The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference, South division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 in Houston, Texas, as a charter member of the American Football League. The Oilers won the first two AFL Championships, and joined the NFL as part of the AFL – NFL merger in 1970.