None of McPherson's boots were even in doubt off his foot, including his game-winner. McPherson became the first player in NFL history to make four-plus FGs in multiple games in a single postseason. The rookie made a bad third-down sack by Joe Burrow late in the first half moot by banging a 54-yarder. Zac Taylor's willingness to give up two yards on the play before McPherson's game-winner underscored the team's confidence in the young kicker. Money Mac was brilliant all day, going 4 of 4 on field goals in a tight-fought game, including two from 50-plus yards. As time expired, the rookie kicker booted the game-winning 52-yard field goal to send the Bengals to the AFC Championship Game. Evan McPherson's veins run with ice water.READ: Trotter: Chase, Burrow among winners from Saturday's games.READ: Tannehill laments 'brutal' day in loss to Bengals.READ: Bengals marvel at Evan McPherson's clutch kicking.Starting CB Cam Taylor-Britt was ruled out after being evaluated for a concussion. The native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, finished with two catches for 19 yards. 26, 2003, against Jacksonville.Ĭincinnati WR Tee Higgins did not play in the second half because of injured ribs.

But they held the ball for 10 minutes, 22 seconds for the franchise's longest scoring drive since Oct. The Titans opened the third quarter with a 15-play drive that ended in Folk's second field goal. Henry now has 38 100-yard rushing games in his career, including the playoffs. His TD pass was the fourth of Henry's career. His rushing TD was the 80th of Henry's career, tying him with Edgerrin James for 21st in NFL history. Henry trails only Eddie George (10,009) in that category. Henry ran for 5 yards on the second play of the third quarter, giving him 77 yards and passing Pro Football Hall of Fame running back and 1979 NFL MVP Earl Campbell (8,574) for second on the franchise career rushing list. Tannehill hit his next two passes, the second a 13-yard TD to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine for a 10-3 lead capping a 78-yard drive.

Tannehill connected with DeAndre Hopkins on their longest pass since the three-time All-Pro signed with the Titans, a 38-yarder on third-and-7. The Titans scored 21 points to take control in the second quarter. Nick Folk capped Tennessee's opening drive with a 53-yard field goal. The Giants have a chance to end that Monday night when they host Seattle. The Bengals remain one of two NFL teams not to score a first-half TD this season. 📺: Watch #CINvsTEN on /bxTu6obfmS- Tennessee Titans October 1, 2023 first game of a Titan and he comes up BIG The defense went to the end zone and celebrated while officials switched and announced Tennessee recovered the ball and not the Bengals.

Linebacker Trevis Gipson stripped Burrow of the ball in the third quarter and safety Kevin Byard recovered. The Bengals settled for a 21-yard field goal by Evan McPherson after having first-and-goal from the Titans 10.Ī sequence in the third quarter summed up Cincinnati's offensive struggles. The Bengals (1-3) had won seven of the past nine between these old AFC Central rivals.Ĭincinnati won the toss and took the ball, and Burrow worked mostly out of the shotgun throwing lots of quick, short passes after practicing fully all week with his sore calf. It didn't matter as Tennessee sacked Joe Burrow three times and stripped him of the ball. Tennessee played without a pair of offensive starters with left guard Peter Skoronski missing his third game recovering from an appendectomy, and wide receiver Treylon Burks out with an injured left knee. Henry, held to just 20 yards rushing last week, finished with 122 yards on 22 carries. They scored 27 unanswered points and led 24-3 at halftime, giving coach Mike Vrabel his first win in four tries against Cincinnati.ĭerrick Henry ran 29 yards for a touchdown, and he also found rookie tight end Josh Whyle for a 2-yard TD on a jump pass from the wildcat just before halftime. The Titans (2-2) managed only 94 yards in losing last week in Cleveland, and they bounced back strongly. NASHVILLE - Ryan Tannehill threw for 240 yards and a touchdown and the Tennessee Titans rebounded from the franchise's worst offensive performance in 49 years by routing the Cincinnati Bengals 27-3 Sunday.

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