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Texans Schedule Thread

The Texans dropped their first four games a year ago and were behind the proverbial eight ball for much of the season. This year should begin better for Houston as they take on a few teams in transition. Here is how the schedule looks for the Houston Texans in 2009.

Houston opens at home against the New York Jets (September 13th), who finished with nine wins a year ago, but will be starting a brand new quarterback, who is actually yet to be determined. Although the Jets are expected to have a fierce defense, it’s tough to win in a rowdy environment with what is likely to be an inexperienced signal caller.

The Texans take on division foes in their next two games as they travel to Nashville to take on the Titans (September 20th), followed by a home game against the last place Jaguars (September 27th). The Titans will be trying to adjust to life without the heart and soul of their defense, Albert Haynesworth, and the Jaguars are in full rebuild mode, as they spent much of their offseason jettisoning veterans.

Houston concludes the first quarter of their season with a game against the Oakland Raiders (October 4th), who will likely have similar issues scoring as they did a year ago when they finished with the league’s 29th ranked offense. Houston must win at least two out of their first four games, and it’s likely that they could capture three out of four.

The second quarter of the season features three road games, as Houston visits the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals (October 11th), followed by a trip to Cincinnati (October 18th). The Texans must at the very least come out with a split in these two games. Houston then returns home for a matchup with perennial bottom-feeder San Francisco (October 25th), and then they take a tough trip north to Buffalo (November 1st), where the weather could be dicey on November 1st. It’s very possible that the Texans could capture three out of four, but a split is more likely.

The Texans face all AFC South opponents in the next quarter of the season as they travel to Lucas Oil Stadium to play Indianapolis (November 8th), followed by a much needed bye week, then a pair of home games against Tennessee on Monday Night Football (November 23rd), followed by Indianapolis for the second time in four weeks (November 29th). Houston plays their 12th game in Jacksonville on December 6th, a place where they’ve historically enjoyed some success. This will be a key segment of their schedule as they will have to do no worse than a split to keep their AFC South title hopes alive.

The last quarter of their schedule features a home game with Seattle (December 13th), followed by trips to St. Louis (December 20th) and Miami (December 27th). Houston then finishes with perhaps their toughest test of the year as they host the New England Patriots on January 3rd. At this point it is always unclear which teams will be good and which won’t, but we believe that the Seattle and St. Louis games are very winnable.

In summation, the Texans schedule doesn’t appear overwhelming at all, as they have no three-game road trips, and the NFC West opponents should be beatable. Still, the team will have to make their mark during the month of November, as they travel to Buffalo before taking on all division foes.
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http://jac.scout.com/a.z?s=119&p=2&c=856506
 
I love this schedule!
And i have been asking for a Tits and Texans MNF game at homes for years!! I CANT wait, the place will be rocking!
A few tough games of course but overall just a great schedule, lets start the season already!:fans:
 
I like the fact that with 3 of the first 4 at home with only 1 playoff team from last year, it gives us a better than decent chance to get off to a good start for a change.

I know you want to get tested to see where you stand, but geez man, let's start off good for a change and then start handling that stuff.

The first test will be the next 5 games where 4 will be on the road. Only 2 of those 5 are playoff teams from last year, and our road woes are well known. This stretch should let us know if the Texans plan to take that next step or not.

5-4, even 6-3 going into the break is a very real possibility.

The next 3 allow us to finish division play with 4 weeks to go. These games are important because you've gotta win division games if you're going to make your move. Fortunately, 2 of these 3 games are at home, including the Monday nighter against the Inbreds. I see no reason why REALISTICALLY, the Texans can't be 7-5 or 8-4 at this point.

Then all it takes is a win against a team you should beat (St. Louis) 8-5/9-4, and if you win just 1 of the other 3 (Sea, Mia, NE) you're looking at 9-7/10-6....win 2 of those 3.....10-6/11-5.

I don't think this outlook is being a homer. If the Texans can get anywhere near the same kind of output they had offensively, and cut down on turnovers, and the new defensive of Bush improves to even just middle of the pack, this is very obtainable.

I like the possibilities!!!
 
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Personally, I love the noon games.

If it were up to me I would open the roof and turn off the AC. Make those northern teams play in the Texas heat. I know that's not ideal for fans, but that would be a big home field advantage for us.

On a more serious note, if we don't blow any games this year, I can see us getting 10 wins with this schedule.
 
bah007 said:
Make those northern teams play in the Texas heat. I know that's not ideal for fans, but that would be a big home field advantage for us.
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Are you serious? We've been through this a million times. Did you see the Pittsburgh game here? That Texas heat did nothing but take the fans out, thus taking the home field advantage away.

And I'd like to have seen a couple of late games at least, even though the early games are better in the end. But man, 5:30 Sunday morning comes awfully dang early.

Maybe we'll be good enough to get flexed not necessarily to Sunday night, but Sunday afternoon.
 
Speedy said:
Are you serious? We've been through this a million times. Did you see the Pittsburgh game here? That Texas heat did nothing but take the fans out, thus taking the home field advantage away.

And I'd like to have seen a couple of late games at least, even though the early games are better in the end. But man, 5:30 Sunday morning comes awfully dang early.

Maybe we'll be good enough to get flexed not necessarily to Sunday night, but Sunday afternoon.
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No I was not serious. That's why right after that I said "on a more serious note..."
 
my thoughts

Wk1- Hmm best time to play the jets IMO get them whle there still learning how to be a team with there new QB
2 Titans- Divison game can go either way IMO
3 Divison game ....
4 The radiers if we are to be a Playoff team we must beat the teams we are supposed to beat
5 cards this will be a touuuuggghhh game prob the toughest so far in the year
6 bengals
7 san fran
8 bills ... we have to have a 3 game winning streak right here
9 Colts man facing the colts all the way in wk 9 if we ever wanna see a divison crown we are going to have to man up and beat the bully in our divison
10 divison
11 divison
12 hopefully the hawks will not be playing for much by this time but more then likey The hawks will be hottest team in the west ....... :(
13
14 rams...
15 dolphins ... playing these 2 teams late is good IMO
16 ANd also playing the pats last means this might just be a preseason game
 
man, i'm so fricken happy with the MNF game against the Titans! Will be televised live here so like last season i'll be applying for leave on that day (game is on at 2pm here).

If I had to pick a game I could watch live it would be this.
 
No question about it, much more benign schedule than last year (atleast on the face of it): Season-opener is at home, 3 of first 4 at home for better opportunity to get off to positive start, all 3 west-coast games are home games, not a lengthy series of road games like last year, and as we already knew the non-divisional opponents don't appear to be as difficult.
 
Specnatz said:
Really, I do not recall that happening.
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Yep. The Texans first match up against the Redskins in 2002 they wore these.....

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I can't find pics vs. the Texans though.
 
This seems like a 10-6 schedule to me. I look and only see one team that the Texans would have problems with and that being New England. It may just be the homer in me, but I think the Texans have made it to a point to where they can hang with any team in the league. This is the NFL however, and anything can happen so I'm not going to get too far ahead in my thinking. :texflag:
 
Man! I hope the Pats game is worth something. I really wanted to play a meaningful game against them this season. The way they *****-slapped us in their house a few years ago left a sour taste in my mouth that has yet to fade.

IMO, you have to play the best to be the best. Plus, it'd be nice to gauge where we stand as a team.

Now, having said that, if it is the Texans resting a few players for that game.......I'm all for it. :)
 
Brando said:
Yep. The Texans first match up against the Redskins in 2002 they wore these.....

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I can't find pics vs. the Texans though.
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pbat488 said:
Cleveland's throwbacks against the Texans in 2007.

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Can't find one from the Skins game though either.
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I been out here in LA way to long my memory is starting to go. Roughly another two weeks or so before getting back home.

Thanks for the refresher.
 
Texans_Chick said:
The flipside is what Kubiak mentioned in the presser. Football teams crave sameness in their scheduling--it makes planning easier.
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yep, very good point. And whatever situation helps the players focus and play better shouldn't really matter to the fans. As long as they win, baby. Just win!
 
pbat488 said:
Wk Date Game Stadium Time(EST) TV
1 Sep 13 NYJ @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

2 Sep 20 HOU @ TEN LP Field 1:00 PM CBS

3 Sep 27 JAC @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

4 Oct 04 OAK @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

5 Oct 11 HOU @ ARI U. of Phoenix Stadium 4:15 PM CBS

6 Oct 18 HOU @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

7 Oct 25 SF @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM FOX

8 Nov 01 HOU @ BUF Ralph Wilson Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

9 Nov 08 HOU @ IND Lucas Oil Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

10 Bye

11 Nov 23 TEN @ HOU Reliant Stadium 8:30 PM ESPN

12 Nov 29 IND @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

13 Dec 06 HOU @ JAC Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

14 Dec 13 SEA @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM FOX

15 Dec 20 HOU @ STL Edward Jones Dome 1:00 PM CBS

16 Dec 27 HOU @ MIA Dolphin Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

17 Jan 03 NE @ HOU Reliant Stadium 1:00 PM CBS

For those who like things in one place.
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12-4 is what I have us at.

Our four losses:

(a) 2 losses out of the first five games, take your pick. That puts us at 3-2.

(b) We then win three-straight before losing to Indy. Now we're at 6-3.

(c) 6-game winning streak until we lose to the Patriots at home.

12-4 final record. Clinched AFC South earlier than the final home game, so the Patriots game is a "rest your players game" for us.

I will back down off the 6-game winning streak and say that we might brain-fart one of those gimmee games...resulting in an 11-5 if we can't beat the Patriots at home (of course, we might be playing for something in that last game, so we could easily show up and beat the Pats and still get 12-4).

You think I'm crazy? Well, you're probably right.
 
GP said:
You think I'm crazy? Well, you're probably right.
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You've always had a talent for saying what others think. jk

I haven't stated my schedule prediction yet. I am really thinking 11 wins this year though. We just need our :d: to come together.
 
GP said:
12-4 is what I have us at.
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12-4 is extremely optimistic in our division and with the parity in the NFL. I'll wait until after the draft, free agency, and training camp, but I'll be leaning more in the direction of 10-6...11-5 if we get all the bounces and breaks.

my .02.
 
Looking at the schedule, I don't see a game that we can't win. Please understand, I'm not saying we will win every game. Just that I think the organization is getting to the point where no one we play can look at us and automatically pencil in a "W". That's what has me excited now, especially after our draft.
 
It looks like we'll be working out with the Saints again. Only they will be coming to H-town this time.

Although the New Orleans Saints are moving training camp back to their own practice facility, they won't spend all of camp there. They'll spend a couple of days in Houston.

Team officials are in the process of finalizing plans for the Saints to work out with the Texans in advance of an Aug. 22 preseason game between New Orleans and Houston.
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jlam said:
Yeah I saw this as well. Does anyone know if they normally open these inter-squad practices up to the public or if they're closed off?

Should be a fun little atmosphere if the public is allowed to attend - at least in terms of breaking up the monotony of training camp.
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I don't think open practices go that far into preseason. I agree though, it'd be great if fans were allowed.

IIRC, there were a few minor skirmishes last year when we were in NO. It was funny because Baldinger was there doing a show saying how the two teams respected each other (I'm sure they still do),were all business and had zero fights break out. The next day after Baldy left fights broke out. LOL
 
HOU-TEX said:
I don't think open practices go that far into preseason. I agree though, it'd be great if fans were allowed.

IIRC, there were a few minor skirmishes last year when we were in NO. It was funny because Baldinger was there doing a show saying how the two teams respected each other (I'm sure they still do),were all business and had zero fights break out. The next day after Baldy left fights broke out. LOL
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I remember something about that too. Pretty common I think, for teams to get into some scuffles in inter-squad practices. They've already been "hitting but not really" on each other for several weeks, then they finally get to "kind of hit" on another team and you can imagine how the frustration would start to boil over. At least that's the way I would feel.

Hopefully it will be open, though. At the very least I can go to the preseason game, but for some reason I just think the practices would be more fun. Different aspect and perspective of the game maybe, I don't know.
 
man i was look at the AFCS history since 2002 and usually when all 4 teams are clicking 10 wins is sometimes only good for 3rd or maybe 2nd in the AFC south ...... :I
 
The Texans have never won a road game played indoors (0-11). Of course 7 of those 11 losses are against Indy. The Texans likely have 3 indoor road games this season (Indy, Arizona and St.Louis).

Gotta bust that streak!!!
 
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