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SPECIAL TEAMS NOTESRACKERS IN THE TOP 50 ALL-TIMETexans K Neil Rackers moved into 50th place on theNFL’s all-time scoring list among kickers with his 12-pointeffort at Washington (9/19).His seven-point effort last Sunday at Oakland (10/3) gavehim 941 career points in 11 seasons, which moved himpast Fuad Reveiz for 49th all-time. He can move into 48thwith four points.ALL-TIME LEADING SCORERS, KICKERSRk Player FGM FGA XPM XPA Points46 Rafael Septien 180 256 420 433 96047 Lou Michaels 187 341 385 401 94648 Chris Jacke 202 265 338 343 94449 Neil Rackers 213 272 302 307 94150 Fuad Reveiz 188 250 367 378 931RACKERS’ GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALSNeil Rackers drilled a 35-yard field goal with 3:24 left inovertime to deliver the Texans’ first-ever win in extra time.It was his third career overtime game-winner and his firstsince 12/23/07 vs. Atlanta, when he made a 31-yarder tohelp Arizona beat the Falcons. Rackers is 3-of-4 in his careerin overtime.NEIL RACKERS IN OVERTIME, CAREERGame, Date Yds Time Score Final@ WAS, 9/19/10 35 3:24 27-27 30-27ATL, 12/23/07 31 9:36 27-27 30-27@ SF, 11/25/07 32 6:49 31-31 31-37vs. PIT, 12/30/01# 31 4:17 23-23 26-23Rackers has also made three career game-winning fieldgoals in non-overtime situations and has two game-tieingkicks to force overtime.NEIL RACKERS GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS(Fourth Quarter, Less Than 4:00 Remaining)Game, Date Yds Time Score FinalSEA 9/16/07 42 0:01 20-20 23-20@ TEN, 1/6/02# 34 0:20 20-21 23-21JAX, 12/17/00# 27 0:00 14-14 17-14NEIL RACKERS GAME-TYING FIELD GOALS(To Force Overtime)Game, Date Yds Time Score FinalSF, 11/25/07 19 0:00 28-31 31-37ATL, 12/23/07 29 0:00 24-27 30-27BOLD indicates games with Houston Texans.# indicates games with Cincinnati Bengals.NO. 4 IS NO. 3 IN THE NFLNeil Rackers booted one field goal and four extra pointson Sunday at Oakland (10/3), giving him seven points in thegame.So far this season, Rackers has scored 36 points, whichputs him in third place among the league’s kickers.MOST POINTS BY A KICKER, 2010 SEASONPlayer, TM FGM FGA XPM XPA PointsMatt Bryant, ATL 10 11 9 9 39Mike Nugent, CIN 10 11 7 7 37Neil Rackers, HOU 8 10 12 12 36Sebastian Janikowski, OAK 9 14 7 7 34Matt Prater, DEN 8 8 9 9 33CATCH HIM IF YOU CANWR Jacoby Jones emerged in 2009 as one of Houston’smost explosive offensive weapons, with four touchdowncatches on the year. Jones continues to establish himselfas one of the most dangerous return men in the NFL, also.Over the last three seasons, Jones is averaging 11.4yards per punt return. That average is tied for third in theNFL in that time span.HIGHEST PUNT RETURN AVERAGE, 2008-10Player, Tm PR Yds Avg Lg TDDomenik Hixon, NYG 41 498 12.1 79t 1Clifton Smith, TB/MIA 48 565 11.8 70t 1Jacoby Jones, HOU 80 909 11.4 73t 2Patrick Crayton, DAL/SD 53 603 11.4 82t 2Wes Welker, NE 51 575 11.3 69 0This season, Jones ranks seventh in the league with anaverage of 10.8 yards per return.HIGHEST PUNT RETURN AVERAGE, 2010Player, Tm PR Yds Avg Lg TDDexter McCluster, KC 6 142 23.7 94t 1Golden Tate, SEA 8 144 18.0 63 0Dez Bryant, DAL 5 89 17.8 62t 1Jim Leonhard, NYJ 8 111 13.9 32 0Eric Weems, ATL 5 69 13.8 19 0Mike Thomas, JAX 8 88 11.0 41 0Jacoby Jones, HOU 9 97 10.8 39 0Marc Mariani, TN 7 73 10.4 38 0Eddie Royal, DEN 9 92 10.2 28 0Devin Hester, CHI 11 111 10.1 62t 145GAME 5 • TEXANS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • HOUSTONTEXANS.COM