text: The Tennessee Titans are the 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 AFL American Football League. The Houston Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger. In 1999, the Tennessee Titans played their most memorable season since joining the NFL, when they made it all the way to Super Bowl XXXIV, but they fell, at the 1 yard line, to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams.
  Franchise history
  Houston Oilers (1960–1996)
  The Titans were originally formed as the Houston Oilers, one of the eight charter members of the American Football League (AFL).  They became a part of the National Football League in 1970 as part of the AFL–NFL merger and have remained a member of the NFL ever since.  They played in Houston through the end of the 1996 season.  They were part of the AFL's Eastern Division for their first ten years and became part of the American Football Conference upon their joining the NFL.  They were placed in the AFC's Central Division, which they were part of until 2002.