BALTIMORE (8-4) At HOUSTON (5-7)
Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
OPENING LINE – Ravens by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Baltimore 5-6-1; Houston 4-7-1
SERIES RECORD – Ravens lead 3-0
LAST MEETING – Ravens beat Texans 41-13, Nov. 9, 2008
LAST WEEK- Ravens lost to Steelers 13-10; Texans lost to Eagles 34-24
RAVENS OFFENSE – OVERALL (14), RUSH (16), PASS (15)
RAVENS DEFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (6), PASS (11)
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (7), PASS (10)
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (10), PASS (31)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Ravens 15-1 against sub-.500 teams since 2008. … Ravens 8-2 this season and 27-4 overall when leading after three quarters under coach John Harbaugh. … Ravens lead league in scoring defense since 2000 (17 points per game). … RB Ray Rice (160 career catches) needs one reception to surpass Jamal Lewis for most career catches by Ravens’ running back. … LB Terrell Suggs has 66 1/2 sacks and needs 4 1/2 more to become Ravens’ all-time leader. Peter Boulware is current leader (70). … Ravens are third team in NFL to have three receivers with 600 career catches – Derrick Mason (910), Anquan Boldin (642) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (607). … Mason needs three catches to become seventh player to reach 50 in 11 consecutive seasons. … Texans 14-7 in December and January games under Gary Kubiak. … RB Arian Foster leads NFL with 1,230 yards rushing, 13 rushing TDs and 1,709 yards from scrimmage. … Foster needs 53 yards to set Texans’ single-season rushing record. … WR Andre Johnson has 658 career receptions. He needs five more to pass former Cleveland Brown and current Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome for 40th all-time. … Johnson averaging 90.6 yards receiving per game since 2006, tops in NFL. … QB Matt Schaub needs 249 yards passing to become franchise’s all-time leader. … DE Mario Williams leads Texans with 8 1/2 sacks. … Williams has started 76 consecutive games, longest streak among active DEs.
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