Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Tennessee Titans will hit the road in a week seventeen New Year’s Day AFC south match up with the Houston Texans in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon.
They kick off this NFL contest from Houston at 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The betting odds opened up in this AFC south showdown with the road club Tennessee Titans favored by –1 points with an over under coming in at 41 points.
Early money from the NFL wagering public has landed on the side of the road club as the Tennessee Titans are now favored by -3 points.
The total has seen early movement shaded towards the under as the game is now lined at 40 points.
Tennessee Titans money line bettors will lay –155 odds with the home underdog Houston Texans returning +135 odds to earn the upset victory with no need for points on their side.
The Titans and Texans meet in AFC south divisional play on New Year’s Day for the second and final time this 2011 NFL regular season.
In their first meeting this year held in week seven with the Houston Texans posting the 41-7 road blowout win against the Tennessee Titans as a +3 point underdog.
The total came in at over the closing line of 44 points.
Houston jumped out to the 20-0 halftime lead and coasted home for the win.
The Texans ran all over the Titans with 222 yards on the ground on 47 carries.
Arian Foster had 115 yards and two touchdowns with Ben Tate chipping in with 104 yards on only 15 runs from scrimmage.
Foster was huge in this game as he caught five passes for 119 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Running back Chris Johnson was miserable rushing for 18 yards on 10 carries.
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed only 14 of his 30 throws for 104 yards a touchdown and two picks.
Tennessee enters this road game at Houston with a record of 8-7 on the year. The team is 3-4 on the road.
The Titans average 20 points with 333 yards per game with 90 rushing yards for 3.8 yards a carry.
On defense the club surrenders 19 points and 352 yards per game. Teams rush for 126 yards against them for 4.4 yards per rush against average.
To make the playoffs the club must win and needs a lot of help to qualify as an AFC wildcard team.
The team bounced back from an awful road loss at Indianapolis with the 23-17 home victory last week to the Jacksonville Jaguars as a -7 point betting favorite.
The over under came in at right at the closing total of 40 points.
Tennessee was able to amass 407 offensive yards with 65 coming from their run game on 25 carries.
The team allowed one sack and scored one touchdown in their two red zone attempts.
The Titans committed three turnovers and took one away from the Jaguars.
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed 24 of 40 passes for 350 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Running back Chris Johnson on 15 carries ran for 56 yards.
Jamie Harper had a rushing touchdown to go with his four runs for six yards.
Jared Cook led Tennessee with eight receptions for 169 yards and a touchdown.
Damian Williams caught eight passes for 83 yards.
Nate Washington grabbed four balls for 71 yards.
Tennessee allowed Jacksonville 300 yards of offense with 113 yards rushing on 28 runs from scrimmage.
The Titans had one sack and allowed two Jaguars touchdowns in three tries inside the red zone.
The Houston Texans will host the Titans with a record of 10-5 on the year. The club is 5-2 playing at home.
Houston averages 23 points and 371 yards per game with 153 rushing yards for 4.4 yards per carry.
On defense the Texans surrender 17 points and 280 yards a game. Opponents rush for 96 yards against them for 4.1 yards per rush against average.
Houston has won the AFC south division and is locked in as a third seed in the AFC south division. The Texans will host a wildcard game next week.
The team has lost two straight all coming against non-playoff teams.
The Texans are coming off a bad 19-16 road defeat on Thursday night football to the Indianapolis Colts a week ago as a -6 ½ point betting favorite.
The game went under the closing total of 40 ½ points.
After taking a four point lead with two minutes left the Texans allowed the Colts behind a third string quarterback to drive for the winning touchdown.
Houston put up 283 offensive yards with 171 coming from their run game on 31 runs from scrimmage.
The Texans allowed four sacks and had one touchdown in three red zone tries.
The team had one turnover and took one away from Indy.
Quarterback Taylor Yates completed 13 of 16 passes for 132 yards.
Arian Foster ran for 158 yards on 23 carries. Out of the backfield Foster had three catches for 16 yards.
Kevin Walter led Houston with three receptions for 47 yards.
Joel Dressen grabbed four balls for 38 yards.
Jacoby Jones caught two passes for 27 yards.
Houston allowed Indianapolis 320 yards of offense with 95 yards rushing on 32 runs from scrimmage.
The Texans had three sacks and allowed just one Indy touchdown in five red zone appearances.
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