New England 25, Houston 22

New England 0 9 6 10 — 25

Houston 6 9 7 0 — 22

First Quarter

Hou: Auclair 11 pass from D.Mills (kick failed), 4:54.

Second Quarter

NE: Harris 1 run (kick failed), 14:17.

Hou: C.Moore 67 pass from D.Mills (kick failed), 12:56.

Hou: FG Fairbairn 33, 1:37.

NE: FG Folk 52, :02.

Third Quarter

Hou: Conley 37 pass from D.Mills (Fairbairn kick), 13:31.

NE: FG Folk 52, 8:25.

NE: FG Folk 32, 1:50.

Fourth Quarter

NE: Henry 13 pass from M.Jones (Folk kick), 9:31.

NE: FG Folk 21, :15.

A: 68,450.

Team stats NE Hou

First downs 21 14

Total net yards 352 360

Rushes-yards 30-126 24-67

Passing 226 293

Punt returns 1-13 1-11

Kickoff returns 3-65 3-70

Interceptions ret. 0-0 1-0

Comp-att-int 23-30-1 21-29-0

Sacked-yards lost 1-5 3-19

Punts 1-58.0 3-33.0

Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1

Penalties-yards 5-27 8-70

Time of possession 30:44 29:16

RUSHING: New England, Harris 14-58, Bolden 2-25, Stevenson 11-23, Bourne 1-12, Smith 1-5, M.Jones 1-3. Houston, Ingram 16-41, Lindsay 5-19, D.Johnson 2-5, Mills 1-2.

PASSING: New England, M.Jones 23-30-1-231. Houston, Mills 21-29-0-312.

RECEIVING: New England, Henry 6-75, Meyers 4-56, Bolden 4-6, Agholor 3-32, Bourne 3-26, Smith 2-27, Harry 1-9. Houston, C.Moore 5-109, D.Johnson 5-46, Conley 3-84, Cooks 3-23, Brown 2-22, Akins 2-17, Auclair 1-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Houston, Fairbairn 56.