Houston
0
3
3
7
—
13

Carolina
0
6
3
7
—
16

Second Quarter

Hou_FG Fairbairn 38, 9:02. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 1:37. Key Plays: Odum 16 interception return to Carolina 28; Rypien 8 pass to O.Wright on 3rd-and-10. Houston 3, Carolina 0.

Car_FG Fitzgerald 30, 1:43. Drive: 7 plays, 22 yards, 2:18. Key Play: Trask 11 pass to Moore on 3rd-and-4. Houston 3, Carolina 3.

Car_FG Fitzgerald 37, :15. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 00:36. Key Plays: Miller 21 interception return to Houston 48; Trask 11 pass to Franks; Trask 14 pass to Moore. Carolina 6, Houston 3.

Third Quarter

Car_FG Fitzgerald 28, 7:12. Drive: 15 plays, 77 yards, 7:48. Key Plays: Trask 20 pass to Reed; Trask 5 pass to Ji.Horn on 3rd-and-8; Tyus 16 run; Trask 10 pass to Washington; Trask 7 pass to Franks on 3rd-and-1. Carolina 9, Houston 3.

Hou_FG Fairbairn 47, 1:18. Drive: 13 plays, 36 yards, 5:54. Key Plays: Rypien 10 pass to Pryor; Vaughn 3 run on 3rd-and-4; Rypien 3 run on 4th-and-1. Carolina 9, Houston 6.

Fourth Quarter

Car_Davis 1 run (Fitzgerald kick), 8:41. Drive: 15 plays, 65 yards, 7:37. Key Plays: Trask 8 pass to Taylor on 3rd-and-3; Trask 11 pass to Mitchell; Trask 13 pass to Prieskorn on 3rd-and-4; Davis 2 run on 4th-and-2. Carolina 16, Houston 6.

Hou_Z.Jones 6 pass from Rypien (Fairbairn kick), 3:25. Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards, 6:41. Key Plays: Rypien 7 pass to Shepard on 3rd-and-8; Rypien 9 pass to Pryor on 4th-and-1; Rypien 12 pass to Sobkowicz. Carolina 16, Houston 13.

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Hou
Car

FIRST DOWNS
13
17

Rushing
3
4

Passing
8
11

Penalty
2
2

THIRD DOWN EFF
2-12
6-17

FOURTH DOWN EFF
2-2
1-2

TOTAL NET YARDS
172
287

Total Plays
58
69

Avg Gain
3.0
4.2

NET YARDS RUSHING
81
98

Rushes
24
32

Avg per rush
3.375
3.063

NET YARDS PASSING
91
189

Sacked-Yds lost
4-28
1-6

Gross-Yds passing
119
195

Completed-Att.
16-30
24-36

Had Intercepted
2
1

Yards-Pass Play
2.676
5.108

KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB
4-4-2
4-3-3

PUNTS-Avg.
3-45.333
4-42.75

Punts blocked
0
0

FGs-PATs blocked
0-0
0-0

TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE
45
73

Punt Returns
1-4
2-2

Kickoff Returns
1-25
2-47

Interceptions
1-16
2-24

PENALTIES-Yds
3-19
12-103

FUMBLES-Lost
3-2
1-0

TIME OF POSSESSION
28:41
32:44

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Houston, Vaughn 12-36, O.Wright 8-34, Rypien 4-11. Carolina, Tyus 10-41, Davis 11-34, Dillon 6-12, Ji.Horn 1-6, Trask 3-3, Etienne 1-2.

PASSING_Houston, Rypien 13-23-1-101, Mills 3-7-1-18. Carolina, Trask 19-28-1-147, Pickett 5-8-0-48.

RECEIVING_Houston, Kelly 3-36, Pryor 2-19, Sobkowicz 2-17, Wayne 2-16, Shepard 2-7, Vaughn 2-6, O.Wright 1-8, Z.Jones 1-6, L.Hansen 1-4. Carolina, Moore 3-34, Franks 3-25, Dillon 3-20, Tyus 3-13, Reed 2-37, Mitchell 2-15, Prieskorn 2-15, Taylor 2-11, Washington 1-10, Cooks 1-5, Ji.Horn 1-5, Metchie 1-5.

PUNT RETURNS_Houston, T.Smith 1-4. Carolina, Ji.Horn 2-2.

KICKOFF RETURNS_Houston, Saunders 1-25. Carolina, Metchie 2-47.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Houston, Odum 7-2-0, Merriweather 4-2-0, Bailey 4-1-0, A.Fisher 3-8-0, Hamilton 3-2-0, Codrington 3-1-0, Hill 3-1-0, Byrd 2-2-0, Johnson 2-2-0, Harsh 2-1-1, B.Hall 2-1-0, N.Jones 1-3-0, J.Smith 1-2-0, Huzzie 1-0-0, S.Hall 0-2-0, McDonald 0-2-0, Parish 0-1-0. Carolina, Njongmeta 5-2-0, Harrison-Hunte 4-1-0, Garcia 3-0-1, Nicholson 2-2-0, Simmons 2-1-0, D.Smith 2-1-0, Wallace 2-0-1, Funderburk 2-0-0, Hall 2-0-0, Kuwatch 1-2-0, C.Jackson 1-1-0, Rochell 1-1-0, Gipson 1-0-1, Moon 1-0-1, Barrs 1-0-0, Cherelus 1-0-0, Incoom 1-0-0, Mwansa 1-0-0, Thornton 1-0-0, Gill 0-2-0, Malone 0-1-0, Ransom 0-1-0, Richardson 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS_Houston, Odum 1-16. Carolina, Miller 1-21, Ransom 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

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OFFICIALS_Referee Brad Allen, Ump Marcus Woods, HL Sarah Thomas, LJ Walter Flowers, FJ Anthony Flemming, SJ Chad Hill, BJ Tyree Walton, Replay Jim Van Geffen.