Coming off the bye week, the Houston Texans knew that they were headed into hostile territory to play one of the best teams in the AFC in the Tennessee Titans. Houston was on an eight-game losing streak, while the Titans were trending the opposite way with a six-game winning streak.

If you asked the oddsmakers in Las Vegas, this game was a sure-fire bet if you took Tennessee to beat Houston, even with the Texans receiving double-digit points.

They have a saying in the NFL that goes, “Any given Sunday.”

It means that anything can happen once two teams take the field no matter what the odds are, and that is what happened when the Texans defeated the Titans 22-13 in Nashville.

“It's been a long time since we felt that,” said Texans head coach David Culley about getting the second victory of the season. “It's tough to win in this league no matter who you play. We tell our guys that at this point in the season records don't matter.

“When you play in this league in the National Football League and you go out and you get five turnovers and you don't turn the ball over, it doesn't matter who you play. You're going to have a pretty good chance to win a football game.”

It was the Texans' defense who rose to the occasion on Sunday, as they caused four interceptions on Titans starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who seemed to be out of sync for the entire game. In all, the Texans had five turnovers for the game, which brings their total to ten, including their previous outing against the Miami Dolphins.

“We put a huge emphasis on it every week,” said linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill about the defense getting turnovers.

Houston took a surprising 12-0 lead into halftime after scoring on three straight offensive possessions led by a seven-yard run from quarterback Tyrod Taylor who went airborne for the first touchdown scored on the road for the Texans in four games.

“We called an option route for Rex (Burkhead) on that one,” Taylor said as he described the play after the game. “The defensive line kind of got in the vision of him. I stepped left to get to a better side of Rex and realized there was room to run, and I was able to make a play. I felt like the defensive guy was probably going to go low, so I went high.”

Taylor, who was playing his third game of the season, scored another rushing touchdown in the third quarter to increase the lead to 19-0. Although the Titans scored 13 points in the second half, it was not enough to pull off the come from behind victory.

The Texans will take on the New York Jets on Sunday at NRG, with a noon kickoff.