How the Texans have historically done after scoring 38 or less points through the first 3 weeks of the season.

There has only been 2 times the Texans have scored 38 or less points through the first 3 weeks of the season. Here is how they've done:

2002: Scored 25 points

The Texans in their first ever season were understandably going to struggle a lot. Despite a surprising victory over the Cowboys in week 1, they promptly got blown out by the Chargers and Colts after that. The team infamously allowed rookie David Carr to get sacked an NFL record 76 times. But the offense as a whole lacked any meaningful talent and they finished dead last in the NFL in points per game, averaging a franchise worst 13.3 points per game. The team finished 4-12 after a 1-2 start.

2005: Scored 24 points.

The Texans offense was still bad in 2004, but things were looking up. New running back Domanick WIlliams became the Texans first ever 1,000 yard rusher while future Hall of Famer Andre Johnson put up his first ever 1,000 seasons. David Carr though, was not playing well and the offensive line still allowed 49 sacks, which led the NFL. Despite this, Texans finished 2004 7-9 and hoped to continue improving.

What happened instead was an 0-3 start with blowout losses to the Bills and Steelers. While the offense wasn't as bad as 2002, they only averaged 16.3 points per game, which was 26th in the NFL. Andre Johnson, Domanick Williams and David Carr all had career worse seasons and Carr was once again the most sacked QB in the NFL. While the offensive line was still not good, Carr developed many bad habits and never looked comfortable on the field. The Texans went 2-14 and fired Dom Capers after the season.

So as you can see, things have not gone great when starting off the season so badly on the offensive side of the ball. The only silver lining is that the defense has only allowed 51 points to start the season, the second least in franchise history. The only other defense to fewer points was the 2012 Texans which allowed 41 points thorugh the first 3 games.