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    The 1978 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 19th overall and the ninth in the National Football League (NFL). Led by Rookie RB Earl Campbell, who...
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    Houston football team wore Oilers-style throwback uniforms during the Cougars' 2023 season opener against UTSA. The Houston Oilers began in 1960 as a charter...
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    The 1979 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 20th overall and the tenth in the National Football League. The franchise scored 362 points while the...
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    1987 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League and the 28th overall. The Oilers came into the season looking...
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  • The 1977 Houston Oilers season was the 18th season overall and eighth with the National Football League (NFL). The Oilers won three of their first four...
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  • The 1978–79 WHA season was the seventh and final season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Prior to the start of the season, the Houston Aeros folded...
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  • coaches. The Titans were originally known as the Houston Oilers and were a part of the inaugural season of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. In...
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  • Tampa Bay traded the pick to the Oilers, for tight end Jimmie Giles and the Oilers' first- and second-round picks in the 1978 draft, and their third- and fifth-round...
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    division. The Oilers failed to qualify for the NFL playoffs from 1970 to 1977, and posted one winning season in 1975. In 1978, the Oilers selected running...
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  • The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific...
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    National Football League. The Titans were the Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1996 and the Tennessee Oilers from 1997 to 1998. The players are listed in order...
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  • Luv Ya Blue (category Houston Oilers)
    1970s, the Houston Oilers had fallen on hard times. In 1975, Bum Phillips was hired as the coach and ushered in a new era for the Oilers. With the help...
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    Warren Moon (category Houston Oilers players)
    quarterback who played professionally for 23 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) and...
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  • of Fame in 1986. Houston played for the AFL's Houston Oilers from 1967 through 1969, and after the AFL–NFL merger, with the Oilers from 1970 through...
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  • The Houston Aeros were a professional ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1978. The Aeros were originally slated to play...
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    championships of any sports team in Houston, and the biggest title streak in Texas.[citation needed] The AFL/NFL Oilers called Houston home from 1960 to 1997 before...
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  • conference. Note: The Pittsburgh Steelers (the AFC 1 seed) did not play the Houston Oilers (the 5 seed), nor did the Los Angeles Rams (the NFC 1 seed) play the...
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    Governor's Cup (Texas) (category Houston Oilers)
    Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans. Prior to the Texans' inaugural season in 2002 the Cowboys' opponent was the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans)...
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    List of Tennessee Titans seasons The Tennessee Titans were previously known as the Houston Oilers (1960–1996) and Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998). The first...
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  • first season began, the Edmonton Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers. They returned to using the Edmonton Oilers name for the 1973–74 season, and have...
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    Dan Pastorini (category Houston Oilers players)
    13 seasons, primarily with the Houston Oilers. He played college football for the Santa Clara Broncos and was selected third overall by the Oilers in...
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    under $733,400. The 1978 NFL Draft was held from May 2 to 3 at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel. With the first pick, the Houston Oilers selected running...
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    Bum Phillips (category Houston Oilers coaches)
    coach of the Houston Oilers, and he brought Phillips with him as his defensive coordinator. Phillips was promoted to head coach of the Oilers on January...
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    Earl Campbell (category Houston Oilers players)
    played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the Houston Oilers. Known for his aggressive, punishing running style and...
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    Bud Adams (category Houston Oilers owners)
    2013) was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League, of which he was also a co-founder....
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  • Browns, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans Guido Merkens (1978–1987), DB QB P WR, Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles...
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    League season as the Houston Oilers Radio Network, when the now-Tennessee Titans were based in Houston, Texas, and were known as the Oilers. Houston's KXYZ...
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  • Patriots lost to the Houston Oilers 31–14. New England set a then NFL record in 1978 for most rushing yards in a single season, with 3,165 yards on the...
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    yards rushing on the season. In the first playoff game involving two Wild Cards, the Dolphins were stunned 17-9 by the Houston Oilers at the Orange Bowl...
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  • 1967 American Football League Championship Game (category Houston Oilers postseason)
    Eastern Division champion Houston Oilers (9–4–1) to decide the American Football League (AFL) champion for the 1967 season. Quarterback Daryle Lamonica...
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