Today Browns vs. Texans


HOUSTON (3-7) At CLEVELAND (4-6)

Game time: 1 p.m. TV/Radio: (27) (19); WKBN-AM 570, WNCD-FM 93.3 Opening line: Browns by 3. Record vs. spread: Houston 4-6; Cleveland 6-4. Series record: Browns lead 3-2. Last meeting: Browns 27, Texans 17, Nov. 25, 2007. Notebook: Texans, who have lost three straight overall, are 0-5 on road this season. They haven’t won outside Houston since Nov. 4, 2007, at Oakland — eight games ago. ... Andre Johnson leads league’s wide receivers with 995 yards, five 100-yard games and 49 receptions for first downs. ... Johnson has caught at least one pass in team-record 44 straight games. ... WR Jacoby Jones has returned two punts for TDs. ... TE Owen Daniels is having breakout season with 45 catches, second in AFC behind Kansas City’s Tony Gonzalez, who has 55. Owens has been clutch, with 32 catches picking up first downs. ... RB Steve Slaton set two team rookie records last week at Indianapolis with 156 yards rushing and averaging 11.1 yards per carry. He came within 2 yards of matching Dominick Williams’ single-game club record for yards rushing. ... G Chester Pitts has started in each of Texans’ 106 games and has been on field for all but seven plays in Texans’ history. ... Browns QB Brady Quinn earned his first win as starter on Monday night at Buffalo, playing most of game with broken right index finger. Quinn fractured tip of finger but expects to play. ... Cleveland is just 1-4 at home after going franchise-best 7-1 at Browns Stadium in 2007. ... RB Jamal Lewis is 237 yards shy of becoming 24th back in NFL history to rush for 10,000 career yards. ... Lewis rushed for 134 yards and TD last season vs. Houston, first of his four 100-yard-plus games in final six weeks of season. ... K Phil Dawson booted career-long 56-yarder in Monday night’s win at Buffalo and has kicked field goal of 50 yards or more in last three games. Dawson kicked five field goals at Buffalo, including 200th of his 10-year career. ... Browns forced four turnovers in win over Bills and enter with plus-8 turnover differential, third best in NFL.

Game time: 1 p.m. TV/Radio: (27) (19); WKBN-AM 570, WNCD-FM 93.3 Opening line: Browns by 3. Record vs. spread: Houston 4-6; Cleveland 6-4. Series record: Browns lead 3-2. Last meeting: Browns 27, Texans 17, Nov. 25, 2007. Notebook: Texans, who have lost three straight overall, are 0-5 on road this season. They haven’t won outside Houston since Nov. 4, 2007, at Oakland — eight games ago. ... Andre Johnson leads league’s wide receivers with 995 yards, five 100-yard games and 49 receptions for first downs. ... Johnson has caught at least one pass in team-record 44 straight games. ... WR Jacoby Jones has returned two punts for TDs. ... TE Owen Daniels is having breakout season with 45 catches, second in AFC behind Kansas City’s Tony Gonzalez, who has 55. Owens has been clutch, with 32 catches picking up first downs. ... RB Steve Slaton set two team rookie records last week at Indianapolis with 156 yards rushing and averaging 11.1 yards per carry. He came within 2 yards of matching Dominick Williams’ single-game club record for yards rushing. ... G Chester Pitts has started in each of Texans’ 106 games and has been on field for all but seven plays in Texans’ history. ... Browns QB Brady Quinn earned his first win as starter on Monday night at Buffalo, playing most of game with broken right index finger. Quinn fractured tip of finger but expects to play. ... Cleveland is just 1-4 at home after going franchise-best 7-1 at Browns Stadium in 2007. ... RB Jamal Lewis is 237 yards shy of becoming 24th back in NFL history to rush for 10,000 career yards. ... Lewis rushed for 134 yards and TD last season vs. Houston, first of his four 100-yard-plus games in final six weeks of season. ... K Phil Dawson booted career-long 56-yarder in Monday night’s win at Buffalo and has kicked field goal of 50 yards or more in last three games. Dawson kicked five field goals at Buffalo, including 200th of his 10-year career. ... Browns forced four turnovers in win over Bills and enter with plus-8 turnover differential, third best in NFL.