These coaches in turn have their own disciples who have utilized Walsh's West Coast system such as Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak first a quarterback coach with the 49ers, then offensive coordinator for Shanahan at the Denver Broncos.

Owner Bob McNair did have to make a deal with Chiefs ' owner Lamar Hunt to use the Texans nickname for his new team.

The Texans have struggled in their own division, going 22-40 against these three teams.

The Texans have fared better against the rest of the AFC, posting a record of 29-33 against AFC opponents from outside the South division.

In 2012, of the teams they were unbeaten or winless against, the Texans have already played against and beaten Miami ( now 7-0 ), and still have games scheduled to be played against Baltimore, Chicago, Minnesota, and the New York Jets.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have three primary rivals: their divisional rivals ( Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, and Houston Texans ).

Any future Super Bowl that would have such a combination would have to have the Detroit Lions playing either the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, or Jacksonville Jaguars in the game.

East Texans living in the rural community of Deadwood in Panola County have reported for years seeing black panthers and mountain lions.

Mother Jones wrote: " Texans have known for 15 years what Red Headed Stranger finally revealed to the world – that Nelson is simply too brilliant a songwriter, interpreter, and singer – just too damn universal – to be defined as merely a country artist ".

Jewish Texans have been a part of Texas History since the first European explorers arrived in the 16th century.

Texans have pioneered musical developments in tejano & conjunto music, Western Swing, Jazz, punk rock, mariachi, religious, country music, electronic music, gothic and industrial music and the blues.

The Texans home opener against the Baltimore Ravens was initially postponed one day from Sunday, September 14, 2008 to Monday September 15, but when the extent of the damage from Hurricane Ike became known, the NFL rescheduled the Texans & Ravens game to week 10 ( November 9, 2008 ), which was to have been the bye week for the Ravens and the Texans scheduled home game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

That game was rescheduled to week 8 ( October 26 ), which was to have been the bye week for both the Texans and Bengals.

The Houston Texans have played their home games at Reliant Stadium since their inception in 2002.

This tongue-in-cheek tale features a planet of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks, and whose system of government derives its character from Mencken's essay.

Other Texans, like Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle and Guy Clark, have developed the outlaw ethos through their songs and their lifestyles.

In 1961 he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys, but because Tom Landry didn't have any room for him on the roster, Gil Brandt called Dallas Texans head coach Hank Stram to give Grayson a try.

When commanding general Joseph E. Johnston reflected upon the success Hood's men enjoyed in executing his order " to feel the enemy gently and fall back ," he humorously asked, " What would your Texans have done, sir, if I had ordered them to charge and drive back the enemy?

Ramsey has a thing or two to mutter about himself, for the Dallas defensive unit turned in another splendid effort against Denver, and the Texans were able to whip the dangerous Broncs without the fullbacking of a top star, Jack Spikes, though he did the team's place-kicking while nursing a knee injury.

The Broncs did hit two quick strikes in the final period against the Texans, but Dallas had enough of a lead to hold them off.

As of the end of the 2011 season, there were two teams against which the Texans had never lost: the Chicago Bears ( 2-0 ) and Miami Dolphins ( 6-0 ).

But the team lost its next two games, and suffered embarrassing losses to the Houston Texans over the course of the season ( Jacksonville has struggled against the Texans since Houston entered the league in 2002 ).

The Texans remained undiscovered for nearly two weeks, allowing the number of volunteers to increase and training them in military discipline.

Santa Anna was forced to sign two treaties, a public treaty and a private stating the exchange of prisoners and to never fight the Texans again.

During the American Civil War, Brewster served on the staffs of the two highest ranking Texans in the Confederate Army, General Albert S. Johnston and General John B.

Gillman was one of only two head coaches to hold that position for the entire 10-year existence of the American Football League ( the other was Hank Stram, who coached the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs from 1960 through 1974 ).

On the eve of the battle, Lamar made a courageous rescue of two surrounded Texans in a move that drew a salute from the Mexican lines.

It also moved the Texans ' last two home games out of Dallas, making them a traveling team.

In a bloody two day battle over 600 Mexicans were killed but they eventually forced the enemy too surrender, earning the grudging respect of the Texans across the border.

He divided his forces into two groups of Texans and one of Arkansans and ordered a mounted charge down the lane.

Despite the changes, however, blackouts have still occurred, including two of their first three home games in 2007: against the Atlanta Falcons on September 16 and against the Houston Texans on October 14.

* In the former American Football League, the championship game played on December 23, 1962 went two overtimes, with the Dallas Texans defeating the Houston Oilers 20 – 17, on a 25-yard field goal at 2: 54 into the second overtime.

Assigned to Captain Isaac N. Moreland's artillery company at the Battle of San Jacinto ( April 21, 1836 ), he commanded one of the " Twin Sisters "— two six-pounder cannon sent to aid the Texans by the citizens of Cincinnati.

In the first CFL playoff game ever played between two U. S .- based franchises, the Texans defeated the Birmingham Barracudas 52 – 9 at the Alamodome on November 5, The team then lost to the Baltimore Stallions 21 – 11 in Baltimore on November 11.

At least two movies have depicted a fictional account of the first drive along the Chisholm Trail: The Texans ( 1938 ), directed by James Hogan and starring Randolph Scott and Joan Bennett, and Red River ( 1948 ), directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift.

The two hour lead was removed, when a Texan cart crossing the San Antonio River broke, a cannon had to be brought out of the river, and Fannin ordered that the oxen be allowed to graze for a period of time after the Texans had proceeded about a mile past Manahuilla Creek, resulting in the retreat being stopped.

The next day, Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, Colonel Portilla had the 302 Texans marched out of Fort Defiance into three columns on the Bexar Road, San Patricio Road, and the Victoria Road, between two rows of Mexican soldiers ; they were shot pointblank, and any survivors were clubbed and knifed to death.

At Victoria, he saved two German Texans captured among Capt.

Brown completed his two year contract with the Texans.

On November 7, 2010, McMichael got his first start in two years due to star tight end Antonio Gates being injured in a game against the Houston Texans he caught two catches that went for touchdowns, San Diego went on to win 29-23.

The nickname " Texans " was more recently used by the now-defunct Canadian Football League franchise in San Antonio.

Soon after, a new contingent of Texans and volunteers from the United States arrived with more heavy artillery.

To the dismay of the Texans, Cos arrived sooner than expected with 540 more troops, swelling Santa Anna's army to over 1, 200 men.

As night fell, Mexican sharpshooters were able to wound and kill more Texans.

Even though only 11 men have won more PGA Tour events, his reputation has been overshadowed by the other stars of his era who lived long, extraordinary lives such as Sam Snead ; and fellow Texans Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret and Byron Nelson.

The latter decision actually attempted to distinguish the earlier one by trying to explain why the letter l was more important than the letter t. The poor quality of Texas justice has been blamed on the state's shortage of proper law schools and law libraries, as well as the traditional preference of Texans for "' self-help ' justice as practiced in the courts of ' Judge Winchester ' or ' Judge Lynch.

Hammond also filled in for Bryant Gumbel as play-by-play announcer on the NFL Network's December 13, 2007 game featuring the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football, once more teaming with Collinsworth.