December 17th, 2014 
Matt Loede 
Posted in | RAVENS | TEXANS | |
| SERIES LEADER | 6-1 | |
| STREAKS | 6 of past 7 | |
| COACHES VS. OPP. | Harbaugh: 5-1 | O’Brien: 0-0 |
| LAST WEEK | W 20-12 vs. Jaguars | L 17-10 at Colts |
| LAST GAME | 9/22/13: Texans 9 at Ravens 30. Baltimore WR Torrey Smith has 5 catches for 92 yards. Ravens WR-PR Tandon Doss has 82-yard PR-TD & LB Daryl Smith records 37-yard INT-TD. | |
| LAST GAME AT SITE | 10/21/12: Texans 43, Ravens 13. Houston RB Arian Foster rushes for 98 yards & 2 TDs. Texans TE Owen Daniels catches 7 passes for 59 yards & TD. | |
| BROADCAST | CBS (12:00 PM CT): Andrew Catalon, Steve Tasker, Steve Beuerlein, Brad Johnson (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 92 (Bal.), 137 (Hou.). XM: 231 (Hou.). | |
STATS
| PASSING | Flacco: 301-469-3479-23-9-94.8 | Lewis (Buf. 2013): 93-157-1092-4-3-81.0 OR
Keenum (2013): 137-253-1760-9-6-78.2 |
| RUSHING | Forsett: 208-1128 (2C)-5.4-8 (T2C) | Foster: 230-1127 (3C)-4.9-8 (T2C) |
| RECEIVING |
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Hopkins: 69-1167-16.9-6 |
| OFFENSE | 372.0 | 345.9 |
| TAKE/GIVE | +2 | +12 (1C) |
| DEFENSE | 344.2 | 366.2 |
| SACKS | Dumervil: 17 (T1L) | Watt: 16.5 (3L) |
| INTs | Mosley: 2 | Rolle: 3 |
| PUNTING | Koch: 46.9 | Lechler: 46.5 |
| KICKING | Tucker: 120 (39/39 PAT; 27/32 FG) | Bullock: 108 (36/36 PAT; 24/29 FG) |
NOTES
RAVENS: QB JOE FLACCO passed for 221 yards with TD vs. 0 INTS for 99.4 rating last week & became 1st player in club history to reach 25,000 career pass yards (25,024). In past 5, has completed 98 of 145 (67.6 pct.) for 1,127 yards with 7 TDs vs. 1 INT for 104 rating. Has 100+ rating in 3 of past 4. Ravens are 38-5 (.884) when Flacco posts 100+ rating (incl. playoffs)…RB JUSTIN FORSETT leads NFL RBs with 5.4 rush avg. (208 att., 1,128 yards). Spent 2012 season with Texans, rushing for 374 yards on 63 att. (5.9 avg.) & TD. In past 5, has 519 rush yards & 5 TDs…WR STEVE SMITH, SR. had 37 receiving yards last week & now has 13,123 career, surpassing HOFer STEVE LARGENT (13,089) for No. 15 all-time. In 3 career meetings (with Car.), has 18 catches for 323 yards (107.7 per game) & 5 TDs. WR TORREY SMITH has 8 TDs in past 11. Needs 2 TD catches to join MICHAEL JACKSON (14 in 1996) as only Ravens with 10+ TD rec. in season…LB C.J. MOSLEY (No. 17 overall) leads NFL rookies with 117 tackles, 2nd-most in AFC. LB TERRELL SUGGS has 10.5 sacks in past 9, incl. 2.5 last week…TEXANS: QB CASE KEENUM started 8 games for Hou. in 2013, passing for 1,760 yards with 9 TDs vs. 6 INTs. QB THAD LEWIS has made 6 career starts, passing for 1,296 yards & 5 TDs…RB ARIAN FOSTER is averaging 102.5 rush yards per game in 2014, 2nd in NFL (DE MARCO MURRAY). Has 11 TDs in past 8 (7 rush, 4 rec.). Since 2010, leads AFC in rush yards (5,933) & rush TDs (50)…WR ANDRE JOHNSON (996 rec.) needs 5 catches to surpass HINES WARD (1,000) for No. 9 all-time. For career, averages 6 rec./game, best in history (min. 100 games). In past 8, WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS has 44 rec. for 801 yards (18.2 avg.) & 3 TDs…DE J.J. WATT is 1st player with 3 off. TDs (3 rec.) & 2 TDs on takeaways (INT, FR) in season since BILL GOLDING in 1948. Since entering NFL in 2011, leads NFL with 53 sacks, incl. 2 last week. S KENDRICK LEWIS had 27-yard INT-TD vs. Colts.
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