Preseason
Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1st Quarter
- Tampa elected to receive and drove down the field for the first score of the game on the opening drive with a pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton
- Collins was 5/5 passing driving it all the way down to the 17 yard line his main target was tight end Bo Scaife 3 rec 33 yards
- Kerry Collins connects with Mark Washington to tie the game
2nd Quarter
- Tampa came back taking it to Tennessee's defense they looked like they were stopped on 3rd and 8 but Derrick Ward busted out a 24 yard run on the dive play
-Vince Young came out to take over the team getting some repetition in leading the team
-Young threw an interception on his first drive which was returned 18 yards setting the Bucs up in great field position
- the Titans held the Bucs to a FG
- got the ball back and ran the clock down with Chris Johnson
3rd Quarter
-getting the ball back in the 2nd half with a 17-7 game Vince came out and showed that his team would not lay down they wanted the points
-unfortunately every time they got to midfield they stalled out and were forced to punt
-rookie quarterback Josh Freeman led a nice drive ending in a one yard TD pass to fullback Ben Askew
4th quarter
-Vince final drive he led the team down to the 2 yard line after two run plays from Chris Henry which were denied Vince took it in himself on the sneak from two yards out
-Tampa got the ball back but thanks to a sack by Marks Sen'Derrick sack they were forced to punt
-third string quarterback Ramsey came in to try to put a touchdown on the board fans booed when he came out to the field but they were cheering at the end of the drive after he went 3/3 on a perfect drive which took less than two minutes Chris Davis 37 yard catch on out route, Alge Crumpler 12 yard catch and a 24 yard catch by Paul William on a streak for the touchdown
-with just 3 minutes left the Titan needed a miracle and they got one on the kick Kieth Bullocks forced a fumble a tight end Jared Cook scooped it up for a TD
-28-24 the Titan were winning and when the Buccaneers tried to put a last minute drive together on 4th and 12 Freeman threw a interception to back up MLB Fowler
-kneeled on the ball for the win
Result:
W 28-24