The Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans are the same organization. They began as the Oilers; when they moved to Tennessee in 1997 the Oilers name stayed, then was changed to Titans in 1999.
They moved the team to Tennessee after Houston didn't want to build them a new stadium and became the Tennessee Titans.
The Titans began as the Houston Oilers in the American Football League in 1960. The Oilers and all teams in the American Football League merged with the teams in the National Football League in 1970. The Oilers then moved to Tennessee in 1997 and were called the Tennessee Oilers. In 1999, the name was changed from Oilers to Titans.
The Tennessee Titans have never won a Super Bowl. But the team did win two AFL Championships in 1960 and 1961, when they were known as the Houston Oilers.
The Houston Texans play in Houston Texas. In addition the Tennessee Titans used to play in Houston when they were known as the Oilers, from 1960-1996.
the tennasee titans used to be the Houston Oilers
Houston Oilers
Houston Oilers (1960-1996)Tennessee Oilers (1997-1998)Tennessee Titans (1999-present)At that time they were not the titans, but the Houston Oilers.
The Tennessee Titans moved from Houston where the Oilers . .so their 'throwback' uniforms are Oiler uniforms.
They became the Tennessee Oilers in 1997, then in 1999 changed to the Titans.
In 1997, the Houston Oilers moved from the city of Houston, Texas to the city of Nashville, Tennessee and they are now known as the Tennessee Titans.
The Titans were once the Houston Oilers. The Titans play in Nashville.
The Tennessee Titans relocated to Tennessee from Houston in 1997. In Houston the team was known as the "Houston Oilers". For the first two years in Tennessee the team was known as the "Tennessee Oilers". In 1999 the team changed its name to the "Tennessee Titans".
The Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee and became the Tennessee Oilers for the 1997 season. The team changed their name from Oilers to Titans in 1999.
Yes, the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee and became the Titans for the 1997 season. The Houston Texans are an expansion team that joined the NFL in 2002.
The Houston Oilers.
The Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans)
The Tennessee Titans were the Oilers but they moved the team to Tennessee in 1999. Team owner Bud Adams has refused to release the rights to the Oilers name or records from his control.