The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Previously known as the Houston Oilers , the then-Houston, Texas, team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. The team relocated from Houston to the state of Tennessee in 1997, first playing in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to Titans in 1999.

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Franchise history

Logos and uniforms

When the team debuted as the Oilers in 1960, the club's logo was an oil rig derrick. Except for minor color changes throughout the years, this logo remained the same until the team was renamed the Titans in 1999. The logo was originally called Ol' Riggy but the use was dropped before the 1974 season.

The Oilers uniforms consisted of blue or white jerseys, red trim, and white pants. From 1966 through 1971, the pants with both the blue and white jerseys were silver, to match the color of the helmets. The team commonly wore light blue pants on the road with the white jerseys from 1972 through 1994, with the exception of the 1980 season, and selected games in the mid 80s, when the team wore an all-white road combination. For selected games in 1973 and 1974, and again from 1981 through 1984, the Oilers wore their white jerseys at home. The light blue pants were discarded by coach Jeff Fisher in 1995.

From 1960 to about 1965, and from 1972 to 1974, they wore blue helmets; from 1966 to 1971, the helmets were silver; and they were white from 1975 to 1998.

During the 1997–98 period when they were known as the "Tennessee Oilers", the team had an alternate logo that combined elements of the flag of Tennessee with the derrick logo. The team also wore their white uniforms in home games, as opposed to their time in Houston, when their blue uniforms were worn at home. The team reverted back to wearing their blue uniforms at home when the team name was changed to the Titans and their uniforms were completely redesigned, though on occasion the white uniforms are still worn for a home game.

When the team was renamed the Titans, the club introduced a new logo: A circle with three stars, similar to that found on the flag of Tennessee; a large "T"; and blue and red flames (sometimes jokingly referred to as the Flaming Thumbtack). The uniforms consist of white helmets, red trim, and either navy or white jerseys. White pants are normally worn with the navy jerseys, and navy pants are worn with the white jerseys. On both the navy and white jerseys, the outside shoulders and sleeves are light "Titans Blue". In a game vs. the Washington Redskins in 2006, the Titans wore their navy jerseys with navy pants for the first time.

The Titans introduced an alternate jersey in 2003 that is light "Titans Blue" with navy outside shoulders and sleeves. That jersey is usually worn with the road blue pants. When it was the alternate jersey from 2003 to 2007 the Titans wore the jersey twice in each regular season game (and also once in each preseason game). They would always wear the "Titans Blue" jersey in their divisional game against the Houston Texans and for another selected home game in each regular season (one additional selected home game in each preseason). In November 2006, the Titans introduced light "Titans Blue" pants in a game at Philadelphia. The pants were reminiscent of the ones donned by the Oilers. In December 2006, they combined the "Titans Blue" pants with the "Titans Blue" jersey to create an all "Titans Blue" uniform.

During the 2006 season, the Titans wore seven different uniform combinations, pairing the white jersey with all three sets of pants (white, Titans blue, navy blue), the navy jersey with the white and navy pants, and the Titans blue jersey with navy and Titans blue pants. In 2007 against the Atlanta Falcons, the Titans paired the navy blue jersey with the Titans blue pants for the only time, a game of which they won.They also did the navy blue jerseys with the light blue pants against the Tampa Bay Buccaneerss but they lost that game.The team has yet to pair the Titans blue jersey with white pants.

In 2008, it was announced that the "Titans Blue" jerseys would become the regular home uniforms, with the navy being relegated to alternate status. ^[1]

In 2009, The NFL and Hall of Fame committee announced that the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills would kick-off the 2009 National Football League preseason in the Hall of Fame Game. The game, played on Sunday, August 9 2009 at Canton’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium, was nationally televised on NBC. The Titans defeated the Bills by a score of 21-18. ^[2] This was the first time, since Tennessee changed its name, the Titans wore their Oilers uniform, in honor of the AFL's 50th anniversary. Also in 2009, the team honored former Quarterback Steve McNair, by placing a small black disc on the back of their helmets, inside of the black disk, a white number 9 (9 was the number McNair wore during his time with the Titans).

Season-by-season records

Players

Current roster

Quarterbacks  5 Kerry Collins  8 Chris Simms 10 Vince Young Running Backs 35 Quinton Ganther FB 45 Ahmard Hall FB 42 Chris Henry 28 Chris Johnson 25 LenDale White Wide Receivers 17 Chris Davis 12 Justin Gage 87 Lavelle Hawkins 81 Brandon Jones 19 Justin McCareins 11 Paul Williams Tight Ends 83 Alge Crumpler 80 Bo Scaife 88 Craig Stevens		Offensive Linemen 54 Eugene Amano G/C 64 Leroy Harris G/C 70 Daniel Loper T/G 68 Kevin Mawae C 66 Mike Otto T 71 Michael Roos T 73 Jake Scott G 76 David Stewart T Defensive Linemen 98 Dave Ball DE/DT 97 Tony Brown DT 78 Jacob Ford DE 99 Amon Gordon DT 95 William Hayes DE 92 Albert Haynesworth DT 91 Jason Jones DT/DE 90 Jevon Kearse DE 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch DE		Linebackers 56 Colin Allred OLB 53 Keith Bulluck OLB 52 Ryan Fowler ILB 59 Stanford Keglar OLB 57 Josh Stamer OLB 50 David Thornton OLB 55 Stephen Tulloch ILB Defensive Backs 29 Chris Carr CB/SS/KR/PR 31 Cortland Finnegan CB 22 Vincent Fuller FS 33 Michael Griffin FS 20 Nick Harper CB 26 Tuff Harris S/CB 24 Chris Hope SS 23 Donnie Nickey SS 38 Tyrone Poole CB Special Teams 58 Ken Amato LS/LB  2 Rob Bironas K 15 Craig Hentrich P		Reserve Lists 21 Reynaldo Hill CB (IR) 30 Eric King CB (IR) 32 Rafael Little RB (NF-Inj.) 96 Kevin Vickerson DT (Susp.) 41 Cary Williams CB (IR) 79 Ulrich Winkler DT (IR) Practice Squad 94 Charles Bennett DE 39 Tanard Davis CB 82 Biren Ealy WR 77 Derrick Jones DT 85 Matthew Mulligan TE 69 Jason Murphy C/G 61 Fernando Velasco C/G Rookies in italics updated 2008-12-19 • 53 Active, 6 Inactive, 7 PS ? More rosters

Pro Football Hall of Famers

• Elvin Bethea
• George Blanda
• Earl Campbell
• Ken Houston
• Bruce Matthews
• Mike Munchak
• Warren Moon
• Kevin Turner

Retired numbers

• 1 Warren Moon
• 34 Earl Campbell
• 43 Jim Norton
• 63 Mike Munchak
• 65 Elvin Bethea
• 74 Bruce Matthews

Coaches of note

Head coaches

• Lou Rymkus (1960–1961)
• Wally Lemm (1961)
• Pop Ivy (1962–1963)
• Sammy Baugh (1964)
• Hugh Taylor (1965)
• Wally Lemm (1966–1970)
• Ed Hughes (1971)
• Bill Peterson (1972–1973)
• Sid Gillman (1973–1974)
• Bum Phillips (1975–1980)
• Ed Biles (1981–1983)
• Chuck Studley (interim) (1983)
• Hugh Campbell (1984–1985)
• Jerry Glanville (1985–1989)
• Jack Pardee (1990–1994)
• Jeff Fisher (1994–present)

Current staff

	Front Office Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO - Bud Adams Owner/Vice Chairman - Nancy Adams Senior Executive Vice President/General Counsel - Steve Underwood Executive Vice President/General Manager - Mike Reinfeldt Senior Director of Football Administration - Vincent Marino Director of Pro Personnel - Lake Dawson National Supervisor of College Scouting - C. O. Brocato Eastern Director of College Scouting - Mike Ackerley Head Coaches Executive Vice President/Head Coach - Jeff Fisher Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers - Dave McGinnis Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator - Mike Heimerdinger Quarterbacks - Craig Johnson Running backs - Earnest Byner Wide Receivers - Fred Graves Tight Ends - John Zernhelt Offensive Line - Mike Munchak			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator - Jim Schwartz Defensive Line - Jim Washburn Defensive Backs - Chuck Cecil Assistant Secondary - Marcus Robertson Defensive Assistant - Matt Burke Special Teams Coaches Special Teams - Alan Lowry Assistant Special Teams - Marty Galbraith Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning - Steve Watterson ? ? More NFL staffs

Radio and television

The Titans' flagship radio station is WKDF 103.3FM, Mike Keith is the team's play-by-play announcer, and former Titans tight end Frank Wycheck provides color commentary during games. Larry Stone is also a part of the team doing. The Titans Radio Network is broadcast on some 70 other stations. ^[3]

The team had long resisted placing any of its game on Sirius XM Radio. ^[4]

Most preseason games are televised on WKRN, the ABC affiliate in Nashville. WKRN also airs a weekly show, on Tuesday nights, hosted by Fisher.

See also

• List of American Football League players
• NFL Cheerleading

References

1. Titans Decide To Change Their Home Uniform
2. Hall Release » Bills vs. Titans in 2009 Hall of Fame Game
3. Titans Radio Network
4. Sirius XM Radio promotional material. Retrieved November 28, 2008.