Q 01/05

In which season did the Houston Texans begin play?

A) 2002

B) 2004

C) 2006

D) 2008

Answer · why

A) 2002

The league awarded Houston the 32nd franchise in October 1999; the team was founded that year but did not kick off until 2002.

Q 02/05

The Texans replaced which previous Houston NFL franchise, which had left for Nashville?

A) The Colts

B) The Oilers

C) The Rangers

D) The Roughnecks

Answer · why

B) The Oilers

The Oilers played in Houston from 1960 to 1996 before moving to Tennessee and becoming the Titans in 1999; the Adams family retained the rights to the...

Q 03/05

Who founded the Texans and owned the team until his death in 2018?

A) Bud Adams

B) Jerry Jones

C) Bob McNair

D) Steve Patterson

Answer · why

C) Bob McNair

Bob McNair, who sold his power company Cogen Technologies to Enron in 1999, paid the expansion fee and ran the Texans until his death in November 2018...

Q 04/05

How much did the NFL charge for the expansion franchise awarded to Houston on October 6, 1999?

A) $400 million

B) $1 billion

C) $250 million

D) $700 million

Answer · why

D) $700 million

The $700 million fee was a record for an NFL expansion franchise, far above the $140 million each that Carolina and Jacksonville had paid in 1993.

Q 05/05

Which team did the Texans beat in their inaugural regular-season game?

A) Tennessee Titans

B) Dallas Cowboys

C) Indianapolis Colts

D) Jacksonville Jaguars

Answer · why

B) Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys fell 19–10 at Reliant Stadium in the Texans' first regular-season game, a Sunday-night opener; Houston finished that debut year 4–1...