2005 Tennessee Titans season

2005 Tennessee Titans season
Owner	Bud Adams
General manager	Floyd Reese
Head coach	Jeff Fisher
Home field	The Coliseum
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	3rd AFC South
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	QB Steve McNair DE Kyle Vanden Bosch

The 2005 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise’s 46th season overall, 36th with the National Football League and ninth in Tennessee. The team attempted to improve upon their previous output of 5–11, but was only able to win four games in 2005. The Titans’ games were often high-scoring, with eight of their sixteen games accumulating in excess of 50 points between the two teams.

This was Steve McNair’s final season as a Titan before getting traded to the Baltimore Ravens following the season.

Personnel

Staff

2005 Tennessee Titans staff

Front office Founder/Owner/Chairman of the Board/President/CEO – Bud Adams Executive VP/General Manager/Director of Football Operations – Floyd Reese Director of Player Personnel – Rich Snead Director of College Scouting – Mike Ackerley National Coordinator of College Scouting – C. O. Brocato Director of Pro Scouting – Al Smith Head coaches Executive Vice President/Head Coach – Jeff Fisher Assistant Head Coach/Offense – George Henshaw Assistant Head Coach – Dave McGinnis Assistant Head Coach – Steve Watterson Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Norm Chow Quarterbacks – Craig Johnson Running Backs – Sherman Smith Wide Receivers – Ray Sherman Offensive Line – Mike Munchak Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Ned James

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Jim Schwartz Defensive Line – Jim Washburn Linebackers – Dave McGinnis Defensive Backs – Everett Withers Safeties and Nickel Backs – Chuck Cecil Special teams coaches Special Teams – Alan Lowry Assistant Special Teams – Marty Galbraith Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Steve Watterson

Roster

2005 Tennessee Titans final roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Steve McNair  8 Matt Mauck  7 Billy Volek Running backs 29 Chris Brown 20 Travis Henry Wide receivers 83 Drew Bennett 81 Brandon Jones 82 Courtney Roby 16 Sloan Thomas 19 Bobby Wade 86 Roydell Williams Tight ends 84 Ben Troupe 88 Erron Kinney		Offensive linemen 54 Eugene Amano G 60 Jacob Bell T 77 Justin Hartwig C 75 Benji Olson G 71 Michael Roos T 69 Zach Piller G Defensive linemen 96 Jared Clauss DT 92 Albert Haynesworth DT 91 Travis LaBoy DE 98 Antwan Odom DE 90 Randy Starks DT 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch DE		Linebackers 50 Rocky Boiman OLB 53 Keith Bulluck OLB 55 Brad Kassell 59 Peter Sirmon OLB Defensive backs 32 Adam Jones CB 23 Donnie Nickey SS 26 Andre Woolfolk CB 21 Reynaldo Hill CB 28 Lamont Thompson FS Special teams 2 Rob Bironas K 15 Craig Hentrich P		Rookies in italics

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	August 12, 2005	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–20	0–1
2	August 19, 2005	at Atlanta Falcons	W 24-21	1-1
3	August 26, 2005	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–16	1–2
4	September 1, 2005	Green Bay Packers	L 17–21	1–3

Regular season

In addition to their regular games with AFC South rivals, the Titans played teams from the AFC North and NFC West as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Raiders and the Dolphins based on divisional positions from 2004.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 11, 2005	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–34	62,931
2	September 18, 2005	Baltimore Ravens	W 25–10	69,149
3	September 25, 2005	at St. Louis Rams	L 27–31	65,835
4	October 2, 2005	Indianapolis Colts	L 10–31	69,149
5	October 9, 2005	at Houston Texans	W 34–20	70,430
6	October 16, 2005	Cincinnati Bengals	L 23–31	69,149
7	October 23, 2005	at Arizona Cardinals	L 10–20	39,482
8	October 30, 2005	Oakland Raiders	L 25–34	69,149
9	November 6, 2005	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–20	72,594
10	Bye
11	November 20, 2005	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 28–31	69,149
12	November 27, 2005	San Francisco 49ers	W 33–22	69,149
13	December 4, 2005	at Indianapolis Colts	L 3–35	57,228
14	December 11, 2005	Houston Texans	W 13–10	69,149
15	December 18, 2005	Seattle Seahawks	L 24–28	69,149
16	December 24, 2005	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–24	72,001
17	January 1, 2006	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 13–40	65,485

Standings

AFC South
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(1) Indianapolis Colts	14	2	0	.875	6–0	11–1	439	247	W1
(5) Jacksonville Jaguars	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	361	269	W3
Tennessee Titans	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	299	421	L3
Houston Texans	2	14	0	.125	0–6	1–11	260	431	L2

Images

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  The Titans visit the Houston Texans, October 9, 2005