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The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston, Texas from its founding in 1960 to 1996.The Houston Oilers began play as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and won two AFL championships before joining the NFL in the AFL–NFL merger of the late 1960s.
As a result, the Oilers played before some of the smallest home crowds seen in the NFL since the 1950s for most games, and the visiting teams often seemed to have more supporters than the Oilers. Even though none of the Oilers' first seven games attracted more than 27,000 people, Oilers' owner Bud Adams was initially willing to stick it out in ...
The new stadium was subsidized by the City of Houston, and it was designed by Hermon Lloyd & W. B. Morgan and Milton McGinty and built by Brown and Root. In addition to Rice, the University of Houston Cougars played at Rice Stadium from 1951 through 1964 , and the former Bluebonnet Bowl was played there from 1959 to 1967 , and in 1985 and 1986 .
Houston: Texas: 2004 Houston Oilers & Houston Astros, Houston Cougars (1968–1995) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium: 60,606 Atlanta: Georgia: 1997 Atlanta Falcons, Peach Bowl (1971–1991) Foxboro Stadium: 60,292 Foxboro: Massachusetts: 2002 New England Patriots, Boston College Eagles: Pitt Stadium: 60,190 Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania: 1999 Pitt ...
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The Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Chargers (24–16) to become the league's first champions. It was also the site for pro football's first ever double-overtime game on December 23, 1962. The Oilers lost to the Dallas Texans (20–17) in that year's AFL title game. This was the only overtime game in the 10-year history of the AFL.