Houston Oilers

Established 1959
Ended 1996
Played in Houston, Texas


Helmet	Logo	Wordmark

League/conference affiliations

American Football League (AFL) (1960–1969)

Eastern Division (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–1996)

American Football Conference (1970–1996)
- AFC Central (1970–1996)

Uniform (1987–1996)

Team colors

Columbia Blue, Scarlet Red, White

Fight song

Luv Ya' Blue/Houston Oilers #1

Mascot

The Roughneck

Personnel

Owner(s)

Bud Adams

Head coach

Jeff Fisher (1994–1996)

Team history

Houston Oilers (1960–1996)
Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998)
Tennessee Titans (1999–present)

Championships

League championships (2)

AFL Championships
1960, 1961

Conference championships (0)

Division championships (6)

AFL East: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967
AFC Central 1991, 1993

Playoff appearances (15)

AFL: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969

NFL: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Home fields

Jeppesen Stadium (1960–1964)
Rice Stadium (1965–1967)
Houston Astrodome (1968–1996)

American Football League (AFL) (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–1996)

League championships (2)

Division championships (6)

AFL: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969

The professional American football team now known as the Tennessee Titans previously played in Houston, Texas, from 1960 to 1996. This article chronicles the team's history during their time as the Houston Oilers during that period. The Oilers began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The team won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in the late 1960s.

The Oilers competed in the East Division (along with Buffalo, New York and Boston) of the AFL before the merger, after which they joined the newly formed AFC Central. The Oilers throughout their existence were owned by Bud Adams and played their home games at the Astrodome for the majority of their time in Houston (Jeppesen Stadium and Rice Stadium hosted the Oilers for their first eight years).

The Oilers were the first champions of the American Football League, winning the 1960 and 1961 contests, but never again won another championship. The Oilers appeared in the 1962 AFL Championship, losing in double overtime to their in-state rivals, the Dallas Texans; they also won the AFL East Division title in 1967 and qualified for the AFL Playoffs in 1969, both times losing to the Oakland Raiders. From 1978 to 1980, the Oilers, led by Bum Phillips and in the midst of the Luv Ya Blue campaign, appeared in the 1978 and 1979 AFC Championship Games (but lost both). The Oilers were a consistent playoff team from 1987 to 1993, an era that included both of the Oilers' only division titles (1991 and 1993), as well as the dubious distinction of being on the losing end of the largest comeback in NFL history. For the rest of the Oilers' time in Houston, however, they were generally in the second division of the league, compiling losing seasons in almost every year outside the aforementioned high points.

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