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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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    The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston, Texas from its founding in 1960 to 1996. The Houston Oilers began...
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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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  • The 1980 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 21st overall and the 11th in the National Football League (NFL). The team scored 295 points while the...
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  • The 1979–80 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' eighth season and their first season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers were one of four...
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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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  • In the Wild Card round the Broncos lost to the Houston Oilers 13–7. Source: Date: September 30, 1979 Network: NBC Announcers: Dick Enberg and Merlin...
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    the Houston Oilers, which had left the city in 1996. NRG Stadium opened the same year. In 2003, the Toyota Center opened as the home for the Houston Rockets...
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  • season began, the team was named the Alberta Oilers. They were renamed the Edmonton Oilers the following year and subsequently joined the NHL in 1979...
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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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  • 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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    three seasons. The Oilers made it to the AFC championships in 1978 and 1979, but were defeated both times by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Houston Oilers failed...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Drew Hill (category Houston Oilers players)
    traded to the Houston Oilers for draft picks after the emergence of receivers such as Henry Ellard. In Hill's first season with Houston, he had more receptions...
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    Southern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979. He was selected by the AFL's Houston Oilers in the 1961 draft, but he was traded to the Boston...
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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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    overall in the 1986 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers. Unable to work out a contract agreement with Everett, the Oilers traded his rights to the Rams, with...
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    "Divisional Round - Houston Oilers at San Diego Chargers - December 29th, 1979". Pro-Football-Reference.com. "Dallas Cowboys 1979 Flashback: Roger and...
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    Steve McNair (category Houston Oilers players)
    the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He started his first two seasons with the Houston Oilers before the team relocated to Nashville, Tennessee...
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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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    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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  • Keith Bostic (American football) (category Houston Oilers players)
    for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers and the Cleveland Browns, serving as the Oilers' defensive...
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  • The team played in the Sam Houston Coliseum. Unremarkably, before his Hall of Fame NHL career began with the Edmonton Oilers, Mark Messier played 4 games...
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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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  • Edmonton Oilers players 1979 NHL Expansion Draft "Edmonton Oilers WHA Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2012-05-04. "Edmonton Oilers NHL...
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    Browns three overtime games that season. Then came a virtual "blowout" – a seven-point victory over the Houston Oilers, 14–7. Followed by two "one-sided"...
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  • Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets – entered the NHL as expansion teams who commenced play in the NHL in the 1979–80...
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