2000 Tennessee Titans season

2000 Tennessee Titans season
Head coach Jeff Fisher
Home field Adelphia Coliseum
Results
Record 13–3
Division place 1st AFC Central
Playoff finish Lost Divisional Playoff (Ravens 24-10)
Pro Bowlers 7

The 2000 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 41st season and their 31st in the National Football League. It was the team's second being known as the "Titans." The team entered the season as the defending AFC Champions, having narrowly lost Super Bowl XXXIV to the St. Louis Rams.

Tennessee's 13–3 record was the best in the NFL in 2000, and earned the Titans a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. In the Titans' first playoff game, however, they were upset by their division rivals, the fourth-seeded Baltimore Ravens, who would go on to win the Super Bowl.

The 2006 edition of Pro Football Prospectus,[1] listed the 2000 Titans as one of their "Heartbreak Seasons," in which teams "dominated the entire regular season only to falter in the playoffs, unable to close the deal."

Said Pro Football Prospectus of the 2000 Titans, "Only one of the last eight teams to lose the Super Bowl has made the playoffs the next season: the 2000 Tennessee Titans.[2] The Titans did not just make the playoffs; they waltzed in with the highest [efficiency-rating] in the league and a 13–3 record. The three losses had come by a combined seven points."

"The Titans first playoff game came against their bitter division rivals, the Baltimore Ravens," Pro Football Prospectus continued. "Clearly prepared for a rematch with Baltimore's stifling defense, the Titans outgained the Ravens 317 yards to 134. They converted 23 first downs to the Ravens' 6. They had a time of possession advantage of 40:29–19:31. And they lost the game 24–10."

Offseason

NFL Draft

= Pro Bowler [3]
Round (Pick) Player Position College
1 (30)Keith BulluckLinebackerSyracuse
3 (68)Erron KinneyTight EndFlorida
3 (93)Byron FrischDefensive EndBYU
4 (124)Bobby MyersSafetyWisconsin
4 (128)Peter SirmonLinebackerOregon
5 (135)Aric MorrisSafetyMichigan State
5 (160)Frank ChamberlinLinebackerBoston College
6 (197)Robaire SmithDefensive EndMichigan State
7 (213)Mike GreenRunning BackHouston
7 (237)Wes ShiversGuardMississippi State

Personnel

Staff

2000 Tennessee Titans staff
Front office
  • Founder/Owner/Chairman of the Board/CEO – Bud Adams
  • President/Chief Operating Officer – Jeff Diamond
  • Executive Vice President/General Manager – Floyd Reese
  • Director of Player Personnel – Rich Snead

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Steve Watterson

Roster

2000 Tennessee Titans roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date TV Time Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 ESPN 7:30 pm CDT at Buffalo Bills L 13–16
72,492
2 September 10, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT Kansas City Chiefs W 17–14
68,203
3 Bye
4 September 24, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT at Pittsburgh Steelers W 23–20
51,769
5 October 1, 2000 FOX 12:00 pm CDT New York Giants W 28–14
68,341
6 October 8, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT at Cincinnati Bengals W 23–14
63,406
7 October 16, 2000 ABC 8:00 pm CDT Jacksonville Jaguars W 27–13
68,498
8 October 22, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT at Baltimore Ravens W 14–6
69,200
9 October 30, 2000 ABC 8:00 pm CDT at Washington Redskins W 27–21
83,472
10 November 5, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT Pittsburgh Steelers W 9–7
68,498
11 November 12, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT Baltimore Ravens L 23–24
68,490
12 November 19, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT Cleveland Browns W 24–10
68,498
13 November 26, 2000 CBS 3:15 pm CDT at Jacksonville Jaguars L 13–16
65,454
14 December 3, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT at Philadelphia Eagles W 15–13
65,639
15 December 10, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT Cincinnati Bengals W 35–3
68,498
16 December 17, 2000 CBS 12:00 pm CDT at Cleveland Browns W 24–0
72,318
17 December 25, 2000 ABC 8:00 pm CDT Dallas Cowboys W 31–0
68,498

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Tennessee Titans 1330.813346191W4
(4) Baltimore Ravens 1240.750333165W7
Pittsburgh Steelers 970.563321255W2
Jacksonville Jaguars 790.438367327L2
Cincinnati Bengals 4120.250185359L1
Cleveland Browns 3130.188161419L5

Playoffs

AFC Divisional Playoff

Main article: 2000-01 NFL playoffs
Baltimore Ravens 24, Tennessee Titans 10
1 2 34Total
Ravens 0 7 31424
Titans 7 0 3010

at Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee

Even though they had only 134 yards of total offense and six first downs, the Ravens broke a 10–10 tie in the fourth quarter with Anthony Mitchell's 90-yard touchdown return of a blocked Al Del Greco field goal and then added seven more with a 50-yard interception return by Ray Lewis.

Awards and records

Pro Bowl selections

References

  1. ↑ Pro Football Prospectus 2006 (ISBN 0761142177), p.73-75
  2. ↑ Ranging from 1998 to 2005
  3. ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  4. 1 2 3 4 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 215
  5. 1 2 3 4 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 203
  6. 1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
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