The

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. They play the ...

season was the Titans' 42nd season and their 32nd in the

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(NFL). The team won only seven games and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. After finishing 13–3 in the two prior seasons, defensive coordinator

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was hired as the new head coach of the

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. Williams' departure contributed to the drop-off in wins, as the Titans went from second in scoring defense in 2000 to 25th in 2001. After the season, the Titans lost Bruce Matthews, who had been with the team since

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

when they were the Houston Oilers, to retirement, ending a 19 year era for the team.

Offseason

NFL draft

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Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Standings

Notes

References

Titans on Pro Football Reference

Titans on jt-sw.com

Tennessee Titans seasons

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