December

Dec. 8, 2008   

Texans' offense rolls into showdown with Titans

The Texans continued their intriguing late-season run on Sunday, tipping Green Bay 24-21 on a 40-yard Kris Brown field goal as time expired. The Texans lit up a sliding Packers defense, rolling up a staggering 549 yards on 74 plays. QB Matt Schaub, back in the lineup after missing four games with a knee injury, completed 28-of-42 passes for 414 yards with two TDs and one interception. Six different Texans receivers had three catches or more led ... More>

November

Nov. 3, 2008   

Texans QB Rosenfels a capable replacement for Schaub

Texans QB Matt Schaub will be out at least a month after tearing the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on Sunday in Houston's 28-21 loss at Minnesota, FoxSports.com reported Monday. The report also indicated the Texans could elect to place Schaub on injured reserve. Schaub has completed 154-of-227 passes for 1,762 yards with 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions this season for Houston, which boasts the NFL's fourth-ranked offense. Schaub will be replaced by Sage Rosenfels, who ... More>

October

Oct. 27, 2008   

Texans' offense keys move back into playoff picture

Three weeks ago, the discussion in Houston was whether the Texans would win a game. Now, Texans fans can be forgiven for starting to figure out what it would take for Houston, which is riding its first three-game in-season winning streak ever, to make its first serious run at a wild-card berth in franchise history. After clobbering Cincinnati 35-6 on Sunday. the 3-4 Texans face a pivotal game at Minnesota in Week Nine. A win would move ... More>

Oct. 13, 2008   

Texans score first win, but issues on both sides of the ball apparent

The Texans’ first win of the season looked very much like it was going to be their fifth straight defeat to start the ’08 campaign. For the second straight week, a bizarre fumble looked to be the Texans’ undoing. Last week, it was QB Sage Rosenfels who didn’t take sufficient care of the ball on an ill-advised jaunt-and-leap; on Sunday, it was DB Eugene Wilson who put the ball on the grass after fumbling during an ... More>

Oct. 6, 2008   

Winless Texans have to build off, not dwell on, loss

The Texans led the Colts 27-10 with less than five minutes left on Sunday, and all that was left to do was to start tabulating what this all meant for the winless Texans. There was the matter of getting that first win of the season under the belt; that was going to be nice, yes. So was the prospect of dragging the Colts into last place in the AFC South along with them … but with ... More>

September

Sept. 29, 2008   

Texans' defense off to slow start

The Texans are 0-3 and 3½ games off the pace in the AFC South after falling 30-27 in overtime at Jacksonville on Sunday, and their defense must regroup after another tough outing. On offense, the Texans played their most complete game of the season, with QB Matt Schaub throwing for 307 yards and three scores and rookie RB Steve Slaton racking up 116 combined yards and a touchdown. But the defense struggled. A Schaub-to-Kevin Walter TD pass put ... More>