The 2016 season was the

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' 47th in the

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(NFL) and their 57th overall. It also marked the franchise's 20th season in the state of

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as well as the first full season under

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, who served as the team's interim head coach for the last nine games of the

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season. The Titans tripled their win total from 2015 and achieved their first winning season since

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. However, the team missed the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season tying a record set between 1970–1977. The team finished tied with the

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for the

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division title but lost the tiebreaker because the Texans had a better division record (5–1) than the Titans (2–4).

Draft

Notes * The Titans acquired an additional sixth-round selection in a trade that sent

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and a future conditional selection to the

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. * The Titans traded a conditional seventh-round selection to the

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in exchange for

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Staff

Final roster

Team captains

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(QB) *

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(TE) * Jurrell Casey (DE) *

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(LB) *

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(LB) * Daimion Stafford (ST)

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 2: at Detroit Lions

Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 4: at Houston Texans

Week 5: at Miami Dolphins

Week 6: vs. Cleveland Browns

The Titans posted their first victory over their former

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rival since 2011 and only their third win over the Browns since 2002 league realignment established the

threw three touchdowns but

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kept the Browns in the hunt with two touchdown drives in the final three minutes.

Week 7: vs. Indianapolis Colts

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caught his first career touchdown.

Week 8: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

With the win, the Titans improved on their 3–13 season from the previous year.

Week 9: at San Diego Chargers

Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers

The Titans defeated the Packers for the fourth time in six meetings since becoming a Tennessee NFL franchise. The Titans raced to a 21–0 lead in the first quarter and led 35–16 at halftime. Rookie Tajae Sharpe caught his first career touchdown.

Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts

Week 12: at Chicago Bears

The Titans posted their sixth win of the season as

faced off against

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, in his first NFL action since 2014; he opened scoring late in the first quarter on a seven-yard toss. Mariota answered with three straight touchdown drives, but Barkley answered a Titans lead of 27–7 with two straight touchdown drives and whipped to the Titans red zone in the final minute, but two incompletions ended the game.

Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos

The Titans posted only their second win (in six tries) over the Broncos since becoming a Tennessee NFL franchise. They led 13–0 but had to sweat out a Broncos rally; A.J. Derby's fumble was recovered by Daimion Stafford with 1:04 to go. The game became chippy when

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cut block Chris Harris, Jr. in the second quarter;

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attacked Douglas and a melee erupted on the Titans sideline. The victory was the 425th in the franchise's history.

Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs

The Titans edged the Chiefs on a 53-yard field goal on the final play by former Chiefs placekicker

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; he missed a first attempt but the attempt was nullified when Chiefs coach

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called timeout.

Week 16: at Jacksonville Jaguars

's season ended when he suffered a broken right fibula in Tennessee's 38–17 loss to the Jaguars; the loss marked the eighth straight season in which neither team managed to sweep the other in the regular season.Titans vs. Jaguars all-time matchups
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The loss—combined with Houston's subsequent win over Cincinnati—ended Tennessee's hopes for the playoffs.

Week 17: vs. Houston Texans

The win was the Titans' first against the Texans since 2013. NOTE: With the win, the Titans posted 9 wins and a winning season for the first time since 2011.