Most football experts were shocked when the little team finished the 1927 season with an 8–2 record. But it turned out to be no fluke. From 1927 through 1931, the orphans compiled a 39-11-4 record. What really captured the public’s imagination was their gritty, relentless style of play. This bunch of scrawny kids played a brand of football that Texans had never seen.
