JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tennessee Titans stole apage from the Jacksonville Jaguars' playbook for a surprisingseason-opening win. Chris Brown rushed for a career-high 175 yards on 19 carries andthe Titans shut down the Jaguars' vaunted running game to posta 13-10 upset victory in Sunday's season opener. Quarterback Vince Young managed just 78 yards on 11-of-18passing but rushed for the go-ahead score in the waning momentsof the third quarter and Rob Bironas kicked two field goals forTennessee (1-0). "Our plan for the last couple of weeks was to establish the runbecause the run game was going to be the difference in ouroffense," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. Brown, listed as the second-string running back behind LenDaleWhite, continually gouged Jacksonville's defense for huge gains.The Jaguars (0-1) ranked second in the league in total yardsallowed at 296.1 in 2006. "We allowed them to get some momentum and have the clock,"Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. "We allowed some of that ofour own undoing early and then late they just pounded us. Theyhad us on the field a lot and just ran it right at us." Tennessee held the ball for 36 minutes, 55 seconds in wearingdown the Jaguars' defense in the stifling 86-degree heat andstopping Jacksonville's season-opening win streak at threegames. White added 66 yards on 18 carries as Tennessee amassed 282yards on the ground. "We have two fine backs. Both of them contribute," Fisher said."It was good to see Chris cut back and hit the hole quick andprotect the ball. They provided us a nice one-two punch." Meanwhile, Jacksonville's backfield tandem of Maurice Jones-Drewand Fred Taylor, who combined to average over five yards percarry last season, were bottled up by the Titans' defense. Jones-Drew managed just 32 yards on seven carries while Taylorhad 16 yards on six carries. At halftime, the Titans held anoverwhelming 147-6 edge in rushing yardage yet trailed, 10-6. "We ran it for 18 (carries), they ran it 49. There is usually aproblem when you play a game like that," Del Rio said."Anytime you open at home, you want to get off on right foot,get a good start in the division. "They did a nice job, they executed their plan very well andcame out of here with a win." Frustrated in the first half despite a 2-to-1 margin in time ofpossession, the Titans embarked on a 12-play, 79-yard drive ontheir first possession of the third quarter. Brown rushed for 35 yards and five carries on the drive, whichYoung capped off with a 2-yard keeper for a 13-10 lead with 1:03left in the third quarter. "We have two fine backs. Both of them contribute. It was goodto see Chris cut back and hit the whole quick and protect theball. They provided us a nice one-two punch." said Fisher. Tennessee drove 77 yards on 13 plays on its second possession ofthe game, but stalled at the 3-yard line and had to settle forBironas' 20-yard field goal. Jacksonville struck back quickly, needing just two plays to goahead followed Jones-Drew's 40-kick return on the ensuingkickoff. Garrard connected with rookie wide receiver JohnBroussard on a 47-yard scoring pass with 3:24 left in theopening quarter. Garrard, anointed the starter over Byron Leftwich, who wasreleased, finished 17-of-30 for 204 yards and a touchdown. "I wanted to come out and perform at a high but controlledlevel," Garrard said. "I felt comfortable and relaxed, and feellike we have things going in the right direction and willcontinue to move forward." The Titans came right back with an 11-play, 79-yard drive behindthe hard running of Brown, who had 87 yards on seven yards inthe first half. Again the drive stalled and this time Tennessee came up emptywhen White was stuffed for no gain on 4th-and-goal from the 1. An interception by Rashean Mathis led to John Scobee's 22-yardfield goal and a 10-3 lead for the Jaguars, but the Titansanswered with Bironas' 31-yard kick with 3:36 left in the halfto cut it to 10-6. Scobee suffered a strained quadriceps during pregame warm-ups,forcing the Jaguars to eschew what would have been a 36-yardfield goal attempt in the third quarter. "Obviously, losing your guy that can kick the ball out of theend zone, to end up losing by three is a dramatic swing to nothave that available to you as a football team," Del Rio said.
Re: NFL: TENNESSEE (0-0) at JACKSONVILLE (0-0) I was at the game, and I've never seen anybody gut our defense like the Titans did. The Jaguars have been banged up, but I'm confident that we can pull it together, hopefully the opener was a wake up call.
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NFL: TENNESSEE at JACKSONVILLE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TENNESSEE 3 3 7 0 13 JACKSONVILLE 7 3 0 0 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 10:57 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 20 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards in 6:35. Key plays: White 6-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Jaguars' Stroud to Tennessee 42; Jones 19-yard run to Jacksonville 39; Young 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Jacksonville 28; Young 22-yard pass to Scaife to Jacksonville 6. TENNESSEE 3-0. 11:36 JAC - TD, JOHN BROUSSARD 47 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOSH SCOBEE KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 61 yards in 0:39. Key plays: Jones-Drew -1-yard run to Jacksonville 38 plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Titans' Haynesworth to Tennessee 47. JACKSONVILLE 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 10:41 JAC - FG, JOSH SCOBEE 22 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 25 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Garrard 12-yards pass to Northcutt to Tennessee 20; Garrard 13-yard pass to Wilford on 3rd-and-1 to Tennessee 7. JACKSONVILLE 10-3. 14:17 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 31 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Brown 42 yard run to Jacksonville 21; Brown 2 yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Jacksonville 10 JACKSONVILLE 10-6. 3RD QUARTER: 14:01 TEN - TD, VINCE YOUNG 2 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards in 6:34. Key plays: Young 5-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Jaguars' Cousin to Jacksonville 48; Brown 14-yard run to Jacksonville 34; Brown 13-yard run to Jacksonville 21; Young 4-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-3 to Jacksonville 10. TENNESSEE 13-10. 4TH QUARTER: NONE TENNESSEE - JACKSONVILLE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS TENNESSEE JACKSONVILLE FIRST DOWNS 22 13 Rushing 15 5 Passing 5 6 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-12-50% 5-12-42% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 350 272 Total offensive plays 69 50 Average gain per play 5.1 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 282 75 Rushing attempts 49 17 Average gain per rush 5.8 4.4 Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 2-4 NET YARDS PASSING 68 197 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-10 3-7 Gross passing yards 78 204 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 18-11-1 30-17-0 Avg gain per pass play 3.4 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-4-2 3-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-30.0 5-42.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 21.0 41.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 26 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 1-3 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-49 2-71 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-23 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-29 4-45 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 Rushing 1 0 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 0-2-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:55 23:05 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TENNESSEE JACKSONVILLE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C BROWN 19 175 9.2 42 0 M JONES-DR 7 32 4.6 23 0 L WHITE 18 66 3.7 13 0 D GARRARD 4 27 6.8 13 0 V YOUNG 11 22 2.0 8 1 F TAYLOR 6 16 2.7 17 0 B JONES 1 19 19.0 19 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V YOUNG 11-18- 78 1 0 21 D GARRARD 17-30-204 0 1 47 Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 1-6, Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-7. K COLLINS 1-4. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J GAGE 2 26 13.0 17 0 D NORTHCUT 4 57 14.3 22 0 B SCAIFE 2 18 9.0 21 0 M LEWIS 4 35 8.8 15 0 L WHITE 2 7 3.5 8 0 M JONES-DR 3 28 9.3 20 0 C DAVIS 1 8 8.0 8 0 J BROUSSAR 2 55 27.5 47 1 A HALL 1 6 6.0 6 0 E WILFORD 2 20 10.0 13 0 B JONES 1 6 6.0 6 0 G ESTANDIA 1 6 6.0 6 0 E MOULDS 1 4 4.0 4 0 G WRIGHSTE 1 3 3.0 3 0 C BROWN 1 3 3.0 3 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R MATHIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HENTRICH 3 90 30.0 0 1 36 A PODLESH 5 211 42.2 0 0 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C DAVIS 3 27 9.0 17 0 D NORTHCUTT 1 3 3.0 3 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M GRIFFIN 2 35 17.5 30 0 M JONES-DREW 2 71 35.5 42 0 B HARTSOCK 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2 J SCOBEE 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 20 31 Dist.: 22 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ V YOUNG 2 0 0 0-0 M JONES-DREW 1 1 0 0-0 M GRIFFIN 1 0 0 0-0 R NELSON 0 0 1 0-0 N HARPER 0 0 1 0-0 C HOPE 0 0 0 0-1 B HARTSOCK 0 0 0 1-0 D STEWART 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ N HARPER 6 6 0 0-0 M PETERSON 8 7 1 0-0 A HAYNESWORTH 5 5 0 0-0 R NELSON 7 7 0 1-6 C FINNEGAN 4 3 1 0-0 D SMITH 7 7 0 0-0 K BULLUCK 3 3 0 0-0 B WILLIAMS 7 7 0 0-0 C LOWRY 3 3 0 0-0 M STROUD 7 6 1 1-4 C HOPE 3 3 0 0-0 S KNIGHT 5 3 2 0-0 T BROWN 2 2 0 1-3 P THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-4 T COUSIN 3 3 0 0-0 V FULLER 2 2 0 0-0 J HENDERSON 3 3 0 0-0 S TULLOCH 2 2 0 0-0 G SENSABAUGH 3 3 0 0-0 D THORNTON 2 1 1 0-0 R MEIER 3 2 1 0-0 T LABOY 1 1 0 1-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0 P SPICER 2 1 1 0-0 R FOWLER 1 0 1 0-0 R HAYWARD 1 1 0 0-0 B MCCRAY 1 1 0 0-0 B IWUH 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head Linesman-John Schleyer, Line Judge-Gary Arthur, Field Judge-Bill Lovett, Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Phil Luckett. Att: 65,437 Time of Game: 2:48</div>
NFL: TENNESSEE at JACKSONVILLE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TENNESSEE 3 3 7 0 13 JACKSONVILLE 7 3 0 0 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 10:57 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 20 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards in 6:35. Key plays: White 6-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Jaguars' Stroud to Tennessee 42; Jones 19-yard run to Jacksonville 39; Young 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Jacksonville 28; Young 22-yard pass to Scaife to Jacksonville 6. TENNESSEE 3-0. 11:36 JAC - TD, JOHN BROUSSARD 47 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOSH SCOBEE KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 61 yards in 0:39. Key plays: Jones-Drew -1-yard run to Jacksonville 38 plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Titans' Haynesworth to Tennessee 47. JACKSONVILLE 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 10:41 JAC - FG, JOSH SCOBEE 22 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 25 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Garrard 12-yards pass to Northcutt to Tennessee 20; Garrard 13-yard pass to Wilford on 3rd-and-1 to Tennessee 7. JACKSONVILLE 10-3. 14:17 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 31 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Brown 42 yard run to Jacksonville 21; Brown 2 yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Jacksonville 10 JACKSONVILLE 10-6. 3RD QUARTER: 14:01 TEN - TD, VINCE YOUNG 2 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards in 6:34. Key plays: Young 5-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Jaguars' Cousin to Jacksonville 48; Brown 14-yard run to Jacksonville 34; Brown 13-yard run to Jacksonville 21; Young 4-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-3 to Jacksonville 10. TENNESSEE 13-10. 4TH QUARTER: NONE TENNESSEE - JACKSONVILLE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS TENNESSEE JACKSONVILLE FIRST DOWNS 22 13 Rushing 15 5 Passing 5 6 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-12-50% 5-12-42% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 350 272 Total offensive plays 69 50 Average gain per play 5.1 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 282 75 Rushing attempts 49 17 Average gain per rush 5.8 4.4 Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 2-4 NET YARDS PASSING 68 197 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-10 3-7 Gross passing yards 78 204 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 18-11-1 30-17-0 Avg gain per pass play 3.4 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-4-2 3-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-30.0 5-42.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 21.0 41.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 26 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 1-3 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-49 2-71 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-23 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-29 4-45 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 Rushing 1 0 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 0-2-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-4-25% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:55 23:05 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TENNESSEE JACKSONVILLE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C BROWN 19 175 9.2 42 0 M JONES-DR 7 32 4.6 23 0 L WHITE 18 66 3.7 13 0 D GARRARD 4 27 6.8 13 0 V YOUNG 11 22 2.0 8 1 F TAYLOR 6 16 2.7 17 0 B JONES 1 19 19.0 19 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- V YOUNG 11-18- 78 1 0 21 D GARRARD 17-30-204 0 1 47 Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 1-6, Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-7. K COLLINS 1-4. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J GAGE 2 26 13.0 17 0 D NORTHCUT 4 57 14.3 22 0 B SCAIFE 2 18 9.0 21 0 M LEWIS 4 35 8.8 15 0 L WHITE 2 7 3.5 8 0 M JONES-DR 3 28 9.3 20 0 C DAVIS 1 8 8.0 8 0 J BROUSSAR 2 55 27.5 47 1 A HALL 1 6 6.0 6 0 E WILFORD 2 20 10.0 13 0 B JONES 1 6 6.0 6 0 G ESTANDIA 1 6 6.0 6 0 E MOULDS 1 4 4.0 4 0 G WRIGHSTE 1 3 3.0 3 0 C BROWN 1 3 3.0 3 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R MATHIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HENTRICH 3 90 30.0 0 1 36 A PODLESH 5 211 42.2 0 0 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C DAVIS 3 27 9.0 17 0 D NORTHCUTT 1 3 3.0 3 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M GRIFFIN 2 35 17.5 30 0 M JONES-DREW 2 71 35.5 42 0 B HARTSOCK 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2 J SCOBEE 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 20 31 Dist.: 22 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M GRIFFIN 1 0 0 0-0 M JONES-DREW 1 1 0 0-0 V YOUNG 1 0 0 0-0 R NELSON 0 0 1 0-0 N HARPER 0 0 1 0-0 C HOPE 0 0 0 0-1 B HARTSOCK 0 0 0 1-0 D STEWART 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ N HARPER 6 6 0 0-0 M PETERSON 8 7 1 0-0 A HAYNESWORTH 5 5 0 0-0 R NELSON 7 7 0 1-6 C FINNEGAN 4 3 1 0-0 D SMITH 7 7 0 0-0 K BULLUCK 3 3 0 0-0 B WILLIAMS 7 7 0 0-0 C LOWRY 3 3 0 0-0 M STROUD 7 6 1 1-4 C HOPE 3 3 0 0-0 S KNIGHT 5 3 2 0-0 T BROWN 2 2 0 1-3 P THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-4 T COUSIN 3 3 0 0-0 V FULLER 2 2 0 0-0 J HENDERSON 3 3 0 0-0 S TULLOCH 2 2 0 0-0 G SENSABAUGH 3 3 0 0-0 D THORNTON 2 1 1 0-0 R MEIER 3 2 1 0-0 T LABOY 1 1 0 1-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0 P SPICER 2 1 1 0-0 R FOWLER 1 0 1 0-0 R HAYWARD 1 1 0 0-0 B MCCRAY 1 1 0 0-0 B IWUH 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head Linesman-John Schleyer, Line Judge-Gary Arthur, Field Judge-Bill Lovett, Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Phil Luckett. Att: 65,437 Time of Game: 2:48</div>
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