Houston Texans Milestones

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How the Houston Texans history timeline works

Texans moments fill this deck, each with a brief description under the headline, sorted by the year they happened. The first card sits on the line with its year shown. Every card after it goes into a gap you choose. Pick right and the year is revealed; pick wrong and the card still takes its true place, but one of your three lives goes with it.

As the NFL's youngest franchise, the Texans give you a compact deck with little room between cards. The building blocks of this team's history are high draft picks, quarterback gambles and big trades, and those kinds of cards appear again and again. Playoff wins and losses are spread thin, which makes them useful anchors. The quarterback storylines are where most runs fall apart.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 27 of the 27 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Houston awarded the NFL's 32nd franchise Bob McNair's roughly $700 million bid beat out Los Angeles and brought pro football back to the city that lost the Oilers.
Named the Texans The expansion team unveiled its name and bull-head logo two years before ever kicking off.
Hired Dom Capers as first head coach The expansion franchise picked the former Panthers coach well over a year before its debut.
Won the franchise's first game The expansion Texans stunned the Cowboys 19-10 on opening night, months after taking David Carr No. 1 overall.
Drafted Andre Johnson third overall The Miami receiver arrived in the team's second-ever draft.
Reliant Stadium hosted the Super Bowl Patriots-Panthers came down to a last-second field goal — though the halftime show grabbed the headlines.
Slumped to 2-14 The franchise's worst record locked up the No. 1 pick in the next draft.
Passed on Reggie Bush, drafted Mario Williams In Gary Kubiak's first year as coach, Houston shocked everyone by taking the N.C. State pass rusher first overall — and passing on hometown hero Vince Young too.
Traded for Matt Schaub The Falcons backup arrived from Atlanta, and the Texans reached .500 for the first time.
Andre Johnson led the NFL in receiving Johnson topped the league with 1,575 yards — and he'd do it again the following season.
First winning season Matt Schaub led the NFL in passing yards as Houston finished 9-7.
Arian Foster's undrafted rushing title The former practice-squad back exploded for a league-best 1,616 yards.
Drafted J.J. Watt, won first AFC South title Houston took the Wisconsin defensive end in April and clinched its first-ever playoff berth that winter.
First playoff win J.J. Watt's leaping pick-six helped beat Cincinnati in the wild-card round with rookie T.J. Yates at quarterback.
Fourteen straight losses A 2-0 start collapsed into a franchise-worst skid that cost Gary Kubiak his job in December.
Drafted Jadeveon Clowney first overall Bill O'Brien's first season opened with the freakish South Carolina edge rusher — while J.J. Watt delivered a 20.5-sack, MVP-candidate year.
Watt's third Defensive Player of the Year With 17.5 sacks, Watt claimed the award for the third time in four seasons while Houston won its division despite starting four different quarterbacks.
The Brock Osweiler gamble Houston handed Denver's untested backup a $72 million free-agent deal; the experiment lasted one season.
Traded up for Deshaun Watson The national-champion Clemson quarterback dazzled as a rookie until a torn ACL in practice ended his year.
Nine straight wins after an 0-3 start The streak turned a disastrous September into an AFC South title.
Traded two first-round picks for Laremy Tunsil The stunning deal with Miami landed a franchise left tackle days before the season opener.
Blew a 24-0 playoff lead in Kansas City The Chiefs stormed back with touchdown after touchdown; weeks later Houston traded away DeAndre Hopkins.
Watson sat out the entire season Houston's franchise quarterback stayed on the roster but never played a down amid a trade demand and legal troubles.
Traded Deshaun Watson for three first-rounders Cleveland sent Houston a historic haul of draft capital.
Drafted C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. New coach DeMeco Ryans took the Ohio State quarterback at No. 2, then traded back up to No. 3 minutes later for the pass rusher.
Stroud's 45-14 playoff debut The rookie quarterback shredded Cleveland in a wild-card rout at NRG Stadium.
Routed the Chargers in the wild-card round Houston forced Justin Herbert into four interceptions for a second straight home playoff win.