April The Texans announce that vice chairman Cal McNair has assumed the additional duties of chief operating officer. Rookie DE J. Watt scores on a yard interception return in the second quarter.
Yates threw for yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner to WR Kevin Walter with two seconds remaining. They also set franchise records with their seventh consecutive victory and 10th victory of the season. Watt with the 11th overall piock in the first round of the NFL Draft. Johnson and Leach are selected as starters. Foster led the NFL with yards rushing, total yards and 27 first downs in three games played in the month.
His rushing total is the second-highest on Kickoff Weekend in NFL history, and he sets a Texans single-game record with 33 carries. The AP called for a re-vote in light of Cushing being suspended for the first four games of the season. With 1, receiving yards in , Johnson became the second player ever to lead the league in receiving yards in consecutive seasons and the second receiver ever with consecutive 1,yard seasons.
Cushing received 39 of 50 votes from a nationwide panel of NFL writers and analysts to win the award, joining DeMeco Ryans as the second Texans linebacker to win it in four seasons. They miss the playoffs on a tiebreaker with the New York Jets. He led the Texans with 10 tackles and had one sack, one pass defensed and one interception against the Buffalo Bills in Week 8.
He returned a free kick 95 yards for a touchdown in the Texans' Week 4 victory over the Oakland Raiders. June The Texans sign K Kris Brown, the only kicker in franchise history, to a contract extension. The Texans also promote defensive assistant Robert Saleh to assistant linebackers coach. Johnson recorded 41 receptions for yards in four games during the month. He had at least nine receptions and receiving yards in all four games in October.
Jones returned a punt for a yard touchdown, the first of his career. The storm damages the roof at Reliant Stadium, postponing the Texans' scheduled Week 2 home contest on Sept.
The Texans will play the rest of the season with Reliant's retractable roof open. June 3: The Texans sign general manager Rick Smith to a contract extension through the season.
Smith, the youngest general manager in the NFL at age 38, helped orchestrate the team's turnaround from a season in to a franchise-best season in during his first two years on the job. April General manager Rick Smith engineers a draft-day trade with the Baltimore Ravens, exchanging the Texans' 18th pick in the first round of the NFL Draft to the Baltimore Ravens for a first-round pick 26th overall , a third-round pick 89th and a sixth-round pick rd.
Brown becomes the highest-drafted offensive lineman in team history and the first ever to be selected by the Texans in round one. Williams and Ryans are the first Texans position players ever named to the team. It is the first Pro Bowl invitation for Ryans, who becomes the third Texan to start in the game. Davis returned the opening kickoff of the second half 97 yards for a touchdown in the Texans' victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brown was perfect on field goal attempts from 54, 43, 54 and 20 yards and a game-winning, career-long yard field goal with one second remaining.
The rookie out of Louisville recorded an AFC-high four sacks for 30 yards and a team-high four QB pressures to go along with 10 tackles in his first month as a pro. Williams returned a Chiefs fumble 38 yards for a score. Houston sends Atlanta its second round draft picks the and NFL Draft in exchange for the three-year veteran. The two teams also swap position in the first round of the draft with Houston moving to 10th overall and Atlanta moving to eighth. Sherman replaces Troy Calhoun, who left after the season to become head coach at the Air Force Academy.
The Texans also promote wide receivers coach Kyle Shanahan to quarterbacks coach. The victory also marks the first ever on the last weekend of the season. It is Johnson's second selection to the Pro Bowl in three seasons and the first starting nod for a Texans player in team history.
June 5: The Texans name Rick Smith the second general manager in team history. Smith becomes the youngest general manager in the NFL. He joins Houston from the Denver Broncos, where he was the assistant general manager. May Texans general manager Charley Casserly announces he will resign his position with the team effective June 1. The former Packers head coach caps off a staff that has 16 coaches average more than nine years of NFL coaching experience.
Kubiak, a Houston native, had led the Broncos offensive attack for the past 11 seasons. His offenses totaled 66, yards from scrimmage, most in the NFL over those 11 years.
His offenses scored touchdowns over the same time span to lead the NFL. Capers leaves after four seasons with a record of April The Texans trade their second-round pick in the draft and one of their two third-round picks to Oakland in exchange for CB Phillip Buchanon. Houston had defeated Kansas City the previous Sunday. Former Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien became the Texans' new head coach, and the third in franchise history, during the offseason. 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 season and barely missed the playoffs. 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. However, they were shut out by the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round 30—0, ending their championship hopes for the year. After throwing two interceptions in Week 15 against the Jaguars, coach Bill O'Brien benched the offseason acquisition in favor of backup quarterback Tom Savage.
Savage led a comeback effort against the Jaguars, and was named the starter for the remainder of the season. They defeated the wildcard Oakland Raiders 27—14 in the opening round of the playoffs with Osweiler as the starting quarterback due to Savage being out with a concussion. The Texans lost 34— An online survey regarding the name generated more than 65, responses in just seven days. On September 6, , 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. However, Lamar Hunt did not own the rights to the Texans' nickname. This was done out of respect to Hunt rather than a legal obligation. 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.
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 season, the Texans wore all-white for their home opener, and the team began to wear an all-blue combination for home games vs.
In , 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 , 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 the Texans paired blue socks instead of the traditional red with their blue pants and white jerseys.
In , the Texans unveiled a new uniform combo against the Jacksonville Jaguars , pairing the red jersey with blue pants and red socks. In , the Texans wear the color rush uniform with all- navy blue. In , the team wore a patch commemorating their inaugural season. Also, they celebrated 10 years as a franchise by wearing an anniversary patch throughout The team's official mascot is Toro. 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. Template:Main article. The Tennessee Titans , who were formerly the Houston Oilers before their relocation in the s, are viewed by many Houston fans as the Texans' chief rival. More recently, Houston has increased bitterness with the Indianapolis Colts due to their young Houston-native quarterback Andrew Luck having been drafted by the Colts in and the franchise's first ever sweep of the Colts against Luck in The Texans have also developed a somewhat close rivalry with the Cincinnati Bengals , starting in , 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.
Read More See Full Story. The Texans first played in as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans, making them the youngest franchise in the NFL currently. The team's majority owner is Bob McNair. While the team mainly struggled in the s, they clinched its first playoff berth during the season as AFC South division champions.
To date, the Texans are the only NFL franchise to have never played in a conference championship game. Nickname Texans - After Houston was awarded the NFL's 32nd franchise on October 6, , a series of focus groups were formed to help come up with a nickname for the team.
The list was then shaved to the Apollos, Stallions and Texans a month later. After careful deliberation, the team unveiled the Texans' name, colors, and logo at a rally held in downtown Houston on September 6, Who is the greatest Houston Texans? To qualify as a greatest player for this team, the player must have played one season for this team. If not, we will remove the player.
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