This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

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2008 Houston TexansW2008 Houston Texans↗

NFL · AFC South · 8–8 (.500) · 3rd in division · PF 366 · PA 394 · Coach Gary Kubiak

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

3043Matt Schaub
1431Sage Rosenfels

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1005	926
EPA per play	+0.02	+0.05
Pass EPA per play	+0.04	+0.04
Rush EPA per play	-0.01	+0.06
Success rate	44.5%	44.4%
Pass rate	57.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2008-09-07	1	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–38	0–1	Heinz Field
2008-09-21	3	@ Tennessee Titans	L 12–31	0–2	LP Field
2008-09-28	4	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 27–30 OT	0–3	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
2008-10-05	5	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 27–31	0–4	Reliant Stadium
2008-10-12	6	vs Miami Dolphins	W 29–28	1–4	Reliant Stadium
2008-10-19	7	vs Detroit Lions	W 28–21	2–4	Reliant Stadium
2008-10-26	8	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 35–6	3–4	Reliant Stadium
2008-11-02	9	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 21–28	3–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-11-09	10	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 13–41	3–6	Reliant Stadium
2008-11-16	11	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 27–33	3–7	Lucas Oil Stadium
2008-11-23	12	@ Cleveland Browns	W 16–6	4–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2008-12-01	13	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 30–17	5–7	Reliant Stadium
2008-12-07	14	@ Green Bay Packers	W 24–21	6–7	Lambeau Field
2008-12-14	15	vs Tennessee Titans	W 13–12	7–7	Reliant Stadium
2008-12-21	16	@ Oakland Raiders	L 16–27	7–8	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2008-12-28	17	vs Chicago Bears	W 31–24	8–8	Reliant Stadium

Roster (64)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
8	Matt Schaub	QB	6-6	245	Virginia	4	ACT
16	Craig Nall	QB	6-3	245	Northwestern State (LA); LSU	6	CUT
18	Sage Rosenfels	QB	6-4	222	Iowa State	7	ACT
37	Cecil Sapp	FB	5-11	236	Colorado State	5	ACT
44	Vonta Leach	FB	6-0	260	East Carolina	4	ACT
20	Steve Slaton	RB	5-9	209	West Virginia	0	ACT
21	Ryan Moats	RB	5-8	208	Louisiana Tech	3	ACT
27	Chris Taylor	RB	6-0	224	Indiana	2	CUT
30	Ahman Green	RB	6-0	218	Nebraska	10	RES
37	Darius Walker	RB	5-11	205	Notre Dame	1	DEV
11	Andre Davis	WR	6-1	200	Virginia Tech	6	ACT
12	Jacoby Jones	WR	6-4	215	Lane College; Southeastern Louisiana	1	ACT
80	Andre Johnson	WR	6-3	229	Miami	5	ACT
83	Kevin Walter	WR	6-3	218	Eastern Michigan	5	ACT
84	Darnell Jenkins	WR	5-10	191	Miami	0	ACT
89	David Anderson	WR	5-10	193	Colorado State	2	ACT
81	Owen Daniels	TE	6-3	245	Wisconsin	2	ACT
82	Clark Harris	TE	6-5	250	Rutgers	1	ACT
85	Joel Dreessen	TE	6-4	245	Colorado State	3	ACT
87	Mark Bruener	TE	6-4	253	Washington	13	ACT
55	Chris Myers	C	6-4	286	Miami	3	ACT
63	Chris White	C	6-2	295	Southern Mississippi; Holmes County JC	3	ACT
23	Dunta Robinson	CB	5-10	183	South Carolina	4	ACT
26	Eugene Wilson	CB	5-10	200	Illinois	5	ACT
28	Antwaun Molden	CB	6-1	198	Eastern Kentucky; Toledo	0	RES
32	Fred Bennett	CB	6-1	200	South Carolina	1	ACT
35	Jacques Reeves	CB	5-11	188	Purdue	4	ACT
38	Demarcus Faggins	CB	5-10	178	Kansas State	6	ACT
42	David Pittman	CB	5-11	185	Northwestern State (LA)	2	ACT
27	Matterral Richardson	DB	6-0	205	Arkansas	0	ACT
72	Jesse Nading	DE	6-5	257	Colorado State	0	ACT
90	Mario Williams	DE	6-6	300	N.C. State	2	ACT
93	Tim Bulman	DE	6-4	281	Boston College	3	ACT
94	N. D. Kalu	DE	6-3	266	Rice	11	CUT
95	Stanley McClover	DE	6-2	260	Auburn	2	RES
96	Earl Cochran	DE	6-5	287	Alabama State	5	RES
98	Anthony Weaver	DE	6-3	274	Notre Dame	6	ACT
66	DelJuan Robinson	DT	6-3	320	Mississippi State	1	ACT
91	Amobi Okoye	DT	6-2	310	Louisville	1	ACT
97	Frank Okam	DT	6-5	350	Texas	0	ACT
25	Nick Ferguson	FS	5-11	202	Georgia Tech; Morris Brown College	12	ACT
31	Brandon Harrison	FS	6-2	227	Stanford	1	ACT
47	Will Demps	FS	6-0	214	San Diego State	6	ACT
64	Kasey Studdard	G	6-3	304	Texas	1	ACT
65	Mike Brisiel	G	6-5	310	Colorado State	2	ACT
69	Chester Pitts	G	6-4	308	San Diego State	6	ACT
3	Kris Brown	K	5-11	215	Nebraska	9	ACT
53	Kevis Coley	LB	6-1	228	Southern Mississippi	2	ACT
48	Bryan Pittman	LS	6-3	265	Washington	5	SUS
57	Kevin Bentley	MLB	6-0	248	Northwestern	6	ACT
59	DeMeco Ryans	MLB	6-1	247	Alabama	2	ACT
92	Jeff Zgonina	NT	6-2	281	Purdue	15	ACT
99	Travis Johnson	NT	6-3	311	Florida State	3	ACT
51	Chaun Thompson	OLB	6-2	243	West Texas State	5	ACT
52	Xavier Adibi	OLB	6-2	242	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
54	Zac Diles	OLB	6-0	245	Kansas State; Fresno City College	1	RES
56	Morlon Greenwood	OLB	6-0	241	Syracuse	7	ACT
1	Matt Turk	P	6-5	251	Wisconsin-Whitewater	15	ACT
24	C.C. Brown	SS	6-0	208	Louisiana-Lafayette; Delta State University	3	RES
34	Dominique Barber	SS	6-0	210	Minnesota	0	ACT
73	Eric Winston	T	6-7	310	Miami	2	ACT
74	Ephraim Salaam	T	6-7	310	San Diego State	10	ACT
76	Duane Brown	T	6-4	329	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
78	Rashad Butler	T	6-4	310	Miami	2	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Chris Myers	Chris White
FB	Vonta Leach	Cecil Sapp
LG	Chester Pitts	Kasey Studdard
LT	Duane Brown	Ephraim Salaam
QB	Matt Schaub	Sage Rosenfels
RB	Steve Slaton	Ryan Moats
RG	Mike Brisiel	Chris White
RT	Eric Winston	Rashad Butler
TE	Owen Daniels	Joel Dreessen	Mark Bruener
WR	Andre Johnson	Kevin Walter	Andre Davis

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Amobi Okoye	DelJuan Robinson	Frank Okam
FS	Eugene Wilson	Will Demps
LCB	Jacques Reeves	Fred Bennett	David Pittman
LDE	Anthony Weaver	Tim Bulman
MLB	DeMeco Ryans	Kevin Bentley	Kevis Coley
NT	Travis Johnson	Jeff Zgonina
RCB	Dunta Robinson	Demarcus Faggins	Matterral Richardson
RDE	Mario Williams	Jesse Nading
SLB	Kevin Bentley	Chaun Thompson
SS	Nick Ferguson	Brandon Harrison	Dominique Barber
WLB	Xavier Adibi	Morlon Greenwood

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
WR	Andre Davis
H	Matt Turk
K	Kris Brown
KR	Andre Davis	Jacoby Jones	Steve Slaton
LS	Clark Harris	Joel Dreessen	Jeff Zgonina
P	Matt Turk
PR	Jacoby Jones	David Anderson	Steve Slaton

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Mario Williams	ED	2006	6	$54.0M	$9.0M	$26.5M	8.8%
Matt Schaub	QB	2007	6	$48.0M	$8.0M	$7.0M	7.3%
Andre Johnson	WR	2007	6	$44.0M	$7.3M	$15.0M	6.7%
David Carr	QB	2002	7	$48.8M	$7.0M	$14.0M	9.8%
Andre Johnson	WR	2003	6	$39.0M	$6.5M	$9.0M	8.7%
Chris Myers	C	2008	4	$11.0M	$2.8M	$3.0M	2.4%
Dunta Robinson	CB	2004	5	$10.7M	$2.1M	$8.0M	2.7%
Duane Brown	RT	2008	5	$9.1M	$1.8M	$6.2M	1.6%
DeMeco Ryans	LB	2006	4	$4.6M	$1.1M	$3.2M	1.1%
Jacoby Jones	WR	2007	4	$2.4M	$610,528	$777,111	0.6%
Owen Daniels	TE	2006	3	$1.4M	$483,333	$370,000	0.5%
Mike Brisiel	RG	2008	1	$450,000	$450,000	$0	0.4%
Joel Dreessen	TE	2008	1	$445,000	$445,000	$0	0.4%
Joel Dreessen	TE	2007	2	$825,590	$412,795	$20,590	0.4%
Mike Brisiel	RG	2006	3	$1.1M	$365,000	$15,000	0.4%
Tramon Williams	CB	2006	3	$1.1M	$363,333	$10,000	0.4%
Mike Brisiel	RG	2007	2	$655,000	$327,500	$0	0.3%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2008 (2)

Date	Trade
2008-03-17	DEN → HST: Chris Myers HST → DEN: 2008 round 6 pick 183
2008-04-26	BLT → HST: 2008 round 1 pick 26, 2008 round 3 pick 89, 2008 round 6 pick 173 HST → BLT: 2008 round 1 pick 18

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