Houston Texans vs New York Jets Match Player Stats On Oct 08, 2012

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 8, 2012

Texans 23, Jets 17: Arian Foster rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Matt Schaub won his ninth straight start as undefeated Houston held off host New York and its struggling offense.

Foster had 100 yards on nine carries in the first half, including a 13-yard score early in the second quarter to give the Texans (5-0) the lead for good at 14-7. Schaub was 14-of-28 for 209 yards with a touchdown and an interception as Houston won its first game against the Jets in six tries.

Joe McKnight had a 100-yard kickoff return for New York (2-3), which mustered only 69 yards rushing. Quarterback Mark Sanchez was 14-of-31 - his fourth straight game with a completion percentage below 50 percent - for 230 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Houston led 20-7 in the third quarter after Shayne Graham's second of three field goals before McKnight returned the ensuing kickoff to the end zone. After the teams traded field goals, the Jets moved to the Texans' 35, where J.J. Watt sacked Sanchez on third-and-10 with 7:04 remaining.

New York got the ball back with 3:28 left, but Sanchez was intercepted by Kareem Jackson on a deflected pass at the Jets' 46 with 1:51 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Texans LB Brian Cushing, a second-team All-Pro in 2011, left in the second quarter with a knee injury and did not return. ... Watt leads the NFL with 8.5 sacks and had three of the Texans' nine pass deflections. ... The Jets were successful on a fake punt on fourth-and-1 from their own 24 on the first play of the second quarter when Tim Tebow ran 3 yards, but failed on an onside kick after McKnight's big return in the third period.