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Houston Energy

The Houston Energy is a football team in the Women's Football Alliance. They play at Dement Field in Galena Park, Texas in east Houston. The team was founded in 2000. The current owner is Brian Wiggins.

History

The Houston Energy is the longest-running active women’s gridiron franchise in the state of Texas, alongside the Austin Outlaws, also founded in 2000. The team was founded by Robin Howington, a local businesswoman and defensive player. In its inaugural year, over 400 players tried out for the team. Howington led the team to three back-to-back national championships between its inaugural year and 2003 in the WPFL. In 2004, Howington sold the team to fellow players Karen Mones and Stacy Agee. Howington remained as the team’s General Manager to assist in the transition. The same year, the new owners brought on former NFL player Brian Wiggins as the wide receivers coach. In 2006, Wiggins purchased the team and began his tenure as head coach. In the first two years under Wiggins, the team made back-to-back appearances in the WPFL championship, falling to the Dallas Diamonds and So Cal Scorpions respectively. In 2009, the team affiliated with the IWFL upon the WPFL’s dissolution. The Energy won its fourth national title in 2018, the final season of the IWFL.

The team affiliated with the WFA in the 2019 season, beginning as a Division II team. The WFA cancelled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the following years, the Houston Energy rattled off two runner-up national champion seasons and ascended to the WFA PRO division in 2023 alongside Division II champion Mile High Blaze.

All-time records

|- | colspan="6" align="center" | Houston Energy (WPFL) |- |2000 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1st American West || Won American Conference Qualifier (Colorado)<br />Won American Conference Championship (Minnesota)<br />Won WPFL Championship (New England) |- |2001 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 1st American West || Won American Conference Championship (Opponent Unknown)<br />Won WPFL Championship (Austin) |- |2002 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 1st American Conference || Won American Conference Championship (Arizona)<br />Won WPFL Championship (Wisconsin) |- |2003 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 2nd National South|| -- |- |2004 || 8 || 4 || 0 || 2nd American South || Won American Conference Wild Card (Long Beach)<br />Lost American Conference Championship (Dallas) |- |2005 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 2nd American South || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dallas) |- |2006 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 1st National East || Won National Conference Championship (Wisconsin)<br />Lost WPFL Championship (Dallas) |- |2007 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 1st National Central || Won National Conference Championship (Wisconsin)<br />Lost WPFL Championship (So Cal) |- |2008 || colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="center" | Did not play |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Houston Energy (IWFL) |- |2009 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 4th Tier I East South Atlantic || -- |- |2010 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 4th Tier I West Midwest ||-- |- |2011 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 1st Tier l East South Atlantic || Lost Tier I Semifinal (Ravens) |- |2012 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 1st Tier I South Atlantic || Won Tier I Semifinal (Xplosion)<br />Lost Tier I Conference Championship (Blitz) |- |2013 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st Southwest || Won Western Conference Semifinal (Blaze)<br /> Won Western Conference Championship (Phantomz)<br /> Lost IWFL Championship (Phoenix) |- |2014 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 1st Southwest || Won Western Conference Semifinal (Phantomz)<br /> Won Western Conference Championship (Blaze)<br /> Lost IWFL Championship (Passion) |- |2015 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 1st Southwest || Lost Western Conference Semifinal (Blaze) |- |2016 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 5th Central || -- |- |2017 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 2nd Central || Won Eastern Conference Semifinal (Queens)<br /> Lost Eastern Conference Championship (Yellow Jackets) |- |2018 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2nd Central || Won IWFL Championship (Storm) |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Houston Energy (WFA) |- |2019 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 3rd WFA II American Midwest || Lost First Round (Blaze) |- |2020 || colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="center" | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |- |2021 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1st WFA II American Midwest || Won First Round (Trojans)<br /> Lost WFA II Conference Championship (Storm) |- |2022 || 5 || 3 || 0|| 2nd WFA II American || Won First Round (Valkyries)<br /> Lost WFA II Conference Championship (Blaze) |- |2023 || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3rd WFA PRO American || Lost First Round (Vixen) |- |2024 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 5th WFA PRO American || -- |- |2025 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 6th WFA PRO American || -- |- !Totals || 136 || 54 || 0 |colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

Season schedules

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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Playoff game

<nowiki>**</nowiki>National Championship game

Seasons recalled from the Houston Energy Massey Ratings

All-American players

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