Talk:Houston Oilers

Both '78 and '79, Oilers as wildcard team make it to AFC championship
This was part of the then new expanded format in which there was wildcard weekend and the two wildcard winners played each other. In both years, the Oilers won this game, won the divisional playoff the following weekend, and made it to the AFC championship, losing to the Steelers both years.

Now, in 1980 wildcard team the Oakland Raiders won the championship, winning Superbowl XV. But in the early 1980s, how many other teams did that or even made it to the AFC or NFC championships. And was there even one other team who went deep into the playoffs two years in a row, both years as a wildcard team? FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 19:34, 14 February 2012 (UTC)ok

Merge with History of Titans
Since the "history" of the Oilers and the "history" of the Titans are actually the uninterrupted history of a single club, it makes sense to include them together in one article. Referring to the "History of the Oilers" seems like a roundabout way of wishing/pretending the team didn't rebrand itself as the Titans. --68.179.186.240 (talk) 06:07, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it make more sense to just call this article "Houston Oilers" instead of having that title redirect to this one? - dcljr (talk) 21:23, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Because this page currently only contains detailed prose of the team's history from 1960 to 1996 without any other content (such as the team's stats, players, uniforms, stadiums) that you would find in a normal sports team article like Manchester United F.C. or New York Giants. This is basically the same rationale as to why Brooklyn Dodgers currently redirects to History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns currently redirects to History of the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901–60) redirects to History of the Washington Senators (1901–60), Philadelphia Athletics redirects to History of the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Braves (baseball) redirects to History of the Boston Braves. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Even though the infobox contains all of that info except players… - dcljr (talk) 04:10, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Manual of Style/Infoboxes - "the purpose of an infobox: to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article" (emphasis added). In other words, content in the infobox does not count in this regard. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * My point is that this article could be extended beyond just history and moved to the other title. I'm not going to do that, however, so I suppose the point is moot. - dcljr (talk) 02:31, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * …And now this article has been moved to Houston Oilers. - dcljr (talk) 01:44, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It's about time. BilCat (talk) 04:35, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

RfC regarding article titles of relocated professional sports teams in North America
An RfC relating to relocated teams' article titles using "History of" has been opened and may be of interest to editors of this article. The RfC will add language to the WP:GUIDELINE and will affect this article's title and multiple others. Please join the discussion at the above link. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 13:53, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (sports teams)