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The Tennessee Titans may have quite a decent record of success in the NFL and AFL (if tracing roots all the way back to the Houston Oilers), but to most fans, the team’s entire history may be encapsulated with a single image: Kevin Dyson stretching for the one yard he’d never get in Super Bowl XXXIV against the St. Louis Rams…

About Tennessee Titans

The history of the Tennessee Titans begins with the formation of the Houston Oilers in the rogue American Football League in 1960; oddly, the NFL had never placed a team in one of the largest cities in the most football-crazed state.

The Oilers went on to win the first two AFL titles – over the Los Angeles Chargers, 24-16, and the San Diego Chargers, 10-3, respectively – behind incredible double threat QB/placekicker George Blanda. How dominant was Blanda? Put it this way: Ever single point in the two championship games came on a Blanda TD pass or a Blanda extra-point kick.

These Oilers would go on to nearly complete the threepeat in ’62, but lost 20-17 in double overtime to the Dallas Texans.

But thereafter, for as long as the team stayed in Houston, the proto-Titans never got closer than the final four to either an AFL Championship title game or Super Bowl appearance. Back-to-back AFC Championship games following the 1978 and ’79 featured the Oilers of coach Bum Phillips and halfback Earl Campbell getting beat down (SU and ATS) by *those* Pittsburgh Steelers, by scores of 34-5 and 27-13, respectively: An emphatic 0-2 SU/ATS in those games, says NFLbets.

In 1984, Warren Moon finished tearing up the Canadian Football League to sign with the Oilers. By ’87, the Oilers were humming again: Houston made the playoffs for the next seven seasons, with a cumulative record of 70-41 SU/60-46-5 ATS in regular-season play, but just 3-7 SU/ATS in playoff games.

Jeff Fisher was hired as head coach before the conclusion of the 1994 season, and the team relocated to Tennessee for the ’97 season. Fisher and the Titans did enjoy some success soon after settling in Memphis, making four playoff runs between 1999 and 2003, accumulating a pretty impressive 5-4 SU/5-3-1 ATS postseason mark, including the last-play Super Bowl loss, as well as the last-second “Music City Miracle” win over the Buffalo Bills.

Fisher, who would ultimately retire from NFL coaching tied with Tom Landry for the most losses in an NFL career, mostly inspired mediocrity in Tennessee over the next seven seasons: Between 2004 and ’16, however, the Titans saw little good fortune with two winning seasons and an 0-2 SU/ATS cumulative playoff record. Fisher also helped the team transition to a new home and was fundamental in the ruining of Vince Young’s career.

One the Titans got back on playoff track in ’17, though, other superpowers had emerged in the AFC. From 2017 to ’22, the Titans were 3-4 SU/ATS overall, including a 1-1 SU/ATS mark against the Bills, Patriots and Chiefs. 

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Summary

The Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans may have a reasonably successful record of winning seasons, but that success doesn’t really translate into championships: In the 20 seasons following the Super Bowl loss to the Greatest Show On Turf, the Titans went a cumulative 5-9 SU/ATS in playoff games. Odds are, when the Titans finally do win the Big One, the sportsbooks will have made a killing on the massive underdog…