clete blakeman facts
64. This week’s referee is Clete Blakeman. The Texans have an 8-3 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
65. The Texans have had fewer penalties than the opposition 4/11 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
66. Blakeman is tied for the highest home team winning percentage this season:
Clete Blakeman: .643
Brad Allen: .643
John Hussey: .643
Walt Anderson: .600
Carl Cheffers: .571
Tony Corrente: .571
Alex Kemp: .571
Scott Novak: .567
Craig Wrolstad: .500
Shawn Hochuli: .500
Ron Torbert: .500
Jerome Boger: .467
Shawn Smith: .429
Brad Rogers: .429
Adrian Hill: .429
Bill Vinovich: .357
Clay Martin: .357
67. Blakeman has the second-highest percentage of home teams having fewer penalties:
Scott Novak: .800
Clete Blakeman: .714
Shawn Smith: .643
John Hussey: .643
Brad Allen: .643
Clay Martin: .643
Jerome Boger: .600
Craig Wrolstad: .571
Brad Rogers: .571
Tony Corrente: .571
Alex Kemp: .500
Adrian Hill: .500
Shawn Hochuli: .500
Carl Cheffers: .500
Walt Anderson: .467
Ron Torbert: .429
Bill Vinovich: .429
68. The Titans have a 3-8 record with Blakeman as referee:
2010 – DEN, 20-26 – L
2010 – @HTX, 0-20 – L
2011 – RAV, 26-13 – W
2012 – @GB, 7-55 – L
2014 – @JAX, 13-21 – L
2015 – @HTX, 6-20 – L
2015 – @CLT, 24-30 – L
2016 – @HTX, 20-27 – L
2017 – HTX, 24-13 – W
2018 – @DAL, 28-14 – W
2019 – CLT, 17-19 – L
69. The Titans have had fewer penalties 6/11 times with Blakeman:
2010 – DEN: 6/74; OTI: 10/111
2010 – HTX: 6/68; OTI: 10/79
2011 – RAV: 7/44; OTI: 6/70
2012 – GB: 1/10; OTI: 5/35
2014 – JAX: 3/25; OTI: 7/47
2015 – HTX: 7/85; OTI: 6/45
2016 – CLT: 6/71; OTI: 6/60
2016 – HTX: 6/59; OTI: 11/93
2017 – HTX: 11/85; OTI: 7/63
2018 – DAL: 6/52; OTI: 3/20
2019 – CLT: 8/65; OTI: 5/75
70. Blakeman’s games have the fifth-lowest sacks per game in the NFL:
Smith: 6.2
Anderson: 6.1
Hill: 5.9
Vinovich: 5.8
Martin: 5.4
Rogers: 5.1
Corrente: 5.1
Allen: 5.0
Novak: 5.0
Boger: 4.9
Kemp: 4.9
Cheffers: 4.8
Blakeman: 4.5
Wrolstad: 4.4
Torbert: 4.3
Hussey: 4.1
Hochuli: 3.6
71. Blakeman is tied for the fifth-lowest offensive holding calls per game:
Cheffers: 4.5
Torbert : 3.6
Corrente: 3.2
Hill: 3.2
Wrolstad: 3.0
Anderson: 3.0
Boger: 3.0
Hochuli: 3.0
Rogers: 3.0
Allen: 2.9
Kemp: 2.9
Smith: 2.6
Blakeman: 2.6
Martin: 2.4
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. With Blakeman under the hood, the Titans are 1/5 on challenges with the opposition a perfect 1/1. Replay Assistant has yet to challenge one of Blakeman’s calls.
74. Blakeman has the highest challenge overturn rate in the NFL:
Blakeman: .588 (10/17)
Kemp: .546 (6/11)
Novak: .500 (7/14)
Vinovich: .467 (7/15)
Corrente: .444 (4/9)
Rogers: .417 (5/12)
Anderson: .389 (7/18)
Smith: .375 (3/8)
Torbert: .375 (3/8)
Cheffers: .363 (4/11)
Boger: .333 (4/12)
Hussey: .333 (4/12)
Hill: .300 (3/10)
Allen: .267 (4/15)
Martin: .154 (2/13)
Hochuli: .143 (1/7)
Wrolstad: .083 (1/12)
75. Blakeman yet to overturn a call related to pass interference:
Cheffers: .500 (1/2)
Anderson: .400 (2/5)
Vinovich: .400 (2/5)
Hill: .250 (1/4)
Kemp: .200 (1/5)
Allen: .111 (1/9)
Boger: .000 (0/2)
Corrente: .000 (0/3)
Smith: .000 (0/3)
Blakeman; .000 (0/3)
Torbert : .000 (0/3)
Hussey: .000 (0/3)
Novak: .000 (0/4)
Hochuli: .000 (0/4)
Rogers: .000 (0/5)
Wrolstad: .000 (0/5)
Martin: .000 (0/8)