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GAME NOTES
HOUSTON 20, TENNESSEE TITANS 0 (70,855)
RELIANT STADIUM - NOV. 28, 2010
• Houston posted the second shutout victory in franchise
history (at Jacksonville, 12/26/04), the first at Reliant Stadium
and the first under head coach Gary Kubiak.
• The win was the 24th for QB Matt Schaub as the Texans
starter, making him the winningest quarterback in Houston
Texans history. Schaub is 24-25 as a starter since 2007.
• The Texans held Tennessee to 162 total net yards, the second-fewest
yards allowed in franchise history (126 yards at
Jacksonville, 12/26/04).
• Houston held Tennessee to 24 rushing yards, which is the
second-lowest total allowed in franchise history (18 at Washington,
9/19/10). Tennessee entered the game tied for eighth
in the NFL with 127.0 rushing yards per game.
• Houston surrendered nine first downs to the Titans, tied for
the third-fewest allowed in franchise history.
• The Texans defense didn’t allow Tennessee into Houston
territory until the 13:11 mark of the fourth quarter.
• Houston held the ball for 39:41 in the game, the secondlongest
time of possession in regulation in franchise history.
• The Texans outrushed the Titans, 188-24. Houston has outrushed
the opposition seven times this season and is 4-3 in
those games.
• Houston won the turnover battle, intercepting the Titans
three times without giving up a turnover. The Texans improved
to 1-2 this season when having a positive turnover
margin.
• Houston held Tennessee to 54 total net yards of offense in
the first half, the fewest yards allowed in the opening half this
season and the second-fewest given up in franchise history
(50 vs. San Francisco on 10/25/09).
• Houston shut out the Titans in the first half, marking the
first time this season the Texans held an opponent scoreless
in the opening half of play.
• Houston held the Titans to four rushing yards in the first
half, the fewest first-half rushing yards allowed in franchise
history, bettering the previous mark of 10 yards earlier this
season at Washington (9/19).
• Dreessen also served as this week’s game captain. He
joined season-long captains LB Kevin Bentley, WR Andre
Johnson, QB Matt Schaub and DE Mario Williams at midfield
for the coin toss.
• RB Arian Foster surpassed 200 total yards for the second
time this season, finishing the game with 218 total yards (143
rushing, 75 receiving). He had 238 total yards in the season
opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12).
• Foster passed Domanick Williams (1,031 yards in 2003) for
third on the Texans’ single-season rushing list. Foster’s 143
yards gave him 1,147 for the season. It was Foster’s secondhighest
rushing total of his career (231 yards vs. Indianapolis,
9/12).
• Foster tied a career single-game high with nine receptions
and set a career single-game high with 75 receiving yards.
• Foster recorded his sixth career 100-yard game, topping
the century mark on a 37-yard run in the fourth quarter.
• WR Andre Johnson caught his 60th pass of the season
when he brought in a 21-yard pass in the first quarter. He became
the first player in NFL history to catch at least 60 passes
in each of his first eight seasons.
• Johnson became the 42nd player in NFL history to catch
650 career career pass when he hauled in his seventh reception
of the game, a four-yard gain in the second quarter. He
became the 42nd player in NFL history to catch at least 650
career passes.
• CB Glover Quin set the franchise single-season record
with his third interception of the game late in the fourth quarter
and recorded a career-high five passes defensed.
• Quin made his first career interception when he picked
off Tennessee QB Rusty Smith in the second quarter. He returned
the interception 10 yards.
• K Neil Rackers extended his streak of consecutive made
field goals to 11 in a row with two field goals. It is the thirdlongest
streak in franchise history.
• Rackers increased his career tackle total to 44 with a stop
in the third quarter, extending his lead as the leading tackler
among kickers.
• LB Brian Cushing led the team with seven tackles, including
six solos. Cushing had four tackles for loss and a pair of
passes defensed.
• TE Joel Dreessen caught his fourth touchdown pass of
the season on a one-yard pass from QB Matt Schaub in the
second quarter and has caught touchdown passes in consecutive
games for the first time in his career. He caught a
43-yard touchdown in Week 11 at the New York Jets (11/21).
• QB Matt Schaub completed 25-of-34 passes for 178 yards
and two touchdowns with no interceptions, giving him a
passer rating of 101.8. It was his fourth game this season
with a rating of better than 100.
• Schaub broke the franchise record for consecutive pass
attempts without an interception when he threw his 35th pass
of the game. That pass gave him 100 consecutive passes
without an interception, bettering the previous mark of 99
held by David Carr.
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