HOUSTON (1-0) At WASHINGTON (1-0)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – Texans by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Houston 1-0; Washington 1-0
SERIES RECORD – Redskins lead 2-0
LAST MEETING – Redskins beat Texans 31-15, Sept. 24, 2006
LAST WEEK – Texans beat Colts 34-24; Redskins beat Cowboys 13-7
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (1), PASS (30)
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (31), RUSH (2), PASS (32)
REDSKINS OFFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (20), PASS (24)
REDSKINS DEFENSE – OVERALL (28), RUSH (16), PASS (28)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Teams coming off upset home wins over division rivals. …Texans looking to go 2-0 for second time since entering league in 2002, and five-game overall winning streak is longest in team history. … Houston RB Arian Foster, who set franchise record with 231 yards rushing last week, needs 102 yards to set NFL record for most yards rushing in a player’s first three starts since 1970 merger. (Jonathan Stewart had 451 with Carolina.) … Foster also needs two TDs rushing to become first player with seven in first three starts since merger. (Clarence Williams had six with San Diego.) … Win would improve Houston coach Gary Kubiak’s career record to 33-33. … Texans WR Andre Johnson needs 10 receptions to reach 600 and 19 yards receiving to get to 8,000. … Teams are friendly foes: No fewer than 14 coaching connections between two. Ten coaches on sidelines Sunday were members of the same Denver Broncos staff in 2002 under Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, plus four former members of Kubiak’s staff in Houston are now on Shanahan’s staff in Washington – including Shanahan’s son, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. … Redskins, who beat Dallas last week, are playing back-to-back teams from Texas at home. It’s happened once before, in 2002. … Redskins won last week despite not scoring an offensive TD; CB DeAngelo Hall’s fumble return and two FGs accounted for all scoring. … Hall became first Redskins player to return fumble for TD since 2006. … S LaRon Landry had 17 tackles vs. Dallas.
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