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| Houston's Will Fuller (15) goes up for an Brock Osweiler pass while Chicago's Jacoby Glenn (39) and Adrian Amos (39) defend. Photo by Darla Tamulitis, La Vita Loca Photography Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved |
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 11, 2016) The Houston Texans scored three field goals and added two touchdowns to down the Chicago Bears by the score of 23-14 in front of 71,933 fans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday, September 11, 2016. The win gave the Texans their 100th victory as a franchise and improved their all-time record at NRG Stadium to 57-56 in regular season play. They also improved their season record on season openers t0 9-6 and gave them an overall record to 4-0.
The Texans started out moving the ball well, until
quarterback Brock Osweiler was aiming for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on a
second and eight play. The short pass was low and was picked off by cornerback
Tracy Porter. The Bears took over at their own 25-yard line. At that point, Chicago
plowed through the Houston defense on their first possession; covering 75 yards
in eight plays before quarterback Jay Cutler handed off to running back Jeremy
Lankford. The two-year veteran out of Michigan State plunged the final one-yard
over the goal line to score his and the Bears’ first touchdown for the season.
Conner Bath booted the ball through the uprights for the kicking conversion to
give Chicago a 7-0 lead with 11:29 left in the first quarter.
Nick Novak got the Texans on the scoreboard with a 28-yard
field early in the second quarter. Osweiler followed the field goal up eight
minutes later with a 23-yard pass to DeAndre Hopkins for their first touchdown
in 2016. Novak added the extra point to give the Texans a 10-7 lead with 3:14 remaining
in the half. The Bears were not to be denied taking a lead into the locker room
at halftime. With seven seconds left in the half, Cutler threaded a 19-yard needle
pass to wide receiver Eddie Royal for the score. Barth again split the uprights
for the extra point to give Chicago a 14-10 lead at the half.
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| Houston quarterback Brock Osweiler (17) carried the ball four times for 14 yards, while throwing for 231 yards and two touchdowns against the Bears. Photo by Darla Tamulitis, La Vita Loca Photography Copyright 2016, All Rights Reserved |
The Texans scored once in the third quarter and twice in the
fourth to regain the lead and win the game. Novak kicked a 28-yard field goal
in the third quarter and a 38-yarder in the fourth. In between his kicking
scores, Osweiler found Will Fuller open in the red zone and connected on an
18-yard pass for the Texans’ second touchdown of the game. Novak added the obligatory
kicking extra point to secure the win.
Osweiler completed 22-of-35 passes for 107 yards, including
a game -high 35-yarder. He was sacked twice for a total loss of 16 yards.
Fuller caught five passes for 107 yards, while Hopkins caught five passes for
54 yards. Defensively, John Simon tallied six tackles and one sack, with Whitney
Marcilus accounted for two sacks of Cutler.
For Chicago, Cutler completed 16 passes for 216 yards and
was sacked five times for 31 lost yards. Alston Jeffery caught four passes for
105 yards, while Lankford carried the ball 17 times for 57 yards and one
touchdown. Defensively, Jerrell Freeman accounted for nine tackles while Danny
Trevathan added 11.
Next up for the Texans is a Sunday, September 18 matchup
against the Kansas City Chiefs with a 12 noon scheduled kickoff. The game will
be broadcast on CBS.
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