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DT Tony  Brown

100TH WIN AS TITANS: Monday night’s victory was the franchise’s 100th regular season win in the “Titans era,” which began in 1999.  In that time period, the Titans have the league’s fifth-highest winning percentage (.588). 

FISHER MOVES UP LIST: With his 137th career win, Jeff Fisher moved past Hank Stram for 20th place on the NFL’s all-time head coaching wins list . 

YOUNG CONTINUES WIN STREAK: The win versus the Texans was the eighth consecutive regular season win by Vince Young as a starter, dating back to the end of the 2007 campaign.  Young is now 22-11 in his career as a starter.  

LATE-GAME MAGIC: For the third consecutive week and the eighth time in his career, Vince Young led a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter.  Against the Texans, Young’s 12-yard scramble on third-and-three helped set up Rob Bironas’ game-winning field goal with 47 seconds remaining.   

MONDAY NIGHT SUCCESS: The Titans now have two consecutive wins in Monday night games, including their win against the Texans and a 31-21 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on a Monday night in 2008 (10/27). It is the first time since 2000 the Titans have won back-to-back Monday night appearances.   The Titans now are 19-16 all-time on Monday nights.

BROWN TIES CAREER HIGH WITH TWO SACKS: Defensive tackle Tony Brown sacked Matt Schaub for a one-yard loss on third down to end the Texans’ first series.  He added his second sack in the fourth quarter, dropping Schaub for a nine-yard loss.  Brown ‘s two sacks tied his career high, matching his output against Jacksonville on Sept. 7, 2008.  Brown has three sacks this season and 13.5 in his career.

BRITT’S FIRST TD/YOUNG’S 25TH: Wide receiver Kenny Britt caught a 13-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to help tie the game at 7-7.  It was the first career touchdown for the 2009 first-round pick, who also became the youngest player in franchise history to score a touchdown (21).  The play also was Vince Young’s 25th career touchdown pass (third of 2009).

BACK-TO-BACK SACKS: In the second quarter, the Titans recorded back-to-back sacks of Matt Schaub to end a drive.  On second down, Vincent Fuller recorded his second career sack on a blitz, and then defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch on the next play dropped Schaub for a five-yard loss.  It was Vanden Bosch’s second sack of the season (42.5 career).  

WHITE HITS PAYDIRT: Late in the second quarter, LenDale White helped tie the game at 14-14 with a one-yard touchdown run.  The score was the 24th of his career and second of the season.  White is currently sixth on the franchise’s all-time rushing touchdowns list. 

JOHNSON SETS UP SCORE WITH 36-YARD CARRY: Chris Johnson helped set up a LenDale White touchdown with a 36-yard carry in the second quarter.  It was Johnson’s 17th run of the season of 20-plus yards, already an NFL-high, and he added a 22-yard run in the fourth quarter.

SCAIFE’S SEASON-LONG RECEPTION: In the third quarter, tight end Bo Scaife recorded his season-long catch, hauling in a 27-yard pass from Vince Young. 

JOHNSON REACHES 100 AGAIN: With a two-yard run in the third quarter , Chris Johnson went over 100 yards rushing for the fifth consecutive game and the 10th time in his career.  He became the first Titans player since Eddie George in 1998 to tally five consecutive 100-yard efforts. Earl Campbell (seven consecutive games in 1979 and six consecutive games in 1980) is the only other player to accomplish the feat.  Johnson finished the game with 151 yards on 29 carries. 

BIRONAS’ TWO 50-YARDERS INCLUDE GAME WINNER: In the third quarter, Rob Bironas gave the Titans a 17-14 lead with a 50-yard field goal.  Late in the fourth quarter, he booted a 53-yarder that proved to be the game-winning score, his eighth career game-winner.  It was the first game in his career that Bironas made two field goals of 50 or more yards. He is now 11 of 17 in his career from beyond 50 yards.