Tennessee Titans (1-0) AFC South vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) AFC North
Television: CBS Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots
Titans Coaches:
Head Coach: Jeff Fisher
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Heimerdinger
Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Cecil
Steelers Coaches:
Head Coach: Mike Tomlin
Offensive Coordinator: Bruce Arians
Defensive Coordinator: Dick LeBeau
Titans 2010 Offensive Ranking: 11th (overall), 2nd (rushing), 26th (passing)
Titans 2010 Defensive Rankings: 8th (overall), 24th (rushing), 6th (passing)
Steelers 2010 Offensive Rankings: 10th (overall), 4th (rushing), 14th (passing)
Steelers 2010 Defensive Rankings: 10th (overall), 5th (rushing), 19th (passing)
RB Chris Johnson has 17 career 100-yard rushing games and 12 consecutive, which is just two behind Barry Sanders.
ChrisJohnson needs 51 rushing yards to pass Mike Rozier for sixth place on the franchise's all-time rushing list, 64-yds to overtake Steve McNair for fifth place, and 139-yds to move past Hoyle Granger for fourth place.
CJ has never rushed for more than 100 yards in two career games against Pittsburgh.
DT Jason Jones has 4.5 sacks sacks in two career games against Pittsburgh.
S Chris Hope and WR Nate Washington will be facing their former team where they collected a combined three Super Bowl rings.
Tennessee is 5-1 against the Steelers at LP Field (including playoffs).
Longest Winning Streak by the Titans was 7 games spanning from 1997-2000.
Pittsburgh is 13-3 all-time in the month of September against Titans/Oilers.
Steelers "D" has only yielded ONE, 100 yd-rusher in the last 35 regular season games. It was Ray Rice in Dec. 2009, when he ran for 140 yards.
Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin served as a graduate assistant at Memphis in 1996 and then had a brief stint at Tennessee-Martin.
Vince Young is 27-13 as a starting quarterback in the regular season.
Last time these two teams met in Nashville was Dec. 21, 2008. Titans won 31-14.
Jeff Fisher's Record against the Steelers is 12-8 (including the playoffs, 1-0).
Notable College Teammates:
DE Derrick Morgan and Steelers RB Jonathan Dwyer at Georgia Tech.
[b]LB David Thornton (PUP) and Pittsburgh K Jeff Reed at North Carolina.
TE Bo Scaife and Steelers DTCasey Hampton at Texas.
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