List of Tennessee Titans seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Tennessee Titans, an American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Titans' franchise from 1960 to the present, including postseason records and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Titans were originally known as the Houston Oilers and were a part of the inaugural season of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. In 1997, the franchise moved to Tennessee, playing in Memphis temporarily until settling in Nashville. The team was rebranded as the Titans following the 1998 season. The Titans have yet to win a Super Bowl, falling one yard short of tying the game as time expired in their only appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV, although the team does have two championships from its early years in the AFL. During their tenure in Tennessee they have defeated all 31 other franchises at least once, enjoying a perfect record against the Detroit Lions (5-0).

Contents

Seasons

AFL Champions (1960–1969)§ Super Bowl Champions (1966–present)Conference Champions*Division Champions^Wild Card Berth#
Season Team League ConferenceDivision Regular season Postseason resultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWLT
Houston Oilers
1960 1960 AFL§Eastern^1st^1040Won AFL Championship (1) (Chargers) 24–16 Lou Rymkus
1961 1961 AFL§Eastern^1st^1031Won AFL Championship (2) (at Chargers) 10–3 George Blanda (MVP)Lou Rymkus (1–3–1)
Wally Lemm (9–0)
1962 1962 AFLEastern^1st^1130Lost AFL Championship (Dallas Texans) 17–20 (2 OT) Pop Ivy
1963 1963 AFLEastern3rd680
1964 1964 AFLEastern4th4100 Sammy Baugh
1965 1965 AFLEastern4th4100 Hugh Taylor
1966 1966 AFLEastern4th3110Wally Lemm
1967 1967 AFLEastern^1st^941Lost AFL Championship (at Raiders) 7–40
1968 1968 AFLEastern2nd770
1969 1969 AFLEastern2nd#662Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 7–56
1970 1970 NFL AFC Central 4th3101
1971 1971 NFLAFCCentral3rd491 Ed Hughes
1972 1972 NFLAFCCentral4th1130 Bill Peterson
1973 1973 NFLAFCCentral4th1130Bill Peterson (0–5)
Sid Gillman (1–8)
1974 1974 NFLAFCCentral2nd770Sid Gillman
1975 1975 NFLAFCCentral3rd1040 Robert Brazile (DROY) Bum Phillips
1976 1976 NFLAFCCentral4th590
1977 1977 NFLAFCCentral3rd860
1978 1978 NFLAFCCentral2nd#1060Won Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–9
Won Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 31–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 5–34
Earl Campbell (OPOY, OROY)
1979 1979 NFLAFCCentral2nd#1150Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 13–7
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 17–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 13–27
Earl Campbell (MVP, OPOY)
1980 1980 NFLAFCCentral2nd#1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Raiders) 7–27 Earl Campbell (OPOY)
1981 1981 NFLAFCCentral3rd790 Ed Biles
1982 1982 NFLAFC13th^^180
1983 1983 NFLAFCCentral4th2140Ed Biles (0–6)
Chuck Studley (2–8)
1984 1984 NFLAFCCentral4th3130 Hugh Campbell
1985 1985 NFLAFCCentral4th5110Hugh Campbell (5–9)
Jerry Glanville (0–2)
1986 1986 NFLAFCCentral4th5110Jerry Glanville
1987 1987 NFLAFCCentral2nd#960Won Wild Card playoffs (Seahawks) 23–20 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 10–34
1988 1988 NFLAFCCentral3rd#1060Won Wild Card playoffs (at Browns) 24–23
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 10–17
1989 1989 NFLAFCCentral2nd#970Lost Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 23–26 (OT) Warren Moon (WP MOY)
1990 1990 NFLAFCCentral2nd#970Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 14–41 Warren Moon (OPOY) Jack Pardee
1991 1991 NFLAFCCentral^1st^1150Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 17–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 24–26
1992 1992 NFLAFCCentral2nd#1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 38–41 (OT)
1993 1993 NFLAFCCentral^1st^1240Lost Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 20–28
1994 1994 NFLAFCCentral4th2140Jack Pardee (1–9)
Jeff Fisher (1–5)
1995 1995 NFLAFCCentral3rd790Jeff Fisher
1996 1996 NFLAFCCentral4th880 Eddie George (OROY)
Tennessee Oilers
1997 1997 NFLAFCCentral3rd880Jeff Fisher
1998 1998 NFLAFCCentral2nd880
Tennessee Titans
1999 1999 NFLAFC*Central2nd#1330Won Wild Card playoffs (Bills) 22–16
Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 19–16
Won AFC Championship (at Jaguars) 33–14
Lost Super Bowl XXXIV (vs. Rams) 16–23
Jevon Kearse (DROY)Jeff Fisher
2000 2000 NFLAFCCentral^1st^1330Lost Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 10–24
2001 2001 NFLAFCCentral4th790
2002 2002 NFLAFC South ^1st^1150Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 34–31 (OT)
Lost AFC Championship (at Raiders) 24–41
2003 2003 NFLAFCSouth2nd#1240Won Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 20–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 14–17
Steve McNair (MVP)
2004 2004 NFLAFCSouth4th5110
2005 2005 NFLAFCSouth3rd4120
2006 2006 NFLAFCSouth2nd880 Vince Young (OROY)
2007 2007 NFLAFCSouth3rd#1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chargers) 6–17
2008 2008 NFLAFCSouth^1st^1330Lost Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 10–13
2009 2009 NFLAFCSouth3rd880 Chris Johnson (OPOY)
2010 2010 NFLAFCSouth4th6100
2011 2011 NFLAFCSouth2nd970 Mike Munchak
2012 2012 NFLAFCSouth3rd6100
2013 2013 NFLAFCSouth2nd790
2014 2014 NFLAFCSouth4th2140 Ken Whisenhunt
2015 2015 NFLAFCSouth4th3130Ken Whisenhunt (1–6)
Mike Mularkey (2–7)
2016 2016 NFLAFCSouth2nd970Mike Mularkey
2017 2017 NFLAFCSouth2nd#970Won Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 22–21
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 14–35
2018 2018 NFLAFCSouth3rd970 Mike Vrabel
2019 2019 NFLAFCSouth2nd#970Won Wild Card playoffs (at Patriots) 20–13
Won Divisional playoffs (at Ravens) 28–12
Lost AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 24–35
Ryan Tannehill (CPOY)
2020 2020 NFLAFCSouth^1st^1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 13–20 Derrick Henry (OPOY)
2021 2021 NFLAFCSouth^1st^1250Lost Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 16–19 Mike Vrabel (COY)
2022 2022 NFLAFCSouth2nd7100
2023 2023 NFLAFCSouth4th6110

^^ = Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.

All-time records

StatisticWinsLossesTiesWin%
Houston Oilers regular season record (1960–1996)2512916.464
Tennessee Oilers regular season record (1997–1998)16160.500
Tennessee Titans regular season record (1999–2023)2091940.519
All-time regular season record (1960–2023)4765016.487
Houston Oilers post-season record (1960–1996)913.409
Tennessee Oilers post-season record (1997–1998)00.000
Tennessee Titans post-season record (1999–2023)810.444
All-time post-season record (1960–2023)1723.425
All-time regular and post-season record (1960–2023)4935246.485

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