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 ...

Houston sports fans embrace their teams, but it could be argued that no group of players had a more passionate love affair with the city than the Luv Ya Blue Houston Oilers of the late 1970s. A ...

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 ...

This will be the final part of the series on the birth of the Houston Oilers. After Bud Adams and Lamar Hunt started the ball rolling on the AFL and they gathered up owners for all the teams, the nuts ...

The University of Houston's season-opening throwback uniforms that evoked memories of the old Houston Oilers were wildly popular among players and fans. Not so much with the NFL. The NFL's ...

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 ...