Houston team stats
2008 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 3:35:59 | 16:37 | 4:18:48 | 19:54 |
| Offensive plays | 1,016 | 78.2 | 966 | 74.3 |
| Total yards | 7,316 | 562.8 | 5,375 | 413.5 |
| Penalties–yards | 81–736 | — | 90–747 | — |
| First downs | 355 | 27.3 | 285 | 21.9 |
| Third down | 93–18251.1% | — | 85–19643.4% | — |
| Fourth down | 10–2050.0% | — | 7–2330.4% | — |
Passing
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 411–61067.4% | — | 252–41960.1% | — |
| Passing yards | 5,410 | 416.2 | 3,223 | 247.9 |
| Yards per attempt | 8.9 | — | 7.7 | — |
| Passing TDs | 45 | — | 27 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 11 | — |
Rushing
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 406 | 31.2 | 547 | 42.1 |
| Rushing yards | 2,095 | 161.2 | 2,277 | 175.2 |
| Yards per carry | 5.2 | — | 4.2 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 23 | — | 23 | — |
Turnovers
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 30 | 2.3 | 25 | 1.9 |
| Fumbles lost | 18 | — | 12 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 11 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 12 | — | 13 | — |
| Interception yards | 318 | — | 198 | — |
| Interception TDs | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 12 | — | 18 | — |
Returns
| Houston | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | — | — | 9 | — |
| Kick return yards | — | — | 144 | — |
| Yards per kick return | — | — | 16.0 | — |
| Kick return TDs | — | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 30 | — | 23 | — |
| Punt return yards | 163 | — | 209 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 5.4 | — | 9.1 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.