HOUSTON Tied around overtime by using on the list of NFL's most detrimental teams, the Houston Texans turned to their own celebrity for you to push away this victory.
Andre Johnson caught a display pass from Matt Schaub as well as played 48 yards for your earning touchdown because Texans rallied that will beat Jacksonville 43-37 on Sunday.
Schaub used a career-high five touchdown passes, accomplished some sort of franchise-record 43 goes in addition to concluded having 527 yards in this air, subsequent nearly all around NFL history. Warren Moon also threw regarding 527 back yards for your Houston Oilers in December 1990 against Kansas City.
Norm Van Brocklin supports the actual record along with 554 for that Rams with 1951.
Schaub accomplished his very last of sixteen goes by inside legislation occasion to be able to rally the Texans.
Johnson grabbed 14 passes for 273 yards, both equally occupation highs; your yardage ended up being a staff record. The Texans (9-1) gained an overtime game for any very first time that during Reliant Stadium.
Chad Henne threw a career-high several touchdown goes over inside elimination involving injured Blaine Gabbert for this Jaguars (1-9). First-round decide on Justin Blackmon finally possessed their breakout game, producing eight blasts pertaining to 236 yards. It seemed to be before around NFL historical past opposing gamers just about every had greater than 200 back yards receiving in identical game.
Blackmon trapped Henne's go away at midfield, shrugged away a pair of defenders to get a dazzling 81-yard touchdown by using 12:33 left inside regulation to put Jacksonville up 34-20.
Schaub and then threw two touchdown goes over to restricted ending Garrett Graham in the final 5:39 to help drive overtime.
Shayne Graham and Josh Scobee kicked arena objectives around overtime and, for any while, that looked like NFL might have its subsequent place within a pair of weeks. San Francisco as well as St. Louis accomplished 24-24 previous week.
Henne threw imperfect upon fourth-and-10 out of the Houston 47, as well as Texans regained possession using 2:30 left inside OT. Schaub made a monitor move in order to Johnson, who sprinted untouched down the best sideline for your receiving score.
The Texans much better for you to 2-7 in overtime in their history, while the Jaguars fell for you to 0-3 within OT that season.
Gabbert left while in the primary quarter having a bruised proper elbow. Henne looked far more successful against the Texans.
Playing for solely your final occasion the following season, Henne barely exhausted a Houston blitz using a throw to Blackmon for a 63-yard gain, and then found restricted stop Marcedes Lewis guarantees zoom later while in the cracking open period. The Texans had not authorized a new touchdown because his or her 43-13 win over Baltimore upon Oct. 21.
The Jaguars possessed 238 back yards inside the very first half, simply just 26 meters timid of their average output this specific season.
Henne started out the second half using a 39-yard dispose of that will Blackmon, subsequently located Blackmon once again that will convert a third decrease to the Houston 30. Scobee kicked some sort of 40-yard domain target to place Jacksonville in place again, 20-17.
Arian Foster fumbled and also Schaub used an interception since the Texans looked like they could get embarrassed from home immediately after conquering Chicago at stormy Soldier Field previous week.
Schaub was perfect inside foremost the actual Texans back, though, and also Houston experienced an opportunity to avoid in regulation, but Graham badly hooked on it a 47-yard field-goal attempt at the particular end.
The Texans completed with 640 overall yards.
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