Tennessee Titans
Nashville, TN – In Week 9 of the 2017 season, the Tennessee Titans hosted the Baltimore Ravens and won against the AFC North opponent by a score of 23-20.
Coming off of a Week 8 bye, Tennessee’s aim going forward was to improve on scoring in the first half of contests. On the Titans’ opening drive, the first offensive play was a 29-yard completion from QB Marcus Mariota to WR Rishard Matthews. Tennessee’s third play of the game saw CB Adoree’ Jackson enter on offense and take a carry for a 20-yard gain, but ultimately the Titans settled for a 48-yard field goal by K Ryan Succop to take an early 3-0 lead.
On Baltimore’s opening drive, the Titans’ defense forced the Ravens to go three-and out.
However, on fourth down Baltimore dialed up a trick play as Ravens P Sam Koch faked a punt and threw a 16-yard pass to Ravens WR Chris Moore for a first down.
The Tennessee Titans defense, led by DT Jurrell Casey’s back-to-back tackles for loss, held Baltimore to a 30-yard field goal to tie the game, 3-3.
Also in the first quarter, S Kevin Byard picked off Ravens QB Joe Flacco for his first interception of the day. Mariota hit Matthews for a 16-yard touchdown reception on the ensuing drive as the Titans took a 10-3 lead.
Ravens K Justin Tucker tacked on another field goal in the second quarter to cut Tennessee’s lead to 10-6. On a Ravens punt in the second stanza, Baltimore was called for an illegal formation penalty.
The Titans opted to replay the punt, and Koch botched the punt to give Tennessee possession at the Baltimore 26-yard line. The Titans capitalized as RB Derrick Henry rushed for a one-yard touchdown. However, Succop missed the extra point as Tennessee took a 16-6 lead to close out the first half.
Byard intercepted Flacco again in the third quarter to notch his second pick of the day and fifth in two games.
However, Tennessee turned the ball back over as Mariota was quickly intercepted by Ravens S Eric Weddle. Baltimore capitalized on the turnover as Flacco completed a three-yard touchdown pass to Allen, cutting the Titans lead to 16-10. Tennessee responded on the following drive as Mariota led the Titans on a 75-yard touchdown drive culminating in an 11-yard touch down reception by WR Eric Decker. Decker’s score extended the fourth quarter lead to 23-13.
Mirroring the Titans, Flacco led the Ravens on a 75-yard touchdown drive that was capped off by a one-yard touchdown pass to Ravens WR Mike Wallace. Ultimately, the Ravens couldn’t engineer a comeback as Tennessee won the contest by a final score of 23-20.
Box Score
Titans 23, Ravens 20
Week 9 | Sunday, November 5th, 2017 | 12:00pm CT | Nissan Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
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Baltimore Ravens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
Tennessee Titans | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 |