2013 Houston Texans

2013 Houston Texans season
Owner	Bob McNair
Head Coach	Gary Kubiak
General Manager	Rick Smith
Home Field	Reliant Stadium
Results
Record
Place
Playoff Finish
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2012	2014

The 2013 Houston Texans season will be the franchise's upcoming 12th season in the National Football League and the eighth under head coach Gary Kubiak. Template:TOC limit

2013 draft class

• Main article: 2013 NFL Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	27	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Clemson
2	57	D. J. Swearinger	FS	South Carolina
3	89	Brennan Williams	OT	North Carolina
	95	Sam Montgomery	OLB/DE	LSU
4	124	Trevardo Williams	OLB/DE	UConn
6	176	David Quessenberry	OT	San Jose State
	195	Alan Bonner	WR	Jacksonville State
	198	Chris Jones	DT	Bowling Green
	201	Ryan Griffin	TE	UConn

Notes

^{^[a]} Compensatory selection.

^{^[b]} The Texans traded their fifth-round selection (No. 160 overall) to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for two sixth-round selections from the Rams — Nos. 184 and 198 overall. The Texans later traded the No. 184 selection along with their seventh-round selection (No. 233 overall) to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for the Raiders' sixth-round selection (No. 176 overall).

Staff

Houston Texans current staff

	Front office Owner/senior chairwoman – Janice McNair CEO/chairman – Cal McNair President – Greg Grissom General manager – Nick Caserio Executive vice president of football operations – Jack Easterby Executive vice president/general counsel – Greg Kondritz Director of football operations – Clay Hampton Assistant director of player personnel and college scouting director – James Liipfert Director of Pro Personnel – Ronnie McGill Assistant director of pro scouting – D.J. Debick Director of team development – Dylan Thompson Head coaches Head coach – Lovie Smith Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Pep Hamilton Running backs – Danny Barrett Wide receivers/pass game coordinator – Ben McDaniels Tight ends – Tim Berbenich Offensive line – George Warhop Assistant offensive line – Hal Hunter Offensive assistant – DeNarius McGhee Offensive assistant – Robbie Picazo Offensive assistant/quarterbacks – Ted White			Defensive coaches Defensive line – Jacques Cesaire Assistant defensive line – Kenyon Jackson Linebackers – Miles Smith Cornerbacks – Dino Vasso Safeties – Joe Danna Defensive assistant – Ben Bolling Defensive assistant/nickels – Ilir Emini Defensive assistant – Dele Harding Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Frank Ross Assistant special teams – Sean Baker Strength and Conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Mike Eubanks Assistant strength and conditioning coach – James Hardy Assistant strength and conditioning coach – Joe Distor Assistant strength and conditioning coach – Pat Moorer → Coaching staff → Management → More NFL staffs
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Current roster

Houston Texans current roster
Quarterbacks 4 Deshaun Watson Running Backs 22 Dontrell Hilliard -- Mark Ingram, Jr. 38 Buddy Howell 31 David Johnson 40 Scottie Phillips Wide Receivers 18 Randall Cobb 13 Brandin Cooks 82 Isaiah Coulter 16 Keke Coutee 17 Chad Hansen 11 Steven Mitchell 19 Damion Tight Ends 88 Jordan Akins 87 Darren Fells -- Paul Quessenberry 81 Kahale Warring		Offensive Linemen 68 Justin Britt G 73 Zach Fulton T 77 Hjalte Froholdt G 67 Charlie Heck G 71 Tytus Howard T 74 Max Scharping T 78 Laremy Tunsil T Defensive Linemen 90 Ross Blacklock NT 97 Andrew Brown DE 92 Brandon Dunn NT 94 Charles Omenihu DE Linebackers 41 Zach Cunningham ILB 53 Duke Ejiofor OLB 52 Jonathan Greenard OLB 48 Nate Hall ILB 54 Jacob Martin OLB 59 Whitney Mercilus OLB 55 Benardrick McKinney ILB Defensive Backs 30 Cornell Armstrong CB 35 Keion Crossen CB 32 Lonnie Johnson Jr. CB 23 Eric Murray SS 36 Johnathan Owens S 34 John Reid CB 20 Justin Reid FS 21 Bradley Roby CB		Special Teams 7 Ka'imi Fairbairn K 9 Bryan Anger P Unrestricted FAs currently vacant Restricted FAs currently vacant Exclusive-Rights FAs currently vacant Reserve Lists 71 Jeff Allen G (PUP)

Player codes

• Active/PUP - Active / Physically Unable to Perform
• PUP - Reserve / Physically Unable to Perform
• IR - Injured Reserve
• IR/DFR - Injured Reserve / Slated for Return
• R - Rookie (player name in italics)
• FA - Free Agent (Restriced)
• UFA - Unrestriced free agent
• NF-Inj. - Reserve-Non-Football Related Injury
• NF-Ill. - Reserve-Non-Football Related Illness
• PS-IR - Practice Squad/Injured Reserve
• S- Suspended
• SI - Suspended infdefinitely
• Did Not Report - Reserve/Did not report
• Exempt/Left Squad - Exempt/Left squad
• Left Squad - Reserve/Left squad
• Susp. or Suspended- Reserve/Suspended
• Military - Reserve/Military
• Future - Reserve/Future
• Exempt - Roster exemption

Rookies in italics
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Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Game site	Att	NFL.com recap
			Score	Record
1	August 9	at Minnesota	W 27–13	1–0	Metrodome	62,306	Recap
2	August 17	Miami	W 24–17	2–0	Reliant Stadium	71,401	Recap
3	August 25	New Orleans	L 23–31	2–1	Reliant Stadium	71,611	Recap
4	August 29	at Dallas	W 24–6	3–1	AT&T Stadium	76,856	Recap

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Game site	Att	NFL.com recap
			Score	Record
1	September 9	at San Diego	W 31–28	1–0	Qualcomm Stadium	59,522	Recap
2	September 15	Tennessee	W 30–24 (OT)	2–0	Reliant Stadium	71,718	Recap
3	September 22	at Baltimore	L 9–30	2–1	M&T Bank Stadium	71,168	Recap
4	September 29	Seattle	L 20–23 (OT)	2–2	Reliant Stadium	71,756	Recap
5	October 6	at San Francisco	L 3–34	2–3	Candlestick Park	69,732	Recap
6	October 13	St. Louis	L 13–38	2–4	Reliant Stadium	71,104	Recap
7	October 20	at Kansas City	L 16–17	2–5	Arrowhead Stadium	74,118	Recap
8	Bye week
9	November 3	Indianapolis	L 24–27	2–6	Reliant Stadium	71,778	Recap
10	November 10	at Arizona			U of Phoenix Stadium
11	November 17	Oakland			Reliant Stadium
12	November 24	Jacksonville			Reliant Stadium
13	December 1	New England			Reliant Stadium
14	December 5	at Jacksonville			EverBank Field
15	December 15	at Indianapolis			Lucas Oil Stadium
16	December 22	Denver			Reliant Stadium
17	December 29	at Tennessee			LP Field

LEGEND

Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

 *  Indicates that the network and time are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.

External links

• Official site