Sentence:  The Texans have two more road games - at Buffalo and Houston - before they play for the home folks again , and it looks as if coach Hank Stram 's men will <WSD>meet</WSD> the Bills just as they are developing into the kind of team they were expected to be in pre-season reckonings . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle