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INDIANAPOLIS -- Lamar Miller scored Houstons only touchdown and the Texans defense stopped Andrew Luck on Indys final drive of the game to preserve a 22-17 victory on Sunday.Houston (7-6) retained a share of the AFC South lead with Tennessee by ending its three-game losing streak.The Texans won for the second straight year in Indy, have won nine straight against division foes and got their first sweep of the Colts in franchise history.It wasnt easy, though, and the Texans expected nothing less.All of these games are like that in the month of December, Texans coach Bill OBrien said.Luck made it even more challenging by moving the Colts (6-7) to the Texans 42-yard line with 1:24 left.But on fourth-and-1, a blitz forced an errant screen pass to Robert Turbin and the Texans ran out the clock.There are multiple options on that play and I did not make a great decision, Luck said.Miller finished 21 carries for 107 yards, while Brock Osweiler was 14 of 24 for 147 yards with one interception.Luck was 24 of 45 for 276 yards with two TD passes, two interceptions and one fumble. T.Y. Hilton had nine catches for 115 yards and a 35-yard TD catch that closed Indys deficit to 19-17 early in the fourth quarter.The defenses made it tough all day.Houston settled for five field goals, including twice after it took over inside the Colts 20-yard line.Indy struggled after starting the game by driving for a field goal. They didnt score again until Frank Gore took an 18-yard screen pass into the end zone early in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 16-10.The Texans answered with a field goal and after Hiltons 35-yard catch took nearly 6 1/2 minutes off the clock before kicking another field goal to force Indy to score a touchdown.Houston finished with 185 yards rushing against the Colts short-handed defense .MOVING ON UPGore and Adam Vinatieri continue climbing the NFL charts. Gore, the Colts top running back, finished with 74 yards from scrimmage to move past Terrell Owens (16,185) for No. 11 on the NFLs list.And Vinatieri scored five points, ending the day with 104 to extend his NFL record to 19 100-point seasons. Hes achieved that feat nine times since joining the Colts, a franchise record.UP NEXTTexans: Host Jacksonville next Sunday.Colts: Travel to Minnesota next Sunday.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL . Cheap Golden Knights Jerseys . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Fake Golden Knights Jerseys . 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Erik Jones was the top seed at the start of the inaugural Chase in the Xfinity Series, but a wreck with 10 laps remaining in the opening race has dropped him to ninth in the standings.Now the Joe Gibbs Racing driver will try to recover at Dover International Speedway, where he won earlier this year.Jones went into the Chase opener with a series-best four victories and was considered the overwhelming favorite to win the title. Now hes outside the cutoff to advance to the next round.He started from the pole last week at Kentucky Speedway and led 100 laps before the crash that he blamed on himself.Last week I made a mistake laying it all out on the line for a win, but we definitely had the speed and thats encouraging heading in to this weekend, Jones said.Jones lost control of his No. 20 Toyota as he raced three-wide with teammate Daniel Suarez and Ty Dillon. He admitted he was playing defense on restarts and trying to preserve a win that would have advanced him into the second round of the Chase. Instead, Elliott Sadler won the race and Jones is now looking for a win in one of the next two races.Jones has made two starts at Dover, has one win, two top-10 finishes and an average finish of fifth.At this point, well need to focus a little more on points racing and go to Dover with that mindset and try to go out and get a solid finish, Jones said. I think we can get a top-five finish the next two weeks and hopefully that will put us in a good position to move on to the next round and keep us in contention for the championship---JUNIOR-DOVERDale Earnhardt Jr. will return to the race track this weekend, albeit as a spectator, to support his Hendrick Motorsports team at Dover International Raceway.Earnhardt is out for the season because of a concussion suffered in June. He said on the weekly Dale Jr. Download podcast that he will watch tthe Xfinity and Sprint Cup races from the pit box Saturday and Sunday.ddddddddddddJeff Gordon will be driving the No. 88 Chevrolet in Earnhardts absence.Its going to be different and tough and maybe not a ton of fun, he said. Its a bit weird to not be in the car but at the track. When youre a driver, you dont know what to do with yourself. Ill try to support the guys and learn a thing or two. Excited to see how Jeff does, he usually runs great at Dover. Its going to be different. Well see how it goes.Earnhardt attended news conferences at Watkins Glen International and Darlington Raceway in August, but did not stay for either race.Earnhardt also gave an update on his health during the podcast, and said his symptoms mostly only flare during stimulating situations. Hes tried exposing himself to more situations, and recently attended a concert in Milwaukee with country music artist Tim Dugger.That was interesting, he said. We were in a field, and I was four people back from the stage, and no one recognized me. We stood there for the whole concert, got lots of visual stimulation. It was a good experience. Were going to track to get the same exposure. Its getting better.---REED-TALLADEGARyan Reed will attempt to make his Sprint Cup debut next month at Talladega Superspeedway driving for Roush Fenway Racing.Reed will try to put the No. 99 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford in the field. Reed is currently fourth in the Xfinity Series standings.He will try to become the 19th driver to start a Sprint Cup race for Roush Fenway, and the No. 99 was in the Roush lineup from 1996 through 2014. It was driven by Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards, who combined for 40 wins and led more than 9,500 laps in the Sprint Cup Series. ' ' '