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131:October 1975
1767:1975 season
1762:1974 season
1042:Attendance
484:Attendance
380:1975 season
337:1974 season
318:Art McMahon
282:Don Maynard
276:, fullback
196:Nickname(s)
159:Jim Garrett
120:Established
32:Established
1782:Categories
1745:Dicker-rod
1509:2015-11-11
1489:2015-11-11
1384:References
976:Wednesday
951:Wednesday
901:Wednesday
875:Wednesday
824:Wednesday
799:Wednesday
748:Wednesday
671:Wednesday
645:Wednesday
594:Wednesday
569:Wednesday
543:Wednesday
518:Wednesday
492:Wednesday
409:trademarks
405:copyrights
370:plaintiffs
366:Shreveport
243:Larry King
156:Head coach
146:Home field
73:Head coach
63:Home field
1439:April 10,
1411:April 11,
1261:Hawaiians
1229:Saturday
1178:Saturday
1036:Opponent
926:Thursday
849:Thursday
773:Thursday
755:Hawaiians
722:Saturday
704:Hawaiians
620:Thursday
478:Opponent
302:Al Dotson
286:Rick Eber
278:Jim Nance
274:Don Trull
231:Astrodome
221:, as the
199:The Boats
67:Astrodome
1468:March 2,
1354:See also
374:New York
174:Division
136:Based in
91:Division
48:Based in
1371:Sources
1330:Sunday
1322:10,505
1304:Sunday
1296:20,407
1279:Sunday
1271:21,348
1254:Sunday
1246:18,777
1221:18,003
1203:Sunday
1195:13,638
1170:18,700
1152:Sunday
1126:Sunday
1118:12,016
1101:Sunday
1093:10,611
1076:Sunday
1068:10,411
1050:Sunday
1039:Result
994:14,794
968:10,697
943:20,402
918:24,617
867:24,223
841:22,012
816:21,357
791:33,619
740:15,291
714:10,248
696:Sunday
688:10,126
663:12,042
637:31,227
612:15,636
586:16,268
561:15,729
535:26,227
510:42,000
481:Result
355:Sheriff
332:History
177:Western
94:Western
52:Houston
1347:8,500
1344:41–31
1319:30–39
1293:14–39
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182:Colors
164:League
128:Folded
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99:Colors
81:League
58:, U.S.
40:Folded
1733:Misc.
1559:Teams
1167:8–21
1115:10–3
1065:3–19
1033:Date
1027:Week
991:7–40
940:0–14
915:31–0
813:3–17
737:0–45
634:7–18
558:3–15
532:11–0
507:0–17
475:Date
469:Week
260:star
56:Texas
1641:1975
1568:1974
1470:2015
1441:2010
1413:2010
1030:Day
1015:edit
893:750
583:7–6
472:Day
457:edit
438:Loss
407:and
386:1975
284:and
272:and
205:The
35:1974
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498:at
443:Bye
433:Win
427:Key
372:in
247:CNN
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