Ahman Green vs. Rick Smith

[Joshua]

Popanot,

Had a little time to kill so I went and pulled some numbers because my recollection is about the same as yours. Here's what I found by looking at the game summaries at http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedule...houston-texans


Week 1 (Indy) - Texans scored 6 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 2 (Wash) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 3 (Dallas) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 3 in 2nd.

Week 4 (Oak) - Texans scored 14 in 1st and 0 in 2nd.

Week 5 (NYG) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 3 in 2nd.

Week 6 (KC) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 7 (Indy) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 3 in 2nd.

Week 8 (SD) - Texans scored 10 in 1st and 10 in 2nd.

Week 9 (Jack) - Texans scored 3 in 1st and 0 in 2nd.

Week 10 (NYJ) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 11 (Tenn.) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 14 in 2nd.

Week 12 (Philly) - Texans scored 3 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 13 (Balt.) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 7 in 2nd.

Week 14 (Tenn.) - Texans scored 0 in 1st and 3 in 2nd.

Week 15 (Denv.) - Texans scored 7 in 1st and 10 in 2nd.

Week 16 (Jack.) - Texans scored 10 in 1st and 10 in 2nd.

That's 53 points scored in the 1st quarter all season, which works out to 3.31 points per 1st. And there were a whopping 9 games where they didn't score a single point in the 1st.

The second quarter was quite a bit better, with them scoring 98 points, which works out to 6.125 points per 2nd.

What was really surprising is that the defense pitched a 1st quarter shutout in 5 games this year (Indy, Dallas, Tenn., Denv. and Jack) and held the opposing team to 7 or less in 8 other games. That's 13 games where the defense gave up 7 or less in the 1st. Didn't expect to see that.