That was an amazing game. One moment, the Texans would do something terrible. And they’d follow it up with a tremendous play, or at least a play that gave them a chance to win. Coaches will go nuts watching the video because the Texans had chance upon chance to win this game. And… They also [...]
Schaubthrew for 220 yards on 17-of-24 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions, giving him a passer rating of 78.5 for the day.
DE Antonio Smith notched his first sack of the season and forced a fumble. The forced fumble was the seventh of his career and his first since 10/3/10 at Oakland.
RB Ben Tate’s 116 yards were the most by a Texans running back in his debut for the team. Stacey Mack rushed for 89 yards in the season opener at Miami on 9/7/03.
Tate made his NFL debut after missing his rookie season due to injury and gained four yards on his first career carry.
Tate scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard run in the first quarter.
RB Derrick Ward made his first start as a Texan and his first since 9/27/09 vs. the New York Giants when he played for Tampa Bay.
Ward scored the Texans’ first touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run in the first quarter. It was the 11th of his career. Ward has scored in consecutive games dating back to the 2010 season finale vs. Jacksonville (1/2/11).
Ward surpassed 2,500 career rushing yards on his 1-yard touchdown run, his sixth carry of the game. He entered the season with 2,476 career yards.
DE J.J. Watt recovered a fumble in his NFL debut, falling on a fumbled snap in the first quarter. Watt finished the game with five solo tackles and one quarterback hit.
OLB Mario Williams picked up the 50th sack of his career when he dropped Collins for a nine-yard loss in the fourth quarter. He entered the game with 48.0 career sacks.
Williams picked up his first sack of the season on Indianapolis’ first drive, dropping Colts QB Kerry Collins for a nine-yard loss.
Williams’ two sacks were the sixth and seventh of his career on opening day. He had 1.0 last season vs. Indianapolis, 2.0 in 2008 at Pittsburgh and 2.0 in 2007 vs. Kansas City. Although he officially had one sack in last season’s opener, he actually registered a pair of half-sacks, giving him four multi-sack efforts in six season openers.
Williams registered his 12th career multi-sack game and his third on opening day. He also had 2.0 sacks in 2007 vs. Kansas City and in 2008 at Pittsburgh.
Williams forced a fumble on his second sack of the day. It was his 11th career forced fumble.
The team voted on season-long captains Friday. The offense elected WR Andre Johnson and QB Matt Schaub, while the defense elected ILB DeMeco Ryans and DE Antonio Smith. K Neil Rackersis the special teams captain.
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