Titans vs. Panthers NFL Game Capsule

by Jimmy on Nov 8, 2011 9:09 PM CST in Tennessee Titans News

The NFL game capsule is posted after the jump.

TENNESSEE TITANS (4-4) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (2-6)

SERIES

	TITANS	PANTHERS
SERIES LEADER	2-1
STREAKS	2-1
COACHES VS. OPP.	Munchak: 0-0	Rivera: 0-0
LAST WEEK	L 24-17 vs. Bengals	Bye (Wk. 8: L 24-21 vs. Vikings)
LAST GAME	11/4/07: Panthers 7 at Titans 20. Tennessee QB Vince Young & RB LenDale White each rush for TD as Titans race to 13-0 lead & hold Carolina scoreless until 4th quarter.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/19/03: Titans 37, Panthers 17. Tennessee QB Steve McNair records 2 1st-half TDs (1 rush, 1 pass) as Titans build 27-3 halftime lead en route to victory.
BROADCAST	CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 80 (Ten.), 93 (Car.). XM: 237 (Car.).

STATS

PASSING	Hasselbeck: 178-285-2,014-13-6-90.0	Newton (R): 174-287-2,393 (3C)-11-9-87.1
RUSHING	C. Johnson: 121-366-3.0-1	D. Williams: 75-363-4.8-1
RECEIVING	Washington: 36-461-12.8-2	S. Smith: 46-918 (1C)-20.0-4
OFFENSE	310.3	415.1
TAKE/GIVE	+1	-3
DEFENSE	358.3	358.8
SACKS	Klug (R): 3	Johnson: 7
INTs	McCourty: 2	Martin: 2
PUNTING	Kern: 42.6	Baker: 40.4
KICKING	Bironas: 48 (18/18 PAT; 10/12 FG)	Mare: 57 (18/19 PAT; 13/16 FG)

NOTES

TITANS: Club has won 12 of past 13 games against NFC…QB MATT HASSELBECK has 90+ passer rating in 6 of 8 games in ’11. Hasselbeck (189) needs TD pass to reach 190 career. Hasselbeck has 6 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 88 passer rating on road this season…In 12 career games vs. NFC, RB CHRIS JOHNSON averages 106.3 rush yards per game (1,275). Johnson totaled 110 scrimmage yards last week (64 rushing, 46 receiving). Johnson (4,964) needs 36 rush yards to join EDDIE GEORGE & HOFer EARL CAMPBELL as 3rd player in franchise history to reach 5,000 career…WR LAVELLE HAWKINSrecorded 1st career TD catch last week. WR DAMIAN WILLIAMS has 3 TD catches in past 5 games…TE JARED COOK is averaging 16.7 yards per catch in ’11 (19 rec., 317 yards)…CB JASON MC COURTY leads team with 67 tackles…S MICHAEL GRIFFIN has 2 INTs in past 3 games vs. NFC opponents…DT SHAUN SMITH posted 1st sack of season last week…PANTHERS: Total (415.1 yards per game) & pass (285.5) offenses rank 5th in NFL…Rookie QB CAM NEWTON has completed 40 of 58 (69 pct.) for 546 yards with 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 121.8 rating in past 2. Passed for 1,381 yards in Oct., most in NFL history by rookie in any month. Has 4 games with 290+ yards, tied with PEYTON MANNING (1998) for most by rookie in NFL history. Ties for 3rd in NFL with 7 rush TDs. His 7 rush TDs tie VINCE YOUNG (2006) for most in season by rookie QB since 1970…In career, when RB JONATHAN STEWART has 15+ att., team is 14-3 (.824). RB DE ANGELO WILLIAMS has 4,574 rush yards & 983 rec. yards in career. Needs 17 rec. yards to become 1st player in franchise history with 4,000+ rush yards & 1,000+ rec. yards…WR STEVE SMITH leads NFC with 918 receiving yards. Has 5 100-yard games. In past 2, has 14 catches for 243 yards (121.5 per game) & TD. In only home game vs. Ten. (10/19/03), had 10 catches for 151 yards & TD (67 yards). TE GREG OLSEN has TD catch in 4 of past 6…DE CHARLES JOHNSON has 15 sacks in past 15. Rookie DT TERRELL MC CLAIN had 1st career sack in Week 8.

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Why do I feel like....

this post is trying to make it look like we have a chance? Yes this is a 2-6 team we are going against, but they have damn near beat some great teams this! Not saying that it is impossible for us to win, but it’s going to take our coaching staff to out coach the panthers coaches and so far that hasn’t been too hard of a task for other teams! If our defense holds up we should come out on top, but that doesn’t happen often!

by datboybevans on Nov 9, 2011 8:25 AM CST reply actions