Sad that we’ve only got a handful of games that count as “the good times”.
19-10 was huge, of course. Beating the Colts on Christmas Eve. Beating the Colts again on opening day with Foster rolling up 231 and 3. The playoff clincher against the Bengals even though the air was kinda out of the balloon after Schaub and Leinart went down. The playoff winner against the Bengals. The 5-0 start that turned into 11-1. And then the 57 spot they put on the Titans, and those few games there where Watson was blowing up the scoreboard.
That's the extent of the good times for Texans fans.
I don't know I got a lot more than that.
Aaron Glenn almost single handedly beating the Steelers in Pittsburgh in 2002 even though the offense put up stats that look like something from 1930's NFL
Both of the wins over the Titans in 2004 to me were just as meaningful to me as the win over Dallas in the first game. They got close to beating them in one of the games in 2002 and then they played a phenomenal game against them in the end of the 2003 season but fell just short in the end(and that was a great Titans team that year). So when we finally took their ass down in 2004 it meant a lot to me, that was one sweet win I'll never forget. But then later that year we beat them in Houston for the first time and it was just as sweet because David Carr brought us back from a 21-7 deficit if I remember correctly, Andre in his second year had some big time clutch catches to win the game.
The win over the Chiefs in Arrowhead in 2004 where Andre plucked a would be interception out of the guys hands to save the game and then the D stopped Priest Holmes at the 1 yard line for a glorious goal line stand.
The very first Monday Night Football game against Jacksonville 2008, felt like a coming out party for the franchise, excellent performances by Mario Williams(3 sacks, a forced fumble, and 5 tackles) and Steve Slaton. This was the game that got my enthusiasm back into the Texans, I don't think I've missed a game since then but before this I was just not as into those 2005-2007 Texans like I was the first 3 years after the roster completely turned over.
The heated win over the Titans early in the 2009 season in Tennessee, bunch of fights back when it was really a rivalry both teams were desperate and it was a dog fight, Andre had one of his greatest catches and we pulled out one of my favorite wins.
The win over the Redskins in 2010 probably my 3rd favorite Texans game behind the first playoff win and the Dallas 02 game, that great pic of Andre spiking the ball after the game winning catch, I believe in that moment he was truly the baddest ************ in the NFL and one of the baddest MFers in NFL history.
2012 the wins over Peyton Manning's Broncos in Denver and the dismantling of the eventual Super Bowl champ Ravens, also I have fond memories of the Thanksgiving Day win over Detroit with that one game winning drive where Andre took matters into his own hands. Also the win over Jacksonville where Andre won the game and produced the loudest crowd pop in the history of our stadium.
The comeback over San Diego on Monday Night Football in 2013 where Cushing had that epic interception return for a TD, still the biggest comeback in franchise history right?
The win over the Titans in 2013 was a personal one for me because my little sis passed away a few days earlier and it was a very hectic and stressful weekend dealing with everything planning funeral etc. sitting down to watch Andre pull out that win holding on to that game tying catch after getting kayoed just made me feel good that weekend, I needed it.
Some good ones in 2014, the JJ Watt pick six game against Buffalo, the Jacksonville game, really this whole season was mostly good times just to see what JJ Watt was going to do next, what a season.
Also the comeback over the Colts in 2016 on Sunday Night Football I enjoyed the hell out of that.
Bunch of others, a TON of "we almost had it" games that were so ******* good but we lost, I REALLY love my ******* football team though. Sure we got a lot to cry about and be sad about, things could have been way better but damn, Houston Texans are one of my favorite things in this life.
