If there’s such a thing as luck, Week 13 certainly was lucky for the road teams. Ten of 12 road clubs won Sunday, and the visitors are 11-4 this week going into Monday night’s matchup between the Jaguars and Texans in Houston.

Among the highlights, the Steelers put their playoff push back on track by winning in Foxborough for the first time since December 1997. The defending Super Bowl champions improved to 5-1 on the road at Washington, as the Giants won their seventh straight overall. Two of the NFL’s biggest surprises, the Dolphins and Falcons, won on the road to stay in the playoff hunt. Atlanta crippled the Chargers’ chances with a 22-16 victory in San Diego. At the Meadowlands, the Broncos ended the surging Jets’ five-game winning streak with a 34-17 win. And the 4-8 49ers claimed just their second road win this season by sticking the slumping Bills with their third straight home defeat.

If the Jaguars can win tonight, the road teams will claim 12 wins in a single week for only the fourth time in NFL history. It happened most recently in Week 16 of the 2006 season.

With a Jacksonville victory, Week 13’s road winning percentage would rank among the best since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970.

Best Road Record in Week, since 1970
(minimum 5 games, incorporates 1971-72 tie distinction)

Year. . .Wk. . . Rec. . . Pct
1983. . . . 1. . .12-2-0. . .857
2001. . . 11. . .12-3-0. . .800
2007. . . .8. . .10-3-0. . .769
1972. . . .5. . .10-3-0. . .769

2006. . . 16. . 12-4-0. . .750
1983. . . .8. . .10-3-1. . .750
1971. . . .2. . . 9-3-1. . .750
1970. . . .5. . . 9-3-1. . .750
2008. . . 13. . 11-4-0. . .733

Otherwise, there isn’t much at stake for the Jags and Texans. Both are 4-7 in the AFC South. The winner escapes the AFC South cellar.