Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts: Live Houston Score and Analysis

It's here.

It, of course, is the biggest game of the season for the Houston Texans. If the Texans manage to do something that they've never done before—win at Indianapolis—then we can seriously start to consider them a reasonable favorite to make the playoffs.

Lose this game on Sunday, like they've done 12 other times before, and the Texans' playoff hopes will go up in smoke while the Colts will clinch the division title for the second straight season.

It won't be easy considering the Mount Everest-sized disadvantage at quarterback in this game, but the Colts aren't unbeatable. Heck, the Texans lost by just five points in their last meeting.

The keys to this game are obvious: Limit the explosive plays to T.Y. Hilton and establish Arian Foster in the running game to keep Ryan Fitzpatrick out of 3rd-and-long and hopefully keep Andrew Luck off the field.

That's easier said than done.

In their last meeting, Luck was 16-of-35 for 147 yards on passes not intended for Hilton. Of course, the problem was that Hilton had a career-high 223 receiving yards, including a pair of catches for 33 and 49 yards.

The Texans might want to consider keeping a safety over the top on Sunday.

The last time that Houston defeated a Colts team led by Luck was in 2012—the Texans have lost four in a row—when the Texans won the time of possession battle by over six minutes and Foster ran for 165 yards. They'll need a similar effort in both areas to come out victorious.

Simple football strategy: Run the ball well, control the clock to keep your defense rested and keep everything in front with your safeties deep to force the Colts to go on long drives. This will hopefully give your defense, which leads the league in takeaways, a chance to capitalize on a mistake.

It would also help if J.J. Watt gets a few sacks and DeAndre Hopkins comes away with more than one catch, like he did in their first meeting.

Time for them to step up. Hopefully, they're capable of surprising us.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET on CBS.

Unless otherwise noted, previous game information courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com.