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THE TITANS DEFENSE

¾ Enters the week with a streak of four consecutive games with three sacks. A fifth straight game with three or more sacks would be the team's longest streak since a five-game run in 2017.

S KEVIN BYARD

¾ With 24 career interceptions, he needs one interception to tie Michael

Griffin and Ken Houston (25) for eighth place all-time for the franchise.

He would tie Griffin for the most interceptions for the franchise during its "Titans era" (1999–present). ¾ Needs two interceptions to tie Mike Reinfeldt (26) for seventh place all-time for the franchise.

RB DERRICK HENRY

¾ Needs one rushing touchdown (72 career) to tie Earl Campbell (73) for the most rushing touchdowns in franchise history. ¾ Needs 14 receiving yards (986 career) to reach 1,000 career receiving yards and join Eddie George and Chris Johnson as the franchise's third player with 7,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards. ¾ Needs 130 scrimmage yards to give him six consecutive games reaching the mark, which establish a new career-best streak (five in 2021). ¾ Will hit 1,000 scrimmage yards in 2022 with 105 more scrimmage yards (895), marking his fifth consecutive season to do so. ¾ Can record his fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game, which would tie for the best streak of his career (five games in 2021). It would be his 33rd career 100-yard rushing game, including regular season (30) and playoffs (three). ¾ Needs three rushing touchdowns to reach 10 for the season and join

LaDainian Tomlinson (nine), Adrian Peterson (seven), Shaun

Alexander (five) and Michael Turner (five) as the only players in NFL history to rush for at least 10 touchdowns in five consecutive seasons.

DT JEFFERY SIMMONS

¾ Can register his fourth consecutive game with at least one sack to extend the longest such streak of his career.

QB RYAN TANNEHILL

¾ Can record his 25th career 300-yard passing game and his ninth such performance since joining the Titans in 2019. Nine 300-yard games with the Titans would put him ahead of Marcus Mariota (eight) for fourth place in franchise history. ¾ Can record his fourth consecutive start with no interceptions, which would tie for the longest streak of his career. ¾ Needs one start to become the sixth quarterback to register 50 regularseason starts with the organization. He would join George Blanda, Dan

Pastorini, Warren Moon, Steve McNair and Marcus Mariota. ¾ Needs one victory to set the record for the most wins by a Titans/Oilers starting quarterback in a player's first four seasons with the organization.

With 36 wins—34 in the regular season and two in the playoffs—he is tied with George Blanda for the most in the regular season and the most combined in the regular season and playoffs over his first four seasons.

The Titans and Chiefs are historic rivals that played an integral role in the formation of the current NFL landscape. In 1959, late Titans owner K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr. and the late Lamar Hunt, founder of the Chiefs, spearheaded the “Foolish Club,” a group of eight original American Football League teams that would begin play in 1960. Adams’ Oilers played in Houston until moving to Tennessee in 1997, while Hunt’s original Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963. In 1970, the AFL and NFL merged, and the Oilers and Chiefs became members of the American Football Conference. The Titans and Chiefs have met 55 times (regular season and postseason), with the Chiefs holding a 30-25 advantage. The Titans lost seven out of 10 in the series until taking five of the last six matchups from 2014 to 2021. The last two times the clubs squared off at Arrowhead Stadium were playoff games—most recently the 2019 AFC Championship game played on Jan. 19, 2020. The Chiefs earned a trip to Super Bowl LIV against the San Francisco 49ers, which they ultimately won, by defeating the Titans 35-24. Patrick Mahomes passed for 294 yards and three scores for the Chiefs. In a wild card game at Kansas City on Jan. 6, 2018, the Titans trailed 21-3 at the start of the second half but came back to win 22-21, tying the second-largest comeback by a road team in NFL playoff history. Running back Derrick Henry set a then-franchise playoff record with 191 scrimmage yards, while quarterback Marcus Mariota completed two touchdown passes, including one to himself on a deflected pass.

Tennessee is 3-2 against the Chiefs at Nissan Stadium, including a 27-3 victory on Oct. 24, 2021 in the most recent meeting at the Titans’ home. The Titans defense forced three turnovers and totaled four sacks, while Henry rushed for 86 yards and completed a touchdown pass to tight end MyCole Pruitt.

On Dec. 18, 2016, the Titans played their coldest game in franchise history, with a kickoff temperature at Arrowhead Stadium of 1 degree. Ryan Succop nailed a 53-yard field goal as time expired to give the Titans the win.

Prior to their 2017 wild card battle and 2019 AFC title bout, the two franchises have played two other playoff games, and the Chiefs were victorious both times. They met on Dec. 12, 1962 in the third AFL Championship Game, a contest won by the then-Dallas Texans over the Oilers on a Tommy Brooker field goal in double overtime. On Jan. 16, 1994, Kansas City's Joe Montana completed three touchdown passes in the second half to help defeat Warren Moon and the Oilers 28-20.

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS

TITANS vs. CHIEFS Chiefs lead 30-25, including playoffs

Date Site W/L Score

10-16-60 Hou W 20-10 12-04-60 Dal L 0-24 10-01-61 Dal L 21-26 10-22-61 Hou W 38-7 10-28-62 Hou L 7-31 11-04-62 Dal W 14-6 12-23-62 Hou L 17-20 (AFLC) 10-06-63 KC L 7-28 10-27-63 Hou W 28-7 10-04-64 KC L 7-28 11-22-64 Hou L 19-28 10-24-65 Hou W 38-36 11-28-65 KC L 21-52 10-30-66 KC L 23-48 9-09-67 Hou L 20-25 10-22-67 KC W 24-19 9-09-68 Hou L 21-26 11-28-68 KC L 10-24 10-12-69 KC L 0-24 11-08-70 KC L 9-24 9-26-71 Hou L 16-20 11-18-73 KC L 14-38 9-29-74 Hou L 7-17 11-02-75 KC W 17-13 11-27-77 Hou W 34-20 9-10-78 KC W 20-17 9-16-79 Hou W 20-6 10-12-80 KC L 20-21

Date Site W/L Score

11-15-81 KC L 10-23 10-23-83 Hou L 10-13 11-11-84 KC W 17-16 11-03-85 Hou W 23-20 9-21-86 KC L 13-27 10-09-88 Hou W 7-6 11-26-89 KC L 0-34 12-16-90 KC W 27-10 9-16-91 Hou W 17-7 9-20-92 Hou W 23-20 9-12-93 Hou W 30-0 1-16-94 Hou L 20-28 (Div) 12-18-94 KC L 9-31 11-19-95 KC L 13-20 9-01-96 Hou L 19-20 9-10-00 Ten W 17-14 12-13-04 Ten L 38-49 12-16-07 KC W 26-17 10-19-08 KC W 34-10 12-26-10 KC L 14-34 10-6-13 Ten L 17-26 9-7-14 KC W 26-10 12-18-16 KC W 19-17 1-6-18 KC W 22-21 (WC) 11-10-19 Ten W 35-32 1-19-20 KC L 24-35 (Conf) 10-24-21 Ten W 27-3

2017 Wild Card • Jan. 6, 2018 • TITANS 22 at Chiefs 21

Titans score 19 unanswered points to erase an 18-point deficit in the second half ... Derrick Henry rushes for 156 of the team’s 202 rushing yards ... Marcus Mariota completes a six-yard touchdown to himself on a batted pass and adds a game-winning touchdown pass to Eric Decker in the fourth quarter ... The Titans defense shuts out the Chiefs in the second half, allowing three first downs and 61 yards in the final two quarters.

2019 Week 10 • Nov. 10, 2019 • Chiefs 32 at TITANS 35

Ryan Tannehill completes a game-winning 23-yard touchdown pass to Adam Humphries with 23 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter ... The Chiefs fail on two potential late field goals, including an aborted play and Joshua Kalu’s block of Harrison Butker’s 52-yard attempt ... Derrick Henry rushes for 188 yards and two touchdowns, including a 68-yard score ... Linebacker Rashaan Evans scores on a 53-yard fumble return ... Patrick Mahomes returns from injury to lead the Chiefs with 446 passing yards, the most allowed by the Titans in franchise history.

2019 AFC Championship • Jan. 19, 2020 • Titans 24 at CHIEFS 35 The eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs rally from a pair of 10-point deficits in the first half (10-0 and 17-7), taking the lead late in the second quarter on a 27-yard touchdown run by quarterback Patrick Mahomes ... The Chiefs score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away, first on Damien Williams’ three-yard run and then Mahomes’ 60-yard pass to Sammy Watkins ... Mahomes throws for 294 yards and three touchdowns, while Ryan Tannehill passes for 209 yards and two scores ... The Chiefs limit Derrick Henry to 69 rushing yards and one touchdown on 19 attempts.

2021 Week 7 • Oct. 24, 2021 • Chiefs 3 at TITANS 27

The Titans score the game’s first 27 points—all in the first half—and hold the Chiefs to a field goal in the third quarter ... The Titans offense scores on its first five drives of the contest ... Ryan Tannehill throws for 270 yards with a 24-yard touchdown to A.J. Brown (133 yards on eight catches) ... The Titans defense registers one interception and two fumble recoveries and totals four sacks, including a pair of sacks by Denico Autry ... Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is held to a 62.3 passer rating ... Derrick Henry rushes for 86 yards and throws a touchdown pass to tight end MyCole Pruitt.

DL DENICO AUTRY

¾ On 12/8/16 against Kansas City, Autry tallied two tackles and one fumble recovery as a member of the Oakland Raiders. ¾ On 1/12/19 at Kansas City in the Divisional Round, Autry posted four tackles and one sack on fourth down with the Indianapolis Colts. ¾ On 10/24/21 against Kansas City, Autry collected three tackles and a teamhigh two sacks. Dropped Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes for a 10-yard sack on third-and-11, and sacked Mahomes for an eight-yard loss on fourthand-18.

K RANDY BULLOCK

¾ On 10/20/13 at Kansas City, Bullock made all three field goals (48, 21, 47), and his lone extra point try while with the Houston Texans. ¾ On 10/24/21 against Kansas City, Bullock was two-for-two on field goals (34, 51) and made all three extra point attempts in the win.

S KEVIN BYARD

¾ On 10/24/21 against Kansas City, Byard recorded four tackles and one forced fumble that was recovered by the Titans.

LB ZACH CUNNINGHAM

¾ On 10/8/17 against Kansas City, Cunningham posted nine tackles and the first forced fumble of his career during his time with the Houston Texans.

WR CHRIS CONLEY

¾ On 9/8/19 against Kansas City, Conley caught six passes for 97 yards and one touchdown while with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

OLB BUD DUPREE

¾ On 10/24/21 against Kansas City, Dupree notched one tackle, one sack and one forced fumble on a strip-sack of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes.

DL MARIO EDWARDS JR.

¾ On 12/6/15 against Kansas City, Edwards Jr. notched one tackle and a half sack while with the Oakland Raiders.

RB DERRICK HENRY

¾ In five career games against the Chiefs (three regular season, two postseason), Henry has rushed 103 times for 557 yards and six touchdowns, with two 100-yard rushing games and two multi-touchdown games. He has eight receptions for 46 yards against the Chiefs. ¾ On 12/18/16 at Kansas City, Henry played as a reserve at running back and logged nine carries for 58 yards and two touchdowns. On the Titans’ initial touchdown drive, Henry accounted for five carries for 41 yards and a touchdown. ¾ On 1/6/18 at Kansas City in the wild card round, Henry led the team with 156 rushing yards on 23 carries and a touchdown in his first career postseason game. Added two catches for 35 yards, setting a then-new single-game postseason franchise record for scrimmage yards (191), breaking a 57-year-old record. ¾ On 11/10/19 against Kansas City, Henry rushed 23 times for a thenseason-best 188 yards and two touchdowns. On his 68-yard touchdown run, Henry became the ninth player in franchise history to reach 3,000 career rushing yards. ¾ On 1/19/20 at Kansas City in the AFC Championship, Henry tallied 19 carries for 69 yards and one touchdown.

LB DAVID LONG JR.

¾ On 11/10/19 against Kansas City, rookie Long Jr. amassed eight tackles and one forced fumble that was recovered by the Titans for a touchdown.

QB RYAN TANNEHILL

¾ In four career games against the Chiefs (three regular season, one postseason), Tannehill has completed 76 of 120 passes for 865 yards and six touchdowns. He has also rushed for 63 yards and a score on nine attempts. ¾ On 11/10/19 against Kansas City, Tannehill completed 13 of 19 passes for 181 yards, including a long of 52, and two touchdowns in the win. He also added three carries for 37 yards and rushed for a two-point conversion. ¾ On 1/19/20 at Kansas City in the AFC championship, Tannehill completed 21 of 31 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions for a passer rating of 108.1. He added three carries for 11 yards. ¾ On 10/24/21 against Kansas City, Tannehill completed 21 of 27 passes (77.8 percent) for 270 yards and one touchdown in the win. He added six rushing yards and a touchdown on two carries.

DL DEMARCUS WALKER

¾ On 12/31/17 against Kansas City, Walker tallied three tackles and his first career sack while with the Denver Broncos. ¾ On 10/17/19 against Kansas City, Walker posted a career-high five tackles and one sack as a member of the Broncos.

WR ROBERT WOODS

¾ On 11/19/18 against Kansas City, Woods caught four passes for 72 yards and a score while with the Los Angeles Rams.

TITANS-CHIEFS: THE LAST MEETING Week 7: Titans 27, Chiefs 3 Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 • 12:00 p.m. CT • Nissan Stadium

In Week 7 of the 2021 season, the Titans hosted the Chiefs and won by a score of 27-3. Tennessee’s defense limited Kansas City to 334 total yards, including just 67 yards in the first half, and tallied four sacks and three takeaways in the victory. Offensively, the Titans converted eight-of-12 third down chances (66.7 percent) and possessed the ball for 36 minutes and 21 seconds.

Tennessee put together two touchdown drives in the first quarter to take an early 14-0 lead. On the opening drive, WRs A.J. Brown and Julio Jones caught first-down passes, and RB Derrick Henry added 20 total yards, before Henry took the direct snap and threw a five-yard touchdown pass to TE MyCole Pruitt. On the ensuing Kansas City possession, OLB Bud Dupree sacked Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes on third down to force Kansas City to punt. Beginning the possession at their own three-yard line, Tennessee constructed a 97-yard scoring drive that included a 46-yard pass from QB Ryan Tannehill to Brown. Ultimately, Tannehill threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Brown for a 14-0 Titans advantage.

In the second quarter, Tennessee extended the lead to 27-0 after scoring 13 points. The Titans took six minutes and 39 seconds off the clock with their first scoring drive that resulted in a 34-yard field goal by K Randy Bullock. On the first play of the following Chiefs possession, Mahomes’ pass was broken up by LB David Long Jr. and intercepted by LB Rashaan Evans to give Tennessee possession at the Kansas City 46-yard line. Tennessee capitalized on the turnover with an eight-play scoring drive that included an 11-yard first-down rush by Henry and a 20-yard first-down catch by Jones. The possession was capped off with a two-yard rushing touchdown by Tannehill to make it 24-0, Titans.

On the Chiefs following possession, with under two minutes remaining in the half, Mahomes scrambled up the middle for 13 yards but S Kevin Byard flew in and forced him to fumble the football. S Matthias Farley recovered the ball to give the Titans possession at the Tennessee 49-yard line. Bullock then converted a 51-yard field goal to give the Titans a 27-0 advantage heading into halftime.

In the third quarter, Kansas City put up their lone score of the day on a 51-yard drive that resulted in Chiefs K Harrison Butker converting a 42-yard field goal. The Tennessee defense did not allow Kansas City to score another point, as the Titans sealed their third consecutive victory with a 27-3 home win over the Chiefs.

SCORING

1 2 3 4 Final Kansas City 0 0 3 0 3 Tennessee 14 13 0 0 27

TEAM SCORING PLAY TIME

Titans M.Pruitt 5 yd. pass from D.Henry (R.Bullock kick) 1-10:50 Titans A.Brown 24 yd. pass from R.Tannehill (R.Bullock kick) 1-0:42 Titans R.Bullock 34 yd. Field Goal 2-8:07 Titans R.Tannehill 2 yd. run (R.Bullock kick) 2-2:48 Titans R.Bullock 51 yd. Field Goal 2-0:03 Chiefs H.Butker 42 yd. Field Goal 3-11:00

Missed FGs: H. Butker 57WR Attendance: 69,484 Time of Game: 2:58 Weather: 70°, Cloudy, Wind N 12 mph Referee: Brad Allen

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TEAM STATISTICS

Chiefs Titans

TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 22 24 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-11-36.4% 8-12-66.7% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-3-66.7% 0-0-0.0% TOTAL NET YARDS 334 369 Plays - Avg. 68-4.9 64-5.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 77 103 Rushes - Avg. 13-5.9 35-2.9 NET YARDS PASSING 257 266 Sacks - Yards Lost 4-31 1-9 PASS ATT-COMP-INT 51-31-1 28-22-1 PUNTS - Avg 2-46.5 2-47.0 Net Punting Average 46.5 47.0 PUNT RETURNS - Yards 0-0 0-0 KICKOFF RETURNS - Yards 0-0 1-17 INTERCEPTIONS - Yards 1-1 1-0 PENALTIES Number and Yards 9-77 6-31 FUMBLES Number and Lost 3-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 0 3 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 0-0 3-3 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-2-100% SAFETIES 0 0 GIVEAWAYS 4 1 TAKEAWAYS 1 4 TIME OF POSSESSION 23:39 36:21

CHIEFS STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE

WR 17 M.Hardman LB 50 W.Gay WR 10 T.Hill LDT 90 J.Reed TE 87 T.Kelce DT 95 C.Jones LT 57 O.Brown RDT 91 D.Nnadi LG 62 J.Thuney RDE 55 F.Clark C 52 C.Humphrey LB 54 N. Bolton RG 65 T.Smith LB 56 B.Niemann RT 75 M.Remmers RCB 38 L.Sneed WR 19 J.Gordon LCB 27 R.Fenton QB 15 P.Mahomes S 22 J.Thornhill RB 31 Da.Williams S 32 T.Mathieu

CHIEFS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD P.Mahomes 6 35 5.8 13 0 Da.Williams 5 20 4.0 11 0 T.Hill 1 18 18.0 18 0 C.Henne 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total 13 77 5.9 18 0

Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Lg IN Rt P.Mahomes 35 20 206 0 25 1 62.3 C.Henne 16 11 82 0 17 0 80.7 Total 51 31 288 0 25 1 68.1

Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TD T.Kelce 7 65 9.3 24 0 T.Hill 6 49 8.2 17 0 B.Pringle 5 73 14.6 25 0 M.Hardman 4 28 7.0 9 0 Da.Williams 3 30 10.0 14 0 J.McKinnon 2 17 8.5 9 0 M.Kemp 1 8 8.0 8 0 D.Robinson 1 7 7.0 7 0 D.Gore 1 7 7.0 7 0 N.Gray 1 4 4.0 4 0 Total 31 288 9.3 25 0

Interceptions No Yds Avg Lg TD W. Gay 1 1 1.0 1 0 Total 1 1 1.0 1 0

Leading Tacklers (Press Box Totals)

N. Bolton 15-9-6; J. Thornhill 9-7-2; L. Sneed 7-5-2 Sacks: B. Niemann 1 FF: None FR: None

TITANS STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE

WR 2 J.Jones DE 96 D.Autry LT 71 K.Lamm NT 93 T.Tart LG 76 R.Saffold DT 98 J.Simmons C 60 B.Jones ILB 54 R.Evans RG 64 N.Davis OLB 58 H.Landry RT 72 D.Quessenberry ILB 51 D.Long TE 87 G.Swaim CB 20 J.Jenkins WR 11 A.Brown S 31 K.Byard QB 17 R.Tannehill CB 24 E.Molden FB 41 K.BlasingameCB 30 G.Mabin RB 22 D.Henry S 29 D.Cruikshank

TITANS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD D.Henry 29 86 3.0 11 0 D.Evans 2 7 3.5 5 0 R.Tannehill 2 6 3.0 4 1 M.Johnson 1 5 5.0 5 0 L.Woodside 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Total 35 103 2.9 11 1

Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Lg IN Rt R.Tannehill 27 21 270 1 46 1 105.2 D.Henry 1 1 5 1 5 0 127.1 Total 28 22 275 2 46 1 116.5

Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TD A.Brown 8 133 16.6 46 1 J.Reynolds 3 23 7.7 11 0 J.Jones 2 38 19.0 20 0 M.Pruitt 2 27 13.5 22 1 D.Henry 2 16 8.0 13 0 D.Evans 2 11 5.5 6 0 J.McNichols 1 10 10.0 10 0 A.Firkser 1 9 9.0 9 0 G.Swaim 1 8 8.0 8 0 Total 22 275 12.5 46 2

Interceptions No Yds Avg Lg TD R. Evans 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 1 0 0.0 0 0

Leading Tacklers (Press Box Totals)

D. Cruikshank 8-7-1; D. Long 8-6-2; E. Molden 8-62 Sacks: D. Autry 2; B. Dupree 1; H. Landry 1 FF: K. Byard 1; M. Farley 1; B. Dupree 1 FR: R. Evans 1; M. Farley 1