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The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans are members of the South division in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL). They were founded in 1999 and began play as an expansion team in 2002. The team was owned by Bob McNair until his death in 2018; following McNair's death, the majority ownership of the team went to his wife, Janice.[1][2] The Texans are the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL.[3][4]

In American football, the quarterback is widely regarded as the most important position, responsible for on-field decision-making as well taking the snap on almost all offensive plays.[5] Only one quarterback can start any given game for each team.[6]

Deshaun Watson (2017-2020)
T. J. Yates (2011, 2015, 2017)

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Texans.

Regular season

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Brock Osweiler (2016)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (2014)
Matt Schaub (2007–2013)
David Carr (2002–2006)

The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Season(s) Quarterback(s) References
2002 David Carr (16) [7]
2003 David Carr (11) / Tony Banks (3) / Dave Ragone (2) [8]
2004 David Carr (16) [9]
2005 David Carr (16) [10]
2006 David Carr (16) [11]
2007 Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5) [12]
2008 Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5) [13]
2009 Matt Schaub (16) [14]
2010 Matt Schaub (16) [15]
2011 Matt Schaub (10) / Matt Leinart (1) / T. J. Yates (5) [16]
2012 Matt Schaub (16) [17]
2013 Matt Schaub (8) / Case Keenum (8) [18]
2014 Ryan Fitzpatrick (12) / Ryan Mallett (2) / Case Keenum (2) [19]
2015 Brian Hoyer (9) / Ryan Mallett (4) / T. J. Yates (2) / Brandon Weeden (1) [20]
2016 Brock Osweiler (14) / Tom Savage (2) [21]
2017 Tom Savage (7) / Deshaun Watson (6) / T. J. Yates (3) [22]
2018 Deshaun Watson (16) [23]
2019 Deshaun Watson (15) / A. J. McCarron (1) [24]
2020 Deshaun Watson (16) [25]
2021 Davis Mills (11) / Tyrod Taylor (6) [26]
2022 Davis Mills (14) / Kyle Allen (2) / Jeff Driskel (1) [27]
2023 C. J. Stroud (15) / Case Keenum (2) [28]
2024 C. J. Stroud (16) [29]

Postseason

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Season Quarterback(s)
2011 T. J. Yates (1–1)
2012 Matt Schaub (1–1)
2015 Brian Hoyer (0–1)
2016 Brock Osweiler (1–1)
2018 Deshaun Watson (0–1)
2019 Deshaun Watson (1–1)
2023 C. J. Stroud (1–1)

Due to injuries to both starting quarterback Matt Schaub and backup quarterback Matt Leinart during the 2011 regular season, T. J. Yates became the starter for the rest of the season as well as the playoffs.

Most games as starting quarterback

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These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Texans in regular season games.

Name Period Starts Wins Losses Ties Win %
Matt Schaub 2007–2013 88 46 42 0 .523
David Carr 2002–2006 75 22 53 0 .293
Deshaun Watson 2017–2020 53 28 25 0 .528
C. J. Stroud 2023–2024 31 18 13 0 .581
Davis Mills 2021–2022 25 5 19 1 .192
Brock Osweiler 2016 14 8 6 0 .571
Ryan Fitzpatrick 2014 12 6 6 0 .500
Case Keenum 2013–2014, 2023 12 3 9 0 .250
Sage Rosenfels 2007–2008 10 6 4 0 .600
T. J. Yates 2011, 2015, 2017 10 4 6 0 .400
Brian Hoyer 2015 9 5 4 0 .556
Tom Savage 2016–2017 9 2 7 0 .222
Ryan Mallett 2014–2015 6 2 4 0 .333
Tyrod Taylor 2021 6 2 4 0 .333
Tony Banks 2003 3 2 1 0 .667
Dave Ragone 2003 2 0 2 0 .000
Kyle Allen 2022 2 0 2 0 .000
Matt Leinart 2011 1 1 0 0 1.000
Brandon Weeden 2015 1 1 0 0 1.000
A. J. McCarron 2019 1 0 1 0 .000
Jeff Driskel 2021-2022 1 0 1 0 .000

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Dawson, Peter (November 26, 2019). "Where Texans owner Janice McNair ranks among NFL's richest owners". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  3. ^ McClain, John (August 19, 2016). "How the Oilers left Houston and set the stage for the Texans". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Houston Texans | NFL Football Operations". NFL. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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  20. ^ "2015 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  21. ^ "2016 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  22. ^ "2017 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  23. ^ "2018 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  24. ^ "2019 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  25. ^ "2020 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  26. ^ "2021 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  27. ^ "2022 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  28. ^ "2023 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  29. ^ "2024 Houston Texans Statistics & Players". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
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