Английская Википедия:2002 Tennessee Titans season

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The 2002 season was the Tennessee Titans' 33rd in the National Football League and 43rd overall. The team improved upon their previous season's output of 7–9, managing eleven victories. After starting 1-4, the Titans won 10 of their next 11 games. They qualified for the playoffs with a first-round bye, but were unable to reach the Super Bowl, losing to the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship. The Titans would not return to the AFC Championship again until 2019.

Offseason

Signings	Departures
DB Rich Coady (Rams)	DT Josh Evans (Jets)
RB Robert Holcombe (Rams)	DT Jason Fisk (Chargers)
FS Lance Schulters (49ers)	C Bruce Matthews (retired)
	LB Eddie Robinson (Bills)

Undrafted free agents

2002 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Brad Kassell	Linebacker	North Texas
John Simon	Running back	Louisiana Tech

Preseason

Schedule

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1	August 10, 2002	St. Louis Rams	W 28–26	1–0
2	August 15, 2002	Oakland Raiders	W 24-14	2–0
3	August 23, 2002	at Minnesota Vikings	L 10–14	2–1
4	August 30, 2002	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–21	2–2

Regular season

Under the NFL’s divisional realignment, the Titans were moved from the AFC Central, where they had played since the NFL–AFL merger in 1970, into the new AFC South. In addition to their home and away games with AFC South opponents, the Titans in 2002 played games against the AFC North and NFC East according to the league’s new schedule rotation. They also played one game each against the Patriots and the Raiders based upon standings from 2001.

Schedule

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1	September 8	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–24	FOX	12:00 pm	1–0	68,804
2	September 15	at Dallas Cowboys	L 13–21	CBS	12:00 pm	1–1	62,527
3	September 22	Cleveland Browns	L 28–31 (OT)	CBS	12:00 pm	1–2	68,804
4	September 29	at Oakland Raiders	L 25–52	CBS	3:15 pm	1–3	58,719
5	October 6	Washington Redskins	L 14–31	FOX	12:00 pm	1–4	68,804
6	October 13	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 23–14	CBS	3:15 pm	2–4	68,804
7	Bye
8	October 27	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 30–24	CBS	12:00 pm	3–4	52,822
9	November 3	at Indianapolis Colts	W 23–15	CBS	12:00 pm	4–4	56,752
10	November 10	Houston Texans	W 17–10	CBS	12:00 pm	5–4	68,804
11	November 17	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–23	CBS	12:00 pm	6–4	68,804
12	November 24	at Baltimore Ravens	L 12–13	CBS	12:00 pm	6–5	69,365
13	December 1	at New York Giants	W 32–29 (OT)	CBS	12:00 pm	7–5	78,640
14	December 8	Indianapolis Colts	W 27–17	CBS	12:00 pm	8–5	68,804
15	December 16	New England Patriots	W 24–7	ABC	8:08 pm	9–5	68,809
16	December 22	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 28–10	CBS	12:00 pm	10–5	51,033
17	December 29	at Houston Texans	W 13–3	CBS	12:00 pm	11–5	70,694

Note: Division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

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Divisional	January 11, 2003	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–31	68,809
Conference Championship	January 19, 2003	at Oakland Raiders	L 24–41	62,544

AFC Divisional Playoff vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox This was the Titans franchise's first playoff win over the Steelers in four tries, following three losses as the Oilers in 1978, 1979 and 1989, the last of which was also in overtime.

AFC Championship Game

This was the Titans' last appearance at the AFC championship game until 2019.