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50 free Tennessee Titans trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Two-tone blue, a raccoon named T-Rac and the most famous lateral in playoff history. This Titans trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers that span the whole franchise, from Bud Adams founding the Houston Oilers as an AFL charter member in 1959, through George Blanda, Earl Campbell's Luv Ya Blue years and Warren Moon's run-and-shoot, to the move to Tennessee, the Music City Miracle, One Yard Short in Super Bowl XXXIV, Steve McNair and Eddie George, Chris Johnson's 2,006 yards, Derrick Henry, Mike Vrabel and the Cam Ward era. The early questions are ones any Nashville fan should nail: the stadium, the mascot, the Super Bowl opponent. Then it gets tougher, with the Memphis year, the name committee, uniform history, coaching changes and record-book details that reward the diehards. Use it before kickoff, at a bar-trivia night, or to settle who in the group chat really knows the Titans. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the franchise, its games and its players, and each question links to the page and sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Under what name did the franchise begin play in 1960?
Houston Oilers
Bud Adams founded the club in 1959 as one of the AFL's eight charter members after failing to land an NFL expansion team.
Q 02The Oilers won the AFL's first two championships, both against which team?
San Diego Chargers
George Blanda quarterbacked them to the first three AFL title games; the third was a double-overtime loss to the Dallas Texans.
Q 03The Oilers became the first pro football team to play in an indoor stadium when they moved where in 1968?
The Astrodome
They had previously played at Jeppesen Stadium and Rice Stadium.
Q 04Whom did the Oilers take with the first overall pick of the 1978 draft?
Earl Campbell
He won Offensive Player of the Year in each of his first three seasons and led the NFL in rushing every time.
Q 05Which hometown nickname did the Oilers' star running back of the Luv Ya Blue years carry?
The Tyler Rose
He grew up in Tyler, won the Heisman at Texas, and has his number retired by both the Longhorns and the Titans.
Q 06Which team beat the Oilers in both the 1978 and 1979 AFC Championship Games?
Pittsburgh Steelers
It was the height of Bum Phillips' 'Luv Ya Blue' era, three straight wild-card playoff runs powered by Campbell.
Q 07Before signing with the Oilers in 1984, Warren Moon won how many consecutive Grey Cups in the CFL?
Five
Undrafted out of Washington, he went to Edmonton and won titles from 1978 to 1982, then became the first undrafted quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Q 08In the 1992 playoffs the Oilers blew a lead of how many points against Buffalo?
32
They led 35-3 in the third quarter and lost 41-38 in overtime. Moon was traded to Minnesota after the following season.
Q 09Who replaced Jack Pardee as head coach during the 1994 season and later took the team to the Super Bowl?
Jeff Fisher
A former Bears defensive back, he coached the franchise from 1994 to 2010, the longest tenure in its history, and was its first coach in Tennessee.
Q 10Where did the Tennessee Oilers play their home games in 1997, their first season after leaving Houston?
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis
The team was based in Nashville and commuted. Two games drew fewer than 18,000 fans, some of the worst NFL attendance since the 1950s.
Q 11Where did the team play in 1998, its second season as the Tennessee Oilers?
Vanderbilt Stadium
They went 6-2 at home and 2-6 on the road for an 8-8 finish.
Q 12The name 'Titans' was chosen as a nod to what nickname for Nashville?
The Athens of the South
The city's classical architecture and its many colleges earned the label. The new name was unveiled on November 14, 1998.
Q 13What was the Titans' 1999 stadium, later renamed Nissan Stadium, originally called?
Adelphia Coliseum
It took the Nissan name in 2015; an indoor replacement, also named Nissan Stadium, was scheduled to open in 2027.
Q 21With whom did Steve McNair share the NFL MVP award in 2003?
Peyton Manning
He led the league in passer rating that year and was the first African American quarterback to be named MVP.
Q 22How did the Titans honor Steve McNair on their helmets in 2009?
A navy disc with his white number 9
He had died that July. He spent his last two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens after 11 with the franchise.
Q 23Eddie George won the 1995 Heisman Trophy at which school?
Ohio State
He rushed for a school-record 1,927 yards that season and majored in landscape architecture. He spent his last NFL year with Dallas.
Q 14What was the Titans' regular-season record in their Super Bowl season of 1999?
13-3
Rookie Jevon Kearse had 14.5 sacks and led the league with eight forced fumbles on the way to Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Q 15In the Music City Miracle, who threw the lateral across the field to Kevin Dyson?
Frank Wycheck
The play was called 'Home Run Throwback' and Isaac Byrd was actually the primary option, with Dyson trailing behind him.
Q 16How much time was left when the Bills kicked the field goal that set up the Music City Miracle?
16 seconds
Steve Christie, who had also kicked the winner in the 1993 Comeback, put Buffalo up 16-15. Kevin Dyson ran the return 75 yards.
Q 17Which Titans special teams coordinator designed the Home Run Throwback play?
Alan Lowry
The Titans opened the scoring that day with a Jevon Kearse safety on Bills quarterback Rob Johnson.
Q 18Who tackled Kevin Dyson one yard short of the goal line on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV?
Mike Jones
The Titans lost 23-16 at the Georgia Dome. The play is known as 'One Yard Short' and 'The Tackle'.
Q 19Who was named MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV after throwing for a record 414 yards against the Titans?
Kurt Warner
He was the first undrafted quarterback to win a Super Bowl and had 45 attempts without an interception, another record.
Q 20Where did Steve McNair play college football before the Oilers drafted him third overall in 1995?
Alcorn State
He won the Walter Payton Award there in 1994 and became the franchise's starter by his third season.
Q 24Which Titans quarterback was 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year before injuries and coach clashes derailed him?
Vince Young
He led the team to a 2007 playoff berth, was benched for Collins in 2008, and returned to win eight of ten in 2009.
Q 25Chris Johnson ran a then-record time in the 40-yard dash at the 2008 combine. What was it?
4.24 seconds
The East Carolina back had run 10.38 in the 100 meters in high school and went to Tennessee in the first round.
Q 26Whose single-season record for yards from scrimmage did Chris Johnson break in 2009?
Marshall Faulk's
His 2,509 total yards and 2,006 rushing yards earned him the nickname CJ2K and Offensive Player of the Year.
Q 27The Titans are the only NFL team with two 2,000-yard rushers. Who are they?
Chris Johnson and Derrick Henry
Johnson did it in 2009 and Henry in 2020, when he won Offensive Player of the Year.
Q 28Derrick Henry set the national high school career rushing record in which Florida town?
Yulee
He broke Ken Hall's mark that had stood almost 60 years, and remains the only player with a 2,000-yard season in high school, college and the NFL.
Q 29When did the Titans select Derrick Henry in the 2016 draft?
The second round
The 2015 Heisman winner from Alabama made four Pro Bowls in Tennessee before joining Baltimore in 2024.
Q 30With which pick did the Titans draft Marcus Mariota in 2015?
Second overall
He came after a league-worst 2-14 season and quarterbacked three straight 9-7 years before being benched for Ryan Tannehill in 2019.