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 Texans franchise replaced the Houston Oilers, who moved to Tennessee and became the Titans.
No, The Houston Oilers relocated and changed their name to the Tennessee Titans. The Houston Texans are an expansion franchise awarded to Houston to replace the Oilers leaving town.
Houston Oilers
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.
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 Houston Texans were an expansion team. They started from scratch. They weren't another team that moved to Houston. The Houston Oilers were the original pro football team in Houston. They moved to Tennessee and became the Titans.
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 Oilers wanted a new stadium in Houston, and when Tennessee offered to build one, they took the offer. Houston subsequently built Reliant Stadium and the Houston Texans were founded.