NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA AT TENNESSEE NOTE: BYRON LEFTWICH HAS REPLACED JOEY HARRINGTON AT QUARTERBACK FOR ATLANTA.</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 6:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR TEN BALL ON TEN 12 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 4:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR ATL BALL ON TEN 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 3:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR TEN BALL ON TEN 19 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 2:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR ATL BALL ON TEN 19 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 ATL BALL ON TEN 1 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL ATLANTA 13 TENNESSEE 20 1:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR TEN BALL ON TEN 12 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ATLANTA 7 3 3 0 13 TENNESSEE 7 3 10 0 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, DEANGELO HALL 56 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:00. ATLANTA 7-0 TEN - TD, CHRIS BROWN 3 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK), 8:45. Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Griffin 34-yard kickoff return to Tennessee 42; Young 13-yard pass to Troupe to Atlanta 45; Young 19-yard pass to Jones to Atlanta 3. ATLANTA 7-7 2ND QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD, 3:45. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Pinner 49-yard run on 4th-and-5 to Carolina 22. ATLANTA 10-7 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 30 YD, 15:00. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 1:31. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Moulds to Atlanta 33; Young 8-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 16. ATLANTA 10-10 3RD QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD, 4:52. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards in 3:49. Key plays: Lewis 4-yard interception return to Tennessee 22; Harrington 8-yard pass to Robinson on 3rd-and-7 to Tennessee 11. ATLANTA 13-10 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 40 YD, 8:04. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Young 11-yard pass to Jones plus 15-yard roughing the passer on Falcons' Brooking to Tennessee 42 ; Davis 14-yard run to Atlanta 44; Young 20-yard run to Atlanta 24. ATLANTA 13-13 TEN - TD, VINCENT FULLER 76 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ROB BIRONAS KICK), 14:00. TENNESSEE 20-13 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATT: 69,143</div>
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ATLANTA 7 3 3 0 13 TENNESSEE 7 3 10 0 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:00 ATL - TD, DEANGELO HALL 56 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). ATLANTA 7-0. 8:45 TEN - TD, CHRIS BROWN 3 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Griffin 34-yard kickoff return to Tennessee 42; Young 13-yard pass to Troupe to Atlanta 45; Young 19-yard pass to Jones to Atlanta 3. ATLANTA 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 3:45 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Pinner 49-yard run on 4th-and-5 to Carolina 22. ATLANTA 10-7. 15:00 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 30 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 1:31. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Moulds to Atlanta 33; Young 8-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 16. ATLANTA 10-10. 3RD QUARTER: 4:52 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards in 3:49. Key plays: Lewis 4-yard interception return to Tennessee 22; Harrington 8-yard pass to Robinson on 3rd-and-7 to Tennessee 11. ATLANTA 13-10. 8:04 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 40 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Young 11-yard pass to Jones plus 15-yard roughing the passer on Falcons' Brooking to Tennessee 42 ; Davis 14-yard run to Atlanta 44; Young 20-yard run to Atlanta 24. ATLANTA 13-13. 14:00 TEN - TD, VINCENT FULLER 76 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). TENNESSEE 20-13. 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATLANTA - TENNESSEE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ATLANTA TENNESSEE FIRST DOWNS 9 20 Rushing 5 5 Passing 4 11 Penalty 0 4 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-18-22% 6-13-46% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 198 249 Total offensive plays 63 65 Average gain per play 3.1 3.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 99 92 Rushing attempts 22 32 Average gain per rush 4.5 2.9 Tackles for loss-yards 4-8 3-12 NET YARDS PASSING 99 157 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-16 0-0 Gross passing yards 115 157 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-18-2 33-20-3 Avg gain per pass play 2.4 4.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-1 4-3-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.0 3-44.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.0 33.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 139 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-0 3-32 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-144 3-75 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 3-12 2-107 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-66 6-40 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-2 TOUCHDOWNS 1 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-5 2-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:11 29:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ATLANTA TENNESSEE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A PINNER 1 49 49.0 49 0 L WHITE 12 32 2.7 8 0 W DUNN 10 27 2.7 18 0 C BROWN 10 27 2.7 6 1 J NORWOOD 6 23 3.8 9 0 V YOUNG 8 27 3.4 20 0 B LEFTWICH 3 1 0.3 1 0 C DAVIS 1 14 14.0 14 0 O MUGHELLI 1 1 1.0 1 0 C HENTRICH 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 R WHITE 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J HARRINGT 16-31- 87 1 0 34 V YOUNG 20-33-157 3 0 16 B LEFTWICH 2- 8- 28 1 0 18 Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-8, Sacked-Yards Lost: None B LEFTWICH 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L ROBINSON 4 27 6.8 9 0 E MOULDS 4 31 7.8 10 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 34 0 B JONES 3 36 12.0 16 0 W DUNN 2 12 6.0 9 0 J GAGE 3 15 5.0 8 0 M MILNER 2 8 4.0 5 0 B TROUPE 2 22 11.0 13 0 A CRUMPLER 2 4 2.0 6 0 R WILLIAMS 2 19 9.5 15 0 J NORWOOD 2 4 2.0 10 0 A HALL 2 17 8.5 11 0 J HORN 2 3 1.5 5 0 C BROWN 2 7 3.5 4 0 M JENKINS 1 2 2.0 2 0 B HARTSOCK 1 7 7.0 7 0 B SCAIFE 1 3 3.0 3 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D WILLIAMS 1 8 8.0 8 0 V FULLER 1 76 76.0 76 1 T LEWIS 1 4 4.0 4 0 D THORNTON 1 5 5.0 5 0 M BOLEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M KOENEN 6 228 38.0 0 2 51 C HENTRICH 3 132 44.0 0 1 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A JENNINGS 1 0 0.0 0 0 C DAVIS 3 32 10.7 28 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J NORWOOD 3 144 48.0 76 0 M GRIFFIN 3 75 25.0 34 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- M ANDERSEN 1/1 2/3 R BIRONAS 2/2 2/3 Dist.: 32 28 (48) Dist.: 30 40 (47) M KOENEN 0/0 0/2 Dist.: (53) (50) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C DAVIS 1 0 0 0-0 L WHITE 1 1 0 0-0 B LEFTWICH 1 0 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 0 0 1 0-0 D HALL 0 0 0 0-1 C MCINTYRE 0 0 0 0-1 W DUNN 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M BOLEY 14 10 4 0-0 C FINNEGAN 7 7 0 0-0 G JACKSON 5 5 0 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 7 6 1 1-8 T LEWIS 5 5 0 0-0 K BULLUCK 5 4 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 5 5 0 0-0 C LOWRY 5 4 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 5 4 1 0-0 K BROOKING 5 3 2 0-0 D THORNTON 5 3 2 0-0 L MILLOY 5 2 3 0-0 N HARPER 5 2 3 0-0 M STANLEY 4 2 2 0-0 C HOPE 3 3 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 0-0 L SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 R FOWLER 3 1 2 0-0 S NICHOLAS 3 2 1 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-8 C CROCKER 3 1 2 0-0 T LABOY 2 1 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 1 1 0 0-0 V FULLER 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0 C DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0 C DAVIS 1 0 1 0-0 C SIMON 1 0 1 0-0 L WHITE 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 69,143</div>
By Chip Cirillo PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - The Tennessee Titans returnedthe favor to the Atlanta Falcons. After Atlanta opened the scoring with a defensive score,Tennessee defensive back Vincent Fuller intercepted JoeyHarrington and raced 76 yards for the score as the Titansdefeated the Falcons, 20-13, on Sunday. With Atlanta driving late in the third quarter, Fuller steppedin front of wide receiver Michael Jenkins for the interceptionand went untouched into the end zone to give Tennessee the finalscore of the game. The first score, ironically, was also a defensive score. Atlanta cornerback DeAngelo Hall recovered LenDale White'sfumble and raced 56 yards to give the Falcons a 7-0 lead justunder five minutes into the game. Tennessee answered on the ensuing possession when Chris Brownscored on a 3-yard run, tying the game 7-7 with 6:15 left in thefirst quarter. Vince Young completed 4-of-4 passes for 42yards on the six-play, 58-yard drive. Morten Anderson and Rob Bironas traded a pair of field goals totie the game at 13-13. Anderson, however, fell short on a 48-yard field goal attempt.The drive stalled after Jerious Norwood's 76-yard kickoff returnput the Falcons on the Titans' 25-yard line. Atlanta had the ball inside Tennessee's 25-yard line twiceduring the game's final four minutes but could not produce anypoints.
By Chip Cirillo PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - The Tennessee Titans returnedthe favor to the Atlanta Falcons. After Atlanta opened the scoring with a defensive score,Tennessee defensive back Vincent Fuller intercepted JoeyHarrington and raced 76 yards for the score as the Titansdefeated the Falcons, 20-13, on Sunday. With Atlanta (1-4) driving late in the third quarter, Fullerstepped in front of wide receiver Michael Jenkins for theinterception and went untouched into the end zone to giveTennessee (3-1) the final score of the game. The first score, ironically, was also a defensive score. Atlanta cornerback DeAngelo Hall recovered LenDale White'sfumble and raced 56 yards to give the Falcons a 7-0 lead justunder five minutes into the game. Tennessee answered on the ensuing possession when Chris Brownscored on a 3-yard run, tying the game 7-7 with 6:15 left in thefirst quarter. Vince Young completed 4-of-4 passes for 42yards on the six-play, 58-yard drive. Morten Anderson and Rob Bironas traded a pair of field goals totie the game at 13-13. Anderson, however, fell short on a 48-yard field goal attempt.The drive stalled after Jerious Norwood's 76-yard kickoff returnput the Falcons on the Titans' 25-yard line. Atlanta had the ball inside Tennessee's 25-yard line twiceduring the game's final four minutes but could not produce anypoints.
NFL: ATLANTA at TENNESSEE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ATLANTA 7 3 3 0 13 TENNESSEE 7 3 10 0 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:00 ATL - TD, DEANGELO HALL 56 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). ATLANTA 7-0. 8:45 TEN - TD, CHRIS BROWN 3 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Griffin 34-yard kickoff return to Tennessee 42; Young 13-yard pass to Troupe to Atlanta 45; Young 19-yard pass to Jones to Atlanta 3. ATLANTA 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 3:45 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Pinner 49-yard run on 4th-and-5 to Carolina 22. ATLANTA 10-7. 15:00 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 30 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 1:31. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Moulds to Atlanta 33; Young 8-yard pass to Moulds on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 16. ATLANTA 10-10. 3RD QUARTER: 4:52 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Lewis 4-yard interception return to Tennessee 22; Harrington 8-yard pass to Robinson on 3rd-and-7 to Tennessee 11. ATLANTA 13-10. 8:04 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 40 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Young 11-yard pass to Jones plus 15-yard roughing the passer on Falcons' Brooking to Tennessee 42 ; Davis 14-yard run to Atlanta 44; Young 20-yard run to Atlanta 24. ATLANTA 13-13. 14:00 TEN - TD, VINCENT FULLER 76 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ROB BIRONAS KICK). TENNESSEE 20-13. 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATLANTA - TENNESSEE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ATLANTA TENNESSEE FIRST DOWNS 9 20 Rushing 5 5 Passing 4 11 Penalty 0 4 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-18-22% 6-13-46% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 198 249 Total offensive plays 63 65 Average gain per play 3.1 3.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 99 92 Rushing attempts 22 32 Average gain per rush 4.5 2.9 Tackles for loss-yards 4-8 3-12 NET YARDS PASSING 99 157 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-16 0-0 Gross passing yards 115 157 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-18-2 33-20-3 Avg gain per pass play 2.4 4.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-1 4-3-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.0 3-44.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.0 33.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 113 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-0 3-32 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-144 3-75 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 3-12 2-81 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-66 6-40 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 1 2 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-5 2-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:11 29:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ATLANTA TENNESSEE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A PINNER 1 49 49.0 49 0 L WHITE 12 32 2.7 8 0 W DUNN 10 27 2.7 18 0 C BROWN 10 27 2.7 6 1 J NORWOOD 6 23 3.8 9 0 V YOUNG 8 27 3.4 20 0 B LEFTWICH 3 1 0.3 1 0 C DAVIS 1 14 14.0 14 0 O MUGHELLI 1 1 1.0 1 0 C HENTRICH 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 R WHITE 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J HARRINGT 16-31- 87 1 0 34 V YOUNG 20-33-157 3 0 16 B LEFTWICH 2- 8- 28 1 0 18 Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-8, Sacked-Yards Lost: None B LEFTWICH 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L ROBINSON 4 27 6.8 9 0 E MOULDS 4 31 7.8 10 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 34 0 B JONES 3 36 12.0 16 0 W DUNN 2 12 6.0 9 0 J GAGE 3 15 5.0 8 0 M MILNER 2 8 4.0 5 0 B TROUPE 2 22 11.0 13 0 A CRUMPLER 2 4 2.0 6 0 R WILLIAMS 2 19 9.5 15 0 J NORWOOD 2 4 2.0 10 0 A HALL 2 17 8.5 11 0 J HORN 2 3 1.5 5 0 C BROWN 2 7 3.5 4 0 M JENKINS 1 2 2.0 2 0 B HARTSOCK 1 7 7.0 7 0 B SCAIFE 1 3 3.0 3 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D WILLIAMS 1 8 8.0 8 0 V FULLER 1 76 76.0 76 1 T LEWIS 1 4 4.0 4 0 D THORNTON 1 5 5.0 5 0 M BOLEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M KOENEN 6 228 38.0 0 2 51 C HENTRICH 3 132 44.0 0 1 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A JENNINGS 1 0 0.0 0 0 C DAVIS 3 32 10.7 28 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J NORWOOD 3 144 48.0 76 0 M GRIFFIN 3 75 25.0 34 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- M ANDERSEN 1/1 2/3 R BIRONAS 2/2 2/3 Dist.: 32 28 (48) Dist.: 30 40 (47) M KOENEN 0/0 0/2 Dist.: (53) (50) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B LEFTWICH 1 0 0 0-0 C DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 0 0 1 0-0 L WHITE 1 1 0 0-0 A HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0 D HALL 0 0 0 0-1 C MCINTYRE 0 0 0 0-1 W DUNN 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M BOLEY 14 10 4 0-0 C FINNEGAN 7 7 0 0-0 G JACKSON 5 5 0 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 7 6 1 1-8 T LEWIS 5 5 0 0-0 K BULLUCK 5 4 1 0-0 D WILLIAMS 5 5 0 0-0 C LOWRY 5 4 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 5 4 1 0-0 K BROOKING 5 3 2 0-0 D THORNTON 5 3 2 0-0 L MILLOY 5 2 3 0-0 N HARPER 5 2 3 0-0 M STANLEY 4 2 2 0-0 C HOPE 3 3 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 4 2 2 0-0 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 0-0 L SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 R FOWLER 3 1 2 0-0 S NICHOLAS 3 2 1 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-8 C CROCKER 3 1 2 0-0 T LABOY 2 1 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 1 1 0 0-0 V FULLER 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0 C DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0 C DAVIS 1 0 1 0-0 C SIMON 1 0 1 0-0 L WHITE 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner. Att: 69,143 Time of Game: 3:11</div>
By Chip Cirillo PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - Last year, the Tennessee Titans'defense lost a lot of games. On Sunday, the defense won one. Surviving five turnovers, the Titans held off the AtlantaFalcons, 20-13, on Sunday as defensive back Vincent Fullerscored the winning touchdown on a 76-yard interception returnwith one minute left in the third quarter. Joey Harrington's pass bounced off Michael Jenkins' arm beforeFuller picked it off and raced down the right sideline. "I was right there to gather it in my arms," Fuller said. "Go,get to the end zone as quick as possible. Our pass rush isincredible right now. That's our best pass coverage, and it'sbeen that way the first four games of the season." Atlanta (1-4) got the ball inside the Tennessee 22-yard linetwice during the final 4:15, but Tennessee's defense held bothtimes. "We don't like being the 32nd defense in the league like we werelast year," Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth said."Last year, I think people ran all over us, and we had a huge<div class="pre">chip on our shoulder maybe even a boulder on our shoulder that</div>we were going to stop the run and get after the quarterback." Haynesworth made one of the game's biggest plays after Atlantadrove to the Tennessee 1-yard line on an 18-yard run by WarrickDunn with two minutes left. He leapfrogged over Falcons centerTodd McClure on the next play, causing Byron Leftwich to fumbleand make a bad pitch to Dunn, who was tackled by Kyle VandenBosch at the Titans 9. Three plays later, Atlanta turned over the ball on downs, andTennessee (3-1) ran out the clock to seal the victory. VandenBosch prevented the Falcons from sending the game into overtimetwice when he tackled Dunn at the 1 and again when he sackedLeftwich on fourth down with one minute left. "I'm a high-motor guy, and I'm going to chase down playsregardless of where they go," Vanden Bosch said. "That's thesecond game this year I had a sack on the very last play of thegame. When our defense needs a huge play, I feel like theplaymakers have to step up." Demorrio Williams gave the Falcons two golden opportunities tosend the game into overtime, but Atlanta didn't capitalize oneither scoring chance late in the fourth quarter. First, he intercepted a pass by Vince Young and returned iteight yards to the Titans 21 with 4:15 left. Three plays later,David Thornton intercepted a pass by Leftwich to spoil thescoring chance. Tennessee was forced to punt, but Williams charged through themiddle and tackled Craig Hentrich for an 8-yard loss at theTitans 19 with 2:24 left. "We didn't execute on a number of occasions today, but we stillfound a way to win it," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "Again,a win like this carries you along." Atlanta coach Bobby Petrino replaced Harrington with Leftwichwith the Falcons trailing, 20-13, and 10:43 remaining in the<div class="pre">fourth quarter. Leftwich finished 2-of-8 for 28 yards and an</div>interception. "I thought Joey got hit a lot, and I thought there were someplays there that he didn't make late in the third quarter andthat maybe a change would give us a spark and give us someenergy (so) I made the decision to put Byron in," Petrino said. "That's a tough loss for us. Our defense, I thought, playedextremely well." Harrington completed 16 of 31 for just 87 yards. Youngcompleted 20 of 33 for 157 yards, but he threw threeinterceptions. "Myself, I played real bad, but it happens as a quarterback,"Young said. "I was just making bad decisions, forcing thingsinstead of just taking what the defense will give me. That'sbasically it. Our defense saved this game for us." Atlanta cornerback DeAngelo Hall recovered LenDale White'sfumble and raced 56 yards to give the Falcons a 7-0 lead justunder five minutes into the game. Tennessee answered on the ensuing possession when Chris Brownscored on a 3-yard run, tying the game 7-7 with 6:15 left in thefirst quarter. Young completed 4-of-4 passes for 42 yards onthe six-play, 58-yard drive. Morten Anderson and Rob Bironas traded a pair of field goals totie the game at 13-13.
