Tennessee Titans 17, Oakland Raiders 16
The Titans won the football game last night but they didn’t really play that well especially on defense where they gave up 380 yards. The Titans won the game on a last second field goal by John Vaughn covering 33 yards. Fullback Ahmard Hall also had a huge play in this game on special teams when he scored a TD by recovering a Johnnie Lee Higgins’ fumble in the end zone.
Vince Young was terrible last night as he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. He completed only 4 of 13 passes for only 37 yards last night. Kerry Collins was just a tad better than Young completing only 4 of 15 passes for 109 yards with a 51-yard TD strike to rookie Lavelle Hawkins. Third stringer Ingle Martin led the Titans on the game winning drive last night as he was 6 of 11 for 103 yards. Rookie RB Charles Johnson looked special again last night leading the Titans’ in rushing with 46 yards on 8 carries (5.8 ypc). LenDale White also looked pretty good last night rushing for 39 yards on 8 carries (4.9 ypc). Chris Henry pitched in with 28 yards rushing on 5 carries (5.6 ypc) last night. Rookie WR Lavelle Hawkins had a good game with 2 grabs for 70 yards (35.0 avg) including a 51-yard TD reception. Biren Ealy pitched in with 3 catches for 50 yards (16.7 avg) and TE Bo Scaife caught 3 passes for 40 yards (13.3 avg). The Titans finished up with 140 yards rushing on 26 carries (5.4 ypc) and they also completed 14 of 39 passes for 228 yards.
The Titans’ defense did not look good last night despite only giving up 16 points. Linebacker Stanford Keglar led the way for the Titans last night with 8 tackles and a fumble recovery. Linebacker Stephen Tulloch and safety Vincent Fuller each pitched in with 7 tackles apiece. The Raiders finished up with 224 yards rushing on 37 carries (6.1 ypc) last night. They also completed 17 of 28 passes for 156 yards.