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Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

Final · Kickoff

2010 Regular season · Week 1 · Reliant Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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INDIndianapolis Colts24Away
HOUHouston Texans34Home
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Texans beat Colts 34–24 in 2010 Week 1

The Houston Texans beat the Indianapolis Colts 34–24 at home at Reliant Stadium in Week 1 of the 2010 regular season on September 12, 2010.

The result moved the Texans to 1–0 and dropped the Colts to 0–1. The Colts finished 2010 at 10–6 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Texans finished 2010 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Indianapolis Colts won 35–27 on November 29, 2009. When they met again, the Indianapolis Colts won 30–17 on November 1, 2010.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Colts lead the series 15–2 after meeting No. 17 since 2002 Full series history

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