TTTennessee Titans

Franchise history

This franchise traces its lineage to the Houston Oilers, founded in 1960 by oilman Bud Adams as a charter member of the American Football League. The Oilers won the AFL's first two championships (1960 and 1961) behind quarterback George Blanda, and joined the NFL in the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, playing at Rice Stadium and later the Astrodome. The franchise reached consecutive AFC Championship Games in 1978 and 1979 under coach Bum Phillips and running back Earl Campbell, but never advanced to a Super Bowl during its Houston tenure, which also included a painful 1992 playoff collapse against Buffalo after leading 35-3 (the "Comeback" game).

Citing stadium and market issues, Adams moved the franchise to Tennessee in 1997, initially playing as the "Tennessee Oilers" with home games split between Memphis's Liberty Bowl and Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville while a new stadium was built. In 1999 the team was renamed the Tennessee Titans, adopted new navy, red, and silver colors, and moved into its permanent home, then called Adelphia Coliseum (now Nissan Stadium), in downtown Nashville. That inaugural season under coach Jeff Fisher produced the franchise's greatest run: led by quarterback Steve McNair and running back Eddie George, the Titans won the dramatic "Music City Miracle" lateral-return playoff victory over Buffalo before falling to the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, one yard short on the final play. The Titans returned to the AFC Championship Game in the 2002 season but have not reached another Super Bowl since, cycling through rebuilding periods in the following two decades.

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Tennessee Titans official site
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

Runner-up finishes (1)

• Super Bowl XXXIV - 1999

See the full super bowl champions list for the winner each of these years.