Titans Rally for 20-17 Win Over 49ers

The Titans tackled the 49ers on their lateral-fest on the ensuing kickoff, and improved to 10-5 with the win.

The 49ers tied the game at 17-17 with 2:20 left on a two-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to receiver Brandon Aiyuk.

Titans receiver A.J. Brown caught 11 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown in the contest.

The Colts (8-6), who trail the Titans in the AFC South, face the Cardinals on Saturday in Arizona.

With a Colts loss, the Titans win the AFC South.

Down 10-0 at the half, the Titans staged a mammoth second half comeback.

The Titans opened the second half with a 13-play, 55-yard scoring drive and capped it off with a 38-yard field goal by Bullock, which cut the lead to 10-3 with 8:45 remaining in the third quarter. Tannehill completed a pair of third-down passes to Brown on the drive, along with a big completion to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine in third-and-15.

On the ensuing possession, safety Amani Hooker intercepted Garoppolo, and returned the ball to the San Francisco 18-yard line.

Four plays later, Titans running back D’Onta Foreman scored on a three-yard touchdown run to make it 10-10 with 7:13 left in the third quarter.

After a fourth-down stop by the defense, the Titans took the lead on their next drive on an 18-yard pass from Tannehill to Brown, which capped a seven-play, 59-yard drive. The score, which set off a wild celebration at Nissan Stadium, gave the Titans a 17-10 lead with 13:02 left in the contest.

It was quite a turnaround compared to the first half.

The Titans got off to a shaky start.

The 49ers drove the length of the field on their opening drive, and they scored on a one-yard touchdown run by Jeff Wilson to take an early 7-0 lead.

The 49ers made it 10-0 on a 48-yard field goal by kicker Robbie Gould midway through the second quarter to make it 10-0.

If not for a big turnover caused by the Titans defense, things could’ve been much worse. It was cornerback Jackrabbit Jenkins who turned in the big play, as he intercepted Garoppolo in the end zone to end a San Francisco drive at the end of the first quarter.

The Titans managed just three first downs and 55 yards of offense in the game’s first 30 minutes, and they trailed 10-0 at the half.

But the Titans came alive when it really mattered.

The Titans return to action on January 2 against the Miami Dolphins at Nissan Stadium.