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Tennessee Titans
Helmet Logo
Information
League National Football League
Conference AFC
Division AFC South
Established 1960 (joined NFL in 1970)
Home field Nissan Stadium
City Nashville, Tennessee
Uniforms
Color White Alternate
Home Field
Championships
League
2
1960 • 1961
Super Bowls
0
None
Conference
1
1999
Division
12
1960 • 1961 • 1962
1968 • 1970 • 1991
1993 • 2000 • 2002
2008 • 2020 • 2021

The Tennessee Titans are a professional football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the AFC South Division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won the first two AFL championships, before joining the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.

The team relocated from Houston to the state of Tennessee in 1997, first playing temporarily in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to the Titans in 1999. The team plays at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

Team history[]

Founding[]

The Titans were originally the Houston Oilers, who were a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. They were owned by Bud Adams, a Houston oilman, who had made several previous unsuccessful bids for an NFL expansion team in Houston. 

In the 1990s, Adams and the city of Houston had a disagreement in terms of financing a new stadium, so a deal was reached to let the Oilers out of their lease and move to Tennessee, with the intention of relocating to Nashville. Because a Nashville stadium was not ready, the Oilers played 1997 and 1998 in Memphis, renaming themselves the Tennessee Oilers.

In response to fan requests, Adams agreed to change the Oilers' name to coincide with the opening of their new stadium and to better connect with Nashville. He let it be known that the new name should reflect power, strength, leadership and other heroic qualities. On December 22, Adams announced that the Oilers would be known as the Tennessee Titans starting in 1999. The new name met all of Adams' requirements, and also served as a nod to Nashville's nickname of "The Athens of the South".

Membership[]

League affiliations
American Football League (1960-1969)
  • Eastern Division (1960–1969)
National Football League (1970-present)

Achievements[]

Achievements
AP Most Valuable Player Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Super Bowl MVP
1979 Earl Campbell 1978 Earl Campbell
2003 Steve McNair 1979 Earl Campbell
1980 Earl Campbell
1990 Warren Moon
2009 Chris Johnson

Rivalry[]

Tennessee Titans vs. Green Bay Packers
Titans lead series 8–7
Season Date Winning team Score Stadium Series Box
Houston Oilers join the National Football League in 1970.
1972 Nov. 19 Green Bay Packers W 23–10 Houston Astrodome 1–0
1977 Sep. 25 Houston Oilers L 10–16 Lambeau Field 1–1
1980 Dec. 14 Houston Oilers L 3–22 Lambeau Field 1–2
1983 Sep. 4 Green Bay Packers W 41–38 (OT) Houston Astrodome 2–2
1986 Sep. 7 Houston Oilers L 3–31 Lambeau Field 2–3
1992 Dec. 13 Green Bay Packers W 16–14 Houston Astrodome 3–3
Houston Oilers move before the 1997 season, renamed the Tennessee Oilers.
1998 Dec. 20 Green Bay Packers W 30–22 Lambeau Field 4–3
Tennessee Oilers are renamed before the 1999 season to the Tennessee Titans.
2001 Dec. 16 Tennessee Titans L 20–26 Adelphia Coliseum† 4–4
2004 Oct. 11 Tennessee Titans L 27–48 Lambeau Field 4–5
2008 Nov. 2 Tennessee Titans L 16–19 (OT) LP Field† 4–6
2012 Dec. 23 Green Bay Packers W 55–7 Lambeau Field 5–6
2016 Nov. 13 Tennessee Titans L 25–47 Nissan Stadium 5–7
2020 Dec. 27 Green Bay Packers W 40–14 Lambeau Field 6–7
2022 Nov. 17 Tennessee Titans L 17–27 Lambeau Field 6–8
2024 Sep. 22 Green Bay Packers W 30–14 Nissan Stadium 7–8
Note†: Nissan Stadium (1999-present) was also known as Adelphia Coliseum (1999-2002), The Coliseum (2002–06) and LP Field (2006-2014).

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