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ARIAN FOSTER NOTESFOSTER LEADERBOARDRB Arian Foster leads or is tied for the NFL lead in fourcategories. They are listed below:ARIAN FOSTER NFL RANKINGSCategory Mark NFL RankRushing yards 537 13rd and 1 rushing 4-4 1tYards from scrimmage 689 1First downs 35 1FOSTER FINISHING STRONGRB Arian Foster’s numbers through his first nine gamesin the NFL are enough to worry opposing defenses; Fosterhas run for 794 yards on 139 carries and seven touchdowns,with 525 of those yards coming in his four starts.Seventy percent of Foster’s rushing yards have comeafter halftime. He rushed for 191 yards in the second halfagainst Indianapolis in Week 1, including 125 yards on11 carries in the fourth quarter, and had 126 yards on 13carrries in the second half at Oakland in Week 4.Below is a breakdown of Foster’s career rushing totalsby quarter.ARIAN FOSTER RUSHING BY QUARTERQuarter Att Yds Avg Lg TD 10+1st Half 47 238 5.1 21 1 102nd Half/OT 92 556 6.0 74t 6 131st Qtr 26 115 4.4 18 0 42nd Qtr 21 123 5.9 21 1 63rd Qtr 39 279 7.2 74t 3 74th Qtr 48 259 5.4 42 4 5OT 5 18 3.6 10 0 1Totals 139 794 5.7 74t 7 23FOSTERING ATTENTIONTexans RB Arian Foster set numerous team records inthe season opener against with a performance that putthe former undrafted free agent on the national sportsscene just seven games and two starts into his career.Foster was named AFC Offensive Player of the Weekand voted FedEx Ground Player of the Week by fans onNFL.com after he ran for 231 yards on 33 carries with threetouchdowns against the Colts, all marks that either set ortied team records. He rushed for the second-most yardsever in an NFL season opener and is the only NFL back torush for three touchdowns and more than 200 yards in aseason opener.Below is a list of team records Foster tied or broke inWeek 1:FOSTER SINGLE-GAME TEAM RECORDS TIED OR BROKENSeptember 12, 2010 vs. IndianapolisRecord Foster Previous RecordYards 231 158, D. Williams at JAX, 12/26/04Rushing Att. 33 32, R. Dayne vs. IND, 12/24/06Touchdowns 3 3, R. Moats at BUF, 11/1/09Yds from Scrimm. 238 207, A. Johnson vs. TEN, 12/14/08In the last 20 years, only two players have rushed formore first downs in a game than Foster did against Indianapolislast Sunday. They are listed below:MOST FIRST DOWNS RUSHING IN A GAME(Since 1991)Player, Tm 1st Downs Opponent, DateCorey Dillon, CIN 15 Tennessee, 12/4/07Edgerrin James, IND 15 Seattle, 10/15/00Arian Foster, HOU 14 Indianapolis, 9/12/10Marshall Faulk, StL 14 Seattle, 10/20/02Larry Johnson, KC 14 Houston, 11/20/05More than 70 percent of Arian Foster’s career rushing yards have come after halftime. He has a pair of 100-yard efforts after halftimethis season.27GAME 5 • TEXANS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • HOUSTONTEXANS.COM