Houston Texans 12/17/2007 10:01 AMThe Houston Chronicle reports the Texans were eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday, but they still have a chance to finish with the best record in team history going into their last two games against Indianapolis and Jacksonville. The Texans (7-7) can't catch the Jaguars (10-4) in the AFC wild-card race and would lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Cleveland (9-5), which beat them. The Texans would lose a conference record tiebreaker to Pittsburgh (9-5) if the Steelers were to lose out and finish 9-7. The best conference record the Texans can have would be 6-6 if they win the last two. The worst the Steelers can do is 7-5. The Texans have won back-to-back games to improve to 7-7 for the first time. Their best record was 7-9 in 2004, their third season.Read more
