Editing Houston Texans (section)

==Community==
===Traditions===
*'''Battle Red Day''' – On Battle Red Day the team wears the red alternate jerseys and fans are encouraged to wear red to the game.<ref name="m060">{{cite web | title=Battle Red Day | website=Texans Wire|publisher=USA Today | date=2024-05-15 | url=https://texanswire.usatoday.com/tag/battle-red-day/ | access-date=2024-08-20}}</ref> Starting in 2007 and including 2008, this included the Texans wearing red pants along with the red jerseys.
*'''Liberty White-Out''' – On Liberty White-Out Day One the team wears the road white jerseys and white pants. Fans are encouraged to also wear white to the game.<ref name="t137">{{cite web | title=Texans open the 2022 Season in Liberty White Out game on Sunday | website=HoustonTexans.com | date=2022-09-07 | url=https://www.houstontexans.com/news/texans-open-the-2022-season-in-liberty-white-out-game-on-sunday | access-date=2024-08-20}}</ref>
*'''[[NRG Stadium|Bull Pen]]''' – The sections behind the north end zone of NRG/Reliant Stadium are known as the Bull Pen. Some of the most avid Texans fans attend games in the Bull Pen and regular members have helped create and implement fan traditions, songs and chants, such as:
**Holding up giant Texans jerseys while the visiting team's players are announced
**Turning their backs on the opposing team after they score
**Tailgating in the purple lot, the parking zone with the most barbecue for sale by fans and vendors 
**Gathering as a group for tailgating in the NW corner of the Platinum Lot of Reliant Stadium at the "Blue Crew" tailgate and conducting the Bull Pen Toast every game approximately an hour and a half prior to kickoff
**Walking in the HEB Holiday Parade on Thanksgiving Day
**Visiting the Bull Pen Pub for TORO Wraps, cheerleader autographs and to listen and dance with the Bull Pen Pep Band
*'''[[Bull Pen Pep Band]]''' – 45-member musical group that performs at all Houston Texans home games.
* '''Pre-Kickoff Tradition''' – Before each kickoff at a home game, the Texans will run a short clip of a raging bull thrashing the opponent of the week. The video is paired with the AC/DC song "Thunderstruck". 
* '''Player Introduction''' – When the players are introduced before the game, the announcer says the player's first name and the crowd yells out the last name (e.g. The announcer will say "Defensive End [[J. J. Watt|J. J.]].." and the crowd will yell out "WATT!!!").

===Mascots and cheerleaders===
[[File:HoustonTexansCheerleadersAug10.jpg|thumb|[[Houston Texans Cheerleaders]]]]
The team's official mascot is Toro, an anthropomorphic blue [[bull]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TORO bio|url=http://prod.static.texans.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/TORO-bio.pdf|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NFL.com|access-date=September 2, 2016|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201180209/http://prod.static.texans.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/TORO-bio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The team also has a [[NFL Cheerleading|cheerleading squad]] simply named the [[Houston Texans Cheerleaders]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Houston Texans Cheerleaders|url=https://www.houstontexans.com/cheerleaders/|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=HoustonTexans.com|access-date=December 2, 2019|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328195537/https://www.houstontexans.com/cheerleaders/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Community outreach===
Community outreach by the Houston Texans is primarily operated by the Houston Texans Foundation, who works with multiple community partners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Houston Texans Foundation |url=http://www.houstontexans.com/community/houston-texans-foundation.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507162808/http://www.houstontexans.com/community/houston-texans-foundation.html |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |access-date=July 29, 2015 |website=HoustonTexans.com}}</ref> The Houston Texans organization is also a supporter of the character education program, [http://heartofachampion.org Heart of a Champion].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Partners |url=http://www.heartofachampion.org/sponsors.html|publisher=Heart of a Champion|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109185736/http://www.heartofachampion.org/sponsors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the 15th annual Houston Texans Charity Golf Classic raised more than $380,000 for the Foundation. More than $27.2 million has been raised for the Foundation since its creation in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Houston Texans Charity Golf Classic a big hit! |url=http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-media/videos/Houston-Texans-Charity-Golf-Classic-a-big-hit/eb29f6fd-e3dd-4787-a1ed-a4275408ffa6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513113809/http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-media/videos/Houston-Texans-Charity-Golf-Classic-a-big-hit/eb29f6fd-e3dd-4787-a1ed-a4275408ffa6 |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |access-date=May 10, 2017 |work=HoustonTexnas.com}}</ref>

Former Texans DE [[J. J. Watt]] raised $41.6 million in relief funds for Hurricane Harvey after the storm devastated the city in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Patra|first=Kevin|title=J. J. Watt: $41.6M in Hurricane Harvey relief shared|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/j-j-watt-41-6m-in-hurricane-harvey-relief-shared-0ap3000000951756|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NFL.com|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104145302/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000951756/article/jj-watt-416m-in-hurricane-harvey-relief-shared|url-status=live}}</ref> Watt ended up winning the [[Walter Payton Man of the Year Award]] that season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/texans/2018/02/03/jj-watt-walter-payton-man-year-hurricane-harvey-relief/303944002/#:~:text=The%20Houston%20Texans%20defensive%20end%20was%20named%20the,he%20started%20off%20with%20his%20own%20%24100%2C000%20pledge | title=J.J. Watt wins Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts | website=[[USA Today]] }}</ref>