The Houston Texans Story

The Houston Texans Story — page 1 — H O U S T O N Are you ready to take it to the extreme Torque books thrust you into the action-packed world of sports vehicles mystery and adventure These books may include dirt smoke fire and chilling tales WARNING read at your own risk This edition first published in 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission write to Bellwether Media Inc Attention Permissions Department 5357 Penn Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55419 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Adamson Thomas K 1970 Title The Houston Texans Story by Thomas K Adamson Description Minneapolis MN Bellwether Media Inc 2017 Series Torque NFL Teams Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Ages 7-12 Audience Grades 3 through 7 Identifiers LCCN 2016002572 ISBN 9781626173675 hardcover alk paper Subjects LCSH Houston Texans Football team History Juvenile literature Classification LCC GV956 H69 A33 2017 DDC 796 332 64097641411 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2016002572 Text copyright 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc TORQUE and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Bellwether Media Inc SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN’S PRESS and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc Printed in the United States of America North Mankato MN

The Houston Texans Story — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS A BIG PLAYOFF WIN _____________________________________ 4 A NEW TEAM TAKES THE FIELD ________________ 8 THEN TO NOW _____________________________________________ 14 TEXANS TIMELINE ______________________________________ 18 TEAM SUPERSTARS __________________________________ 20 FANS AND TEAM CULTURE _______________________ 24 MORE ABOUT THE TEXANS ______________________ 28 GLOSSARY ___________________________________________________ 30 TO LEARN MORE __________________________________________ 31 INDEX ____________________________________________________________ 32

The Houston Texans Story — page 3 — A BIG PLAYOFF WIN The date is January 7 2012 The Houston Texans face the Cincinnati Bengals in their ﬁrst ever playoff game There is less than a minute left in the ﬁrst half The game is tied at 10 4

The Houston Texans Story — page 4 — T E X J J Watt Defensive end J J Watt leaps to intercept a pass He runs the ball into the end zone Touchdown The cheers of 71,725 fans ﬁll the stadium 5

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