The Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos get ready for their Week 14 tilt at NRG Stadium, and we get ready with another quarter of facts on the way to a full 100. Next, we take a look at Denver coach Vic Fangio, who used to be the Texans’ defensive coordinator from 2002-05, along with some facts surrounding referee Adrian Hill.
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51. Fangio will be the third former Texans coordinator the club will face. Here is how other coordinators have fared:
Kyle Shanahan: 1-0
Mike Vrabel: 1-1
52. Fangio is the first Broncos coach to have started 4-8 in his first season.
53. Fangio is the first Bears defensive coordinator since Buddy Ryan to be hired straight to a head coaching gig from Chicago.
54. If Fangio can get a win against the Texans, he will join Mike Shanahan, Eric Studesville, and Gary Kubiak as the only Broncos coaches to have defeated Houston in their first try.
55. Fangio is 1/5 Broncos coaches to have started two different quarterbacks making their first career starts in the same season.
56. Fangio is 1/5 AP Assistant Coach of the Year Award winners to have been hired as a head coach the following year. The only one who was not was Wade Phillips in 2015.
57. Fangio is 2-5 against playoff-winning coaches with a 1-3 record on the road.
58. Fangio is 0/2 on challenges for his career with both of those challenges related to pass interference.
59. The Broncos are tied with the Ravens for the 13th-fewest penalties in the NFL with 81.
60. The Broncos have the third-worst third down conversion rate in the NFL at 29.5%.
61. Denver has the sixth-lowest red zone conversion rate in the league at 44.8%.
62. The Broncos have the fifth-worst starting field position in the NFL at the 26.8-yard line.
63. Denver is tied with the Bears for the ninth-lowest rate of drives ending in a turnover at 9.7%.