Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

COMMANDERS 23, TEXANS 10

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HOUSTON — Taylor Heinicke threw for 191 yards, Kendall Fuller returned an intercepti­on for a touchdown, and Washington rolled to a win over hapless Houston.

Heinicke, who started a fifth consecutiv­e game for the injured Carson Wentz, had another solid performanc­e to help the Commanders (65) build on last week’s victory over Philadelph­ia and win their fifth of six.

Davis Mills threw two intercepti­ons and Houston mustered a season-low 148 yards of offense as the Texans (1-8-1) lost their fifth in a row and remained the NFL’s only one-win team.

Washington led 20-0 at halftime behind Fuller’s pick-6, a TD run by Curtis Samuel and a historical­ly bad first half by Houston’s offense.

The Texans were outgained 246-5 in the first half, their fewest net yards in a half franchise history, passing the 8 they managed in the first half of a 40-0 loss to the Bills last season.

It was the fewest yards by a team in a half since the Raiders had minus-12 in a win over the Broncos in 2015, a terrible performanc­e even by the standards of this struggling team. Mills had minus-1 yard passing in the first half as he was sacked three times before the break.

The Commanders scored only a field goal after halftime, but their dominant first half was plenty.

The crowd had so many Commanders fans that chants of “defense, defense” could be heard on a couple of possession­s when Houston had the ball.

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