Houston Oilers

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defunct sports team professional American football team

The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in the AFL and later the NFL before relocating and becoming the Tennessee Titans.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Houston Oilers canonical 71
Tennessee Oilers 3
1978 Houston Oilers season 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports team ⓘ
professional American football team ⓘ
became Tennessee Titans ⓘ
cityNowRepresentedBy Houston Texans ⓘ
conference East Division (AFL) ⓘ
surface form: AFL Eastern Division
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division AFC Central ⓘ
East Division (AFL) ⓘ
surface form: AFL Eastern Division
divisionTitle AFC Central 1991 ⓘ
AFC Central 1993 ⓘ
finalSeasonAsHoustonOilers 1996 ⓘ
founded 1960 ⓘ
founder Bud Adams ⓘ
homeCity Houston ⓘ
homeStadium Houston Astrodome ⓘ
Jeppesen Stadium ⓘ
Rice Stadium ⓘ
homeState Texas ⓘ
joinedLeague 1960 AFL season ⓘ
league American Football League ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ
location Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
logo oil derrick ⓘ
mascotTheme oil industry ⓘ
movedToLeague NFL in 1970 ⓘ
nickname Luv Ya Blue ⓘ
notableCoach Bum Phillips ⓘ
Jerry Glanville ⓘ
notableGame 1992 AFC Wild Card Game vs Buffalo Bills ⓘ
notablePlayer Earl Campbell ⓘ
Warren Moon ⓘ
owner Bud Adams ⓘ
playoffAppearances multiple in 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
relocatedTo Tennessee ⓘ
relocationYear 1997 ⓘ
renamedAs Tennessee Titans in 1999 ⓘ
retiredNumber 1 ⓘ
34 ⓘ
rival Cleveland Browns ⓘ
Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
successorFranchise Tennessee Titans ⓘ
teamColors Columbia blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
temporaryNameAfterMove Tennessee Titans ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Oilers
wonChampionship 1960 AFL Championship ⓘ
1961 AFL Championship ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Football League → hadTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
American Football League → firstSeasonChampion → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFC East → formerTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFL Championship Game → firstChampion → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFL Championship Game → mostChampionshipsTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Houston Texans → predecessorTeamInCity → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Tennessee Titans → formerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Tennessee Titans → formerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Oilers
Tennessee Titans → foundedAs → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Houston Astrodome → primaryTenant → Houston Oilers ⓘ
East Division (AFL) → includedTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFC Central → hadTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFC Central → initialTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Colts–Titans rivalry → formerTeam2Name → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Jaguars–Titans rivalry → team2FormerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Jaguars–Titans rivalry → team2FormerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Oilers
Jaguars–Titans rivalry → team2Relocation → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houston Oilers relocated to Tennessee in late 1990s and became Tennessee Titans
Texans–Titans rivalry → historicalPrecursorTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Texans–Titans rivalry → team2FormerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Texans–Titans rivalry → team2FormerName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Oilers
Chuck Cecil → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1962 AFL Championship → homeTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1962 AFL Championship → losingTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1962 AFL Championship → homeTeamFullName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Archie Manning → playedFor → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Archie Manning → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Ken Burrough → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
AFL → hadTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
subject surface form: American Football League
1960 AFL Championship → homeTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1960 AFL Championship → champion → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1960 AFL Championship → homeTeamFullName → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1960 AFL Championship → isFirstChampionshipOfFranchise → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1992 AFC Wild Card Game vs Buffalo Bills → awayTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1992 AFC Wild Card Game vs Buffalo Bills → loser → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Luv Ya Blue → associatedWith → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Luv Ya Blue → associatedWithSeason → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1978 Houston Oilers season
1961 AFL Championship → winningTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1961 AFL Championship → awayTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1961 AFL Championship → mostValuablePlayerTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1961 AFL Championship → seasonChampion → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1961 AFL Championship → winningFranchise → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Bud Adams → employer → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Bud Adams → founded → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Bud Adams → sportsTeamOwned → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Bud Adams → ownedFrom → Houston Oilers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houston Oilers 1960–1996
1969 AFL season → EasternDivisionRunnerUp → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1969 AFL season → playoffQualifier → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Earl Campbell → draftedBy → Houston Oilers ⓘ
Earl Campbell → playedFor → Houston Oilers ⓘ
1967 AFL Championship Game → visitingTeam → Houston Oilers ⓘ