Houston Oilers

{{Infobox NFL team | name = Houston Oilers | founded = 1960 | ended = 1996 | city = Houston, Texas | misc = | logo = HoustonOilers.png | wordmark = Houston_oilers_wordmark_1980-1996.gif | affiliate_old = American Football League (AFL) (1960–1969) Eastern Division (1960–1969) | NFL_start_yr = 1970 | NFL_end_year = 1996 (relocated to Nashville, Tennessee) | division_hist = American Football Conference (1970–1996) AFC Central (1970–1996) | uniform = | uniform_yr = 1987–1996 | colors = Columbia blue, red, white | song = Luv Ya Blue/Houston Oilers #1 | mascot = The Roughneck | owner = Bud Adams | chairman = | president = | general manager = Don Suman (1960–1961)Pop Ivy (1962–1963)Carroll Martin (1964–1965)Don Klosterman (1966–1969)Bob Brodhead (1970)John W. Breen (1971–1972)Sid Gillman (1973–1974)Bum Phillips (1975–1980)Ladd Herzeg (1981–1989)Mike Holovak (1990–1993)Floyd Reese (1994–1996) | coach = Lou Rymkus (1960–1961)Wally Lemm (1961)Pop Ivy (1962–1963)Sammy Baugh (1964)Hugh Taylor (1965)Wally Lemm (1966–1970)Ed Hughes (1971)Bill Peterson (1972–1973)Sid Gillman (1973–1974)Bum Phillips (1975–1980)Ed Biles (1981–1983)Chuck Studley (1983)Hugh Campbell (1984–1985)Jerry Glanville (1985–1989)Jack Pardee (1990–1994)Jeff Fisher (1994–1996) | hist_misc = | hist_yr = 1960 | hist_misc2 = Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998) Tennessee Titans (1999–present) | nicknames = | no_league_champs = 2 | league_champs = AFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) 1960, 1961 | no_sb_champs = | sb_champs = | no_pre1970sb_champs = | pre1970sb_champs = | no_div_champs = 6 | div_champs = AFL East: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967 AFC Central 1991, 1993 | no_playoff_appearances = 15 | playoff_appearances = AFL: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969NFL: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | stadium_years = Jeppesen Stadium (1960–1964) Rice Stadium (1965–1967) Houston Astrodome (1968–1996) }} The Houston Oilers''' were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Nashville to become the Tennessee Oilers for the 1997 and 1998 seasons, operating out of Nashville, Tennessee for the 1997 season while traveling to Memphis for every home game at the Liberty Bowl, playing the 1998 season at Vanderbilt in Nashville, and then becoming the Tennessee Titans in 1999.