The Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos get ready for their Week 14 tilt at NRG Stadium, and we get ready with another quarter of facts on the way to a full 100. Next, we take a look at Denver coach Vic Fangio, who used to be the Texans’ defensive coordinator from 2002-05, along with some facts surrounding referee Adrian Hill.
Facts and Figures for Broncos, No. 1-25
Facts and Figures for Broncos, No. 26-50
vic fangio facts
51. Fangio will be the third former Texans coordinator the club will face. Here is how other coordinators have fared:
Kyle Shanahan: 1-0
Mike Vrabel: 1-1
52. Fangio is the first Broncos coach to have started 4-8 in his first season.
53. Fangio is the first Bears defensive coordinator since Buddy Ryan to be hired straight to a head coaching gig from Chicago.
54. If Fangio can get a win against the Texans, he will join Mike Shanahan, Eric Studesville, and Gary Kubiak as the only Broncos coaches to have defeated Houston in their first try.
55. Fangio is 1/5 Broncos coaches to have started two different quarterbacks making their first career starts in the same season.
56. Fangio is 1/5 AP Assistant Coach of the Year Award winners to have been hired as a head coach the following year. The only one who was not was Wade Phillips in 2015.
57. Fangio is 2-5 against playoff-winning coaches with a 1-3 record on the road.
58. Fangio is 0/2 on challenges for his career with both of those challenges related to pass interference.
59. The Broncos are tied with the Ravens for the 13th-fewest penalties in the NFL with 81.
60. The Broncos have the third-worst third down conversion rate in the NFL at 29.5%.
61. Denver has the sixth-lowest red zone conversion rate in the league at 44.8%.
62. The Broncos have the fifth-worst starting field position in the NFL at the 26.8-yard line.
63. Denver is tied with the Bears for the ninth-lowest rate of drives ending in a turnover at 9.7%.
adrian hill facts
64. This week’s referee is Adrian Hill, who is one of three rookie referees this season. Houston first had Hill on Sept. 29, 2019, when they lost 16-10 to the Carolina Panthers. Houston also had more penalties: 7/81 to 6/35.
65. The Broncos were in the first game Hill refereed this season, Sept. 15, 2019. The Chicago Bears beat Denver 16-14. Denver also had more penalties: 10/81 to 7/65.
66. Hill is tied for the third-lowest home team winning percentage in the NFL:
Alex Kemp: .667
Brad Allen: .636
Carl Cheffers: .636
John Hussey: .636
Ron Torbert: .636
Clete Blakeman: .546
Tony Corrente: .546
Scott Novak: .500
Jerome Boger: .500
Walt Anderson: .500
Shawn Smith: .500
Brad Rogers: .455
Bill Vinovich: .455
Craig Wrolstad: .455
Adrian Hill: .455
Shawn Hochuli: .364
Clay Martin: .333
67. Hill is in the middle in terms of percentage of home teams having fewer penalties:
Scott Novak: .833
Clay Martin: .667
Clete Blakeman: .636
Tony Corrente: .636
Shawn Smith: .583
Alex Kemp: .583
John Hussey: .546
Brad Rogers: .546
Ron Torbert: .546
Craig Wrolstad: .546
Brad Allen: .546
Adrian Hill: .546
Jerome Boger: .500
Bill Vinovich: .455
Walt Anderson: .417
Carl Cheffers: .364
Shawn Hochuli: .364
68. Hill’s games feature the third-highest sacks per game:
Vinovich: 6.8
Smith: 6.5
Hill: 6.4
Anderson; 6.3
Allen: 5.6
Corrente: 5.6
Kemp: 5.5
Martin: 5.3
Boger: 5.2
Cheffers: 5.2
Rogers: 5.0
Novak: 4.8
Wrolstad: 4.4
Blakeman: 4.2
Hussey: 4.1
Torbert : 4.1
Hochuli: 3.5
69. Hill is in the middle in terms of offensive holding penalties:
Cheffers: 4.9
Torbert: 4.1
Rogers: 3.7
Corrente: 3.6
Anderson: 3.5
Hochuli: 3.4
Kemp: 3.4
Boger: 3.3
Hill: 3.3
Allen: 3.2
Wrolstad: 3.1
Blakeman: 3
Smith: 2.7
Martin: 2.5
Novak: 2.3
Hussey: 2.1
Vinovich: 1.7
70. The Texans challenged Hill in Week 4 and lost.
71. Hill is also in the middle in terms of challenge overturn rate:
Blakeman: .692 (9/13)
Kemp: .600 (6/1)
Novak: .546 (6/11)
Cheffers: .500 (3/6)
Smith: .429 (3/7)
Torbert : .429 (3/7)
Vinovich: .429 (6/14)
Anderson: .429 (6/14)
Corrente: .375 (3/8)
Hill: .375 (3/8)
Hussey: .364 (4/11)
Boger: .333 (3/9)
Rogers: .250 (2/8)
Allen: .214 (3/14)
Martin: .154 (2/13)
Hochuli: .143 (1/7)
Wrolstad: .100 (1/10)
72. Hill has actually overturned the call on the field related to pass interference:
Cheffers: 1.000 (1/1)
Anderson: .400 (2/5)
Vinovich: .400 (2/5)
Hill: .333 (1/3)
Kemp: .200 (1/5)
Blakeman; .000 (0/2)
Boger: .000 (0/2)
Novak: .000 (0/2)
Smith: .000 (0/2)
Torbert : .000 (0/3)
Corrente: .000 (0/3)
Hussey; .000 (0/3)
Wrolstad: .000 (0/4)
Hochuli: .000 (0/4)
Rogers: .000 (0/4)
Allen: .000 (0/8)
Martin: .000 (0/8)
73. Hill is 1/3 rookie referees this season alongside Brad Rogers and Scott Novak. Last season, there were four rookie referees: Shawn Hochuli, Shawn Smith, Alex Kemp, and Clay Martin.
74. Hill is a software engineer in his non-football life.
75. Hill first got started officiating Conference USA games.
