| Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | OT | SCORE |
| Houston Texans (0-0) | 10 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 40 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| HOU | PIT |
| Total Offense | 435 | 421 |
| Rushing Yards | 74 | 62 |
| Passing Yards | 361 | 359 |
| First Downs | 23 | 11 |
| Punt Return Yards | 7 | 27 |
| Kick Return Yards | 187 | 151 |
| Total Yards | 629 | 599 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 8-14 | 3-9 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 4/2 | 3/0 |
| Penalties | 2-12 | 3-30 |
| Posession Time | 26:57 | 18:26 |
| Houston Texans | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | M. Schaub | 24/32 | 373 | 1 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | C. Taylor | 25 | 50 | 2.0 | 3 | | A. Green | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Johnson | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 0 | | J. Jones | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | | C. Henry | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | | A. Green | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | D. Ryans | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | X. Adibi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | A. Okoye | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | N. Ferguson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | A. Serna | 2/3 | 4/4 | 10 | 34 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | M. Turk | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | J. Reeves | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 0 | | A. Molden | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | A. Molden | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| | Pittsburgh Steelers | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | B. Roethlisberger | 19/26 | 362 | 3 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | W. Parker | 19 | 52 | 2.7 | 2 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | S. Holmes | 7 | 151 | 21.5 | 1 | | H. Ward | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | B. McFadden | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L. Woodley | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | T. Polamalu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Hampton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | J. Reed | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | N/A | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | D. Sepulveda | 4 | 159 | 39.7 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | I. Taylor | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | N. Washington | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 |
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The Texans win a close OT thriller over the Steelers. Experts called the Texans rushing attack "terribly inefficient but somehow effective" and gave credit to Santamaria and d-coordinator Richard smith, whose job is in jeopardy, for keying in on Pittsburgh's run game.
A multitude of injuries hit the Texans however. Chris White is out 1-3 weeks. Ahman Green is out 3 to 5. Frank Okam is out at least a week. And Jeff Zgonina is out for 7-12 weeks with a strained hamstring. This is going to cause issues for Houston when they face the Ravens next week.