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The Tennessee Titans are a National Football League team based in Nashville, Tennessee. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team was founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. :Founded: 1960 :Formerly known as: Houston Oilers (1960-1996), Tennessee Oilers (1997-98), adopted current name in February 1999 :Home field: The Coliseum (originally Adelphia Coliseum) (1999-present). :Previous home fields: ::Jeppesen Stadium (1960-1964) ::Rice Stadium (1965-67) ::Houston Astrodome (1968-96) ::Liberty Bowl (1997) ::Vanderbilt Stadium (1998) :Uniform colors: Navy, Titans Blue, White, Red, and Silver :Helmet logo: A circle with three stars, similar to that found on the flag of Tennessee; a large "T"; and blue and red flames

Franchise history

flag of Tennessee flag of TennesseeThe Tennessee Titans began in 1960 as the Houston Oilers, charter members of the American Football League. The Oilers appeared in the first three AFL championships. They scored an important victory over the NFL when they signed LSU's Heisman Trophy winner, All-America running back Billy Cannon. Cannon joined other Oiler offensive stars such as quarterback George Blanda, flanker Charlie Hennigan, running back Charlie Tolar, and guard Bob Talamini. After winning the first-ever AFL championship over the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960, they repeated over the same team (then in San Diego) in 1961. They lost to the Dallas Texans in the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played. In 1962, the Oilers were the first AFL team to sign an active NFL player away from the other league, when wide receiver Willard Dewveall left the Bears to join the champion Oilers. Dewveall that year caught the longest pass reception for a touchdown in professional football history, 99 yards, from Jacky Lee, against the San Diego Chargers. The Oilers won the AFL Eastern Division title again in 1967, then became the first professional football team to play in a domed stadium, when they moved into Houston's Astrodome for the 1968 season. They then fell from the AFL elite, and the years immediately following the 1970 AFL-NFL merger proved to not be much brighter.But by 1974,the Oilers led by hall of fame coach Sid Gilman brought the team back to respectability by reaching .500 at season's end. The next year, Bum Phillips arrived and with talented stars like Elvin Bethea and Billy "White Shoes" Johnson The Oilers had their first winning season of the 1970's In 1978, the Oilers' fortunes improved when they drafted University of Texas football star Earl Campbell, who was both Rookie of the Year and MVP that year and led the Oilers to their first NFL playoff appearance. From 1978 through 1980, the "Luv Ya Blue" Oilers would make the playoffs each year but three postseason losses prompted owner Bud Adams to fire head coach Bum Phillips and signaled the decline of the Oilers for a few years (the 1981 Oilers won their first two games, both on the road - but then the team lost 23 consecutive away games, an all-time NFL record which remained intact until the Detroit Lions lost their 24th straight road game on December 21, 2003). In 1984, the Oilers won a bidding war for CFL legend Warren Moon but didn't return to the playoffs until 1987. From 1987 through 1993, the Oilers were one of the most successful teams in the AFC, making the playoffs each year but failing to reach the Super Bowl. The mid-1990s signaled the decline of the Houston Oilers and the ill-fated "run and shoot" offense and by 1997, owner Bud Adams moved the team out of Houston. Although the city of Cleveland kept the franchise's name "Browns", and the team's history when it left, Houston's status as the home of the first two American Football League championships did not save the city's AFL heritage. Unlike his support of an old-line NFL city (Cleveland) in holding on to its tradition, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue did not intervene when Adams declared that no other Houston football team could ever use the name "Oilers". American Football League Even before the Oilers relocated, they established the future cornerstone of their offense by drafting Steve McNair in 1995. The soon-to-be Tennessee Titans spent 1997 in Memphis as the short-lived Tennessee Oilers. The Oilers rejected Vanderbilt Stadium and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium while waiting for their new stadium to be finished in their permanent home city, Nashville. Weary of babysitting Nashville's team, Memphis largely ignored the Oilers, who played before crowds ranging from sparse and indifferent to outright hostile. In the final game of the 1997 season, the Oilers faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of a "home" crowd of 50,677: a crowd estimated to be at least two-thirds Steeler fans. This game proved to be such an embarrassment to team owner Bud Adams that he abandoned plans to play the 1998 season in Memphis and moved that season's home schedule to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville. In 1999, Adelphia Coliseum, now known simply as The Coliseum, was completed and the newly christened Tennessee Titans were well received by their new fans in Tennessee's state capital. The Titans made the playoffs in their inaugural year in the "Music City", which was capped off by their unbelievable first round playoff victory over the Buffalo Bills and a third win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. They were the only team that year to defeat the Jaguars. The 1999 first round win was due to a lateral from tight end Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson on a kickoff return with 13 seconds left in the game and the Titans trailing by 1 point; Dyson returned the pass 75 yards for a touchdown to win the game. This game became known as the "Music City Miracle". The Titans' Cinderella season led to a trip to Super Bowl XXXIV, where they lost a heartbreaker to the St. Louis Rams when Kevin Dyson was tackled one yard short of the endzone by linebacker Mike Jones as regulation time expired in a play known as "The Tackle". In 2003, quarterback Steve McNair won the MVP award, sharing it with Peyton Manning. The Titans made the 2003 playoffs, winning their first-round game over the Baltimore Ravens and losing in the AFC semifinals to the New England Patriots. The 2004 season was disappointing for the Titans, who suffered an unusual number of injuries to key players. Their 5-11 record turned out to be their worst record ever since the Houston/Tennessee Oilers became the Tennessee Titans. Numerous key players were cut or traded by the Titans front office during the off season, including Derrick Mason, Samari Rolle, Kevin Carter, and others. This was done most likely to "clean house", or free up money to put the team farther under the salary cap to make further player acquisitions. In 2005 the Titans took the field with the youngest team in the NFL. Several rookies made the 2005 team including 1st round pick Adam "Pacman" Jones, RT Michael Roos, and a trio of talented receivers. The three receivers to make the squad are Brandon Jones, Courtney Roby, and Roydell Williams. Coach Jeff Fisher has been challenged to feild a competitive team. The 2005 team lost the opening game to the Pittsburg Steelers only to win at home against the Baltimore Ravens facing former Titans Samari Rolle and Derrick Mason. Coach Jeff Fisher who many believe is one of the best coaches in the league has stayed positive and the team makes strides to improve each week. Team leaders in 2005 include RB Chris Brown, TE Erron Kinney, and DE Kyle Van Den Bosch. Adam "Pacman" Jones has a 85 yd Kickoff return against the Jacksonville Jaguars and is among the league leaders in Kickoff and Punt Return average.

Season-by-season

|- | colspan="6" align="center" | Houston Oilers (AFL) |- |1960 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 1st East (AFL) || Won AFL Championship |- |1961 || 10 || 3 || 1 || 1st East (AFL) || Won AFL Championship |- |1962 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 1st East (AFL) || Lost AFL Championship (Texans) |- |1963 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 3rd East (AFL) || -- |- |1964 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 4th East (AFL) || -- |- |1965 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 4th East (AFL) || -- |- |1966 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 4th East (AFL) || -- |- |1967 || 9 || 4 || 1 || 1st East (AFL) || Lost AFL Championship (Raiders) |- |1968 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 2nd East (AFL) || -- |- |1969 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 2nd East (AFL) || Lost Divisional playoffs (Raiders) |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Merged into NFL |- |1970 || 3 || 10 || 1 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1971 || 4 || 9 || 1 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1972 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1973 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1974 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1975 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1976 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1977 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || -- |- |1978 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) |- |1979 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) |- |1980 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) |- |1981 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1982 || 1 || 8 || 0 || 13th AFC Conf. || -- |- |1983 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1984 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1985 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1986 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1987 || 9 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) |- |1988 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Bills) |- |1989 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) |- |1990 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bengals) |- |1991 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 1st AFC Central || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) |- |1992 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) |- |1993 || 12 || 4 || 0 || 1st AFC Central || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) |- |1994 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |1995 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1996 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Tennessee Oilers |- |1997 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 3rd AFC Central || -- |- |1998 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || -- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | Tennessee Titans |- |1999 || 13 || 3 || 0 || 2nd AFC Central || Lost Super Bowl XXXIV (Rams) |- |2000 || 13 || 3 || 0 || 1st AFC Central || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Ravens) |- |2001 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 4th AFC Central || -- |- |2002 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 1st AFC South || Lost AFC Championship (Raiders) |- |2003 || 12 || 4 || 0 || 2nd AFC South || Lost Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) |- |2004 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 4th AFC South || -- |- |
- 2005 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 3rd AFC South || --
- =Current Standing

Players of note

Current players

Patriots

Pro Football Hall of Famers

- Elvin Bethea
- George Blanda (born 1927, first player to pass for 36 touchdowns (Oilers, 1961))
- Earl Campbell
- Ken Houston
- Mike Munchak All of these played with the franchise in Houston. Through the 2005 season, there are no Tennessee Titans in the Hall of Fame.

Retired numbers

- 34 Earl Campbell
- 43 Jim Norton (born 1938, all-time American Football League interception leader)
- 63 Mike Munchak
- 65 Elvin Bethea
- 74 Bruce Matthews (the only one of these to have played in Tennessee)

Not to be forgotten

- Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969)
- Kevin Carter
- Ray Childress
- Miller Farr
- Ernest Givins
- Eddie George
- Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (Oilers, 1964))
- Drew Hill
- Bobby Jancik
- Haywood Jeffries
- Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
- Charlie Joiner
- Sean Jones
- Jevon Kearse
- Ernie Ladd
- Jacky Lee
- Derrick Mason
- Bruce Matthews
- Wahoo McDaniel
- Ron McDole
- Warren Moon
- Allen Pinkett
- Samari Rolle
- Mike Rozier
- Bob Talamini (born 1939, won two AFL titles with the Oilers, AFL and World Championship with the Jets)
- Charlie Tolar (1937-2003, "the human bowling ball")
- Webster Slaughter
- George Webster
- Frank Wycheck

External links

- [http://www.titansonline.com Tennessee Titans official web site]
- [http://www.titansradio.com/ Titans Radio Network] Category:National Football League teams Category:American Football League Category:Nashville sports

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