RB Henry, Tennessee rally past Houston
TITANS 42, TEXANS 36, OT
NASHVILLE, TENN. » Expectations for Derrick Henry already are pretty high, with his history of mighty stiff arms and long touchdown runs.
Last season’s rushing leader keeps finding new ways to top himself, taking the Tennessee Titans along with him.
Henry took a direct snap and ran 5 yards for a touchdown 3: 30 into overtime and the Titans remained undefeated, rallying to beat the Houston Texans 42- 36 on Sunday.
“Obviously, we all witnessed somebody taking a game over,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said of Henry.
The Titans ( 5- 0) finished with a franchiserecord 601 yards of total offense.
That helped them overcome two turnovers, Stephen Gostkowski having a field goal blocked and missing another and the defense giving up 335 yards passing and four touchdown passes to Deshaun Watson.
Watson’s final TD pass put Houston ( 1- 5) up 36- 29 with 1: 50 left, but his pass to Randall Cobb on the 2- point conversion attempt failed. Coach Romeo Crennel, in his second game since replacing the fired Bill O’Brien, said he went for the conversion in a bid to put the game out of reach. Crennel also didn’t take a timeout before the gamewinning TD.
Ryan Tannehill drove the Titans 76 yards before finding A. J. Brown on a 7yard TD pass with 4 seconds left. Gostkowski made the extra point, and the Texans fielded a squib kick to send it into overtime.
Henry ran for 202 yards in regulation, including a 94- yard TD run.