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HOUSTON (2-6) at ARIZONA (4-4)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE – Cardinals by 1.
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Houston 1-7, Arizona 5-3
SERIES RECORD – Tied 1-1
LAST MEETING – Cardinals beat Texans 28-21, Oct. 11, 2009
LAST WEEK – Texans lost to Colts 27-24; Cardinals had bye
AP PRO32 RANKING – Texans No. 28, Cardinals No. 16
TEXANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (9), PASS (11).
TEXANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (18), PASS (1).
CARDINALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (24), PASS (18).
CARDINALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (13), RUSH (4), PASS (24).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Texans and Cardinals have met only twice, fewest number of games for Arizona against any team. … Houston RB Arian Foster has left each of the last two games in first quarter with hamstring and back injuries. … QB Case Keenum has 4 TD passes and no interceptions in his two starts, predecessor Matt Schaub had 8 TDs and 9 interceptions. … Houston’s six-game losing streak ties a franchise record. The Texans lost six in a row twice when they went 2-14 in 2005. … Although Houston leads the league in overall defense, the Texans are well down the list in points allowed at 221. … The Cardinals have 23 sacks to Houston’s 20 and have played one fewer game than the Texans. … At this stage a year ago, Arizona also was 4-4 but had lost four straight en route to what became a 5-11 season. … Arizona defensive coordinator was secondary coach in Dallas when current Texans defensive coordinator and interim head coach Wade Phillips was the Cowboys’ head coach in 2007. … Houston’s Andre Johnson and Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald are third and fifth, respectively, in yards receiving among active players. … Arizona rookie RB Andre Ellington leads the NFL at 7.7 yards per carry for players with a minimum of 40 attempts. … Arizona is the only team in the NFL with at least seven players who have two or more takeaways.