FINAL: Texans 28, Patriots 22 - Final flourish is too little, too late as NE gives up top seed

Game: Patriots (10-1) at Houston Texans (7-4), 8:20 p.m.
Location: NRG Stadium, Houston.
TV: NBC — Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (color), Michelle Tafoya (sidelines).
Radio: 98.5-FM The SportsHub in Boston with Bob Socci (play-by-play) and Scott Zolak (color). Bedard will be on the postgame show approximately one hour after the game.
Online: Gamecenter | Texans notes | Patriots notes | Flipcard
Betting line: Patriots -3, 46 o/u

LIVE GAME COVERAGE

Fourth quarter

• Defensive holding on Jones to start the fourth quarter.


• Texans score on a pitch from Hopkins to Watson. TEXANS 28, PATRIOTS 9.


• Patriots score at the end of a very long drive on a heck of a play by Brady to White. But it took over 5 minutes and there are only 3 minutes left. TEXANS 28, PATRIOTS 15.


• Edelman scored to make it interesting, but Patriots can't get the onsides kick. TEXANS 28, PATRIOTS 22.

• Tom Brady throws an interception on opening drive. Defensive holding penalty on Bradley Roby bails out the Pats


• Bradley Roby makes up for the penalty with a sack of Brady for a loss of 10 yards


• Pats forced to punt.


• Bailey cranks one for 58 yards. 4.4 seconds hang time


• Houston will take over at their own 31 after 14-yard return


• Big sack by Dont'a Hightower of DeShaun Watson for 9-yard loss


• Pats defense hold Houston on 3rd down. Texans forced to punt


• Pats take over at their own 7-yard line


• OL Ted Karras injured. Walks off under his own power


• Tom Brady connects with Mohamed Sanu over the middle for a much-needed first down


• RB James White gallups over the right side for 32 yards


• RB James White back for 6 more yards on the ground


• Tom Brady hits Mohamed Sanu over the middle on a pass just shy of the first down


• On 4th down, Brady cannot connect with Mohamed Sanu on a pass to the left. Pats turn it over on downs with 7:14 left in the 3rd quarter.


• Tom Brady is now 9-for-25 for 90 yards and 1 interception


• A Texans touchdown is under review ... incomplete. Great play by Jonathan Jones.


• Well, on the next play, Jones is beaten by Kenny Stills. TEXANS 21, PATRIOTS 3.


• Ted Karras will not return to the game. It's Ferentz at center.


• Huge missed tackle by the Texans on 3rd and 17 gives the Patriots a much-needed first down.


• First and 30 is answered by 44 yards to Edelman. Going to need him to carry them.


• Brady to White on third down finally gets the Patriots into the end zone as the quarter draws to a close. Patriots take the delay of game instead of going for two and Forbath misses. TEXANS 21, PATRIOTS 9.

• Brady avoids the sack and tries to run for the first down. Get the sun dial out. Pats get the first down


• Pats forced to punt from the 45-yard-line as Brady missed on a deep back to Jakobi Meyers. Brady was not happy with Meyers on that miss


• Bailey unleashes a 41-yard punt. Texans take over at their own 12


• Tom Brady is now 4-11 for 33 yards and an INT


• Deshaun Watson scrambles out of the pocket for 2 yards to avoid sack


• Carlos Hyde renews the downs with a 2-yard run up the middle


• 6 straight completions for Watson. Texans getting some momentum going


• DeShaun Watson hits the B-button and spins out of sack by John Simon, and avoids a loss by throwing it away


• Watson throws a bullet to the outside to TE Jordan Aikens for 19 yards and a first down


• DeShaun Watson hits WR DeAndre Hopkins over the middle for 13 yards


• DeShaun Watson dumps a pass to the left side to Daniel Fells for 13 yards for a touchdown. Extra point good from Ka'imi Fairbarn - TEXANS 14 - PATRIOTS 3


• Texans drive 13 plays, 88 yards taking up 6:52 of the quarter


• Patriots start off next drive fast with a 10-yard run from RB Rex Burkhead


• TE Matt Lacosse with a big catch from Tom Brady over the middle for 24-yards


• Pats are lowest ranked team in NFL in TE receptions


• Brady under tremendous pressure gets sacked by Texans Jake Martin for 4-yard loss. 4th down


• Jake Bailey cranks a 42-yard punt to the Texans' 10. Hang time - 4.25


• Houston takes over at their own 10 with 2:28 left in the half


• 2-Minute Warning - TEXANS 14, PATRIOTS 3


• Pats defense comes up big stopping Houston on 3rd-and-10. Pats take timeout with 1:12 left in half


• Pats take over at their own 31-yard-line with just over 1 minute left in the first half


• Pats will receive second-half kickoff, so a scoring drive here could swing momentum


• Jakobi Meyers 16-yard sideline grab under review.


• Ruling - Complete pass. First down


• Jakobi Meyers makes a 9-yard grab, steps out of bounds. :48 seconds left


• RB James White picks up 1st down with a 5-yard run


• Tom Brady's 3rd down pass knocked down at the line. Pats forced to punt. :31 seconds left in half


• Jake Bailey punt downed at Texans' 5-yard-line. 4.6 hang time


• :26 left in first half


• END OF FIRST HALF - TEXANS 14, PATRIOTS 3

• Patriots deferred.


• Texans first possession goes no gain, incomplete pass and Houston timeout, harmless incompletion Great start for a team with a whole 23 points in the first quarter all season.


• Kicker Kai Forbath boots a 23-yard field goal to give the Patriots the first lead of the game with 7:07 left in first quarter - PATRIOTS 3, TEXANS 0


• On 3rd-and-6, Kyle Van Noy drops DeShaun Watson for a sack for -6 yards. Texans forced to punt with 2:49 left in the quarter


• Pats take over on their own 19-yard-line


• Tom Brady finds Mohamed Sanu for 6 yards in the flat


• Tom Brady pass picked off by Texans' Bradley Robi


• Texans take over after unsportmanslike conduct penalty


• Texans capitalize on Brady's mistake with a 14-yard touchdown pass from DeShaun Watson to Duke Johnson. Extra point is good - TEXANS 7, PATRIOTS 3


• Patriots take over from their own 20-yard-line. Kicks goes through the end zone


• Patriots take over with :38 seconds left in the first quarter


• Incomplete pass. First quarter comes to a close - TEXANS 7, PATRIOTS 3