TEAM NOTES
- After falling to the Colts by a final score of 41-20, the Titans will go on the road for three consecutive games: at division-rival Houston (Sept. 28), at Arizona (Oct. 5) and at Las Vegas (Oct. 12).
- Former play-by-play announcer and "Voice of the Titans" Mike Keith was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony. Keith became the 19th member of the Ring of Honor.
- When guard Jackson Slater (fifth round) made his NFL debut, he became the eight member of the team's nine-man 2025 draft class to see action in 2025.
- Eight of the team's nine 2025 draft picks participated in the contest, with the lone exception being third-round safety Kevin Winston Jr. The Titans had not had eight or more drafted rookies participate in a game since Jan. 1, 2017 against Houston.
- Three players made their Titans debut: cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis, linebacker Kyzir White and offensive lineman Jackson Slater.
- The Titans won the time-of-possession battle 31:19 to 28:41.
- Quarterback Cam Ward and wide receiver Elic Ayomanor combined on a touchdown pass for the second consecutive week. Ward and Ayomanor became the team's first rookie-to-rookie connection to produce multiple receiving touchdowns in a season since quarterback Marcus Mariota and wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham did so four times in 2015.
- In the second half, the Titans offense used 16 plays to go 77 yards for a touchdown on a drive that consumed 7 minutes and 47 seconds. It was the Titans' first touchdown drive of 16 plays or more since a 19-play touchdown drive at Houston on Jan. 3, 2021.
- The Titans offense reached the end zone on both of its red-zone possessions.
- The Titans defense limited the Colts offense to 25.0 percent on third down. The Colts converted twice on eight third-down attempts.
- The Titans defense kept the Colts out of the end zone on two of their four red-zone drives (50.0 percent).
CB JALYN ARMOUR-DAVIS
- Made his Titans debut and started at cornerback for the first time since Oct. 27, 2024 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
- Recorded a tackle in his first game action with the team.
WR ELIC AYOMANOR
- Caught four passes for 38 yards and a touchdown.
- Scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter with an eight-yard grab on fourth-and-goal. It marked his second consecutive week with a touchdown reception.
- Became the first Titans rookie with a touchdown catch in consecutive games since A.J. Brown (Weeks 14-15) in 2019.
LB CODY BARTON
- Led the team with six tackles.
RB JULIUS CHESTNUT
- Totaled 26 yards on two carries.
- Rushed for a career-long 27 yards to convert a third-and-two and help set up a touchdown in the third quarter. It was the team's longest rushing attempt of the season.
S QUANDRE DIGGS
- Started in a three-safety package, notching his first start since Nov. 3, 2024.
WR CHIMERE DIKE
- Registered his first NFL start at wide receiver.
- Totaled 162 kickoff return yards on six attempts (27.0 average).
- Accumulated the most kickoff return yards in a game by a Titans player since Leon Washington's 209 kickoff return yards at Denver on Dec. 8, 2013.
- His 35-yard kickoff return in the first quarter helped set up a field goal.
- Also totaled three yards on two rushing attempts and two yards on three receptions.
LB CEDRIC GRAY
- Tied for second on the defense with five tackles.
OL BLAKE HANCE
- Registered his 11th career start and his first career start at right guard.
P JOHNNY HEKKER
- Recorded a 52-yard punt on his only attempt.
TE GUNNAR HELM
- Totaled 27 yards on three receptions.
S AMANI HOOKER
- Registered five tackles and two passes defensed.
- Batted down a Daniel Jones pass in the first quarter and forced an incompletion on a deep pass to Alec Pierce in the third quarter.
- Logged his seventh career game with multiple passes defensed.
OLB DRE'MONT JONES
- Finished with two tackles, including a stop for loss, and a quarterback hit.
WR TYLER LOCKETT
- Caught four passes for 37 yards, including a 16-yarder to convert a third down in the fourth quarter.
TE CHIG OKONKWO
- Led the offense with five receptions and 66 receiving yards.
- Picked up 22 yards on a reception in the first quarter.
- Added a 17-yard catch in the third quarter.
- Registered his eighth career game with five or more receptions and his sixth career game with at least 60 receiving yards.
- Reached 150 career receptions, becoming the sixth tight end in franchise history to hit the mark.
RB TONY POLLARD
- Carried the ball 16 times for 45 yards and a touchdown.
- Scored his first touchdown of the season and the 29th rushing touchdown of his career on a one-yard plunge in the third quarter.
- Added two receptions for 14 yards.
WR CALVIN RIDLEY
- Tallied a 27-yard reception in the first quarter. It was his 22nd reception of 20-plus yards since the start of the 2024 season, which at the time tied for the third-highest total in the NFL.
DT JEFFERY SIMMONS
- Totaled three tackles.
G JACKSON SLATER
- Made his NFL debut.
- Became the eight member of the team's nine-man 2025 draft class to see action in 2025.
K JOEY SLYE
- Made two of his four attempts, connecting from 57 and 42 yards and missing from 64 and 62 yards, the latter of which was blocked.
- Made a 57-yard field goal in the first quarter to tie the second-longest field goal in franchise history, which he made in the previous game against the L.A. Rams (Sept. 14).
- Joined Jake Elliott (2025), Brandon Aubrey (2024), Greg Zuerlein (2022) and Brett Maher (2019) as the NFL's only kickers since 2000 to have a field goal of at least 57 yards in two consecutive games.
- Joined Rob Bironas (2009) as the team's only kickers in the "Titans era" (since 1999) to register three consecutive games with at least one field goal of 50-plus yards.
- Joined Rob Bironas (four) as the franchise's only kickers with three career field goals of 55-plus yards.
- Credited with a career-high two special teams tackles.
QB CAM WARD
- Joined Marcus Mariota (2015) as the only rookie quarterbacks in franchise history to start the first three games of a season.
- Completed 23 of 38 passes for 219 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
- Added three rushing attempts for 12 yards.
- In the first quarter, he found Chig Okonkwo for a 22-yard completion and Calvin Ridley on a 27-yarder.
- In the third quarter, he led a 13-play, 73-yard touchdown drive, during which he completed five passes for 32 yards on six attempts.
- On a 16-play, 77-yard touchdown drive, he threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Elic Ayomanor on fourth-and-goal in the fourth quarter. On the drive, Ward completed eight-of-11 passes for 80 yards.
LB KYZIR WHITE
- Made his Titans debut and collected two tackles.
S XAVIER WOODS
- Tied for second on the defense with four tackles and added a pass defensed.
- On a third down in the second quarter, he broke up a Daniel Jones pass intended for Josh Downs to force a Colts field goal attempt that was no good.
