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Story line: Instead of folding after falling behind by 14, Texans rallied for 34 unanswered points behind Matt Schaub’s 227 yards passing and 2 TDs and opportunistic defense. Team that was 24-56 in its 1st 5 seasons improved to 2-0 for 1st time in franchise history.
Stars: Texans’ Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 120 yards, 2 TDs before suffering left knee injury early in 4th. He’ll have MRI on Monday. … Rookie DT Amobi Okoye had 2 of Texans’ 3 sacks.
Extra point: Panthers’ 4th consecutive loss in their home opener.
Quote: “Offensively, we’re too up and down, too
inconsistent. Reason why?
I can’t tell you. I could
speculate, but there’s no need to do that.” — Panthers’ Steve Smith, who caught 8 passes for 153 yards, 3 TDs.
