3 false starts by Brizell. But Fosters gets first down.

man what a 20 play drive. Time for defense.

On 2nd and 9, Foster for no gain. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Oh man, Yates almost scrambles for the 1st down, about a 1/2 yard short. Texans to go for it.

Foster to the 2 yard line! 1st and goal at the 2!

Foster for maybe 1. 2nd and goal coming up.

Foster punches it in!

Texans 17, Falcons 10

6:05 left in the game.

Wow this is an amazing game.

Ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone. Falcons ball at their 20.

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Ryans' pass is tipped, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Turner for 3. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Douglas good for 15 and the 1st down at the Falcon 38.

Ryan pressured, throws it away, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Ryan pressured again, throws in White's direction, inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to White complete for 16 and the 1st down. 4:28 left in the game.

Rodgers for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Gonzales goes for 16. PI on GQ is declined.

Turner for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Turner gets 3. 3rd and 1 coming up. About 3 minutes left in the game.

Pass to Jones is caught out of bounds in the endzone, inc. Makes it 4th and 1 for the Falcons.

Delay of game on Falcons backs it up 5. Makes it 4th and 6. Ball at the Texan 26. 2:35 left in the game.

On 4th and 6, Ryans' pass goes inc! Texans takeover on downs!

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Foster for no gain. Falcons use their last timeout. 2:28 left in the game.

Foster for no gain, again. Makes 3rd and 10 at the 2 minute warning.

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On 3rd and 9, Foster gets 4. Texans have to punt. Texans bleed the clock to 1:14 and call timeout.

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Weems returns the punt to the Falcon 33. Punter B Hartmann injured on the play. 59 seconds left in the game.

Pass to Rodgers in the flat gets 5. Allen injured making the tackle. 53 seconds left in the game. 2nd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Douglas good for 17. Ball at the Texan 45.

Ryan spikes it with 35 seconds left.

Pass complete to Jones at the Texan 25.

Ryan spikes it again with 16 seconds left.

Pass to Jones complete but illegal touching on Jones. 5 yard penalty. 2nd and 15 coming up. 8 seconds left.

Ryans' pass in the endzone goes inc. 1 second left.

Pass to Jones in the endzone goes inc!

Final Score:

Texans 17, Falcons 10

Goodness, what a game!

Big huge fantastic exciting win

Prophetic.

And a heroic effort from all involved. A 19 play drive to take the lead followed by clutch defense. All without AJ, Mario, or schaub.

Awesome.

I was quite sure we'd win. What I didn't know was that we'd win by running for 150 yards against a defense that gives up about 50 a game. That is some serious patience with the running game after a very rough first quarter.

That's especially important because in order to win on the road in Cincy in what is sure to be shit weather the Texans are going to have to run the ball.

Time to find a punter.

Good call, Chuck. The Fox affiliate here switched us all over to the Cowboys at 3:15 so we missed the end of the Falcons' last possession.

Props to the defense. They held a really good offense to 10 points today. Props to Yates for managing the game as well as you'd ever want a fifth-round rookie to do it. Never panicked into bad throws.

Considering this was a game many of us penciled as a loss even when we still had Schaub healthy, we have to feel great about the win.

Sucks about AJ and Hartman. Hope they can return in time for the playoffs.

9-3 guys. 9-3 with everything that has gone wrong for us. Remember that.

Agreed. I've seen a lot of more questionable plays ruled the arm was going forward. I still don't understand how the refs came away with their decision.

Well, we got it back later when the Falcons had a Pick Six reversed by defensive holding so it evened out.

The call against McCain seemed quite questionable and Andre was incensed at how late it came. Dunta literally undressed Walter. There was no question about that play.

They are saying its the other hammy for AJ.

Hope Hartman recovers quickly.

Yes Chuck, good call.

Also I was one of those guys that had this as a lose when the schedule came out.

I love being wrong on this one.

BTW WOW!!! what a game.

This is just too funny.

Yates
 

Yates played very well. He's much better than Leinart.

for those who didn't go to the game. the stadium was crazy yesterday. everyone in the stands were keeping the noise up at a deafening volume from atlanta's first offensive snap, until the final play of the game. best texans game i can remember being at.

I 2nd that. Crowd was off the hook yesterday.

I think our past failures has precluded me from stating what we have in our hometown team.

We have a DAMN good football team. Past failures have nothing to do with this squad. With the exception of the 4th Qtr vs. the Saints (whom I am a HUGE fan of this week), the D is absolutely dominant. Period. Exclamation Point.

Major kudos to TJ. The kid has SACK, plays with poise, and is obviously not afraid of the big stage. Did he make some mistakes....sure. But the TEAM over came them, with a little help from the officials/other team as well.

Prior to this, I was expecting doom and gloom, limp into the playoffs, probably finishing 2-3/3-2 area. I fully expect us to finish 3-1 at worst over the next, and it wouldn't shock me at all if we ran the table, and had a first round bye.

DAMN, ITS GOOD TO BE A TEXAN TODAY! :D