2002 Tennessee Titans season
| 2002 Tennessee Titans season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Jeff Fisher |
| Home field | The Coliseum |
| Results | |
| Record | 11–5 |
| Division place | 1st AFC South |
| Playoff finish |
Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 34–31 (OT) Lost Conference Championship (Raiders) 41–24 |
The 2002 Tennessee Titans season was the 43rd season overall and 33rd with the league. The team improved upon their previous season's output of 7–9, managing eleven victories. The Titans qualified for the playoffs, but were unable to reach the Super Bowl, instead losing to the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Conference Championship.
|Weather= 90 °F (Mostly cloudy) For the third time in their history the Titans opened a football season in a different football division, this time in the debut Sunday of the AFC South after their AFL era in the league's Eastern division and then spending 32 seasons in the AFC Central. The Eagles, defending NFC East champs, gave up a 14-yard Steve McNair touchdown to Eddie George, but then behind three Donovan McNabb touchdown throws they raced to a 24–10 halftime lead. The Titans then shut down the Eagles offense as McNair and George helped score 17 unanswered Titans points, finishing up a 27–24 Titans win. The game was notable when Titans star lineman Jevon Kearse left the game with a broken foot and missed the next 12 games. Kearse stated, "I am really devastated that I cannot be out there [on the field] with my teammmates. But, it is an opportunity for someone else to step up." He later stated that he can recover from the injury fast so that he could "return in the open weeks."
For only the second time since leaving Houston, the former Houston Oilers flew to Texas for football. The Cowboys were hosting the ex-Oilers a week after losing to Houston's present-day NFL squad, but fell behind 10–7 at the half. The game turned against the Titans in the third quarter as Dexter Coakley picked off McNair and ran back 52 yards for a touchdown; McNair later knocked himself out of the game when he ran to the sidelines and crashed into an equipment storage wagon, suffering a concussion. Quincy Carter connected with Joey Galloway from 38 yards out and wrapped up a 21–13 Cowboys win.
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