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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.
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 Akron Pros, the first champions of the National Football League, lost their franchise in 1926. The Dallas Texans, who played only the 1952 season, were the last franchise to go defunct. The remnants of the Texans' organization was absorbed by a new franchise that became the modern Colts.
City Stadium: Green Bay Packers Green Bay, Wisconsin 1925 1956 [34] Minersville Park: Pottsville Maroons: Minersville, Pennsylvania: 1925 1929 [35] Polo Grounds: New York Giants, New York Bulldogs: New York, New York 1925 1955 Also hosted the AFL's New York Titans, later Jets, from 1960 to 1963 [36] Ebbets Field: Brooklyn Lions, Brooklyn ...
He later became a college football head coach. He played college ball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1962–1964) and then played in the NFL for ten seasons with four teams: the Green Bay Packers (1965–1966), the Baltimore Colts (1967–1972), the Houston Oilers (1973), and the Los Angeles Rams (1974).
But the Titans were once the Houston Oilers, a member of the AFL and then the NFL from 1960 to 1996. Owned by Bud Adams, the unique Columbia blue uniforms and derrick logo stood out as a unique ...
Houston Oilers announced that they will move to Nashville and renamed the Tennessee Oilers. They played the 1997 season in Memphis and the 1998 season at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville while a new stadium was built in Nashville.
The NFL finally broke its Christmas drought in 1989 with a Week 16 "Monday Night Football" game between the ... Houston Oilers 10-7 San ... Green Bay Packers: 3-1. Houston Texans: 0-1. ...