HOUSTON TEXANS WEEKLY RELEASE - NFL.com
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WILLIAMS, MARIO<br />
one quarterback hit and one tackle for a loss...<br />
made four tackles (three solo) and had a hit on the<br />
quarterback vs. Tennessee (11/23)...sacked Peyton<br />
Manning for his fifth sack of 2009 and made<br />
two solo tackles and had one pass defensed vs.<br />
Indianapolis (11/29)...made two solo tackles including<br />
his sixth sack of the season at Jacksonville<br />
(11/6)...had his best game of the 2009 season<br />
to date, recording six solo tackles, two sacks for<br />
14 yards lost, three tackles for loss, one hit on the<br />
quarterback and one forced fumble vs. Seattle<br />
(12/13)...had two solo tackles including one for a<br />
loss and recovered a fumble at St. Louis (12/20)...<br />
started at defensive end at Miami (12/27) for the<br />
63rd consecutive game.<br />
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at defensive<br />
end…finished the season with 53 solo<br />
tackles and a team-high 12.0 sacks…also forced<br />
four fumbles…was voted to his first Pro Bowl,<br />
where he started at DE for the AFC squad…accounted<br />
for 12 of the team’s 25 sacks on the<br />
year…12.0 sacks led all AFC defensive ends…<br />
had four games with multiple sacks…recorded<br />
six solo tackles including two sacks at Pittsburgh<br />
(9/7), which gave him 20.5 sacks for his career…<br />
forced a fumble when he hit Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger<br />
in the second quarter…totaled five<br />
tackles, two solo at Tennessee (9/21)…registered<br />
one solo tackle and five quarterback hurries at<br />
Jacksonville (9/28)…totaled four tackles with<br />
two sacks vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…recorded four<br />
tackles including two sacks vs. Miami (10/12)…<br />
posted one solo tackle and one assist with one<br />
quarterback hurry vs. Detroit (10/19)…registered<br />
three solo tackles, including his seventh sack<br />
of the season vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and forced a<br />
fumble on the play…totaled three solo tackles,<br />
including his eighth sack of the season at Minnesota<br />
(11/2)…posted three solo tackles and one<br />
assist vs. Baltimore (11/9)…recorded two solo<br />
tackles at Indianapolis (11/16)…finished with one<br />
solo tackle, which was for a loss, and one quarterback<br />
hurry at Cleveland (11/23)…posted six total<br />
tackles, including three sacks and one forced<br />
fumble on Monday Night Football vs. Jacksonville<br />
(12/1)…registered one solo tackle and two quarterback<br />
hurries at Green Bay (12/7)…posted four<br />
solo tackles vs. Tennessee (12/14)…recorded four<br />
solo tackles and one assist at Oakland (12/21)…<br />
posted two solo tackles, including his 12th sack of<br />
the season vs. Chicago (12/28).<br />
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at defensive<br />
end…earned Associated Press All-Pro<br />
second team honors…selected as an alternate to<br />
the Pro Bowl…finished with a franchise-record<br />
14.0 sacks…made 59 total tackles, two forced<br />
fumbles, a fumble recovery and scored his first<br />
career touchdown…named AFC Defensive Player<br />
of the Week in Week 1 and Week 15…established<br />
a Texans single-game sack record with 3.5<br />
against Denver (12/13)...established a Texans record<br />
by recording a sack in six straight games…<br />
started vs. Kansas City (9/9) and opened the season<br />
with two sacks…had a fumble recovery he<br />
returned for a 38-yard touchdown…honored by<br />
the Associated Press as the <strong>NFL</strong> Player of the<br />
Week for his performance…also honored as the<br />
AFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 1…<br />
made three total tackles (one solo) and one sack<br />
vs. Miami (10/7)…registered two total tackles<br />
(one solo) and one sack at San Diego (10/28) when<br />
he downed former N.C. State teammate QB Philip<br />
Rivers for a two-yard loss…finished with six total<br />
stops, three solo, and one sack vs. New Orleans<br />
(11/18)…forced a fumble on the sack, his first of<br />
the season...started at Cleveland (11/25) and made<br />
four solo tackles and one sack…forced a fumble<br />
with his sack, his second of the season…finished<br />
with season-high seven tackles, three solo, and<br />
registered 2.5 sacks at Tennessee (12/2)…broke<br />
the team record for single-season sacks with 8.5<br />
sacks on the season, passing former Texan Jeff<br />
Posey, who recorded 8.0 total sacks in 2002…recorded<br />
six total tackles, four solo, and sacked QB<br />
Luke McCown late in the fourth quarter vs. Tampa<br />
Bay (12/9)…started in his 30th career game<br />
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