Clete Blakeman facts
64. This week’s referee is Clete Blakeman. The Texans have an 8-4 record when Blakeman referees their games:
2010 – OTI, 20-0 – W
2011 – PIT, 17-10 – W
2011 – CIN, 31-10 – W
2012 – JAX, 43-37 – W-OT
2012 – @CLT, 16-28 – L
2015 – @CAR, 17-24 – L
2015 – OTI, 20-6 – W
2016 – OTI, 27-20 – W
2017 – @CIN, 13-7 – W
2017 – @OTI, 13-24 – L
2019 – @JAX, 26-3 – W
2019 – OTI, 14-35 – L
65. The Texans have had fewer penalties than the opposition 5/12 times with Blakeman:
2010 – OTI: 10/79; HTX: 6/68
2011 – PIT: 5/45; HTX: 9/64
2011 – CIN: 3/25; HTX: 5/87
2012 – JAX: 6/54; HTX: 2/20
2012 – CLT: 3/24; HTX: 9/64
2015 – CAR: 10/92; HTX: 10/70
2015 – OTI: 6/45; HTX: 7/85
2016 – OTI: 11/93; HTX: 6/59
2017 – CIN: 7/45; HTX: 9/61
2017 – OTI: 7/63; HTX: 11/85
2019 – JAX: 4/34; HTX: 7/60
2019 – OTI: 5/37; HTX: 5/35
66. Blakeman tied for the third-highest home team winning percentage in 2019:
Brad Allen: .667
Walt Anderson: .625
Clete Blakeman: .600
John Hussey: .600
Scott Novak: .567
Tony Corrente: .533
Craig Wrolstad: .533
Alex Kemp: .533
Shawn Hochuli: .533
Carl Cheffers: .533
Jerome Boger: .500
Adrian Hill: .467
Shawn Smith: .467
Ron Torbert: .467
Brad Rogers: .400
Bill Vinovich: .400
Clay Martin: .333
67. Blakeman had the second-highest percentage of home teams having fewer penalties in 2019:
Scott Novak: .800
Clete Blakeman: .733
Shawn Smith: .667
Brad Allen: .667
Tony Corrente: .600
Clay Martin: .600
John Hussey: .600
Jerome Boger: .563
Alex Kemp: .533
Craig Wrolstad: .533
Brad Rogers: .533
Adrian Hill: .533
Walt Anderson: .500
Carl Cheffers: .467
Shawn Hochuli: .467
Bill Vinovich: .467
Ron Torbert: .400
68. The Chiefs are 7-3 with Blakeman as the referee:
2010 – SF, 31-10 – W
2011 – @NE, 3-34 – L
2013 – CLE, 23-17 – W
2013 – @RAI, 56-31 – W
2016 – NO, 27-21 – W
2017 – @DEN, 27-24 – W
2018 – @SDG, 38-28 – W
2018 – @RAM, 51-54 – L
2018* – NE, 31-37 – L
2019 – DEN, 23-3 – W
*playoff game
69. The Chiefs have had fewer penalties 5/10 times with Blakeman:
2010 – SF: 6/55; KC: 7/40
2010 – NE: 3/20; KC: 5/34
2013 – CLE: 9/70; KC: 5/31
2013 – RAI: 10/90; KC: 8/91
2016 – NO: 10/75; KC: 4/30
2017 – DEN: 4/30; KC: 4/40
2018 – SDG: 7/45; KC: 6/50
2018 – RAM: 8/60; KC: 13/135
2018* – NE: 6/61; KC: 4/28
2019 – DEN: 7/72; KC: 5/45
*playoff game
70. In 2019, Blakeman had the fourth-fewest sacks per game:
Smith: 6.1
Hill: 5.9
Anderson: 5.9
Vinovich: 5.7
Martin: 5.2
Allen: 5.1
Novak: 5.0
Rogers: 5.0
Cheffers: 4.9
Kemp: 4.9
Corrente: 4.9
Wrolstad: 4.7
Boger: 4.7
Blakeman: 4.5
Torbert: 4.2
Hussey: 4.1
Hochuli: 3.5
71. In 2019, Blakeman had the fifth-fewest offensive holding calls per game:
Cheffers: 4.3
Torbert: 3.5
Wrolstad: 3.3
Corrente: 3.1
Hill: 3.1
Boger: 3.1
Anderson: 3
Hochuli: 2.9
Kemp: 2.9
Rogers: 2.8
Allen: 2.8
Smith: 2.6
Blakeman: 2.5
Martin: 2.3
Novak: 2.3
Hussey: 1.7
Vinovich: 1.6
72. The Texans are 0/1 when challenging Blakeman while the opposition is 1/6. Replay Assistant is 1/3 with only one of those decisions benefiting Houston.
73. The Chiefs are 4/5 on challenges with Blakeman with opponents going 1/5. Replay Assistant is 0/1.
74. In 2019, Corrente had the fourth-highest challenge overturn rate in the NFL:
Blakeman: .588 (10/17)
Kemp: .546 (6/11)
Novak: .500 (7/14)
Corrente: .444 (4/9)
Vinovich: .438 (7/16)
Torbert: .444 (4/9)
Cheffers: .417 (5/12)
Rogers: .417 (5/12)
Anderson: .389 (7/18)
Boger: .333 (4/12)
Hussey: .333 (4/12)
Smith: .333 (3/9)
Hill: .300 (3/10)
Allen: .313 (5/16)
Hochuli: .250 (2/8)
Martin: .214 (3/14)
Wrolstad: .083 (1/12)
75. In 2019, Blakeman did not overturn a call related to pass interference during the regular season:
Cheffers: .667 (2/3)
Anderson: .400 (2/5)
Vinovich: .400 (2/5)
Hill: .250 (1/4)
Torbert: .250 (1/4)
Kemp: .200 (1/5)
Allen: .111 (1/9)
Martin: .111 (1/9)
Boger: .000 (0/2)
Corrente: .000 (0/3)
Smith: .000 (0/3)
Blakeman; .000 (0/3)
Hussey: .000 (0/3)
Novak: .000 (0/4)
Hochuli: .000 (0/4)
Rogers: .000 (0/5)
Wrolstad: .000 (0/5)