15 seconds left in the half.

JJ returns the kickoff back to the Texan 23. 9 seconds left in the half.

Schaub kneels it.

Halftime.

Texans 13, Colts 10

Good half except for the INT (understatement alert).

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 6/12, 86 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: Foster 10/40

Receiving: KW 2/29, JJ 2/29, AJ 1/21, Foster 1/7

Tackles: Diles 7, Ryans 6, Pollard/McCain 4 each, Mario/Okoye/KJ 3 each

1st downs: Colts 13, Texans 8

3rd down conversions: Colts 2/8, Texans 2/5

Time of possession: Colts 17:55, Texans 12:05

Turnovers: Colts 0, Texans 1

Slaton brings the kickoff back to the Texan 35.

Foster slides for about 8.

Foster runs for about 5. 1st down at the Texan 48.

Slaton runs for 6.

Slaton for about 3. Brings up 3rd and 1.

Foster sweeps left for nice gain. 1st down. Ball at the Colts 29.

Foster for 6 up the gut.

Slaton off left tackle for about 2. Brings up 3rd and 2.

Foster for no gain. 4th and 1. Texans to go for it.

Foster gets 2 and the 1st down.

Foster for 4. Ball at the Colts 18.

Schaub's pass goes inc. 3rd and 6 coming up.

Pass to AJ near the 1st down.

1st and goal Texans at the 9.

Foster for 8. Ball at the 1.

Timeout Texans.

Man, just run it in....

Foster runs it to about the 6" line. 3rd and goal.

Foster for the TD.

Texans 20, Colts 10

Are these the Texans we're watching?

The refs missed 3 different obvious defensive penalties on that drive and we still managed to score it.

It was like vintage Ron Dayne from our one win over the colts.

Eheh, we just might have a running game.... nice drive...

Colts muff the kickoff and bring it back to their own 20.

Pass to Collie good for 9.

Addai sweeps right for about 5. 1st down.

Pass to Clark gets about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Pass to Clark good for about 10. Ball at midfield.

Addai rushes for about 18 - bad tackling....

Mannings pass is batted down. Brings up 2nd and 10.

Pass to Collie good to the Texan 28. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Manning audibles a little too much and has to call a timeout...

PI on McCain - auto 1st down at the Texan 22.

1st down pass to Wayne off the mark.

Mannings pass sails over Clark inc. Brings up 3rd and 10.

Delay of game on Colts -5. Brings up 3rd and 15.

Manning sacked by Mario and Nading! 4th and 22. Colts to punt.

Ball is downed at the Texan 1. Penalty flag down.

A break! Penalty goes against the Colts - illegal touching. Texans ball at their 20.

Two delay of games...wow.

2:21 left in the 3rd quarter.

Foster for 11. 1st down.

Foster for 6.

Flag on the play. False start D Brown -5. 2nd and 9.

Pass to OD goes for 9. 1st down.

Slaton for about 5.

End of 3rd quarter.

Pass to AJ gets just enough for the 1st down. Ball at the Colts 48.

Foster gets 2 tough yards.

Foster gets about 4 off left tackle. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Oh man. Ball a little under thown to AJ - inc. Texans to punt.

Colts fair catch at the 9. Penalty on the play. Holding on Texans - Colts get an extra 10 yards.

Manning to Wayne for about 18.

Pass to Clark good for 7.

Pass to Clark good for about 9 and a 1st down.

Pass to Clark good for 5. Ball at the Texan 41.

Pass is broken up by KJ. Makes it 3rd and 5.

Mannings pass to Collie complete to the 10 but Collie fumbles! GQ on the recovery! Texans ball.

10:38 left in the game.

Foster big big gain! 41 yards! Ball at midfield.

Slaton gouges for 13 more.

Foster for 10. 1st down.

Foster take it all the way! Touchdown! 25 yards.

Texans 27, Colts 10

8:41 left in the game.

Colts bring the kickoff back to about the 25.

Dump to Addai gets about 7.

Dump to Collie gets 6 and the 1st down.

Dump to Collie gets 5.

Dump to Clark gets 7 and a 1st down. Ball at the Texans 49.

Pass to Collie gets 6.

Pass to Wayne get another 1st down. Ball at the Texan 36.

Manning hit as he throws. GQ nearly INT's. Ball is inc.

Pass to D Brown is dropped. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Wayne complete at the 17. 1st down.

1st down pass goes inc. Good pressure from Mario.

Pass to Collie good for 7. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Dump over the middle to Clark gets the TD.

Texans 27, Colts 17

4:52 left in the game.

This game ain't anywhere NEAR over.

Ball protection, please....

Colts try the onsides kick but Texans had called a timeout.

KW takes one for the team and gets the onsides kick.

Foster for 9.

Foster gets 2 and the 1st down.

Slaton for no gain. Timeout Colts. 3:29 left in the game.

Foster for 6. Brings up 3rd and 4. Colts call their last timeout. 3:22 left in the game.

Foster get about 8 and the 1st down. Ball at the Colts 16.

Foster for 8. Ball at the Colts 8 yard line.

2 minute warning.

:)

Foster dances in for the score!

Texans 34, Colts 17

1:56 left in the game.

Oh no. Colts run the kickoff back for a TD but many penalties. Offsetting penalties give the Colts the ball at their 23.

Pass to Clark good for 4.

Pass to Collie goes all the way.... 73 yards.

Texans 34, Colts 24

Eheh, they're not dead yet...

1:15 left in the game.

Texans recover the onsides kick.

Texans kneeling it out.

Final score:

Texans 34, Colts 24

Cool, 1-0 and 1-0 in the division...

Great win by the Texans. Great game by Foster. Looks like that suicide contest jinx thing still works.

What a game. What a freakin' game.

That 2nd half was as bad a physical whipping as I've seen on an NFL field.

On that final Texans TD drive, the Colts desperately needed a stop, the Texans were obviously running, and the OL was still blowing the colts like 5 yards off the ball on every play. I honestly could have scored on that last TD that Foster jogged in.

Huge win.

The Colts have always been undersized on the d-line. I wouldn't pronounce our running game healed just yet.

Too bad about Barwin. I suppose we give Aaron Schobel another phone call tomorrow.

Foster was simply put "a beast" out there.

Mario is definitely putting himself in the conversation with the best ends in the game... He just has a plethora of moves...

Oh ye of little faith. Wait a minute, that's people like me because I had no confidance in the Texans ability to win this game, just hope.
I dunno, is the rushing game really that good ? Foster was outstanding, but not without a tremedous performance by the OLine and FB Leach knocking the crap out of Colt defenders. DLine also played very well led by a strong game by Mario.
Only downer is Barwin. That was nasty, probably season-ending but haven't heard anything yet from the Texans ? I'm kinda surprised Nading and not Jamison replaced him ?
And any rate, great game Texans ! Congrats !

Thanks for seeing the rain cloud in a silver lining.

This was definitely a gratifying win.

I just hope we don't start walking around with our head up our asses and come out next week and get our ass kicked.

Most importantly I hope Kubiak doesn't get the "I told you so syndrome" concerning the run. He will start running it 85 times in a row...

Lets do what good teams do. Accept the win and start gameplanning the for next match-up.

Give Kubiak credit for knowing that the way to beat the Colts is long sustained clock-chewing drives that keep Manning planted firmly on the bench. I worried that, after that pick, we'd implode. Had we lost the lead just before halftime, we might have done just that.

I was there with you on that. That drive to open the 2nd half was a much needed tonic for both the offense and the defense needed the rest.

Also give credit to the Dline, they had Peyton on the ground as much as I have ever seen. All of the starting dline had great games.

Frank Bush had a masterful game plan and they seemed to have the OL confused on more than one occasion. Nice job by the defense.

Best game of the SEASON!!! ;)
Seriously, best game I've seen in a long time, I love how our defense came out and punched them in the mouth, but was really sad to see Barwin go down, maybe that will motivate Schobel, who knows??

And to think all this team needed to win in our division was a competent running game.

Brown and Green ruined this team for too long.

Just pray that Foster stays healthy.

Okoye showed more today than he has in the first 3 years combined. Great push against the pass. Chasing down plays in pursuit. First Texans DL ever to consistently get great jumps on the snap count.

Maybe there was something to the whole "he's still younger than Suh" logic of the offseason. Either way I just hope he can keep playing like that.

A good win, and a revamped Oline that looked better than I have ever seen them. Kudos. Foster was great and saved the day for sure. We went with what was working, and the Texans showed patience they haven't showed before. Now on to Washington and the first of the NFL east teams.

O-line looked real good. However, we will have to wait to see how they do against the heavier D-lines. If they can get them moved, we will have a solid season. The back end of the defense is VERY troubling though.

They'll get their chance next week -- the Redskins DL is looking pretty beefy.

Other than the TD to Collie at the end I thought they played a good game. The Colts are arguably the best passing team in NFL and always have someone in an open seam. I thought our young DBs did an excellent job of keeping plays in front of them and tackling after the catch. There was always a guy there to wrap the receiver up. I really don't think we could ask for more considering the opponent and the youth we have back there.

We also made some pretty big plays with our DB's such as forcing the fumble.

Holding Indy to 3 of 12 on third downs.

Most importantly holding them to 24 points.

First half they did real well.

Second half, Peyton is the best along with his receiving core, and we still held em.

I thought our DL and OL really showed up big all game long.

Fantastic win over our division nemesis, couldn't be happier today.

Other than Foster's stats, I think this is the biggest one of the day. That is freaking HUGE against Mr. Forehead. He is going to get his yards, noone will be able to deny him that, but if you get his a$$ off the field on 3rd done, your chances of winning go up astronomically.

GREAT win by the good guys. I still can't freaking talk from yesterday.......:D