Team Factoids
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Team Factoids
The Titans logo features a circular flag symbol of Tennessee with a white “T” in the center, forming the head of a comet with light blue and red comet trails out the side.
Team colors are Navy Blue, Titans Blue, Red, and White.
The Titans have only been playing under the name Tennessee Titans since 1999.
Although the team started out as the Houston Oilers, the team (under the name Titans) has only played in three stadiums. In 1997 they played at Libery Bowl, in 1998 they played at Vanderbilt Stadium, and from 1999 on they’ve played in LP Field (which was also known as Adelphia Coliseum from 1999-2001, and The Coliseum from 2002-2005).
The Titans have yet to win a Super Bowl.
Team Mascot is T-Rac the raccoon, which is Tennessee’s official state animal.
Interesting Tidbits
The Titans have one Hall of Famer:
C – Bruce Matthews
The Tennessee Titans have six retired numbers:
1 – Warren Moon – QB
34 – Earl Campbell – RB
43 – Jim Norton – S
63 – Mike Munchak – G
65 – Elvin Bethea – DE
74 – Bruce Matthews – C
Their best seasons were in 1999 and 2000 with a record of 13-3, and their worst season was in 2005 with a record of 4-12.
The name “Titans” is a nod to Nashville’s nickname: “The Athens of the South” for its quantity of higher-learning institutions, and its Classical architecture.
Championships
The Tennessee Titans have won eight Division Championships. While with the AFL East, they won in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1967. While with the AFC Central, they won in 1991, 1993 and 2000. While with the AFC South they won in 2002. The Titans have won AFC Championships in 1999 and AFL Championships in 1960, and 1961. They have yet to win a Super Bowl Championship.
History
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the Tennessee Titans are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (the AFC) in the NFL. The team began play as the Houston Oilers in 1960 when they were located in Houston, Texas. The Oilers won two AFL Championships before joining the NFL during the AFL-NFL merger. In 1997, the team relocated to Memphis Tennessee before moving again to Nashville. They played for two seasons as the Tennessee Oilers before changing their name to the Titans in 1999.
During the 1960’s, the Houston Oilers appeared in their first three AFL Championships, winning two of them (1960 and 1961). The team signed LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon and along with other offensive stars, the team beat the same team twice, the Los Angeles Chargers (which became the San Diego Chargers the next year) in two years for the AFL Championship. In 1962, they lost to the Dallas Texans in double-overtime for the AFL Championship, which was at the time the longest pro-football championship game ever played. The Oilers became the first team to sign an active NFL player from another team, when Willard Dewveall left the Chicago Bears for the Oilers. Dewveall was noted for catching the longest pass reception for a touchdown (99 yards) in football history. The Oilers went on to win the AFL again in 1967, and became the first pro-football team to play in a domed stadium when they moved to the Houston Astrodome during the 1968 season.
After the AFL-NFL merger, the Oilers had sunk to the bottom of the AFC Central. By 1974, however, Head Coach Sid Gilman brought the team to .500 by the end of the season. In 1978, the Oilers had their first winning season after drafting University of Texas star Earl Campbell. Campbell led the Oilers to their first NFL playoff appearance, and won both Rookie of the Year and MVP. However, they made three postseason early exits, including two back-to-back AFC Championship game losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
By the end of the 1980’s, the Oilers were one of the most successful teams in the AFC. They made it through to the Playoffs every year, but were falling short in reaching the Super Bowl. 1991 was their first division title of any kind since 1967.
The early to mid-90’s brought more struggles to the Oilers. The owner of the team, Bud Adams, gave the team an ultimatum: make the Super Bowl in 1993 or he would break up the team. They didn’t make it, and Adams traded CFL legend Warren Moon to the Minnesota Vikings. They played their next season with a 2-14 record, which still stands as the worst record for a full season in franchise history. They would never make it to the Playoffs in Texas again.
Adams wanted to give the team a new stadium that featured club seats and other major revenue-generators, but the Mayor turned him down. Houston residents also did not want to invest more money on a stadium, and after the Astrodome renovations took place, Adams knew he wouldn’t get what he wanted in Houston. At the end of the 1995 season, he announced that the team would be moving to Nashville for the 1998 season, and the city officials promised $144 million towards the stadium and $70 million in ticket sales. Prior to their move, the Oilers played to crowds of less than 20,000 people, and games were so quiet it people could hear the conversations on the field from the grandstand. Because of this, the city agreed to allow Adams to move the team to Tennessee a year early.
The team played one season as the Tennessee Oilers at Vanderbilt Stadium, which seated only 41,000. The new stadium was projected to be ready in 1999, so they needed a place to play and Vanderbilt University was the largest stadium in Nashville at the time. They made it to playoff contention during the 1998 season, but lost their last two games, bringing them an 8-8 record for the season.
In 1999, they finally changed their names to the Tennessee Titans to better connect with Nashville, while retaining the Oilers history. Adams created an advisory committee to decide the new name, and on December 22, the name Titans was chosen because it reflected power, strength, leadership and other heroic qualities. The new Titans had a Cinderella season that led them to Super Bowl XXXIV, but they lost to the St. Louis Rams when Kevin Dyson was tackled just one yard short of the endzone, resulting in a 23-16 Rams win. The play has come to be known as “The Tackle.”
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