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GAME NOTEShouston 31, OAKLAND 24oakland-alameda county coliseum - OCt. 3, 2010• Houston moved to 3-1, the best four-game start in team history.• The win was Houston’s fifth against the Oakland Raiders,which is tied for the team’s most against a non-division opponent(Five wins vs. Miami)• Foster topped 100 yards for the third time this season and thefourth time in his career.• Foster caught his first career touchdown pass from 10 yardsout in the fourth quarter.• The win improved Houston’s road record to 2-0 this season and7-3 over the last two seasons.• LB Isaiah Greenhouse made his NFL debut and made a tackleon special teams.• The Texans won the turnover battle (3-0) for the first time thisseason and the 22nd time under Gary Kubiak. Houston is 1-0 thisseason and 19-3 under Kubiak when winning the turnover battle.• The Texans outrushed the Raiders 249-118. It was the fourthtime this season that the Texans outrushed the opposition and the36th time under head coach Gary Kubiak. Houston is now 3-1 inthose games this season and 27-9 all-time under Kubiak.• The Texans ran 36 times for 249 yards and improved to 21-2under Gary Kubiak when rushing 30 or more times in a game.• Houston topped the 400-yard mark on offense (441) for thesecond time this season. Houston has topped 400 yards 18 times infranchise history, with 15 of them coming under Gary Kubiak.• The Texans rushed for more than 200 yards for the second timethis season and for the third time in franchise history.• The Texans offensive line held an opponent without a sack forthe first time this season.• The Texans set a season high with 4.0 sacks.• FS Dominique Barber made his first start of the season and theseventh of his career.• TE Owen Daniels extended his personal streak of consecutivegames to 54 with an eight-yard reception in the third quarter.• TE Joel Dreessen had five catches for 73 yards. Both markswere second-most in his career, trailing only his 6-catch, 81-yardday in the 2009 season finale vs. New England (1/3/10).• Dreessen caught his fourth career touchdown pass and first ofthe season when he hauled in an 11-yarder in the first quarter.• Dreessen’s 29-yard reception in the first quarter was the longestof his career. His previous long was 28 yards, which he didtwice, most recently on 9/19/10 at Washington.• Foster’s 74-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was thelongest run in franchise history, topping RB Steve Slaton’s 71-yardscoring run at Indianapolis on 11/16/08. It was the longest run ofFoster’s career, bettering a 42-yard run in the season opener vs.Indianapolis (9/12).• RB Arian Foster became the third back in NFL history to surpass500 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the first four games of aseason, joining Emmit Smith and Billy Sims.• FS Troy Nolan intercepted the first pass of his career when hepicked off Raiders QB Bruce Gradkowski in the third quarter. Theinterception was the team’s first of the season and broke a streak of150 consecutive passes by Texans opponents without an interception,dating back to the 2009 season finale vs. New England (1/3/10).• Nolan intercepted his second pass of the game in the fourthquarter, tying a franchise single-game record. He became the sixthTexan to pick off two passes in a game and the first since BernardPollard did so last season at Indianapolis (11/8/09).• SS Bernard Pollard tied for the team lead with 11 tackles, includingeight solos.• K Neil Rackers booted his 300th career extra point on his secondPAT attempt of the game.• LB DeMeco Ryans tied for the team lead with 11 tackles. It wasthe 29th time in his career he has led the team in tackles. It was alsoRyans’ 25th career game with 10 or more tackles.• Ryans and DE Mario Williams both started their 68th consecutivegame, moving them past Steve McKinney for the second-longeststart streak in team history. Chester Pitts holds the record with114 consecutive starts.• QB Matt Schaub set the franchise record for career touchdownpasses when he threw his 60th, hitting RB Arian Foster from10 yards out. Schaub’s 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarterwas his 59th as a Texan, which tied him for first on the franchisecareer list with David Carr (2002-06).• Schaub threw a touchdown pass for the 12th straight game,tying Sage Rosenfels’ franchise record. Schaub became the firstTexan to do so in 12 consecutive games.• Schaub topped 12,000 career passing yards on an 11-yardtouchdown pass to TE Joel Dreessen in the first quarter.• DE Antonio Smith tied a career high with 2.0 sacks, matchinghis performance on 12/18/05 at Houston.• RB Derrick Ward scored his first touchdown as a Texan on a33-yard run on Houston’s opening drive.• DE Mario Williams registered his fifth sack of the season and10th forced a fumble of his career, sacking Raiders QB Bruce Gradkowskifor an 11-yard loss in the second quarter.17GAME 5 • TEXANS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • HOUSTONTEXANS.COM