Nashville, Tennessee is known as the Athens of the South because there is an exact replica of the Parthenon which was built in Athens, Greece in Nashville. Titans were very powerful figures in Greek mythology. Titans...Greek mythology...Athens, Greece...Athens of the South...Nashville, Tennessee...Tennessee Titans.
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.
Titans
In 2010, the Tennessee Titans had a 6-10 record.
For the Titans' first season in Tennessee (1997 as the Tennessee Oilers), they played their home games at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
Houston
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 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.
The Tennessee Titans.
Because the Oilers name was synoymous with Houston and Tennessee is not an oil-producing state. The name Titans comes from Nashville's nickname The Athens Of The South.
Titans
Houston Oilers
Franchise started in 1960 at the Oilers. In 1999 the team changed its name to Titans.
Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
Nashville, Tennessee is known as the Athens of the South because there is an exact replica of the Parthenon which was built in Athens, Greece in Nashville. Titans were very powerful figures in Greek mythology. Titans...Greek mythology...Athens, Greece...Athens of the South...Nashville, Tennessee...Tennessee Titans.
The Tennessee Titans play at LP Field in downtown Nashville, previously known as the Coliseum.
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.