|Monday’s game|

 New England 42, Houston 14|

            Houston…0077–14
            New England…147714–42
|First Quarter|

 NE—Hernandez 7 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 9:27.

 NE—Lloyd 37 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 2:49.|

|Second Quarter|

 NE—Hernandez 4 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 11:01.|

|Third Quarter|

 NE—Stallworth 63 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 9:49.

 Hou—Foster 1 run (S.Graham kick), 6:12.|

|Fourth Quarter|

 NE—Lloyd fumble recovery in end zone (Gostkowski kick), 14:15.

 NE—Ridley 14 run (Gostkowski kick), 7:23.

 Hou—Yates 1 run (S.Graham kick), 2:00.|

 A—68,756.

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|HouNE
            First downs…1927
            Total Net Yards…323419
            Rushes-yards…27-10033-130
            Passing…223289
            Punt Returns…2-14-50
            Kickoff Returns…2-391-7
            Interceptions Ret.…1-11-19
            Comp-Att-Int…21-36-121-36-1
            Sacked-Yards Lost…2-241-7
            Punts…7-49.35-48.0
            Fumbles-Lost…1-02-0
            Penalties-Yards…7-706-56
            Time of Possession…29:1130:49
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|INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS|

 RUSHING—Houston, Foster 15-46, Tate 8-46, Forsett 3-7, Yates 1-1. New England, Ridley 18-72, Vereen 8-40, Bolden 2-11, Brady 1-6, Woodhead 1-4, Mallett 3-(minus 3).

 PASSING—Houston, Schaub 19-32-1-232, Yates 2-4-0-15. New England, Brady 21-35-0-296, Mallett 0-1-1-0.