Week 4, 2031

played in California, CA

77 degrees, rain, 15 mph wind

Houston Texans	7	0	7	0	-	14
California Chargers	0	3	0	6	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:51 HOU - Mitchell Cheever 35 run (Antonio Strickland extra point)
2Q: 02:20 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 30 field goal
3Q: 09:52 HOU - Sean Hodges 13 pass from Mitchell Cheever (Antonio Strickland extra point)
4Q: 13:59 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 19 field goal
4Q: 04:00 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 25 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:51 HOU - Mitchell Cheever 35 run (Antonio Strickland extra point)
2Q: 02:20 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 30 field goal
3Q: 09:52 HOU - Sean Hodges 13 pass from Mitchell Cheever (Antonio Strickland extra point)
4Q: 13:59 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 19 field goal
4Q: 04:00 CAL - Jackie McGillicuddy 25 field goal

Team Statistics HOU CAL
Record 2-2 1-3
First Downs 14 24
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 7 17
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 261 413
- Offensive Plays 55 74
- Yards per Play 4.75 5.58
Net Rushing Yards 159 130
- Rushing Attempts 25 28
- Yards per Rush 6.36 4.64
Net Passing Yards 102 283
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 14 - 0 43 - 28 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 121 300
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 3/17
- Yards per Pass Play 3.40 6.15
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/56 4/37
Punt Returns/Yards 2/16 6/-3
Kick Returns/Yards 1/30 2/33
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 18
Time of Possession 27:01 32:59

Team Statistics	HOU	CAL
Record	2-2	1-3
First Downs	14	24
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	7	17
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	261	413
- Offensive Plays	55	74
- Yards per Play	4.75	5.58
Net Rushing Yards	159	130
- Rushing Attempts	25	28
- Yards per Rush	6.36	4.64
Net Passing Yards	102	283
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 14 - 0	43 - 28 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	121	300
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	3/17
- Yards per Pass Play	3.40	6.15
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/56	4/37
Punt Returns/Yards	2/16	6/-3
Kick Returns/Yards	1/30	2/33
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 18
Time of Possession	27:01	32:59

Drive Charts

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:28	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
1	7:53	1:49	OWN 13	5	23	Punt
1	3:47	1:34	OWN 17	3	0	Punt
2	14:53	4:37	OWN 20	8	30	Punt
2	8:31	1:11	OWN 38	3	-5	Punt
2	2:15	0:45	OWN 34	3	0	Punt
3	13:17	3:34	OWN 29	8	71	Touchdown
3	6:01	2:11	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	13:53	1:21	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
4	11:31	2:38	OWN 28	5	21	Punt
4	3:53	2:19	OWN 25	6	27	Punt

California Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:32	2:39	OWN 19	5	10	Punt
1	6:04	2:17	OWN 12	5	10	Punt
1	2:13	2:20	OWN 30	6	22	Punt
2	10:16	1:45	OWN 10	3	6	Punt
2	7:20	5:05	OWN 11	11	76	Field Goal
2	1:30	1:30	OWN 24	3	0	Punt
3	15:00	1:43	OWN 22	3	7	Punt
3	9:43	3:42	OWN 25	9	38	Punt
3	3:50	4:57	OWN 17	10	81	Field Goal
4	12:32	1:01	OWN 31	4	-3	Punt
4	8:53	5:00	OWN 15	8	77	Field Goal
4	1:34	1:34	OWN 3	9	89	Game

Game MVP: Mitchell Cheever, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Randal Lyle	7	44	6.29	29	1	0
QB Mitchell Cheever	6	66	11.00	35	3	1
RB Bryan Zukauskas	6	29	4.83	10	1	0
RB Donald Cassidy	6	20	3.33	8	0	0

California	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Devon Goetz	20	83	4.15	27	3
RB Brandon Dennis	5	24	4.80	12	1
QB Dylan Shapiro	3	23	7.67	9	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mitchell Cheever	27	14	121	3/19	1	27	0	76.3

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dylan Shapiro	43	28	300	3/17	0	27	0	85.4

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Victor Duffy	6	11	51	8.50	29	27	0
WR Courtney Metcalf	3	6	25	8.33	18	21	0
TE Arnie Clancy	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Bryan Zukauskas	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Sean Hodges	1	2	13	13.00	0	13	1
RB Randal Lyle	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Sean Newland	1	2	8	8.00	1	8	0
WR Roger Feather	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

California	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jalen Fuqua	6	9	57	9.50	20	15
RB Devon Goetz	5	7	36	7.20	21	12
TE Andres Linquist	4	7	64	16.00	22	27
WR Edwin Rudis	4	4	63	15.75	26	23
WR Taylor Berry	2	2	7	3.50	1	4
WR Darren Spector	2	4	18	9.00	0	12
WR Colton Booker	2	2	26	13.00	23	24
FB Frankie Stewart	2	2	17	8.50	4	10
RB Brandon Dennis	1	2	12	12.00	5	12
TE Heath Huntley	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

California	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

California	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tommy Munro	9	403	44.8	45.1	55	5

California	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joel Galloway	8	367	45.9	38.9	52	1

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Antonio Strickland	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

California	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jackie McGillicuddy	3/3	0/0	0/0	30	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sean Newland	2	16	8.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edwin Rudis	6	-3	-0.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sean Newland	1	30	30.0	0

California	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Taylor Berry	1	15	15.0	0
Edwin Rudis	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Myles McCargo	11	4	0.0	28	45
ILB Owen Ross	10	3	0.0	28	46
OLB Ellis Riggins	8	5	0.0	27	42
DT Jose Lewis	6	2	1.0	24	33
DE Louis Rice	4	0	0.0	27	41
DE Tyler Parker	3	0	1.0	26	32
CB Lionel McKinnis	3	0	0.0	17	20
S Mark Meekin	3	0	0.0	27	31
OLB Wally Castillo	3	0	0.0	7	11
DT Ellis Weyant	2	1	1.0	19	33
CB Jumbo Lyon	1	3	0.0	28	46
DT Kai McClanahan	1	0	0.0	12	24
CB Malachi Howard	1	0	0.0	2	7
CB Garrett Woods	1	0	0.0	9	18
CB Elliot Sukova	1	0	0.0	21	38
S Richard Ford	1	0	0.0	1	15

California	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tyrus Preston	6	1	0.0	25	30
ILB Chase Bates	6	0	0.0	10	10
OLB Darnell Hammond	4	1	1.5	24	22
ILB Nicholas Tate	4	3	0.0	23	21
DE Brendan Summers	3	1	1.0	25	29
OLB Terrance Hughes	3	2	0.0	24	22
CB Zachery Alcott	3	1	0.0	25	30
CB Clyde Guerino	3	0	0.0	15	20
S Cameron Sims	2	1	0.0	25	30
CB Earnest Bauer	2	1	0.0	25	29
DT D.J. Clark	1	1	0.5	25	22
DE Seth Maru	1	1	0.0	24	29
ILB Nathaniel Upshaw	1	0	0.0	1	0
S Rufus Wayne	1	0	0.0	1	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Tyler Parker	1.0	1	0	32
DT Ellis Weyant	1.0	0	1	33
DT Jose Lewis	1.0	0	0	33
OLB Wally Castillo	0.0	0	1	11

California	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Darnell Hammond	1.5	2	1	22
DE Brendan Summers	1.0	1	0	29
DT D.J. Clark	0.5	0	0	22
DE Seth Maru	0.0	1	0	29
DT Roy Wilson	0.0	1	0	8
S Tyrus Preston	0.0	1	0	30
OLB Louis Farlow	0.0	1	0	9

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Owen Ross	7	3	46
S Myles McCargo	6	0	45
OLB Ellis Riggins	3	1	42
CB Lionel McKinnis	2	1	20
S Mark Meekin	2	0	31
CB Elliot Sukova	1	3	38
DT Ellis Weyant	1	0	33
CB Malachi Howard	1	0	7
CB Jumbo Lyon	1	0	46
OLB Wally Castillo	1	0	11
DE Tyler Parker	1	0	32
CB Garrett Woods	1	0	18
S Richard Ford	1	0	15

California	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Chase Bates	3	0	10
OLB Terrance Hughes	3	0	22
CB Zachery Alcott	3	0	30
CB Clyde Guerino	2	0	20
OLB Darnell Hammond	1	1	22
DE Brendan Summers	1	0	29
S Tyrus Preston	1	0	30
S Cameron Sims	0	1	30
ILB Will Curtis	0	1	8
S Rufus Wayne	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Richie Hardy	4	6	25	1	30
G Danny Pierce	3	8	25	0	30
C Wade Hancock	3	5	25	0	30
T Raul Stevenson	1	2	25	2	30
TE Victor Duffy	1	1	24	0	29
G Neal Kinney	0	1	25	0	30
FB Jonathan Wilcox	0	1	8	0	4

California	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Noah Twisp	3	8	24	0	32
G Billy Zang	3	7	28	1	46
G Damon Gonsales	2	6	28	1	46
T Scottie Prescott	2	4	28	0	46
C Myron Mussorgsky	0	2	28	0	46
TE Heath Huntley	0	0	7	1	11

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Camden Spiller	3	24
Wally Castillo	2	14
Arnie Clancy	1	24
Randal Lyle	1	16
Danny Pierce	1	9

California	Tackles	STPlays
Brandon Dennis	2	18
Louis Farlow	1	23

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Jumbo Lyon	---	---	28	46	3	77
ILB Owen Ross	---	---	28	46	3	77
S Myles McCargo	---	---	28	45	2	75
OLB Ellis Riggins	---	---	27	42	3	72
DE Louis Rice	---	---	27	41	1	69
G Danny Pierce	25	30	---	---	9	64
G Neal Kinney	25	30	---	---	9	64
T Raul Stevenson	25	30	---	---	9	64
T Richie Hardy	25	30	---	---	9	64
DT Jose Lewis	---	---	24	33	3	60
CB Elliot Sukova	---	---	21	38	1	60
S Mark Meekin	---	---	27	31	1	59
DE Tyler Parker	---	---	26	32	---	58
WR Courtney Metcalf	23	29	---	---	4	56
WR Sean Newland	18	26	---	---	12	56
DT Ellis Weyant	---	---	19	33	3	55
QB Mitchell Cheever	25	30	---	---	---	55
C Wade Hancock	25	30	---	---	---	55
TE Victor Duffy	24	29	---	---	---	53
DT Kai McClanahan	---	---	12	24	9	45
RB Randal Lyle	10	16	---	---	16	42
TE Arnie Clancy	6	10	---	---	24	40
CB Lionel McKinnis	---	---	17	20	---	37
CB Garrett Woods	---	---	9	18	10	37
S Richard Ford	---	---	1	15	17	33
OLB Wally Castillo	---	---	7	11	14	32
OLB B.J. Brown	---	---	1	2	25	28
WR Sean Hodges	6	6	---	---	15	27
FB Jonathan Wilcox	8	4	---	---	15	27
WR Roger Feather	13	14	---	---	---	27
CB Malachi Howard	---	---	2	7	17	26
ILB Camden Spiller	---	---	0	0	24	24
DE Alec Worthy	---	---	3	7	9	19
DE Jimmie Euerle	---	---	1	15	2	18
RB Donald Cassidy	9	7	---	---	---	16
RB Bryan Zukauskas	6	7	---	---	---	13
C Xavier Schroder	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Jerald Wilson	1	1	---	---	7	9
P Tommy Munro	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Antonio Strickland	0	0	---	---	3	3
TE Emmett Van Pelt	1	1	---	---	---	2
C J.B. Kelsey	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Korey Loy	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Wendell Dickinson	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Ruben Herrington	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Gavin Dawkins	0	0	---	---	---	0

California	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Billy Zang	28	46	---	---	---	74
T Scottie Prescott	28	46	---	---	---	74
G Damon Gonsales	28	46	---	---	---	74
QB Dylan Shapiro	28	46	---	---	---	74
C Myron Mussorgsky	28	46	---	---	---	74
WR Jalen Fuqua	28	43	---	---	---	71
WR Edwin Rudis	25	34	---	---	12	71
TE Andres Linquist	27	38	---	---	---	65
CB Zachery Alcott	---	---	25	30	10	65
T Noah Twisp	24	32	---	---	---	56
S Cameron Sims	---	---	25	30	---	55
S Tyrus Preston	---	---	25	30	---	55
DE Brendan Summers	---	---	25	29	---	54
CB Earnest Bauer	---	---	25	29	---	54
DE Seth Maru	---	---	24	29	---	53
RB Devon Goetz	23	28	---	---	---	51
DT D.J. Clark	---	---	25	22	---	47
OLB Terrance Hughes	---	---	24	22	1	47
OLB Darnell Hammond	---	---	24	22	---	46
TE Heath Huntley	7	11	---	---	27	45
ILB Nicholas Tate	---	---	23	21	---	44
RB Brandon Dennis	5	18	---	---	18	41
WR Darren Spector	16	18	---	---	7	41
FB Frankie Stewart	2	14	---	---	19	35
CB Clyde Guerino	---	---	15	20	---	35
ILB Will Curtis	---	---	1	8	24	33
OLB Louis Farlow	---	---	1	9	23	33
WR Colton Booker	4	12	---	---	14	30
G Allen Bullock	4	14	---	---	11	29
S Rufus Wayne	---	---	1	9	16	26
WR Taylor Berry	3	12	---	---	6	21
ILB Chase Bates	---	---	10	10	---	20
CB Rodolfo Zimmerman	---	---	0	1	15	16
RB Malik Summers	0	0	---	---	12	12
P Joel Galloway	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Kenyon Upshaw	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Luke Bondy	0	0	---	---	11	11
G Antoine Kripper	0	0	---	---	11	11
T Dixon Gillham	0	0	---	---	11	11
DE Tre Wilcox	---	---	1	1	9	11
DT Calvin Joseph	---	---	0	0	9	9
DT Roy Wilson	---	---	0	8	---	8
K Jackie McGillicuddy	0	0	---	---	7	7
TE Scottie Burns	0	2	---	---	2	4
ILB Nathaniel Upshaw	---	---	1	0	---	1
QB Eric Flynn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	8	2.0
Middle	10	64	6.4
Right	11	87	7.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	7	7.0
Middle	20	70	3.5
Right	7	53	7.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mitchell Cheever	27	14	2	2	0	4	7	1	0

California	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dylan Shapiro	43	28	4	1	1	8	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	4	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	104	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	1	13	2.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	8	68	6.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	10	97	5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	123	10.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	12	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Victor Duffy	11	6	51	1	29
WR Courtney Metcalf	6	3	25	1	29
TE Arnie Clancy	2	1	7	0	10
WR Sean Hodges	2	1	13	0	6
WR Sean Newland	2	1	8	0	26
WR Roger Feather	2	0	0	0	14
RB Bryan Zukauskas	1	1	6	0	7
RB Randal Lyle	1	1	11	0	16

California	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jalen Fuqua	9	6	0	57	0	43
RB Devon Goetz	7	5	0	36	0	28
TE Andres Linquist	7	4	1	64	1	38
WR Darren Spector	4	2	0	18	0	18
WR Edwin Rudis	4	4	0	63	2	34
RB Brandon Dennis	2	1	0	12	0	18
WR Taylor Berry	2	2	0	7	0	12
TE Heath Huntley	2	0	0	0	0	11
WR Colton Booker	2	2	0	26	1	12
FB Frankie Stewart	2	2	0	17	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

California	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Devon Goetz	5	11	2.20	4.15

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mitchell Cheever	1	1	13	13.00	4.48

California	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dylan Shapiro	6	3	16	2.67	6.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Sean Hodges	1	1	13	13.00	6.50

California	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jalen Fuqua	2	1	7	3.50	6.33
TE Heath Huntley	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Colton Booker	1	1	2	2.00	13.00
FB Frankie Stewart	1	1	7	7.00	8.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
QB Mitchell Cheever	1	1
RB Randal Lyle	1	0
RB Donald Cassidy	1	1

California	Rushes	Conversions
RB Devon Goetz	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mitchell Cheever	8	3	1

California	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dylan Shapiro	14	8	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Victor Duffy	4	2	0
WR Courtney Metcalf	2	0	0
WR Sean Newland	1	1	1
WR Roger Feather	1	0	0

California	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jalen Fuqua	4	1	1
TE Andres Linquist	4	2	2
FB Frankie Stewart	2	2	1
RB Brandon Dennis	1	0	0
WR Taylor Berry	1	1	0
WR Edwin Rudis	1	1	0
WR Colton Booker	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,500 (21,400)
End Zone 12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,500 (21,400)
End Zone	12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)