Houston Texans

Houston Texans
Current season
Established October 6, 1999[1] First season: 2002 Play in and headquartered in NRG Stadium Houston, Texas
Logo Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
National Football League (2002–present) American Football Conference (2002–present) AFC South (2002–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Deep Steel Blue, Battle Red, Liberty White[2][3]
Fight song	"Football Time in Houston"
Mascot	Toro
Personnel
Owner(s)	Bob McNair (95%) Harris County, Texas government (5%)
Chairman	Bob McNair
CEO	Bob McNair
President	Jamey Rootes
General manager	Rick Smith
Head coach	Bill O'Brien
Team history
Houston Texans (2002–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (3) AFC South: 2011, 2012, 2015
Playoff appearances (3)
NFL: 2011, 2012, 2015
Home fields
NRG Stadium (2002–present) Former name(s): Reliant Stadium (2002–2013)

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team competes in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The Texans first played in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans.^[4] The team's majority owner is Bob McNair. While the team mainly struggled in the 2000s, they clinched its first playoff berth during the 2011 season as AFC South division champions.^[5] The Texans repeated as AFC South champions in 2012 and 2015.

Franchise history

In 1997, Houston entrepreneur Bob McNair had a failed bid to bring a National Hockey League (NHL) expansion team to the city, and Bud Adams relocated the city's NFL team, the Houston Oilers, to Nashville where they were renamed the Tennessee Titans. In 1996, a year earlier, the Cleveland Browns had controversially relocated to become the Baltimore Ravens. As part of the settlement between the NFL, the city of Cleveland and the team owned by Art Modell, the league promised to return football to Cleveland within the following three years.

In order to even out the franchisees at 32, the league also contemplated adding another expansion franchise. As Houston was one of the favorites for the extra franchise along with Toronto and Los Angeles (which had lost the Rams and the Raiders in 1995), McNair then decided to join the football project and founded Houston NFL Holdings with partner Steve Patterson. In association with Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, they would push for a domed stadium as part of the bid to lure the NFL back to Houston. On October 6, 1999 the NFL awarded the 32nd team to Houston, at the cost of $700 million.^[1]

The Houston Texans joined the league at the 2002 NFL season, playing at the newly founded Reliant Stadium. While the team struggled in early seasons, results began to improve once native Houstonian Gary Kubiak became the head coach in 2006. The Texans finished with a .500 season (8-8) in both 2007 and 2008, and nearly qualified for the 2009–10 NFL playoffs with a 9–7 result in 2009. In 2010, the team started the season on a 4–2 record going into a Week 7 bye week, but promptly collapsed 2–8 in the second part of the season, finishing 6–10. The following season, former Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips was hired as the defensive coordinator of the Texans, and the improved defense led to the Texans finishing 10–6, winning their first AFC South title.^[6] The Texans then beat wild card Cincinnati Bengals 31–10 in the first round of the 2011–12 NFL playoffs,^[7] before a 20–13 defeat by the Ravens in the semifinals.^[8]

The Texans surged as the team to beat in the AFC South in 2012, holding an 11–1 record by week 14. However, they lost three of their last four games to finish 12–4; beating the rival Indianapolis Colts in that four-game stretch allowed them to clinch their 2nd AFC South title. The Texans beat the Bengals again in the wild-card round, but they lost in the second round to the New England Patriots.^[9] The Texans started 2–0 in 2013 but went into a tailspin and lost every game afterwards. Kubiak was fired as head coach after being swept by the rival Jacksonville Jaguars, who themselves started 0–8. Wade Phillips filled in as head coach, but the Texans' poor form did not change, and they finished 2–14, tying, with 2005, their worst record in franchise history. The 14-game losing streak is also the worst in franchise history.

The Texans entered the 2014 season with a 14-game losing streak. Former Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien became the Texans' new head coach, and the third in franchise history, during the offseason.^[10][11] In 2014, the Texans won three of their first four games, defeating the Redskins in the season opener, the Raiders, and the Bills, losing to the New York Giants. They lost three of their next four games, losing to the Dallas Cowboys, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, respectively. The Texans went on to finish 9–7 in the 2014 season and barely missed the playoffs.

In the 2015 season, they were featured on HBO, on the show "Hard Knocks". That year, the Texans started with a 2–5 record. Quarterback Ryan Mallett was released amidst controversy regarding his benching in favor of Brian Hoyer during a loss against the Indianapolis Colts.^[12] After a poor start, the Texans finished with a 9–7 record and won their third AFC South title. However, they were shut out by the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round 30-0, ending their championship hopes for the year.

On March 9, 2016, the Texans signed former Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler to a 4-year, $72 million deal.^[13]

Team identity

Nickname

On March 2, 2000, Houston NFL 2002 announced that the team name search had been narrowed down to five choices: Apollos, Bobcats, Stallions, Texans, and Wildcatters.^[14] The list of names was determined after several months of research conducted jointly by Houston NFL 2002 and NFL Properties. An online survey regarding the name generated more than 65,000 responses in just seven days.

On September 6, 2000, the NFL's 32nd franchise was officially christened the Houston Texans before thousands at a downtown rally in Houston. McNair explained that the name and logo "embody the pride, strength, independence and achievement that make the people of Houston and our area special."^[15] The name had previously been the name of a defunct World Football League franchise, which moved to Louisiana to become the Shreveport Steamer, and the nickname Texans was also used by the precursor of the present-day Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Texans of the AFL. The nickname "Texans" was more recently used by the now-defunct Canadian Football League franchise in San Antonio. Owner Bob McNair did have to make a deal with Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt to use the Texans nickname for his new team.^[6]

Logos and uniforms

Houston Texans Nike Uniforms, 2015

Along with the team name, McNair also unveiled the team logo, an abstract depiction of a bull's head, split in such a way to resemble the flag of Texas and the state of Texas, including a lone star to stand for the eye, the five points of which representing pride, courage, strength, tradition and independence. McNair described the colors as "Deep Steel Blue", "Battle Red" and "Liberty White".^[15] A year later the Texans unveiled their uniforms during another downtown rally.

The Texans' helmet is dark blue with the Texans bull logo. The helmet was initially white when the team name and logo were unveiled, but was later changed to dark blue. The uniform design consists of red trim and either dark blue or white jerseys. The team typically wears white pants with its blue jerseys and blue pants with its white jerseys. Starting with the 2006 season, the Texans wear all-white for their home opener, and the team began to wear an all-blue combination for home games vs. the Indianapolis Colts. In 2003, the Texans introduced an alternative red jersey with blue trim; they wear this jersey at one home game each year, usually against a division rival. In 2007 the Texans introduced red pants for the first time, pairing them with the red jerseys for an all-red look (this uniform combination was not well-received and has since been retired). In October 2008 the Texans paired blue socks (instead of the traditional red) with their blue pants and white jerseys.

In 2002 the team wore a patch commemorating their inaugural season. Also, they celebrated 10 years as a franchise by wearing an anniversary patch throughout 2012.

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  Inaugural Season Patch
  (2002)
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  Expansion Draft Logo
  (2002)
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  Secondary Logo
  (2006–present)

Mascots and cheerleaders

The team's official mascot is Toro.^[16] The team also has a cheerleading squad simply named the Houston Texans Cheerleaders.^[17]

Rivalries

The Texans are the youngest franchise in the NFL, having only been competing in the League since 2002. For most of that time, they were considered perennial bottom-dwellers in the AFC South. For that reason, they have not had the history or the reputation on which to build classic rivalries like the ones that often exist between older franchises.

However, there are a few franchises for whom Texans fans hold special animosity. The Tennessee Titans, formerly the Houston Oilers before their relocation in the 1990s, are viewed by many Houston fans as the Texans' chief rival. The Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Indianapolis Colts, whom the Texans had never defeated in Indianapolis until the 2015 season, are Texans rivals in the AFC South. The Texans also have an intrastate rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, with whom they contest the so-called Governor's Cup every year (either in the preseason or the regular season) for bragging rights in the state of Texas.

More recently, Houston has increased bitterness with the Indianapolis Colts due to longtime star Texans receiver Andre Johnson leaving for the Colts after the 2014 season. The Texans have also developed a somewhat close rivalry with the Cincinnati Bengals, starting in 2011 and 2012, when young Bengals quarterback and Houston-area native Andy Dalton led the Bengals to the playoffs only to be stopped short by the Texans two years in a row. (In 2011, the Texans had clinched their playoff spot, the first ever for the franchise, with a regular-season victory in Cincinnati.) The two teams have competitive bitter matchups in the regular season too, including the 3-5 Texans' upset road victory over the until-then undefeated Bengals on Monday Night Football on November 16, 2015.

Statistics

Win–loss record

As of Week 4 of the 2016 season, the Texans' overall regular season win-loss record is 100–128 (.439). The Texans notched the 100th regular season win in their history when they defeated the Tennessee Titans on October 2, 2016. They are 2–3 (.400) all-time in playoff games. The Texans posted their best-ever season record in 2012, finishing at 12–4. The team's worst-ever seasons on record are 2–14, in both 2005 and 2013. Most recently, the Texans finished 9–7 in 2015, winning the AFC South for the third time in franchise history.

All three of the Texans' playoff berths were as a result of winning the AFC South division championship. The Texans participated in the playoffs for the first time at the end of the 2011 season, after having clinched the AFC South division title and qualifying as the AFC's third seed. In the Wild Card round, the Texans hosted a playoff game for the first time, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 31–10. However, the following weekend the Texans were defeated 20–13 by the Baltimore Ravens on the road in the Divisional round. In 2012, the Texans won the AFC South division championship and were seeded third once again. They again defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at home in the Wild-Card round; this time by a score of 19–13. However, the following weekend the Texans were defeated 41–28 by the New England Patriots on the road in the Divisional round. The Texans would return to the playoffs in 2015, but their stay would be short lived as the team was overwhelmed by the Kansas City Chiefs 30-0.

Notable records vs opponents

As members of the AFC South, the Texans play 6 of their 16 regular season games against other AFC South teams. As of the end of the 2015 season, the Texans have a cumulative record of 35–49 (.417) against their three divisional rivals: 17–11 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars; 13–15 versus the Tennessee Titans; and 5–23 versus the Indianapolis Colts (including losses in all but one of 14 games played there). The Texans have fared better against the rest of the AFC, posting a regular season record of 39–45 (.464) against AFC teams from divisions other than the South, with a 14–15 record against AFC East teams, 13–16 against AFC North teams, and 12–14 against AFC West teams. The Texans are 23–33 (.411) against NFC teams, tallying a 4–12 record against NFC East teams, 6–6 against NFC North teams, 9-7 against NFC South teams, and 4–8 against NFC West teams.^[18]

As of Week 9 of the 2016 season, there is one team against which the Texans have never lost: the Chicago Bears (4–0). There are also two teams which the Texans have never beaten: the Minnesota Vikings (0–4) and Philadelphia Eagles (0–4). According to the NFL's scheduling formula, the Texans' next regular-season game versus the Eagles will be in 2018, and versus the Bears and Vikings in 2020.

NFL playoffs record

Players of note

Current roster

Houston Texans roster
Quarterbacks 17 Brock Osweiler  3 Tom Savage  5 Brandon Weeden Running backs 28 Alfred Blue 34 Tyler Ervin RS 41 Jonathan Grimes 33 Akeem Hunt 26 Lamar Miller 45 Jay Prosch FB Wide receivers 15 Will Fuller 10 DeAndre Hopkins 13 Braxton Miller 12 Keith Mumphery 11 Jaelen Strong Tight ends 89 Stephen Anderson 87 C. J. Fiedorowicz 84 Ryan Griffin		Offensive linemen 78 Oday Aboushi G 79 Jeff Allen G 68 Tony Bergstrom C 76 Duane Brown T 74 Chris Clark T 63 Kendall Lamm T 65 Greg Mancz C 71 Xavier Su'a-Filo G 73 Josh Walker G Defensive linemen 95 Christian Covington DE 90 Jadeveon Clowney DE 93 Joel Heath DE 97 Ufomba Kamalu DE 98 D. J. Reader NT 94 Antonio Smith DE 75 Vince Wilfork NT		Linebackers 53 Max Bullough ILB 56 Brian Cushing ILB 50 Akeem Dent ILB 55 Benardrick McKinney ILB 59 Whitney Mercilus OLB 52 Brian Peters ILB 51 John Simon OLB Defensive backs 21 A. J. Bouye CB 27 Quintin Demps SS 29 Andre Hal FS 25 Kareem Jackson CB 20 Don Jones S 24 Johnathan Joseph CB 43 Corey Moore SS 32 Robert Nelson CB 35 Eddie Pleasant SS 37 Al-Hajj Shabazz CB Special teams  8 Nick Novak K  9 Shane Lechler P 46 Jon Weeks LS				Reserve lists 39 Lonnie Ballentine FS (IR) 36 K. J. Dillon SS (IR) 23 Kurtis Drummond SS (IR) 30 Kevin Johnson CB (IR)  7 Ka'imi Fairbairn K (IR) 66 Nick Martin C (IR) 72 Derek Newton T (IR) 77 David Quessenberry T (NF-Ill.) 48 Gerald Rivers OLB (IR) 57 Brennan Scarlett OLB (IR) 91 Devon Still DE (IR) 49 Tony Washington OLB (IR) 99 J. J. Watt DE (IR) Practice squad 70 Jeff Adams T 88 Rashaun Allen TE 14 Quenton Bundrage WR (Injured) 92 Brandon Dunn DE 22 Kenny Hilliard RB 47 Eric Lee OLB 96 Dan Pettinato DE 42 Shakeel Rashad ILB 20 Denzel Rice CB 62 Chad Slade G 82 Wendell Williams WR Rookies in italics Roster updated December 5, 2016 Depth Chart • Transactions 53 Active, 13 Inactive, 11 Practice Squad → AFC rosters → NFC rosters
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

NFL Draft history

First-round draft picks by year

= Pro Bowler

* Asterisk indicates a player who was selected to the Pro Bowl only as a member of another team.

Year	Pick	Player	Position	College
2002	1st overall	David Carr	QB	Fresno State
2003	3rd overall	Andre Johnson	WR	Miami (FL)
2004	10th overall	Dunta Robinson	CB	South Carolina
2004	27th overall ^(from Tennessee)	Jason Babin*	DE	Western Michigan
2005	16th overall ^(from New Orleans)	Travis Johnson	DT	Florida State
2006	1st overall	Mario Williams	DE	North Carolina State
2007	10th overall ^(from Atlanta)	Amobi Okoye	DT	Louisville
2008	26th overall ^(from Baltimore)	Duane Brown	OT	Virginia Tech
2009	15th overall	Brian Cushing	LB	Southern California
2010	20th overall	Kareem Jackson	CB	Alabama
2011	11th overall	J.J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin
2012	26th overall	Whitney Mercilus	DE	Illinois
2013	27th overall	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Clemson
2014	1st overall	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina
2015	16th overall	Kevin Johnson	CB	Wake Forest
2016	21st overall ^(from Washington)	Will Fuller	WR	Notre Dame

Awards and honors

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Name	From	To	Seasons	Record			Division titles
				W	L	T
Dom Capers	January 21, 2001	January 2, 2006	4	18	46	0	0
Gary Kubiak	January 26, 2006	December 6, 2013	8	61	64	0	2
Wade Phillips	December 6, 2013	January 1, 2014	Interim	0	4	0	0
Bill O'Brien	January 2, 2014	Present	2	20	15	0	1

Offensive coordinators

• Chris Palmer (2002–2005)
• Troy Calhoun (2006)
• Mike Sherman (2007)
• Kyle Shanahan (2008–2009)
• Rick Dennison (2010–2013)
• Bill O'Brien (2014)
• George Godsey (2015–present)

Defensive coordinators

• Vic Fangio (2002–2005)
• Richard Smith (2006–2008)
• Frank Bush (2009–2010)
• Wade Phillips (2011–2013)
• Romeo Crennel (2014–present)

Current staff

Houston Texans staff
	Front Office Founder/Chairman/CEO – Bob McNair Vice Chairman – D. Cal McNair Executive Vice President/General Manager – Rick Smith President – Jamey Rootes Vice President of Football Administration – Chris Olsen Vice President of Football Operations – Doug West Senior Personnel Advisor – Bobby Grier Director of Player Personnel – Brian Gaine Director of College Scouting – Jon Carr Director of Football Research – Jim Bernhardt Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wright Head Coaches Head Coach – Bill O'Brien Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – George Godsey Running Backs – Charles London Wide Receivers – Sean Ryan Tight Ends – John Perry Offensive Line – Mike Devlin Offensive Quality Control – Tim Kelly Offensive Assistant – Pat O'Hara			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Romeo Crennel Defensive Line – Anthony Weaver Linebackers – Mike Vrabel Secondary – John Butler Assistant Secondary – Anthony Midget Defensive Quality Control – Will Lawing Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Larry Izzo Assistant Special Teams Coordinator – Doug Colman Strength and Conditioning Head Strength and Conditioning – Craig Fitzgerald Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Sean Hayes Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Brian Bell → Coaching Staff → Management → More NFL staffs
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

Traditions

• Battle Red Day – On Battle Red Day the team wears the red alternate jerseys and fans are encouraged to wear red to the game. Starting in 2007 and including 2008, this included the Texans wearing red pants along with the red jerseys.
• Bull Pen – The sections behind the north end zone of NRG/Reliant Stadium are known as the Bull Pen. Some of the most avid Texans fans attend games in the Bull Pen and regular members have helped create and implement fan traditions, songs and chants, such as:
• -Holding up giant Texans jerseys while the visiting team's players are announced
• -Turning their backs on the opposing team after they score
• -Gathering as a group for tailgating in the NW corner of the Platinum Lot of Reliant Stadium at the "Blue Crew" tailgate and conducting the Bull Pen Toast every game approximately an hour and a half prior to kickoff
• -Walking in the HEB Holiday Parade on Thanksgiving Day
• -Visiting the Bull Pen Pub for TORO Wraps, cheerleader autographs and to listen and dance with the Bull Pen Pep Band
• Bull Pen Pep Band – 45-member musical group that performs at all Houston Texans home games.
• Pre-Kickoff Tradition – Before each kickoff at a home game, the Texans will run a short clip of a raging bull thrashing the opponent of the week. The video is paired with the AC/DC song "Thunderstruck".
• Player Introduction – When the players are introduced before the game, the announcer says the player's first name and the crowd yells out the last name (e.g. The announcer will say "Linebacker Brian..." and the crowd will yell out "CUSHING!!!").

Radio and television

As of 2007, the Texans' flagship radio stations were KILT SportsRadio 610AM and KILT 100.3FM. The AM station has an all-sports format, while the FM station plays contemporary country music. Both are owned by CBS Radio. Marc Vandermeer is the play-by-play announcer. Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware provides color commentary, and SportsRadio 610 host Rich Lord serves as the sideline reporter. Preseason games are telecast by KTRK, an ABC owned and operated station. Joel Meyers calls the preseason games on TV, with former Oilers running back Spencer Tillman providing color commentary. Regular season games are aired over CBS affiliate KHOU, FOX affiliate KRIV if the Texans host an NFC team, and NBC affiliate KPRC for Sunday night games.

Spanish-language radio broadcasts of the team's games are aired on KGOL ESPN Deportes 1180AM. Enrique Vásquez is the play-by-play announcer. José Jojo Padrón provides color commentary, and Fernando Hernández serves as sideline reporter.

Radio affiliates

Map of radio affiliates.

Texans Radio Affiliates

City	Call sign	Frequency
Alpine	KVLF-AM	1240 AM
Amarillo	KIXZ	940 AM
Athens	KLVQ-AM	1410 AM
Austin	KVET-AM	1300 AM
Beaumont	KIKR-AM	1450 AM
Beaumont	KBED-AM	1510 AM
Big Spring	KBYG-AM	1400 AM
Brenham	KWHI-AM	1280 AM
Bryan	KZNE-AM	1150 AM
Carthage	KGAS-AM	1590 AM
College Station	KZNE-AM	1150 AM
Corpus Christi	KSIX-AM	1230 AM
Henderson	KWRD-AM	1470 AM
Houston	KILT-AM	610 AM
Houston	KILT-FM	100.3 FM
Levelland	KLVT-AM	1230 AM
Liberty	KSHN-FM	99.9 FM
Livingston	KETX-FM	92.3 FM
Lubbock	KJDL-FM	105.3 FM
Lufkin	KSML-AM	1260 AM
Marble Falls	KBEY-FM	103.9 FM
Marshall	KMHT-AM	1450 AM
Marshall	KMHT-FM	103.9 FM
McAllen	KBUC-FM	102.1 FM
Nacogdoches	KSML-AM	1260 AM
New Braunfels	KGNB-AM	1420 AM
Orange	KOGT-AM	1600 AM
San Angelo	KKSA-AM	1260 AM
San Antonio	KZDC-AM	1250 AM
San Marcos	KGNB-AM	1420 AM
Tyler	KLVQ-AM	1410 AM
Wichita Falls	KSEY-AM	1230 AM

Theme music

The theme song of the Texans is "It's Football Time In Houston" by Clay Walker.^[19] The Texans tried to introduce a new fight song in 2003 written by Chad Kroeger from Nickelback, but quickly returned to the original after a negative reception by fans. The song was donated by Walker to the city of Houston.^[20]

The Texans' defensive squad takes the field to the sound of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine.^[21] The Texans started using the song after former linebacker Connor Barwin coined the nickname in a tweet in 2011.^[22]

On January 5, 2012, local Houston rap artists Slim Thug, Paul Wall and ZRo released a song titled "HOUSTON" supporting the Houston Texans. The YouTube video has amassed over a million views becoming unofficially the Texans' most popular theme song.

"Hats Off to the Bull" by the hard rock band Chevelle has become another popular theme song of the entire team. It is frequently played at home games.

Work in the community

Community outreach by the Houston Texans is primarily operated by the Houston Texans Foundation, who works with multiple community partners.^[23] The Houston Texans organization is also a supporter of the character education program, Heart of a Champion.^[24]

Notes and references

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4. McClain, John (August 19, 2016). "How the Oilers left Houston and set the stage for the Texans". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
5. McClain, John (December 11, 2011). "AFC South champion Texans reach playoffs for first time in dramatic fashion". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
6. Powers, John (December 10, 2012). "Texans have climbed to the top of NFL". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
7. "Foster powers Texans to win over Bengals". Reuters Canada. January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
8. Kolko, Dan (January 15, 2012). "Ravens slip past Texans 20–13, advance to AFC Championship". MASN Sports. Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
9. "NFL Gamebook: HOU @ NE" (PDF). NFL. 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
10. "Texans hire Bill O'Brien as head coach". Houston Texans. January 3, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
11. Mathews, Nick (January 3, 2014). "Bill O'Brien officially introduced as Texans new coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
12. Chiari, Mike (October 27, 2015). "Ryan Mallett Released by Texans". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
13. Rosenthal, Gregg (March 9, 2016). "Brock Osweiler agrees in principle to $72M Texans deal". National Football League. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
14. "Franchise nicknames". Pro Football Hall of Fame. January 1, 2005. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
15. "McNair unveils name, logo for Houston". National Football League. September 6, 2000. Archived from the original on November 9, 2000. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
16. "TORO bio" (PDF). Houston Texans. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
17. "Texans Cheerleaders". HoustonTexans.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
18. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/htx/head-to-head.htm
19. "Texans May Go Back to Clay Walker Song". Associated Press. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
20. "20 Questions with Clay Walker (Part 2)". CMT. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
21. Balke, Jeff (December 5, 2011). "Bulls on Parade: Ten Songs for Ten Texans Players and One for the Team". Houston Press. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
22. Scurfield, Nick (December 4, 2011). "Bulls on Parade: A nickname is born". Houston Texans. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
23. "HoustonTexans.com – Houston Texans Foundation".
24. "Our Partners". Heart of a Champion. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

External links

• Official website