The Houston Texans are a professional NFL football team. With stars such as Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson and the 2006 number one draft choice from North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams they should have a very interesting year.

The Texans hired Rick Smith as general manager, reuniting the former Denver assistant GM with new coach Gary Kubiak.

October 6, 1999 The National Football League owners vote 29-0 to award the 32nd NFL franchise to Houston and Bob McNair for a record amount of $700 million.

March 9th, 2002 Houston celebrated the official groundbreaking of the new stadium that houses the team when it began playing in 2002.

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A terrible start to the Texans 2009 season. In the first half the defense wasn't able to stop the Jets on third down, they dropped two interceptions and were not very effective stopping the run. The Jets scored on a field goal early, then late in the second half scored on a 30 yard touchdown pass on 3rd and 10.

The Texan offence wasn't much better, they barely moved the ball, however, on one drive deep in Jets territory Slaton made a great run then fumbled the ball and the Jets recovered, this play was probably the one that cost the Texans  the game.

The second half was just as bad as the first, the defense just could not stop the Jets offence on third down. A fourth quarter interception and run back for a touchdown brought the score to 17 - 7 and gave the Texans some hope. However, all hope vanished on the Jets next possession when they scored an easy touchdown.

In the second half the Texans offence could not convert on third down, they simply were not able to handle the Jets aggressive blitz.

Overall a very disappointing home opener.

This was a wild game punctuated by great offensive plays and terrible defense, on both sides of the ball.

The Houston defense started where they left off last week, they could not stop the Titans on third down. Chris Brown ran for an easy TD on a delay, then on the Titans next possession no one covered him for another easy touchdown. A little later Johnson scored again to bring the score to 21 -7. It looked like it was all over.

However, the Texans offence played great, highlights included an unbelievable catch by Andre Johnson in the end zone where he tipped the ball to himself and then somehow managed to keep both feet in while holding onto the ball. He also got free for a wide open 72 yard pass play for a touchdown.

Matt Schuab made an outstanding pass to Jacoby Jones to bring the score to 21-21. Both the Texans and Titans score a field goal to end the half tied 24-24.

Second Half

After a couple of defensive holds by both teams, the Texans have the Titans pinned at the half yard line, a penalty by the Texans on 3rd down gives the Titans some room and that's all Chris Johnson needed, he broke free for a demoralizing 92 yard breakaway touchdown run. OUCH!!!

The Titans were forced to punt on their next possession but Jacoby Jones fumbles the ball into the air and it looks like the Titans recover, however, the Texans get the ball back on a technicality.

After a Texans punt and a Titans miss on 4th and 6, the Texans drive down the field on a spectacular catch by Jacoby Jones and the Texans kick a field goal to bring the score to 34-31 with 2:52 to go.

The Titans start moving down the field but when quarterback Carrie Collins inexplicably drops the ball and the Texans recover the game is all but over.

The entire offence deserves a game ball for this win, Andre Johnson, Jacoby Jones and Matt Schaub were truly outstanding. The defense started to get it together at the end, lets just hope it carries over to next week.

The coaching staff finally got it together as well, opening up the offence and giving their star players a chance to shine.

Great win guys!!!

I'm not going to get into details about this game, suffice it to say the Texans defense and the Jacksonville defense played embarrassingly bad.

The Texans offence and the Jacksonville offence played great.

End of story.

What an outstanding game for the Texans! They dominated on both sides of the ball. It was really great to see the defense come through and play the aggressive, tough defense I knew they were capable of playing.

On the opening drive a 62 yard pass play to Andrea Johnson sets the Texans up for a field goal and a 3 - 0 lead. A couple of possessions later Slaton fumbles and the Raiders recover, the defense holds them to a field goal. Score is 3 - 3.

On the next Texans possession a 42 yard pass play to Walters sets up another field goal. Score 6 - 3 Texans. The Texans defense forces another punt. A very well executed draw play to Slaton for the touchdown gives the Texans a 13 - 3 lead, Slaton displays his slashing style running ability on this play and shows why he deserves to be the starting running back.

Raiders make a push to the Texans 35 yard line but are unable to score a touchdown and are forced to kick a field goal. Score 20 - 6.

Second half is all Texans. The defense forces a Raiders safety, then on the ensuing punt Jocoby Jones blasts straight up the field for a 95 yard touchdown return, for a 29 - 6 lead. The game is all but over at this point. Texans win 29- 6.