But they played well enough to win them all except the Cowboy game. That's what makes them even more frustrating than just the standard blowout loss like the one to the Giants. And I'm pretty sure we were favored to win the Cowboy game. We were 2-0, they were 0-2.
Underrated heart breaking loss. 2007 Titans at Texans 38-36. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d803788ac/Titans-38-Texans-36
Hooray! The Texans made the front page of Yahoo again, the first time was for the Quinn volleyball set against the Jags and now its for that epic special teams fail
I expect it. I turn off the tv and proceed to... <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ee925OTFBCA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ee925OTFBCA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
I will go with Rosencopter, but there are so many choices. The Oilers collapse in Buffalo will forever remain as the number one Houston Sports embarrassment. It is virtually impossible to do what they did. Who comes back to win after being 30 pts. down at the half? You can't lose a game like that, but they managed to do it. The Oilers/Texans will have many displays in the Football Hall of Shame.
Rosencopter... we lost to an all-time great team... with our career backup playing... on one of our most mediocre teams... Jets game... we had playoff expectations... we were beating a good, not great, team... ahead by 4 with 50 seconds and 80 yards to go... pushed our season long losing streak to 4... basically dumped us to the basement of hte division... that is by far more of a punch to the balls.
The fat egg they laid against the 0-2 cowgirls IN RELIANT hurts till this day....i ate sooo much crow for the next 7 days
Underrated maybe, but we had no business winning that game to begin with. Weren't Schaub and Andre both out for that? They just handed it to us and we made a miraculous comeback, only to blow it in the end. Wait, sounds just like last night
True, we were 0-3 coming into that game so it's not like it ruined our playoff chances or anything. I know you'd probably rather forget (like me), but you have to remember the context of that game. I honestly think it could have been a turning point for the entire history of the franchise. It was 27-10 with just a few minutes left in the game. We were DOMINATING the best team in football for 3 3/4th quarters. We were kicking their asses all over the field. The big bad Colts were totally demoralized. We had them beat. Then Rosencoptor happened. And it went from being a turning point to the same ol' Texans. Just another brick in the wall. Another devastating loss to add to the history books. Spoiler <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rXPMYA7EqYE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rXPMYA7EqYE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Even if they weren't favored they had the lead in all 5 games and could have won it easily if they had good coach who know hot to control clock management but instead they lost all of them.
Here's my measuring stick for the most gut-wrenching loss ever: which game has a nickname? If you say "the Raiders game" or "the Titans game" or "the Jags game", folks might not know what you're talking about. But if you say the word "Rosencopter", people know not only what game it is, but they can tell you exactly where they were, who they were with, what was said, etc. It's like the Texans equivalient of the Kennedy assassination or the Challenger explosion. Or as one of my favorite movies put it: Dusty: What does that mean, in-famous? Ned: Oh, Dusty. In-famous is when you're MORE than famous. This man Rosencopter, he's not just famous, he's IN-famous.
This endlessly-looped gif encapsulates the entire history of the Houston Texans franchise. And it's still playing...
Agreed. They lost to a team without quarterback Jim Kelly (who was injured in the last game of the season, a loss to the Oilers), All-Pro linebacker Cornelius Bennett and RB Thurman Thomas...
Rosencopter. The losses nowadays are just standard and expected. Rosencopter can be considered the beginning of an era.
