1970 Houston Oilers season

The 1970 Houston Oilers season was the 11th season overall and its first as part of the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–6–2, winning only three games.^[1]

Offseason

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1970 Houston Oilers draft
1	14	Doug Wilkerson *	Guard	North Carolina Central
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Houston Oilers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 20, 1970	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 19–7	45,538
2	September 27, 1970	Miami Dolphins	L 20–10	39,840
3	October 4, 1970	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 20–13	55,094
4	October 11, 1970	Baltimore Colts	L 24–20	48,050
5	October 18, 1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–3	42,799
6	October 25, 1970	at San Diego Chargers	T 31–31	41,427
7	November 1, 1970	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 44–0	47,911
8	November 8, 1970	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–9	49,810
9	November 15, 1970	San Francisco 49ers	L 30–20	43,040
10	November 22, 1970	at Cleveland Browns	L 28–14	74,723
11	November 29, 1970	Denver Broncos	W 31–21	35,733
12	December 7, 1970	Cleveland Browns	L 21–10	50,582
13	December 13, 1970	Cincinnati Bengals	L 30–20	34,435
14	December 20, 1970	at Dallas Cowboys	L 52–10	50,504

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

↑ 1970 Houston Oilers
↑ "1970 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

Tennessee Titans

Founded in 1960 Formerly the Houston Oilers (1960–1996) and the Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998) Based and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee

Franchise	History in Houston in Tennessee Coaches Seasons Players First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Jeppesen Stadium Rice Stadium Houston Astrodome Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Vanderbilt Stadium Nissan Stadium

Culture	Bud Adams Luv Ya Blue T-Rac Cheerleaders

Lore	The Comeback Music City Miracle

Rivalries	Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys

Division championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1967 1991 1993 2000 2002 2008

Conference championships (1)	1999

League championships (2)	1960 1961

Retired numbers	1 34 43 63 65 74

Media	Broadcasters Titans All Access Titans Preseason Football Titans Radio Network WKRN-TV WTVF WZTV WGFX-FM

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1970–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Former league affiliation	League: American Football League (1960–1969)

Seasons (56)	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Houston / Tennessee Oilers–Tennessee Titans seasons

Houston Oilers 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Tennessee Oilers 1997 1998 Tennessee 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates AFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Boston	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Buffalo	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
Miami	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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