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USA Today
31-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Report: Texans attempted to regain rights to Houston Oilers' history from Titans
Report: Texans attempted to regain rights to Houston Oilers' history from Titans With the Tennessee Titans once again "retiring" the Houston Oilers logo and jerseys from their Sunday attire, could the Houston Texans make a swoop at bringing back the iconic oil rig to the city that misses it so? Well, according to The Athletic, Houston actually tried to land the rights to the name the intellectual property, but it was sadly declined. "According to league sources, there was once a perception within the Texans organization that there were discussions for Houston to possibly regain the Oilers history and intellectual property," The Athletic wrote. "But any pipe dream of the Titans ever relinquishing the Oilers intellectual property and history to the Texans would likely elicit an expletive if expressed inside the Titans' facility." If anything, Houston wants the "Love-Ya Blue" color back in play for jersey accents. The team tried to incorporate the light blue into their new uniform designs, but every corner was met with criticism from the Titans and owner Amy Adams Strunk. The decision to allow the Titans to keep the oil rig and color scheme despite leaving the city has sparked heated discussions over decades between fans in both Houston and Nashville. After going 0-2 against the Texans in the uniforms, the Titans announced they would be re-retiring the oil rig, but keep Columbia Blue as its new main color scheme, changing the name of it to "Titans Blue." For Texans fans who remember the 'Luv Ya Blue' era under Bud Adams and Bum Phillips, the coming seasons may be a bit disheartening. Yes, the oil rig will no longer grace football fields, but the iconic blue that brought joy to city will become the primary color of the Texans' rival. Sadly, there's nothing Houstonians can do, so they will have to get used to it. As long as Strunk owns the Titans, the Oilers and their colors won't be leaving Nashville.
USA Today
31-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Titans ditching Houston Oilers uniforms in 2025 after losing twice to Texans
Titans ditching Houston Oilers uniforms in 2025 after losing twice to Texans Columbia Blue is saying see you later to the city of Nashville. According to reports, the Tennessee Titans won't don the iconic Houston Oilers jerseys in 2025 whenever the Houston Texans travel to Nissan Stadium for a matchup with the former Houston-based franchise. Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk might be getting rid of the iconic Oiler logo, but she's instead making sure that everyone will remember their ties to Houston. According to reports from the team's website, the Titans making light blue its primary color going forward, a homage to the color that became a staple of H-Town football in the 1970s. 'We're talking to fans and we're listening, and there's a clear appetite to have the Titans, their team, represented on the field in this noticeable color that has been with this team from 1960 in Houston, into Memphis, at Vanderbilt and as we've played at Nissan Stadium,' Titans President and CEO Burke Nihill said on the team's site. 'We're going to emphasize that this year and change to Titans blue as the primary color. As we sit here today, the plan is to wear Titans blue at every one of our home games this year.' Strunk, who's father Bud Adams owned the Oilers and eventually moved to the team from Houston to Nasvhille, brought back the old uniforms as the Titans' alternates beginning in 2023. As expected,the logo, jeresys and a merchandise sales were through the roof across the country outside of the city of Houston. Those who were left behind when Adams moved to the north paused the Titans' decision to wear a Houston-based uniform whenever playing against the new Houston team that was founded in 2022. Since the league allows uniforms to change every four years, the Titans will embrace what they're now calling "Titans Blue" for the 2025 season and beyond. It's going to be Columbia Blue with a new shading that won't be exactly the same as the Columbia Blue people have known for years. 'The Titans Blue has always been a part of this organization, and there is something that is uniquely this organization when that color is the dominant color," Nihill said. "You see it, and you know the team that is being represented — it's the Titans.' Is it bad that the Titans won't be wearing the Oilers jerseys anymore? Maybe not since Houston is 2-0 against the Titans whenever those uniforms are being worn. And what's worse is C.J. Stroud didn't defeat Tennessee wearing those colors, but instead it was the backups. In 2023, Case Keenum led Houston to a victory in Week 16, helping the Texans inch closer to securing a playoff bid. Last year, Davis Mills and the backups entered the game after the opening drive to help cap off a second 10-win season under DeMeco Ryans.
