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Texans beat Bengals just like they win AFC South -- ugly

HOUSTON -- It wasn't pretty, but the Houston Texans clinched the AFC South division with a 12-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday night.

Houston held on to win after Bengals kicker Randy Bullock missed a 43-yard field goal wide right as time expired.

The Texans entered the game knowing they could clinch, after the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the second-place Tennessee Titans on Saturday afternoon.

And while the defense played well to start the game, the offense came out slow with quarterback Tom Savage at the helm. In the first half, he had 2 completions for 13 yards, and had targeted DeAndre Hopkins just once.