page_title: History of the Houston Texans
section_title: 2010
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Houston Texans / Gary Kubiak Era (2006–2013) / 2010
caption_attribution_description: English: Andre Johnson and Brice McCain of the Houston Texans
context_page_description: The history of the Houston Texans began in 2002, bringing the National Football League back to Houston, Texas after the city's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, relocated to Nashville, Tennessee to eventually become the Tennessee Titans. The Texans are thus the newest franchise in the NFL. Despite some growing pains in the first nine years of their existence, the Texans have become a dominant team in the NFL's AFC South division in the 2010s, though they have yet to appear in a Super Bowl.
context_section_description: (WK:1)The Houston Texans opened their season with a win, beating the Indianapolis Colts 34-24. Arian Foster had 231 rushing yards, the first time rushing for over 200 yards in a game has been achieved by the Texans. (WK:3) The next week, they came back from a 17-point second half deficit to defeat Washington, 30-27 in their first overtime win. Schaub threw for a franchise record 497 passing yards.(WK:3)The very next week, they were defeated 27-13 by the Dallas Cowboys.(WK:4)Arian Foster, having sat out nearly the entire first half of the game, had his third game with over a hundred yards rushing. Andre Johnson did not play, due to an ankle injury. The Houston Texans defeated the Oakland Raiders 31-24. At the time, the Houston Texans were happy; the previous week had done exactly what it needed to do to make them division leaders once again, instead of being tied. The Jacksonville Jaguars, last in the AFC South division at the time, defeated the Indianapolis Colts, to cancel each other out, and be tied for second place in their division. The Tennessee Titans also lost to the Denver Broncos, therefore, also tied for second place in their division.
  On January 3, 2011, the Texans announced that Kubiak would be retained as head coach, but they fired defensive coordinator Frank Bush and three defensive assistants. On January 5, ex-Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips was hired as defensive coordinator.
caption: Andre Johnson (left) and Brice McCain (right) battle in Texans' training camp, 2010.
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