The Texans honored the memory of their founding owner, Robert McNair, in the most fitting way possible Monday night, winning a franchise-record eighth consecutive game at the expense of the Tennessee Titans, who used to be the Houston Oilers and whose departure in the mid-1990s led to McNair's successful pursuit of an NFL expansion team to replace them.
In beating the Titans 34-17 as Deshaun Watson threw for two touchdowns – both to recent acquisition Demaryius Thomas – and ran for a third, the Texans became the first team in NFL history to lose their first three games of the season, then win the next eight.