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{{NFL-Titans history}}
The '''Houston Oilers''' were a professional American football team that played in [[Houston]] from its founding in [[1960 Houston Oilers season|1960]] to [[1996 Houston Oilers season|1996]] before relocating to [[Nashville, Tennessee|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. That same year, a new organization, the [[Houston Texans]] were founded to replace the Oilers. and begun play in [[
The Oilers competed in the AFL's [[AFC East|East division]] – along with the [[Buffalo Bills]], the [[New York Jets]] and the [[Boston Patriots]] – before the merger, after which they joined the newly formed [[AFC Central]]. Throughout their existence the team was owned by [[Bud Adams]]. For the majority of their time in Houston, the team played their home games at the [[Astrodome]], while [[Jeppesen Stadium]] and [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] hosted the team for their first eight years.
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