# Team 6377: Howdy Bots Austin, Texas, USA. Rookie year 2017. District FIT. ## Who backs them - Sponsors: Austin STEM Center, Microsoft, Integrated Metal Products, Inc., Scott Brondel, 2025 Howdy Bot Families, The Piscitello Family, Emerson, NI, The Westbrooks, Online Metals .com, The Marchman Family, Gene Haas Foundation, The Jewell-Kinvig Family, Lenovo, Google, Jason Romans, GM, 3M, AMD, Slack, BAE Systems, Great Grins Dental, Visa, McKesson, SWYFT Robotics - Website: http://www.howdybots.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frc6377 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@howdybots6377 - X: https://twitter.com/howdybots6377 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howdybots - GitHub: https://github.com/frc6377 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **119.19**, rank 475 of 3708 (87.2th percentile) - Record: 27-20-0 over 47 matches (57% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 26.8, teleop 93.0, endgame -0.6 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 87%, RP2 24% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | 2026txcle | 1 | 7 | 8-4-0 | 31 | 4 | 82.4 | 42 | | | FIT District Manor Event | 2026txman | 4 | 6 | 8-4-0 | 34 | 3 | 100.0 | 49 | | | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | 2026txcmp1 | 7 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 30 | 7 | 119.2 | 78 | | | Texas Robotics Invitational | 2026txhou1 | 17 | 17 | 4-5-0 | 22 | 3 | 126.9 | | | | Dripping Springs Robotics Invitational Palooza 2026 | 2026txdri1 | 22 | 7 | 6-6-0 | 28 | | 118.5 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - Quality Award (2026txcmp1) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026txcle) - Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow (2026txman) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 24, over 9 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Team Sustainability | 3 | 2026, 2025 | | Creativity | 3 | 2023, 2019 | | Finalist | 3 | 2023, 2020, 2018 | | Quality | 2 | 2026, 2024 | | Autonomous | 2 | 2024, 2022 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 2 | 2022, 2020 | | Imagery | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Winner | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2025 | | Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2023 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2022 | | Rookie All Star | 1 | 2017 | | Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Engineering Inspiration, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Judges', Leadership, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2026 | FIT District Space City @ League City Event #1 | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four | | 2025 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Apollo Division | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIT District Manor Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | Johnson Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2023 | FIRST In Texas District Championship presented by Phillips 66 - APOLLO Division | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | FIT District San Antonio Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four | | 2023 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2022 | FIRST In Texas District Championship - Mercury Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIT District Austin Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2022 | FIT District Waco Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2020 | FIT District Greenville Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist | | 2019 | Turing Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIRST In Texas District Championship | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2019 | FIT District Del Rio Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event | | 2019 | FIT District Austin Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four | | 2018 | Newton Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2018 | El Paso Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2017 | Newton Division | Alliance 6 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | Alamo Regional | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2017 | Lone Star Central Regional | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 119.2 | 475 / 3708 | 87.2 | 27-20-0 | 5 | | 2025 | 45.7 | 893 / 3687 | 75.8 | 27-19-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 27.0 | 562 / 3475 | 83.9 | 27-18-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 58.8 | 86 / 3284 | 97.4 | 42-21-1 | 7 | | 2022 | 32.5 | 343 / 3053 | 88.8 | 20-27-0 | 5 | | 2020 | 40.0 | 499 / 2024 | 75.4 | 12-7-0 | 3 | | 2019 | 30.1 | 87 / 3763 | 97.7 | 39-25-0 | 6 | | 2018 | 92.7 | 1244 / 3617 | 65.6 | 20-23-0 | 5 | | 2017 | 85.9 | 1149 / 3331 | 65.5 | 17-23-1 | 5 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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