1960 Houston Oilers

The book "Houston Oilers: The Early Years," contains the following excerpt...

"(Oiler) Guard Hogan Wharton once said of (Head Coach) Rymkus: 'Lou had a phobia about looking unprofessional.' If Wharton's assessment was accurate, Rymkus was ready for the psychiatrist's couch after the (August 6) Tulsa trip.
     The nightmare began when a dozen Oiler jerseys were stolen from the locker room prior to the game. Apparently, a Shrine official had forgotten to lock the door after Houston's Friday-night practice. When equipment manager George Greene broke the news to Rymkus, the coach exploded. After the torrent of profanity subsided, Greene was thankful that his life had been spared.
     A chagrined Rymkus trudged to the Dallas locker room. Hearing the Oilers' predicament, Coach Hank Stram, whose Texans were wearing white, offered the use of his team's home jerseys. When the Houston Oilers made their football debut, forty-two players were wearing Columbia-blue jerseys, and the remaining ten players were wearing red."

The August 6, 1960, game during Preseason Week 2 has been changed to reflect this event.

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1962-65 Houston Oilers

Made red pants stripe narrower and lightened the blue outer pants stripes.
Made sleeve stripes narrower for 1964-65.
Lightened blue of 1964-65 striped jerseys.
Adjusted blue of 1964-65 helmets.

9/23/62 - HOU @ SD

1964-65 HOU Jersey & helmet

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1966-67 Houston Oilers

Our own Larry Schmitt spotted this one. The Oilers sleeve stripes did not have red borders on the top-most or bottom-most stripes of either jersey.

9/25/66 - HOU @ BUF

10/16/66 - NYJ @ HOU

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1999-2011 Tennessee Titans

Improved size/position/font of front/back numbers.

Moved NOBs higher on back.

Removed white outline on sleeve logos of non-throwbacks.

Improved front/back shape of shoulder yoke.

Improved shades of blue for 2009 throwbacks.

9/11/11 - TENN @ JAX

11/15/09 - BUF @ TEN

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1990-98 Houston Oilers

Improved size/position/font of front/back/TV numbers.

Improved font/position of NOBs.

Corrected shades of blue to match photos.

1994 Week 1 shows monowhite Oilers combo but should be combo #2 (white/blue).

9/19/93 - HOU @ SD

9/4/94 - HOU @ IND

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1980-89 Houston Oilers

Improved size/position/font of front/back numbers

Improved size/position/font of NOBs.

Adjusted shades of blue to match photos.

1981 blue pants were 2-tones.

12/13/81 - HOU @ SF

11/8/87 - HOU @ SF

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1970-79 Houston Oilers

Improved size/position/font of front/back/TV numbers.

Improved size/position/font of NOBs.

Made red stripes on 1975-79 helmets thinner, white stripes wider.

Blue stripe and helmet logo on 1976-79 helmets are darker shade of blue.

Numbers and sleeve stripes on 1979 white jersey are darker blue and thin with wide outline.

9/19/76 - HOU @ BUF

9/2/79 - HOU @ WASH

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1960-69 Houston Oilers

Improved the size/position/font of front/back numbers.

Moved NOBs higer on back.

Corrected the font of NOBs.

Added thin blue collar to 1960 white jerseys.

Removed blue collar from 1961-63 white jerseys.

Made 1960 sock stripes thinner.

Red belts for 1960-61.

1964-65 helmets are a 'bolder' shade of blue than jerseys.

10/23/60 - HOU @ NYT

9/23/63 - HOU @ SD

11/21/65 - HOU @ NYJ

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1972-74 Houston Oilers

Added 2-tone pants

11/26/72 - HOU@SD

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1966-71 Houston Oilers

Added 2-tone pants

9/28/69 - MIA @ HOU

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1962-65 Houston Oilers

These years were currently displaying 3 equal sized stripes on the pants for all 4 years.

1962-63 have a middle red stripe that is wider than the outer blue stripes.

1964-65 have a middle red stripe that is slightly wider than the 2 previous years.

Also, 1964-65 sock stripes are too wide. They should be the same size as the jersey stripes.

11/4/62 - HOU @ DAL

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12/1/63 - HOU @ SD

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11/6/64 - HOU @ BOS

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11/21/65 - HOU @ NYJ

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