ST. LOUIS (2-3) at HOUSTON (2-3)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE – Texans by 7
RECORD VS. SPREAD – St. Louis 1-4, Houston 0-5
SERIES RECORD – Series tied 1-1
LAST MEETING – Texans beat Rams 16-13, Dec. 20, 2009
LAST WEEK – Rams beat Jaguars 34-20; Texans lost to 49ers 34-3
AP PRO32 RANKING – Rams No. 25, Texans No. 19
RAMS OFFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (29), PASS (16)
RAMS DEFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (29), PASS (17)
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (8), PASS (13)
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (28), PASS (1)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Only other meeting between these teams in Houston was 33-27 St. Louis win in 2005. … St. Louis rookie Zac Stacy had career-high 78 yards rushing in first NFL start last week. … TE Jared Cook leads team with 266 yards receiving. … WR Tavon Austin’s 23 catches are most for rookie this season. … DE Robert Quinn is tied for NFC lead with five sacks and has six sacks in last six games dating back to last season. … DE Chris Long has 11 1/2 sacks in his past 12 games against AFC. … S Matt Giordano scored second career touchdown on interception return of 82 yards last week. … Houston QB Matt Schaub has had interception returned for touchdown in four straight games. … Schaub has nine interceptions in five games this season after throwing 12 last year. … TE Owen Daniels broke right leg and will miss next eight weeks. … RB Arian Foster is 89 yards shy of reaching 5,000 career yards rushing and is second in AFC with 390 yards rushing in 2013. … Foster has had five 100-yard rushing games in his last eight against NFC and Houston is 17-7 when he has 100 or more yards rushing. … S Ed Reed’s 61 career interceptions are most among active players and he has two interceptions in three games against St. Louis. … DE J.J. Watt has eight sacks in 10 games against NFC and has 3 1/2 sacks this season. … LB Whitney Mercilus has 3 1/2 sacks in last two games and leads team with 4 1/2.
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