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at Houston Texans at Washington Redskins - fedeXfIELD - SUNday, September 19, 2010 - 3:15 p.m. CT

The Houston Texans (1-0) open their 2010 road schedule with a trip to the nation’s capital to face the Washington Redskins (1-0) at FedExField on Sunday, September 19 at 3:15 p.m. CT. Houston is in search of its second 2-0 start in franchise history and first since beginning the 2007 season with a pair of wins.

While Sunday marks the third meeting between the two teams, and first encounter since 2006, there is a high level of familiarity between the two coaching staffs. Texans head coach Gary Kubiak and offensive coordinator Rick Dennison have long histories with Washington head coach Mike Shanahan, both serving as offensive coordi-nator with the Denver Broncos while Shanahan was head coach. Washington offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan served in the same capacity under Kubiak with the Texans the two years prior to joining his father in Washington.

Kubiak won the only meeting he’s had against his men-tor, Shanahan, beating the Broncos 31-13 in 2007.

Houston hit the ground running, literally, to win its sea-son opener against Indianapolis last week. RB Arian Foster found the holes and alleys opened by the physical zone blocking of the Texans offensive line to set a fran-chise rushing record and help lead Houston to a 34-24 win against its AFC South Division rival. Foster ran for 231 yards, the second highest total ever in an NFL season opener, set a team record with 33 carries and tied a team record with three touchdown runs.

The Texans lead the NFL in rushing offense after one week of play with a franchise single-game best 257 yards.

Led by DE Mario Williams’ two half-sacks and LB Zac Diles’ team-best 12 tackles, the Texans held the Colts to 44 yards rushing and a 33.3 percent (4-of-12) conversion rate on third downs. Indianapolis entered the game as the NFL’s top third-down team in each of the last five seasons Houston’s defense gave up 433 yards passing, more than half of which came in the fourth quarter when the game was in hand, but made the plays when it mattered.

Washington is coming off a 13-7 win in its opener against NFC East foe Dallas last Sunday. The win marked suc-cessful Redskins debuts for head coach Mike Shanahan and QB Donovan McNabb, who finished the game 15-of-32 for 171 yards.

The Redskins defense was on the field for most of the game against the Cowboys but provided the winning points. CB DeAngelo Hall returned a fumble he forced for the Redskins’ only touchdown of the game on the last play of the first half.

at (1-0) (1-0) Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010Time: 3:15 p.m. CTSite: FedExField, Washington, D.C.Capacity: 91,704Surface: Natural GrassAll-Time Series: Washington leads, 2-0Last Meeting: Washington 31, Houston 15 (9/24/06)

TEXANS LOOK FOR 2-0 START IN WASHINGTON

TELEVISIONCBS (KHOU-TV locally)Ian Eagle (play-by-play)Dan Fouts (color analyst)

RADIOKILT 610-AM and 100.3 FM (English)Marc Vandermeer (play-by-play)Andre Ware (color analyst)Rich Lord (sideline)

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Day Date Wed. Sept. 15 Practice: 11:35 a.m.-1:10 p.m. Gary Kubiak: After practice Open Locker Room: 2:00 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 16 Practice: 11:35 a.m.-1:10 p.m. Gary Kubiak: After practice Open Locker Room: 2:00 p.m. Fri. Sept. 17 Practice: 11:05 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Gary Kubiak: After practice Open Locker Room: 12:35 p.m. Sat. Sept. 18 No media availabilitySun. Sept. 19 Kickoff at Washington, 3:15 p.m. CTMon. Sept. 20 Gary Kubiak Press Conference, 3:30 p.m.**-All practice times subject to change

TEXANS MEDIA SCHEDULE (Sept. 15-21)


2010 TEXANS AT A GLANCE

• Houston started the season 1-0 for the fourth time in franchise history and won its opening game for the first time since 2007 with a 34-24 win against Indianapolis on Kickoff Weekend. Houston also posted its 50th win in fran-chise history against Indianapolis.

• The win extended the Texans’ current winning streak to five consecutive games, which is a franchise record and the longest current winning streak in the NFL. Houston won its last four games of the 2009 season.

• Houston leads the NFL in rushing (257.0) and punt re-turn average (39.0) The Texans rank second in rushing defense (44.0).

• The Texans rank third in the NFL in third down conver-sions at 54.6 percent.

• The Texans set the franchise team rushing record with 257 yards against Indianapolis, topping the previous high of 219 yards at Jacksonville on 12/26/04. It was the second 200-yard rushing performance in team history.

• RB Arian Foster leads the NFL with a franchise single-game record 231 rushing yards gained on Kickoff Week-end against the Colts. Only Hall of Fame RB O.J. Simpson had more when he ran for 250 yards on 29 carries vs. New England on 9/16/1973.

• K Neil Rackers is tied for the NFL lead among kickers with 10 points and Foster is tied for the scoring lead among non-kickers with 18 points.

• WR Andre Johnson has caught a pass in 67 consecu-tive games and has caught a pass in 102 of his 103 career games.

• DE Mario Williams leads the team with 1.0 sack and LB Zac Diles leads the team with 12 tackles.

2010 SNAPSHOT

HOUSTON TEXANS Offense Defense Mark Rank Mark RankTotal 355.0 10 463.0 31t Rushing 257.0 1 44.0 2Passing 98.0 30 419.0 32

Special Teams Mark RankPunt Ret. Avg. 39.0 1 Punt Cover. 13.0 27Kick Ret. Avg. 26.3 7Kick Cover. 22.1 15

2010 REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS

Houston Opponents Total First Downs 23 25Rushing 15 3Passing 7 20Penalty 1 23rd Down: Made/Att 6/11 4/123rd Down Pct. 54.5% 33.3%4th Down: Made/Att 1/1 1/14th Down Pct. 100.0% 100.0%Possession Avg. 30:53 29:07Total Net Yards 355 463Avg. Per Game 355.0 463.0Total Plays 61 69Avg. Per Play 5.8 6.7Net Yards Rushing 257 44Avg. Per Game 257.0 44.0Total Rushes 42 10Net Yards Passing 98 419Avg. Per Game 98.0 419.0Sacked/Yards Lost 2/9 2/14Gross Yards 107 433Attempts/Completions 17/9 57/40Completion Pct. 52.9% 70.2%Had Intercepted 1 0Punts/Average 2/45.5 5/35.6Net Punting Avg. 39.0 19.8Penalties/Yards 7/50 5/73Fumbles/Ball Lost 0/0 1/1Touchdowns 4 3Rushing 3 0Passing 1 3Returns 0 0

2010 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

W L PCT. STHouston 1 0 1.000 W1Jacksonville 1 0 1.000 W1 Tennessee 1 0 1.000 W1Indianapolis 0 1 0.000 L1

2010 AFC SOUTH STANDINGS

AFC NFLPlayer Category Mark Rank Rank A. Foster Rushing 231.0 1 1N. Rackers Scoring, Kickers 10 1 1tA. Foster Scoring, Non-Kickers 18 1 1tJ. Jones KOR Avg. 23.0 4 13M. Williams Sacks 1.0 3t 6tG. Quin Fumble Recoveryies 1 1t 2t

TOP 10 TEXANS


TABLE OF CONTENTSMEDIA SCHEDULE

Game Information ................................................................... 1Season At A Glance................................................................ 2Media Schedule/Table of Contents ..................................... 3Season Schedule .................................................................... 3Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak ......................................... 4Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan ............................... 4Texans Coaching Staff ........................................................... 5Texans General Manager Rick Smith .................................. 5A Texans Win Would.../What To Look For This Week ...... 6The Texans Wire ..................................................................... 7TEXANS-REDSKINSNotable Texans-Redskins Connections .............................. 8Texans-Redskins Breakdown ............................................... 9The Last Time They Met....................................................... 10TEXANS NOTESGary Kubiak Transcript from 9/13/10.............................11-12Week 1 Recap........................................................................ 132010 Texans Notes ...........................................................14-16Gary Kubiak Notes ...........................................................17-18Offensive Notes ................................................................19-27Defensive Notes ...............................................................28-34Special Teams Notes ......................................................35-362010 Draft Recap ................................................................... 372009 Texans Notes ...........................................................38-40Media Information/Out-of-town Media ........................41-42Texans Transactions .......................................................43-44Rosters and Depth Chart.................................................45-492010 Participation.............................................................50-512010 Team Statistics ........................................................52-53NFL Standings........................................................................ 54Miscellaneous Statistics ................................................55-75

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Date Opponent Time/Result Sun., Sept. 12 Indianapolis W 34-24Sun., Sept. 19 at Washington 3:15 p.m. Sun., Sept. 26 Dallas NoonSun., Oct. 3 at Oakland 3:05 p.m. Sun., Oct. 10 N.Y. Giants NoonSun., Oct. 17 Kansas City Noon Sun., Oct. 24 BYE Mon., Nov. 1 at Indianapolis 7:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 7 San Diego NoonSun., Nov. 14 at Jacksonville NoonSun., Nov. 21 at N.Y. Jets* Noon Sun., Nov. 28 Tennessee NoonThurs., Dec. 2 at Philadelphia 7:20 p.m. Mon., Dec. 13 Baltimore 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 19 at Tennessee* NoonSun., Dec. 26 at Denver* 3:05 p.m. Sun., Jan. 2 Jacksonville* Noon

Bold indicates home games.* indicates kickoff times can change to 3:00 or 7:00 due to flexible scheduling.

2010 HOUSTON TEXANS SCHEDULE


Gary Kubiak is the winningest head coach in Texans his-tory with 32 career victories in four-plus years, including the three best seasons in team history from 2007-09. One of Kubiak’s primary goals upon arriving in Houston was to create a home field advantage at Reliant Stadium, and he has made great strides in that direction. The Texans have posted a 21-12 (.637 winning pct.) home record since 2006.

Kubiak guided the Texans to a 9-7 record in 2009, highlighted by a season-ending four-game win streak to capture the franchise’s first winning season. Houston narrowly missed its first-ever playoff berth, losing a tie-breaker for the final spot on the last day of the season. The 2009 Texans set franchise records for total offense, scoring offense, total defense and scoring defense. A franchise-record five players earned trips to the Pro Bowl, led by Pro Bowl MVP Matt Schaub.

The 2008 Texans matched their record from the year be-fore, going 8-8 for a second straight year despite an 0-4 start in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, which devastated much of Houston and southeast Texas. Houston became just the tenth team in NFL history to start a year 0-4 and fin-ish with a record at or above .500. Houston was one of 11 teams to go 8-4 or better over the last 12 games; and nine of those teams were in the playoffs. The offense enjoyed its most productive season to date, ranking third in the NFL and setting a franchise record with 6,113 total yards.

Year two for Kubiak saw the team achieve the best re-cord in franchise history, finishing 8-8. The Texans won three of their last four and five of their last seven to finish the season at .500. In addition, the Texans set a team mark with a 6-2 record at Reliant Stadium in 2007.

In his rookie season, Kubiak tripled the team’s win total of the previous year, guiding the club to a 6-10 record. The six victories included wins in three of the last five games of the season and the fran-chise’s first ever win against Indianapolis. All six wins came versus AFC opponents, giving the Texans their most wins against conference foes in team annals.

TEXANS HEAD COACH GARY KUBIAKREDSKINS HEAD COACH MIKE Shanahan

GARY KUBIAK2006-10 Head Coach Houston Texans2003-05 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos1995-2002 Offensive Coordinator/QBs Denver Broncos1994 Quarterbacks San Francisco 49ers1992-93 Running Backs Texas A&M

Gary KUBIAKHEAD COACH5TH YEAR WITH TEXANS 17TH YEAR IN NFL

Mike Shanahan was hired as the Washington Redskins Executive Vice President/Head Coach on Jan. 6, 2010. He is the 28th head coach in franchise history.

Shanahan’s 147 regular season wins as an NFL head coach are the 17th-most in history and the second-most among active coach-es, trailing only Bill Belichick’s 149. Includ-ing eight postseason victories, Shanahan’s 154 overall wins are tied for 16th all-time and are also second among active coaches to Belichick’s 164. In 16 seasons as a head coach with the Denver Broncos (1995-2008) and the Los Angeles Raiders (1988-89), Sha-nahan has a regular season winning per-centage of .600 (147-98) and an overall win-ning percentage of .601 (155-103).

Shanahan guided the Broncos to two Super Bowl victories, three conference champion-ship game appearances, seven postseason berths and nine winning seasons. Along with Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Jimmy Johnson and Belichick, he is one of six coaches with back-to-back Super Bowl cham-pionships.

During his 26-year NFL coaching career, Shanahan has been a part of teams that have played in 10 AFC or NFC Championship Games. He has coached in six Super Bowls, including five with Denver and Super Bowl XXIX with San Francisco. In his nine seasons coaching at the collegiate level, Shanahan’s teams participated in eight bowl games

and won two national cham-pionships (Oklahoma -- 1975 and Eastern Illinois -- 1978).

Shanahan, 57, led Denver to 138 regular-season victories in 14 seasons, the 10th-most by a head coach with one franchise in NFL history.

MIKE SHANAHAN2010 Head Coach Washington Redskins1995-2008 Head Coach Denver Broncos1992-94 Offensive Coordinator San Francisco 49ers1989-91 Quarterbacks Denver Broncos1988-89 Head Coach Los Angeles Raiders1985-87 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos1984 Wide Receivers Denver Broncos1980-83 Offensive Coordinator University of Florida1979 Offensive Coordinator University of Minnesota1978 Assistant Coach Eastern Illinois1977 Running Backs Northern Arizona1975-76 Offensive Assistant Oklahoma

Mike SHANAHANHEAD COACH1ST YEAR WITH REDSKINS17TH AS AN NFL HEAD COACH26TH YEAR IN NFL

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Gary Kubiak Mike Shanahan 32-33 Reg. Season Record 147-98 0-0 Playoff Record 8-5 5 Years as NFL head coach 17 5 Years as team’s head coach 1 1-0 Career Head-to-Head 0-1 0-1 Career vs. Team (Reg. season) 1-1

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GENERAL MANAGER RICK SMITHTEXANS COACHING STAFF

Rick Smith is in his fifth season as Texans general man-ager after being named to the post on June 5, 2006. The Texans have accumulated 32 wins since then, giving him the most wins for a general manager in Texans his-tory. The Texans have gotten better every season with Smith at the helm and posted their first win-ning season in 2009, going 9-7. Smith has built a team that has battled throughout the year as evidenced by a combined 14-6 re-cord in the final month of the season over the last four years. That record ranks fourth in the NFL and tops among teams in the AFC South. Houston had an NFL-worst .211 winning percentage in the last month of the season before his arrival.

Smith has assembled a front office staff that has the Texans pointed toward sustained success in the NFL and has established himself as a prominent voice around the league in his four years at the helm with the Texans. He was appointed to the NFL’s prestigious eight-man Compe-tition Committee by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on December 5, 2008 and was honored with the Tank Younger Award in 2008, presented annually by the Fritz Pollard Al-liance for outstanding work in an NFL front office. Smith was also an original member of the General Managers Ad-visory Committee that provides advice and other feedback to the NFL Football Operations department on the integrity of the game, expansion of technology and other ways to improve the game.

Smith’s main philosophy has been to build through the draft and supplement via free agency. Last season, 13 players who the Texans signed or acquired during Smith’s tenure started 10 or more games. In the final win of the season against the Patriots, 15 of Houston’s 22 starters had been with the Texans since his arrival in June 2006.

During the 2009 draft, Houston selected eight players, with four starting at least one game. First-round pick LB Brian Cushing was selected to the Pro Bowl and name Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year. Second-round pick DE Connor Barwin led all NFL rookie defensive ends with 4.5 sacks.

RICK SMITH

2006-10 General Manager Houston Texans2006 Assistant General Manager Denver Broncos2000-05 Director of Pro Personnel Denver Broncos1996-99 Defensive Assistant Denver Broncos

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The Houston Texans made three additions to the offen-sive coaching staff in the offseason: Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison, Quarterbacks Coach Greg Knapp and Of-fensive Assistant Marc Lubick.

The 51-year-old Dennison is entering his 16th season in the NFL as a coach and his 25th year in the league overall. Dennison has spent 24 years with the Denver Broncos, first as a player from 1982-90 and then as a coach from 1995-09, before being named the Texans’ offensive coor-dinator on January 11, 2010.

Dennison served as offensive coordinator in Denver from 2006-08 after his predecessor, Gary Kubiak, left Denver to become the head coach of the Texans. He coached the Broncos offensive line from 2001-05 and resumed that role in 2009. He also coached Denver’s special teams from 1997-2000 and was an offensive assistant from 1995-96.

Knapp is entering his 16th season in the NFL as a coach, including the last nine seasons as an offensive coordina-tor. Overall, Knapp is entering his 25th year in coaching.

Knapp coached Texans QB Matt Schaub in Atlanta from 2004-06 as the offensive coordinator of the Falcons.

Knapp spent last season as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks and guided an attack that averaged 316.8 yards per game, including 218.9 per game through the air.

Lubick is entering his third season in the NFL as a coach or scouting assistant. He worked as Colorado State’s tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator in 2009. He worked as the Rams wide receivers coach from 2005-07.

OFFENSIVE OFFSEASON HIRES

Gary Kubiak Head CoachFrank Bush Defensive CoordinatorRick Dennison Offensive CoordinatorJoe Marciano Special Teams CoordinatorRay Rhodes Senior Defensive AssistantJohn Benton Offensive LinePerry Carter Assistant Defensive BacksDavid Gibbs Defensive BacksChick Harris Running BacksJohnny Holland LinebackersLarry Kirksey Wide ReceiversGreg Knapp QuarterbacksBill Kollar Asst. Head Coach/Defensive LineMarc Lubick Offensive AssistantBruce Matthews Offensive AssistantBrian Pariani Tight EndsFrank Pollack Assistant Offensive LineRobert Saleh Assistant LinebackersMatt Schiotz Assistant Strength & ConditioningCedric Smith Strength & Conditioning

2010 HOUSTON TEXANS COACHING STAFF


WHAT TO LOOK FOR THIS WEEKA TEXANS WIN WOULD...

• The Texans recording the 51st win in franchise history.

• The Texans scoring a touchdown in their 61st straight game dating back to the 2006 season. Under head coach Gary Kubiak, the Texans have failed to score a touchdown in only one game, Dallas 2006.

• Improve head coach Gary Kubiak’s winning percentage to .500 as an NFL head coach (33-33).

• WR Andre Johnson extending his own team record of catches in consecutive games to 68. He has caught a pass in 102 of his 103 career games.

• Johnson becoming the 76th player in NFL history with 8,000 career receiving yards with 19.

No. Player years (seasons) Gms Rec. Yards 75 Bill Brooks 1986-1996 (11) 169 583 8,001 76 Don Hutson 1935-1945 (11) 116 488 7,991 77 Tony Hill 1977-1986 (10) 141 479 7,988 78 Andre Johnson 2003-2009 (8) 103 590 7,981

• Johnson becoming the 50th player in NFL history with 600 career receptions with 10.

No. Player years (seasons) Gms Rec. Yards 49 Joe Horn, 1996-2007 (12) 164 603 8,744 50t Anthony Miller, 1988-1997 (10) 155 595 9,148 50t Sterling Sharpe, 1988-1994 (7) 112 595 8,134 52 Curtis Conway, 1993-2004 (12) 167 594 8,230 53t Terry Glenn, 1996-2007 (12) 137 593 8,823 53t Tony Martin, 1990-2001 (12) 177 593 9,065 55t Harold Carmichael, 1971-1984 (14) 182 590 8,985 55t Andre Johnson, 2003-2010 (8) 103 590 7,981

• LB DeMeco Ryans and DE Mario Williams extending the longest current streak for starting games to 66, which ranks third all-time in team history.

• WR Kevin Walter reaching 2,500 receiving yards as a Texan with one yard receiving.

• QB Matt Schaub throwing a touchdown pass in his 10th consecutive game. Schaub threw a touchdown pass in each of the last eight games of 2009 and one in the sea-son opener.

• RB Steve Slaton tying Corey Bradford for third place on the Texans all-time touchdowns scored list at 18 with one touchdown. Slaton currently has 17 career touch-downs.

• RB Arian Foster rushing for 100 yards in three consecu-tive games, marking the second time in team history a player has done that (Steve Slaton, 12/1-12/14/08.

• Foster reaching 500 career rushing yards with 12 yards rushing.

• DE Mario Williams reaching 41.0 sacks for his career with a half-sack, extending the team record he already owns. He currently has 40.5 career sacks.

• LB DeMeco Ryans extending his team career record for tackles (528) and solo tackles (411).

• TE Owen Daniels and WR Kevin Walter becoming the fifth and sixth players in team history to score 100 points with at least 10 points. Walter currently has 96 points and Daniels 90 points as Texans.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Houston at Washington CBS 3:15 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati CBS NoonChicago at Dallas FOX NoonPhiladelphia at Detroit FOX NoonArizona at Atlanta FOX NoonKansas City at Cleveland CBS NoonTampa Bay at Carolina FOX NoonMiami at Minnesota CBS NoonPittsburgh at Tennessee CBS NoonBuffalo at Green Bay CBS NoonSt. Louis at Oakland FOX 3:05 p.m.Seattle at Denver FOX 3:05 p.m.New England at New York Jets CBS 3:15 p.m.Jacksonville at San Diego CBS 3:15 p.m.New York Giants at Indianapolis NBC 7:20 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20New Orleans at San Francisco ESPN 7:30 p.m.

NFL WEEK 2 SCHEDULE(All times Central)

• Give the Texans their first 2-0 start since the 2007 season and tie for the best start in franchise history.

• Give the Texans their sixth consecutive regular season win dating back to 2009, extending its team record.

• Give Houston its first win ever against Washington.

• Give Houston its 51st regular season win in franchise history.

• Improve Gary Kubiak’s career record to 33-33.

A TEXANS WIN SUNDAY WOULD...

WHAT TO LOOK FOR THIS WEEK


THE TEXANS WIRE

THE GUYS IN FRONT OF THE GUYRB Arian Foster certainly deserves

the praise that has come along with his team-record 231 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the season-opening win against Indianapolis. But there is some-thing that needs to be said about the men who helped him get those yards.

No one understood that better than Fos-ter himself, who when he was given a game ball by head coach Gary Kubiak in the locker room after the game, promptly thanked his offensive line and flipped the ball to LT Duane Brown.

Brown was joined by LG Wade Smith, C Chris Myers, RG Antoine Caldwell, RT Eric Winston and G Mike Brisiel and T Rashad Butler, who both rotated into the game.

“I can’t say enough about those guys,” Foster said of his line. “We’ve heard this whole offseason about how our run game wasn’t as efficient last year and how if we had a run game, we could have done this and could have done that. We heard those whispers all offseason and you try to shake them, but that wears you down after awhile. You can do one of two things. You can either let it get to you or let it get in you and I feel like it got in us. We are going to try to continue that moving forward.”

THE “V” IN MVPFB Vonta Leach arguably played

just a big a part in help RB Arian Fos-ter’s record-setting day. Leach put in a workman-like performance, helping clear holes at the line of scrimmage and springing longer gains at the second level of the defense for Foster.

His performance didn’t go unnoticed by head coach Gary Kubiak.

“Well, (Leach) was voted co-MVP of the game,” Kubiak said on Monday. “That’ll tell you how he played. With him and Arian together, it was the best I’ve seen Vonta play and I’ve seen him play some dang good games...He kind of makes us go when he’s playing that way, physical on the isolations and those types of things. It kind of gets us going. He is the personality to help our team get going. Among many guys, it was an excellent performance on his part.”

RACKERS A RARE BREEDA kicker playing football? Or a football

player kicking? K Neil Rackers may clas-sify himself as the latter. In addition to scoring 10 points on a pair of field goals and four extra points, tying him for the most points by a kicker on Kickoff Week-end, Rackers was routinely followed his kickoffs down the field. He could be seen

flocking to the returner on his kickoffs and was credited with an assisted tackle.

“It scares you, but you don’t want to take that away from him,” head coach Gary Kubiak said. “He likes to go down there. He will make a tackle. You don’t want to lose him, but I think that’s what makes him tick. He likes being a part of that. He likes getting pushed around a bit and showing his teammates he’ll go down there and make a tackle. He did a good job.”

NADING STEPS UPDE Connor Barwin, one of the most ver-

satile defenders on the team, went down with a severe lower leg injury in the first quarter and may be lost for the season, according to head coach Gary Kubiak.

DE Jesse Nading stepped in and played admirably, posting two tackles and QB hurry and split his first career sack with

DE Mario Williams. Nading also recovered an onside kick in the fourth quarter. “He did very well,” Kubiak said of Nading. “To go in there and play as much as he did and he did not get the work in one of the packages that we specifically designed for Connor and he had to go in there and replace him in those packages. He was very consistent...He got the onside kick. That’s why he’s made this team.”

CAPTAINS NAMEDHead coach Gary Kubiak named the Texans 2010 team

captains, as elected by their teammates, following prac-tice on Friday, September 10. QB Matt Schaub and WR Andre Johnson were named offensive captains. Four de-fensive players were named captains; LB DeMeco Ryans, DE Mario Williams, DE Antonio Smith and SS Bernard Pollard. LB Kevin Bentley will serve as the team’s special teams in 2010.

“I let the players pick,” Kubiak said. “I want captains to be who the team thinks their leaders are. I think the good thing is that we got a couple of new faces that we are expecting to help this year and I thought that was impres-sive.”

Bentley, Schaub, Johnson, Ryans and Williams all served as captains in 2009.

2010 HOUSTON TEXANS CAPTAINS LB Kevin Bentley WR Andre Johnson SS Bernard Pollard LB DeMeco Ryans QB Matt Schaub DE Antonio Smith DE Mario Williams

Rackers

Brown

Leach

Nading


TEXANS CONNECTED TO WASHINGTON, D.C./VIRGINIALB Xavier Adibi is from Hampton, Va., where he attended Phoebus H.S. and played collegiately at Virginia Tech; T Duane Brown is from Richmond, Va., where he attended Hermitage H.S. and played collegiately at Virginia Tech; QB Matt Schaub played collegiately at Virginia.

REDSKINS WITH CONNECTIONS TO HOUSTONWide Receivers Coach Keenan McCardell is from Hous-ton, where he attended Waltrip H.S.; Safeties Coach Steve Jackson is from Houston, where he attended Klein Forest H.S. and played professionally for the Houston Oilers (1991-1996); Special Teams Assistant Richard Hightower is from Houston, where he attended Aldine MacArthur H.S. and played collegiately at Texas; Strength and Conditioning Coach Ray Wright is from Fort Worth and served in the same capacity for the Texans; LB Brian Orakpo is from Houston, where he attended Lamar H.S. and played collegiately at Texas; OT Trent Williams is from Longview, where he at-tended Longview H.S.

TEXANS-REDSKINS COLLEGE CONNECTIONSTexans LB DeMeco Ryans and Redskins NT Anthony Bryant were teammates at Alabama; Texans G Wade Smith was on the same offensive line with Redskins G Artis Hicks at Mem-phis; Texans SS Troy Nolan and Redskins RB Ryan Torainplayed together at Arizona State; Texans T Eric Winstonand Redskins LB Rocky McIntosh were teammates at Mi-ami; Texans WR Andre Johnson and C Chris Myers played with Redskins CB Phillip Buchanon, WR Santana Moss and RB Clinton Portis at Miami; Texans LB Xavier Adibi and T Duane Brown played with Redskins C Will Montgomery at Virginia Tech.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak and Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan first knew each other when Ku-

biak was a quarterback and Shanahan a wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos in 1984.

NOTABLE TEXANS-REDSKINS CONNECTIONS TEXANS-REDSKINS PRO CONNECTIONS Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, defensive coordinator Frank Bush, offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, defen-sive back coach David Gibbs, wide receivers coach Larry Kirksey and tight ends coach Brian Pariani were on Red-skins head coach Mike Shanahan’s coaching staff while in Denver(1995-2008); Kubiak and Dennison played for the Broncos while Mike Shanahan was on staff and Shana-han served as Kubiak’s position coach from 1989-91; Mike Shanahan, Kubiak, Kirksey, Pariani and Texans senior defensive assistant Ray Rhodes were on San Francisco’s coaching staff in 1994; Redskins Offensive Coordinator Kyle Shanahan was on Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak’s staff in Houston (2006-09); Texans General Manager Rick Smith was on Mike Shanahan’s staff in Denver (1996-99); Texans P Matt Turk was the Redskins punter from 1995-99, earning a Pro Bowl roster spot from 1996-98; Redskins NT Anthony Bryant played with Texans QB Dan Orlovsky and DT Shaun Cody for Detroit (2006); Turk and Redskins WR Santana Moss were teammates for the New York Jets in 2002; Redskins QB Rex Grossman was Texans QB Matt Schaub’s back up in Houston (2009); Texans assis-tant head coach/defensive line coach Bill Kollar coached Redskins LB London Fletcher in St. Louis (2001); Redskins CB Phillip Buchanon was a member of the Texans from 2005-06; Redskins RB Clinton Portis was in Denver with Kubiak, Bush, Dennison, Gibbs, Pariani and Rhodes (2002-2003); Texans linebackers coach Johnny Holland coached Redskins DL Vonnie Holliday in Green Bay (1998), Holliday was also a teammate with Texans G Wade Smith in Miami (2005); Texans FB Vonta Leach was teammates with Red-skins T Jammal Brown in New Orleans (2006); Texans SS Bernard Pollard and G Wade Smith were teammates with Redskins RB Larry Johnson in Kansas City while Gibbs was on the Chiefs coaching staff (2008); Redskins G Der-rick Dockery played for Buffalo while Kollar was a mem-ber of its coaching staff (2007-08); Texans T Rashad Butler and NT Redskins Ma’ake Kemoeatu were teammates in Carolina (2006); Redskins CB DeAngelo Hall was team-mates with Texans QB Matt Schaub while Texans Quar-terbacks Coach Gregg Knapp was on the Falcons staff (2004-06). Hall and Knapp later reunited in Oakland in 2008; Texans T Rashad Butler and Redskins C Will Montgomery were on the same offensive line in Carolina (2006). Mont-gomery was also on the same offensive line with Texans G Wade Smith for the New York Jets (2007); Redskins FB Mike Sellers and Turk were teammates in Washington (1995-97); Redskins senior VP Tony Wyllie served as the Texans VP of communications for 10 years (2000-10).

Kubiak Shanahan


OVERALL: 0-2 HOME: 0-1 AWAY: 0-1Date Site W/L Score Att. 12/22/02 FedExField, D.C. L 26-10 70,291 9/24/06 Reliant Stadium, Hou. L 31-15 70,069

TEXANS-REDSKINS ALL-TIME RESULTS

TEXANS-REDSKINS BREAKDOWN

TEXANS’ CAREER STATS VS. REDSKINS

PASSINGPlayer G A-C-I Yds Pct. TD Sk/Lst Rtg *D. Orlovsky 1 35-21-0 223 60.0 1 1/6 88.2*with Detroit

RUSHINGPlayer G Att. Yds Avg. Lg TD *D. Ward 6 58 205 3.5 11 0*with New York Giants

RECEIVINGPlayer G Rec. Yds Avg. Lg TD A. Johnson 1 11 152 13.8 53 0*D. Ward 6 14 130 9.3 48 0#K. Walter 2 2 23 11.5 18 0O. Daniels 1 1 2 2.0 2t 1*with New York Giants#played one game with Cincinnati

KICKINGPlayer G FG FGA Lg XP XPA KO TB*N. Rackers 3 3 4 44 4 5 6 1*while with Arizona

PUNTINGPlayer G No. Blk Avg. Lg TB I20 Net *M. Turk 2 9 1 43.0 57 1 1 39.3 *while with Miami in 2004 and St. Louis in 2006

TEXANS TOP PERFORMANCES VS. REDSKINS

• WR Andre Johnson caught 11 passes for 152 yards (13.8 average) against Washington on 9/24/06.

• LB DeMeco Ryans recorded 10 tackles against the Red-skins, including nine solo tackles on 9/24/06.

• TE Owen Daniels scored on a 2-yard touchdown recep-tion, his only catch of the game, against Washington on 9/24/06.

• QB Dan Orlovsky completed 21-of-35 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown agains the Redskins as a member of the Detroit Lions on 10/26/08.

• RB Derrick Ward compiled 120 total yards from scrim-mage against the Redskins as a member of the New York Giants on 9/23/07, rushing for 94 yards on 26 carries and catching six passes for 26 yards. He also had a career-best 75 yards receiving on five receptions, including a ca-reer-long 48-yard catch against Washington on 11/30/2008

NFL NFL HOU Rnk WAS Rnk Avg. Yards Per Game 355.0 10 250.0 26Avg. Per Play 5.8 8 4.5 20Rushing Yards Per Game 257.0 1 89.0 20tRushing Yards Per Play 6.1 2 3.9 17Net Yards Passing Per Game 98.0 30 161.0 24Passing Yards Per Play 5.8 19 5.0 22Interception Rate 5.9% 29 0.0% 1tSacks/Attempt 11.8% 30 3.1% 6First Downs/Game 23.0 4t 17.0 19tPunt Return Avg. 39.0 1 0.0 31tKickoff Return Avg. 26.3 7 38.0 2FG Made 100.0% 1t 100.0% 1t3rd Down Pct. 54.5% 3 23.1% 274th Down Pct. 100.0% 1t 0.0% 12tRed Zone Pct. 66.7% 8t 0.0% 25tGoal To Go Pct. 50.0% 20t 0.0% 23tTime of Possession 30:53 14 25:57 27Points Per Game 34.0 3 13.0 23t

2010 OFFENSIVE STATISTICAL COMPARISON

NFL NFL HOU Rnk WAS Rnk Avg. Yards Per Game 463.0 31t 380.0 28Avg. Per Play 6.7 32 5.4 20Rushing Yards Per Game 44.0 2 103.0 16Rushing Yards Per Play 4.4 21 4.7 24Net Yards Passing Per Game 419.0 32 277.0 28Passing Yards Per Play 7.1 25 5.8 15Interception Rate 0.0% 19t 0.0% 19tSacks/Attempt 4.0% 25 2.1% 29First Downs/Game 25.0 31 24.0 30Punt Return Avg. 13.0 27 11.0 26Kickoff Return Avg. 22.1 15 16.7 63rd Down Pct. 33.3% 13 38.5% 16t4th Down Pct. 100.0% 28t 100.0% 28tRed Zone Pct. 66.7% 28 33.3% 11tGoal To Go Pct. 50.0% 23t 100.0% 15tPoints Per Game 24.0 11t 7.0 2Point Differential/Game 10.0 5 +6.0 9tYard Differential/Game -108.0 27 -130.0 28t

2010 DEFENSIVE STATISTICAL COMPARISON


THE LAST TIME THEY MET...Washington 31, Houston 15

reliant Stadium - houston, texas - Sept. 24, 2006

REDSKINS TEXANS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 25 17 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-13-69% 3-7-43% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 495 261 NET YARDS RUSHING 234 61 NET YARDS PASSING 261 200 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-24-0 29-19-1 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 3-2-0 PUNTS Number and Average 2-56.0 4-39.5 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 Net Punting Average 48.0 38.5 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 4 16 PENALTIES Number and Yards 12-126 7-57 FUMBLES Number and Lost 1-1 3-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:27 21:33

TEAM STATISTICS

Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive inf0) WAS HOUTexans 1 11:34 M.Bruener 2 yd. pass from D.Carr (K.Brown kick) (4-66, 1:20) 0 7 Redskins 1 8:48 L.Betts 9 yd. run (J.Hall kick) (5-91, 2:46) 7 7 Redskins 2 14:52 A.Randle El 23 yd. pass from M.Brunell (J.Hall kick) (11-74, 5:53) 14 7 Redskins 2 0:01 C.Portis 30 yd. run (J.Hall kick) (10-82, 4:49) 21 7 Redskins 3 5:35 C.Portis 1 yd. run (J.Hall kick) (14-70, 8:28) 28 7 Redskins 4 14:50 J.Hall 46 yd. Field Goal (6-33, 1:59) 31 7 Texans 4 12:21 O.Daniels 2 yd. pass from D.Carr (R.Dayne run) (7-71, 2:29) 31 15

SCORING DRIVES

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalWashington Redskins 7 14 7 3 - 31Houston Texans 7 0 0 8 - 15

SCORING

Houston struck first for a 7-0 on Mark Bruener’s 2-yard touchdown recepetion which was set up by Andre John-son’s 53-yard catch. But the Redskins reeled of 31 straight points, sparked by an NFL record 22 consecutive comple-tions by QB Mark Brunell. Washington racked up 495 yards of offense, 234 of which came on the ground.

• WR Andre Johnson’s first catch of the day, a 53-yarder, was the second-longest of his career at that time and put Johnson over 3,000 yards for his career. Johnson fin-ished the game with 3,115 career receiving yards.

• Rookie TE Owen Daniels pulled in his second career touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, scoring on a two-yard pass from David Carr. It was his second consecu-tive game with a touchdown reception.

• LB DeMeco Ryans turned in his second double-digit tackle performance in three weeks. He finished with 10 total tack-les, including eight solo stops.

TEXANS GAME NOTES

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD L. Betts 16 124 7.8 26 1C. Portis 16 86 5.4 30 2R. Cartwright 5 15 3.0 9 0A. Randle El 1 7 7.0 7 0S. Moss 1 2 2.0 2 0M. Brunell 2 0 0.0 1 0 Total 41 234 5.7 30 3 PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT M. Brunell 27 24 261 0/0 1 74 0 119.3 Total 27 24 261 0/0 1 74 0 119.3 PASS RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LG TD S. Moss 6 50 8.3 13 0C. Cooley 4 18 4.5 9 0A. Randle El 3 34 11.3 23t 1L. Betts 3 27 9.0 14 0M. Sellers 3 9 3.0 5 0C. Portis 2 78 39.0 74 0B. Lloyd 2 20 10.0 11 0D. Patten 1 25 25.0 25 0 Total 24 261 10.9 74 1

REDSKINS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD R. Dayne 14 58 4.1 11 0D. Carr 3 3 1.0 3 0S. Gado 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 18 61 3.4 11 0 PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT D. Carr 29 19 208 1/8 2 53 1 95.2 Total 29 19 208 1/8 2 53 1 95.2 PASS RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LG TD A.Johnson 11 152 13.8 53 0E. Moulds 4 27 6.8 9 0R. Dayne 1 13 13.0 13 0J. Putzier 1 12 12.0 12 0M. Bruener 1 2 2.0 2t 1O. Daniels 1 2 2.0 2t 1 Total 19 208 10.9 53 2

TEXANS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS


(on if there was any part of yesterday’s win against the Colts he was disappointed with) “It was a solid performance by our football team. There’s always things you can do better. A couple things with special teams that could have got us hurt as a football team that we got to get cleaned up. Of course, in our prevent (defense) there at the end, they give up a big play; there’s no excuse for that. It was a good, solid effort by our football team. Defensively we were excellent in the first half, like I said, and then offensively, I think we took over the line of scrimmage in the second half. But our effort was very good. Our conditioning level was very good; the things you worry about going into the first game. So, our guys responded. Obviously, very happy to get the win.”

(on if he will be looking for a replacement for injured DE Connor Barwin) “We’ve got to replace (DE) Connor (Barwin). He’s a big part of what we were doing. (DE Jesse) Nading went in and basically filled his role and what he did in the game. But we’ve got to replace Connor for the season now. Anybody who is out there who is a free agent is a possibility. So I think all doors are open. We continue to listen to every possible avenue. We will have a workout here either tomorrow or Wednesday morning, I’m not sure. We’ve already gotten in touch with some guys, so we’re going to move forward. But we’ve got to replace him.”

(on retired DE Aaron Schobel being a candidate to replace DE Con-nor Barwin) “It’s my understanding that he’s retired. Things change, I’m sure. But, anybody who is out there, we will talk to them and we’ve got to replace (DE) Connor Barwin.”

(on where the win against the Colts stacks up against other big wins for the Texans organization) “Well, it’s an important win. It’s a divi-sion win for us. We were poor in our division last year. We’ve been in some tough games with this team. Obviously, it’s been somewhat of a hurdle for our group and then a lot of our offseason was geared toward trying to achieve something as a football team which we think can make us more effective in the long haul, and that’s being physi-cal, and we were yesterday. So, a lot of things we’ve been working on came up yesterday; we handled it pretty good. Now, there’s a long, long way to go but it was a dang nice start. But, yeah, it was an impor-tant win to our football team.”

(on RB Arian Foster giving the game ball that was presented to him to his offensive line) “Well, he’s grown up a lot. Like I told y’all; he’s come a long ways as a player. He was having an excellent training camp. I said this yesterday; it wasn’t like it was a surprise that he would play well. I thought he was pretty darn good in camp. Just to be able to hold up and carry the ball 33 times; that’s another animal, right there. That’s something special. We thought he could be a guy that could carry the load. But that’s a heck of a day’s work and he’s right, our guys up front did a heck of a job for him. He did a great job, too. (FB) Vonta (Leach) played extremely well for us, too.”

(on if Sunday’s game was the best that C Chris Myers had graded out on film for him) “Yeah, yeah it is. It’s the best he’s played. He played hurt for us as a team last year. When you get those high ankle sprains, those things can last, you know, two or three months. He played hurt for us last year on that thing. He had to come back and win his job in training camp. He did that. Yesterday was probably his best outing for us since he’s been a Texan.”

(on if CB Kareem Jackson played as expected in his first NFL game) “You know, he’d never been against (QB Peyton Manning). He did some good stuff. Looking for consistency. Obviously, a rookie, first time out, playing against Peyton and that offense is about as chal-lenging as you can get in this league. But he can go back and learn a lot of things from the film. But he played pretty darn good for a first time out but we can always do things better.”

(on TE Owen Daniels making a couple of good blocks on the touch-downs) “Yeah, he really did. He played 40 plays-plus. That’s probably a little more than we wanted him to play, but he felt good; he kept going. Obviously, we weren’t throwing the ball around a bunch and so he was doing his job in the run game just like everybody else. With him and (TE) Joel (Dreessen) are very capable guys on the line of scrimmage. For OD to come out of this game clean—I just saw him in the locker room, he felt good. His knee felt good. I think he’s only going to get better each week.”

(on what he’s looking for in a replacement for DE Connor Barwin) “That was a good conversation this morning amongst the coaches. He’s a tough guy to replace. He’s obviously a pass rusher. That’s the first thing he does for us. He’s an edge player. He’s very smart. We play him in a lot of different defenses, different schemes, so you’re looking for versatility there. He plays well for (special teams coor-dinator) Joe (Marciano). Connor can run. So he plays a lot special teams. TO think you’re going to go out and find that replacement on the street right now, at this time point in the NFL season, you’re prob-ably kidding yourself. We’ve got to find some player, hopefully with some experience in this league, that can lend a hand pretty quickly. We’ll have to see how it goes.”

(on what he likes about DE Jesse Nading and how he performed yesterday) “He did very well. To go in there and play as much as he did and he did not get the work in one of the packages that we specifically designed for (DE) Connor (Barwin) and he had to go in there and replace him in those packages. He was very consistent. He played good for (special teams coordinator) Joe (Marciano). He got the onside kick. That’s why he’s made this team. He’s kind of a jack of all trades. He does a lot of things and he had a chance yesterday to do more than his share. That’s part of being a backup in this league, you don’t get a lot of reps but if you get thrown in the fire, do you do your job? He did his yesterday.”

(on what he likes about C Chris Myers) “(C) Chris (Myers) is all ball. The game is important to him. He’s where he’s at because he’s just a hard working guy, a lunch pail guy every day, first one out there and last one off the field. Those type of things. We just like what he stands for and obviously, we all play better when we get good people around us. He’s got a new addition next to him on the left side and he’s play-ing very well. If Chris stays healthy, there’s no doubt in my mind he’ll play very well for us this year.”

(on the strategy of the defensive backs in the fourth quarter) “Some-body asked me yesterday about all the yards (given up). When you play this group, you don’t worry about the yards. They’re going to move the ball. He’s (QB Peyton Manning) going to complete passes. You worry about big plays. You worry about third downs. Do you get off the field? Do you make them punt four to five times? Do you gain a possession somehow during the game with the turnovers? Those are

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the things you worry about. I wasn’t concerned about that. Basically, we had held them to 10 points. If Q (CB Glover Quin) doesn’t drop that interception, maybe we do all day. I don’t know. I think the score was 27-10 at that point when Q had that interception on the sidelines and it got away from him. I was impressed with what we did and like I said, I won’t let the guys get caught up in the passing yardage. I’m worried about the final result.”

(on how big of a play was the forced fumble by SS Bernard Pollard inside the 10-yard line) “That was the biggest play of the game. It was a great effort on Bernard and (FS) Eugene (Wilson)’s part. Then Q (CB Glover Quin) gets the ball. That’s what I was just talking about. Against this team, you’ve got to find a way to gain a possession some-how. We had given them one and it cost us seven points. By getting that one back, that’s the (four)-play drive we went on where we went 91 yards. That’s the difference in the ballgame. It’s fixing to be 20-17 or 20-13 if Quin doesn’t make that play.”

(on his impressions of the Washington Redskins after watching them play Sunday night) “I think they’re a fine football team. The thing I’m impressed with is they played some really good teams here in the preseason – they played Baltimore, they played the (New York) Jets and obviously started off with Dallas at home. They’ve got a lot of playmakers on the offensive side of the ball. This will be the sec-ond week in a row we’re going to play one of the great quarterbacks in this league. Defensively, a tough scheme for us. (Washington de-fensive coordinator Jim) Haslett’s scheme presents a lot of problems for you, so we’ve got our work cut out for us.”

(on how LT Duane Brown played against Indianapolis DE Dwight Freeney) “It was very good. He got beat on that one sack, that play-action pass, but you’ve got your hands full when you play against him. As a coach, you really – I know for me, when we’re sitting there talk-ing about calling plays and those type of things, you’re just so leery of him and what you have to do to control him and give your players the best chance against him. But I think Duane has kind of gotten better each time he’s played him, and that’s usually the way it works because he’s got such a big package that he comes at you with and you need to see him many times to get better at what you’re doing.”

(on his relationship with Washington head coach Mike Shanahan)“Well, first off it’s respect. He’s a Hall of Fame football coach and I’m glad to see him back in the game. For me sitting at home watch-ing him there and getting after it again, it’s a good feeling. But he’s got a fine football team, and obviously some of our (former) coaches are there – (Washington offensive coordinator) Kyle (Shanahan), (Washington special teams assistant) Richard Hightower is there, (Washington quarterbacks coach) Matt (LaFleur) is there, so a lot of our past is there. So it’ll be a good football game and a big test for us on the road.”

(on whether this week’s game is different than normal games be-cause of his relationship with Washington head coach Mike Sha-nahan) “Not really. I mean, bottom line, when it’s time to play, we’ve got to line up and our team’s got to play. I’m sure there will be a lot of talk about that during the week because of us working together for so many years, but once they blow the whistle it’s players against players, so they’ll play the game.”

(on whether he’ll talk to Washington head coach Mike Shanahan on Saturday night or before the game) “Me and Mike won’t talk, if that’s what you’re asking me. No, we won’t talk. Heck, neither one of us likes to talk much anyway, so we’ll talk after the game.”

(on how much of an impact FB Vonta Leach’s performance for the running game) “Well, he was voted co-MVP of the game. That’ll tell you how he played. With him and (RB) Arian (Foster) together, it was the best I’ve seen Vonta play and I’ve seen him play some dang good games. I think it started with him when we played Dallas in the pre-season. He had really picked up his play a notch. He kind of makes us go when he’s playing that way, physical on the isolations and those types of things. It kind of gets us going. He is the personality to help our team get going. Among many guys, it was an excellent perfor-mance on his part.”

(on how many snaps G Mike Brisiel got in the game) “I think it ended up like 40 to maybe 31 or something like that. (G Antoine) Caldwell had a few more and he seemed to be in the longer drives that we had, but they both played very good. After all is said and done we’ll go right back and do the same thing this week.”

(on if he want to keep same run-pass ratio going forward) “You got to do what you got to do to win. Yesterday, there was no doubt once we started the second half and throughout that first drive we had some momentum running the football. We weren’t going to stop. The good thing is that we never got off schedule. We ran the ball well we stayed on schedule and we kept our third downs manageable. We took that one shot in the second half with the go route and had every opportunity to make that play. To me, it just kind of ended up that way with way we were playing in the second half and the confidence that we had running the ball.”

(on what did he say to DE Connor Barwin after his season-ending in-jury) “It’s very difficult. I talked to him last night and talked to his dad last night. His mom and dad were down for the game. You just hate to see that. It’s a scary injury to sit there and watch. As a player, you know the seasons over. As teammates, you just feel for him. He’s ob-viously very down, but there’s nothing you could do. The doctors feel good about getting it fixed. We’ll get that done, I think Wednesday is my understanding. It’s just a long road back, but he’s a great young man and he’ll be fine and come back and play well.”

(on if FB Vonta Leach is injured who will replace him) “(TE) James Casey; he works as a fullback in practice.”

(on what’s the one thing he’s worried about heading into this week’s game) “It’ll be our first road test and I know it’s a tough place to play there. My players here have never been there. I will have to sit there and explain to them that it’s a big place and very loud. There’s a lot excitement going on with that football team with (Washington head coach) Mike (Shanahan) being there. We are going to be tested from a composure standpoint and it’ll be big time. I’ll say that’s the biggest thing and their complex offense. (Redskins offensive coordinator) Kyle (Shanahan) knows our defense like the back of his hand. He’s been going against for two years and yet we have to switch over to the jimmy 3-4 this week. So there’s a lot of those types of things go-ing on.”

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LAST WEEKHOUSTON 34, INDIANAPOLIS 24

reliant Stadium - houston, texas - Sept. 12, 2010

REDSKINS TEXANS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 25 17 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-13-69% 3-7-43% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 495 261 NET YARDS RUSHING 234 61 NET YARDS PASSING 261 200 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-24-0 29-19-1 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-0-0 3-2-0 PUNTS Number and Average 2-56.0 4-39.5 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 Net Punting Average 48.0 38.5 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 4 16 PENALTIES Number and Yards 12-126 7-57 FUMBLES Number and Lost 1-1 3-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 4-4 2-2 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:27 21:33

TEAM STATISTICS

Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive inf0) WAS HOU Texans 1 9:32 N.Rackers 30 yd. Field Goal (9-19, 3:40) 0 3Texans 1 4:43 N.Rackers 49 yd. Field Goal (4-53, 1:19) 0 6Texans 2 13:01 K.Walter 22 yd. pass from M.Schaub (N.Rackers kick) (7-80, 3:44) 0 13Colts 2 5:19 R.Wayne 14 yd. pass from P.Manning (A.Vinatieri kick) (7-35, 2:53) 7 13Colts 2 0:15 A.Vinatieri 20 yd. Field Goal (11-63, 3:35) 10 13Texans 3 7:03 A.Foster 1 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (15-66, 7:57) 10 20Texans 4 8:41 A.Foster 25 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (4-91, 1:57) 10 27 Colts 4 4:52 D.Clark 10 yd. pass from P.Manning (A.Vinatieri kick) (12-75, 3:49) 17 27Texans 4 1:56 A.Foster 8 yd. run (N.Rackers kick) (7-41, 2:56) 17 34Colts 4 1:15 A.Collie 73 yd. pass from P.Manning (A.Vinatieri kick) (2-77, 0:41) 24 34

SCORING DRIVES

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalIndianapolis Colts 0 10 0 14 - 24Houston Texans 6 7 7 14 - 34

SCORING

Houston defeated Indianapolis for the second time in the 17 meetings between the two teams behind a record-setting day on the ground from its offensive line and Arian Foster’s 231 yards rushing. The Texans defense gave up 433 yards passing, more than half of which came after the game was in hand, but held the Colts to 33.3 percent on third downs.

• The win was the 50th in franchise history and gave the Texans their first season-opening victory since 2007.

• The Texans set the franchise team rushing record with 257 yards, topping the previous high of 219 yards at Jacksonville on 12/26/04. It was the second 200-yard rushing performance in team history.

• The Texans defense limited Indianapolis to 44 rushing

yards in the game. That total is tied for the fourth-fewest allowed in franchise history.

• RB Arian Foster’s 231 rushing yards were the second-most on Kickoff Weekend in NFL history. Only Hall of Fame RB O.J. Simpson had more when he ran for 250 yards on 29 carries vs. New England on 9/16/1973.

• With three receptions, WR Andre Johnson moved into a tie for 55th on the NFL’s all-time receptions list with 590 career catches, matching former Philadelphia Eagles WR Harold Carmichael. He passed a pair of Hall of Fam-ers in WR Fred Biletnikoff (589) and RB Marcus Allen (587).

TEXANS GAME NOTES

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD J.Addai 10 44 4.4 17 0 Total 10 44 4.4 17 0

PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT P.Manning 57 40 433 2/14 3 73 0 109.8 Total 57 40 433 2/14 3 73 0 109.8 PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD A.Collie 12 11 163 14.8 73 1 D.Clark 13 11 80 7.3 10 1 R.Wayne 10 7 99 14.1 22 1 J.Addai 6 6 29 4.8 8 0 P.Garcon 10 3 43 14.3 26 0 A.Gonzalez 3 1 12 12.0 12 0 D.Brown 3 1 7 7.0 7 0 Total 57 40 433 10.8 73 3

COLTS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD A.Foster 33 231 7.0 42 3S.Slaton 6 29 4.8 13 0M.Schaub 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0Total 42 257 6.1 42 3 PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT M.Schaub 17 9 107 2/9 1 23 1 67.5Total 17 9 107 2/9 1 23 1 67.5 PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD A.Johnson 5 3 33 11.0 21 0 J.Jones 6 2 29 14.5 23 0 K.Walter 2 2 29 14.5 22 1 O.Daniels 2 1 9 9.0 9 0 A.Foster 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 V.Leach 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 17 9 107 11.9 23 1

TEXANS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS


Houston is riding a franchise-best five-game winning streak that began in 2009. No NFL team has a longer reg-ular-season winning streak than the Texans heading into Week 2.

The Texans ended the 2009 season strong, winning their last four games to match the longest streak in team his-tory. Houston’s win against Indianapolis in Week 1 gave the team its record fifth-straight win.

CURRENT NFL WIN STREAKS2010 Record

Team Wins Losses StreakHouston Texans 1 0 WON 5Pittsburgh Steelers 1 0 Won 4Green Bay Packers 1 0 Won 3Chicago Bears 1 0 Won 3

OPENING ON A HOT STREAK

Houston finished the 2009 season ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing, managing just 92.2 yards per game on the ground and led the NFL in passing with 290.9 yards per game.

What a difference a year makes. The Texans lead the NFL in rushing after grinding out

a franchise-record 257 yards on 42 carries with 3 touch-downs in the 2010 season opener against Indianapolis. RB Arian Foster accounted for 231 of those yards, which was the second-best rushing performance in opening day his-tory in the NFL.

To put the performance in perspective, the Texans did not surpass 257 yards rushing as a team until Week 4 of 2009 and didn’t get their third rushing touchdown of the season until Week 7.

OPENING STATEMENT

The 2009 Texans defense produced five of the 10 lowest opponent rushing totals in franchise history over the last 10 games. That trend continued into the season opener against Indianapolis, as the Texans held the Colts to 44 yards rushing on 10 carries. It tied for the fourth-lowest opponent rushing total in team history and marked the sixth time in 17 games that defensive coordinator Frank Bush’s defense has held an opponent to less than 100 yards rushing.

Ten of the 45 games the Texans have held an opponent under 100 yards rushing came in 2009.

FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED,HOUSTON TEXANS HISTORY

Opponent, Date Att Yards YPC TDNew York Jets, 11/26/06 26 27 1.0 1Jacksonville, 10/31/04 12 39 3.3 0Arizona, 12/18/05 13 39 3.0 0Arizona, 10/11/09 16 44 2.8 1Indianapolis, 9/12/10 10 44 4.4 0Oakland, 10/4/09 21 45 2.1 0Cincinnati, 10/18/09 17 46 2.7 1New Orleans, 11/18/07 19 47 2.5 0Chicago, 12/19/04 26 54 2.1 0San Francisco, 10/25/09 19 59 3.1 0

STOUT AGAINST THE RUN

The Texans passing game has been one of the most dan-gerous in the NFL over the last two-plus seasons. Houston has averaged 273.3 net passing yards per game to rank third in the league since 2008.

MOST NET PASSING YARDS PER GAME, 2008-10Team Att Cmp Pct Yds YPGNew Orleans Saints 1,216 818 67.3 9,561 289.7Indianapolis Colts 1,243 835 67.2 9,028 273.6Houston Texans 1,165 775 66.5 9,019 273.3Arizona Cardinals 1,265 832 65.8 8,956 271.4San Diego Chargers 1,036 677 65.3 8,476 256.8

The 2009 Texans passing attack was the most prolific in franchise history, averaging a league-high 290.9 yards per game. That is nearly 25 yards per game ahead of the pre-vious record, set in 2008.

MOST NET PASSING YARDS PER GAME, HOUSTON TEXANS HISTORY

Team Record Att Cmp Pct Yds YPG2009 9-7 593 399 67.3 4,654 290.92008 8-8 555 367 66.1 4,267 266.72007 8-8 529 346 65.4 3,751 234.42004 7-9 471 286 60.7 3,246 202.92006 6-10 481 329 68.4 2,778 173.62003 5-11 439 248 56.5 2,655 165.92005 2-14 449 270 60.1 2,237 139.82002 4-12 447 235 52.6 2,225 139.1

HOUSTON’S PROLIFIC PASSING ATTACK

2010 TEXANS NOTES


2010 TEXANS NOTES

The Texans’ 2010 slate features teams with a combined .547 winning percentage from a year ago, tying it with Ten-nessee’s schedule for the toughest in the NFL. Houston will play seven regular season games against six teams that made the playoffs in 2009 and 11 games against teams that were .500 or better a year ago.

Houston plays Baltimore (AFC Divisional), Dallas (NFC Divisional), Super Bowl runners-up and AFC South rival Indianapolis and San Diego (AFC Divisional) at Reliant Sta-dium and will visit Indianapolis, the New York Jets (AFC Championship) and Philadelphia (NFC Wild Card).

In addition, the Texans will play preseason road games against the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints and Arizona (NFC Divisional), and a home game against Dallas.

2010 NFL OPPONENT WINNING PERCENTAGES Rk. Team Comb. W-L Pct. T1. Houston Texans 140-116 .547 T1. Tennessee Titans 140-116 .547 3. Dallas Cowboys* 139-117 .543 4. Cincinnati Bengals* 138-118 .539 5. Jacksonville Jaguars 137-119 .535 6. New England Patriots* 136-120 .531 7. New York Giants 135-121 .527 8. Washington Redskins 134-122 .523 9. Philadelphia Eagles* 133-123 .520 T10. Cleveland Browns 132-124 .516 T10. Indianapolis Colts* 132-124 .516 12. Baltimore Ravens* 130-126 .508 T12. Detroit Lions 130-126 .508 T14. Chicago Bears 129-127 .504 T14. Minnesota Vikings* 129-127 .504 T16. Buffalo Bills 128-128 .500 T16. Miami Dolphins 128-128 .500 T16. New York Jets* 128-128 .500 T16. Oakland Raiders 128-128 .500 20. Atlanta Falcons 127-129 .496 21. Pittsburgh Steelers 126-130 .492 T22. Green Bay Packers* 125-131 .488 T22. Kansas City Chiefs 125-131 .488 24. Denver Broncos 124-132 .484 25. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 123-133 .480 26. Carolina Panthers 122-134 .477 27. New Orleans Saints* 120-136 .469 28. San Francisco 49ers 117-139 .457 T29. San Diego Chargers* 116-140 .453 T29. Seattle Seahawks 116-140 .453 31. St. Louis Rams 115-141 .449 32. Arizona Cardinals* 114-142 .445

*Indicates team made the 2009 playoffs Texans 2010 opponents in bold

SCHEDULING DIFFICULTY

Houston has two coaches remaining from the inaugural season. Running backs coach Chick Harris and special teams coordinator Joe Marciano are the lone holdovers from the 2002 staff and have been present for all 164 pre-season and regular season Texans games.

THE ORIGINAL TEXANS

There certainly is no lack of NFL experience on the Tex-ans’ sidelines. Houston’s coaching staff consists of nine former players with a combined total of 71 seasons played in the NFL. The group is also one of eight NFL teams with a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Offensive As-sistant Bruce Matthews) on staff. Only San Francisco has more coaches on staff with NFL playing experience than the Texans: Former NFL Cumulative NFL Staff players on staff Playing Experience San Francisco 10 80Houston 9 71Green Bay 8 69 Kansas City 6 70 New York Jets 6 61

TEXANS COACHING STAFF NFL PLAYING EXPERIENCE (Seasons)Gary Kubiak (9) Denver, 1983-91Frank Bush (2) Houston Oilers, 1985-86Perry Carter (4) Kansas City 1995; Oakland 1996-98 Rick Dennison (9) Denver 1982-90Johnny Holland (7) Green Bay 1987-93Bill Kollar (8) Cincinnati 1974-76; Tampa Bay 1977-81Bruce Matthews (19) Houston Oilers/ Tennessee Titans 1983-2001Frank Pollack (6) San Francisco 1990-91; 1994-97 Ray Rhodes (7) New York Giants 1974-79; San Francisco 1980.

WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE

With the loss of the last original Texan, K Kris Brown, WR Andre Johnson has assumed the role of elder statesman for the Texans franchise.

Johnson, the team’s first-round draft pick and third over-all selection in the 2003 NFL Draft, is the only Texan who played for the team prior to the 2006 season, prior to head coach Gary Kubiak’s tenure in Houston. He is currently third on the all-time games played list for the Texans with 102 and will become just the third player to play eight sea-sons with the team in 2010.

DRE CLAIMS SENIORITY


2010 TEXANS NOTES

Oldest Texans playerMatt Turk, 42 (Born 6/16/1968)

Youngest Texans playerKareem Jackson, 22 (Born 4/10/1988)

Most seasons as a TexansAndre Johnson - 8 seasons

Most NFL seasonsMatt Turk - 15 seasons

Tallest TexanEric Winston, 6-7

Shortest TexanSteve Slaton and Brice McCain - 5-9

College with the most TexansColorado State (5)David AndersonMike BrisielJoel DreessenJesse NadingShelley Smith

Conference with the most TexansBig Ten - 9 Players

Former 1st rd draft picks - 6Duane Brown (2008)Brian Cushing (2009)Kareem Jackson (2010)Andre Johnson (2003)Amobi Okoye (2007)Mario Williams (2006)

Pro Bowlers - 8Brian Cushing (2010)Owen Daniels (2009)Andre Johnson (2005, ‘07, ‘09, 10)Neil Rackers (2005)DeMeco Ryans (2008, ‘10)Matt Schaub (2010)Matt Turk (1996, ‘97, ‘98)Mario Williams (2009, ‘10)

Played College in Texas - 5James Casey (Rice)Frank Okam (Texas)Kasey Studdard (Texas)Jamar Wall (Texas Tech)Jon Weeks (Baylor)

Coaches who played in the NFL - 9Frank BushPerry CarterRick DennisonJohnny HollandBill KollarGary KubiakBruce MatthewsFrank PollackRay Rhodes

Native Texans - 10 James Casey (Azle)Zac Diles (Abilene)Anthony Hill (Houston)Brice McCain (Terrell)Earl Mitchell (Galena Park)David Nixon (Converse)Frank Okam (Dallas)Wade Smith (Dallas)Jamar Wall (Lubbock)Eric Winston (Midland)

2010 ACTIVE ROSTER FACTS AND FIGURES

Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has built an organi-zational infrastructure that has helped place his franchise among the world’s most valuable sports franchises. The Texans rank tenth on Forbes’ 2010 list of the 10 Most Valu-able Teams In Sports with an estimated worth of $1.15 bil-lion. Houston ranks sixth in the NFL in value, according to the list.

Perhaps most impressive is the fact that the Texans are the only team on the list founded in the 21st century.

2010 FORBES 10 MOST VALUABLE TEAMS IN SPORTSRank Team League Worth (Billions) 1. Manchester United Premier League (England) 1.87 2. Dallas Cowboys NFL 1.65 3. Washington Redskins NFL 1.55 4. New York Yankees MLB 1.50 5. New England Patriots NFL 1.36 6. Real Madrid La Liga (Spain) 1.35 7. Arsenal Premier League (England) 1.20 8. New York Giants NFL 1.18 9. New York Jets NFL 1.17 10. Houston Texans NFL 1.15

TEXANS SHOWING THEIR VALUE

There are only three position players on the Texans Week 2 roster who are 30 years or older, tying it with Caro-lina for having the fewest 30-plus year old position players in the NFL. Only LB Kevin Bentley (30), RB Derrick Ward (30) and FS Eugene Wilson (30) are 30 or older.

In addition, the Texans are the fifth youngest team in the NFL with an average age 25.9 years old. The average NFL player is 26.4 years old and the average team has 9.0 posi-tion players at least 30 years old.

FEWEST 30-PLUS POSITION PLAYERS (as of September 12, 2010)

Avg. 30+ 30+ TEAM Age Plyr Pos Plyr Carolina 25.1 5 3 Jacksonville 25.6 8 8 Tampa Bay 25.6 7 7 Miami 25.8 5 5 Green Bay 25.9 7 7 Houston 25.9 5 3

YOUTH OF TEXANS NATION


GARY KUBIAK NOTES

Ever since he was hired in 2006, head coach Gary Kubiakhas stressed the importance of having a strong running game, and the evidence on the field has proven that phi-losophy to be true throughout his tenure.

The Texans have outrushed their opponents 33 times under Kubiak, and they are 25-8 in those games. Houston outrushed Indianapolis 257-44 in the 2010 season opener, the largest differential in rushing yards against an oppo-nent in the Kubiak Era.

HOUSTON TEXANS WHEN OUTRUSHINGOPPONENTS, 2006-10

Game, Date Texans Opponent Diff. ScoreIND, 9/12/10 #257 44 +213 34-24BUF, 11/19/06* 188 70 +118 21-24@ BUF, 11/1/09 186 97 +89 31-10DEN, 12/13/07 158 72 +86 31-13IND, 10/5/08* 156 79 +77 27-31IND, 12/24/06 191 114 +77 27-24OAK, 10/4/09 120 45 +75 29-6JAX, 12/30/07 170 96 +74 42-28DET, 10/19/08 150 77 +73 28-21NE, 1/3/10 144 74 +70 34-27@ MIA, 12/27/09 162 60 +62 27-20CHI, 12/28/08 127 69 +58 31-24NO, 11/18/07 103 47 +56 23-10@ CAR, 9/16/07 119 66 +53 34-21@ CIN, 10/18/09 87 46 +41 28-17KC, 9/9/07 109 72 +37 20-3TEN, 10/29/06* 148 111 +37 22-28@ GB, 12/7/08 141 108 +33 24-21SF, 10/25/09 90 59 +31 24-21@ JAX, 11/12/06 148 118 +30 13-10JAX, 10/22/06 131 102 +29 27-7@ OAK, 11/4/07 178 153 +25 24-17SEA, 12/13/09 85 62 +23 34-7@ IND, 11/16/08* 177 154 +23 27-33MIA, 10/12/08 114 96 +18 29-28@ CLE, 11/23/08 112 95 +17 16-6@ OAK, 12/3/06 129 113 +16 23-14@ IND, 11/8/09* 81 72 +9 17-20IND, 11/29/09* 122 114 +8 27-35TEN, 12/14/08 107 100 +7 13-12@ SD, 10/28/07* 115 109 +6 10-35CIN, 10/26/08 109 105 +4 35-6@ ARZ, 10/11/09* 45 44 +1 21-28* Indicates losses. # Indicates Texans team record.

OUT-RUSHING TO JUDGEMENT

Under head coach Gary Kubiak, the Texans have made running the ball effectively a priority, and that philosophy has been proven in the team’s won-loss record over the last four-plus years.

When Houston has run the ball 30 or more times over the last three seasons, the team is 20-2. By contrast, Houston is 1-23 when rushing less than 25 times.

HOUSTON TEXANS RECORD BY RUSHING ATTEMPTS, 2006-10

Rushing Att. Avg. Rush Yds Record30 or more 139.6 20-225-29 111.8 11-8Less than 25 68.8 1-23

TEXANS IN A RUSH TO WIN

One of head coach Gary Kubiak’s themes with his team has been the importance of winning the turnover battle. Since 2006 under Kubiak, the Texans have won the turn-over battle 21 times. Houston is 18-3 in those games.

Houston had a minus-one turnover ratio in 2009, giving the ball away 28 times and forcing 27 turnovers. The Tex-ans were 6-1 in games where they won the turnover battle.

HOUSTON TEXANS WITH POSITIVETURNOVER MARGIN, 2006-10

Game, Date Giveaways Takeaways Diff. W/LNE, 1/3/10 1 2 +1 WTEN, 11/23/09 0 1 +1 LSF, 10/25/09 1 2 +1 W@ CIN, 10/18/09 2 3 +1 WOAK, 10/4/09 2 3 +1 W@ TEN, 9/20/09 0 2 +2 WTEN, 12/14/08 1 2 +1 WJAX, 12/1/08 1 3 +2 W@ CLE, 11/23/08 2 5 +3 WCIN, 10/26/08 0 3 +3 WNO, 11/18/07 2 3 +1 W@ OAK, 11/4/07 1 3 +2 W@ CAR, 9/16/07 1 3 +2 WKC, 9/9/07 2 4 +2 WCLE, 12/31/06 1 3 +2 WIND, 12/24/06 0 1 +1 WTEN, 12/10/06 0 2 +2 L@ OAK, 12/3/06 2 5 +3 W@ JAX, 11/12/06 0 4 +4 WJAX, 10/22/06 0 2 +2 WPHI, 9/10/06 0 1 +1 L

WIN TURNOVERS = WIN GAMES


GARY KUBIAK NOTES

When head coach Gary Kubiak was hired in 2006, he brought with him an offensive philosophy based on a strong running game and a precision passing attack.

Since 2006, the Texans have had the most accurate passing offense in the NFL. Texans quarterbacks have combined to complete 66.8 percent of their passes, which is the highest in the league over the last four years.

HIGHEST TEAM COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, 2006-10

Team Att Cmp Pct Yds YPGHouston Texans 2,175 1,450 66.7 15,548 239.2New Orleans Saints 2,448 1,630 66.6 18,378 282.7Indianapolis Colts 2,351 1,552 66.0 17,369 267.2New England Patriots 2,274 1,483 65.2 16,394 252.2San Diego Chargers 1,973 1,240 62.8 14,743 226.8

TEXANS ON THE MARK

The improved pass protection of the offensive line has been a key reason the Houston passing attack has been one of the most dangerous in the NFL under head coach Gary Kubiak over the last three-plus seasons.

Since 2007, Texans quarterbacks have been sacked 81 times on 1,775 pass plays, or a mere 4.56 percent of the time. That sack percentage is the sixth-best in the NFL over the last three-plus years.

LOWEST SACK PERCENTAGE, 2007-10Team Att Cmp Yds Sk Sk PctNew Orleans Saints 1,868 1,258 13,875 50 2.6Indianapolis Colts 1,794 1,190 13,061 52 2.8Tennessee Titans 1,410 837 8,868 59 4.0Arizona Cardinals 1,855 1,188 13,021 80 4.1Denver Broncos 1,726 1,074 11,956 81 4.5Houston Texans 1,694 1,121 12,770 81 4.6Cleveland Browns 1,514 783 8,418 73 4.6New England Patriots 1,747 1,157 12,994 87 4.7San Diego Chargers 1,468 931 11,690 75 4.9Dallas Cowboys 1,676 1,048 12,458 91 5.1

In comparison, Houston allowed a sack on 10.63 percent of pass plays from 2002-06, giving up 272 sacks on 2,559 plays prior to the arrival of QB Matt Schaub.

HOUSTON TEXANS SACK PERCENTAGES,2002-06 vs. 2007-09

Years W-L Att Cmp Yds Sk Sk Pct2002-06 24-56 2,287 1,368 13,141 272 10.632007-10 26-23 1,694 1,121 12,770 81 4.56

IMPROVED PASS PROTECTION

Houston is one of nine NFL teams that can tout a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in its running back stable. RB Steve Slaton rushed for 1,282 yards as a rookie in 2008 and RB Derrick Ward rushed for 1,025 yards for the New York Gi-ants, also in 2008.

However, the Texans and Buffalo Bills are the only teams with a pair of 1,000-yard rushers who aren’t listed as start-ers on their team’s depth chart. The Texans will open the season with second-year RB Arian Foster as their starter. Buffalo lists rookie C.J. Spiller as their starter on Sunday.

1,000-YARD TANDEMS TM Player 1,000-Yard Seasons HOU Steve Slaton 1 (2008) Derrick Ward 1 (2008)

BAL Willis McGahee 3 (2004, ‘05, ‘07) Ray Rice* 1 (2009)

BUF Fred Jackson 1 (2009) Marshawn Lynch 2 (2007, ‘08)

CAR Jonathan Stewart 1 (2009) DeAngelo Williams* 2 (2008, ‘09)

CHI Matt Forte* 1 (2008) Chester Taylor 1 (2006)

KC Jamaal Charles 1 (2009) Thomas Jones* 5 (2005-09)

MIA Ronnie Brown* 1 (2006) Ricky Williams 5 (2000-03, ‘09)

SF Frank Gore* 4 (2006-09) Brian Westbrook 2 (2006-07)

WAS Larry Johnson 2 (2005-06) Clinton Portis* 6 (2002-05, ‘07-08)

*Listed as starting running back on 2010 Kickoff Weekend depth charts.

MILLENIUM MEN


TEXANS OFFENSIVE OVERVIEW

The Texans emphasized improvement in the run game following the 2009 season and came through in the 2010 season opener against Indianapolis, rushing for a team re-cord 257 yards behing RB Arian Foster’s team record 231 yards on the ground. Houston’s offensive line ran its zone-blocking scheme to perfection, opening holes for Foster’s three touchdown runs, which also tied a team record.

While the offensive line keyed Houston’s passing suc-cess in 2009, it showed it’s physicality in the opener to lead the ground charge. RT Eric Winston, who has anchored the offensive line with 56 consecutive games, was joined by LT Duane Brown, free agent signe LG Wade Smith, C Chris Myers, the RG rotation of Antoine Caldwell and Mike Brisiel, and veteran FB Vonta Leach collectively dominated the second half of the opener.

QB Matt Schaub, who is coming off one of the best sea-sons in NFL history, passing for a league-high 4,770 yards with 29 touchdowns, 15 interceptions and a 98.6 passer rating in 2009, tossed a touchdown pass in his ninth con-secutive game against Indianapolis. Schaub hit WR Kevin Wlater with a 22-yard scoring strike against the Colts for the team’s first touchdown of the season. He completed 9-of-17 passes for 107 yards, with a touchdown and inter-ception to open the season.

WR Andre Johnson leads the team with three receptions for 33 yards and enters Sunday’s game 19 yards shy of 8,000 receiving yards for his career. Johnson finished the 2009 season with 101 catches for an NFL-best 1,569 yards and a career-high nine touchdowns. He became just the second receiver in NFL history to post back-to-back 1,500-yard seasons and was also the second receiver to lead the league in receiving yards in consecutive seasons. WR Jacoby Jones has already seen an increased role in 2010, while remaining a return threat on special team.

Pro Bowl TE Owen Daniels made a successful return from the knee injury that sidelined him for half the 2009 season, catching one pass for a nine yards against the Colts.

While Foster will see a bulk of the carries in 2010, the Texans have a pair of capable backups in the backfield, both of whom have 1,000-yard rushing season under their belts. RB Steve Slaton spelled Foster in the opener and more than a viable option on third downs. RB Derrick Ward, who was signed after the 2010 preseason, did not play in the opener, is the most experienced ball carrier on the team. Slaton (1,276 yards in 2008) and Ward (1,025 yards in 2008 with the New York Giants) have made the Texans one of nine NFL teams with a pair of 1,000-yard backs on their roster.

OFFENSIVE OVERVIEW

QUARTERBACKSThe Texans offense will lie in the capable hands of 2010

Pro Bowl MVP Matt Schaub once again this season. Schaub posted elite numbers in 2009, which marked

his first season starting all 16 games as a pro. He ranked among the league’s top five passers in six categories and his 4,770 passing yards not only led the league, but were also the sixth-most in NFL history. Schaub also led the league in attempts (583) and completions (396). His 67.9 completion percentage was fourth in the league, and he ranked fifth in yards per attempt (8.18) and passing touch-downs (29). His 98.6 passer rating ranked seventh.

Schaub was the starting quarterback for the AFC in the 2010 Pro Bowl and earned Most Valuable Player honors after setting the Pro Bowl record with a passer rating of 151.3, throwing for 189 yards and two touchdowns.

In three-plus seasons as the Texans starter, Schaub has thrown for 10,161 yards with 54 touchdowns and 35 interceptions. Schaub has posted a quarterback rating of 93.8since joining the team, which is by far the highest in franchise history among quarterbacks with at least 200 pass attempts.

Dan Orlovsky won the backup job in the 2010 preseason. Orlovsky signed with the Texans during the opening week-end of free agency following the 2008 season. He started seven games in 2008 for the Detroit Lions, completing 143-of-255 passes for 1,616 yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Former Heisman Trophy winner and fifth-year veteran Matt Leinart was signed with the Texans following the 2010 preseason. Leinart started 17 times and played in 29 games in his four years in Arizona, throwing for 3,893 yards and 14 touchdowns. He will compete for the backup spot as he acclimates to his new offense.

OFFENSE POSITION-BY-POSITION

QB Matt Schaub led the NFL in passing yards (4,770), at-tempts (583) and completions (396) in 2009.



RUNNING BACKSSecond-year RB Arian Foster, who came on strong late

in 2009, showed why he was named the starter with the greatest rushing performance in Texans history in the season opener against the Colts. Foster set team records with 33 carries for 231 yards and tied a team record with three rushing touchdowns against Indianapolis. Foster’s breakout day marked the second-best season-opening rushing performance in NFL history (O.J. Simpson, 250 yards in 1973).

Foster, who was undrafted coming out of Tennessee, spent the first 10 weeks of 2009 on the Texans’ practice squad but came on strong once he was elevated to the active roster, finishing fourth on the squad with 256 yards rushing. Foster had back-to-back standout performances to close the 2009 season, rushing for 97 yards and a touch-down at Miami (12/27/09) and following that up with a 119-yard, two-touchdown performance in the season finale vs. New England (1/3/10). Foster entered the 2010 training camp as the back to beat and came out on top, setting a preseason rushing record with 110 yards against Dallas on August 28.

Despite missing the last five games of 2009 with a shoul-der injury, RB Steve Slaton led the team in rushing for the second-straight year with 437 yards on the ground. Now healthy, Slaton presents a favorable option as the no. 2 back and is a prospect to return kickoffs.

The Texans bolstered their backfield with the addition of veteran RB Derrick Ward immediately following the pre-season. Ward led the Giants in with 1,409 combined yards in 2008, rushing for 1,025 yards (5.6 average)and catching 41 passes for 384 yards. He spent the 2009 season with Tampa Bay.

FB Vonta Leach has played in all 60 games he’s been with the Texans since joining the team mid-way through the 2006 season and has developed a reputation as one of the best blocking backs in the NFL. Head coach Gary Kubiak called Leach’s performance in the 2010 season opener the best he’d seen from the seventh-year vet as he helped clear the way for Foster’s record day. Leach has also proven to be a reliable receiver out of the backfield with 68 career receptions for 446 yards and four touchdowns.

WIDE RECEIVERSThe Texans receiving corps, led by All-Pro Andre John-

son, continues to be one of the deepest and most danger-ous groups in the NFL. Johnson had three catches for 33 yards in the season opener to lead the Texans. He led the league in receiving yards for the second consecutive year in 2009 with 1,569 and caught a career-high nine touch-down passes. Johnson has 590 career receptions for 7,981 yards and 42 touchdowns. Since 2006, Johnson has been the most productive receiver in the NFL, averaging 90.2 yards per game.

Kevin Walter started opposite Johnson for the third straight year and followed up a career year in 2008 by catching 53 passes for 611 yards and two touchdowns. Since joining the Texans in 2006, Walter has caught 197 passes for 2,499 yards and 16 touchdowns, including the Texans first passing touchdown of 2010.

Fourth-year pro Jacoby Jones made significant strides toward turning his tremendous athleticism into consis-tent playing time in the offense last year. Jones caught a career-high 27 passes for 437 yards and finished second on the team with six touchdown catches. In four seasons, Jones has caught 47 passes for 696 yards and six touch-downs. He had two catches for 29 yards in the season opener.

David Anderson turned in the best season of his young career in 2009. The fifth-year receiver out of Colorado State caught 38 passes for 370 yards, both career highs. Since being picked in the seventh round in 2006, Anderson has caught 70 passes for 769 yards and three touchdowns.

Seventh-round draft pick, WR Dorin Dickerson out of Pittsburgh, will be the new face in the group. Dickerson played the latter half of his college career at tight end, set-ting school records for touchdown receptions at that posi-tion. He has since shown the speed to play wide receiver in the NFL, while also maintaining some of the size and blocking ability that made him an elite collegiate tight end.

The Texans were also hit hard by injury in the receiving corps and return game. Houston selected LSU speedster

Arian Foster set Texans rushing records with 33 carries for 231 yards and tied a team record with three touch-downs in the season opener against Indianapolis.



TIGHT ENDSThe tight end position was dealt a tough blow with the

loss of Pro Bowler Owen Daniels to a season-ending knee injury in Houston’s Week 8 win at Buffalo in 2009. Daniels was on pace for a career year, with 40 catches for 519 yards and five touchdowns through eight games.

But Daniels had a successful return in the season open-er, and was in for about 40 snaps with one catch for nine yards. In five seasons, he has caught 208 passes for 2,510 yards and 15 touchdowns. He was elevated to the active roster from the Active PUP List the last week of the pre-season.

The loss of Daniels in 2009 certainly affected the of-fense but was lessened as Joel Dreessen emerged as a viable receiving threat in his own right in Daniels’ ab-sence. Dreessen played in all 16 games for the second straight season and caught 26 passes for 320 yards and a touchdown. Since joining the Texans in 2007, Dreessen has caught 41 passes for 452 yards and three touchdowns.

Second-year TE James Casey is sure-handed option with with surprising speed. Casey has the ability to line up any-where on the field and caught six passes for 64 yards in his rookie year. He set a Texans preseason record with eight receptions against Tampa Bay on September 2.

The Texans added fourth-round draft pick Garrett Gra-ham. Graham set a Wisconsin school record for tight ends with 16 career touchdown receptions to go along with 121 catches and 1,492 yards. He started 33-of-40 games played for Wisconsin and earned First Team All-Big Ten Conference selections as a junior and senior.

Anthony Hill is on the Reserve/Physically Unable To Perform (PUP) List heading into season opener. Hill aught one pass while serving as the team’s primary blocking tight end before his rookie year was cut short when he was placed on injured reserve with a left knee injury on December 15.

OFFENSIVE LINEThe Texans offensive line paved the way for the most

prolific season in franchise history and helped Houston’s passing attack lead the league, averaging 290.9 yards per game. The unit used the 2010 season opener to show it’s physicality, opening holes for Arian Foster’s record rush-ing day and 257 total rushing yards.

Inuries to key players in the unit in 2009 have resulted in increased depth heading into 2010. Every returning Texans lineman has starting experience. Despite the injuries and, at times, inexperience of the line in 2009, it allowed just 25 sacks on the season, which was the second-lowest total in team history.

Fifth-year veteran Chris Myers has started 33 straight games at center, playing through injury, and earned praise from head coach Gary Kubiak for his play in the 2010 sea-son opener against Indianapolis.

Mike Brisiel, who is coming off a left foot injury that placed him on injured reserve in 2009, rotated at right guard with starter Antoine Caldwell in the season opener. Caldwell has the ability to play any of the three interior line positions and made three starts at right guard during his rookie campaign and saw action in 11 total games a year ago.

Brisiel and Caldwell both impressed head coach Gary Kubiak with their play during the preseason. The competi-tion was so tight at the right guard position that Kubiak didn’t announce a starter in his final preseason press con-ference.

Duane Brown, Houston’s first-round pick in 2008, has started all 33 games of his career at left tackle. After split-ting reps as a rookie, Brown played nearly every offensive snap in 2009, missing only a few series in the second half at St. Louis (12/20) in Week 15.

At RT, Eric Winston has started 56 consecutive games for the Texans. Winston, a third-round pick in the 2006 draft, has started every game over the last four seasons and is widely considered one of the best right tackles in the league.

Fifth-year veteran Rashad Butler was the primary back-up at both tackle spots in 2009. Butler has played in nine career games.

Veteran newcomer G Wade Smith will start at LG. Smith played the majority of his snaps with the Kansas City Chiefs (2008-09) at right guard and center and worked primarily at tackle with the New York Jets (2006-07). The former third-round selection of Miami in 2003 has played in 75 career games with 35 starts, including the left guard spot in the season opener against Indianapolis.

Kasey Studdard, the team’s sixth-round pick in the 2007 draft started 14 games in 2009 but was inactive for the sea-son opener.

G Shelley Smith was taken in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft and a two-time All-Mountain West Coference selection at Colorado State and will back up both guard positions on the line.

TE Owen Daniels made a successful return from a knee injury that knocked him out of half the 2009 season in season opener against Indianapolis.


ANDRE JOHNSON NOTES

WR Andre Johnson has averaged 77.5 yards per game through his stellar career. His career average is the sec-ond-highest in NFL history among players with at least 100 games played.

MOST RECIEVING YARDS PER GAME, NFL HISTORY(Minimum 100 games played)

Player G Rec Yds TD YPGRandy Moss* 187 931 14,524 148 77.7Andre Johnson* 103 590 7,981 42 77.5Torry Holt 173 920 13,382 74 77.4Marvin Harrison 190 1,102 14,580 128 76.7Jerry Rice 303 1,549 22,895 197 75.6* indicates active players

DRE AMONG THE BEST EVER

WR Andre Johnson has been an integral part of the Tex-ans offense ever since the team drafted him third overall in 2003. Johnson has averaged 5.73 receptions per game in his career, the third-highest average in NFL history.

Since head coach Gary Kubiak was hired in 2006, John-son is averaging 6.65 catches per game, which would be the most in NFL history.

MOST RECEPTIONS PER GAME,NFL HISTORY

(Minimum 450 receptions)Player G Rec Yds Avg Rec/GmAnquan Boldin* 96 593 7,630 12.9 6.18Marvin Harrison 190 1,102 14,580 13.2 5.80Andre Johnson* 103 590 7,981 13.5 5.73Larry Fitzgerald* 93 526 7,110 13.5 5.66Torry Holt 173 920 13,382 14.5 5.32* indicates active players

ALWAYS OPEN

WR Andre Johnson led the NFL in both receptions and receiving yards in 2008 with 115 catches for 1,575 yards. When the 2009 season concluded, Johnson found himself back on top of the league with 1,569 yards and tied for third in receptions with 101.

Johnson joined Hall of Famer Jerry Rice as the only receivers since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to lead the league in yards in back-to-back seasons. Rice did so in 1989-90 and again from 1993-95.

LEADING THE NFL IN RECEIVING YARDS,BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS

Player Year Rec Yds Avg TDAndre Johnson 2009 101 1,569 15.5 9Andre Johnson 2008 115 1,575 13.7 8Jerry Rice 1995 122 1,848 15.1 15Jerry Rice 1994 112 1,499 13.4 13Jerry Rice 1993 98 1,503 15.3 15Jerry Rice 1990 100 1,502 15.0 13Jerry Rice 1989 82 1,483 18.1 17

THE NEW “FLASH 80”

WR Andre Johnson finished the 2009 season with 1,569 yards on 101 receptions to join former Indianapolis WR Marvin Harrison (2001-02) as the only players to have back-to-back 1,500-yard receiving seasons.

NFL RECEIVERS WITH 1,500 YARDS IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS

Player Year Rec Yds Avg TDAndre Johnson 2009 101 1,569 15.5 9Andre Johnson 2008 115 1,575 13.7 8Marvin Harrison 2002 143 1,722 12.0 11Marvin Harrison 2001 109 1,524 14.0 15

THE 1,500-1,500 CLUB

According to ESPN Stats & Information, WR Andre John-son is tied for the third-most games with at least 10 re-ceptions and 100 yards receiving by an NFL player since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Only future Hall of Fame WRs Jerry Rice and Marvin Harrison had more. Johnson is tied with another future Hall of Famer, Tim Brown.

MOST CAREER GAMES WITH 10+ CATCHES & 100+ YARDS SINCE 1970

Player Career GP 10-100 Gms PctJerry Rice 303 15 4.95%Marvin Harrison 190 14 7.37%Andre Johnson 103 13 12.62%Tim Brown 255 13 5.10%

80-10-100

In 25 career games against NFC teams, WR Andre John-son has caught 164 passes for 2,295 yards and 16 touch-downs against. His average of 91.8 yards per game since 2003 is more than eight yards higher per game than any other player in the NFL in that time span.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME VS. NFC OPPONENTS, 2003-10

Player, Tm G Rec Yds TD YPGA. Johnson, HOU 25 164 2,295 16 91.8C. Ochocinco, CIN 28 161 2,332 17 83.3B. Marshall, MIA 14 69 1,158 7 82.7T. Holt, JAX 75 463 6,193 42 82.6L. Fitzgerald, ARZ 68 404 5,509 43 81.0

DOMINANT VS. THE NFC


ANDRE JOHNSON NOTES

WR Andre Johnson currently has 7,981 receiving yards and should.

Johnson reached the milestone in his 93rd career game, which tied him with Cincinnati WR Chad Ochocinco for seventh-fastest in NFL history to reach 7,000 yards.

FASTEST RECEIVERS TO 7,000 YARDS,NFL HISTORY

Player Years Games Career YdsLance Alworth# 1962-1972 72 10,266Torry Holt* 1999-2009 82 13,382Randy Moss* 1998-2009 83 14,465Jerry Rice# 1984-2004 83 22,895Isaac Bruce* 1994-2009 88 15,208Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 92 14,580Andre Johnson* 2003-2009 93 7,948Chad Ochocinco* 2001-2009 93 9,952* indicates active players# indicates members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

ANDRE 7,000

WR Andre Johnson has played in 58 games over the last five seasons under head coach Gary Kubiak. In that time, he has caught 382 passes for 5,175 yards and 30 touch-downs. Johnson’s 89.2 yards per game average is the best in the league since 2006.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME, 2006-10Player, Tm. G Rec Yds TD YPGAndre Johnson, HOU 58 382 5,175 30 89.2Reggie Wayne, IND 65 379 5,328 36 82.0Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 61 365 4,921 42 80.7Steve Smith, CAR 59 318 4,646 29 78.7Anquan Boldin, ARI/BAL 56 334 4,228 28 75.5

Since QB Matt Schaub joined the Texans, Johnson’s yards-per-game average is even more impressive. In 42 games over the last four seasons, Johnson has averaged 95.9 yards per contest, more than 13 yards higher than the next-best average.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME, 2007-09Player, Tm. G Rec Yds TD YPGAndre Johnson, HOU 42 279 4028 25 95.9Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 48 296 3975 36 82.8Reggie Wayne, IND 49 293 4018 27 82.0Brandon Marshall, DEN/MIA 47 315 3763 23 80.1Wes Welker, NE 47 354 3752 17 79.8

COMING UP BIG IN THE DIVISION

WR Andre Johnson has 31 career 100-yard games, 22 of which have come under head coach Gary Kubiak. The Texans are 15-7 under Kubiak when Johnson tops 100 re-ceiving yards.

TOPPING THE CENTURY MARK

WR Andre Johnson caught his 500th career pass in a Week 2 win against Tennessee in 2009, his 88th career game. Johnson was the second-fastest receiver in NFL history to reach 500 receptions. He fell back to third on the list when, in Week 12, Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald caught his 500th career pass in his 87th career game.

FASTEST RECEIVERS TO 500 CATCHES,NFL HISTORY

Player Years GamesAnquan Boldin* 2003-2009 80Larry Fitzgerald* 2004-2009 87Andre Johnson* 2003-2009 88Lionel Taylor 1959-1968 89Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 90Randy Moss* 1998-2009 93* indicates active players

80 IN THE TOP 100WR Andre Johnson has caught 590 passes for 7,981 yards and 42 touch-downs in his career. Johnson is six catches away from moving into the top 50 in NFL history and ranks 76th on the all-time receiving yardage list.

MOST RECEPTIONS, NFL HISTORYRank Player G Rec Yds YPG48 Keith Byars 189 610 5,661 30.049 Joe Horn 163 603 8,744 53.650t Anthony Miller 155 595 9,148 59.050t Sterling Sharpe 112 595 8,134 72.652 Curtis Conway 167 594 8,230 49.353t Terry Glenn 137 593 8,823 64.453t Tony Martin 177 593 9,065 51.255 Harold Carmichael 182 590 8,985 49.456 Andre Johnson* 103 590 7,981 77.5* indicates active players# indicates members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

80 NEARING THE TOP 50

Johnson


MATT SCHAUB NOTES

QB Matt Schaub ranked in the top five among NFL quar-terbacks in six categories. Schaub set franchise records with an NFL-best 4,770 yards passing and 29 touchdowns and 98.6 passer rating in 2009. In addition to leading the NFL passing yards he led in attempts (583) and comple-tions (396).

MATT SCHAUB, 2009 BY CATEGORYCategory Stat AFC Rank NFL RankPASSING YARDS 4,770 1 1ATTEMPTS 583 1 1COMPLETIONS 396 1 1Completion Pct. 67.9 2 4Yards per Attempt 8.18 3 5Touchdown Passes 29 2 5Passer Rating 98.6 4 7

MOST PASSING YARDS, 2009Player, Tm. Att Cmp Yds TD INT RateM. Schaub, HOU 583 396 4,770 29 15 98.6P. Manning, IND 571 393 4,500 33 16 99.9T. Romo, DAL 550 347 4,483 26 9 97.6A. Rodgers, GB 541 350 4,434 30 7 103.2T. Brady, NE 565 371 4,398 28 13 96.2

MOST COMPLETIONS, 2009Player, Tm. Att Cmp Yds TD INT RateM. Schaub, HOU 583 396 4,770 29 15 98.6P. Manning, IND 571 393 4,500 33 16 99.9T. Brady, NE 565 371 4,398 28 13 96.2D. Brees, NO 514 363 4,388 34 11 109.6B. Favre, MIN 531 363 4,202 33 7 107.2

HIGHEST COMPLETION PCT., 2009Player, Tm. Att Cmp Pct Yds RateD. Brees, NO 514 363 70.6 4,388 109.6P. Manning, IND 571 393 68.8 4,500 99.9B. Favre, MIN 531 363 68.4 4,202 107.2M. Schaub, HOU 583 396 67.9 4,770 98.6B. Roethlisberger, PIT 506 337 66.6 4,328 100.5

MOST YARDS PER ATTEMPT, 2009Player, Tm. Att Cmp Yds YPA RateP. Rivers, SD 486 317 4,254 8.75 104.4B. Roethlisberger, PIT 506 337 4,328 8.55 100.5D. Brees, NO 514 363 4,388 8.54 109.6A. Rodgers, GB 541 350 4,434 8.20 103.2M. Schaub, HOU 583 396 4,770 8.18 98.6

MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, 2009Player, Tm. Att Cmp Yds TD INT RateD. Brees, NO 514 363 4,388 34 11 109.6B. Favre, MIN 531 363 4,202 33 7 107.2P. Manning, IND 571 393 4,500 33 16 99.9A. Rodgers, GB 541 350 4,434 30 7 103.2M. Schaub, HOU 583 396 4,770 29 15 98.6

NO. 8 IN THE TOP 5

QB Matt Schaub was one of the elite quarterbacks in the led the NFL with 4,770 passing yards in 2009 but also ri-valed the best single-season outputs in league history. Schaub became the first Texan to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season and had the sixth-highest

single-season total in NFL history.

NFL ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON PASSING TOTALSPlayer, Tm. Year Att Cmp Yds RateD. Marino, MIA 1984 564 362 5,084 108.9D. Brees, NO 2008 635 413 5,069 96.2K. Warner, STL 2001 546 375 4,830 101.4T. Brady, NE 2007 578 398 4,806 117.2D. Fouts, SD 1981 609 360 4,802 90.6M. Schaub, HOU 2009 583 396 4,770 98.6D. Marino, MIA 1986 623 378 4,746 92.5D. Culpepper, MIN 2004 548 379 4,717 110.9D. Fouts, SD 1980 589 348 4,715 84.7W. Moon, HOU 1991 655 404 4,690 81.7

SCHAUB AMONG ALL-TIME GREATS

Schaub

QB Matt Schaub has led the Texans on five game-win-ning drive since joining the Texans in 2007. Each of them have lasted seven or more plays and have covered at least 59 yards.

SCHAUB’S GAME-WINNING DRIVESGame, Date Score Plays Yards Time Final@ STL, 12/20/09 13-13 7 81 3:31 16-13@ TEN, 9/20/09 31-31 9 63 4:15 34-31@ GB, 12/7/08 21-21 9 75 1:49 24-21MIA, 10/12/08 23-28 12 76 1:42 29-28MIA, 10/7/07 19-19 8 59 1:32 22-19

Schaub has also led one drive that tied a game and forced overtime.

SCHAUB’S GAME-TYING DRIVEGame, Date Score Plays Yards Time Final@ JAX, 9/28/08 24-27 9 53 1:47 27-30

SCHAUB’S GAME-WINNING DRIVES


MATT SCHAUB NOTES

QB Matt Schaub put together the most productive sea-son by a quarterback in Texans history and one of the best passing years in NFL history in 2009. Schaub threw for the sixth-most yards in a year in league history and shattering virtually every Texans single-season passing mark.

MATT SCHAUB’S 2009 SEASONCOMPARED TO TEXANS RECORDS

Previous SchaubCategory Record 2009Passing Yards 3,531 (Carr, ‘04) 4,770Pass Attempts 466 (Carr, ‘04) 583Completions 302 (Carr, ‘06) 399Touchdowns 16 (Carr, 04) 29Passer Rating 92.7 (Schaub, ‘08) 98.6Yards Per Attempt 8.00 (Schaub, ‘08) 8.18300-Yard Games 4 (Schaub, ‘08) 9

SCHAUB’S RECORD-BREAKING YEAR

QB Matt Schaub set the franchise single-season mark for most 300-yard games in 2008 with four. In 2009, he more than doubled that total, racking up a nine 300-yard games.

Schaub’s nine 300-yard games in 2009 were tied for the third-most in NFL history, trailing only Rich Gannon (2002) and Drew Brees (2008) who each had 10.

MOST 300-YARD PASSING GAMES, 2009Player, Tm Att Cmp Yds TD 300 GmsM. Schaub, HOU 583 396 4,770 29 9P. Manning, IND 571 393 4,500 33 9T. Brady, NE 565 371 4,398 28 7D. Brees, NO 514 363 4,388 34 7T. Romo, DAL 550 347 4,483 26 7

THE 300 CLUB

QB Matt Schaub completed 67.9 percent of his passes in 2009 to rank fourth in the NFL. It wasn’t a fluke. Since entering the league in 2004, he has completed 65.3 percent of his passes which ranks third in NFL history.

HIGHEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE,NFL HISTORY (MIN. 1,000 ATT.)

Player Att Cmp Yds Pct.Chad Pennington* 2,469 1,631 17,804 66.1Kurt Warner* 4,070 2,666 32,344 65.5Matt Schaub* 1,413 923 11,087 65.3Peyton Manning* 6,531 4,232 50,128 64.8Drew Brees* 4,164 2,697 30,646 64.8* Active players.

NOT AN ANOMALY

QB Matt Schaub has been one of the most accurate quarterbacks in the NFL from 2007-09, completing 67.0 percent of his pass attempts. Schaub hasn’t just dinked and dunked his way down the field, however.

Schaub has averaged 8.03 yards per pass attempt since joining the Texans in 2007, which is the second-highest in the league in that time. That average would rank fifth in NFL history. Schaub’s overall career average of 7.85 yards per attempt is tied for ninth all-time.

HIGHEST PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT,2007-09

Player, Tm Att Cmp Yds YPA RateTom Brady, NE 1,154 776 9,280 8.04 106.6Matt Schaub, HOU 1,252 839 10,054 8.03 94.2Philip Rivers, SD 1,424 906 11,415 8.02 97.7Tony Romo, DAL 1,520 958 12,142 7.99 95.7Aaron Rodgers, GB 1,105 711 8,690 7.86 98.7

HIGHEST PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT,NFL HISTORY

Player Att Cmp Pct Yds YPAOtto Graham# 1,565 872 55.7 13,499 8.63Sid Luckman# 1,744 904 51.8 14,686 8.42Norm Van Brocklin# 2,895 1,553 53.6 23,611 8.16Tony Romo* 1,857 1,178 63.4 15,045 8.10Matt Schaub** 1,252 839 67.0 10,054 8.03Ben Roethlisberger* 2,411 1,526 63.3 19,302 8.01Steve Young# 4,149 2,667 64.3 33,124 7.98Kurt Warner* 4,070 2,666 65.5 32,344 7.95Ed Brown 1,987 949 47.8 15,600 7.85Bart Starr# 3,149 1,808 57.4 24,718 7.85* Active players.** As Texans starter only (2007-2009).# Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

THE BAYOU BOMBER

QB Matt Schaub led the NFL in passing yards with 4,770. His favorite target, All-Pro WR Andre Johnson, led the league in receiving yards with 1,569. Schaub and Johnson became just the eighth quarterback-receiver duo to do so since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 and the first since 1998.

QB-WR COMBOS TO LEAD NFL IN PASSING & RECEIVING YARDS, 1970-2009

Tm., Year QB Yards WR YardsHOU, 2009 M. Schaub 4,770 A. Johnson 1,569GB, 1998 B. Favre 4,212 A. Freeman 1,424STL, 1987 N. Lomax 3,387 J.T. Smith 1,117SD, 1982 D. Fouts 2,883 W. Chandler 1,032SD, 1980 D. Fouts 4,715 J. Jefferson 1,340BAL, 1976 B. Jones 3,104 R. Carr 1,112PHI,1973 R. Gabriel 3,219 H. Carmichael 1,116SF, 1970 J. Brodie 2,941 G. Washington 1,100

HOUSTON’S AERIAL ASSAULT


mATT SCHAUB NOTES

QB Matt Schaub has been outstanding within the friendly confines of Reliant Stadium ever since he joined the Tex-ans in 2007. Schaub has a 13-6 record with a passer rating of 98.6 in 18 home starts.

MATT SCHAUB IN HOME STARTS, 2007-10Game, Date W/L Att Cmp Yds TD INT RateIND, 9/12/10 W 17 9 107 1 1 67.5NE, 1/3/10 W 39 24 303 2 1 92.1 SEA, 12/13/09 W 39 29 365 2 1 109.5IND, 11/29/09 L 42 31 284 2 2 87.8TEN, 11/23/09 L 39 25 305 2 0 105.2SF, 10/25/09 W 30 20 264 2 0 116.5OAK, 10/4/09 W 22 11 224 1 1 82.4JAX, 9/27/09 L 35 26 300 3 1 116.4NYJ, 9/13/09 L 33 18 166 0 1 55.9CHI, 12/28/08 W 36 27 328 2 0 121.1TEN, 12/14/08 W 39 23 284 1 0 90.1CIN, 10/26/08 W 28 24 280 3 0 144DET, 10/19/08 W 31 26 267 2 0 124.1MIA, 10/12/08 W 42 22 379 1 2 71.4NO, 11/18/07 W 33 21 293 2 0 112.3TEN, 10/21/07 L 9 5 23 0 0 60.9MIA, 10/7/07 W 34 20 294 0 1 74.9IND, 9/23/07 L 33 27 236 1 2 81.3KC, 9/9/07 W 22 16 225 1 1 101.5AVERAGES 13-6 32.6 21.9 267.8 1.5 0.7 98.6

Schaub has completed 67.9 percent of his passes and has averaged 267.8 yards per game at home, which ranks fourth among NFL passers in that time span.

PASSING YARDS PER GAME AT HOME, 2007-09Player, Tm Att Cmp Pct Yds YPGD. Brees, NO 866 603 69.6 7,307 304.5T. Brady, NE 604 413 68.4 4,765 280.3K. Warner, ARZ 820 550 67.1 6,205 269.8M. Schaub, HOU 586 395 67.4 4,820 267.8T. Romo, DAL 746 465 62.3 6,103 265.3

SCHAUB MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME

QB Matt Schaub has been outstanding on the road in 2008 and 2009. In 13 road starts since 2008, he has completed 67.3 percent of his passes and has thrown for 3,778 yards and 19 touchdowns. Schaub’s average of 290.6 yards per game on the road is the best in the NFL in that time.

MOST PASSING YARDS PER GAME, ROAD STARTS, 2008-09

Player, Tm Att Cmp Yds TD INT YPGM. Schaub, HOU 477 321 3,778 19 15 290.6D. Brees, NO 589 383 4,341 25 19 289.4T. Romo, DAL 467 293 3,713 18 11 285.6P. Manning, IND 530 364 4,071 33 17 271.4A. Rodgers, GB 500 304 4,019 28 13 267.9

Schaub guided the Texans to a franchise-record 5-3 road record in 2009. In Houston’s eight away games, Schaub passed for 2,273 yards and 13 touchdowns with only seven interceptions. That equates to a passer rating of 100.6.

MATT SCHAUB ON THE ROAD, 2009Opponent, Date Att Cmp Yds TD INT Rate@ Tennessee, 9/20 39 25 357 4 0 127.8@ Arizona, 10/11 50 35 371 2 1 96.3@ Cincinnati, 10/18 40 28 392 4 1 124.2@ Buffalo, 11/1 34 25 268 0 2 71.7@ Indianapolis, 11/8 43 32 311 1 2 82.6@ Jacksonville, 12/6 27 19 207 1 1 89.6@ St. Louis, 12/20 40 28 367 1 0 107.0@ Miami, 12/27 31 20 286 2 1 102.4TOTALS 304 212 2,553 15 8 100.7

AT HOME ON THE ROAD

Andre Johnson has been arguably the most dominant re-ceiver in the NFL since head coach Gary Kubiak was hired in 2006. Johnson’s production really exploded, however, when QB Matt Schaub took charge in 2007.

In the last four seasons, Johnson has averaged 95.9 yards per game. In the four seasons prior to Schaub’s ar-rival, Johnson averaged just 64.8 yards per game.

ANDRE JOHNSON, 2003-06 VS. 2007-09Seasons G Rec Yds Avg TD YPG2003-06 61 311 3,953 12.7 17 64.82007-10 42 279 4,028 14.4 25 95.9

SCHAUB-TO-JOHNSON


TEXANS OFFENSIVE NOTES

Numerous Texans individual and team offensive records were set in the the season-opening win

DAVID ANDERSON, YEAR BY YEARSeason GP/GS Rec Yds Avg Lg TD2006 9/0 1 27 27.0 27 02007 8/0 12 131 10.9 24 12008 16/1 19 241 12.7 65 22009 16/8 38 370 9.7 27 0TOTALS 49/9 70 769 11.0 65 3

Anderson posted four of his six highest reception totals and three of his five highest yardage totals in 2009

DAVID ANDERSON’S BEST GAMESOpponent, Date Rec Yds Avg Lg TDTEN, 11/23/09 5 52 10.4 15 0@ STL, 12/20/09 5 34 6.8 10 0SEA, 12/13/09 4 49 12.3 27 0TEN, 10/21/07 4 45 11.3 24 1BAL, 11/9/08 4 46 11.5 22 0@ JAX, 12/6/09 4 39 9.8 15 0RED indicates games played in 2009.

RECORD DAY

WR Kevin Walter has emerged as one of the most reliable pass-catching threats in the league since joining the Texans in 2006, and particularly over the last three seasons. Since 2007, Walter has averaged 59.3 catches for 770 yards and five touchdowns per season.

Walter is also closing in on second place on the fran-chise’s all-time receiving yardage list. He trails TE Owen Daniels by just 11 yards.

HOUSTON TEXANS ALL-TIME LEADERSCAREER RECEIVING YARDS

Player Seasons Rec Yds Avg TDA. Johnson 2003-10 590 7,981 13.5 42O. Daniels 2006-10 208 2,510 12.1 15K. Walter 2006-10 197 2,499 12.7 16J. Gaffney 2002-05 171 2,009 11.7 7D. Williams 2003-05 154 1,276 8.3 5

WALTER APPROACHING 2,500

RB Arian Foster’s numbers through his first seven games in the NFL are enough to worry opposing defenses; Foster has run for 488 yards on 87 carries and six touchdowns, with 350 of those yards coming in his two starts.

What may be more worrisome is when those numbers have come. More than two-thirds of Foster’s rushing yards have come in the second half. He rushed for 191 yards in the second half against Indianapolis in the season opener, including 125 yards on 11 carries.

Below is a breakdown of Foster’s career rushing totals by quarter.

ARIAN FOSTER RUSHING BY QUARTERQuarter Att Yds Avg Lg TD 10+1st quarter 17 66 3.9 18 0 12nd quarter 11 64 5.8 17 1 33rd quarter 23 137 6.0 24 1 44th quarter 36 221 6.1 42 4 5Career totals 87 488 5.6 42 6 13

FOSTER FINISHING STRONG

RB Arian Foster rushed for a franchise-record 231 yards and three touchdowns in the Texans’ 34-24 victory against In-dianapolis in the season opener and became the first player in NFL history to rush for at least 200 yards and three touchdowns on Kickoff Weekend.

His 231 yards on 33 carries rank second only to O.J. Simpson’s 250 yards in an NFL season opener. Foster is the seventh player all-time to reach 200 rushing yards on Kickoff Weekend.

TOP SEASON OPENER RUSHING PERFORMANCES IN NFL HISTORY

Player Date Tm Opp Att Yds Avg Lg TD O.J. Simpson 9/16/73 Buf NE 29 250 8.6 - 2Arian Foster 9/12/10 Hou Ind 33 231 7.0 42 3Michael Turner 9/7/08 Atl Det 22 220 10.0 66t 2Eddie George 8/31/97 Ten Oak 35 216 6.2 29t 1George Rogers 9/4/83 NO StL 24 206 8.6 - 2

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TEXANS DEFENSE

Houston’s defense heads into the 2010 season bent on continuing its week-to-week improvement in 2009. Under the direction of defensive coordinator Frank Bush, then in his first season, the defense made tremendous strides over the last 14 weeks of last season. From Week 4 on-ward, Houston ranked fourth in the league in total defense and ninth in scoring defense.

One of the biggest keys to any successful defense is a strong group of leaders. The heart and soul of the Texans ‘D’ is DeMeco Ryans. The two-time Pro Bowl linebacker is the franchise’s all-time leading tackler and overwhelm-ingly voted as a team captain again this season.

Joining Ryans with the captain’s badge on their jerseys are fellow 2006 draft pick Mario Williams and a pair of second-year Texans, DE Antonio Smith and SS Bernard Pollard.

Williams, the top pick in the 2006 Draft, is one of the pre-mier pass rushers in the NFL and has 40.5 career sacks to his name. The addition of Smith to the defensive line in 2009 helped Houston put more pressure on the quar-terback. Smith, who tied for second on the team with 4.5 sacks a year ago, often slides inside on passing downs.

On the inside, the combination of fourth-year DT Amobi Okoye and free agent DT Shaun Cody helped the Texans tie for 10th in rushing defense a year ago. This season they aim to build on last year’s improvement and help establish Houston as a top-10 defense.

At linebacker, Ryans is joined by fourth-year WLB Zac Diles, who has developed into one of the biggest steals of the 2007 draft class. Diles has started at both outside line-backer positions in his career and comes into 2010 looking to take his game to another level.

The defense will be without 2009 Defensive Rookie of the Year Brian Cushing for four games at SLB, which has opened the door for Xavier Adibi. The 2008 first-team All-Rookie selection saw limited action in the season opener when the Texans played primarily with five defensive backs, but will have a key role over the next three weeks.

The secondary is led by SS Bernard Pollard, who quickly became the emotional leader of the defense last year. Pollard added a physical presence on the back end after signing with the Texans in Week 3. Pollard tied for the team lead with four interceptions and scored two touch-downs - one on a fumble recovery and another on a 70-yard interception return.

Houston’s pass defense in 2010 will depend on the play of a young, but talented, group of cornerbacks. Glover Quinhas the most experience of the group with a whopping 12 starts to his name coming into the season. 2010 first-round draft pick Kareem Jackson will man the opposite side of the field. The former Alabama star hopes to bring his championship-winning ways with him to the NFL.

DEFENSIVE OVERVIEW

DEFENSIVE ENDSLeading the way on the defensive line once again is Ma-

rio Williams, who earned his second consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl in 2009. Williams finished the year with 9.0 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 20 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Williams is the franchise’s career sack leader with 40.5.

Williams had more help than ever when it came to rush-ing the passer in 2009, thanks to the addition of Antonio Smith, who joined the Texans as a free agent last year after helping the Arizona Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII. Smith is a physical end who often slid inside on passing downs and tied for second on the team with 4.5 sacks, which was the second-highest total of his career.

Houston’s pass rush was dealt a big early when 2009 second-round pick Connor Barwin was lost for the year with an ankle injury in the season opener. Barwin ended his rookie season tied with Smith for second on the team with 4.5. His 4.5 sacks were the second-most by a rookie in team history.

A pair of young ends will combine to fill Barwin’s role on passing downs. Second-year end Tim Jamison saw action in six games as a rookie and finished the season with two tackles. Jesse Nading made the opening-day roster for the first time this season and was rewarded by registering his first career sack in the season opener vs. Indianapolis (912), teaming with Williams to sack Colts QB Peyton Man-ning late in the game.

DEFENSE POSITION-BY-POSITION

DE Antonio Smith recorded 4.5 sacks in his first season as a Texan in 2009.


TEXANS DEFENSEPOSITION-BY-POSITION

DEFENSIVE TACKLESDefensive tackle Amobi Okoye bounced back from a dis-

appointing second season and became a more consistent contributor in 2009, setting a career high with 38 tackles, including 26 solo stops and added 1.5 sacks. Okoye will look to become a bigger force in the interior in his fourth season.

Houston bolstered the interior of the line last year by signing Shaun Cody away from Detroit as a free agent, and it proved to be a brilliant decision. Cody immediately solidified the middle of Houston’s defensive line recorded 21 tackles, including 12 solo stops, and 0.5 sacks in his first season as a Texan, helping the defense become on of the league’s most stout against the run.

Third-year tackle Frank Okam saw action in three games in his sophomore campaign in 2009. The biggest of the Texans defensive linemen at 6-5, 346, Okam spent the ma-jority of last year working on the scout team defense imi-tating the opposition’s best interior lineman. This season, he looks to establish himself in the defensive line rotation and play a bigger role in the Texans defense.

The Texans bolstered their line in the 2010 NFL Draft, se-lecting Arizona’s Earl Mitchell in the third round. Mitch-ell, at 6-3, 291, continued Houston’s trend of seeking out quicker defensive linemen. He quickly developed a repu-tation in training camp as a player with a high motor. That energy helped him earn All-Pac 10 honors at Arizona.

LINEBACKERSThe Texans linebacking corps will be anchored once

again by fifth-year MLB DeMeco Ryans. Ryans is the cap-tain and unquestioned leader of the defense, and earned his second trip to the Pro Bowl following the 2009 season. He finished second on the team with 123 total tackles, and his 93 solo stops led the team. He became the first player in franchise history to record 500 career tackles in Week 15 of 2009, leads in the NFL with 411 solo tackles since 2006 and has registered 10 or more tackles in 23 of his 65 career games.

WLB Zac Diles rebounded from a broken leg that ended his 2008 campaign to play in all 16 games for the first time in his career in 2009 and finished last year with 61 tackles, including 45 solo stops, and seven tackles for loss. Head coach Gary Kubiak offered high praise for Diles this off-season, saying that he believes Diles is on the verge of becoming a Pro Bowl-caliber linebacker. Diles validated that belief early on with a team-high 12 tackles in the sea-son opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12).

One of the team’s biggest storylines during the offseason has been the loss of 2009 Defensive Rookie of the Year Bri-an Cushing for the first four weeks of the year. Stepping up in Cushing’s place will be third-year linebacker Xavier Adibi. Adibi played in all 16 games in a reserve role last year and finished with three total tackles. He has excelled when given opportunities; as a rookie, he posted a career-high 14 tackles in his first start at Indianapolis (11/16/08).

Special teams standout and ninth-year veteran Kevin Bentley is once again Ryans’ top backup in the middle. Bentley has starting experience in Houston, having start-ed the final seven games of the 2008 season at SAM line-backer after Zac Diles broke his leg. Bentley’s teammates elected him as captain on special teams in 2009 and again this year. He has led the team in special teams tackles each of the previous two seasons.

New to the Texans is fourth-round draft pick Darryl Sharpton. Sharpton started 30 of the 52 games he played at the University of Miami at three different linebacking positions. Second-year LB David Nixon was signed by the Texans on September 5 and should provide depth on special teams. Nixon played in three games last year with Oakland.

CORNERBACKSThe Texans will have one of the youngest starting cor-

nerback duos in the NFL this season with second-year man Glover Quin and rookie Kareem Jackson manning the two starting positions. A fourth-round draft pick in 2009, Quin moved into the starting lineup in Week 4 vs. Oakland (10/4) and started 12 games in 2009. He finished fourth on the team with 64 tackles and had a team-high 11 passes defensed in his rookie campaign.

The Texans selected Jackson in the first round with the 20th overall selection following his junior season with 2009 DT Amobi Okoye started all 16 games for the first time in

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BCS National Champion Alabama. He returned an inter ception 79 yards and had 13 pass breakups and 49 tackles during Alabama’s national championship run.

Another rookie from a year ago, Brice McCain, a sixth-round draft pick in 2009, played a vital role in the team’s pass defense. McCain played in all 16 games with two starts and had 11 solo tackles, three passes defensed and an interception.

Antwaun Molden excelled on special teams as a rookie in 2008 but has seen each of his first two seasons cut short by injury. Molden has played in 18 games and was select-ed to USA Today’s All-Joe Team in 2008.

The Texans also selected Northwestern University CB Sherrick McManis in the fifth round of the draft. McManis has been lauded for his tremendous football instincts and fought through injury his senior season at NU to earn the team’s Defensive MVP honor.

Houston signed Texas native Jamar Wall on Sept. 5. Wall was drafted by Dallas in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft and played collegiately at Texas Tech, where he earned All-Big 12 Conference honors.

SAFETIESBernard Pollard joined the Texans as free agent in the

third week of 2009 and finished third on the team with a career-high 102 tackles and tied for the team lead with four interceptions to go along with 1.5 sacks. He notched

a career-high two interceptions in Week 9 at Indianapolis (11/8) and scored his second career touchdown in Week 13 vs. Seattle (12/13) on a 70-yard interception return for touchdown. Pollard’s intense, fiery playing style has rubbed off on his teammates, who elected him as a defen-sive co-captain this year.

Veteran FS Eugene Wilson fought through a knee injury suffered in a 2009 preseason game for nine games before before a foot injury ended his season prematurely. Wilson finished the season with 29 tackles and two interceptions.

Second-year safety Dominique Barber took advantage of the opportunity when Wilson went down and started a career-high four games before seeing his season cut one game short due to a hamstring injury in 2009. Barber fin-ished the year with 25 tackles, four passes defensed and one interception. He also scored his first career touch-down in the 2009 season opener on a 48-yard fumble re-turn for touchdown. This season he’ll back up Pollard and will be a vital part of the coverage units on special teams.

Troy Nolan, who was taken in the seventh round of the 2009 draft by the Texans, missed his entire rookie season due to a broken arm suffered in the first preseason game of last season. Nolan excelled during the 2010 preseason and won the backup free safety job behind Wilson. He is also expected to be a key contributor on special teams.

CB Glover Quin (29) finished fourth on the team with 64 tackles as a rookie in 2009.

SS Bernard Pollard posted a career-best 102 tackles and tied for the team lead with four interceptions in 2009.


MARIO WILLIAMS NOTES

DE Mario Williams is one of the most disruptive pass rushers in the NFL, with 36.0 sacks over the last three-plus seasons. What makes Williams special is that he is equal-ly adept at playing the run. His 16.5 tackles for loss since 2007 are the second-most by an AFC defensive lineman.

Williams’ 52.5 total negative plays (sacks and tackles for loss) since 2007 are the fifth-most in the NFL and are the most among AFC defensive linemen.

MOST NEGATIVE PLAYS, 2007-09Player, Team G Sacks TFL TotalJared Allen, MIN 47 44.5 22.5 67.0DeMarcus Ware, DAL 49 46.0 18.5 64.5Trent Cole, PHI 49 35.0 25.5 60.5James Harrison, PIT 48 35.5 17.5 53.0Mario Williams, HOU 49 36.0 16.5 52.5

MOST NEGATIVE PLAYS BY AFC DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, 2007-09

Player, Team G Sacks TFL TotalMario Williams, HOU 49 36.0 16.5 52.5Robert Mathis, IND 43 29.0 4.5 33.5Dwight Freeney, IND 39 28.5 7.5 36.0Shaun Ellis, NYJ 47 19.5 4.5 24.0Kyle Vanden Bosch, TEN* 42 19.5 8.5 28.0* Vanden Bosch signed with Detroit this offseason.

GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD

DE Mario Williams has been one of the most dangerous sack specialists in the NFL since entering the league in 2006, with 40.5 career sacks.

Williams has been excellent against NFC competition during his career, with 8.0 sacks in 16 career inter-confer-ence games. Over the last two years, Williams has picked up the pace with 5.0 sacks in eight games against NFC foes.

MARIO WILLIAMS VS. THE NFCLocation Gms Tkl Solo Asst Sk Yds2006 4 15 11 4 1.0 62007 4 16 11 5 2.0 232008 4 8 7 1 2.0 162009 4 11 10 1 3.0 20TOTAL VS. NFC 16 50 39 11 8.0 65

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Texans DE Mario Williams was a dominant force in last Sunday’s 34-24 win over Indianapolis (9/12), recording four solo tackles and two half-sacks, as well as five quarter-back hits. The strong performance was a continuation of a trend for Williams.

Williams has been one of the most fearsome pass rush-ers in the NFL over the last three-plus seasons with 36.0 sacks in 49 games, including eight multi-sack games. Wil-liams’ sack total is the third-highest in the NFL since the beginning of the 2007 season.

MOST SACKS, 2007-2010Player, Team Games Sacks YardsDeMarcus Ware, DAL 49 46.0 284.5Jared Allen, MIN 47 44.5 311Mario Williams, HOU 49 36.0 223.5James Harrison, PIT 48 35.5 235.5Trent Cole, PIT 49 35.0 282

SUPER MARIO AT IT AGAIN

DE Mario Williams recorded 39.5 sacks through his first four seasons in the NFL. His sack total through his first four seasons put him on par with some of the NFL’s all-time elite pass rushers.

Williams’ 39.5 sacks were more than Kevin Greene, Chris Doleman and Michael Strahan each had in their first four NFL seasons.

Bruce Smith had 44.5 sacks in his first four seasons en route to a league-record 200 career sacks. Reggie White had an amazing 70.0 sacks in his first four years, though it bears noting that he played two seasons in the USFL prior to joining the NFL.

MARIO VS. THE TOP FIVE, NFL ALL-TIME SACK LIST:SACKS IN FIRST FOUR NFL SEASONS

Player Career 1st 4 Yrs TotalReggie White 1985-2000 70.0 198.0Bruce Smith 1985-2003 44.5 200.0Mario Williams 2006-2009 39.5 39.5Kevin Greene 1985-1999 30.0 160.0Chris Doleman 1985-1999 22.5 150.5Michael Strahan 1993-2007 18.0 141.5

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NFL LEADERS, SOLO TACKLES, 2006-10Player, Tm G Tot Solo Asst Solo/GmD. Ryans, HOU 65 528 411 117 6.32K. Morrison, JAX 65 517 406 111 6.25L. Fletcher, WAS 65 561 400 161 6.15L. Briggs, CHI 62 475 389 86 6.27P. Willis, SF 49 477 369 108 7.53

DeMECO AT THE TOP

LB DeMeco Ryans has not only been one of the best tacklers in the NFL since joining the league in 2006; he has also been one of the best in terms of scooping up fumbles. Ryans has recovered eight fumbles in his career, which puts him first in Texans history.

Seven of Ryans’ eight career fumble recoveries have come since 2007. His seven recoveries put him in a tie for the most by an NFL linebacker since the 2007 season.

MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIES BY LB, 2007-10

Player, Tm Pos G FR Yds TDDeMeco Ryans, HOU LB 49 7 102 1Chad Greenway, MIN LB 49 7 0 0Calvin Pace, NYJ LB 44 6 54 1Bradie James, DAL LB 49 6 1 0LaMarr Woodley, PIT LB 45 5 86 2Ben Leber, MIN LB 49 5 20 0Julian Peterson, SEA LB 49 5 9 0D.J. Williams, DEN LB 44 5 9 0Elvis Dumervil, DEN LB 48 5 0 0James Harrison, PIT LB 48 5 0 0

Ryans also holds the Texans franchise career record for defensive fumble recoveries with eight.

MOST FUMBLE RECOVERIES,TEXANS HISTORY

Player Pos G FR Yds TDDeMeco Ryans LB 65 8 92 1Morlon Greenwood LB 63 5 15 0C.C. Brown SS 50 4 19 0Jamie Sharper LB 48 4 18 1

DeMECO THE BALLHAWK

Sunday’s game at Washington will feature two of the best linebackers in the NFL, both of whom wear number 59for their team.

Texans LB DeMeco Ryans and Redskins LB London Fletcher rank first and third, respectively, in solo tackles since 2006. Fletcher leads the NFL in total tackles with 561, while Ryans is second with 528.

NFL LEADERS, TOTAL TACKLES, 2006-10Player, Tm G Tot Solo Asst Solo/GmL. Fletcher, WAS 65 561 400 161 8.63D. Ryans, HOU 65 528 411 117 8.12K. Morrison, JAX 65 517 406 111 7.95P. Willis, SF 49 477 369 108 9.73L. Briggs, CHI 62 475 389 86 7.66

MIRROR IMAGES AT NO. 59

LB DeMeco Ryans leads all NFL defenders with 411 solo tackles since he entered the league in 2006.

MLB DeMeco Ryans had another stellar outing in last Sunday’s season opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12), register-ing 10 tackles, including eight solo stops. It was Ryans’ 23rd career game with 10 or more tackles.

Since 2006, Ryans is tied for the league lead for most double-digit tackle performances, along with San Fran-cisco LB Patrick Willis.

MOST GAMES, 10+ TACKLES, 2006-10Player, Tm Tot Solo Asst 10+ GmsD. Ryans, HOU 528 411 117 23P. Willis, SF 477 369 108 23L. Fletcher, WAS 561 400 161 22J. Beason, CAR 427 332 95 21D. Jackson, CLE 400 270 130 20

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DEFENSE NOTES

Houston’s defense played considerably better over the last last 13 games of 2009 than it did in the first three. That improvement can be attributed to many things, but one significant change during that time was the addition of SS Bernard Pollard to the starting lineup.

The trend of solid defensive performances with Pollard on the field continued in Week 1 vs. Indianapolis (9/12). The Texans held Indianapolis to 44 rushing yards, and while the Colts racked up the passing yardage, Houston only allowed 24 points.

Since the hard-hitting Pollard was inserted into the start-ing lineup, Houston’s run defense went from a league-worst 205.0 yards per game to an impressive 81.4 per game in the last 14, which is second in the league. Overall, the defense has improved by over 125 yards per game since Pollard joined the starting lineup.

HOUSTON TEXANS DEFENSE WITH & WITHOUT BERNARD POLLARD

Without With DifferenceRush Yards/Gm 205.0 81.4 -123.6Pass Yards/Gm 231.7 229.4 -2.3Total Yards/Gm 436.7 310.8 -125.9Points/Gm 28.7 19.4 -9.3* Worst in the NFL

BETTER WITH BERNARD

Houston’s defense will remain one of the youngest de-fenses in the NFL in 2010. Of the players listed as starters, 10 are under 30 years of age. The leader of the squad is 26-year-old MLB DeMeco Ryans, while the senior member of the group is 30-year-old FS Eugene Wilson.

Nowhere is the defense’s youth more apparent than at cornerback, where the two starters, Glover Quin and Ka-reem Jackson had a combined one year of NFL experi-ence coming into the season. The Texans defense aver-ages 25.6 years old and just 4.8 years of experience.

2010 TEXANS PROJECTED STARTING DEFENSEPos. Player Exp. AgeRDE Mario Williams 5 25DT Shaun Cody 6 27NT Amobi Okoye 4 23LDE Antonio Smith 7 28SLB Xavier Adibi 3 25MLB DeMeco Ryans 5 26WLB Zac Diles 4 25RCB Kareem Jackson 1 22FS Eugene Wilson 8 30SS Bernard Pollard 5 25LCB Glover Quin 2 24AVERAGES 4.8 25.6

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Quin’s play last year compared favorably with some of the best corners in the NFL. Opposing quarterbacks threw in his direction 80 times and completed 51 passes, but none of those 51 completions wound up in the end zone.

Quin was one of only four cornerbacks last year to be thrown at more than 50 times and no surrender a touch-down, joining six-time All-Pro CB Champ Bailey, Seattle CB Josh Wilson and San Francisco CB Dre’ Bly.

CORNERS WITH NO TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED(Minimum 50 Targets)

Player Tgt Comp Yds TDGlover Quin, HOU 80 51 634 0Josh Wilson, SEA 77 50 642 0Champ Bailey, DEN 98 47 624 0Dre’ Bly, SF 59 31 466 0

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Houston’s secondary will be one of the most scrutinized and sternly tested units in the NFL to stat the season. While the safeties both have a few years of experience under their belts, the Texans cornerbacks are the young-est group in the league.

Going into last Sunday’s season opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12), Houston’s top four corners had played in a com-bined 32 games with 12 starts, all by Glover Quin. Hous-ton’s corners average 23.0 years of age and a mere 1.8 years of NFL experience.

YOUNGEST NFL CORNERBACK GROUPS(Based on Kickoff Weekend Rosters)

Team Avg. Age Avg. Exp.Houston Texans 23.0 1.8Tennessee Titans 23.3 2.5Detroit Lions 23.8 2.4Kansas City Chiefs 24.0 2.8Arizona Cardinals 24.2 3.0

STARTING ROOKIE CORNERBACKS(Based on Kickoff Weekend Depth Charts)

TM Player Drafted College HOU Kareem Jackson 1st (20th) Alabama NE Devin McCourty 1st (27th) Rutgers NYJ Kyle Wilson 1st (29th) Boise State

HOUSTON’S KIDDIE CORNERS

“Zac’s at that point right in that career where he’s been a starter and a chance to step up that ladder. As I told y’all the reason we’re not moving him, at least not at this point unless we feel like we have to, is because I think he’s on the verge of becoming of a Pro Bowl linebacker.” - Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, June 2, 2010

DILES DYNAMITE IN DEBUT

Fourth-year LB Zac Diles led the team with 12 tackles, which was just one shy of his career high. For Diles, a seventh-round pick in 2007, the strong performance was the continuation of a trend.

Diles won the starting job at SLB in his second season and was leading the team with 66 tackles through eight games before a broken leg derailed his year.

Last season, the team use a first-round pick on a strong-side linebacker, so Diles simply went out and won the starting job at WLB in training camp. He put together another strong year, finishing with 61 tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

ZAC DILES STATISTICS, YEAR-BY-YEARSeason GP GS Tot Solo Asst2007 11 0 4 4 02008 8 8 66 47 192009 16 12 61 45 16

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SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

K Neil Rackers takes over a job that only one other man in Texans history has held. Rackers won the tightest battle of training camp and will take over the kicking duties for-merly held by Kris Brown for the last eight seasons.

Rackers hit on 16-of-17 field goal attempts for Arizona last season (94.1 percent) and scored 85 points before an injury forced him to miss the last few weeks of the season.

P Matt Turk has averaged 42.4 yards per punt in his ca-reer and has averaged better than 41 yards per attempt in all but one season. Turk’s 42.8-yard average in 2009 set a Texans record, marking the third consecutive season in which he broke the existing mark. Only 399 of Turk’s 1,037 career punts (38.5 percent) have been returned.

WR Jacoby Jones holds the Texans career record for punt return average at 10.9 yards per return over the last three seasons. He tied the Texans career record for total returns for touchdown when he scored the third of his ca-reer in 2009.

SPECIAL TEAMS OVERVIEW

KICKERNeil Rackers has made 207 of 264 career field goal at-

tempts (78.4 percent) and converted 294 of 299 career extra points attempts (98.3 percent), giving him 915 total career points in 11 NFL seasons. Rackers set an NFL re-cord for most field goals made in a season in 2005, when he went 40-of-42 (95.2 percent) with the Arizona Cardinals.

PUNTERMatt Turk averaged a franchise-record 42.8 yards per

punt in 2009, besting his own mark of 42.3 yards per punt in 2008. Turk has broken the team record in each of the last three seasons and will be playing in his 15th NFL season.

LONG SNAPPERJon Weeks Signed with the Texans during the offseason

and will compete for a roster spot during training camp. Weeks snapped at Baylor for current Chicago Bear and two-time Ray Guy Award winner P Daniel Sepulveda.

RETURNERSWR Jacoby Jones solidified his status as one of the most

explosive returners in the game in 2009. He averaged 10.9 yards per punt return and also returned 24 kickoffs for a 26.6-yard average, including a 95-yard touchdown return.

SPECIAL TEAMS POSITION-BY-POSITION

Under the guidance of special teams coordinator Joe Marciano, Houston allowed the fewest punt return yards in the NFL in 2009. The 104 punt return yards allowed by the Texans was the lowest in the NFL by nearly 30 yards. Houston’s average of 4.3 yards allowed per return ranked second.

PUNT RETURN YARDS ALLOWEDTeam Punts Avg PR Yds A v g Houston Texans 67 42.8 24 104 4.3Jacksonville Jaguars 72 41.9 38 159 4.2New England Patriots 57 39 20 180 9.0Tennessee Titans 69 43.4 29 208 7.2Washington Redskins 76 40.6 32 220 6.9Philadelphia Eagles 76 42.4 39 229 5.9New York Jets 80 42 27 238 8.8New York Giants 64 40.7 28 259 9.3Minnesota Vikings 73 43.9 33 260 7.9St. Louis Rams 90 46.8 41 260 6.3

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE AGAINSTTeam Punts Ret Yards AvgJacksonville Jaguars 72 38 159 4.2Houston Texans 67 24 104 4.3Philadelphia Eagles 76 39 229 5.9St. Louis Rams 90 41 260 6.3Cleveland Browns 94 40 262 6.6Washington Redskins 76 32 220 6.9Kansas City Chiefs 97 40 285 7.1Tennessee Titans 69 29 208 7.2Oakland Raiders 96 63 459 7.3Baltimore Ravens 74 38 287 7.6

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Bentley led the team for the second consecutive season with 20 special teams stops. He owns the top two single-season special teams tackle totals in franchise history.

MOST SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES,TEXANS HISTORY

Player Year SpTot SpTK SpAKevin Bentley 2008 23 16 7Kevin Bentley 2009 20 9 11Antwaun Molden 2008 19 16 3Ramon Walker 2005 16 13 3Jason Bell 2002 15 14 1

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Rackers connected on 16-of-17 field goals (94.1 FG per-centage) before the injury.

2009 NFL FIELD GOAL PCT. LEADERS(through Week 15, 2009)

Player, TM FGA FGM FG%Neil Rackers, ARI 17 16 94.1Ryan Longwell, MIN 24 22 91.7Olindo Mare, SEA 24 22 91.7Nate Kaeding, SD 32 29 90.6

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WR Jacoby Jones emerged in 2009 as one of Houston’s most explosive offensive weapons, with four touchdown catches on the year. Jones continues to establish himself as one of the most dangerous return men in the NFL, also.

Following a safety in Houston’s 29-6 2009 Week 4 win vs. Oakland (10/4), Jones returned the free kick 95 yards for a touchdown. He tied the franchise record for total returns for touchdowns and is tied for second in the league for return touchdowns since 2008.

MOST TOTAL RETURNS FOR TD, 2008-09Player, Tm PR KR Ret. Yds TotalJoshua Cribbs, CLE 1 4 3332 5Jacoby Jones, HOU 2 1 1730 3Reggie Bush, NO 3 0 400 3Johnnie Lee Higgins, OAK 3 0 1589 3DeSean Jackson, PHI 3 0 893 3

MOST TOTAL RETURNS FOR TD,TEXANS HISTORY

Player, Tm Years PR KR TotalJ. Jones 2007-09 2 1 3A. Davis 2007-09 0 3 3J. Mathis 2005-07 0 3 3

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Rackers now trails Brown by 757 points on the fran-chise’s all-time scoring list.

MOST POINTS BY A KICKER, TEXANS HISTORYPlayer (Years) FGM FGA XPM XPA PointsKris Brown (2002-09) 172 223 251 253 767Neil Rackers (2010) 2 2 4 4 10

RACKERS KICKING UP THE CHART

WR Jacoby Jones emerged in 2009 as one of Houston’s most explosive offensive weapons, with four touchdown catches on the year. Jones has been a threat in the return game since the day he stepped into the NFL, though.

Jones burst onto the scene with a 74-yard punt return his rookie year against Indianapolis (9/23/07) and has av-eraged nearly 11 yards per return throughout his career.

In 2009, Jones added kick returns to his repertoire and finished with 638 yards and a touchdown in that phase.

Jones is rocketing up the team’s career return yardage list after already holding the club record for punt return yards. He moved into third on the team list during the Tex-ans’ season-opening win over Indianapolis (9/12).

TOTAL RETURN YARDS, TEXANS HISTORYPlayer (Years) PR Yds KR Yds Tot YdsJ.J. Moses (2003-04) 72 553 117 2,658 3,211André Davis (2007-09) 0 0 108 2,743 2,743Jacoby Jones (2007-10) 102 1,137 43 1,042 2,179Jerome Mathis (2005-07) 12 68 72 2,054 2,122Dexter Wynn (2006-07) 14 140 52 1,193 1,333

JACOBY JUMPS JEROME

K Neil Rackers scored 10 points in his Texans debut.


2010 DRAFT NOTES

Including the 2010 NFL Draft, the Texans have picked a defensive player with seven of their 10 first-round picks and in six of the last seven drafts.

Houston Texans All-Time First-Round Draft PicksYear Player Pos. Pick College 2010 Kareem Jackson CB 20 Alabama2009 Brian Cushing LB 15 USC2008 Duane Brown T 26 Virginia Tech2007 Amobi Okoye DT 10 Louisville2006 Mario Williams DE 1 North Carolina St.2005 Travis Johnson DT 16 Florida State2004 Dunta Robinson CB 10 South Carolina2004 Jason Babin LB 27 Western Michigan2003 Andre Johnson WR 3 Miami (Fla.)2002 David Carr QB 1 Fresno State

TEXANS ALL-TIME NO. 1 PICKS

1 CB Sherrick McManis is the first player from Northwestern drafted by the Texans. 2 Houston had two picks in the fourth round and in the sixth round. 2 Cornerbacks drafted by the Texans in 2010 – Kareem Jackson and Sherrick McManis. 2 Wide receivers drafted by the Texans in 2010 – Trindon Holliday and Dorin Dickerson. 3 Times the Texans traded during the draft. 4.9 Career rushing average for RB Ben Tate at Auburn. 5 Players from Colorado State on the current Texans roster after the selection of G Shelley Smith. 8.0 Career sacks for DT Earl Mitchell at Arizona. 9 Players drafted by the Texans. 10.00 Time, in seconds, that it takes WR Trindon Holliday to run 100 meters. 11 Linebackers drafted by the Texans all-time, more than any other position. 12 Players from Southeastern Conference schools drafted by the Texans in team history, the most from any conference. 14-0 Record for CB Kareem Jackson in 2009 at Alabama. 20 CB Kareem Jackson was the 20th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. 20.5 Driving distance, in miles, from Galena Park North Shore High School, where DT Earl Mitchell attended, to Reliant Stadium. 40 Games started by CB Kareem Jackson during his career at Alabama. 43 Vertical jump, in inches, for WR Dorin Dickerson. 65 Inches tall for Trindon Holliday, the shortest draft pick in Texans history. 255 Total selections in the 2010 NFL Draft. 255 Total career tackles for LB Darryl Sharpton at Miami (Fla.). 3:28 Time elapsed during the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. 1,492 Career receiving yards for TE Garrett Graham at Wisconsin. 3,321 Yards that RB Ben Tate rushed for during his career at Auburn. 7,413 Attendance at the Texans Draft Party, presented by Miller Lite. It was the largest crowd for a draft event in team history.

TEXANS DRAFT BY THE NUMBERS

Round 1, Pick 20 (20th Overall) Kareem Jackson CB Alabama

Round 2, Pick 26 (58th Overall)Ben Tate RB Auburn

Round 3, Pick 17 (81st Overall) Earl Mitchell DT Arizona

Round 4, Pick 4 (102nd Overall)Darryl Sharpton LB Miami (Fla.)

Round 4, Pick 20 (118th Overall)Garrett Graham TE Wisconsin

Round 5, Pick 13 (144th Overall)Sherrick McManis CB Northwestern

Round 6, Pick 18 (187th Overall) Shelley Smith G Colorado State

Round 6, Pick 28 (197th Overall) Trindon Holliday WR Louisiana State

Round 7, Pick 20 (227th Overall)Dorin Dickerson WR Pittsburgh

5 Offensive Players (Running Back, Tight End, Guard, 2 Wide Receivers)

4 Defensive Players (2 Cornerbacks, Defensive Tackle, Linebacker)

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• The Texans scored a franchise-record 388 points for the year, besting the previous record of 379 points in 2007.

• The Texans scored three or more touchdowns in 11 games, breaking the franchise record of nine set in 2008.

• Houston scored 46 touchdowns in 2009, which broke the team single-season record of 43 set in 2007.

• Houston scored 88 points in the opening period to best the record of 87 points scored in the first quarter in 2007.

• Houston had 6,129 total yards, breaking the franchise record of 6,113 yards set in 2008. It was the second 6,000-yard season in team history.

• The Texans defense allowed 333 points, breaking the franchise scoring defense record of 339 points in 2004.

• The Texans defense held opponents to 5,198 yards al-lowed, besting the previous mark of 5,230 set in 2002.

• The Texans gained more than 400 total net yards of offense in each of the last four games and finished with eight 400-yard games in 2009.

• Houston’s three defensive touchdowns tied for the second-most in franchise history. The Texans scored five defensive touchdowns in 2004 and also had three defen-sive scores in 2002.

• The Texans went 9-3 when winning time of possession. • The Texans outrushed their opponents 10 times and

went 7-3 in those games.• The Texans forced opponents to go three-and-out 52

total times in 2009.• QB Matt Schaub led the NFL with 4,770 passing yards

and WR Andre Johnson led the league with 1,569 receiv-ing yards to became the first pair of teammates to lead the league in those categories since QB Brett Favre and WR Antonio Freeman in 1998. Schaub and Johnson were the eighth set of teammates to lead the league since 1970.

• WR Andre Johnson became the second receiver since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to lead the league in receiving yards in consecutive years. Jerry Rice did so in 1989-90 and 1993-95.

• QB Matt Schaub became the first Texan to lead the NFL in passing with 4,770 passing yards, which was also the sixth-highest total in NFL history.

2009 SNAPSHOT

HOUSTON TEXANS Offense Defense Mark Rank Mark RankTotal 383.1 4 324.9 13 Rushing 92.2 30 106.9 T-10Passing 290.9 1 217.9 18

Special Teams Mark RankPunt Ret. Avg. 10.0 10 Punt Cover. 4.3 2Kick Ret. Avg. 22.6 16Kick Cover. 22.5 14

2009 REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS

W L PCT. ST Indianapolis 14 2 .875 L 2Houston* 9 7 .563 W 4Tennessee 8 8 .500 W 1Jacksonville 7 9 .438 L 4

*Highest finish in team history.

2009 AFC SOUTH STANDINGS

Houston Opponents Total First Downs 340 300Rushing 93 91Passing 231 175Penalty 16 343rd Down: Made/Att 82/204 79/2013rd Down Pct. 40.2% 39.3%4th Down: Made/Att 8/12 9/214th Down Pct. 66.7% 42.9%Possession Avg. 31:54 28:06Total Net Yards 6129 5198Avg. Per Game 383.1 324.9Total Plays 1043 974Avg. Per Play 5.9 5.3Net Yards Rushing 1475 1711Avg. Per Game 92.2 106.9Total Rushes 425 396Net Yards Passing 4654 3487Avg. Per Game 290.9 217.9Sacked/Yards Lost 25/149 30/187Gross Yards 4803 3674Attempts/Completions 593/399 548/344Completion Pct. 67.3% 62.8%Had Intercepted 17 14Punts/Average 67/42.8 76/46.8Net Punting Avg. 39.4 40.4Penalties/Yards 95/833 92/728Fumbles/Ball Lost 21/11 27/13Touchdowns 46 39Rushing 13 17Passing 29 19Returns 4 3

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The Texans defense struggled early in 2009, giving up an average of 436.7 yards and 28.7 points per game through the first three weeks of the season. The defense improved more than any group in the league, giving up 139.1 fewer yards per game in the last 13 games than it did in the first three.

Houston’s defense went from allowing a league-worst 436.7 yards per game in the first three to just 299.1 in the last 13, ranking fourth in the NFL. On the ground, the Tex-ans went from giving up 205.0 yards per game over the first three games to 84.3 over the rest of the year, which was the second-lowest average in the league in that time.

DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT, 2009 HOUSTON TEXANS

First 3 Last 13 DifferenceRush Yards/Gm 205.0* 84.3 -120.7Pass Yards/Gm 231.7 214.8 -16.9Total Yards/Gm 436.7* 299.1 -137.6Points/Gm 28.7 19.0 -9.7* Worst in the NFL

TURNING IT AROUND

Over the last 13 games of the season, Houston’s defense was one of the best in the NFL. In addition to ranking fourth in total defense and second in rushing defense over that time span, the Texans were ninth in scoring defense. From the beginning of October through the end of the season, Houston allowed a mere 19.0 points per game.

POINTS PER GAME ALLOWEDSINCE WEEK 4, 2009

Team G TD FG 2pt Sfty Pts PPGDallas Cowboys 13 21 14 0 0 189 14.5New York Jets 13 23 15 0 0 203 15.6Baltimore Ravens 13 22 18 0 0 208 16.0Carolina Panthers 13 25 16 0 0 221 17.0San Francisco 49ers 13 23 23 0 0 228 17.5Green Bay Packers 13 29 9 1 2 234 18.0Cincinnati Bengals 13 26 18 0 0 235 18.1New England Patriots 13 30 9 0 0 235 18.1Houston Texans 13 28 17 0 0 247 19.0Buffalo Bills 13 28 18 2 1 254 19.5

FROM OCTOBER ON

Over the last 13 games of the 2009 season, Houston’s de-fense was one of the best in the NFL. In addition to ranking fourth in total defense and second in rushing defense over that time span, the Texans were ninth in scoring defense. From the beginning of October through the end of the sea-son, Houston allowed only 19.0 points per game.

POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED SINCE WEEK 4, 2009Team G TD FG 2pt Sfty Pts PPGDallas Cowboys 13 21 14 0 0 189 14.5New York Jets 13 23 15 0 0 203 15.6Baltimore Ravens 13 22 18 0 0 208 16.0Carolina Panthers 13 25 16 0 0 221 17.0San Francisco 49ers 13 23 23 0 0 228 17.5Green Bay Packers 13 29 9 1 2 234 18.0Cincinnati Bengals 13 26 18 0 0 235 18.1New England Patriots 13 30 9 0 0 235 18.1Houston Texans 13 28 17 0 0 247 19.0

STINGY SCORING DEFENSE

DE Mario Williams led the Texans with 9.0 sacks in 2009 and was named to the Pro Bowl.


Associated Press All-Pro TeamWR Andre Johnson (First Team)LB Brian Cushing (Second Team)

Associated Press Rookie of the YearLB Brian Cushing

Pro Football Weekly All-Pro TeamWR Andre Johnson (First Team)LB Brian Cushing (First Team)

Sporting News All-Pro TeamWR Andre Johnson (First Team)

Pro Football Weekly Defensive Rookie of the YearLB Brian Cushing

NFL Pro BowlLB Brian CushingWR Andre Johnson (Starter)LB DeMeco RyansQB Matt Schaub (Starter and Game MVP)DE Mario Williams (Starter)

NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the YearWR Andre Johnson

AFC Player of the WeekQB Matt Schaub (Offense-Week 2)WR Jacoby Jones (Special Teams-Week 4)LB Brian Cushing (Defense- Week 6)LB Brian Cushing (Defense- Week 8)

AFC Rookie of the MonthLB Brian Cushing (November and December)

2009 TEXANS HONORS

2009 TEXANS NOTES

QB Matt Schaub threw for sixth-highest passing yards total in NFL history in 2009 and was named MVP of the 2010 Pro Bowl.

The Texans passing attack led the NFL in 2009, averaging 290.9 yards per game. A large portion of the credit for that success goes to a sure-handed group of receivers.

According to STATS, Inc., Texans receivers dropped only 20 passes in 2009 out of 419 catchable passes, or 4.8 per-cent of the time. Both numbers were the best in the NFL.

FEWEST DROPPED PASSES, 2009Team Att Comp Drop Catchable Drop %Houston 593 399 20 419 4.8New Orleans 544 378 21 399 5.3Arizona 594 392 23 415 5.5Chicago 563 340 20 360 5.6Atlanta 570 332 21 353 5.9

IN GOOD HANDS

Houston finished the season at 9-7, setting a team record for most wins in a season thanks to four straight victories to clinch the franchise’s first winning record.

Since head coach Gary Kubiak was hired in 2006, the Texans have gone 14-6 in the final month of the season. That .700 winning percentage in December and January is the fourth-highest in the league over the last four years.

BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN DECEMBER/JANUARY, 2006-09

Team G W L T PctSan Diego Chargers 19 19 0 0 1.000New England Patriots 19 16 3 0 0.842Philadelphia Eagles 19 15 4 0 0.789Houston Texans 20 14 6 0 0.700Indianapolis Colts 19 13 6 0 0.684

A look at Kubiak‘s record in season finales indicated that a win was in the cards. Kubiak is 4-0 in season finales since taking over in 2006.

The Texans opponent the last four years has had either a playoff spot or playoff seeding on the line heading into the last game of the season.

TEXANS IN SEASON FINALES, 2006-09Opponent, Date Opp. Rec. W/L ScoreNew England, 1/3/10# 10-5 W 34-27Chicago Bears, 12/28/08^ 9-6 W 31-24Jacksonville Jaguars, 12/30/07* 11-4 W 42-28Cleveland Browns, 12/31/06 4-11 W 14-6

* Jacksonville had clinched playoff spot.^ Chicago needed a win to clinch playoff spot.# New England needed a win to clinch #3 seed.

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PRACTICE GUIDELINES/MEDIA INFORMATION

Designated Media will be allowed at all practices. Dur-ing each practice, the team will use two practice fields. The area between the two practice fields – where the scissor lift is located – is off-limits to media, but media can walk the perimeter of the fields.

Photographers can only cross the covered area if they are accompanied by a Texans PR representative. Photog-raphers can shoot selected portions of practice. Tripods are allowed at practice, however they must be seven yards from the sideline and behind the line of scrimmage at all times. Please do not leave tripods unattended. To not impede the view of the fans at practice, all photographers must kneel when shooting in front of the stands.

Members of the communications staff will be on the field during all practices to assist with any questions. During practices held inside the bubble, all media must stay on the near sideline.

PRACTICE GUIDELINES

Media can apply for credentials at the Texans media website:z

http://www.houstontexans.com/about-us/media-relations.html.Please contact Communications Coordinator Charles

Hampton at [email protected] or at (832) 667-2282 with any questions or concerns.

CREDENTIALS

Following Texans practice, media are encouraged to take advantage of the media workroom located on the service level at Reliant Stadium across from the Texans’ locker room. The room is available to working media throughout training camp. Phones, Texans information, NFL news releases and other information are available. Wireless service will be available in the media workroom.

During practice, media should park in the Teal Lot lo-cated on Murworth, across from Reliant Stadium in front of the Methodist Training Center. Media can either walk over to the media workroom or drive to the day lot, located at Westridge and Kirby on the south side of Reliant Sta-dium. Media should walk through Budweiser Plaza to the stadium entrance.

TEXANS MEDIA WORKROOM

To access the Houston Texans media website, go to http://www.houstontexans.com/about-us/media-rela-tions.html. The section contains all Texans press materi-als, daily clips, historical information and updated team statistics and media guide. Applications are being ac-cepted for training camp, season or individual game cre-dentials. Username and password are both Texans (both case sensitive).

To apply for game credentials, please submit your re-quest on the website the Tuesday before a Texans home game by 5 pm CT.

Fans can access coverage on www.HoustonTexans.com.Throughout the season on Texans TV, the Texans broad-cast live streaming video of press conferences, as well as game highlights, interviews, in-depth team features, com-munity recaps, NFL Network footage and much more.

MEDIA WEBSITE

Reliant Park is located south of downtown Houston, just inside the 610 Loop. The closest airport to Reliant Park is Houston Hobby, which is 20 minutes away and is primarily served by Southwest Airlines. Houston Bush International is a hub for Continental Airlines, and is approximately 45 minutes from Reliant Park.

HOTELS Hilton Americas Houston (Downtown) - 6.85 miles1600 Lamar, (713) 739-8000

Hotel Derek (Galleria) - 7.69 miles2525 West Loop South, (713) 961-3000

Holiday Inn (Stadium) - .19 miles8111 Kirby Drive, (713) 790-1900

Inter-Continental (Galleria) - 9.57 miles222 West Loop South, (713) 627-7600

Marriott Medical Center - 2.08 miles6580 Fannin Street, (713) 796-0080

Marriott West Loop (Galleria) 8.87 miles1750 West Loop South, (713) 960-0111

VISITING MEDIA


DRIVING DIRECTIONS

DIRECTIONSFrom Bush International: Take US 59 South to HWY TX-

288 South (Lake Jackson/ Freeport). Follow HWY TX-288 to I-610 West. Exit Kirby Drive (Exit 1C) and turn right. Fol-low Kirby Drive two blocks and Reliant Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility.

From Houston Hobby: Take Airport Boulevard East to Monroe Road. Make a left on Monroe Road and proceed to I-45 North. Make a left onto I-45 North and proceed to I-610 West. Take I-610 to Kirby Drive (Exit 1C). Turn right onto Kir-by. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and Reliant Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility.

From the East: Take I-610 westbound to the Kirby Drive Exit (Exit 1C). Turn right on Kirby Drive. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and Reliant Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility.

From the West: Take I-610 eastbound to the Kirby Drive Exit (Exit 1C). Turn left on Kirby Drive. Follow Kirby Drive two blocks and Reliant Stadium will be on the right and the practice facility on the left. Turn left on Murworth Drive and media parking is in the Teal parking lot located on the right at the practice facility.

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HOUSTON TEXANS2010 TRANSACTIONS

» 9/10/2010 Waived RB Jeremiah Johnson from the reserve/injured list with an injury settlement.» 9/9/2010 Released K Kris Brown from the reserve/injured list with an injury settlement.» 9/8/2010 Signed WR Derrick Townsel to the practice squad; renegotiated the contract of QB Dan Orlovsky.» 9/7/2010 Signed QB Matt Leinart.» 9/6/2010 Signed LB Isaiah Greenhouse, C Brett Helms, RB Chris Ogbonnaya, T Cole Pemberton, DT Malcolm Shep-pard; WR Bobby Williams and S Torri Williams to the Prac-tice Squad.» 9/5/2010 Signed LB David Nixon and CB Jamar Wall; Re-leased LB Danny Clark.» 9/4/2010 Signed RB Derrick Ward; Placed K Kris Brown and WR André Davis on Reserve/Injured List; Placed TE An-thony Hill on the Reserve/PUP List; Released QB John David Booty, FB Jack Corcoran, TE Derek Fine, LB Isaiah Green-house, C Brett Helms, RB Chris Henry, RB Jeremiah John-son, T Steve Maneri, CB Mark Parson, LB Will Patterson, T Cole Pemberton, S Nicholas Polk, CB Jacques Reeves, DT DelJuan Robinson, DT Malcolm Sheppard, T Adam Stenav-ich, WR Derrick Townsel, DE Mitch Unrein, C Chris White, WR Bobby Williams, S Torri Williams.» 8/30/2010 Placed WR Trindon Holliday and RB Ben Tate on the Resrve/Injured List; TE Owen Daniels elevated to ac-tive roster from Active PUP List; Released CB Fred Bennett, WR London Crawford and DE Pannel Egboh.» 8/24/2010 Signed free agent WR Derrick Townsel; Re-leased DE James Wyche.» 8/20/2010 Signed free agent LB William Patterson; Placed LB Darnell Bing on reserve/injured list.» 8/16/2010 Signed free agent DE James Wyche; Placed DE Tim Bulman on reserve/injured list.» 8/6/2010 Released WR Glenn Martinez.» 8/5/2010 Signed WR Andre Johnson to a contract exten-sion.» 8/4/2010 Signed free agent FB Jack Corcoran; Placed FB Justin Griffith on reserve/injured list.» 8/2/2010 Signed free agent WR London Crawford; Placed WR Glenn Martinez on reserve/injured list.» 7/30/2010 Placed TE Owen Daniels and TE Anthony Hill on active/physically unable to perform list; Signed first-round draft pick CB Kareem Jackson and second-round draft pick RB Ben Tate; Waived CB Pierre Singfield.» 7/29/2010 Placed CB Aaron Glenn on reserve/retired list.» 7/28/2010 Signed free agent CB Aaron Glenn to a one-day contract; Signed fourth-round draft pick TE Garrett Graham.» 7/14/2010 Signed seventh-round draft pick WR Dorin Dick-erson.» 6/17/2010 Signed free agents FB Justin Griffith and WR Bobby Williams; Placed WR Trey Stross on reserve/injured list.» 6/16/2010 Signed free agent TE Derek Fine; Signed sixth-round draft pick G Shelley Smith; Released TE Michael Gaines; Waived FB Jack Corcoran, WR London Crawford, G Kristian Matte, QB Tyler Sheehan and T Adam Ulatoski.» 6/11/2010 Re-signed restricted free agent TE Owen Dan-iels; Signed fourth-round draft pick LB Daryl Sharpton; Waived S Aaron Webster; Waived/injured WR Trey Stross.

» 6/10/2010 Signed third-round draft pick DT Earl Mitchell; Released RB Ryan Moats.» 5/27/2010 Signed fifth-round draft pick CB Sherrick Mc-Manis.» 5/17/2010 Signed sixth-round draft pick WR Trindon Hol-liday; Signed undrafted rookie free agents WR London Crawford, G Kristian Matte, T Cole Pemberton and T Adam Ulatoski.» 5/12/2010 Signed unrestricted free agent LB Danny Clark.» 5/7/2010 Signed undrafted rookie free agents FB Jack Corcoran, LB Isaiah Greenhouse, T Steve Maneri, LB Will Patterson, S Nick Polk, QB Tyler Sheehan, DT Malcolm Sheppard, CB Pierre Singfield, WR Trey Stross, DE Mitch Unrein, S Aaron Webster and S Torri Williams.» 4/24/2010 Selected Miami (Fla.) LB Daryl Sharpton (102nd overall) and Wisconsin TE Garrett Graham (118th overall) in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft; Selected Northwest-ern CB Sherrick McManis in the fifth round (144th overall); Selected Colorado State G Shelley Smith (187th overall) and LSU WR Trindon Holliday (197th overall) in the sixth round; Selected Pittsburgh WR Dorin Dickerson (227th overall) in the seventh round.» 4/23/2010 Traded second-round pick (51st overall) in 2010 NFL Draft to Minnesota Vikings for second- (62nd) and third-round (93rd) picks; Traded second- (62nd) and fifth-round (150th) picks to New England Patriots for second-round (58th) pick; Selected Auburn RB Ben Tate in the sec-ond round (58th overall); Selected Arizona DT Earl Mitchell in the third round (81st overall); Traded third-round (93rd) pick to Kansas City Chiefs for fourth- (102nd) and fifth-round (144th) picks.» 4/22/2010 Selected Alabama CB Kareem Jackson in the first round (20th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.» 4/29/2010 Signed free agent LS Jon Weeks.» 4/26/2010 Signed unrestricted free agent TE Michael Gaines.» 4/14/2010 Re-signed restricted free agents T Rashad But-ler and G Chris White.» 4/7/2010 Signed unrestricted free agent K Neil Rackers.» 4/6/2010 Re-signed restricted free agent RB Ryan Moats.» 4/2/2010 Re-signed restricted free agent SS Bernard Pol-lard.» 3/31/2010 Re-signed restricted free agent LB DeMeco Ryans.» 3/30/2010 Waived LB Toddrick Verdell.» 3/26/2010 Re-signed restricted free agent DE Tim Bulman.» 3/16/2010 Signed unrestricted free agent G Wade Smith.» 3/8/2010 Re-signed unrestricted free agents P Matt Turk and WR Kevin Walter.» 3/4/2010 Signed G Mike Brisiel to a contract extension.» 2/23/2010 Signed DT DelJuan Robinson to a contract ex-tension.» 2/16/2010 Hired Marc Lubick as offensive assistant.» 2/8/2010 Hired Cedric Smith as head strength & condition-ing coach.» 1/29/2010 Hired Greg Knapp as quarterbacks coach.» 1/21/2010 Hired Rick Dennison as offensive coordinator.» 1/11/2010 Signed QB John David Booty to a reserve/future contract.


HOUSTON TEXANS2010 TRANSACTIONS

» 1/7/2010 Signed LB Darnell Bing to a reserve/future con-tract.» 1/4/2010 Signed DE Pannel Egboh, C Brett Helms, DE Jesse Nading and G Adam Stenavich to reserve/future contracts.

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HOUSTON TEXANSHOW THEY WERE BUILT

Year College Draft (34) Trades (2) Free Agents (44) 2003 WR Andre Johnson (1) 5-11 4th, AFC South 2004 7-9 3rd, AFC South 2005 2-14 4th, AFC South 2006 DE Mario Williams (1) G Mike Brisiel (FA)6-10 LB DeMeco Ryans (2) DE Tim Bulman (FA) (IR)4th, AFC South T Eric Winston (3-b) FB Vonta Leach (FA) TE Owen Daniels (4) WR Kevin Walter (RFA-CIN) WR David Anderson (7) 2007 DT Amobi Okoye (1) QB Matt Schaub (ATL) T Rashad Butler (W-CAR)8-8 WR Jacoby Jones (3) WR André Davis (UFA-BUF) (IR)4th, AFC South G Kasey Studdard (6) TE Joel Dreessen (FA) LB Zac Diles (7) P Matt Turk (FA) 2008 T Duane Brown (1) C Chris Myers (DEN) LB Kevin Bentley (UFA-SEA)8-8 CB Antwaun Molden (3a) DE Jesse Nading (FA)3rd, AFC South RB Steve Slaton (3b) FS Eugene Wilson (FA) LB Xavier Adibi (4) DT Frank Okam (5) FS Dominique Barber (6) 2009 LB Brian Cushing (1) (SUS) LB Darnell Bing (FA) (IR)9-7 DE Connor Barwin (2) DT Shaun Cody (UFA-DET)2nd, AFC South C Antoine Caldwell (3) RB Arian Foster (FA) CB Glover Quin (4a) DE Tim Jamison (FA) TE Anthony Hill (4b) QB Dan Orlovsky (UFA-DET) TE James Casey (5) SS Bernard Pollard (FA) CB Brice McCain (6) DE Antonio Smith (UFA-ARI) S Troy Nolan (7) 2010 CB Kareem Jackson (1) QB Matt Leinart (FA) RB Ben Tate (2) (IR) LB David Nixon (FA) DT Earl Mitchell (3) FB Justin Griffith (FA) (IR) LB Darryl Mitchell (4a) K Neil Rackers (UFA-ARI) TE Garrett Graham (4b) G Wade Smith (UFA-KC) CB Sherrick McManis (5) WR Trey Stross (CFA) (IR) G Shelley Smith (6a) CB Jamar Wall (FA) WR Trindon Holliday (6b) (IR) RB Derrick Ward (FA) WR Dorin Dickerson (7) LS Jon Weeks (FA)


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OFFENSEQuarterbacks (3) 7 Dan Orlovsky QB 6-5 230 6 Connecticut 8 Matt Schaub QB 6-5 239 7 Virginia 9 Matt Leinart QB 6-5 232 5 USC Wide Receiver (8) 11 André Davis (IR) WR 6-1 194 9 Virginia Tech 12 Jacoby Jones WR 6-2 206 4 Lane College 16 Trindon Holliday (IR) WR 5-5 160 R LSU 19 Dorin Dickerson WR 6-2 222 R Pittsburgh 80 Andre Johnson WR 6-3 228 8 Miami (Fla.) 83 Kevin Walter WR 6-3 215 8 Eastern Michigan 84 Trey Stross (IR) WR 6-4 200 R Iowa 89 David Anderson WR 5-9 197 5 Colorado State Running Back (6) 20 Steve Slaton RB 5-9 215 3 West Virginia 23 Arian Foster RB 6-1 224 2 Tennessee 32 Derrick Ward RB 5-11 228 7 Ottawa (Kansas) 43 Ben Tate (IR) RB 5-11 220 R Auburn 44 Vonta Leach FB 6-0 265 7 East Carolina 45 Justin Griffith (IR) FB 6-0 230 8 Mississippi State Tight End (5) 81 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 245 5 Wisconsin 85 Joel Dreessen TE 6-4 248 5 Colorado State 86 James Casey TE 6-3 244 2 Rice 87 Anthony Hill (PUP) TE 6-6 269 2 North Carolina State 88 Garrett Graham TE 6-3 243 R Wisconsin Offensive Line (9) 73 Eric Winston T 6-7 314 5 Miami (Fla.) 76 Duane Brown T 6-4 313 3 Virginia Tech 78 Rashad Butler T 6-4 310 5 Miami (Fla.) 64 Kasey Studdard G 6-3 306 4 Texas 65 Mike Brisiel G 6-5 304 3 Colorado State 71 Shelley Smith G 6-4 300 R Colorado State 74 Wade Smith G 6-4 296 7 Memphis 55 Chris Myers C 6-4 299 6 Miami (Fla.) 62 Antoine Caldwell C 6-3 312 2 Alabama

DEFENSEDefensive Line (10) 72 Jesse Nading DE 6-5 264 2 Colorado State 90 Mario Williams DE 6-6 288 5 North Carolina State 94 Antonio Smith DE 6-4 285 7 Oklahoma State 96 Tim Jamison DE 6-3 270 2 Michigan 98 Connor Barwin DE 6-4 256 2 Cincinnati 91 Amobi Okoye DT 6-2 296 4 Louisville 92 Earl Mitchell DT 6-3 296 R Arizona 93 Tim Bulman (IR) DE 6-4 267 4 Boston College 95 Shaun Cody DT 6-4 310 6 Southern California 97 Frank Okam DT 6-5 338 3 Texas Linebacker (8) 50 Darnell Bing (IR) LB 6-2 220 2 Southern California 51 Darryl Sharpton LB 5-11 236 R Miami (Fla.) 52 Xavier Adibi LB 6-2 243 3 Virginia Tech 53 David Nixon LB 6-3 225 2 Brigham Young 54 Zac Diles LB 6-2 237 4 Kansas State 56 Brian Cushing (SUS) LB 6-3 262 2 Southern California 57 Kevin Bentley LB 6-0 245 9 Northwestern 59 DeMeco Ryans LB 6-1 248 5 Alabama Secondary (10) 21 Brice McCain CB 5-9 179 2 Utah 22 Sherrick McManis CB 6-1 195 R Northwestern 25 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 196 R Alabama 28 Antwaun Molden CB 6-1 192 3 Eastern Kentucky 29 Glover Quin CB 6-0 203 2 New Mexico 30 Jamar Wall CB 5-10 202 R Texas Tech 26 Eugene Wilson FS 5-10 200 8 Illinois 33 Troy Nolan SS 6-2 206 2 Arizona State 31 Bernard Pollard SS 6-1 224 5 Purdue 34 Dominique Barber SS 6-0 214 3 Minnesota

SPECIAL TEAMSSpecial Teams (4) 1 Matt Turk P 6-5 248 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater 4 Neil Rackers K 6-1 206 11 Illinois 46 Jon Weeks LS 5-10 251 1 Baylor


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OFFENSE WR 80 Andre Johnson 19 Dorin Dickerson LT 76 Duane Brown 78 Rashad Butler LG 74 Wade Smith 64 Kasey Studdard 71 Shelley Smith C 55 Chris Myers 65 Mike Brisiel RG 62 Antoine Caldwell 65 Mike Brisiel RT 73 Eric Winston 78 Rashad Butler 71 Shelley Smith TE 81 Owen Daniels 85 Joel Dreessen 86 James Casey 88 Garrett Graham 87 (Anthony Hill)

WR 83 Kevin Walter 12 Jacoby Jones 89 David Anderson

QB 8 Matt Schaub 7 Dan Orlovsky FB 44 Vonta Leach RB 23 Arian Foster 20 Steve Slaton 32 Derrick Ward

DEFENSE LDE 94 Antonio Smith 96 Tim Jamison NT 95 Shaun Cody 97 Frank Okam DT 91 Amobi Okoye 92 Earl Mitchell RDE 90 Mario Williams 72 Jesse Nading 98 Connor Barwin SLB 52 Xavier Adibi 53 David Nixon MLB 59 DeMeco Ryans 57 Kevin Bentley WLB 54 Zac Diles 51 Darryl Sharpton LCB 29 Glover Quin 22 Sherrick McManis 30 Jamar Wall RCB 25 Kareem Jackson 21 Brice McCain 28 Antwaun Molden SS 31 Bernard Pollard 34 Dominique Barber FS 26 Eugene Wilson 33 Troy Nolan

SPECIAL TEAMS PK 4 Neil Rackers P 1 Matt Turk LS 46 Jon Weeks 85 Joel Dreessen 86 James Casey KR 20 Steve Slaton 12 Jacoby Jones 22 Sherrick McManis PR 12 Jacoby Jones 89 David Anderson H 1 Matt Turk 8 Matt Schaub Bold denotes rookie and first year players

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NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE NFL EXP COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN GP-GS-DNP-INA 52 Adibi, Xavier LB 6-2 242 25 3 Virginia Tech Hampton, Va. 1-0-0-0

89 Anderson, David WR 5-10 192 27 5 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. 1-0-0-0 34 Barber, Dominique SS 6-0 213 24 3 Minnesota Wayzata, Minn. 1-0-0-0 98 Barwin, Connor DE 6-4 260 23 2 Cincinnati Detroit, Mich. 1-0-0-0 57 Bentley, Kevin LB 6-0 252 30 9 Northwestern North Hills, Calif. 1-0-0-0 65 Brisiel, Mike G 6-5 302 27 3 Colorado State Fayetteville, Ark. 1-0-0-0 76 Brown, Duane T 6-4 312 25 3 Virginia Tech Richmond, Va. 1-1-0-0 78 Butler, Rashad T 6-4 309 27 5 Miami (Fla.) West Palm Beach, Fla. 1-0-0-0 62 Caldwell, Antoine C 6-3 311 24 2 Alabama Montgomery, Ala. 1-1-0-0 86 Casey, James TE 6-3 240 25 2 Rice Azle, Texas 1-0-0-0 95 Cody, Shaun DT 6-4 304 27 6 Southern California Hacienda Heights, Calif. 1-1-0-0 81 Daniels, Owen TE 6-3 242 27 5 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. 1-1-0-0 19 Dickerson, Dorin WR 6-2 227 22 R Pittsburgh Imperial, Pa. 0-0-0-1 54 Diles, Zac LB 6-2 238 25 4 Kansas State Tulare, Calif. 1-1-0-0 85 Dreessen, Joel TE 6-4 245 28 5 Colorado State Fort Morgan, Colo. 1-0-0-0 23 Foster, Arian RB 6-1 227 24 2 Tennessee San Diego, Calif. 1-1-0-0 88 Graham, Garrett TE 6-3 240 24 R Wisconsin Brick, N.J. 0-0-0-1 25 Jackson, Kareem CB 5-10 195 22 R Alabama Macon, Ga. 1-1-0-0 96 Jamison, Tim DE 6-3 273 24 2 Michigan Riverdale, Ill. 1-0-0-0 80 Johnson, Andre WR 6-3 223 29 8 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 1-1-0-0 12 Jones, Jacoby WR 6-2 210 26 4 Lane College New Orleans, La. 1-1-0-0 44 Leach, Vonta FB 6-0 255 28 7 East Carolina Rowland, N.C. 1-0-0-0 9 Leinart, Matt QB 6-5 232 27 5 Southern California Santa Ana, Calif. 0-0-0-1 21 McCain, Brice CB 5-9 184 23 2 Utah Terrell, Texas 1-1-0-0 22 McManis, Sherrick CB 6-1 193 22 R Northwestern Peoria, Ill. 1-0-0-0 92 Mitchell, Earl DT 6-3 291 22 R Arizona Galena Park, Texas 1-0-0-0 28 Molden, Antwaun CB 6-1 200 25 3 Eastern Kentucky Cleveland, Ohio 0-0-0-1 55 Myers, Chris C 6-4 296 28 6 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 1-1-0-0 72 Nading, Jesse DE 6-5 261 25 2 Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. 1-0-0-0 53 Nixon, David LB 6-3 225 25 2 Brigham Young College Station, Texas 0-0-0-1 33 Nolan, Troy SS 6-2 206 24 2 Arizona State Woodland Hills, Calif. 1-0-0-0 97 Okam, Frank DT 6-5 350 24 3 Texas Dallas, Texas 0-0-0-1 91 Okoye, Amobi DT 6-2 292 23 4 Louisville Huntsville, Ala. 1-1-0-0 7 Orlovsky, Dan QB 6-5 230 27 6 Connecticut Shelton, Conn. 0-0-1-0 31 Pollard, Bernard SS 6-1 225 25 5 Purdue Fort Wayne, Ind. 1-1-0-0 29 Quin, Glover CB 6-0 203 24 2 New Mexico Summitt, Miss. 1-1-0-0 4 Rackers, Neil K 6-1 215 34 11 Illinois St. Louis, Mo. 1-0-0-0 59 Ryans, DeMeco LB 6-1 248 26 5 Alabama Bessemer, Ala. 1-1-0-0 8 Schaub, Matt QB 6-5 239 29 7 Virginia West Chester, Pa. 1-1-0-0 51 Sharpton, Darryl LB 5-11 248 22 R Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. 1-0-0-0 20 Slaton, Steve RB 5-9 206 24 3 West Virginia Levittown, Pa. 1-0-0-0 94 Smith, Antonio DE 6-4 275 28 7 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. 1-1-0-0 71 Smith, Shelley G 6-4 299 23 R Colorado State Phoenix, Ariz. 0-0-0-1 74 Smith, Wade G 6-4 309 29 7 Memphis Dallas, Texas 1-1-0-0 64 Studdard, Kasey G 6-3 304 26 4 Texas Lone Tree, Colo. 0-0-0-1 1 Turk, Matt P 6-5 248 42 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater Greenfield, Wisc. 1-0-0-0 30 Wall, Jamar CB 5-10 202 22 R Texas Tech Plainview, Texas 1-0-0-0 83 Walter, Kevin WR 6-3 218 29 8 Eastern Michigan Vernon Hills, Ill. 1-1-0-0 32 Ward, Derrick RB 5-11 228 30 7 Ottawa (Kansas) Moreno Valley, Calif. 0-0-1-0 46 Weeks, Jon LS 5-10 254 24 1 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. 1-0-0-0 90 Williams, Mario DE 6-6 290 25 5 North Carolina State Richlands, N.C. 1-1-0-0 26 Wilson, Eugene FS 5-10 196 30 8 Illinois Merrillville, Ind. 1-1-0-0 73 Winston, Eric T 6-7 316 26 5 Miami (Fla.) Midland, Texas 1-1-0-0

Physically Unable to Perform (1) 87 Hill, Anthony TE 6-6 278 25 2 North Carolina State Houston, Texas 0-0-1-0

Reserve/Suspended (1) 56 Cushing, Brian LB 6-3 259 23 2 Southern California Park Ridge, N.J. 0-0-0-0

Reserve/Injured (8) 50 Bing, Darnell LB 6-2 230 25 2 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. Neck (8/20) 3 Brown, Kris PK 5-11 211 33 12 Nebraska Southlake, Texas Foot (9/4) 93 Bulman, Tim DE 6-4 273 27 4 Boston College Dorchester, Mass. Shoulder (8/16) 11 Davis, André WR 6-1 195 31 9 Virginia Tech Niskayuna, N.Y. Hip (9/4) 45 Griffith, Justin FB 6-0 230 30 8 Mississippi State Magee, Miss. Neck (8/4) 16 Holliday, Trindon WR 5-5 169 24 R LSU Zachary, La. Hand (8/30) 84 Stross, Trey WR 6-4 201 23 R Iowa Avon Lake, Ohio L Foot (6/16) 43 Tate, Ben RB 5-11 219 22 R Auburn Salisbury, Md. Ankle (8/30) Practice Squad (8) 58 Greenhouse, Isaiah LB 6-2 239 23 R Northwestern State Marksville, La. 0-0-0-0 75 Helms, Brett C 6-2 301 24 1 LSU Stuttgart, Ark. 0-0-0-0 27 Ogbonnaya, Chris RB 6-0 225 24 2 Texas Houston, Texas 0-0-0-0 70 Pemberton, Cole T 6-7 306 23 R Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. 0-0-0-0 67 Sheppard, Malcolm DT 6-2 289 22 R Arkansas Bainbridge, Ga. 0-0-0-0 14 Townsel, Derrick WR 5-9 175 22 R Murray State Memphis, Tenn. 0-0-0-0 15 Williams, Bobby WR 6-2 198 24 1 North Alabama Jacksonville, Fla. 0-0-0-0 42 Williams, Torri S 6-2 210 24 R Purdue Leander, Texas 0-0-0-0

Head Coach: Gary Kubiak Assistant Coaches: Frank Bush (Defensive Coordinator); Rick Dennison (Offensive Coordinator); Joe Marciano (Special Teams Coordinator); Ray Rhodes (Sr. Defensive Asst.); John Benton (Offensive Line); Perry Carter (Defensive Asst.); David Gibbs (Defensive Backs); Chick Harris (Running Backs); Johnny Holland (Linebackers); Larry Kirksey (Wide Receivers); Greg Knapp (Quarterbacks); Bill Kollar (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Marc Lubick (Offensive Asst.); Bruce Matthews (Offensive Assistant); Brian Pariani (Tight Ends); Frank Pollack (Asst. Offensive Line); Robert Saleh (Asst. Linebackers); Matt Schiotz (Asst. Strength & Conditioning); Cedric Smith (Strength & Conditioning). Pronunciation Guide: Xavier Adibi - Ah-DEE-bee; Mike Brisiel - Bry-ZELL; Joel Dreessen - DREE-sen; Arian Foster - AIR-ee-an; Vonta Leach - VON-tay; Frank Okam - OH-cam; Amobi Okoye - Ah-MOH-bee Oh-KOY-yay; Dan Orlovsky - Or-LAHV-ski; Glover Quin - GLOW-ver; DeMeco Ryans - Deh-MEE-co; Matt Schaub - SHOBB

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NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE NFL EXP COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN HOW ACQUIRED 1 Matt Turk P 6-5 248 42 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater Greenfield, Wisc. FA-’07

4 Neil Rackers K 6-1 215 34 11 Illinois St. Louis, Mo. UFA-’10 (ARI) 7 Dan Orlovsky QB 6-5 230 27 6 Connecticut Shelton, Conn. UFA-’09 (DET) 8 Matt Schaub QB 6-5 239 29 7 Virginia West Chester, Pa. T-’07 (ATL) 9 Matt Leinart QB 6-5 232 27 5 Southern California Santa Ana, Calif. FA-’10 12 Jacoby Jones WR 6-2 210 26 4 Lane College New Orleans, La. D3-’07 19 Dorin Dickerson WR 6-2 227 22 R Pittsburgh Imperial, Pa. D7-’10 20 Steve Slaton RB 5-9 206 24 3 West Virginia Levittown, Pa. D3b-’08 21 Brice McCain CB 5-9 184 23 2 Utah Terrell, Texas D6-’09 22 Sherrick McManis CB 6-1 193 22 R Northwestern Peoria, Ill. D5-’10 23 Arian Foster RB 6-1 227 24 2 Tennessee San Diego, Calif. CFA-’09 25 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 195 22 R Alabama Macon, Ga. D1-’10 26 Eugene Wilson FS 5-10 196 30 8 Illinois Merrillville, Ind. FA-’08 28 Antwaun Molden CB 6-1 200 25 3 Eastern Kentucky Cleveland, Ohio D3a-’08 29 Glover Quin CB 6-0 203 24 2 New Mexico Summitt, Miss. D4a-’09 30 Jamar Wall CB 5-10 202 22 R Texas Tech Plainview, Texas W-’10 (DAL) 31 Bernard Pollard SS 6-1 225 25 5 Purdue Fort Wayne, Ind. FA-’09 32 Derrick Ward RB 5-11 228 30 7 Ottawa (Kansas) Moreno Valley, Calif. FA-’10 33 Troy Nolan SS 6-2 206 24 2 Arizona State Woodland Hills, Calif. D7-’09 34 Dominique Barber SS 6-0 213 24 3 Minnesota Wayzata, Minn. D6-’08 44 Vonta Leach FB 6-0 255 28 7 East Carolina Rowland, N.C. FA-’06 46 Jon Weeks LS 5-10 254 24 1 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. FA-’10 51 Darryl Sharpton LB 5-11 248 22 R Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. D4a-’10 52 Xavier Adibi LB 6-2 242 25 3 Virginia Tech Hampton, Va. D4-’08 53 David Nixon LB 6-3 225 25 2 Brigham Young College Station, Texas W-’10 (OAK) 54 Zac Diles LB 6-2 238 25 4 Kansas State Tulare, Calif. D7-’07 55 Chris Myers C 6-4 296 28 6 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. T-’08 (DEN) 57 Kevin Bentley LB 6-0 252 30 9 Northwestern North Hills, Calif. UFA-’08 (SEA) 59 DeMeco Ryans LB 6-1 248 26 5 Alabama Bessemer, Ala. D2-’06 62 Antoine Caldwell C 6-3 311 24 2 Alabama Montgomery, Ala. D3-’09 64 Kasey Studdard G 6-3 304 26 4 Texas Lone Tree, Colo. D6-’07 65 Mike Brisiel G 6-5 302 27 3 Colorado State Fayetteville, Ark. CFA-’06 71 Shelley Smith G 6-4 299 23 R Colorado State Phoenix, Ariz. D6a-’10 72 Jesse Nading DE 6-5 261 23 2 Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. CFA-’08 73 Eric Winston T 6-7 316 26 5 Miami (Fla.) Midland, Texas D3b-’06 74 Wade Smith G 6-4 309 29 7 Memphis Dallas, Texas UFA-’10 (KC) 76 Duane Brown T 6-4 312 25 3 Virginia Tech Richmond, Va. D1-’08 78 Rashad Butler T 6-4 309 27 5 Miami (Fla.) West Palm Beach, Fla. W-’07 (CAR) 80 Andre Johnson WR 6-3 223 29 8 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. D1-’03 81 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 242 27 5 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. D4-’06 83 Kevin Walter WR 6-3 218 29 8 Eastern Michigan Vernon Hills, Ill. RFA-’06 (CIN) 85 Joel Dreessen TE 6-4 245 28 5 Colorado State Fort Morgan, Colo. FA-’07 86 James Casey TE 6-3 240 25 2 Rice Azle, Texas D5-’09 88 Garrett Graham TE 6-3 240 24 R Wisconsin Brick, N.J. D4b-’10 89 David Anderson WR 5-10 192 27 5 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. D7-’06 90 Mario Williams DE 6-6 290 25 5 North Carolina State Richlands, N.C. D1-’06 91 Amobi Okoye DT 6-2 292 23 4 Louisville Huntsville, Ala. D1-’07 92 Earl Mitchell DT 6-3 291 22 R Arizona Galena Park, Texas D3-’10 94 Antonio Smith DE 6-4 275 28 7 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA-’09 (ARI) 95 Shaun Cody DT 6-4 304 27 6 Southern California Hacienda Heights, Calif. UFA-’09 (DET) 96 Tim Jamison DE 6-3 273 24 2 Michigan Riverdale, Ill. CFA-’09 97 Frank Okam DT 6-5 350 24 3 Texas Dallas, Texas D5-’08 98 Connor Barwin DE 6-4 260 23 2 Cincinnati Detroit, Mich. D2-’09 Physically Unable to Perform (1) 87 Anthony Hill TE 6-6 278 25 2 North Carolina State Houston, Texas D4b-’09

Reserve/Suspended (1) 56 Brian Cushing LB 6-3 259 23 2 Southern California Park Ridge, N.J. D1-’09

Reserve/Injured (8) 3 Kris Brown PK 5-11 211 33 12 Nebraska Southlake, Texas RFA-’02 (PIT) 11 André Davis WR 6-1 195 31 9 Virginia Tech Niskayuna, N.Y. UFA-’07 (BUF) 16 Trindon Holliday WR 5-5 169 24 R LSU Zachary, La. Hand (8/30) 43 Ben Tate RB 5-11 219 22 R Auburn Salisbury, Md. Ankle (8/30) 45 Justin Griffith FB 6-0 230 30 8 Mississippi State Magee, Miss. Neck (8/4) 50 Darnell Bing LB 6-2 230 25 2 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. Neck (8/20) 84 Trey Stross WR 6-4 201 23 R Iowa Avon Lake, Ohio L Foot (6/16) 93 Tim Bulman DE 6-4 273 27 4 Boston College Dorchester, Mass. Shoulder (8/16)

Practice Squad (8) 14 Derrick Townsel WR 5-9 175 22 R Murray State Memphis, Tenn. FA-’10 15 Bobby Williams WR 6-2 198 24 1 North Alabama Jacksonville, Fla. FA-’10 27 Chris Ogbonnaya RB 6-0 225 24 2 Texas Houston, Texas FA-’10 42 Torri Williams S 6-2 210 24 R Purdue Leander, Texas FA-’10 58 Isaiah Greenhouse LB 6-2 239 23 R Northwestern State Marksville, La. FA-’10 67 Malcolm Sheppard DT 6-2 289 22 R Arkansas Bainbridge, Ga. FA-’10 70 Cole Pemberton T 6-7 306 23 R Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. FA-’10 75 Brett Helms C 6-2 301 24 1 LSU Stuttgart, Ark. FA-’10 Head Coach: Gary Kubiak Assistant Coaches: Frank Bush (Defensive Coordinator); Rick Dennison (Offensive Coordinator); Joe Marciano (Special Teams Coordinator); Ray Rhodes (Sr. Defensive Asst.); John Benton (Offensive Line); Perry Carter (Defensive Asst.); David Gibbs (Defensive Backs); Chick Harris (Running Backs); Johnny Holland (Linebackers); Larry Kirksey (Wide Receivers); Greg Knapp (Quarterbacks); Bill Kollar (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Marc Lubick (Offensive Asst.); Bruce Matthews (Offensive Assistant); Brian Pariani (Tight Ends); Frank Pollack (Asst. Offensive Line); Robert Saleh (Asst. Linebackers); Matt Schiotz (Asst. Strength & Conditioning); Cedric Smith (Strength & Conditioning). Pronunciation Guide: Xavier Adibi - Ah-DEE-bee; Mike Brisiel - Bry-ZELL; Joel Dreessen - DREE-sen; Arian Foster - AIR-ee-an; Vonta Leach - VON-tay; Frank Okam - OH-cam; Amobi Okoye - Ah-MOH-bee Oh-KOY-yay; Dan Orlovsky - Or-LAHV-ski; Glover Quin - GLOW-ver; DeMeco Ryans - Deh-MEE-co; Matt Schaub - SHOBB


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PLAYER IND @WAS DAL @OAK NYG KC @IND SD @JAX @NYJ TEN @PHI BAL @TEN @DEN JAX GP-GS-DNP-INAAdibi, Xavier SUB 1-0-0-0Anderson, David SUB 1-0-0-0Barber, Dominique SUB 1-0-0-0Barwin, Connor SUB 1-0-0-0Bentley, Kevin SUB 1-0-0-0Bing, Darnell IR 0-0-0-0Brisiel, Mike SUB 1-0-0-0Brown, Duane LT 1-1-0-0Bulman, Tim IR 0-0-0-0Butler, Rashad SUB 1-0-0-0Caldwell, Antoine RG 1-1-0-0Casey, James SUB 1-0-0-0Cody, Shaun NT 1-1-0-0Cushing, Brian SUS 0-0-0-0Daniels, Owen TE 1-1-0-0Davis, André IR 0-0-0-0Dickerson, Dorin INA 0-0-0-1Diles, Zac WLB 1-1-0-0Dreessen, Joel SUB 1-0-0-0Foster, Arian RB 1-1-0-0Graham, Garrett INA 0-0-0-1Griffith, Justin IR 0-0-0-0Hill, Anthony PUP 0-0-0-0Holliday, Trindon IR 0-0-0-0Jackson, Kareem RCB 1-1-0-0Jamison, Tim SUB 1-0-0-0Johnson, Andre WR 1-1-0-0Jones, Jacoby XWR 1-1-0-0Leach, Vonta SUB 1-0-0-0Leinart, Matt 3QB 0-0-0-1McCain, Brice XCB 1-1-0-0McManis, Sherrick SUB 1-0-0-0Mitchell, Earl SUB 1-0-0-0Molden, Antwaun INA 0-0-0-1Myers, Chris C 1-1-0-0Nading, Jesse SUB 1-0-0-0Nixon, David INA 0-0-0-1Nolan, Troy SUB 1-0-0-0Okam, Frank INA 0-0-0-1Okoye, Amobi DT 1-1-0-0Orlovsky, Dan DNP 0-0-1-0Pollard, Bernard SS 1-1-0-0Quin, Glover LCB 1-1-0-0Rackers, Neil SUB 1-0-0-0Ryans, DeMeco MLB 1-1-0-0Schaub, Matt QB 1-1-0-0Sharpton, Darryl SUB 1-0-0-0Slaton, Steve SUB 1-0-0-0Smith, Antonio LDE 1-1-0-0Smith, Shelley INA 0-0-0-1Smith, Wade LG 1-1-0-0Stross, Trey IR 0-0-0-0Studdard, Kasey INA 0-0-0-1Tate, Ben IR 0-0-0-0Turk, Matt SUB 1-0-0-0Wall, Jamar SUB 1-0-0-0Walter, Kevin WR 1-1-0-0Ward, Derrick DNP 0-0-1-0Weeks, Jon SUB 1-0-0-0Williams, Mario RDE 1-1-0-0Wilson, Eugene FS 1-1-0-0Winston, Eric RT 1-1-0-0Key: POS-starter; SUB-played; DNP- did not play; INA- inactive; 3QB - third quarterback; SUS - reserve/suspended; IR - reserve/injured; PUP - reserve/ physically unable to perform; PS - practice squad; NWT - not with team.

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STARTERS - OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE9-12 INDIANAPOLIS D. Brown W. Smith C. Myers A. Caldwell E. Winston O. Daniels9-19 @ Washington9-26 DALLAS10-3 @ Oakland10-10 NEW YORK GIANTS10-17 KANSAS CITY11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 SAN DIEGO11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 TENNESSEE12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 BALTIMORE12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2-11 JACKSONVILLE

WR RB QB FB WR9-12 INDIANAPOLIS A. Johnson A. Foster M. Schaub J. Jones (WR) K. Walter9-19 @ Washington9-26 DALLAS10-3 @ Oakland10-10 NEW YORK GIANTS10-17 KANSAS CITY11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 SAN DIEGO11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 TENNESSEE12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 BALTIMORE12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2-11 JACKSONVILLE

STARTERS - DEFENSE LDE DT NT RDE SLB MLB WLB9-12 INDIANAPOLIS A. Smith A. Okoye S. Cody M. Williams B. McCain (CB) D. Ryans Z. Diles9-19 @ Washington9-26 DALLAS10-3 @ Oakland10-10 NEW YORK GIANTS10-17 KANSAS CITY11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 SAN DIEGO11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 TENNESSEE12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 BALTIMORE12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2-11 JACKSONVILLE LCB FS SS RCB9-12 INDIANAPOLIS G. Quin E. Wilson B. Pollard K. Jackson9-19 @ Washington9-26 DALLAS10-3 @ Oakland10-10 NEW YORK GIANTS10-17 KANSAS CITY11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 SAN DIEGO11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 TENNESSEE12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 BALTIMORE12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2-11 JACKSONVILLEBold denotes rookie


HOUSTON TEXANS2010 STATISTICS

Won 1, Lost 09/12/2010 W 34-24 Indianapolis 70,9749/19/2010 at Washington9/26/2010 Dallas10/3/2010 at Oakland10/10/2010 New York Giants10/17/2010 Kansas City11/1/2010 at Indianapolis11/7/2010 San Diego11/14/2010 at Jacksonville11/21/2010 at New York Jets11/28/2010 Tennessee12/2/2010 at Philadelphia12/13/2010 Baltimore12/19/2010 at Tennessee12/26/2010 at Denver1/2/2011 Jacksonville

Texans OpponentsTotal First Downs 23 25Rushing 15 3Passing 7 20Penalty 1 23rd Down: Made/Att 6/11 4/123rd Down Pct. 54.5% 33.3%4th Down: Made/Att 1/1 1/14th Down Pct. 100.0% 100.0%Possession Avg. 30:53 29:07Total Net Yards 355 463Avg. Per Game 355.0 463.0Total Plays 61 69Avg. Per Play 5.8 6.7Net Yards Rushing 257 44Avg. Per Game 257.0 44.0Total Rushes 42 10Net Yards Passing 98 419Avg. Per Game 98.0 419.0Sacked/Yards Lost 2/9 2/14Gross Yards 107 433Attempts/Completions 17/9 57/40Completion Pct. 52.9% 70.2%Had Intercepted 1 0Punts/Average 2/45.5 5/35.6Net Punting Avg. 39.0 19.8Penalties/Yards 7/50 5/73Fumbles/Ball Lost 0/0 1/1Touchdowns 4 3Rushing 3 0Passing 1 3Returns 0 0

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT TotalTEXANS 6 7 7 14 0 34Opponents 0 10 0 14 0 24

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2pt. TPA.Foster 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18N.Rackers 0 0 0 0 4/4 2/2 0 10K.Walter 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6TEXANS 4 3 1 0 4/4 2/2 0 34Opponents 3 0 3 0 3/3 1/1 0 242-Pt. Conversions: TEXANS 0/ 0, Opponents: 0/ 0

RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Foster 33 231 7.0 42 3S.Slaton 6 29 4.8 13 0M.Schaub 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0TEXANS 42 257 6.1 42 3Opponents 10 44 4.4 17 0

RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TDA.Johnson 3 33 11.0 21 0K.Walter 2 29 14.5 22t 1J.Jones 2 29 14.5 23 0O.Daniels 1 9 9.0 9 0A.Foster 1 7 7.0 7 0TEXANS 9 107 11.9 23 1Opponents 40 433 10.8 73t 3

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD TEXANS 0 0 -- -- 0Opponents 1 19 19.0 19 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg BM. Turk 2 91 45.5 39.0 0 1 58 0TEXANS 2 91 45.5 39.0 0 1 58 0Opponents 5 178 35.6 19.8 2 2 41 0

PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TDJ.Jones 1 2 39 39.0 39 0TEXANS 1 2 39 39.0 39 0Opponents 1 1 13 13.0 13 0

KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD J.Jones 2 46 23.0 23 0S.Slaton 1 33 33.0 33 0TEXANS 3 79 26.3 33 0Opponents 7 155 22.1 26 0

FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+N.Rackers 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0TEXANS 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0Opponents 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0N.Rackers: (30G, 49G).Opponents: (20G).

Fumbles Lost: None. Total: 0Opponent Fumble Recoveries: G.Quin 1 Total: 1

Sacks: .Williams 1.0, J.Nading 0.5, A.Smith 0.5. TEXANS: 2.0, Opponents: 2.0

Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating M.Schaub 17 9 107 52.9% 6.3 1 5.9% 1 5.9% 23 2/ 9 67.5TEXANS 17 9 107 52.9% 6.3 1 5.9% 1 5.9% 23 2/ 9 67.5Opponents 57 40 433 70.2% 7.6 3 5.3% 0 0.0% 73t 2/ 14 109.8

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HOUSTON TEXANSDEFENSIVE STATISTICS

DEFENSIVE Tackles QB INT Pass Forced FumbleTACKLES Solo Asst Total Sacks Yards For Loss Hits (Yards) Defensed Fumble Recovery Z.Diles 9 3 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.Ryans 8 2 10 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0B.Pollard 8 1 9 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0B.McCain 5 2 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A.Okoye 3 2 5 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0K.Jackson 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0G.Quin 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1M.Williams 2 2 4 1.0 7 0 5 0 0 0 0E.Wilson 1 3 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0S.Cody 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Nading 0 2 2 0.5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0A.Smith 0 1 1 0.5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0T.Jamison 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0S. Slaton 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TEXANS 45 21 66 2.0 14 0 10 0 (0) 5 1 1Opponents 42 29 71 2.0 9 3 4 1 (19) 5 0 0

SPECIAL TEAMS Blocks Forced Fumble Solo Asst Total PAT Punt FG Fumble RecoveryJ.Dreessen 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0K.Bentley 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0J.Wall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0X.Adibi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0S.McManis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0N.Rackers 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0D.Sharpton 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Total 7 3 10 0 0 0 0 0Opponent 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0


NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUESEASON STANDINGS

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCEEast DivisionTeam W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakNew England Patriots 1 0 0 1.000 38 24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Win 1Miami Dolphins 1 0 0 1.000 15 10 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Won 1New York Jets 0 1 0 .000 9 10 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1Buffalo Bills 0 1 0 .000 10 15 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1

West DivisionTeam W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakKansas City Chiefs 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1San Diego Chargers 0 1 0 .000 14 21 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1Denver Broncos 0 1 0 .000 17 24 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1Oakland Raiders 0 1 0 .000 13 38 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1 North DivisionTeam W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakPittsburgh Steelers 1 0 0 1.000 15 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1 Baltimore Ravens 1 0 0 1.000 10 9 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1Cincinnati Bengals 0 1 0 .000 24 38 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1Cleveland Browns 0 1 0 .000 14 17 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Lost 1 South DivisionTeam W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakHouston Texans 1 0 0 1.000 34 24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Win 1Jacksonville Jaguars 1 0 0 1.000 24 17 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Win 1 Tennessee Titans 1 0 0 1.000 38 13 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1Indianapolis Colts 0 1 0 .000 24 34 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCEEast Division Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakNew York Giants 1 0 0 1.000 31 18 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0-0 Won 1Washington Redskins 1 0 0 1.000 13 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Won 1Philadelphia Eagles 0 1 0 .000 20 27 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0-0 Lost 1Dallas Cowboys 0 1 0 .000 7 13 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1 West Division Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakSeattle Seahawks 1 0 0 1.000 31 6 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Win 1Arizona Cardinals 1 0 0 1.000 17 13 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Win1San Francisco 49ers 0 1 0 .000 6 31 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1St. Louis Rams 0 1 0 .000 13 17 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Lost 1 North Division Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakGreen Bay Packers 1 0 0 1.000 27 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1Chicago Bears 1 0 0 1.000 19 14 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Won 1Minnesota Vikings 0 1 0 .000 9 14 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1Detroit Lions 0 1 0 .000 14 19 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Lost 1 South Division Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Away Conf Div StreakNew Orleans Saints 1 0 0 1.000 14 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 0 0 1.000 17 14 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Won 1Atlanta Falcons 0 1 0 .000 9 15 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Lost 1Carolina Panthers 0 1 0 .000 18 31 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Lost 1


HOUSTON TEXANSTHE LAST TIME...

500 TOTAL NET YARDS By Texans— 549 yards at Green Bay (408 passing,

141 rushing), 12/07/08. By Opponents— 515 yards at Indianapolis (390

passing, 125 rushing), 9/17/06

200 YARDS RUSHING By Texans— Arian Foster vs. Indianapolis, 231

yards on 33 carries, 3 TD, 9/12/10 By Opponents— Larry Johnson vs. Kansas City,

211 yards on 36 carries, 2 TD, 11/20/05


yards on 33 carries, 3 TD, 9/12/10 By Opponents— Chris Johnson vs. Tennessee (29

for 151 yards), 11/23/09


yards on 33 carries, 3 TD, 9/12/10 By Opponents— Chris Johnson vs. Tennessee (29

for 151 yards), 11/23/09

400 YARDS PASSING By Texans— Matt Schaub at Green Bay (414

yards, 28-of-42, 2 TD, 1INT), 12/07/08 By Opponents— Peyton Manning vs Indianapolis

(433 yards, 40-of-57), 9/12/10

300 YARDS PASSING By Texans— Matt Schaub vs. New England (303

yards, 24-of-39), 1/3/10 By Opponents— Peyton Manning vs Indianapolis

(433 yards, 40-of-57), 9/12/10

200 YARDS RECEIVING By Texans— Andre Johnson vs. Tennessee (207

yards, 11 rec., 1 TD) 12/14/08 By Opponents— Lee Evans vs. Buffalo (265 yards,

11 rec., 3 TDs) 11/19/06

150 YARDS RECEIVING By Texans— Andre Johnson at St. Louis (196

yards, 9 rec.), 12/20/09 By Opponents— Calvin Johnson vs. Detroit (154

yards, 2 rec., TD)

100 YARDS RECEIVING By Texans— Andre Johnson at St. Louis (196

yards, 9 rec.), 12/20/09 By Opponents— Austin Collie vs. Indianapolis (131

yards, 10 rec., TD), 9/12/10

FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES By Texans— Never Happened By Opponents— Peyton Manning at Indianapolis

(18-of-27, 320 yards, 5 TD), 11/14/04

FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES By Texans— Matt Schaub vs. Cincinnati (28-of-40,

392 yards, 4 TDs), 10/18 /09 By Opponents— Quinn Gray vs. Jacksonville (25-

of-39, 302 yards, 4 TDs), 12/30/07

THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES By Texans— Matt Schaub vs. Jacksonville (26-of-

39, 300 yards, 3 TD) 9/27/09 By Opponents— Peyton Manning vs. Indianapolis

(27-of-35, 244 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT)

THROW TWO+ INTERCEPTIONS By Texans— Matt Schaub (2) vs. Indianapolis

11/29/09 By Opponents— Peyton Manning (2) vs. India-

napolis 11/29/09

THREE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS By Texans— Never Happened By Opponents— Vernon Davis (93 yards, 7 rec., 3

TD) 10/25/09

TWO TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS By Texans— Andre Johnson vs. Seattle (11 rec.,

193 yards, 2 TD), 12/13/09 By Opponents— Larry Fitzgerald at Arizona (5 rec.,

79 yards, 2 TD), 10/11/09

FOUR TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING By Texans—Never Happened By Opponents—Shaun Alexander at Seattle (22 for

141, 4 TD), 10/16/05

THREE TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING By Texans— Arian Foster vs. Indianapolis (33 for

231, 3 TD) 9/12/10 By Opponents—Maurice Jones-Drew vs. Jackson-

ville (23 for 119, 3 TD) 9/27/09

TWO TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING By Texans— Arian Foster vs. Indianapolis (33 for

231, 3 TD) 9/12/10 By Opponents— Fred Taylor vs. New England (7

for 33, 2 TD), 1/3/10

THREE SACKS By Texans— Mario Williams vs. Jacksonville (3.0

for 25 yards), 12/01/08 By Opponents—James Harrison at Pittsburgh (3

for 20 yards), 9/07/08

INTERCEPTION RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN By Texans — Bernard Pollard vs. Seattle, 70 yards,

12/13/09 By Opponents— Darius Butler vs. New England, 91

yards, 1/3/10


HOUSTON TEXANSTHE LAST TIME...

FUMBLE RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN By Texans — Dominique Barber vs. NY Jets , 48

yards, 9/13/09 By Opponents — Gary Brackett vs. Indianapolis, 68

yards, 10/5/08

DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN By Texans — Bernard Pollard vs. New England, 0

yards, 1/3/10 By Opponents — Darius Butler vs. New England, 91

yards, 1/3/10

FIVE OR MORE FIELD GOALS By Texans— Kris Brown vs. Miami (5-5, made from

54, 43, 54, 20, 57), 10/7/07 By Opponents— Rod Bironas vs. Tennessee (8-8,

made from 52, 25, 21, 30, 28, 43, 29, 29), 10/21/07

FOUR FIELD GOALS By Texans— Kris Brown vs. Cleveland (4-5, made

from 38, 37, 35, 40), 10/30/05 By Opponents— Rob Bironas vs. Tennessee (4-4,

made from 23, 26, 34, 51) 12/14/08.

FIELD GOAL BLOCKED By Texans — Dunta Robinson at Atlanta, 9/30/07 By Opponents— Craig Terrill vs. Seattle, 12/13/09

FG BLOCKED\MISSED AND RETURNED FOR TD By Texans — Never Happened By Opponents— Never Happened

PUNT BLOCKED By Texans — Antwan Peek blocked punt by Micah

Knorr at Denver, 11/7/04. By Opponents— Chad Stanley punt blocked by

Rocky Boiman vs. Tennessee, 12/29/02

PUNT BLOCKED AND RETURN FOR TD By Texans — Kevin Williams recovered Craig Jar-

rett punt blocked by Jimmy McClain at Washington, 12/22/02

By Opponents— Never Happened

KICKOFF RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN By Texans—Jacoby Jones vs. Oakland, 95 yards,

10/4/09 By Opponents— Ellis Hobbs at New England, 93

yards, 12/17/06

PUNT RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN By Texans — Jacoby Jones vs. Cincinnati, 73

yards, 10/26/08 By Opponents— Johnny Lee Higgins at Oakland, 80

yards, 12/21/08

PAT BLOCKED By Texans — Michael Boulware blocked PAT by

John Carney at Jacksonville, 10/14/07 By Opponents— Robaire Smith blocked PAT by

Kris Brown at Tennessee, 10/29/06

MISSED PAT By Texans —Kris Brown PAT missed vs. New

England, 1/3/10 By Opponents— John Carney PAT blocked by

Michael Boulware at Jacksonville, 10/14/07

TWO POINT CONVERSION MADE By Texans— Andre Johnson pass from Matt

Schaub at Buffalo, 11/1/09 By Opponents— Joe Flacco pass to Derrick Mason

vs. Baltimore, 11/09/08

TWO POINT CONVERSION FAILED By Texans— Matt Schaub pass to Chris Brown

incomplete at Jacksonville, 12/6/09 By Opponents— Ronnie Brown halfback pass to

Chris Chambers incomplete, tipped by Mario Wil-liams vs. Miami 10/1/06.

SAFETY SCORED By Texans— Zac Diles tackle of David Garrard in

end zone vs. Jacksonville, 12/6/09 By Opponents— Penalty on Duane Brown in end

zone vs. Baltimore, 11/09/08

SCORED 40 POINTS By Texans— 42 points (42-28), vs. Jacksonville

12/30/07 By Opponents— 41 points (41-13), vs. Baltimore

11/09/08

WON OVERTIME GAME By Texans— Never Happened By Opponents— Houston at Jacksonville (27-30),

9/28/08

SHUTOUT By Texans— Houston at Jacksonville (21-0),

12/26/04 By Opponents— Jacksonville vs. Houston (27-0),

12/7/03


HOUSTON TEXANSSEASON TOTALS

9-12 9-19 9-26 10-3 10-10 10-17 11-1 11-7 11-14 11-21 11-28 12-2 12-13 12-19 12-26 1-2 IND @WAS DAL @OAK NYG KC @IND SD @JAX @NYJ TEN @PHI BAL @TEN @DEN JAX TOTALSFIRST DOWNS Total 23 Rushing 15 Passing 7 Penalty 1 TOTAL OFFENSE Yards 355 Plays 61 Rush 257 Attempts 42 Pass 98 Attempts 17 Completions 9 Interceptions 1 Sacks-Yards 2-9 INTERCEPTIONS BY TEXANS Number 0 Yards 0 Long 0 Touchdowns 0 PUNTS Number 2 AVG. 91.0 PUNT RETURNS Number 1 Yards 39 Fair Catches 2 Long 0 Touchdowns 0 KICKOFF RETURNS Number 3 Yards 79 Long 33 Touchdowns 0 PENALTIES Number 7 Yards 50 FUMBLES Number-Lost 0-0 SCORING Touchdowns 4 Rush 3 Passing 1 Returns 0 Points After TD 4 2-Point Conv. 0 Field Goals 2 Time of Possesion 30:53


HOUSTON TEXANSOPPONENTS' SEASON TOTALS

9-12 9-19 9-26 10-3 10-10 10-17 11-1 11-7 11-14 11-21 11-28 12-2 12-13 12-19 12-26 1-2 IND @WAS DAL @OAK NYG KC @IND SD @JAX @NYJ TEN @PHI BAL @TEN @DEN JAX TOTALSFIRST DOWNS Total 25 Rushing 3 Passing 20 Penalty 2

TOTAL OFFENSE Yards 463 Plays 69 Rush 44 Attempts 10 Pass 419 Attempts 57 Completions 40 Interceptions 0 Sacks-Yards 0-0

INTERCEPTIONS BY OPPONENTS Number 1 Yards 19 Long 0 Touchdowns 0

PUNTS Number 5 AVG. 35.6 PUNT RETURNS Number 1 Yards 13 Fair Catches 1 Long 13 Touchdowns 0

KICKOFF RETURNS Number 7 Yards 155 Long 26 Touchdowns 0

PENALTIES Number 5 Yards 73

FUMBLES Number-Lost 1-1

SCORING Touchdowns 3 Rush 0 Passing 3 Returns 0 Points After TD 3 2-Point Conv. 0 Field Goals 1 Time of Possesion 29:07


HOUSTON TEXANSSEASON HIGHS & LOWS

SEASON HIGHS - LOWS

TEXANS OPPONENTS HIGH LOW HIGH LOW Points 34 vs. IND. 34 vs. IND. 24 vs. IND 24 vs. INDFirst Downs 23 vs. IND. 23 vs. IND. 25 vs. IND 25 vs. INDTotal Offense 355 vs. IND. 355 vs. IND. 463 vs. IND 463 vs. INDNet Yards Rushing 257 vs. IND 257 vs. IND 44 vs. IND. 44 vs. IND.Net Yards Passing 98 vs. IND. 98 vs. IND. 419 vs. IND. 419 vs. IND.Offensive Plays 61 vs. IND. 61 vs. IND. 69 vs. IND. 69 vs. IND. Rushing Attempts 61 vs. IND. 61 vs. IND. 10 vs. IND. 10 vs. IND.Pass Attempts 17 vs. IND 17 vs. IND 57 vs. IND. 57 vs. IND.Pass Completions 9 vs. IND. 9 vs. IND. 40 vs. IND. 40 vs. IND.Passes Had Intercepted 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND. 0 vs. IND. 0 vs. IND.Sacks Allowed 2 vs. IND. 2 vs. IND. 2 vs IND. 2 vs IND.Fumbles 0 vs. IND. 0 vs. IND 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND.Fumbles Lost 0 vs. IND. 0 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND.Total Turnovers 2 vs. IND 2 vs. IND 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND.Penalties 7 vs. IND. 7 vs. IND 5 by IND 5 by INDYards Penalized 50 vs. IND 50 vs. IND 73 by IND. 73 by IND.Time of Possession 30:53 vs. IND 30:53 vs. IND 29:07 vs. IND. 29:07 vs. IND.Defensive Interceptions 0 vs. IND. 0 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND.Total Takeaways 1 vs. IND 1 vs. IND 1 vs. IND. 1 vs. IND.Drive (plays) 66 (15) vs. IND 66 (15) vs. IND 75 (12) vs. IND. 75 (12) vs. IND. Third Down Conversions 6-11 vs. IND (55%) 6-11 vs. IND (55%) 4-12 vs, IND (33%) 4-12 vs. IND (33%)

SEASON INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

TEXANS OPPONENTS Yards Rushing 231 by A. Foster vs. IND 44 by J. Addai vs INDRushing Attempts 33 by A. Foster vs IND 10 by J. Addai vs INDRushing TDs 3 by A. Foster vs IND None Receptions 3 by A. Johnson vs IND 11 by D. Clark vs INDYards Receiving 33 by A. Johnson vs IND 131 by A. Collie vs INDReceiving TDs 1 by K. Walter vs IND 1 3x, last: A. Collie vs IND Combined Yds (rush/rec) 238 by A. Foster vs IND 73 by J. Addai vs INDAll-Purpose Yards 238 by A. Foster vs IND 73 by J. Addai vs INDYards Passing 107 by M. Schaub vs IND 433 by P. Manning vs IND Pass Attempts 17 by M. Schaub vs IND 57 by P. Manning vs IND Pass Completions 9 by M. Schaub vs IND 40 by P. Manning vs IND TD Passes 1 by M. Schaub vs IND 3 by P. Manning vs. INDInterceptions Thrown 1 by M. Schaub vs IND NoneLongest Run 42 by A. Foster vs IND 17 by J. Addai vs INDLongest Pass Completion 23 by J. Jones vs IND 73 by A. Collie vs INDLongest Kickoff Return 33 by S. Slaton vs IND 26 by D. Moore vs INDLongest Punt Return 39 by J. Jones vs IND 13 by J. Powers vs IND Longest Int. Return None 19 by M. Bullitt vs INDLongest Punt 58 by M. Turk vs IND 41 by P. McAfee vs INDLongest Field Goal 49 by N. Rackers vs IND 20 by A. Vinateri vs INDTouchdowns Scored 3 by A. Foster vs IND 1 3x, last: A. Collie vs IND Points Scored 18 by A. Foster vs IND 6 4x, last: A. Vinateri vs IND


HOUSTON TEXANSRECORD WHEN...

TEXANS RECORDS WHEN

2010 Season Historical Totals Kubiak Era W-L W-L W/L Texans at Reliant Stadium 1-0 31-34 22-12Texans on the road 0-0 19-45 11-21Texans on grass 1-0 45-56 29-23Texans on artificial turf 0-0 4-22 3-10Texans in a dome 0-0 1-10 1-4Reliant Stadium roof open 0-0 19-17 11-5Reliant Stadium roof closed 1-0 12-17 10-7Texans score first 1-0 33-25 22-13Opponent scores first 0-0 19-51 10-20Texans score on first possession 1-0 19-16 14-10Texans score 20+ points 1-0 38-26 26-14Texans score less than 20 points 0-0 11-53 6-19Texans allowed 20+ points 1-0 16-69 12-32Texans allow less than 20 points 0-0 34-10 20-1Texans lead after 1st quarter 1-0 25-19 18-11Texans trail after 1st quarter 0-0 15-47 8-17Score tied after 1st quarter 0-0 9-11 6-5Texans lead at halftime 1-0 31-19 22-7Texans trail at halftime 0-0 15-59 7-23Score tied at halftime 0-0 4-6 3-3Texans lead after 3rd quarter 1-0 35-11 24-5Texans trail after 3rd quarter 0-0 7-58 4-25Score tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 7-11 4-3Game goes to overtime 0-0 0-6 0-2Texans have + turnover ratio 0-0 31-10 18-3Texans have - turnover ratio 1-0 10-54 9-24Turnover ratio even 0-0 8-16 4-6Texans have 30:00+ TOP 1-0 40-23 28-12Texans have under 30:00 TOP 0-0 10-56 5-21Matt Schaub starts at QB 1-0 21-19 21-19Texans have 100-yard rusher 1-0 12-11 8-3Texans have 300 net passing yards 0-0 7-9 7-7Texans have 1 100-yard receiver 0-0 20-19 17-11Texans have 2 100-yard receivers 0-0 1-2 1-0Andre Johnson has 100+ yards receiving 0-0 17-14 15-7Texan win coin toss 0-0 29-45 19-17Texans lose coin toss 1-0 21-32 13-16


HOUSTON TEXANSRECORD WHEN...

2010 Season Historical Totals Kubiak Era W-L W-L W/L Texans wearing Blue jerseys 0-0 17-23 12-10Texans wearing White jerseys 1-0 25-52 15-22Texans wearing Red jerseys 0-0 7-4 4-2Texans wearing All-White 1-0 2-4 2-4Texans wearing All-Blue 0-0 1-3 1-3Texans wearing All-Red 0-0 2-1 2-1In September 1-0 9-19 5-10In October 0-0 13-17 8-7In November 0-0 10-22 5-10In December 0-0 17-19 13-6In January 0-0 1-2 1-0On Sunday Night 0-0 1-3 0-0On Thursday Night 0-0 1-0 1-0On Monday Night 0-0 1-1 1-1Kickoff is 12:00 CT 1-0 42-64 26-28Kickoff is 3:00/3:15 CT 0-0 6-10 4-3Kickoff is 8:00 CT 0-0 0-0 0-0Kickoff is 7:30 CT 0-0 1-4 1-1Kickoff is 7:15 CT 0-0 1-0 1-0 vs. AFC South teams 1-0 14-35 8-17vs. AFC South at home 1-0 9-16 6-7vs. AFC South on road 0-0 5-19 2-10vs. AFC North 0-0 6-11 4-3vs. AFC East 0-0 8-9 5-4vs. AFC West 0-0 7-7 5-2vs. AFC 0-0 34-62 22-25 vs. NFC East 0-0 2-6 0-4vs. NFC South 0-0 5-3 3-1vs. NFC North 0-0 4-4 3-1vs. NFC West 0-0 4-4 3-1vs. NFC 0-0 15-17 9-7


HOUSTON TEXANSSCORING/RED ZONE

TEXANS OPPONENTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 9-12 Indianapolis 6 7 7 14 0 34 0 10 0 14 0 249-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville TOTALS 6 7 7 14 0 34 0 10 0 14 0 24

PERFORMANCE INSIDE THE 20 TEXANS OPPONENTS 9-12 Indianapolis 67% 2/3 (2 TD, 1 FG) 67% 2/3 (2 TD, 1 FG)9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 67% 2/3 (2 TD, 1 FG) 67% 2/3 (2 TD, 1 FG)


HOUSTON TEXANS3RD & 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY

FIRST DOWNS EARNED (3rd or 4th Down) NAME RUSH PASS REC PEN TOTAL Matt Schaub* 5(2) 6(2) Andre Johnson 2(1) 1(1)Owen Daniels 1 Steve Slaton 1 1Vonta Leach David Anderson Jacoby Jones 2(1) 1Joel Dreesen James Casey Arian Foster 14(5) 14(5)Kevin Walter Penalty 1 Totals 14(5) 5(2) 5(2) 1 23 (8) * Note: One first down awarded to passer and receiver on passes

THIRD AND FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY Third Down and: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total 4th Down 9-12 Indianapolis 3/3 0/1 1/1 1/2 0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/2 6/11 1/19-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 3/3 0/1 1/1 1/2 0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/2 6/11 1/1


HOUSTON TEXANSTURNOVER STATISTICS

TEXANS TUROVER RATIO OFFENSIVE GIVEAWAYS DEFENSIVE TAKEAWAYS SPECIAL TEAMS GAME NET Fum. Int. Tot. Fum. Int. Tot. Give Take Total9-12 Indianapolis 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 09-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

FORCED TURNOVERS - RESULTS Houston Takeaways Points Opponents Takeaways Points 9-12 Indianapolis 1 7 1 79-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville TOTALS 0 INT, 1 FR 7 1 INT, 0 FR 7


HOUSTON TEXANSTURNOVERS

FUMBLES - FUMBLES LOST Game Total/Lost Players 9-12 Indianapolis 0/0 None9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville TOTALS 0/0 None

FUMBLES BY PLAYERS Player Fumbles Lost Fumbles None 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS Game INT(Yards) Players 9-12 Indianapolis 0(0) None9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville


HOUSTON TEXANSTURNOVERS

TEXANS TURNOVER RESULTS TAKEAWAYS 1 Total Takeaways (0 interceptions, (1 fumble recoveries) 1 resulted in 7 points for Houston (1 TD, 0 FG) vs. INDFirst Half takeaways - (0 interceptions, (0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD) First quarter takeaways – (0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD, 0 FG)Second quarter takeaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD)Second Half takeaways – (0 interceptions, 1 fumble recoveries) 1 resulted in 7 points for Houston (1 TD) vs.INDThird quarter takeaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0points for Houston (0 TD) Fourth quarter takeaways – (0 interceptions, 1 fumble recoveries) 1 resulted in 7 points for Houston (1 TD) vs. IND

TEXANS TURNOVER RESULTS

TURNOVERS 1 Total Giveaways (1 interceptions, 0 fumbles lost) First Half giveaways (1 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 1 resulted in 7 points (1 TD) vs. INDFirst quarter giveaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points (0 TD)Second quarter giveaways – (1 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 1 resulted in 7 points (1 TD) vs. INDSecond Half giveaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD)Third quarter giveaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD)Fourth quarter giveaways – (0 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries) 0 resulted in 0 points for Houston (0 TD)


HOUSTON TEXANSDRIVE ENGINEERING

TEXANS DRIVE ENGINEERING No. of Missed End End Pts./ Drives TD FG FG Punt Fum. INT Downs Saftey Half Game Pts. Drive9-12 Indianapolis 11 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 34 3.099-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 11 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 34 3.09

OPPONENTS DRIVE ENGINEERING No. of Missed End End Pts./ Drives TD FG FG Punt Fum. INT Downs Saftey Half Game Pts. Drive9-12 Indianapolis 10 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2.409-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 10 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2.40


HOUSTON TEXANSQUARTERBACK SACKS & PRESSURES

QUARTERBACK SACKS Game Sacks (Yards) Players (No./Yards)9-12 Indianapolis 2(14) M.Williams (1/7); J.Nading (0.5/3.5);A.Smith (0.5/3.5)9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 2(14)

QUARTERBACK PRESSURES

Game Pressures Players 9-12 Indianapolis 10 A.Okoye;M.Williams;J.Nading;A.Smith9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville Totals 10


HOUSTON TEXANSNFL RANKS

OFFENSE AFC NFL

Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass9-12 Indianapolis 6 1 14 10 1 309-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville

DEFENSE AFC NFL

Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass9-12 Indianapolis 16 1 16 31T 2 32 9-19 @ Washington9-26 Dallas10-3 @ Oakland10-10 New York Giants10-17 Kansas City11-1 @ Indianapolis11-7 San Diego11-14 @ Jacksonville11-21 @ New York Jets11-28 Tennessee12-2 @ Philadelphia12-13 Baltimore12-19 @ Tennessee12-26 @ Denver1-2 Jacksonville


HOUSTON TEXANSINACTIVES & CAPTAINS

INACTIVE PLAYERS9-12 vs. Indianapolis QB M. Leinart, WR D. Dickerson, CB A. Molden, LB D. Nixon, G K. Studdard, G S. Smith, TE G. Graham, DT

F. Okam9-19 at Washington

TEAM CAPTAINS9-12 vs. Indianapolis LB K. Bentley, WR A. Johnson, LB D. Ryans, QB M. Schaub, DE M. Williams, DE A. Smith9-19 at Washington


HOUSTON TEXANSCOACHES CHALLENGES

ALL-TIME RECORD WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 4 11/29/09 vs. IND 9/10/06 vs. PHI 9/12/04 vs. SD 9/22/02 vs. INDCompletions (No TD) 1 8 12/6/09 at JAX 9/30/07 at ATL 11/5/06 at NYG 11/12/06 at JAX 12/24/06 vs. IND 11/14/04 at IND 11/14/04 at IND 11/21/04 vs. GB 10/19/03 vs. NYJInterceptions 1 4 9/16/07 at CAR 9/21/08 at TEN 9/23/07 vs. IND 10/14/07 at JAX 11/30/02 vs. CINFumbles 5 10 10/18/09 at CIN 9/27/09 vs. JAX 12/28/08 vs. CHI 9/7/08 at PIT 9/17/06 at IND 12/14/08 vs. TEN 10/15/06 at DAL 9/16/07 at CAR 12/12/04 vs. IND 10/21/07 vs. TEN 11/18/07 vs. NO 11/25/07 at CLE 12/13/07 vs. DEN 9/11/05 at BUF 10/2/05 at CIN Spot 3 5

12/2/06 at OAK 12/20/09 vs. STL 11/30/03 vs. ATL 9/7/08 at PIT 9/27/09 vs. JAX 12/31/06 vs. CLE 10/10/04 vs. MIN 11/7/04 at DEN ALL-TIME RECORD 10 31



2010 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 0Completions (No TD) 0 0Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 0 0Spot 0 0 2010 RECORD 0 0

2009 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 1 11/29/09 vs. IND (A. Johnson Catch)Completions (No TD) 1 0 12/6/09 at JAX (D. Anderson catch)Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 1 1 10/18/09 at CIN (S. Slaton Fumble) 9/27/09 vs. JAX (C. Brown Fumble)Spot 1 1 9/27/09 vs. JAX (E. Wilford TD. After 12/20/09 at STL (K. Darby first down) review, marked ob at HST 2.) 2009 RECORD 3 3

2008 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 0Completions (No TD) 0 0Interceptions 0 1 9/21/08 at TEN (M. Griffin)Fumbles 1 2 12/28/08 vs. CHI (S. Slaton Fumble) 9/7/08 at PIT (M. Schaub Fumble) 12/14/08 vs. TEN (Ball touched on Punt)Spot 0 1 9/7/08 at PIT 2008 RECORD 1 4



2007 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 0Completions (No TD) 0 1 9/30/07 at ATL (J. Harrington pass com plete to R. White)Interceptions 1 2 9/16/07 at CAR (K. Lucas) 9/23/07 vs. IND (R. Boiman) 10/14/07 at JAX (B. Williams)Fumbles 0 5 9/16/07 at CAR (O. Daniels) 10/21/07 vs. TEN (J. Jones) 11/18/07 vs. NO (O. Daniels) 11/25/07 at CLE (O. Daniels) 12/13/07 vs. DEN (T. Scheffler)Spot 0 0 2007 RECORD 1 8

2006 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 1 9/10/06 vs. PHI (D. McNabb pass to D. Stallworth)Completions (No TD) 0 3 11/5/06 at NYG (J. Feagles pass incomplete to J. Feely challenged) 11/12/06 at JAX (S. Rosenfels pass incomplete to O. Daniels) 12/24/06 vs. IND (P. Manning pass com plete to B. Utecht)Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 2 0 9/17/06 at IND (IND TD challenged; overturned - fumbled out of end zone) 10/15/06 at DAL (Punt return ruled a fumble; overturned)Spot 1 1 12/2/06 at OAK (Punt return marked ob 12/31/06 vs. CLE (C. Taylor 2 yard run on at HST 38. Challenged spot. After 3rd and 3) review marked ob at OAK 41) 2006 RECORD 3 5

2005 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 0Completions (No TD) 0 0Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 0 2 9/11/05 at BUF (D. Carr) 10/2/05 at CIN (D. Carr)Spot 0 0 2005 RECORD 0 2



2004 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 1 9/12/04 vs. SD (D. Brees pass to E. Parker)Completions (No TD) 0 3 11/14/04 at IND (P. Manning pass to B. Stokley) 11/14/04 at IND (P. Manning pass to B. Stokley) 11/21/04 vs. GB (D. Carr pass to J. Gaffney)Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 1 0 12/12/04 vs. IND (P. Manning)Spot 0 2 10/10/04 vs. MIN 11/7/04 at DEN 2004 RECORD 1 6

2003 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 0Completions (No TD) 0 1 10/19/03 vs. NYJ (V. Testaverde pass to S. Moss)Interceptions 0 0Fumbles 0 0Spot 1 0 11/30/03 vs. ATL 2003 RECORD 1 1

2002 WON LOST Completions (TD) 0 1 9/22/02 vs. IND (P. Manning pass to R. Wayne)Completions (No TD) 0 0Interceptions 0 1 11/30/02 vs. CIN (A. Hawkins)Fumbles 0 0Spot 0 0 2002 RECORD 0 2


HOUSTON TEXANSDRIVE CHART

Game 1 – September 12 vs. IndianapolisHST Start Plays Yards End Result IND Start Plays Yards End Result IND 31 9 24 IND 12 TD IND 20 3 9 IND 29 Punt HST 16 4 0 IND 31 FG IND 20 7 30 50 Punt HST 20 7 80 IND 22 TD IND 27 6 25 HST 38 Punt HST 14 3 17 HST 31 INT IND 24 6 31 HST 45 Punt HST 24 3 -4 HST 20 Punt HST 35 7 40 * HST 14 TD HST 23 1 1 HST 23 End of Half IND 35 11 58 * HST 2 FG HST 34 15 66 * IND 1 TD IND 20 10 46 HST 34 Punt HST 20 8 43 IND 42 Punt IND 19 6 72 HST 41 Fumble HST 9 4 91 IND 25 TD IND 25 12 75 * HST 10 TD IND 41 7 41 * IND 8 TD IND 23 2 77 IND 27 TD IND 42 2 2 IND 43 End of Game

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