INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – HOUSTON (2-11) at INDIANAPOLIS (8-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE – Colts by 6 1/2.
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Houston 2-11, Indianapolis 6-6-1
SERIES RECORD – Colts lead 19-4
LAST MEETING – Colts beat Texans 27-24 on Nov. 3
LAST WEEK – Texans lost to Jaguars 27-20; Colts lost to Bengals 42-28
AP PRO32 RANKING – Texans No. 32, Colts No. 10
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (16), PASS (11)
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (21), PASS (2)
COLTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (22), PASS (18)
COLTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (29), PASS (18)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Wade Phillips returns to interim role for first time since Gary Kubiak was fired. … Texans have lost 11 straight overall, are 0-11 all-time in Indy and have lost last two in series. … Houston’s last six losses have come by combined 28 points. … Since 2008, Andre Johnson is averaging 7.8 catches and 116.1 yards per game in December. He needs eight receptions to pass Torry Holt (920) for No. 14 in NFL history. … J.J. Watt needs 0.5 sacks to become second Texans’ player with back-to-back double-digit sacks seasons (Mario Williams, 2007-08). … Colts will induct Hall of Fame running backs Eric Dickerson and Marshall Faulk into Ring of Honor. … Indy has gone 28 consecutive games without back-to-back losses. … Colts are 15-1 since 2008 when facing division foes second time in season. LB Robert Mathis leads NFL with 15 1/2 sacks. He needs one to surpass Dwight Freeney (16 in 2004) for single-season club record and one to tie Freeney’s career franchise record (107 1/2). … WR T.Y. Hilton had seven catches for 121 yards and three TDs vs. Houston in November. … Andrew Luck needs 382 yards passing to surpass Peyton Manning (7,874) for second-most yards passing in first two NFL seasons. Luck needs one win to tie Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan for fourth-most win (20) in first two seasons. … Adam Vinatieri needs 12 points to pass Jason Elam (1,983) for No. 6 on NFL’s career scoring list. … Colts are tied for fewest turnovers (13) in league and tied for second in league with fewest penalties (57), too.
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