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• HOUSTON -- Another trip to New England awaits the Houston Texans, and coach Gary Kubiak knows what his team has to do to have a chance against the Patriots in the second round of the playoffs. "We had a rough trip up there last time, but weve earned our right to go back," Kubiak said. "We want to go back and play a heck of a lot better than we did." The AFC East champion Patriots trounced the Texans 42-14 at Foxborough on Dec. 10, and Houston gets another shot after beating Cincinnati 19-13 in Saturdays wild-card game. Houston had lost just one game this season before that loss began a terrible month where the Texans lost three of their last four regular-season games to fall out of the top seed in the AFC. The Texans did enough to beat the Bengals, but they have to figure out a way to score touchdowns against a New England team that averages 34.8 points per game. Houston got in the red zone four times on Saturday, and settled for field goals three of those times after the offence stalled. "Get in the red zone, playing New England, we have to get touchdowns," left tackle Duane Brown said. "Youve got to do a better job up front, whatever play is called ... cant settle for field goals. Everyone was pretty disappointed and that was a good thing. Were disappointed we got field goals and thats a sign of a great team, great offence, and well look at it and see what corrections need to be made." Making his first post-season start, quarterback Matt Schaub threw an interception which was returned for a touchdown before halftime on Saturday. But he shook off the mistake to finish 29 of 38 for 262 yards. Schaub missed last seasons playoff run with an injured foot. He believes the recent trip to New England will help the Texans in this visit. The Texans were 6-0 on the road before the debacle at New England. "What we learned and the situations we were in a month ago, we can definitely pull from that," Schaub said. "Weve been down that road. We know what it takes to win and thats play good road football. We didnt do that last time we played up there." Houston had struggled on both sides of the ball on third down recently, but fixed that problem on Saturday. The Texans entered Saturdays game having converted just 15 of 49 third-down attempts in their last four games. On Saturday, they converted 47 per cent of their third down attempts. The Texans defence is looking to build on the solid performance it turned in against the Bengals. Houston held the Bengals to 198 yards on Saturday. "Im not the biggest believer in momentum in the world, but it definitely feels good to get back in our rhythm, get back to doing what we do," defensive end J.J. Watt said. "Were going to have some good film to watch because if were going to go up there and beat them we need to play a game like we played (Saturday). Offense holding the ball, defence getting off the field on third down." Arian Foster powered Houstons offence on Saturday with a season-high 32 carries for 140 yards. He had just 46 yards rushing in the loss at New England, and is looking forward to proving that this team is much better than the one that showed up the last time in Foxborough. "They have a great coach and a great quarterback and they have great role players on their team," Foster said of the Patriots. "I have a lot of respect for them, but we can play ball, too. We didnt play our best football up there and we hurt ourselves with penalties and mistakes. Anytime you give them opportunities, theyll take advantage of them. But well play our best up there." Wholesale NFL Jerseys . 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He spent much of the season with Triple-A Pawtucket, but hit .250 (3 for 12) over nine games with the Red Sox.ARCADIA, Calif. -- Royal Delta won the $2 million Ladies Classic by 1 1/2 lengths on Friday at Santa Anita, making the defending champion the only favourite to win on an upset-filled opening day of the Breeders Cup. Jockey Mike Smith earned his 16th victory in the events 29-year history, breaking a tie for most wins with fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey. Royal Delta gave Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his second connsecutive win and fifth overall in the Ladies Classic, putting him in position to sweep the weekends biggest races, a feat he accomplished last year.dddddddddddd. He has three runners in the $5 million Classic on Saturday, a race he won last year with Drosselmeyer. Royal Delta was the 8-5 favourite in the field of eight fillies and mares. She ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.80 and paid $5.40, $3.60 and $2.60. ' ' '

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