sent three players to the Pro Bowl: Andre Johnson, Mario Williams, and Owen Daniels. 2009 The Texans continued to see improvement in 2009. Despite losing their opening game against the New York Jets, the Texans went 5-3 through the first half of the season including a victory over division rival the Tennessee Titans in week 2. However this would prove to be their only division win of the season. The Texans suffered close losses in the next 4 games before closing out with 4 consecutive wins. Their final game, a come from behind victory over the New England Patriots would cap off the Texans' first ever winning season at 9–7, and keep faint hopes alive in Houston for a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in the short history of the franchise. However those hopes were short lived, with the Jets edging them out of the wild card spot with their victory against the Cincinnati Bengals later that night. The Texans 9–7 record tied both AFC wild card winners, the Jets and Baltimore Ravens, but the Jets and Ravens received precedence due to their superior records in conference games (both 7-5 versus Texans 6-6), leaving the Texans out of the postseason. 2009 was a record breaking season for quarterback Matt Schaub, finishing with 4,770 passing yards, the 6th most in a single season in NFL history, and a career-high season passer rating of 98.6. On the other side of the ball, wide receiver Andre Johnson had another extraordinary season with 1,569 receiving yards over 101 receptions. Following the 2009 season, the Texans re-signed head coach Gary Kubiak to a contract extension leading through the 2012 season. On September 7, 2010, the Texans signed QB Matt Leinart to a one-year deal, two days after he had been cut by the Arizona Cardinals. 2010 (WK:1)The Houston Texans opened their season with a win, beating the Indianapolis Colts 34–24. Arian Foster had 231 rushing yards, the first time rushing for over 200 yards in a game has been achieved by the Texans. (WK:3) The next week, they came back from a 17-point second half deficit to defeat Washington, 30–27 in their first overtime win. Schaub threw for a franchise record 497 passing yards.(WK:3) The very next week, they were defeated 27-13 by the Dallas Cowboys.(WK:4) Arian Foster, having sat out nearly the entire first half of the game, had his