1999 Tennessee Titans season
| 1999 Tennessee Titans season | |
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| Head coach | Jeff Fisher |
| General manager | Floyd Reese |
| Owner | Bud Adams |
| Home field | Adelphia Coliseum |
| Results | |
| Record | 13–3 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC Central |
| Playoff finish |
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 22–16 Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 19–16 Won Conference Championship (Jaguars) 33–14 Lost Super Bowl XXXIV (Rams) 16–23 |
The 1999 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 40th season and their 30th in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first year for the club under the moniker "Titans", while the nickname "Oilers" was retired by the NFL. The Titans became the seventh Wild Card to qualify for the Super Bowl. However, after defeating the Bills, Colts, and Jaguars in the postseason, they lost the Super Bowl to the St. Louis Rams, 23–16.
The team drafted defensive end Jevon Kearse with the 16th pick of the 1999 NFL Draft. He had his best years in Tennessee, being named to three consecutive Pro Bowls (1999–2001).
|Weather= 89 °F (Cloudy) In the team's inaugural game as the Titans, Steve McNair threw two touchdowns and ran in a third for a 26–15 lead with 2:55 left in the first half, but a Jeff Blake touchdown left the halftime score 26–21 Titans. The Bengals stormed to a 35–26 lead in the fourth before McNair connected with Eddie George for a 17-yard touchdown with 4:30 left in the fourth, then Al Del Greco kicked the game-winning 33-yard field goal of a 36–35 Titans final.
|Weather= 84 °F (Sunny)
Neil O'Donnell was forced to start, and he threw a third-quarter touchdown to Eddie George, but an Aaron Beasley interception became a 35-yard Jaguars score and a 17–7 Jacksonville lead. O'Donnell rebounded with a fourth-quarter score to Michael Roan and a 20–19 Titans win as Tennessee surrendered a safety on the game's final play.
Tennessee suffered its first loss of the year as Jeff Garcia ran in a one-yard touchdown, then connected with Terrell Owens in the fourth quarter. The Titans trailed 24–16 when O'Donnell hit Yancey Thigpen in the end zone with 2:48 left in regulation; the two-point try was stopped, however, and the Niners ran out the clock for a 24–22 Titans loss.
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