Week 8 Dolphins (4-3) at Houston Texans (4-3) Thursday, October 25, 2018 | 8:20 PM ET | NRG Stadium | Referee: Shawn Smith REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Texans lead all-time series, 7-1 LAST GAME: 10/25/15: Texans 26 at Dolphins 44 STREAKS: Texans have won 7 of past 8 LAST GAME AT SITE 9/9/12: Texans 30, Dolphins 10 HOUSTON TEXANS LAST WEEK L 32-21 vs. Detroit LAST WEEK W 20-7 at Jacksonville COACH VS. OPP. Adam Gase: 0-0 COACH VS. OPP. Bill O’Brien: 0-1 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 21.6/25.3 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 22.1/20.6 OFFENSE 329.1 OFFENSE 372.1 PASSING : 54-80-654-6-2-107.0 PASSING Deshaun Watson: 152-241-1937-10-7-89.9 RUSHING Frank Gore: 72-332-4.6-0 RUSHING Lamar Miller: 95-371-3.9-1 RECEIVING Danny Amendola: 30-294-9.8-1 RECEIVING DeAndre Hopkins: 47-707-15.0-4 DEFENSE 405.3 DEFENSE 329.9 SACKS Jerome Baker (R), Vincent Taylor: 2 SACKS J.J. Watt: 7 INTs Xavien Howard: 3 INTs Kareem Jackson, : 2 TAKE/GIVE +2 (14/12) TAKE/GIVE +2 (13/11) PUNTING (NET) Matt Haack: 45.5 (39.3) PUNTING (NET) Trevor Daniel (R): 43.6 (39.3) KICKING Jason Sanders (R): 35 (17/18 PAT; 6/7 FG) KICKING Ka’imi Fairbairn: 65 (14/14 PAT; 17/20 FG) DOLPHINS NOTES TEXANS NOTES • QB BROCK OSWEILER passed for 239 yards with 2 TDs • QB DESHAUN WATSON has 1,706 pass yards (284.3 vs. 0 INTs for 114.9 rating last week. Has 619 pass yards per game) with 16 TDs vs. 6 INTs for 104.4 rating & has 156 (309.5 per game) with 5 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 103.1 rating in rush yards with TD in 6 career starts at home. Has 375+ his past 2. Has 2+ TD passes in 3 of 5 career starts vs. AFC pass yards in 2 of his past 3 at home. South. Passed for 2,957 yards in 15 games for Texans in 2016. • RB LAMAR MILLER rushed for 100 yards & TD last • RB FRANK GORE rushed for 100 yards in his last game week. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 4 vs. AFC vs. Hou. (12/31/17 with Ind.). In 4 career games at Hou., East. Has 70+ scrimmage yards in 9 of his past 12 at home. has 330 scrimmage yards (82.5 per game) & rush TD. Has Had 3,817 scrimmage yards & 22 TDs (19 rush, 3 rec.) in 4 75+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 5 vs. AFC South. RB seasons with Mia. (2012-15). rushed for 72 yards on 6 carries (12 • WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS had TD catch in Week 7. Aims avg.), incl. 54-yard TD run last week. Has TD in 5 of his past for his 3rd in row with TD catch. Has 85+ rec. yards in 4 of his 7 on road. past 6. Has 909 rec. yards & 12 TD catches in his past 11 at • WR DANNY AMENDOLA led team with 84 rec. yards home. Has TD catch in 9 of his past 11 at home. WR WILL & had TD catch last week. WR KENNY STILLS had TD FULLER V has 6 TD catches in his past 9 at home. catch in Week 7. Has 269 rec. yards (67.3 per game) & TD • DE J.J. WATT has 7 sacks in his past 5. Aims for his 4th in catch in his past 4 on Thursday. row at home with sack. Had 2 sacks & 3 TFL in last meeting. • DE CAMERON WAKE had 2 sacks, 2 FFs & PD in last In last home game vs. Mia., had 3 PD & TFL. Ties for 2nd in meeting. Has 3 sacks & 3 TFL in his past 3 vs. Hou. Has AFC with 7 sacks in 2018. DE JADEVEON CLOWNEY 6.5 sacks & 4 FFs in his past 5 vs. AFC South. Has 7 sacks had 7 tackles, 2 sacks & FR last week. Has 4.5 sacks, 8 TFL in his past 8 on Thursday. LB KIKO ALONSO has 31 & 2 FRs in his past 4. Had sack in last meeting. Since 2016, tackles (7.8 per game), INT, sack, FF & 2 PD in 4 career ranks 2nd in NFL with 46 TFL. LB WHITNEY MERCILUS games vs. AFC South. Ranks 2nd in NFL with 66 tackles & had 2 FFs & sack in Week 7. LB ZACH CUNNINGHAM is only player with 50+ tackles & 3+ FFs (3) this season. S had team-high 10 tackles & FF last week. Aims for his RESHAD JONES had 8 tackles, 2 PD & 23-yard INT-TD 4th in row with 10+ tackles. Is 1 of 2 NFL players (KIKO in last meeting. DE ANDRE BRANCH had sack & FF ALONSO) with 60+ tackles (60) & 3+ PD (3) in 2018. S last week. TYRANN MATHIEU had sack & INT in Week 7. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: FOX/NFLN/Amazon (8:20 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews (Field reporter), Kristina Pink (Field reporter) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Rod Woodson | SIRIUS: 81 (Mia), 83 (Hou) | XM: 226 (Mia), 225 (Hou)