Texans 100: Facts and Figures for wild-card versus the Bills, No. 51-75

The Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills face off in the AFC wild-card. Up next we look at Bills coach Sean McDermott and referee Tony Corrente.

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63. This week’s referee is Tony Corrente. The Texans are 6-15 with Corrente. Here are the results:

2002 – CLT, 3-23 – L

2003 – JAX, 24-20 – W

2005 – JAX, 20-38 – L

2006 – OTI, 20-26 – L-OT

2007 – MIA, 22-19 – W

2007 – JAX, 28-42 – L

2008 – CLT, 27-31 – L

2009 – @CRD, 21-28 – L

2010 – @CLT, 17-30 – L

2011 – @NO, 33-40 – L

2012 – RAV, 43-13 – W

2012 – @OTI, 24-10 – W

2012* – @NE, 28-41 – L

2013 – SEA, 20-23 – L-OT

2013 – @JAX, 20-27 – L

2015 – @BUF, 21-30 – L

2016 – KC, 19-12 – W

2016 – @RAI, 20-27 – L

2017 – JAX, 7-29 – L

2018 – @NE, 20-27 – L

2019 – NE, 28-22 – W

 

*playoff game

 

64. The Texans have had fewer penalties than the opposition 10/21 times:

2002 – CLT: 4/45; HTX: 9/67

2003 – JAX: 9/48; HTX: 4/43

2005 – JAX: 6/50; HTX: 7/40

2006 – OTI: 8/66; HTX: 7/64

2007 – MIA: 6/50; HTX: 6/67

2007 – JAX: 8/45; HTX: 3/20

2008 – CLT: 6/31; HTX: 1/5

2009 – CRD: 7/40; HTX: 6/53

2010 – CLT: 9/69; HTX: 5/30

2011 – NO: 4/26; HTX: 7/56

2012 – RAV: 5/56; HTX: 5/60

2012 – OTI: 4/35; HTX: 11/97

2012* – NE: 5/56; HTX: 3/20

2013 – SEA: 9/62; HTX: 6/86

2013 – JAX: 8/57; HTX: 14/177

2015 – BUF: 5/42; HTX: 10/89

2016 – KC: 9/77; HTX: 5/44

2016 – RAI: 4/21; HTX: 7/101

2017 – JAX: 10/89; HTX: 9/94

2018 – NE: 6/36; HTX: 6/44

2019 – NE: 8/60; HTX: 8/79

 

*playoff game

 

65. Corrente is tied for the sixth-highest home team winning percentage:

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

 

66. Corrente is tied for the fifth-highest percentage of home teams having fewer penalties:

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

 

67. The Bills are 8-4 with Corrente since 1999. Here are the results:

1999 – MIA, 23-3 – W

2001 – @SDG, 24-27 – L

2002 – @MIA, 7-34 – L

2006 – @CLT, 16-17 – L

2007 – @WAS, 17-16 – W

2008 – @RAM, 31-14 – W

2009 – NE, 10-17 – L

2015 – HTX, 30-21 – W

2016 – JAX, 28-21 – W

2018 – OTI, 13-12 – W

2019 – WAS, 24-9 – W

2019 – @PIT, 17-10 – W

 

68. The Bills have had fewer penalties than the opposition 7/12 times since 1999:

1999 – MIA: 5/41; BUF: 11/75

2001 – SDG: 7/62; BUF: 9/68

2002 – MIA: 7/56; BUF: 5/36

2006 – CLT: 6/54; BUF: 5/40

2007 – WAS: 4/34; BUF: 8/101

2008 – RAM: 5/50; BUF: 5/35

2009 – NE: 6/52; BUF: 11/124

2015 – HTX: 10/89; BUF: 5/42

2016 – JAX: 6/60; BUF: 6/31

2018 – OTI: 5/40; BUF: 4/30

2019 – WAS: 3/15; BUF: 2/20

2019 – PIT: 6/30; BUF: 8/70

 

69. Corrente is tied for the seventh-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

 

70. Corrente is tied for the fourth-highest 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

 

71. The Texans are 2/6 when challenging Corrente with the opposition going 3/9. Replay Assistant is 0/9 with seven of those decisions benefiting Houston.

 

72. The Bills are 1/6 when challenging Corrente with the opposition going 1/3. Replay Assistant has not made a decision in a Bills game.

73. Corrente has 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)

 

74. Corrente 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)

 

75. Home teams are 9-5 in playoff games Corrente referees with a 9/15 rate on having fewer penalties.