Should Houston Oilers history be returned to Houston?
A lengthy, thought-provoking sports feature by reporter Jason Wole in Nashville newspaper The Tennessean this past weekend asked if the Tennessee Titans should return Houston Oilers team history to the city where it was made.
When the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville at the end of the 1996 NFL season, fans in Houston were of course devastated. The team was later renamed the Titans in 1999, retiring the Oilers brand.
The only Oilers in the Houston-area are the Pearland High School Oilers. To be fair they've done the name rather proud.
Professional football returned to the Bayou City in 2002 when the Houston Texans debuted at the brand-new Reliant Stadium next to the Astrodome. As of now the Texans are still the NFL’s newest team.
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