The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium. The Texans are the youngest expansion team in the NFL, having only been competing in the NFL since 2002. 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.

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Fun Facts

• 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.
• 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”.
• 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:

1. Holding up giant Texans jerseys while the visiting team’s players are announced
2. Turning their backs on the opposing team after they score
3. Tailgating in the purple lot, the parking zone with the most barbecue for sale by fans and vendors
4. 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

Club Background

Founded: 

2002

Team Colors:

Deep steel blue, battle red, liberty white

Mascot: 

Toro

Nicknames:

Texans

Stadium:

NRG Stadium, Houston Texas.

Capacity:

72,220

Record Attendance:

November 23, 2009, 71,153 

Owner: 

Carol Mcnair and E. Javier Loya (Minority Owner)

Recent History

Last Trophy: 

AFC South 2019

All-time Top Scorer:

Kris Brown 767points

Notable Former Players:

• Aaron Glenn
• Gary Walker
• Andre Johnson
• Jerome Mathis
• DeMeco Ryans
• Mario Williams
• Owen Daniels
• Brian Cushing
• Matt Schaub
• Arian Foster
• Vonta Leach
• Johnathan Joseph
• Chris Myers
• Antonio Smith
• Duane Brown
• Johnathan Joseph
• Wade SmithWatt
• Duane Brown
• DeAndre Hopkins
• Jon Weeks
• Jadeveon Clowney
• Benardrick McKinney
• Lamar Miller
• Deshaun Watson

Notable Former Coaches: 

• Dom Capers
• Gary Kubiak
• Wade Phillips
• Bill O’Brien
• Romeo Crenne

Record Signing: 

Deandre Hopkins $81m

Current Performance 

Last Five Results: 

LWLLW

Last Five Finishing Positions:

2016 NFL AFC South 1st 9 7 0 Won Wild Card playoffs 

Lost Divisional playoffs 

2017 NFL AFC South 4th 4 12 0

2018 NFL AFC South 1st 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs 

2019 NFL AFC South 1st 10 6 0 Won Wild Card playoffs 

2020 NFL AFC South 3rd 4 12 0

CEO:

Cal McNair

Coach:

David Culley

Notable Current Players: 

Quarterbacks

• 10 Davis Mills
•  5 Tyrod Taylor
•  4 Deshaun Watson

Running backs

• 28 Rex Burkhead
• 26 Royce Freeman
• 31 David Johnson

Wide receivers

• 12 Nico Collins
• 18 Chris Conley
• 13 Brandin Cooks
• 81 Davion Davis
•  2 Phillip Dorsett
• 15 Chris Moore

Tight ends

• 88 Jordan Akins
• 83 Antony Auclair
• 85 Pharaoh Brown
•  6 Jeff Driskel
•  9 Brevin Jordan

Offensive linemen

• 68 Justin Britt 
• 72 Geron Christian 
• 67 Charlie Heck 
• 71 Tytus Howard 
• 64 Justin McCray 
• 79 Jimmy Morrissey 
• 74 Max Scharping 
• 65 Lane Taylor 
• 66 Cole Toner 

Defensive linemen

• 90 Ross Blacklock 
• 97 Maliek Collins 
• 52 Jonathan Greenard 
• 93 Jaleel Johnson 
• 91 Roy Lopez 
• 54 Jacob Martin 
• 95 Derek Rivers 

Linebackers

• 43 Neville Hewitt 
• 58 Christian Kirksey 
• 57 Kevin Pierre-Louis 
• 32 Garret Wallow 
• 59 Eric Wilson 

Defensive backs

•  8 Terrence Brooks 
•  1 Lonnie Johnson Jr. 
• 25 Desmond King 
• 39 Terrance Mitchell 
• 33 A. J. Moore 
• 22 Jimmy Moreland 
• 23 Eric Murray 
• 36 Jonathan Owens 
• 20 Justin Reid 
• 24 Tremon Smith 
• 37 Tavierre Thomas 

Special teams

• 11 Cameron Johnston 
• 7 Kaʻimi Fairbairn 
• 46 Jon Weeks