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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo continued to be held at the Astrodome until the opening of the adjacent NRG Stadium in 2002 (which coincided with the debut of the Houston Texans, the team that replaced the Oilers). Although the Astrodome no longer had any primary tenants, it regularly hosted events during the early 2000s.
The franchise became the Houston Texans, which adopted a similar red, white and blue team color tandem, albeit in darker shades and inherited the sports complex the Oilers had played in, but not the Oilers' former home; what is now called NRG Stadium (formerly Reliant Stadium) would be built next door to the Astrodome in 2002.
The stadium was the first home for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer from 2006 to 2011, as well as the first home of the American Football League's Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1964. On January 1, 1961, it hosted the American Football League Championship Game (for the 1960 title).
The Houston Oilers made playoff appearances from 1978 to 1980 and from 1987 to 1993, with Hall of Famers Earl Campbell and Warren Moon, respectively. In 1997, the Houston Oilers relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, playing at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, for one
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But the Titans were once the Houston Oilers, a member of the AFL and then the NFL from 1960 to 1996. ... As Nissan Stadium completed construction in 1998, the Tennessee Oilers played their home ...
According to the Houston Chronicle, the NFL believes the uniforms, which first debuted during Houston's home opener on Sept. 2, 2023, are essentially a copy of the iconic Houston Oilers uniforms ...
The first NFL game played at the venue was the Houston Oilers defeating the Saints 13-7 in a preseason match. ... The stadium in 1980 was the site of the "No mas" fight in which Sugar Ray Leonard ...