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NFL roundup: Texans score 20 straight points to upend Patriots

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Davis Mills and Case Keenum each threw a touchdown pass while the Houston Texans held the New England Patriots to 180 total yards in a 20-9 preseason victory on Thursday night in Foxborough, Mass.

After Jalen Mills intercepted rookie C.J. Stroud's pass on the game's first possession, Nick Folk got the Patriots on the board first with a 44-yard field goal.

Houston took a 7-3 lead into halftime on Davis Mills' 6-yard TD toss to Nathaniel Dell, who finished with game highs of five catches and 65 yards.

Stroud, the No.