If you don't count preseason games, the Texans and the Cowboys play each other every four years, when the NFL schedule rotation calls for the teams of the AFC South to play the teams of the NFC East. The last time the intrastate rivals played was on October 5, 2014, when the Cowboys defeated the Texans 20-17 in overtime at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The two teams will not play again in the regular season until 2018.
The Texas teams have faced each other in the preseason seven times since Houston joined the league in 2002.
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Yes, they beat the Dallas Cowboys on September 8, 2002 by a score of 19-10. They have played 3 other times, but the Cowboys have won all three meetings in 2006, 2010 and 2014
Through the 2010 season, the Cowboys lead the all-time series two games to one.
The Houston Texans won the following four games in 2002:September 8th - Dallas Cowboys (19-10)October 27th - Jacksonville Jaguars (21-19)November 24th - New York Giants (16-14)December 8th - Pittsburgh Steelers (24-6)
Arian Foster is number 23 on the Houston Texans.
J.J. Watt is number 99 on the Houston Texans.
They have always been the Houston Texans. There were teams in Houston prior to the Texans, in the NFL (and AFL) the Houston Oiler (now the Tenneessee Titans). And in the USFL the Houston Gamblers.