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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.
This category is all NFL players who played for the Houston Oilers, now known as the Tennessee Titans. There are separate categories for these eras of the franchise: Category:Houston Oilers players (AFL seasons 1960–1969, and 1970–1996) Category:Tennessee Oilers players (1997–1998) Category:Tennessee Titans players (1999–)
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.
According to statistics site Football Outsiders, who does play-by-play analyses of each team each season, the Oilers were the best team in the AFC at the end of the 1992 season. "So if you are a Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans fan," says the site, "who agonizes over the Frank Reich comeback game blowing your franchise's best shot at a Super ...
The 1990 Houston Oilers season was the 31st season and their 21st in the National Football League (NFL). The Oilers scored 405 points which ranked second in the AFC and second overall in the NFL. Their defense gave up 307 points. During the season, the Oilers appeared once on Monday Night Football and defeated the Buffalo Bills.
The 1991 Houston Oilers season was the 32nd season and their 22nd in the National Football League (NFL). Haywood Jeffires would become the second Oiler to have 100 receptions in a season. The first Oiler to accomplish the feat was Charley Hennigan in 1964.
The 1986 Houston Oilers season was the 27th season overall and 17th with the National Football League (NFL). The team matched their previous season 's output of 5–11, [ 1 ] and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
The 1982 Houston Oilers season was the franchise’s 23rd overall and the 13th in the National Football League (NFL). After losing their season opener, the Oilers beat the Seattle Seahawks at the Astrodome 23–21. The Oilers were 1–1 before the two-month players’ strike. When the season resumed the Oilers struggled, losing all seven games.