Born of a 2002 Expansion by the National Football League, the is one of five who have not yet made an appearance in the Super Bowl, though it has only been a short time since their entry into the league. The city of Houston is a minority owner of the team, with the majority stake being held by Bob McNair. The impetus to bring a team back to Houston arose as a result of the old Houston Oilers relocating to Tennessee for the 1997 season. Regardless, sales of Houston Texans tickets would be quite strong once a new franchise was announced.
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For a few years after the old team left, the city of Houston was without a National Football League presence but knew that with patience and hard work it would soon have a team back and playing football, which is something that's regarded as a way of life in the Lone Star State. 1999 would see the NFL award a new football team to the city, something which propelled anticipatory sales of Houston Texans tickets very high.
Veteran coach Dom Capers, who had previous head coach experience in Carolina as well as serving as defensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars, was brought on board to helm the new team. 2002 would see the opening salvo fired by the Houston Texans, who would defeat the famous Dallas Cowboys at Reliant Stadium, making them one of only a few expansion teams ever to win their first games. Following week sales of Houston Texans tickets would be brisk, indeed.
Over the next couple of seasons the team made steady and very visible progress, and would feature play from the likes of quarterback David Carr and tight end Billy Miller along with an ever-experienced cast of NFL veterans and draft picks. By 2004, the Houston Texans would nearly make the .500 final-season mark, and hopes to continue to grow for eventual success, even while continuing sales of Houston Texans tickets remained supportive and strong.
The next few seasons after 2004 would be ones that were at once challenging yet also rewarding, and the Houston Texans would shine in individual instances, including a game in 2006 when the team would stun the eventual Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, in the process propelling future week sales of Houston Texans tickets to greater heights.
2007 and 2008 have proven to be seasons in which the Houston Texans are finally beginning to take the potential and turn it into the eventual, meaning that they are poised to finally break through to their first winning season after having finished 8-8 in the last two seasons, along the way beating many teams of very high caliber. Pro bowl players Andre Johnson, Mario Williams and Owen Daniels will be anchoring a team that could possibly challenge for divisional honors and will definitely be selling a lot of Houston Texans tickets.