Wk 17 - Texans beat Browns with OT trucking demonstration

by **mikesuszek** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:28 pm

For the second week in a row, the Houston Texans of Milwaukee came away with a thrilling overtime upset. To start, here's the scoring summary:

-Second Quarter-

(HOU) J.Jones 5 Yd pass from M.Schaub(N.Rackers kick), 7:17
(CLE) G.Tate 69 Yd pass from C.McCoy(P.Dawson kick), 1:27

-Fourth Quarter-

(HOU) S.Greene, 19 Yd run(N.Rackers kick), 7:06
(HOU) S.McManis, returned interception 40 Yds(N.Rackers kick), 6:36
(CLE) G.Tate 51 Yd pass from C.McCoy(2pt), 6:07
(CLE) J.Harrison, 5 Yd run(P.Dawson kick), 1:56
(HOU) A.Johnson 49 Yd pass from M.Schaub(2pt), 1:06
(CLE) G.Tate 44 Yd pass from C.McCoy(P.Dawson kick), 0:27

The 4th quarter saw 22 points from both teams, and a missed field goal by Neil Rackers thanks to a wicked burst of lag. Or, at least Madden seems to think it all happened in the 4th quarter. The game highlights are showing the same things happening in the 3rd and the 4th. Oh, EA Sports.

With the score knotted up at 29-29, the Texans were set to receive the ball in OT after the Browns failed to win the coin toss. On the second play of the drive (and as seen in the video above), Texans HB Shonn Greene put on what he described later as a "demonstration in trucking." Taking a screen pass for what would have been a seven yard gain, Greene rumbled down the field shaking tackles from six Browns defenders, 79 yards for the game-winning touchdown.

Player Stats

Passing:
(HOU) Schaub, M. - 14/29, 339 YDS, 3 TDS, 2 INT
(CLE) McCoy, C. - 14/30, 324 YDS, 3 TDS, 2 INT

Rushing:
(HOU) Greene, S. - 22, 115 YDS, 1 TD
(CLE) Harrison, J. - 12, 44 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving:
(CLE) Tate, G. - 7, 243 YDS, 3 TDS
(HOU) Greene, S. - 3, 130 YDS, 1 TD
(HOU) Jones, J. - 4, 68 YDS, 1 TD
(CLE) Watson, B. - 5, 54 YDS
(HOU) Johnson, A. - 3, 75 YDS, 1 TD

Team Stats

CLE - Orange / HOU - Blue
Score: 29 / 35
Total Yards: 369 / 438
Passing Yards: 313 / 321
Rushing Yards: 56 / 117
Turnovers: 2 / 2
1st Downs: 11 / 14
Time of Possession: 10:19 / 22:58

The Texans end their season 7-9, as predicted by the 4th String prophets, winning three tough games at the end of the season. They look forward to resting their team in the offseason, and plan on going at least .500 next year... if not winning the AFC South.