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Texans coach Gary Kubiak collapses as he leaves the field at halftime

Gary Kubiak was taken to a Houston hospital after collapsing on the field. (Andrew Richardson/Icon SMI) As he was leaving the field at the half in Houston's
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Texans coach Gary Kubiak collapses as he leaves the field at halftime
Texans coach Gary Kubiak collapses as he leaves the field at halftime

Gary Kubiak was taken to a Houston hospital after collapsing on the field. (Andrew Richardson/Icon SMI)

As he was leaving the field at the half in Houston's game against the Indianapolis Colts, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak collapsed on the field. He doubled over at the 24-yard line on the way to the Texans' locker room in what appeared to be considerable pain, grabbing his leg. Stadium staff brought a stretcher out for Kubiak, who was seen sitting up shortly after the incident. Initial reports indicated that the coach was lucid and talking with medical personnel. He was taken off the field on the stretcher shortly after. He was taken by ambulance to a Houston hospital. The Texans' PR staff said that Kubiak never lost consciousness, and the team has reported that there are no issues with Kubiak's heart.

The 52-year-old Kubiak has been the Texans' head coach since the 2006 season. Before that, he was the Denver Broncos' longtime offensive coordinator, and a backup quarterback for the Broncos from 1983 through '91.

Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who has head coaching experience with the Broncos, Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys, was the interim coach through the remainder of the game. Phillips told NBC's Michele Tafoya at the half that Kubiak's heart rate was normal, and the trip to the hospital is purely precautionary.

On Monday, the team released a statement saying that Kubiak will remain with medical personnel for at least the next 24 hours. He has undergone a battery of tests after experiencing dizziness and a light-headed feeling.

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SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009,  Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine.  He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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