The Tennessee Oilers became charter members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960, and were successful in their first season winning the American Football League’s (AFL) first championship. Houston won another American Football League (AFL) championship a year later under head coach Wally Lemm, who guided a potent offense. Houston was so strong  that more than half of the team’s starting lineup played in the American Football League (AFL) All-Star Games following the 1961 and 1962 seasons. Lemm left the Oilers after the championship but returned five years later to guide the club to the postseason in 1967 and 1969. A revived Houston emerged guided by quarterback Pete Beathard, running back Hoyle Granger, and offensive guard Bob Talamini. Safeties Ken Houston and Jim Norton led one of the league’s strongest defenses.

Houston joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1970. Despite losing in four seasons under four different coaches, the Oilers got their first National Football League (NFL) winning record in 1975. Bum Phillips took charge of the team as head coach, and Houston posted a 10-4 win-loss record. In 1978 Houston drafted Earl Campbell, who became one of the best runners in National Football League (NFL) history, getting four consecutive rushing titles from 1978 to 1981 and two straight most valuable player (MVP) awards in 1978 and 1979. Campbell led the Oilers to consecutive appearances in the AFC Championship Game in 1978 and 1979, but the Pittsburgh Steelers, the eventual Super Bowl champions, defeated Houston in both of these contests.

As injuries slowed Campbell, Houston slumped during a six-year period from 1981 through 1986. The team began its turnaround by drafting quarterback Warren Moon from the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League in 1984. The move produced seven straight playoff appearances beginning in 1987. The team was stymied in the postseason, however, failing to reach the AFC Championship Game during that stretch. Moon’s favorite receivers were Drew Hill, Haywood Jeffries, and Tim Smith, each of whom posted multiple 1,000-yard seasons. Hill and Jeffries both reached that plateau in 1990, when Moon recorded the first of his two consecutive 4,000-yard seasons of passing and was named AFC player of the year. Tackle Ray Childress anchored the defense during this time, while guard Bruce Matthews and center Mike Munchak led an outstanding offensive line.

Mike Rozier replaced Campbell as Houston’s main running back. After Moon’s departure before the 1994 season, Houston posted its worst record in 11 years. The Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997, and a year later the team moved again to Nashville and were renamed the Titans. In 1999 the Tennessee Titans concluded the regular season with a 13-3 record, and in the postseason they got to Super Bowl XXXIV,  losing to the Saint Louis Rams. Tennessee Titans are one of four team playing in the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC). The Tennessee Titans home stadium is the Coliseum and the teams uniform colors are, blue, red, and white. The team’s logo is a white T surrounded by three red stars. The team's name was chosen because in Greek mythology Titans exemplified the characteristics of power, strength, knowledge, and excellence.