{"id":420245,"date":"2026-08-29T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420245\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:52:18","slug":"houston-texans-vs-carolina-panthers-how-the-bubble-players-fared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420245\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans vs. Carolina Panthers: How the bubble players fared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n13<\/p>\n<p>Carolina<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n6<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\n16<\/p>\n<p>Second Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Third Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Quarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>Hou<br \/>\nCar<\/p>\n<p>FIRST DOWNS<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n17<\/p>\n<p>Rushing<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n4<\/p>\n<p>Passing<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n11<\/p>\n<p>Penalty<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n2<\/p>\n<p>THIRD DOWN EFF<br \/>\n2-12<br \/>\n6-17<\/p>\n<p>FOURTH DOWN EFF<br \/>\n2-2<br \/>\n1-2<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL NET YARDS<br \/>\n172<br \/>\n287<\/p>\n<p>Total Plays<br \/>\n58<br \/>\n69<\/p>\n<p>Avg Gain<br \/>\n3.0<br \/>\n4.2<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS RUSHING<br \/>\n81<br \/>\n98<\/p>\n<p>Rushes<br \/>\n24<br \/>\n32<\/p>\n<p>Avg per rush<br \/>\n3.375<br \/>\n3.063<\/p>\n<p>NET YARDS PASSING<br \/>\n91<br \/>\n189<\/p>\n<p>Sacked-Yds lost<br \/>\n4-28<br \/>\n1-6<\/p>\n<p>Gross-Yds passing<br \/>\n119<br \/>\n195<\/p>\n<p>Completed-Att.<br \/>\n16-30<br \/>\n24-36<\/p>\n<p>Had Intercepted<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p>Yards-Pass Play<br \/>\n2.676<br \/>\n5.108<\/p>\n<p>KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB<br \/>\n4-4-2<br \/>\n4-3-3<\/p>\n<p>PUNTS-Avg.<br \/>\n3-45.333<br \/>\n4-42.75<\/p>\n<p>Punts blocked<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>FGs-PATs blocked<br \/>\n0-0<br \/>\n0-0<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE<br \/>\n45<br \/>\n73<\/p>\n<p>Punt Returns<br \/>\n1-4<br \/>\n2-2<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff Returns<br \/>\n1-25<br \/>\n2-47<\/p>\n<p>Interceptions<br \/>\n1-16<br \/>\n2-24<\/p>\n<p>PENALTIES-Yds<br \/>\n3-19<br \/>\n12-103<\/p>\n<p>FUMBLES-Lost<br \/>\n3-2<br \/>\n1-0<\/p>\n<p>TIME OF POSSESSION<br \/>\n28:41<br \/>\n32:44<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PASSING_Houston, Rypien 13-23-1-101, Mills 3-7-1-18. Carolina, Trask 19-28-1-147, Pickett 5-8-0-48.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">PUNT RETURNS_Houston, T.Smith 1-4. Carolina, Ji.Horn 2-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">KICKOFF RETURNS_Houston, Saunders 1-25. Carolina, Metchie 2-47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">INTERCEPTIONS_Houston, Odum 1-16. Carolina, Miller 1-21, Ransom 1-3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-divider\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-ind\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston 0 3 3 7 \u2014 13 Carolina 0 6 3 7 \u2014 16 Second Quarter Hou_FG Fairbairn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-420245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}