The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee.

They are currently 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 American Football League.

For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to Titans in 1999.

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.

Unlike four years earlier, when Art Modell agreed 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.

They finished one game behind the Jacksonville Jaguars for the AFC Central title.

Tennessee then won their first round playoff game over the Buffalo Bills on a designed play known as "Home run Throwback" in the Titans playbook but is commonly referred to as the "Music City Miracle."

Tight end Frank Wycheck made a lateral pass to Kevin Dyson on a kickoff return with 16 seconds left in the game and the Tennessee Titans trailing by 1 point; Dyson returned the pass 75 yards (69 m) for a touchdown to win the game.

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