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The Titans,
archived.

Vintage Tennessee Titans sweatshirts and jerseys, filed by era. Super Bowl XXXIV appearance (1999 season); Houston Oilers AFL champions 1960–1961. Houston Oilers gear is 1960-96, Tennessee Oilers is a two-season window (1997-98), and anything Titans-branded is 1999 or later.

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Houston to Nashville

Houston blows a 35–3 lead in Buffalo in January '93. The team moves to Tennessee in '97, becomes the Titans in '99, and ends Super Bowl XXXIV a yard short.

Years
1990–1999
Wore
#27
Tells
Houston Oilers
NO. 01 · DATING TITANS GEAR: LOGO & UNIFORM TIMELINE
  1. 1960The franchise debuted as the Houston Oilers in Columbia blue, with an oil-derrick logo it kept until 1999.
  2. 1966-71Helmets and pants were silver; helmets were blue in other early years and white from 1975 to 1998.
  3. 1997The team moved to Tennessee as the Tennessee Oilers, playing its first season in Memphis, with an alternate logo mixing the state flag and the derrick.
  4. 1999Renamed the Titans, the team introduced a flaming "T" logo with three stars and added navy jerseys.
  5. 2003A light Titans blue alternate jersey was introduced.
  6. 2009The Titans wore Oilers throwbacks for the AFL's 50th anniversary.
NO. 02 · THE TITANS INDEX
1960–1979

60s–70s

Houston Oilers · Luv Ya Blue
1980–1989

80s

Houston Oilers · Moon
1990–1999

90s

Houston Oilers · Houston to Nashville
2000–2009

2000s

Tennessee Titans · Air McNair
NO. 03 · IN THE DESIGN ARCHIVE

Specific Titans designs, one page each, with every past eBay example we found.

NO. 04 · FIELD NOTES
✓Tag check: does the maker and the country of manufacture fit the era the seller claims?
✓Print check: do the logo, wordmark and any copyright date match that year's team identity?
✓Fit check: ask for pit-to-pit and length in inches; vintage tag sizes run differently.

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