Jaguars vs. Titans NFL Game Capsule

by Jimmy on Dec 21, 2011 6:00 AM CST in Tennessee Titans News

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NFL game capsule after the jump.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (4-10) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (7-7)

SERIES

	JAGUARS	TITANS
SERIES LEADER		18-15
STREAKS	3 of past 5
COACHES VS. OPP.	Tucker: 0-0	Munchak: 0-1
LAST WEEK	L 41-14 at Falcons	L 27-13 at Colts
LAST GAME	9/11/11: Titans 14 at Jaguars 16. Jacksonville RB Maurice Jones-Drew rushes for 97 yards & TD as K Josh Scobee adds 3 FGs in Kickoff Weekend home victory.
LAST GAME AT SITE	12/5/10: Jaguars 17, Titans 6. Jacksonville builds 17-0 1st-half lead as Jaguars’ defense limits Tennessee to 57 rushing yards in divisional road win.
BROADCAST	CBS (12:00 PM CT): Bill Macatee, Steve Tasker. SIRIUS: 127 (Jax.), 117 (Ten.). XM: 232 (Ten.).

STATS

PASSING	Gabbert (R): 178-352-1,924-11-10-65.6	Hasselbeck: 273-443-2,924-15-12-80.9
RUSHING	Jones-Drew: 294-1,334 (1L)-4.5-7	C. Johnson: 232-930-4.0-4
RECEIVING	Thomas: 40-391-9.8-1	Washington: 66-860-13.0-6
OFFENSE	256.3	328.1
TAKE/GIVE	+1	+3 (3C)
DEFENSE	307.4 (3L)	356.8
SACKS	Mincey: 5.5	Klug (R): 6
INTs	4 tied: 2	McCourty: 2
PUNTING	N. Harris: 42.3	Kern: 43.3
KICKING	Scobee: 75 (21/21 PAT; 18/20 FG)	Bironas: 99 (30/30 PAT; 23/26 FG)

NOTES

JAGUARS: Rookie QB BLAINE GABBERT (No. 10 overall) has at least 1 TD pass in 4 of 5 road starts. Registered 1st road win against AFC South opponent on 11/13/11 (at Ind.)…RB MAURICE JONES-DREW(61) needs 2 rush TDs to surpass FRED TAYLOR (62) for most in team history. Jones-Drew has 73 career TDs, most total TDs in club annals. Has NFL-best 1,338 rush yards & needs 58 rush yards to surpass career-best of 1,391 in ’09. Jones-Drew can challenge Taylor’s single-season franchise record of 1,572 rush yards in ’03. Jones-Drew aims for 3rd consecutive game with 100+ rush yards at Ten. (177, 186)…TE MARCEDES LEWIS has most rec. yards (2,639) & TD catches (17) by TE in club history…WR CHASTIN WEST posted 1st TD reception of career last week (16 yards)…LB PAUL POSLUSZNY leads team with 110 tackles…DE JEREMY MINCEY has career-best 5.5 sacks in ’11…S DWIGHT LOWERY had INT in last game against Ten…TITANS: In 3 career starts vs. Jaguars, QB MATT HASSELBECK has completed 60 of 100 passes (60 pct.) for 750 yards with 8 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 97.5 passer rating. Hasselbeck (2,924) needs 76 passing yards to reach 3,000 for 8th time…RB CHRIS JOHNSON (930) needs 70 rush yards to reach 1,000 for 4th consecutive season to start career. In 11 career home games vs. AFC South, Johnson averages 95.4 rush yards per game (1,049 total). Johnson (38) needs 2 rush TDs to join HOFer EARL CAMPBELL (73) & EDDIE GEORGE (64) as only players to reach 40 career in club annals…WR NATE WASHINGTON (66) needs 4 catches to become 1st Titans WR to reach 70 receptions in season since ’04 (DERRICK MASON, 96 & DREW BENNETT, 80). Washington has AFC-best 27 receptions on 3rd down. WR LAVELLE HAWKINS had career-best in receptions (8) & receiving yards (88) last week…Last week,TE JARED COOK became 1st Titan TE to reach 100 receiving yards (103) in game since 9/7/08 (BO SCAIFE, 105)…CB JASON MC COURTY leads team with 90 tackles. CB CORTLAND FINNEGAN has 3 INTs in past 3 at home vs. Jaguars.