After all, plenty of teams have had success after 0-2 starts in the NFL. Just last season, the New York Giants won the Super Bowl after losing their first two games.

An overtime loss to the Jaguars has left the Texans at 0-3 though. And while the team's overall goals will likely remain the same, it's undeniable that achieving them just became much more difficult.

Since the Texans joined the league in 2002, 31 teams have started a season 0-3. Only one of those teams -- the 2004 Buffalo Bills -- went on to record a winning record by finishing 9-7. Only two of those teams finished .500.

"Well, 0-2 or 0-3 whatever, we've just got to keep playing better," coach Gary Kubiak said. "If we play like we played (Sunday), we're going to win our games. We're playing another great football team this week. It's a long, long season. We have to stay positive in our approach."

The Texans must now prepare to face one of their most difficult rivals when the Indianapolis Colts arrive at Reliant Stadium on Sunday for the Texans first home game of the year.

"We're playing a team that's fresh," Kubiak said. "Arguably one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game, so I'm sure he's going to be ready to go and on top of his game. It's a huge game for them. They are sitting there 1-2. We have a team in our division that's 4-0 right now so everybody is trying to go get them. We'll have to play very, very well to have a chance to beat this football team."

This isn't exactly unchartered territory for the Texans. They started 0-3 in 2005 and finished 2-14. In 2006, they also started 0-3 in Kubiak's first season and went on to a 6-10 record.

Six teams in the league started 0-3 this season. Four of them remain winless going into Week 5.

"Nobody wants to be 0-3 in the league," defensive end Anthony Weaver said. "It's a big hole to try to dig yourself out of. And we'll be happy to play at home this week, I'll tell you that much."

With Indianapolis (1-2) arriving at Reliant Stadium on Sunday, the Texans will be playing their fourth consecutive opponent that appeared in the playoffs last season. Their following three home games will then be against non-playoff teams (Miami, Detroit and Cincinnati) that currently have a combined record of 1-9.

The three teams (Tennessee, Pittsburgh and Jacksonville) to already defeat the Texans have a combined record of 9-3.

The Texans will try not to focus on their record this week, but instead on a strong offensive showing against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in which the Texans scored on their final five consecutive possessions, which helped force their first overtime game of the year.

"This is a test for each and every one on this team to see who's going to turn it up again," said defensive tackle Amobi Okoye. "When we play Indy, who's going to bring the same intensity and same effort as we had in Jacksonville? I think everyone on this team is going to do that."

SERIES HISTORY: 13th meeting. Colts lead the series, 11-1. The Texans won their first game against the Colts in the 2006 season, but were swept again in 2007.