The Texans did start the game strong with their opening drive being a efficient affair with Tom Savage carefully marshalling a 9 play 90 yard drive down the field which Texans RB Lamar Miller capped off with a 4 yard TD run.
The Ravens however responded in kind and fought off the early onslaught of Jadeveon Clowney to start putting together consecutive scoring drives with Ravens RB’s Buck Allen and Alex Collins both finding the endzone to pull the Ravens back in front of the Texans.