NFL 2011 Week 9 - Texans Run Over Browns for Third Straight Win

Texans Run Over Browns for Third Straight Win
John Nestor

Houston, TX

No Andre Johnson, no problem once again for the Houston Texans.

Arian Foster and Ben Tate each ran for over 100 yards and scored a touchdown as the Texans rolled to a 30-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns Sunday.

Foster and Tate paced a punishing ground attack as Houston ran for 261 yards on 40 carries en route to its third straight win.

Matt Schaub completed 14 of 23 passes for 119 yards and added a rushing touchdown for the Texans (6-3), who were without Johnson for the fifth straight game due to a lingering hamstring injury.

Tate ran for a 27-yard score in the first quarter and Schaub made it 14-0 with a two-yard scamper. Foster ran in from 19 yards in the second quarter and the Texans rolled from there.

On the other side the Browns (3-5) couldn't generate much on the ground, picking up just 44 yards rushing while playing without running back Peyton Hillis, who suffered a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury on Friday.

Browns kicker Phil Dawson made field goals from 50 and 51 yards and Colt McCoy threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Josh Cribbs with just under five minutes left in the fourth quarter.