AFC Conference Final 07-07-2010 Reliant Stadium Temp:75 Wind:0-5 None Line:Houston by 3 MVP:Manning 2008 San Diego (13-6) 0 7 7 0 14 2008 Houston (12-6) 0 14 7 7 28 2 11:31 Houston TD Jones 1 run (Mare) (8-55-4:19) 0-7 2 1:13 Houston TD Manning 9 pass to Royal (Mare) (14-89-7:05) 0-14 2 0:00 San Diego TD Romo 26 pass to Jones (Bironas) (5-62-1:13) 7-14 3 11:24 Houston TD Manning 7 pass to Daniels (Mare) (7-75-3:36) 7-21 3 4:39 San Diego TD Norwood 8 run (Bironas) (7-74-4:11) 14-21 4 4:51 Houston TD Manning 20 pass to Jennings (Mare) (11-88-8:10) 14-28 SD Hou First Downs 20 26 Rushes 17-131 27-95 Passes 37-18-287 37-26-329 Sacked 2-9 0-0 Fumble 3 0 Penalties 6-34 3-20 Turnovers 3 1 Time 23:48 36:12 Third Down 4-9 8-13 Fourth Down 0-4 0-0 Red Att/Td/Fg 4/1/0 4/4/0 Net Offense 409 424 Injuries: Holliday(SD-0), Wilson(Hou-2) < San Diego > < Houston > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Romo 37 18 287 2 3 1 1 72.7 Manning 37 26 329 0 2 1 3 113.5 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Faulk 4 59 14.8 1 1 44 0 Jones 19 64 3.4 2 1 15 1 Norwood 4 36 9.0 3 1 14 1 Jackson 5 20 4.0 2 0 9 0 Charles 6 20 3.3 1 0 8 0 Avery 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Richardson 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Manning 2 4 2.0 1 0 6 0 Romo 2 7 3.5 0 0 4 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Jones 5 0 68 13.6 5 1 26 1 Royal 10 0 151 15.1 9 2 27 1 Bruce 5 0 99 19.8 4 1 41 0 Jennings 6 1 79 13.2 5 0 20 1 Colston 4 1 76 19.0 4 1 25 0 Daniels 5 0 59 11.8 4 0 20 1 Faulk 2 0 30 15.0 2 0 15 0 Gonzalez 2 0 13 6.5 0 0 7 0 Shiancoe 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Schouman 2 0 21 10.5 1 0 13 0 Charles 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Jones 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Charles 1 0 0 Clark 0 1 0 Richardson 1 0 0 Wilson 0 1 0 Romo 1 0 0 Nwaneri 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Norwood 5 169 33.8 62 0 Miller 2 67 33.5 40 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Faulk 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Bironas 0-1 0 2-2 2 Mare 0-1 0 4-4 4 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Lee 1 27 27.0 0 1 0 27 Koch 2 91 45.5 0 1 0 50 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Davis 8 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ruud 7 0 0 1 0 0 1-17 Griffin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jammer 7 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Rhodes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Phillips 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Peterson 3 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 McGee 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 3 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 Peterson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ellis 3 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 Keisel 4 0 1 1 2 0 0-0 Wilson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 3 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ellis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Tatupu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rubin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McDonald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-9 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bulluck 1 0 3 1 0 0 0-0 Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Clark 1 0 3 0 0 0 0-0 Kemoeatu 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Pontbriand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Banta-Cain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Babineaux 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:47 SD Norwood ret of 38 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 14:44 SD Romo-Bruce X Bas M-Fly 3-4 M Basic 2 10 own40 14:06 SD Faulk 6 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Pass 3 4 own46 13:14 SD Faulk 44 3W1 Sweep-R 3-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp10 13:09 SD Romo-Shiancoe X Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 tM Pass 2 10 opp10 13:09 SD Pen5(Nwaneri) Bas Screen 3-4 M Run 2 15 opp15 13:02 SD Romo-Jones X Bas M-Hitch 3-4 sZ Pass 3 15 opp15 12:50 SD Romo-Bruce X 3W1 S-Slant/sec 3-3 sZ Pass 4 15 opp15 12:47 SD FG Bironas 32/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own22 12:41 Hou Hou Pen10(Shaffer) Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Pass-Jennings 1 20 own12 11:55 Hou Jones 15 Bas Draw 3-4 M Dbl-Daniels/Bz1 2 5 own27 11:16 Hou Jones 3 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Run-Jones,T 3 2 own30 11:05 Hou SD Pen5(Lewis) Bas L-Fly/PBK 3-4 tM Pass/Bz1 1 10 own35 10:23 Hou Manning-Royal 27 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Pass-Jennings/Danie 1 10 opp38 9:44 Hou Manning-Jennings 4 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Pass 2 6 opp34 9:06 Hou Jones 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 3 3 opp31 9:00 Hou Jones 0 Bas Trap-L 3-4 tM Run-Jones,T/Li 4 3 opp31 8:54 Hou FG Mare 48/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own38 8:10 SD Romo-Bruce 41 Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Run 1 10 opp21 7:26 SD Charles 3 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Basic 2 7 opp18 7:18 SD Richardson 9/F Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 sZ Pass 1 10 own9 6:41 Hou Manning-Daniels 8 Bas S-Out 3-4 M Pass-Jackson/Daniel 2 2 own17 6:33 Hou Manning-Daniels X Bas S-Flat/sec 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 3 2 own17 5:54 Hou Jackson 6 Bas Draw 3-4 sZ Run-Jackson,F/Li 1 10 own23 5:10 Hou Jackson -4 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 Z Run-Jackson,F 2 14 own19 4:33 Hou Manning-Gonzalez 6 3W1 S-Quick 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 8 own25 4:30 Hou Manning-Jackson X 3W1 S-Hitch 3-3 M Pass/Bz1/Li/C 4 8 own25 4:24 Hou Koch 50,Faulk FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 3:50 SD Romo-Charles 5 Bas L-Hitch/sec 3-4 tM Basic 2 5 own30 3:10 SD Charles -1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Run 3 6 own29 2:27 SD Romo-Jones 7 3W1 S-Hitch/sec 3-3 tM Pass 1 10 own36 1:47 SD Romo-Bruce 9 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Basic 2 1 own45 1:05 SD Charles 8 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 tM Basic 1 10 opp47 0:57 SD Romo-Jones X Bas M-Fly/sec 3-4 sZ Pass 2 10 opp47 0:50 SD Romo 4/F Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-4 Z Pass/A 1 10 own45 0:12 Hou Manning-Gonzalez 7 3W1 S-Out 3-3 Z Basic/Li 2 3 opp48 0:00 Hou Jackson 9 3W1 Trap-R 3-3 lM Pass/Bz1 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp39 14:16 Hou Jackson 0 3W1 Trap-L 3-4 M Run-Jackson,F 2 10 opp39 13:36 Hou Jackson 9 3W1 Draw 3-3 M Basic/Bz1 3 1 opp30 12:58 Hou Manning-Jennings 15 2T2 M-Slant/PBK 3-4 sZ Run-Jones,T 1 10 opp15 12:22 Hou Manning-Schouman 13 Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Pass-Royal 1 2 opp2 12:22 Hou Pen1(Keisel) 2T2 Dive 3-4 sZ Run-Jones,T 1 1 opp1 11:37 Hou Jones 0 2T2 Dive 5-4 tM Goalline/Li 2 1 opp1 11:31 Hou Jones 1/TD 2T2 Overtop 5-4 sZoRun-Jones,T/Li 0-7 KO 11:17 SD Norwood ret of 62 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp34 10:35 SD Romo-Shiancoe 9 Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Pass/A 2 1 opp25 9:54 SD Norwood 5 Bas Trap-L 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 opp20 9:14 SD Norwood 9 Bas EndAround/RBw 3-4 tM Pass 2 1 opp11 9:11 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 tM Goalline 3 1 opp11 8:30 SD Faulk 0 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Goalline 4 1 opp11 8:22 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 S-Hitch/combo/sec 3-4 tM Goalline 1 10 own11 7:39 Hou Manning-Royal 11 Bas M-Cross/sec 3-4 lM Pass-Jennings 1 10 own22 6:56 Hou Jones 1 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 M Run-Jones,T 2 9 own23 6:12 Hou Jones 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Run-Jones,T/Lo 3 5 own27 5:28 Hou Manning 6 Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 own33 4:41 Hou Manning-Royal 15 Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Run-Jones,T 1 10 own48 3:54 Hou Jones 5 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic 2 5 opp47 3:11 Hou Jones 0 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Pass/Bz1 3 5 opp47 3:03 Hou SD Pen5(Davis) Bas EndAround 3-4 MoRun-Jones,T/Li 1 10 opp42 2:58 Hou Manning-Jones X Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Run-Jones,T 2 10 opp42 2:21 Hou Manning-Daniels 12 Bas S-Slant 3-3 M Pass-Jennings/Danie 1 10 opp30 2:12 Hou Manning-Jennings X Bas S-Slant/sec 3-3 M Pass 2 10 opp30 2:00 Hou Jones 1 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass/Bz1/Li 3 9 opp29 1:22 Hou Manning-Jennings 20 3W1 S-Slant 3-2 M Pass-Royal/Gonzalez 1 9 opp9 1:13 Hou Manning-Royal 9/TD 3W1 S-Slant/sec 3-3 M Basic 0-14 KO 0:57 SD Norwood ret of 34 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 0:50 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 L-Hitch/NS/HO 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1/A 2 10 own38 0:38 SD SD Pen10(Nwaneri) 3W1 M-Slant/NS/HO 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1/A 2 20 own28 0:25 SD Romo-Colston 21 3W1 M-Fly/NS/HO 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 own49 0:14 SD Romo-Colston 25 3W1 M-Out/NS/HO 3-4 Z Pass/Bz2/A 1 10 opp26 0:00 SD Romo-Jones 26/TD 3W1 M-Slant/NS/HO 3-4 Z Pass/Bz2/A 7-14 3rd Quarter KO 14:44 Hou Miller ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:03 Hou Manning-Royal 16 Bas M-Cross 3-4 M Dbl-Jennings 1 10 own41 13:26 Hou Manning-Schouman 8 Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Key-Jones 2 2 own49 12:47 Hou Manning-Daniels 12 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 lM Pass-Jennings/Royal 1 10 opp39 12:10 Hou Manning-Royal 6 Bas S-Cross/sec 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 2 4 opp33 11:31 Hou Manning-Royal 26 Bas S-Slant 3-4 sZ Run-Jones,T/Li 1 7 opp7 11:27 Hou Manning-Jennings X Bas S-Slant 3-4 Z Basic/Bz1 2 7 opp7 11:24 Hou Manning-Daniels 7/TD Bas S-Out 3-4 tM Basic/Bz1 7-21 KO 11:18 SD Norwood ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own10 10:41 SD Romo-Bruce 21 Bas L-Cross 3-4 M Pass 1 10 own31 10:01 SD Charles 6 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Pass 2 4 own37 9:57 SD Romo-Shiancoe X Bas M-Slant 3-4 tM Pass 3 4 own37 9:52 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 S-Slant 3-4 tM Pass-Jones/Colston 4 4 own37 9:47 SD Romo-Jones X 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 sZ Pass/Ll 1 10 opp37 9:04 Hou Manning-Royal 13 Bas M-Cross/PBK 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 1 10 opp24 8:58 Hou Manning-Royal X Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Pass-Daniels/Bz1 2 10 opp24 8:50 Hou Manning-INT-Ruud Bas M-Slant/PBK 3-3 M Pass-Jones/Daniels/ 1 10 own26 8:09 SD Romo-Bruce 13 3W1 M-Fly 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 own39 7:26 SD Romo-Jones 10 3W1 L-Fly/sec 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 own49 6:49 SD Romo-Faulk 15 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 Z Pass/A 1 10 opp36 6:06 SD Romo 3 Bas M-Hitch 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz1/A 2 7 opp33 5:26 SD Romo-Jones 10 Bas M-Hitch 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 opp23 4:45 SD Romo-Bruce 15 3W1 S-Hitch/sec 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz1/A 1 8 opp8 4:39 SD Norwood 8/TD Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Goalline 14-21 KO 4:26 Hou Miller ret of 40 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own44 4:19 Hou Manning-Royal X Bas M-Fly/PBK 3-4 M Pass 2 10 own44 4:14 Hou Manning-Jennings X Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Pass-Gonzalez/Danie 3 10 own44 3:29 Hou Avery 7 3W1 EndAround 3-2 ZiPass 4 3 opp49 3:21 Hou Koch 41, dead --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own8 2:42 SD Charles 0/F Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass 2 10 own8 2:34 SD Romo-Bruce X 3W1 L-Out 3-3 sZ Pass 3 10 own8 1:54 SD Romo-Colston 11 3W1 S-Slant/NS 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 own19 1:11 SD Faulk 9 Bas Quick-L 3-4 tM Pass 2 1 own28 0:34 SD Sk-Peterson -5 Bas S-Flat/NS 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/A 3 6 own23 0:00 SD Romo-Faulk 15 3W1 S-Flat/NS 3-4 tM Pass-Jones/Bruce 4th Quarter 1 10 own38 14:52 SD Hou Pen5(Williams) Bas Sweep-L 3-4 tM Pass 1 5 own43 14:02 SD Norwood 14 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 opp43 13:23 SD Charles 4 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 sZ Pass 2 6 opp39 13:16 SD Romo-Jones X Bas M-Slant/NS 3-4 tM Pass 3 6 opp39 13:06 SD Romo-Shiancoe X 3W1 Screen/NS 3-1 sZ Pass 4 6 opp39 13:01 SD Lee 27, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own12 12:53 Hou Manning-Jennings X Bas L-Slant/PBK 3-4 MoPass-Jones/Daniels/ 2 10 own12 12:18 Hou Manning-Jones 6 Bas S-Flat 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 4 own18 11:38 Hou Manning-Jennings 10 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 own28 10:38 Hou Jones 5 Bas Trap-L 3-3 M Basic 2 5 own33 9:46 Hou Jones 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 M Basic/Bz1 3 2 own36 8:53 Hou Manning-Jennings 10 Bas S-Slant 3-4 sZiBasic/Li 1 10 own46 7:56 Hou Jones 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 2 7 own49 6:56 Hou Jones 3 Bas Trap-L 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 3 4 opp48 6:01 Hou Manning-Royal 15 Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Pass-Jennings/Bz1/L 1 10 opp33 5:07 Hou Manning-Royal 13 Bas M-Cross 3-4 M Run-Jones,T 1 10 opp20 4:51 Hou Manning-Jennings 20/ Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Run-Jones,T/Bz1 14-28 KO 4:36 SD Norwood ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 4:33 SD Romo-Faulk X 3W1 L-Cross/HO/sec 3-1 Z Pass 2 10 own19 4:21 SD Romo-Jones 15 3W1 M-Out/HO 3-1 Z Pass 1 10 own34 4:16 SD Sk-Peterson -4 3W1 M-Fly/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 2 14 own30 4:03 SD Romo-Colston 19 3W1 M-Slant/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 own49 3:55 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 L-Out/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 2 10 own49 3:49 SD Romo-Colston X 3W1 M-Slant/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 3 10 own49 3:46 SD Romo-Bruce X 3W1 S-Slant/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 4 10 own49 3:40 SD Hou Pen5(Peterson) 3W1 S-Slant/NS/HO 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/A 4 5 opp46 3:30 SD Romo-INT-Graham 3W1 S-Hitch/NS/HO 3-1 sZ Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 own47 3:27 Hou Manning-Jennings X 2T2 S-Slant 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 2 10 own47 2:30 Hou Jones 9 2T2 Dive 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 3 1 opp44 2:00 Hou Jones 3 2T2 Dive 5-4 sZiRun-Jones,T/Li/A 1 10 opp41 1:51 Hou Manning -2 2T2 Dive 5-4 Z Run-Jones,T 2 12 opp43 1:07 Hou Manning-Daniels 20 2T2 S-Slant 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T/Bz1 1 10 opp23 0:22 Hou Jones 2 2T2 Dive 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T 2 8 opp21 0:00 Hou Jones 3 2T2 Dive 3-4 Z Run-Jones,T