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Courtesy of NFL Communications, I give you these numbers, notes, and food for thought as your Houston Texans get ready for a gigantic divisional showdown against the Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday.
SERIES
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TEXANS |
COLTS |
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SERIES LEADER |
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23-4 |
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STREAKS |
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Past 6 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Bill O’Brien: 0-3 |
Chuck Pagano: 6-1 |
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LAST WEEK |
L 27-6 vs. Patriots |
L 51-16 at Jaguars |
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LAST GAME |
10/8/15: Colts 27 at Texans 20. Indianapolis QB Matt Hasselbeck throws for 213 yards & 2 TDs. Colts WR Andre Johnson has 6 receptions for 77 yards & 2 TDs. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
12/14/14: Colts 17, Texans 10. Indianapolis QB Andrew Luck throws for 187 yards & 2 TDs. Colts WR Hakeem Nicks has 2 receptions for 44 yards & TD. |
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REFEREE |
Ed Hochuli |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (12:00 PM CT): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl (field reporter). SIRIUS: 136 (Hou), 113 (Ind.). XM: 230 (Ind). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Hoyer: 199-329-2357-18-6-93.0 OR Yates: 22-47-302-3-0-89.1 |
Luck: 162-293-1881-15-12-74.9 OR Hasselbeck: 131-211-1444-8-4-87.1 |
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RUSHING |
Blue: 127-444-3.5-2 |
Gore: 210-762-3.6-4 |
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RECEIVING |
Hopkins: 89 (T2C)-1221 (2C)-13.7-10 |
Hilton: 58-987-17.0-5 |
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OFFENSE |
348.2 |
335.2 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-1 |
-6 |
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DEFENSE |
330.8 |
397.6 |
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SACKS |
Watt 13.5 (T2L) |
Mathis: 4 |
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INTs |
Hal: 3 |
Adams: 5 (T3L) |
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PUNTING |
Lechler: 46.8 |
McAfee: 48.4 (1C) |
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KICKING |
Novak: 51 (21/23 PAT; 10/11 FG) |
Vinatieri: 87 (27/29 PAT; 20/22 FG) |
TEXANS:
In his past three starts, QB T.J. YATES has passed for 408 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs, and a 96.8 rating.
RB ALFRED BLUE has 80+ yards from scrimmage in 2 of his past 3 starts.
RB CHRIS POLK made his first career start last week and posted 48 yards from scrimmage.
In his past 11 games, WR DEANDRE HOPKINS has 75 receptions for 1,070 yards and 8 TDs. Hopkins has 5 TDs in his past 6 games. In his past two meetings with the Colts, Nuk has 16 receptions for 246 yards.
TE RYAN GRIFFIN has a TD in 2 of his past 3 games.
In his past 18 games, J.J. WATT has 24.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, a safety, 7 PDs, and a TD catch. Since 2011, Watt leads the NFL with 70.5 sacks. He needs 1.5 sacks to join Hall of Famer REGGIE WHITE (3) as the only players in NFL history with 15+ sacks in 3 of their first 5 NFL seasons.
LB WHITNEY MERCILUS has 7.5 sacks in his past 8 games, including 1 last week.
LB JADEVEON CLOWNEY has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of his past 6 games, including a career-high 2 last week against the Patriots.
COLTS:
If he plays, QB ANDREW LUCK aims for his sixth game in a row with 2+ TD passes.
In his past two starts versus Houston, QB MATT HASSELBECK is 2-0 with 510 pass yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs, and a 108.2 rating.
RB FRANK GORE has 75+ yards from scrimmage in 9 of his past 11 games. He needs 40 yards from scrimmage to reach 15,000 for his career and 92 yards to surpass STEVEN JACKSON (15,051) for No. 21 all-time. Gore aims for his third game in a row versus the Texans with 80+ rushing yards and a TD.
In seven career meetings with the Texans, WR T.Y. HILTON has 40 catches for 749 yards and 6 TDs.
WR ANDRE JOHNSON (13,983) needs 22 receiving yards to surpass Hall of Famer JAMES LOFTON (14,004) for No. 9 all-time in the NFL.
LB D’QWELL JACKSON leads the NFL with 129 tackles, including 7 tackles and a sack last week. Jackson has a sack in 3 of his past 4 games.
LB ROBERT MATHIS had a fumble returned for a TD last week against the Jaguars.
In his past six games, S MIKE ADAMS has 4 INTs, 2 forced fumbles, and a sack.
K ADAM VINATIERI (498) needs two made FGs to become the third player in NFL history with 500 career successful field goals.
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