The facts conclude with a look at the NFL on CBS play-by-play team along with some key stats surrounding the Texans and Jaguars’ defenses.
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broadcast facts
75. This is the 31st game in the series broadcast on CBS. Here is the breakdown by network:
CBS: 30
FOX: 2
ESPN: 1
NFL Network: 1
76. The Texans are 89-122 all-time on CBS.
77. The Jaguars have a 113-159 all-time record on CBS.
78. Andrew Catalon and James Lofton are doing play-by-play for Sunday’s game. It is the third straight game in the series they will be calling.
79. This is the fifth game in the series Catalon will do play-by-play.
80. The Texans are 8-3 when Catalon calls their games.
81. The Jaguars are 8-12 when Catalon calls their games.
82. This is the fourth game in the series Lofton will do color commentary for.
83. Houston is 4-2 when Lofton calls their games.
84. Jacksonville is 5-3 when Lofton calls their games.
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS
85. The Texans are 7-7 in their Liberty White uniforms.
86. In Week 17 last season, receiver DeAndre Hopkins’ 12 catches were a single-game career high and tied for third-most in franchise history.
87. The top two Texans single-game bests receptions both came against Jacksonville. On. Nov. 18, 2012, receiver Andre Johnson caught 14 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown. The next year on Dec. 5, he caught 13 passes for 154 yards.
88. Defensive end J.J. Watt’s 16.0 sacks against the Jaguars are his second-most against an opponent. Most belongs to the Tennessee Titans with 17.0.
89. Failing to record a sack Sunday would be the third consecutive season Watt failed to do so through the first two games of the season.
90. Outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus’ sack in Week 1 was his first since 2016 when he logged 2.0 and the third time he notched a sack on Opening Day.
91. Mercilus’ interception was the first for a Texans linebacker since Dec. 23, 2018, when middle linebacker Benardrick McKinney picked off Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.
92. Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette’s last 100-yard game was on Dec. 10, 2017, when he carried 24 times for 101 yards and a touchdown.
93. Jaguars receiver D.J. Chark caught all four his targets for 146 yards and a touchdown last week in the 40-26 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
94. Sunday will be the first time Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue has missed a game in his career.
95. The Jaguars defense joined the Denver Broncos and New York Giants as the only teams to have not recorded a sack in Week 1.
96. Former Texans coach Dom Capers is a senior defensive assistant for the Jaguars.
97. Jaguars special teams coach Joe DeCamillis is married to the daughter of Dan Reeves, who was a consultant for the Texans in late 2005.
98. Jaguars receivers coach Keenan McCardell spent the 2007 training camp and preseason with the Texans before being cut as the team trimmed its roster to 53 players.
99. The Texans are 1-1 on Sept. 15. Here are the results:
2002 – @SDG, 3-24 – L
2013 – OTI, 30-24 – W
100. The Jaguars are 1-2 on Sept. 15. Here are the results:
1996 – @RAI, 3-17 – L
2002 – @KC, 23-16 – W
2013 – @RAI, 9-19 – L
