Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts have played 56 all-time games, including playoffs. The Colts lead the series 35-21.
This is the second meeting between the Titans and Colts in a four-week span. They played at Indianapolis on October 2nd, with the Titans holding on to a 24-17 victory. Titans running back Derrick Henry rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown, and quarterback Ryan Tannehill tossed two touchdown passes. Defensively, the Titans forced three turnovers and held the Colts to 38 rushing yards.
In the first meeting of 2021 (September 26th), the Titans won 25-16 at Nissan Stadium. Tannehill completed three touchdown passes, and Henry rushed for 113 yards to help the Titans to their second consecutive win over the Colts.
In the 2021 rematch at Lucas Oil Stadium (October 31st), the game went to overtime before an interception by safety Kevin Byard put kicker Randy Bullock in position for a game-winning, 44-yard field goal to lift the Titans to a 34-31 win. It was a costly win, however, as Henry suffered an injury that would cause him to miss the remainder of the regular season.
The Titans and Colts have met only once in the postseason, a 19-16 Titans victory in a Divisional Playoff game in the RCA Dome on January 16th, 1999. Eddie George rushed for 162 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown run to help lead Tennessee during its run to Super Bowl XXXIV.
Three years later, in 2002, the NFL realigned, and the AFC South was created. The Titans moved from the AFC Central, and the Colts moved from the AFC East to form half of the new division.
The teams first clashed in 1970 following the AFL-NFL merger. The then-Baltimore Colts defeated the then-Houston Oilers 24-20 during the Colts’ run to a Super Bowl V Championship.
Most Recent Games
2020 Week 12 • Nov. 29, 2020 • TITANS 45 at Colts 26
In a battle between 7-3 teams, the Tennessee Titans win to take the lead in the AFC South. Derrick Henry totals 178 yards on 27 rushing attempts and in the first half alone accounts for 140 rushing yards and three touchdowns. The Titans scored touchdowns on five of their six possessions in the first half.
After the Indianapolis Colts tie the score at 14-14 in the second quarter, the Titans score the next 24 points. A.J. Brown (98 receiving yards) scores on a 69-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter and adds a 42-yard touchdown return of an onside kickoff attempt by the Colts in the fourth quarter. The Titans total 449 yards, including 229 rushing yards.
2021 Week 3 • Sept. 26, 2021 • Colts 16 at TITANS 25
Ryan Tannehill passes for 197 yards and completes touchdown passes to running back Jeremy McNichols and wide receivers Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Chester Rogers. Derrick Henry rushes for 113 yards and adds another 31 receiving yards. Tannehill is victimized by two Colts interceptions.
The Tennessee Titans’ defense limits the Indianapolis Colts to 265 total yards, three third-down conversions on 12 attempts, and a 66.7 passer rating by Carson Wentz. Outside linebacker Ola Adeniyi leads the Titans with a career-high 1.5 sacks.
2021 Week 8 • Oct. 31, 2021 • TITANS 34 at Colts 31 (OT)
Randy Bullock provides the game-winning score with a 44-yard field goal in overtime that is set up by Kevin Byard’s interception of a Carson Wentz pass. The Titans overcome a 14-0 deficit entering the second quarter.
Ryan Tannehill completes three touchdown passes, including a 57-yarder to A.J. Brown. Brown totals 155 yards on 10 catches. Elijah Molden’s interception and two-yard touchdown return puts the Titans ahead late in the fourth quarter, but the Colts respond with a touchdown with 22 seconds remaining to force overtime.
2022 Week 4 • Oct. 2, 2022 • TITANS 24 at Colts 22
The Tennessee Titans score all 24 of their points on their first four possessions of the game and never trail. The Titans’ defense limits the Colts to 38 rushing yards on 23 attempts, sacks Matt Ryan three times, and forces three turnovers.
Defensive lineman Teair Tart records an interception, and fellow defensive lineman Denico Autry posts two sacks and a forced fumble. Derrick Henry totals 147 scrimmage yards, including 114 rushing yards, with a 19-yard touchdown run. Ryan passes for 356 yards with a pair of touchdowns to tight end Mo Alie-Cox.
