Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are an NFL NFLThe NFL (National Football League) is a U.S. professional American football league of 32 clubs. Founded in 1920 as the APFA and renamed in 1922, it is organized into the AFC and NFC, with the season culminating in the Super Bowl.Open the full entry professional American football team in the AFC South, playing at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded as the Houston Oilers, they began AFL play in 1960 and won the league’s first two championships. They moved to Tennessee in 1997, adopted the Titans name in 1999 and won the AFC championship that season. Amy Adams Strunk is controlling owner, and Robert Saleh became head coach in 2026.

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Key facts

1959–1962The Oilers and two AFL titles

K. S. “Bud” Adams Jr. helped establish the AFL in 1959. The Houston Oilers began play in 1960, with Billy Cannon and quarterback George Blanda among their early stars. They won the 1960 and 1961 AFL titles but lost the 1962 championship to the Dallas Texans 20–17 in double overtime.⁠[1]

1965–1968Changing Houston venues

The Oilers initially played at Jeppesen Stadium, moved to Rice Stadium in 1965 and entered the domed Astrodome in 1968. Its indoor artificial-turf field became a defining feature of the franchise’s Houston home.⁠[1]

1978–1980Campbell and consecutive playoffs

Houston traded for the first overall pick in 1978 and selected Earl Campbell, then reached the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. The Oilers lost the AFC Championship Games following the 1978 and 1979 seasons to Pittsburgh and the 1980 Wild Card game to Oakland.⁠[2]

1987–1993The Moon-era playoff run

Warren Moon and the receiving corps powered Houston’s teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Oilers reached the postseason in seven straight years beginning in 1987 and won the AFC Central in 1991 and 1993.⁠[1]

1994–1995Jeff Fisher takes over

Jeff Fisher became interim head coach in November 1994 and took the job permanently in 1995. He subsequently led the franchise through relocation, a name change and its first Super Bowl appearance.⁠[1]

1997–1999Tennessee relocation and a new identity

The Oilers moved from Houston to Tennessee in 1997. In November 1998, Bud Adams announced the Tennessee Titans name for 1999. That year, the team began playing at the new Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville and won its first regular-season game there 36–35 over Cincinnati.⁠[1][2]

January 2000The Music City Miracle and the Super Bowl

In the playoffs following the 1999 season, Kevin Dyson took Frank Wycheck’s lateral 75 yards for a touchdown in a 22–16 win over Buffalo, the play known as the Music City Miracle. Tennessee then beat Indianapolis and Jacksonville but lost Super Bowl XXXIV to St. Louis 23–16, with Dyson stopped one yard short of the end zone on the final play.⁠[2]

2002–2003First AFC South title

The Titans won the inaugural AFC South title in 2002. In January 2003, they defeated Pittsburgh 34–31 in the Divisional Round before losing the AFC Championship Game to Oakland 41–24.⁠[2]

March 2015Amy Adams Strunk takes control

Amy Adams Strunk, daughter of founder Bud Adams, became controlling owner in March 2015 and also served as co-chairman of the board. During her ownership, the Titans posted six consecutive winning seasons from 2016 through 2021.⁠[3]

2019–2021Another conference final and division titles

The Titans reached the AFC Championship Game in the 2019 season, won consecutive AFC South titles in 2020 and 2021 and earned the AFC’s top playoff seed for the 2021 season.⁠[3]

January 2026Robert Saleh becomes head coach

The Titans announced Robert Saleh as head coach. He had most recently been San Francisco’s defensive coordinator and previously coached the New York Jets New York JetsThe New York Jets are an NFL professional American football team in the AFC East. Awarded an AFL franchise in 1959, they began play as the New York Titans in 1960 and adopted their current name in 1963. Joe Namath led them to victory in Super Bowl III. Owned by Robert Wood Johnson, the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with the Giants. Aaron Glenn became head coach in 2025.Open the full entry from 2021 to 2024.⁠[4]

Current home and the new-stadium project

The Titans’ current Nissan Stadium is at One Titans Way in Nashville. A new enclosed stadium on the east bank of the Cumberland River is planned to open in 2027; the project does not change the team’s current home city.⁠[5][3]

Related organizations, websites and public accounts

Tennessee Titans: Official website: https://www.tennesseetitans.com/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Tennessee Titans: X: https://twitter.com/titans (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Tennessee Titans: YouTube YouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/titans (opens in a new window) .⁠[6]

Tennessee Titans: LinkedIn LinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennessee-titans (opens in a new window) .⁠[7]