
Right	11	14	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.C. Giles	23	9	2	3	2	3	4	3	1
Donnie Bullock	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Nathan Witten	28	18	4	3	0	3	3	1	0
Micah McConnell	11	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	20	20.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	7	39	2.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	2	20	2.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	33	11.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	13	9	105	8.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	135	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	63	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dashawn Becker	7	2	0	23	1	31
TE Marty DeMulling	7	4	2	37	0	22
WR Roman Wulfeck	5	3	0	42	1	25
TE Jake Grubbs	3	0	0	0	0	27
WR Sawyer Simmons	3	1	0	7	0	9
RB Freddie Logan	1	1	0	3	0	28
WR Deron Walker	1	0	0	0	0	14

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Luke Boone	11	9	80	1	37
WR Mo Yaw	6	5	69	1	26
WR Deion Grimsley	5	4	74	2	29
TE Neil Cobb	5	3	32	0	15
FB Marlon Saddler	4	2	22	0	18
TE Aidan Hopkins	2	0	0	0	25
WR Johnnie Buckley	2	1	15	0	22
RB Trevor Allred	2	1	0	0	4
TE Reginald Fariman	1	1	11	0	8
WR Gary Powers	1	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Luke Boone	3	6	2.00	3.75
Nathan Witten	1	1	1.00	1.00
Trevor Allred	1	-4	-4.00	4.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Nathan Witten	9	5	32	3.56	8.18

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Luke Boone	2	2	9	4.50	7.27
RB Trevor Allred	2	1	0	0.00	0.00
WR Deion Grimsley	1	0	0	0.00	14.80
TE Aidan Hopkins	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Johnnie Buckley	1	1	15	15.00	7.50
FB Marlon Saddler	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Mo Yaw	1	1	8	8.00	11.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Freddie Logan	1	1
Donnie Bullock	1	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Luke Boone	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.C. Giles	8	2	2
Donnie Bullock	2	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Nathan Witten	6	4	1
Micah McConnell	4	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dashawn Becker	2	0	0
TE Marty DeMulling	2	1	0
WR Roman Wulfeck	2	1	1
TE Jake Grubbs	2	0	0
WR Deron Walker	1	0	0
WR Sawyer Simmons	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Marlon Saddler	3	2	1
RB Luke Boone	2	2	1
WR Mo Yaw	2	1	0
WR Deion Grimsley	1	1	1
WR Gary Powers	1	0	0
TE Neil Cobb	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 90,100 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 26,400 (29,700)
End Zone 19,300 (21,500)
Mezzanine 11,200 (12,400)
Sideline Seats 17,400 (19,000)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 8,900 (9,900)