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Week 13 Game Recap: Jacksonville Jaguars 17, Houston Texans 30
What you need to know
| Jacksonville Jaguars |
For the majority of the contest, David Garrard and the Jacksonville offense struggled to move the ball, but a prevent defense by Houston allowed the Jaguars to score two late touchdowns. The Jacksonville signal caller finished the game 25 of 35 for 287 yards with one touchdown, one interception, and one lost fumble. Garrard's touchdown toss in the fourth quarter was his tenth of the season.
Fred Taylor led the way for a Jacksonville rushing attack that totaled 126 yards on 26 carries for an average of 4.8 yards per rush. The starting running back amassed 67 yards on nine rushes and scored his first rushing touchdown of the year in the fourth quarter. Backup running back Maurice Jones-Drew rushed for 49 yards on 12 carries and added another 22 yards through the passing game.
Jaguars' wide receivers combined to catch 17 of the team's 25 completions for a total of 219 yards. Matt Jones had a team high eight receptions for 104 yards while Reggie Williams got into the end zone with a fourth quarter touchdown grab. Jerry Porter and Dennis Northcutt both had two catches in the game for Jacksonville.
Cornerback Rashean Mathis missed the entire second half with what was reported as a sprained right knee.
| Houston Texans |
Sage Rosenfels led the Houston offense on six scoring drives as he helped the Texans to their fifth win of the season. Rosenfels completed 58% of his 24 passing attempts for 200 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His first quarter scoring strike was his sixth of the year and put Houston up 7--0.
Steve Slaton was the star of the game for the Texans as he totaled 182 yards on 23 touches and found the end zone twice. The rookie received all but two of the team's running back rushes, averaging an eye grabbing 6.2 yards on 21 attempts and also added 52 yards on two receptions. Slaton's touchdowns came on back to back rushes in the fourth quarter.
Andre Johnson turned his team high 11 targets into seven receptions that went for 75 yards and a touchdown. The score was Johnson's fourth of the season and his first since Week 9. No other Houston receiver had more than two grabs.
Matt Schaub was active for this game as the backup quarterback, but he did not see the field.
What you ought to know
| QB David Garrard, Pass: 25 - 35 - 287 - 1 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 5 - 10 - 0, Rec: 1 - -6 - 0 (1 targets) |
Garrard got off to a slow start as he finished the first half with five completions for 39 yards. His first quarter interception and fourth quarter fumble were turned into ten Houston points. Garrard did complete the game with respectable completion and yardage numbers but a large portion of those (including his lone touchdown pass) came near the end of the game with the Texans comfortably ahead. The Jacksonville field general had a reception on a batted ball, but the completion went for a loss of six yards.
| RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Rush: 12 - 49 - 0, Rec: 3 - 22 - 0 (5 targets) |
Jones-Drew totaled 41 of his 49 rushing yards during the first two quarters as he received only four attempts in the second half. The running back showed good effort on a second quarter, third and one carry when he broke three tackles and picked up a gain of 14. That punishing running style was on display again when Jones-Drew caught a short, fourth quarter pass and blasted his way through would be tacklers for a 16 yard pick up as he took the ball down to the Houston four yard line. The backup running back had a fumble in the first quarter that gave the Texans the ball at the Jaguars' 28 yards line. In addition to his work on offense, Jones-Drew averaged 15.5 yards on two kickoff returns.
| RB Fred Taylor, Rush: 9 - 67 - 1, Rec: 1 - 6 - 0 (1 targets) |
Taylor made the most of his nine carries as he averaged 7.4 yards per rush and found the end zone on a four yard run in the fourth quarter. His rushing total included longer runs of 19 and 24 yards.
| RB Chauncey Washington, Rec: 1 - 9 - 0 (2 targets) |
Washington's only reception of the contest came with just over a minute remaining in the game.
| RB Greg Jones |
Jones didn't have any touches on offense, but he did return one kick off nine yards.
| RB Montell Owens |
Though he received no touches on offense, Owens averaged 15 yards on two kickoff returns.
| WR Matt Jones, Rec: 8 - 104 - 0 (11 targets) |
Jones was QB David Garrard's favorite target as he led the Jaguars in targets, receptions and receiving yards. His eight receptions included longer gains of 17, 24, and 27 yards with the longest of those coming on a fourth and two play in which the wide out took the ball down to the Texans' six yard line. Jones was targeted on a deep pass in the third quarter, but the ball was a little overthrown.
| WR Reggie Williams, Rec: 5 - 55 - 1 (7 targets) |
Williams racked up 43 of his 55 receiving yards near the end of the game with the Texans in a prevent defense. His 18 yard touchdown reception was his third of the year.
| WR Dennis Northcutt, Rec: 2 - 21 - 0 (2 targets) |
Northcutt caught both passes thrown his way with his long reception going for a gain of 16 yards.
| WR Jerry Porter, Rec: 2 - 39 - 0 (6 targets) |
Porter had a 32 yard catch near the start of the third quarter wiped out because of a penalty. His long reception of the game went for 33 yards and came with just under two minutes remaining in the game. Porter was targeted in the end zone with the Jaguars operating from the Houston five yard line, but the pass was overthrown. The wide out didn't help out his quarterback when he had a third down pass that would have went for a first down bounce off his hands.
| TE Marcedes Lewis, Rec: 2 - 37 - 0 (2 targets) |
Lewis' first catch came in the third quarter and went for a gain of 17 yards. He followed that up with a nice grab on a low pass that went for a pickup of 20.
| PK Josh Scobee 1 - 2 FG, 2 - 2 XP, 5 points |
Scobee missed his first field goal attempt from 43 yards out in the second quarter, but later connected from 29 yards in the third quarter. He also converted both of his point after attempts.
| JAX Rush Defense |
The Jaguars allowed the Texans to rush for 126 yards on 26 attempts for an average of 4.8 yards per rush. Houston RB Steve Slaton scored touchdowns on runs of seven and 40 yards.
| JAX Pass Defense |
Texans' QB Sage Rosenfels completed 14 passes for 200 yards with one touchdown. Jacksonville failed to record a sack but CB Rashean Mathis intercepted a pass in the first quarter.
| QB Sage Rosenfels, Pass: 14 - 24 - 200 - 1 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 2 - 2 - 0 |
Rosenfels got off to a good start on the team's opening series as he led the Houston offense on a six play 69 yard drive that he capped with a 31 yard touchdown throw to WR Andre Johnson. The Houston signal caller spent the remainder of the contest managing the game for the Texans as he had only 12 more completions that went for a total of 157 yards. Rosenfels' first quarter interception gave Jacksonville the ball at the Houston 44 yard line.
| RB Steve Slaton, Rush: 21 - 130 - 2, Rec: 2 - 52 - 0 (4 targets) |
Slaton got off to a hot start as his first four rushes went for an average of 9.8 yards per carry, but ground was a little harder to come by after that as his next 13 carries totaled only 20 yards. His final four runs included pickups of 22 and 40 as he helped keep the game out of reach for the Jaguars. Slaton scored his seventh rushing touchdown of the year with a fourth quarter score from seven yards out and on his very next carry, he exploded for the 40 yard run that put the Texans up 30 -- 10. In addition to running the ball, the running back also had a big gain in the passing game when he took a screen pass 45 yards down to the Jacksonville two yard line. On the three ensuing plays Slaton got the ball on runs from inside the five yard line, but he failed to get into the end zone.
| RB Ryan Moats, Rush: 2 - -1 - 0 |
Both of Moats' runs came on consecutive plays in the fourth quarter.
| WR Andre Johnson, Rec: 7 - 75 - 1 (11 targets) |
Johnson caught a pass on the teams' first play from scrimmage that went for a gain of 12 yards and followed that up later in the drive with a 31 yard catch and run that put Houston up 7-0. On the scoring play the wide out caught the ball around the 12 yard line, made a move, and beat the defender to the corner of the end zone for the touchdown. Johnson found himself the target on ten first half passes and was the intended receiver on an incomplete pass into the end zone with the Texans operating from the Jaguars' 28 yard line. Despite the busy first half, Johnson only had one eight yard reception over the final two quarters.
| WR Kevin Walter, Rec: 2 - 38 - 0 (4 targets) |
Walters' first catch came near the end of the second quarter and went for a big gain of 30 yards. His only other grab was in the third quarter for a pickup of eight.
| WR Jacoby Jones, Rush: 1 - -5 - 0 |
Jones' only touch on offense was a direct snap rush that went for minus five yards. He also returned one punt 28 yards.
| WR David Anderson (1 targets) |
Anderson's only target came in the first quarter.
| WR Andre Davis (2 targets) |
Davis was targeted on a deep throw into the end zone, but the ball fell to the ground incomplete. In addition to his plays on offense, he also returned one kick for 35 yards.
| TE Owen Daniels, Rec: 2 - 25 - 0 (4 targets) |
Daniels averaged 12.5 yards on two catches and was the intended receiver in the end zone on a botched field goal attempt.
| TE Joel Dreessen, Rec: 1 - 10 - 0 (1 targets) |
Dreessen caught his only pass of the game near the end of the second quarter for a pickup of ten yards.
| PK Kris Brown 3 - 3 FG, 3 - 3 XP, 12 points |
Brown made good on field goal attempts from 20, 38, and 50 yards and also converted both of his extra point attempts. A bad snap kept him from attempting a 20 yard field goal near the end of the first half.
| HOU Rush Defense |
The Houston run defense allowed Jacksonville to accumulate 126 rushing yards on 26 attempts for an average of 4.8 yards per carry. The Texans did force a first quarter fumble by Maurice Jones-Drew but also allowed Fred Taylor to score on a four yard rush in the fourth quarter.
| HOU Pass Defense |
David Garrard completed 25 passes that went for 287 yards and one touchdown. DE Mario Williams recorded all three of the team's sacks on the night and he forced a fumble of Garrard that gave the Texans the ball at the Jaguars' seven yard line. CB Jacques Reeves also got in on the action with an interception in the first quarter.
