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The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are currently members of the Southern 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 American Football League. The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.

The team relocated to the state of Tennessee in 1997, first playing in Memphis for one season before moving to Nashville. For two seasons, they were known as the "Tennessee Oilers" before changing their name to Titans in 1999.

The Titans conducted summer training camp in 2006 at Austin Peay State University.

Tennessee Titans Era (1999-Present)
During the 1998 season, Adams announced that in response to fan requests, he was changing the Oilers' name to coincide with the opening of their new stadium and to better connect with Nashville (even though he himself continued to live in Houston). He also declared that the renamed team would retain the Oilers' heritage (including team records) and that there would be a Hall of Fame honoring the greatest players from both eras. Unlike four years earlier, when Art Modell was forced to leave the Cleveland Browns' name and heritage behind when he moved his organization to Baltimore, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue raised no objection when Adams declared that he would retain the rights to the Oilers name--effectively foreclosing Houston from reclaiming it for an expansion team.

Adams appointed an advisory committee to decide on a new name. He let it be known that the new name should reflect power, strength, leadership and other heroic qualities. On December 22, Adams announced that the Oilers would be known as the Tennessee Titans starting in 1999. The new name met all of Adams' requirements, and also served as a nod to Nashville's Greek heritage.

In 2005, the Titans took the field with the youngest team in the NFL. Several rookies made the 2005 team including 1st round pick Adam "Pacman" Jones, RT Michael Roos, and a trio of talented receivers in the likes of Brandon Jones, Courtney Roby, and Roydell Williams. After losing their first game of the season on the road to the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-7 and then winning their Week 2 home-opener against the Baltimore Ravens 25-10, the Titans began the season 1-1, but quickly fell out of contention. They lost on the road to the St. Louis Rams 31-27 and lost to to their division rival, the Indianapolis Colts 31-10. After getting some redemption on the road against their new division rival, the Houston Texans 34-20, they lost five-straight games to the Cincinnati Bengals (31-23), the Arizona Cardinals (20-10), the Oakland Raiders (34-25), the Cleveland Browns (20-14), and then (coming off of their Week 10 Bye), their division rival, the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-28. The Titans would win at home against the San Francisco 49ers 33-22, but then, they went on the road and got swept by the Colts 35-3. The Titans would sweep the luckless Texans 13-10 at home, but that would be their last win of the year, as they lost their remaining three games to the Seattle Seahawks (28-24), the Miami Dolphins (24-10), and the Jacksonville Jaguars (40-13).

   
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