2013 Regular Season
A season of historic decline: from 12–4 to 2–14.
The 2013 season was the Houston Texans' 12th in the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve upon their 12–4 record from 2012, suffering through a season-ending 14-game losing streak following a 2–0 start and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Quick Facts
- Head coach
- Bill O'Brien
- Quarterback
- T.J. Yates (primary starter)
- Final record
- 10-6
- Conference standing
- 2nd in AFC South
- Playoff result
- Lost Divisional Round to Denver Broncos
- Key retired honor
- None retired during this specific season
Lore & Background
Head coach Gary Kubiak was fired after eight seasons following their eleventh loss (Week 14 vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars). Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was named the interim head coach for the final three games of the season. Out of the 14 games lost by the Texans this year, nine of them were by one score, marking a record amount of one-score losses for the franchise. Their 14-game losing streak is the worst in team history and their 2–14 record matched their 2005 losses for the most losses in franchise history. Coming off a franchise-best 12–4 record just the year before, the Texans tie a league record with Houston's previous team, the Oilers (who, coincidentally, also went 12–4 in 1993 and 2–14 in 1994) for the biggest season-to-season decline in win total.
Reader's Guide
The Texans started 2–0 with wins over the San Diego Chargers (31–28) and Tennessee Titans (30–24 in overtime). They then lost 14 straight games, including a 30–9 loss at Baltimore, a 23–20 overtime loss to Seattle, a 34–3 loss at San Francisco, a 38–13 loss to St. Louis, a 17–16 loss at Kansas City, a 27–24 loss to Indianapolis, a 27–24 loss at Arizona, a 34–31 loss to New England, and a sweep by Jacksonville and Indianapolis. The losing streak ended with a loss at Tennessee to close the season.
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