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.
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