 Despite some growing pains in the first nine years of their existence, the Texans have become a dominant team in the NFL's AFC South division in the 2010s, though they have yet to appear in a Super Bowl.In June 1997, Bob McNair and Chuck Watson were bypassed by the National Hockey League in an attempt to bring a team to Houston, in part because of a lack of a suitable NHL arena.Two weeks later, Houston found itself without professional football for the first time since 1959 as Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams got the final approval to move his team to Tennessee.