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7:52Deshaun Watson matched his career high with five touchdown passes to lead the Houston Texans to their fifth straight victory, 42-23 over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.
The Texans (5-3) have left their 0-3 start behind with their longest single-season winning streak since reeling off six victories in a row in 2012.
Watson’s five scoring strikes give him 34 career scoring passes to move ahead of Dan Marino (32) for the second-most in NFL history after 15 games.
Miami’s Brock Osweiler, who had one tough season in Houston after signing a $72m contract in 2016, threw for 241 yards with an interception in his third straight start in place of injured starter Ryan Tannehill.
Kenyan Drake had a touchdown run and touchdown reception for the Dolphins (4-4), who lost for the second week running and fourth time in five weeks.
Rookie Jordan Thomas caught the first two touchdown passes of his career, DeAndre Hopkins had 82 yards receiving and two scores and Will Fuller added 124-yards receiving and a touchdown.
Texans running back Lamar Miller, who grew up in Miami and spent his first four seasons with the Dolphins, had 133 yards rushing and a touchdown for his second straight 100-yard game.
Houston led by only eight points when Watson threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Hopkins on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it 35-20 before streaking clear.