Tennessee Titans

. In 2004, the Giants fired head coach Jim Fassel after a 4-12 season and signed Tom Coughlin to the position.
. Ray Lewis was named MVP. Numerous key players were cut or traded by the Titans front office during the off season, including Derrick Mason, Samari Rolle, Kevin Carter, and others. This was done most likely to "clean house", or free up money to put the team farther under the salary cap to make further player acquisitions. In 2001, the Giants were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV by the score of 34-7. Their 5-11 record turned out to be their worst in a decade. Ottis Anderson was named MVP.

The 2004 season was disappointing for the Titans, who suffered an unusual number of injuries to key players. In 1991, the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV 20-19 in one of the most dramatic Super Bowls ever played, which culminated in Scott Norwood's missed FG. The Titans made the 2003 playoffs, winning their first-round game over the Baltimore Ravens and losing in the AFC semifinals to the New England Patriots. In 1990, the Mara family sold a 50% interest in the team to Preston Robert Tisch. In 2003, quarterback Steve McNair won the MVP award, sharing it with Peyton Manning. This Giants team began the recent football tradition of dousing the head coach with a cooler of ice cold water near the end of a victorious game that clinches some sort of championship. Louis Rams when Kevin Dyson was tackled one yard short of the endzone as regulation time expired. Phil Simms was named MVP after completing 88% of his passes.

The Titans' Cinderella season led to a trip to Super Bowl XXXIV, where they lost a heartbreaker to the St. In 1987, the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. This game qualifies as one of the greatest games in NFL history and became known as the "Music City Miracle". The stadium is shared with the New York Jets. The 1999 first round win was due to a lateral from tight end Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson on a late 4th quarter kickoff return; Dyson returned the pass 75 yards for a touchdown to win the game. In 1976, the Giants moved to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from Yankee Stadium. The Titans made the playoffs in their inaugural year in the "Music City", which was capped off by their unbelievable first round playoff victory over the Buffalo Bills and a third win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1958, the Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played".

In 1999, Adelphia Coliseum, now known simply as The Coliseum, was completed and the newly christened Tennessee Titans were well received by their new fans in Tennessee's state capital. At half time, coach Steve Owen provided the team with basketball shoes for better traction on the icy turf, and the game came to be known as the "Sneakers Game". The team relented and played the 1998 home schedule at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville. In 1934, the team defeated the Chicago Bears 30-13 at the Polo Grounds in icy nine degree temperatures. The 1997 season is often recalled as having consisted of 16 road games. The Giants are one of the original teams of the NFL. Weary of babysitting Nashville's team, Memphis largely ignored the Oilers, who played before crowds ranging from sparse and indifferent to outright hostile (as in the case of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers). The Giants were created in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara.

The Oilers rejected Vanderbilt Stadium and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium while waiting for their new stadium to be finished in their permanent home city, Nashville. They currently play in the NFC East Division. The soon-to-be Tennessee Titans spent 1997 in Memphis as the short-lived Tennessee Oilers. The New York Giants are a National Football League team originating in New York City, but currently based in New Jersey. Even before the Oilers relocated, they established the future cornerstone of their offense by drafting Steve McNair in 1995. Lawrence Taylor #56. Unlike his support of an old-line NFL city (Cleveland) in holding on to its tradition, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue did not intervene when Adams declared that no other Houston football team could ever use the name "Oilers". Ken Strong #50.

Although the city of Cleveland kept the franchise's name "Browns", and the team's history when it left, Houston's status as the home of the first two American Football League championships did not save the city's AFL heritage. Charlie Conerly #42. The mid-1990s signaled the decline of the Houston Oilers and the ill-fated "run and shoot" offense and by 1997, owner Bud Adams moved the team out of Houston. Joe Morrison #40. From 1987 through 1993, the Oilers were one of the most successful teams in the AFC, making the playoffs each year but failing to reach the Super Bowl. Al Blozis #32. In 1984, the Oilers won a bidding war for CFL legend Warren Moon but didn't return to the playoffs until 1987, where the Oilers nearly went to the Super Bowl. Tittle #14.

From 1978 through 1980, the "Luv Ya Blue" Oilers would make the playoffs each year but three postseason losses prompted owner Bud Adams to fire head coach Bum Phillips and signaled the decline of the Oilers for a few years (the 1981 Oilers won their first two games, both on the road - but then the team lost 23 consecutive away games, an all-time NFL record which remained intact until the Detroit Lions lost their 24th straight road game on December 21, 2003). Y.A. In 1978, the Oilers' fortunes changed when they drafted University of Texas football star Earl Campbell, who was both Rookie of the Year and MVP that year and led the Oilers to their first NFL playoff appearance. Phil Simms #11. They then fell from the AFL elite, and the years immediately following the 1970 AFL-NFL merger proved to not be much brighter. Mel Hein #7. The Oilers won the AFL Eastern Division title again in 1967, then became the first professional football team to play in a domed stadium, when they moved into Houston's Astrodome for the 1968 season. Tuffy Leemans #4.

Dewveall that year caught the longest pass reception for a touchdown in professional football history, 99 yards, from Jacky Lee, against the San Diego Chargers. Ray Flaherty #1. In 1962, the Oilers were the first AFL team to sign an active NFL player away from the other league, when wide receiver Willard Dewveall left the Bears to join the champion Oilers. Ryan Kuehl. They lost to the Dallas Texans in the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played. Willie Ponder. After winning the first-ever AFL championship over the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960, they repeated over the same team (then in San Diego) in 1961. Jeff Feagles.

Cannon joined other Oiler offensive stars such as quarterback George Blanda, flanker Charlie Hennigan, running back Charlie Tolar, and guard Bob Talamini. Jay Feely. They scored an important victory over the NFL when they signed LSU's Heisman Trophy winner, All-America running back Billy Cannon. Jack Brewer. The Oilers appeared in the first three AFL championships. Brent Alexander. The Tennessee Titans began in 1960 as the Houston Oilers, charter members of the American Football League. Gibril Wilson.

The Tennessee Titans are a National Football League team based in Nashville, Tennessee. Shaun Williams. Frank Wycheck. Mark Jones. George Webster. Frank Walker. Webster Slaughter. Will Peterson.

Charlie Tolar (1937-2003 ("the human bowling ball")). Will Allen. Bob Talamini (born 1939, won two AFL titles with the Oilers, AFL and World Championship with the Jets). Kevin Lewis. Mike Rozier. Nick Greisen. Samari Rolle. Reggie Torbor.

Allen Pinkett. Carlos Emmons. Warren Moon. Barrett Green. Ron McDole. Antonio Pierce. Wahoo McDaniel. Norman Hand.

Bruce Matthews. Fred Robbins. Derrick Mason. Kendrick Clancy. Jacky Lee. Lorenzo Bromell. Ernie Ladd. Osi Umenyiora.

Jevon Kearse. Michael Strahan. Sean Jones. Wayne Lucier. Charlie Joiner. Shaun O'Hara. Billy "White Shoes" Johnson. Chris Snee.

Haywood Jeffries. Rich Seubert. Bobby Jancik. Jason Whittle. Drew Hill. Ed Ellis. Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (Oilers, 1964)). David Diehl.

Eddie George. Luke Petitgout. Miller Farr. Kareem McKenzie. Ray Childress. Visanthe Shiancoe. Kevin Carter. Marcellus Rivers.

Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969). Jeremy Shockey. 74 Bruce Matthews. David Tyree. 65 Elvin Bethea. Willie Ponder. 63 Mike Munchak. Jamaar Taylor.

43 Jim Norton (born 1938, all-time American Football League interception leader). Tim Carter. 34 Earl Campbell. Plaxico Burress. Steve McNair. Amani Toomer. Brad Hopkins. Jim Finn.

Andre Dyson. Derrick Ward. Keith Bulluck. Mike Cloud. Chris Brown. Tiki Barber. Drew Bennett. Jared Lorenzen.

Gary Anderson. Jesse Palmer. Mike Munchak. Tim Hasselbeck. Ken Houston. Eli Manning. Earl Campbell. Emlen Tunnell.

George Blanda (born 1927, first player to pass for 36 touchdowns (Oilers, 1961)). Tittle. Elvin Bethea. Y.A. Lawrence Taylor Linebacker (1999). Ken Strong.

Steve O'Neill. Wellington Mara Co-Owner (1997). Tom Landry Coach (1990). Arnold Weinmeister Defensive End (1984).

Sam Huff Linebacker (1982). Morris 'Red' Badgro End, (1981). Alphonse 'Tuffy' Leemans halfback, Fullback (1978). Frank Gifford Halfback (1977).

Roosevelt 'Rosey' Brown Tackle (enshrined in 1975). Tom Coughlin 6-10-0 2004-present. Jim Fassel 60-55-1 1997-2003. Dan Reeves 32-34-0 1993-1996.

Ray Handley 14-18-0 1991-1992. Bill Parcells 85-52-1 1983-1990. Ray Perkins 24-35-0 1979-1982. John McVay 14-23-0 1976-1978.

Bill Arnsparger 7-28-0 1974-1976. Alex Webster 29-40-1 1969-1973. Allie Sherman 57-54-4 1961-1968. Jim Lee Howell 55-29-4 1954-1960.

Steve Owen 153-108-17 1931-1953. Benny Friedman and Steve Owen 2-0-0 1930. LeRoy Andrews 24-5-1 1929-1930. Earl Potteiger 15-8-3 1927-1928.

Joe Alexander 8-4-1 1926. Bob Folwell 8-4-0 1925.