Their record of 10 wins and 6 losses resulted in a third-place finish in the AFC Central Division. With New Year’s on Sunday, the major college bowl games were played on Monday, January 2. However, mayor Bob Lanier initially supported Adams bid for a new stadium privately, but refused to publicly support the project. Adams, sensing that he was not going to get the stadium he wanted, began shopping the Oilers to other cities. At the end of the 1995 season, Adams announced that the Oilers would be moving to Nashville for the 1998 season.
The franchise became the Houston Texans, which adopted a similar red, white and blue team color tandem and inherited the sports complex the Oilers had played in, but not the Oilers’ former home; NRG Stadium would be built next door to the Astrodome in 2002.The Houston Oilers began in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. In all, the Oilers won four AFL Eastern Division championships in …
Meanwhile, the team’s radio network, which once stretched across the state, was reduced to the flagship station in Houston and a few affiliates in Tennessee. He was particularly intrigued by Nashville, and opened secret talks with mayor Phil Bredesen. The Oilers were considered by some to be the cream of the league's crop. The Oilers began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The team won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL – NFL merger in the late 1960s.The 1961 American Football League Championship Game was a repeat of the first AFL title game, between the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers (formerly the Los Angeles Chargers).
Previously, the Oilers had played at Jeppesen Stadium at the University of Houston (now called Robertson Stadium) from 1960 to 1964, and Rice University’s stadium from 1965 to 1967.The AFL had established a format in which championship games would be alternated each year between the Western Division winners and the Eastern Division. By October 1996 the flagship station (KTRH) was cutting off games prior to their finish in favor of the Houston Rockets pre-game show. Although Houstonians wanted to keep the Oilers, they were leery of investing more money on a stadium so soon after the Astrodome improvements.
This article chronicles the team’s history during their time as the Houston Oilers during that period.
They were owned by Bud Adams, a Houston oilman, who had made several previous unsuccessful bids for an NFL expansion team in Houston. The defense gave up 365 points. After going 3-10-1 in 1970, they went 4-9-1 in 1971, and then suffered back-to-back 1-13 seasons in 1972-73. The franchise scored 424 points, which was second in the AFC and second overall in the NFL. Houston Oilers: 11 3 0 .786 5–1 387 270 V7 Boston Patriots: 9 4 1 .692 4–1–1 346 295 S1 Buffalo Bills: 7 6 1 .538 1–4–1 309 272 V2 New York Titans: 5 9 0 .357 1–5 278 423 S3 Nota: I pareggi non venivano conteggiati ai fini della classifica fino al 1972. It rained the five days prior to the game.The game matched the Eastern Division champion Houston Oilers (10–4), against the Western Division champion Los Angeles Chargers (10–4), in the first championship game of the new American Football League. It ended with a 24–16 victory in the AFL championship game at home over the Los Angeles Chargers (10–4). The host Oilers were a 6½-point favorite.The years immediately after the AFL-NFL Merger were not as kind to the Oilers, who sank to the bottom of the AFC Central division. The first game was originally scheduled to be played in the cavernous Los Angeles Coliseum, but it was moved to the cozier Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, where it drew 32,183. They won two titles and played for two more. Los Angeles Chargers 16 at Houston Oilers 24 on January 1st, 1961 - Full team and player stats and box score
The 1988 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 29th season and their 19th in the National Football League (NFL).