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The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team relocated to Tennessee in 1997 and played 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. [1]
The Houston Roughnecks, an XFL team founded in 2020, shares their name with the Oilers' old mascot and used a logo that resembled the Houston Oilers' until they changed it under pressure from the NFL. [2] The University of Houston football team wore Oilers-style throwback uniforms during the Cougars' 2023 season opener against UTSA. [3]
Pages in category "Houston Oilers head coaches" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This category is for all AFL and NFL coaches for the Houston Oilers. There is a separate category, Category:Tennessee Titans , for the franchise's coaches since 1997. Subcategories
The 1993 Houston Oilers season was the team's 34th, and their 24th in the National Football League (NFL). The 1993 Oilers season is widely regarded as one of the most notorious and turbulent seasons in NFL history, both on and off the field.
The Oilers played before some of the smallest NFL crowds since the 1950s, with none of the first seven games of the season attracting crowds larger than 27,000, with two crowds of less than 18,000. The few fans there were usually indifferent, and often those that attended were fans of the opposing team.
The Oilers retained Fisher as head coach, and the Oilers drafted quarterback Steve McNair in the 1995 NFL draft. [12] The new coach did not disappoint, leading the team to a 7–9 record in 1995, tied for second place in the division. [13] The following year, the Oilers added Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George, and they achieved an 8–8 record ...
Following Hughes' departure, the Oilers became the first (and to date, only) team to post consecutive one-win seasons since the AFL-NFL merger, going 1–13 in 1972 and 1973. Hughes briefly worked in a trailer factory until a contract settlement was reached, then accepted the quarterbacks coach position with the St. Louis Cardinals on August 30 ...