Houston Oilers
Tennessee Oilers was created in 1997.
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 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.
They became the Tennessee Oilers in 1997, then in 1999 changed to the Titans.
The Tennessee Oilers played a total of 32 games in theirstoried NFL existence. The Tennessee Oilers never made the playoffs Like most of Head Coache Jeff Fishers teams, they went 8-8 in each season.
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.
The Titans were once the Houston Oilers. The Titans play in Nashville.
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.
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 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.