NASHVILLE – It's Houston Oilers Tribute Week, which means a lot of things.
For starters, Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk will lead the franchise in posthumously adding former Oilers head coach O.A. "Bum" Phillips to the Titans/Oilers Ring of Honor in a ceremony at halftime of Sunday's game against the Colts at Nissan Stadium.
But the team is celebrating its Oilers heritage throughout the week.
And, as part of the celebration, the team will hold its 2021 Houston Oilers Reunion Weekend in town.
The list of former Oilers scheduled to be in town for the weekend, and the game, is a long one.
Here's the list of players, which includes their years with the Oilers:
- CB Willie Alexander (1971-79)
- WR Warren Anderson (1977-78)
- RB Adger Armstrong (1980-82)
- WR Harold Bailey (1981-83)
- DB Tony Banfield (1960-65)
- DE Robert Banks (1987-88)
- TE Mike Barber (1976-81)
- DB Tomur Barnes (1994-97)
- LB Steve Baumgartner (1977-79)
- QB Pete Beathard (1967-69)
- DE Elvin Bethea (1968-83)
- DB Keith Bostic (1983-88)
- LB Robert Brazile (1975-84)
- RB Bobby Brezina (1964)
- WR Steve Bryant (1982-85)
- WR Kenny Burrough (1971-81)
- RB Joe Campbell (1992-93)
- RB Rob Carpenter (1977-81)
- OG/DT Ronnie Carroll (1974-75)
- DE Ray Childress (1985-95)
- DB Charles Clinton (1987)
- DT Curley Culp (1974-80)
- DE Andy Dorris (1977-81)
- TE Chris Dressel (1983-86)
- WR Curtis Duncan (1987-93)
- RB Stanley Edwards (1982-86)
- WR Larry Elkins (1965-68)
- WR/K Richard Ellender (1979)
- LB Eric Fairs (1988-91)
- WR Ernest Givins (1986-94)
- CB Greg Hill (1983)
- WR Michael Holston (1981-84)
- OL Brad Hopkins (1993-2005)
- CB Richard Johnson (1985-92)
- WR/Returner Billy "White Shoes" Johnson (1974-1980)
- WR Charlie Joiner (1969-72)
- DE Sean Jones (1988-93)
- S Chuck Kendall (1960)
- DE Ernest Kirk (1977)
- LB Lamar Lathon (1990-98)
- QB Oliver Luck (1982-86)
- DB Allen Lyday (1984-87)
- T Don Maggs (1986-92)
- TE Mike McCloskey (1984-85)
- CB Audray McMillian (1985-88)
- WR/KR Gerald McNeil (1990)
- LB/scout Johnny Meads (1984-92)
- QB Warren Moon (1984-93)
- CB Zeke Moore (1967-77)
- RB Larry Moriarty (1983-86)
- OL Jay Pennison (1986-90)
- SS Vernon Perry (1979-82)
- RB Allen Pinkett (1986-91)
- QB Brian Ransom (1983-84)
- S/GM Mike Reinfeldt (1976-83)
- WR Mike Renfro (1978-83)
- RB Mike Richardson (1969-71)
- WR Carl Roaches (1980-84)
- DB Rafael Robinson (1996-97)
- RB Mike Rozier (1985-90)
- WR Chris Sanders (1995-2002)
- LB Al Smith (1987-92)
- DE Doug Smith (1985-92)
- DL Carel Stith (1967-69)
- LB Arthur Stringer (1977-81)
- T Walt Suggs (1962-71)
- S Allen Trammell (1966)
- QB Don Trull (1964-69)
- DB Willie Tullis (1981-84)
- RB Ray Wallace (1986-88)
- RB Lorenzo White (1988-94)
- TE Jamie Williams (1984-88)
- DB James Williams (1993-94)
- S Al Witcher (1960)
- RB Robert Woods (1978)
- WR/K Butch Woolfolk (1985-86)
A group of players is scheduled to arrive in Nashville on Thursday, and several of them are scheduled to attend Titans practice at Saint Thomas Sports Park on Friday.
Festivities are planned throughout the weekend.
The former Oilers will gather for a gameday brunch on Sunday before heading to Nissan Stadium for Sunday's Titans vs Colts game, and the induction of Bum Phillips into the Titans/Oilers Ring of Honor at halftime.
All attending players who played under Bum Phillips, and the team's Hall of Famers, will serve as the Honorary 12th Titans.
Oilers Tribute Week
The Titans are celebrating its heritage throughout the week and will pay tribute to Oilers greats during the Titans-Colts game this Sunday, culminating in a halftime ceremony, adding O.A. "Bum" Phillips to the Ring of Honor.
