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The Houston Roughnecks, an XFL team founded in 2020, shares their name with the Oilers' old mascot and used a logo that resembled the Houston Oilers' until they changed it under pressure from the NFL. [2] The University of Houston football team wore Oilers-style throwback uniforms during the Cougars' 2023 season opener against UTSA. [3]
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–)
[12] [13] [14] The Houston Oilers failed to post a winning season in the next six seasons, but in 1967, a 9–4–1 record returned the team to the AFL championship game where it lost 40–7 to the Oakland Raiders. [15] The Houston Oilers moved into the Astrodome after the season, becoming the first professional football team to move into a ...
With 1.2 million high school kids playing football and only 0.08 percent making it to the pros, Eason's tenacity was so inspiring that four of the 27 kids on his scrappy California high school ...
As the Houston Oilers based in Houston, Texas, the team began playing in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The team relocated to Tennessee in 1997 and played in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two ...
The 1995 NFL season was the 36th overall season of the Houston Oilers and their 26th with the National Football League (NFL). Their 7–9 record bested their previous season's output of 2–14, [1] but they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
The Houston Texans are a new NFL expansion team created in 2002, initially owned by the late Bob McNair. The Oilers' franchise records and history continue to belong to the Titans, with Adams ...
Earl Christian Campbell (born March 29, 1955), nicknamed "the Tyler Rose", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the Houston Oilers. Known for his aggressive, punishing running style and ability to break tackles, Campbell gained recognition as ...