2013 Houston Texans season

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. Head coachGary 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. On January 3, 2014, claiming, "I'm ready to kick 2013 the hell out the door", Texans owner Bob McNair announced that former Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien would be the Texans' third head coach.