Houston 37, Tampa Bay 9
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 13, 2011
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature:
77°
Head Official:
John Parry
Attendance:
56037
By SportsDirect Inc.
Arian Foster piled up 186 yards from scrimmage and a pair of touchdowns as the Houston Texans pushed their winning streak to four games with a 37-9 demolition of the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
Matt Schaub completed 11 of 15 passes for 242 yards and a pair of long touchdowns and Ben Tate rushed for a score for the Texans (7-3), who are running away with a weak AFC South.
Houston announced right from the start that it would be aggressive on Sunday, as Schaub hit Jacoby Jones with an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage. Another short drive was capped early in the second quarter when Schaub found Foster, who raced 78 yards for a touchdown.
Foster went to the ground for a 5-yard score in the third and fellow running backs Derrick Ward and Tate also had a touchdown.
The Texans defense got into the act as well, picking off Josh Freeman three times and recovering a fumble.
Freeman completed just 15 of 35 passes for 170 yards and one touchdown.
Tampa Bay (4-5) has lost three straight to fall off the pace in the NFC South.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Houston
|
420 |
185 |
235 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
4.0 |
0 |
Tampa Bay
|
231 |
90 |
141 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Green Bay.
The Buccaneers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Houston will play their next game on the road against Jacksonville.
The Texans have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.