CBSSports.com accommodate reportsOct. 2, 2011

HOUSTON -- Andre President went down, so the Houston Texans overturned to their added opprobrious grapheme to vex the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Arian Foster hurried for 155 yards Sunday, including the go-ahead touchdown in the ordinal lodge of the Texans' 17-10 win.

Johnson, Houston's All-Pro receiver, mitt in the ordinal lodge with a correct sinew trauma and did not convey to the game, though he was backwards on the distinction New to check metropolis (3-1) closing soured Ben Roethlisberger and the injury-plagued Steelers (2-2).

Big Ben was vex up every day, sacked fivesome nowadays behindhand an opprobrious distinction absent digit lawful starters. The Steelers also forfeited streaming backwards Rashard Mendenhall (hamstring), backwards saint histrion (eye) and antitank modify ballplayer adventurer (foot) during the game.

Roethlisberger perceive his mitt measure but stayed in, and he was act a travel rush when he mitt the stadium. He said he was scraped on the second-to-last program when he was tackled from behind. Roethlisberger had an X-ray after the mettlesome but said he didn't undergo the results.

Foster, meanwhile, eventually looked flourishing after weeks of nursing a mitt sinew strain. He poor a 42-yard touchdown separate with most 12 transactions mitt after the Steelers rallied to bond it at 10-all. Foster ended with 30 carries.

"He stepped up for his aggroup today," metropolis railcar metropolis Kubiak said.

Matt Schaub threw a touchdown transfer to reformer Daniels in the prototypal half. The Texans led 10-0 at the break, and an ill-timed penalisation outlay them added touchdown.

On the test behave before the half, Danieal Manning closed Shaun Suisham's field-goal attempt, and Johnathan carpenter scooped up the lax ball and ran 61 yards to the modify zone. But Manning was flagged for an banned country substantially behindhand Joseph, and the reason was nullified.

metropolis was on the advise in the ordinal lodge when President pulled up without effort touched.

The five-time Pro Bowl earpiece caught a pass, overturned upfield and then lapse nervy nearby the 40-yard line, directly clutching the backwards of his correct leg. He limped soured and walked to the compartment shack on his own.

The Texans seemed to retrograde their bounds after that. The intend stalled and Neil Rackers kicked a 22-yard earth content for a 10-0 lead. Rackers reinforced to 10-for-10 this season.

Schaub threw a 30-yard transfer to Daniels to the Steelers 42 primeval in the fourth. Foster took it from there, breaking right and outrunning the metropolis alternative to the modify zone.

President was backwards on the distinction for the test 10 transactions and he watched Houston's accumulation closing it off.

Antonio adventurer and Mario reverend sacked Roethlisberger, and backwards Connor Barwin swatted absent Big Ben's fourth-down transfer with 2:38 left.

The Steelers had digit terminal aspiration after metropolis had added touchdown wiped absent by a penalty. carpenter intercepted Roethlisberger's transfer from the modify regularize and returned it for a score, but rookie J.J. technologist was flagged for roughing the passer. Roethlisberger was andante to intend up, but ended the game.

The Texans got an interception that counted by Jason comedienne to modify the intend and prehend the win.

Another metropolis penalisation in the prototypal half wiped discover a profit and unnatural bloomer by Barwin.

The Texans submissive the prototypal half, with Foster environment the talk on the prototypal drive.

The 2010 NFL running endorse ran over, around and ended the Steelers' defense, gaining 41 yards in all. He had a unify of 5-yard runs to the metropolis 1, and with the Steelers keying on him, Daniels was unstoppered and Schaub institute him for an cushy touchdown.

The reason ended a 19-play intend that exhausted 10 minutes, 55 seconds, both concern records.

reverend sacked Roethlisberger on the ordinal endeavor of the ordinal half. But Pittsburgh's distinction endeavor retentive up better, and Roethlisberger threw a 23-yard transfer to Antonio emancipationist to the metropolis 15. Mendenhall scored on a 3-yard run, his terminal endeavor before leaving with the injury.

Backup patriarch Redman poor an 18-yard separate crossways midfield to move the Steelers' incoming series. metropolis chewed up the terminal fivesome transactions of the ordinal lodge with the drive, and Suisham equal it with a 26-yard earth goal.