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  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: NFL/Football
The Texans' 17-15 win over the Dolphins in Week 4 was a small step in the right direction, as was the one-and-a-half sack output of No. 1 draft pick Mario Williams, and the continued development of former No. 1 pick, quarterback, and face of the franchise David Carr.
Dallas showed some major warts in the area of pass defense last week, allowing Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb to go vertical to the tune of 354 passing yards and two touchdowns.
Running the ball figures to be a major struggle for the Texans all season, with the presence of an inexperienced and less-than-talented offensive line, as well as a litany of youngsters and castoffs filling out the depth chart at running back, contributing to that trend.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /scorecard/nflnews.asp?articleID=74071   (1779 words)

  
 History: The Dallas Texans - Pro Football Hall of Fame
The 1952 Dallas Texans were a National Football League franchise born of failure.
In their brief stay in Dallas, the largest crowd the Texans managed to draw was 17,499 curious spectators on opening day.
With five games remaining and the Texans unable to meet their payroll, Miller was forced to return the Dallas franchise to the league that operated the team for the remainder of the season.
www.profootballhof.com /history/decades/1950s/dallas_texans.jsp   (537 words)

  
 Houston Texans a NFL Franchise
The Texans are placed in the Southern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL).
The Texans in their first regular season game defeated the already established NFC in-state rival team Dallas Cowboys by 19-10.
In March of 1999 the NFL gave the city of LA a 6-month deadline to get their plans together, but when LA failed to organize a proper plan, Bob McNair was awarded the 32nd team of the NFL that would begin to play 2002 onwards.
www.angelfire.com /tx6/texansfanzz/index.html   (377 words)

  
 NFL Game Summary - Houston At Dallas - NFL - Houston Texans
Another Carr interception, this one by Anthony Henry, again gave Dallas the ball in Houston territory, and on the first play of the fourth quarter, Marion Barber's one-yard touchdown run staked Dallas to a 24-6 lead.
The turnovers continued for the Texans as a fumble on the ensuing kickoff led to a Mike Vanderjagt 21-yard field goal to make it 27-6 less than four minutes into the fourth.
The Texans got on the scoreboard first as they took their opening drive 61 yards in 13 plays and a Kris Brown 19-yard field goal made it 3-0 a little over six minutes in.
www.wsbtv.com /nfl151/10081418/detail.html   (877 words)

  
 Dallas Texans (1960-1962)
A 26-year-old Texan, frustrated by his unsuccessful attempts to gain a pro football franchise in the National Football League, embarked on an alternate course that was to drastically change the face of pro football forever.
Lamar Hunt's own team, the Dallas Texans, was located in his hometown where he would face direct competition from the NFL's newest expansion team, the Dallas Cowboys.
The Texans would struggle, with a midseason 5 game losing streak in their second season posting a disappointing record of 6-8 while finishing a distant second in the AFL West.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nfl/kcdal/daltexans.html   (547 words)

  
 Dallas Texans (NFL) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League for one season, 1952, with a record of 1–11.
Both the Brooklyn Tigers and Card-Pitt — the latter being the merged (for that year) Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers — finished 0-10-0 in 1944, an unenviable feat that would later be surpassed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that lost all of its fourteen regular season games in 1976.
The NFL awarded the franchise, for the 1953 season to the city of Baltimore, with Carroll Rosenbloom as the team's new owner.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dallas_Texans_(NFL)   (357 words)

  
 Scout.com: Texans Prepare for Governors Cup
The Governors Cup is played for by the Houston Texans and their inter-state rivals the Dallas Cowboys.
The Cowboys are 2-2 and the Texans are 1-3 after the 5th week of the season.
The Texans are fresh off a win and a bye week while the Cowboys will be working to sort out what went wrong in a 24-38 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
texans.scout.com /2/577483.html   (538 words)

  
 Dallas Texans
To say the least they were a far cry from the current Dallas Cowboys, to put it mildly the Dallas Texans were an NFL joke—a very bad joke.
With a roster of wide-eyed greenhorns and broken-down old hands, the Texans were saddled with a legacy of failure.
The Texans were the offspring of losers, the New York Yanks, who lost so many games and dollars for owner Ted Collins that he gave the franchise back to the NFL.
library.thinkquest.org /12590/dallas.htm   (774 words)

  
 Dallas Texans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dallas Texans has been the name of various American football teams.
Dallas Texans (NFL) 1952 team in the National Football League.
Dallas Texans is also the name of arguably the most successful youth soccer club in Texas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dallas_Texans   (125 words)

  
 Houston Texans NFL Football Front Page
Texans win last two games and improve three fold over last year.
Kubiak seemingly has the Texans on the road to improvement and possibly a playoff berth in the coming years.
The NFL Combine in Indianapolis is the premiere event for showcasing college talent.
texans.scout.com   (204 words)

  
 Houston Texans | NFL Football at CBS SportsLine.com
Texans outlast Browns in battle of the beasts
Mike Sherman's quest to become a head coach in the NFL again began a few days ago when he interviewed with the Arizona Cardinals.
The biggest question facing the Texans is the quarterback position.
www.sportsline.com /nfl/teams/page/HOU   (501 words)

  
 Houston's Ryans Earns Top Defensive Rookie - NFL - Houston Texans
The surprise, however, was that is wasn't Williams that won the award.
Linebacker DeMeco Ryans was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year Wednesday by the Associated Press and becomes the first Texan to receive the honor in the franchise's brief history.
In that game against Oakland, he became the only NFL player this year to record double-digit tackles (15), a sack, an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a single game.
www.wbaltv.com /nfl151/10669423/detail.html   (411 words)

  
 Pennington Leads Jets Past Texans - NFL
Houston kicker Kris Brown got the Texans on the board about five minutes later with a 47-yard field goal, nevertheless, the Jets maintained their fluent passing game.
They responded on their ensuing 10-play, 38-yard drive that was keyed by a 21- yard pass over the middle to Cotchery.
The Jets recorded seven first downs to the Texans' zero in the third quarter.
www.wpbf.com /nfl/10399715/detail.html   (779 words)

  
 Houston Texans Blog - The FanHouse
He said that Carr is under contract for two years, and that is where the Texans are right now, but that he will be looking to bring in players to compete with him for the starting position in free agency or through the draft.
The headline of the article was a lot more alarming than what the Texans believe the situation is. After the article came out in the papers, GM Rick Smith clarified that Spencer was ahead of schedule and is expected to be back.
He was picked first in the second round, and despite his obvious intelligence and impressive college career, allegedly his draft stock slipped due to concerns about "athleticism." At the time of the draft, I thought that was odd, because at least by combine measures, he was pretty amazing.
texans.aolsportsblog.com   (3291 words)

  
 NFL Preview - Houston (1-3) At Dallas (2-2) - NFL - Houston Texans
NFL Preview - Houston (1-3) At Dallas (2-2) - NFL - Houston Texans
NFL Preview - Houston (1-3) At Dallas (2-2)
By Tony Moss, NFL Editor -- (Sports Network) - Stakeholders within the Dallas Cowboys organization probably don't spend much time envying their beleaguered Lone Star State counterparts, the Houston Texans, who will visit Texas Stadium on Sunday.
www.local6.com /nfl151/10070845/detail.html   (1874 words)

  
 Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay: Mavericks/NBA
Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki (left) and Indiana's Al Harrington reach for a loose ball.
It appeared the Indiana Pacers caught a break Friday night when Dirk Nowitzki hobbled off the court with a twisted right ankle with 2:53 to play in the fourth quarter and the Mavericks down by six points.
But Nowitzki walked off the injury, then continued to walk all over the Pacers, finishing with a season-high 43 points in Dallas' 115-113 overtime victory at Conseco Fieldhouse.
www.dallasnews.com /sports/basketball   (151 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Dallas Cowboys Clubhouse
Before Bill Simmons gets to the NFL playoffs, he would like to introduce you to the Speed Limit Coaching Corollary.
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens had successful surgery on Thursday in Miami to repair a torn tendon in his right ring finger.
Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Percells, right, speaks with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck...
sports.espn.go.com /nfl/clubhouse?team=dal   (175 words)

  
 NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Established in 1961, the PP&K program is the oldest NFL Youth Football program.
Voting for the 2006 All-NFL Europe League is under way.
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.
www.nfl.com /cowboys   (483 words)

  
 Houston Texans and NFL news and scores | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Houston Texans and NFL news and scores
Texans size up their own free agents Jan 11 2007 11:30PM
You make the call: Now's your chance to be GM of the Texans...
www.chron.com /sports/texans   (498 words)

  
 Dallas Cowboys | NFL Football at CBS SportsLine.com
Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens had surgery in Miami to repair a torn tendon in his right ring finger, two newspapers reported Friday.
Owens led the NFL with 13 touchdown receptions, but he also led in dropped passes with 17.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Owens will try to become the difference-maker that he was signed to be and will try to take advantage of an injury-riddled Seattle secondary.
www.sportsline.com /nfl/teams/page/DAL   (478 words)

  
 NFL Football Team news, Schedule and Scores - AOL Sports
Bob Costas says the NFL needs to change its bad overtime rules before the league gets burned.
The Fanhouse: The Boise State-Nevada women's basketball game ordinarily wouldn't merit a mention here at NCAA Basketball FanHouse, but then again games don't ordinarily end with buzzer beaters like this: Unfortunately, the basket didn't count.
Find the latest NFL football news, player updates and team standings from preseason to the Super Bowl, only from AOL Sports.
sports.aol.com /nfl   (363 words)

  
 Owens, Cowboys Rout Texans - NFL - Dallas Cowboys
Owens, Cowboys Rout Texans - NFL - Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a torn tendon in his right ring finger.
NFL Preview - Dallas (9-7) At Seattle (9-7)
www.thehawaiichannel.com /nfl066/10081409/detail.html   (847 words)

  
 Dallas Cowboys Tickets - Dallas Cowboys Football Tickets Available Here
Dallas Cowboys Tickets for all Cowboys Games at Texas Stadium The 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers were unable to defend their Super Bowl title, and each NFL Playoff team will look toward reaching Super Bowl XLI.
TicketsNow is your answer for the best NFL tickets and NFL Playoff tickets including Super Bowl tickets.
The 2007 Dallas Cowboys turn to Tony Romo, Terrell Owens, and Jason Witten to return an NFL Playoff run to Texas Stadium!
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 Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay: Cowboys/NFL
Bill Parcells might be finished as coach of the Cowboys.
If so, the job he did in Dallas was incomplete, writes columnist Matt Mosley.
DMN beat writer Rick Gosselin writes about the NFL each week in his newsletter "From The 50."
www.dallasnews.com /sports/football/?1   (96 words)

  
 TEXANS / NFL | KHOU.com | News for Houston, Texas
Texans Demeco Ryans named AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
Get reports from across the NFL from our Football Desk.
Find out who's tearing up the league right now.
www.khou.com /texans   (228 words)

  
 NFL roundup: Owens delivers for Cowboys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Now the Dallas Cowboys know how much fun it can be to have Owens around.
But they didn't have it in them again, with turnovers on three straight drives — including two interceptions by David Carr — keeping them from scoring again, and the defence allowing the Cowboys to score on five of their six possessions in the second half.
Barber outplayed the NFL's best ground team by running for 185 yards, Jeremy Shockey caught a couple of touchdown passes and the New York Giants rallied past the Falcons in the second half.
www.cbc.ca /sports/football/story/2006/10/16/nfl-roundup.html   (1919 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NFL Index
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One mistake could be the difference between inching closer to Super Bowl XLI or heading home.
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 NFLHS.com - Tips & Drills - Officiating
No matter what the sport or what the level, the number-one principle of officiating should always be to employ common sense.
The National Football League's High School web site, www.nflhs.com, has launched two new shockwave applications produced by Sportvision that will help educate coaches, players, officials and fans about the ins and outs of the game.
NFL Network Films presents a look back at the former NFL running back before he hit stardom.
www.nflhs.com /tipsdrills/officiating/default.asp   (145 words)

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