Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Houston Texans will hit the highway in a key AFC south divisional battle against the Tennessee Titans in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon.
They begin this NFL week seven game from Tennessee at 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The opening odds reveal the home team Tennessee Titans favored by –3 points with a total of 43 ½ points.
The money early has not moved this betting line as Tennessee remains a -3 point favorite.
Over under bettors will find no early movement as the game remained at 43 ½ points.
Tennessee Titans money line players will lay –155 odds with the road underdog Houston Texans bringing back +135 odds to win straight up without the aid of points on their side.
Houston and Tennessee met twice last season in AFC south divisional NFL play with the teams splitting each winning on home soil.
They first met in late October and it was the Houston Texans with the 20-0 home win against the Tennessee Titans as a -5 point home favorite.
The over under came in at under the closing number of 46 ½ points.
Houston was led to victory by running back Arian Foster who rushed for 143 yards in the victory.
Quarterback Matt Schaub had two passing touchdowns to go with his 178 yards passing as he connected on 25 of his 35 throws.
Houston was able to put up 346 offensive yards on the Titans defense.
Under center for the Titans in this game was Rusty Smith who struggled with 138 yards passing.
The Tennessee running back did not support their inexperienced quarterback as Javon Ringer had just 27 yards on the ground and Chris Johnson a measly 5 yards rushing.
The anemic Titans defense had trouble moving the football as evidenced by their poor 162 yards of offense.
The rematch was held three months later where the Tennessee Titans got revenge with the 31-17 home victory as a -1 point favorite.
The total came in at over the closing number of 47 points.
Running back Chris Johnson had a bounce back performance in their second meeting with Houston as he rushed for 130 yards in the win.
At quarterback for Tennessee was veteran Kerry Collins who had two touchdown passes and 237 yards passing on 14 of 24 completions.
The Titans had much better offensive production this time as they accumulated 359 yards gained on the Houston defense.
Texans quarterback Matt Schaub passed for 325 yards in a losing cause.
The Houston run game stalled as Arian Foster and Derrick Ward each had just 15 yards rushing.
The Texans offense was able to produce 323 yards of offense gained on the Tennessee defense.
Houston will travel to Tennessee with a record of 3-3 on the season. The team is 1-2 on the highway.
The Texans put up 23 points with 381 yards a game with 126 yards coming from the run game for 4.1 yards per rush.
On defense the club gives up 20 points and 328 yards a game. Team’s run for 107 yards a game against their defense for 4.8 yards per rush against average.
The team has dropped 3 of their past 4 games and two straight.
They are coming off the 29-14 road loss at the Baltimore Ravens a week ago as a +6 ½ point underdog.
The total came in at under the total of 43 ½ points.
Houston put up 293 offensive yards with 93 yards on the ground on 25 carries.
The team allowed four sacks and scored one touchdown in their only red zone try.
The Texans committed no turnovers and took two away from Baltimore.
Quarterback Matt Schaub completed 21of 37 passes for 220 yards with a touchdown.
Running back Arian Foster on 15 carries ran for 49 yards. In the passing game Foster caught six balls for 52 yards.
Ben Tate on nine runs from scrimmage had 41 yards.
Jacoby Jones led Houston with four catches for 76 yards with a receiving touchdown.
Kevin Walter chipped in with six receptions for 52 yards.
Houston gave up 402 offensive yards to the Ravens with 113 yards coming from the ground game on 30 runs from scrimmage.
The Texans recorded two sacks and allowed two Baltimore touchdowns in four red zone appearances.
Tennessee enters this key AFC south match up at 3-2 on the season. The team is coming off a bye week and is 2-0 at home.
The Titans average 21 points with 339 yards a game. They run for only 66 yards for 3 yards a carry.
On defense Tennessee surrenders 18 points and 326 yards per contest. Opponent’s rush for 105 yards per game against them for 3.8 yards per rush against average.
Prior to the bye week the Titans traveled to Pittsburgh and lost by the score of 38-17 as a +3 point road underdog.
The total in the game came in at over the total of 40 points.
The Titans put up 306 offensive yards in the game while rushing for 66 yards on 18 carries.
Tennessee allowed three sacks and scored twice in their three red zone opportunities.
The club had one turnover and took away two from the Steelers.
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed 29 of 49 passes for 262 yards with a touchdown and pick.
Running back Chris Johnson ran for 51 yards on 14 carries with a touchdown.
Nate Washington led Tennessee with five catches for 69 yards.
Damian Williams caught six passes for 66 yards with a receiving touchdown.
Jared Cook contributed with four grabs for 59 yards.
Tennessee allowed Pittsburgh to amass 431 yards of offense with 174 yards coming in their ground game on 28 carries.
The Titans had just one sack and allowed four Steelers touchdowns in their five tries inside the red zone.
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