The Houston Oilers lost the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh on Jan. 6, 1980, the second straight year in which the Oilers -- led by head coach Bum Phillips-- fell one game short of the franchise's ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Longtime Houstonians will remember this. For Oilers games back in the late 1980s, Houston's Astrodome was known as the House Of Pain. Well, when listening to several former ...

Doug Smith, who was a stalwart on the Houston Oilers' defensive line during the team’s resurgence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, had a heart attack and died at the age of 64 on Thursday. The ...

Bud Adams was determined to find a new home for his Houston Oilers. He even threatened to find a new city for the NFL franchise. Adams first issued that warning in the 1980s before backing off. He ...