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The Oilers were a consistent playoff team from 1987 to 1993, an era that included both of the team's only division titles (1991 and 1993), as well as the dubious distinction of being on the losing end of the second largest comeback in NFL history. For the rest of the Oilers' time in Houston, they compiled losing seasons in almost every other year.
The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The Oilers relocated from Houston, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee.The newly renamed Tennessee Oilers played their home games during this season at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee while construction of a new stadium in Nashville started.
The NFL playoff schedule is set. As the final components of the playoff picture fell into place in Week 18, the league revealed its slate for the wild-card round.
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. Before the season began, owner Bud Adams told the team that unless the Oilers made the Super Bowl , they can expect to see a massive overhaul next year due to the impending salary cap. [ 1 ]
NBC made history in the 1980s with an announcerless telecast, which was a one-shot experiment credited to Don Ohlmeyer, between the Jets and Dolphins in Miami on December 20, 1980), [1] as well as a single-announcer telecast, coverage of the Canadian Football League [2] [3] during the 1982 players' strike (the first week of broadcasts featured the NFL on NBC broadcast teams, before a series of ...
The early 1980s saw the both teams struggle. The Colts had one of the worst defenses in NFL history in the 1981 season. [23] In the shortened players' strike 1982 NFL season, the Colts went winless, finishing with a 0–8–1 record. [24] Meanwhile, the Oilers endured a 17–game losing streak from 1982–1983. [25]
The 1994 Houston Oilers season was the 35th season overall the Oilers played and their 25th with the National Football League (NFL), and was part of the 1994 NFL season. [1] The Oilers missed the playoffs for the first time since 1986.
The 1997 Tennessee Oilers season was their 38th season overall and 28th in the National Football League (NFL). It was the team's only season in Memphis, Tennessee after moving from Houston, and they played at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Led by head coach Jeff Fisher, the Oilers finished the season with 8 wins and 8 losses, and did not ...