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Courtesy of NFL Communications, I give you these numbers, notes, and food for thought as your Houston Texans prepare for their 2013 regular season home opener against Bud Adams' Army of Darkness.
TENNESSEE TITANS (1-0) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1-0)
SERIES
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TITANS |
TEXANS |
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SERIES LEADER |
14-8 |
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STREAKS |
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4 of past 6 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Munchak: 1-3 |
Kubiak: 6-8 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 16-9 at Steelers |
W 31-28 at Chargers |
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LAST GAME |
12/2/12: Texans 24 at Titans 10. Houston WR Lestar Jean (54 yards) & TE James Casey (5) catch TD passes. Texans QB Matt Schaub passes for 207 yards. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
9/30/12: Texans 38, Titans 14. Matt Schaub completes 20 of 28 passes for 202 yards & 2 TDs. Houston RB Arian Foster adds 86 rushing yards & TD. |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (12:00 PM PT): Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 139 (Ten.), 112 (Hou.). XM: 232 (Hou.). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Locker: 11-20-125-0-0-74.0 |
Schaub: 34-45-346 (3C)-3-1-110.0 (3C) |
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RUSHING |
C Johnson: 25-70-2.8-0 |
Foster: 18-57-3.2-0 |
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RECEIVING |
Washington: 4-46-11.5-0 |
A. Johnson: 12 (1C)-146 (3C)-12.2-0 |
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OFFENSE |
229.0 |
449.0 (2C) |
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TAKE/GIVE |
+2 (T1C) |
0 |
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DEFENSE |
195.0 (2L) |
263.0 |
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SACKS |
Brown, Casey: 2 |
Manning, Mercilus: 1 |
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INTs |
Verner: 1 (T3L) |
Cushing: 1 (T3L) |
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PUNTING |
Kern: 41.6 |
Lechler: 45.0 |
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KICKING |
Bironas: 10 (T3C) (1/1 PAT; 3/3 FG) |
Bullock: 7 (4/4 PAT; 1/2 FG) |
NOTES
TITANS: Club is 7-4 all-time at Hou…QB JAKE LOCKER registered 309 passing yards in last meeting vs. Texans, 2nd-most in single-game in career. Ten. has 3-0 record when Locker has 90+ rating as starter…For career, RB CHRIS JOHNSON averages 89.3 rush yards per game vs. Hou. Rushed for 141 yards in last game at Texans. Titans are 24-9 (.727) when Johnson has 100+ rush yards in game. RB JACKIE BATTLE had rush TD in Titans debut last week…WR NATE WASHINGTONhas reception in 79 consecutive games. Had 3 rec. for 96 yards (32 avg.) in last game vs. Hou. WR KENNY BRITT registered 100-yard receiving game (128) vs. Texans on 12/19/10…Defense posted 5 sacks last week, tied for 3rd-most in NFL…LB ZACH BROWN & DT JURRELL CASEY each posted 2 sacks last week…S BERNARD POLLARD spent 2 seasons with Texans (2009-10). S MICHAEL GRIFFIN has 3 career INTs vs. Hou…CB ALTERRAUN VERNER posted 7th INT of career last week…Since ’05, K ROB BIRONAS had made 2nd-most FGs (217) in NFL (DAVID AKERS, 230)…
TEXANS: GARY KUBIAK registered 60th career regular-season win as Texans head coach last week…In past 8 starts vs. Ten, QB MATT SCHAUB has 6-2 record with 17 TDs vs. 1 INT & 105.6 passer rating. Registered 26th career game with 300+ passing yards (346) last week…Since ’10, RB ARIAN FOSTER averages 125.9 scrimmage yards per game, best in NFL. Has 4 rush TDs in past 3 against Ten. Posted career-best 119 receiving yards, incl. 78-yard TD catch vs. Titans on 10/23/11. RB BEN TATE averages 5.9 yards per carry vs. Ten. (39 att., 230 yards)…WR ANDRE JOHNSON posted 18th career game with at least 10 rec. & 100 receiving yards (12 catches, 146 receiving yards), most in NFL history. Averages 82 receiving yards per game, best in NFL history (min. 100 games)…TE OWEN DANIELS tied career-best with 2 TD rec. last week…DE J.J. WATT has 2 sacks in each of past 2 vs. Titans…LB BRIAN CUSHING had 18-yard INT-return TD last week. LB WHITNEY MERCILUS tied career-best with 2 sacks vs. Ten.