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The
Houston Texans were founded in 1999 as the
32nd NFL franchise team in the National
Football League, they began play in 2002.
The Houston Texans are one of four teams
that play in the South Division of the
American Football Conference (AFC). The
team's uniform consists of the color steel
blue, battle red, and liberty white. The
helmet design is a blue(helmet) with a bull
head in the red, white, and blue colors of
the Texas flag. The Texans are owned by
businessman Robert McNair, and the general
manager is Charley Casserly. |
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The franchise selected its team name in
September 2000. On March 2, 2000, the
team announced five choices, the Apollos,
Bobcats, Stallions, Texans and
Wildcatters. 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, 2000.In
June 1998, the NFL Stadium Committee
made a visit to Houston to see the plans
for a new retractable roof stadium. |
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Nine
months later, the league voted 29-2 to give
Los Angeles six months to work out a
feasible ownership plan and stadium
situation. If the city could not do so, then
the NFL would recommend Houston as the 32nd
franchise.The NFL accepted Houston’s
proposal for a team after a competing bid
from Los Angeles, California, fell apart in
1999. |
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The Texans take over from the Houston
Oilers, who moved to Tennessee in 1997,
and became the Tennessee Titans.The
Texans are one of four members of the
American Football Conference (AFC) South
division. In early 2001 Houston hired
Dom Capers, former defensive coordinator
for the Jacksonville Jaguars, as its
first head coach. Capers was also the
first head coach of the Carolina
Panthers, who joined the NFL in 1995.In
2002, the Houston Texans first season
saw the team beat their established
National Football League (NFC)in-state
rival Dallas Cowboys,19-10,in their
first regular season game at the
state-of-the-art Reliant Stadium. |
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It
marked the first time that an expansion club
won their opening game since Minnesota
defeated Chicago in 1961. In 2003, they
became the first team to ever win its first
two season openers by beating the Miami
Dolphins. However, although the Texans were
the host team for Super Bowl XXXVIII, they
finished with a losing record (5-11) and did
not even make the playoffs.In 2004, the
Texans could not pull themselves back into
the game as they were unable to do three in
a row, losing to San Diego in their season
opener. The Texans current stars are former
University of Virginia line backer
JamieSharper, Andre Johnson, Domanick Davis,
quarter back David Carr, and Keith Wright.
Keith Wright was born in 1982, and has grown
amdist hardship and at one time was a
inhabitant of the now infamous Arizona Boys
Ranch in Tucson. Wright was chosen by the
Texans as the final pick of the sixth round,
but instead he chose to sign a contract
worth $925,000 for the seasons from 2003 to
2005.Texans who are not to be forgotten are
Tony Boselli,Aaron Glenn,Jabbar Gaffney and
Billy Miller. The home stadium of the
Houston Texans is Reliant Stadium, which was
opened in 2002. |
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