Houston downs San Francisco 24-13 in pre-season action

By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2016 TexSport Publications

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (August 14, 2016) Scoring their first touchdown on a fumble recovery, the Houston Texans added two passing touchdown in the second half to down the San Francisco 49ers by the score of 24-13 on Sunday, August 14, 2016 in their first preseason game of 2016.

Quarterback Tom Savage saw the most action in the game, completing 14-of-24 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns. Brock Osweiler saw limited action, compete four passes for 27 yards. Akeem Hunt and Stephen Anderson each score touchdowns of 13 and 12 yards respectively in the air on their only catches of the evening. Kenny Hillard carried the ball 12 times for 40 yards, with an 11-yard romp his longest of the game. Lamar Miller rushed four times for 30 yards while Hunt carried the ball seven time for 13 yards.

Defensively, Terrance Mitchell had seven tackles, five of them solos, while Eric Lee was credited with the only sack of the game for the Texans. Shane Lechler punted seven times, averaging 52.6 yards per punt while putting three punts inside the 20-yard line. You can see complete game stats for the Texans by clicking here.

Houston was host the New Orleans Saints in pre-season game two on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at NRG Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CDT.

A Houston Texans Win over the San Francisco 49ers Means What?

(Photo by Darla Tamulitis-La Vita Loco Photography, Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved.)

By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2011 TexSport Publications

HOUSTON, TEXAS (August 27, 2011) The Houston Texans will travel to the west coast on Saturday to take on the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park in the third preseason game of the 2011 season for both teams.

Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00pm PT).

Houston is coming off a 27-14 win over the New Orleans Saints this past Saturday evening at Reliant Stadium

The Texans and 2-0 in preseason while the 49ers are 1-1. .

This will be the last game before both teams must cut their roster to 75 players on Aug. 30.

Let's see what a win over the 49ers would mean for the Texans.

1. A Texans win would improve the team’s preseason record to 3-0, matching the most-ever wins by the Texans in the preseason (2006, 3-1).
   
2. A Texans win would possibly give the Texans two sacks to tie the franchise preseason record of 13.0, set in the club’s inaugural season of 2002. Houston is tied with Buffalo for the NFL lead this preseason with 11.0 sacks in two games.
3. A Texans win would give Houston its first win at Candlestick Park. The Texans have only visited Candlestick Park once, losing 20-17 in overtime against the 49ers on Jan. 1, 2006, closing out the 2005 season. Saturday will mark the first preseason meeting between the two teams.

The last time the Texans played the 49ers was Oct. 25, 2009 at Reliant Stadium.

It was game seven of the 2009 season and Houston came a way with a 24-21 win over San Francisco in front of 70,820 fans.

Let's see if the Texans can make it 3-0 in preseason games.