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Heart Break in Nashville in the Season Opener - Oakland Wins in Closing 2 Minutes

Posted on September 5, 2010 at 01:21 AM.

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The 2010 NFL season opener for the Tennessee Titans would bring a really dramatic and close game, with a heart breaking finish in Nashville, as the Titans would fall in defeat to the Oakland Raiders on a late TD pass from Jason Campbell to Darrius Heyward-Bey with 1:12 left in the 4th Quarter.

The Raiders started quickly in the game jumping out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter as they would strike on a 14 yard TD pass from Campbell to Heyward-Bey, and then again on a short run for a TD by Michael Bush.

But the Titans would bounce back, forcing a safety in the 2nd Quarter and turning the momentum. The Safety would then lead to a nice drive by Tennessee capped off by a 5 yard TD pass from Vince Young to his Fullback A. Hall. Rob Bironas added a field goal to cut the lead to 14-12 at half time.

Tennessee would continue the momentum in the 3rd quarter with a TD Pass from Vince Young to Kenny Britt to put the Titans on top of the scoreboard. The Titans dominated time of possession and appeared to have the game in hand. However, playing conservative would kill them as in the late stages of the game, with time running out the Raiders would strike rich on the game winning TD pass of 65 yards as Cortland Finnegan was beat deep.

After the TD the Raiders were able to stop the Titans and complete the win!

Tennessee will look to bounce back next week against a tough Steelers team visiting LP Field.

NFL Scoreboard - Oakland Raiders (OAK) at Tennessee Titans (TEN)

September 4, 2010	1	2	3	4	F
Oakland Raiders	14	0	0	7	21
Tennessee Titans	0	12	6	0	18

Top Performers

Oakland Raiders - Stats

Darrius Heyward-Bay, 3 REC, 96 Yds, 2 TD

Jason Campbell, 115.7 Rating, 222 Yds, 2 TD

Tennessee Titans - Stats

Vince Young, 21/35, 193 Yds, 2 TD

Jason Babin, 2 Tackles, 2 Sacks

Team Stats Comparison

	OAK	TEN
First Downs	12	15
3rd Down Efficiency	6-11	6-15
4th Down Efficiency	0-0	1-2
Total Yards	354	359
Passing Yards	210	182
Rushing Yards	108	91
Penalties-Penalty Yards	5-33	2-20
Turnovers	2 (-1)	1 (+1)
Time of Possession	18:47	29:13

Scoring Summary

First Quarter			OAK	TEN
OAK	5:22	D. Heyward-Bey 14 Yd pass from J. Campbell (S. Janikowski kick)	7	0
OAK	0:35	M. Bush, 8 Yd run (S. Janikowski kick)	14	0
Second Quarter			OAK	TEN
OAK	9:46	Team Safety	14	2
TEN	5:17	A. Hall 5 Yd pass from V. Young (R. Bironas kick)	14	9
TEN	1:02	R. Bironas, 42 Yd FG	14	12
Third Quarter			OAK	TEN
TEN	4:18	K. Britt 19 Yd pass from V. Young (two-point conversion failed)	14	18
Fourth Quarter			OAK	TEN
OAK	1:12	D. Heyward-Bey 65 Yd pass from J. Campbell (S. Janikowski kick)	21	18

Oakland Raiders

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Jason Campbell	15/25	222	2	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Darren McFadden	14	54	3.8	0
Michael Bush	6	44	7.3	1
Jason Campbell	3	3	1.0	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Darren McFadden	4	21	5.2	0
Louis Murphy	3	37	12.3	0
Darrius Heyward-Bey	3	96	32.0	2
Michael Bush	2	17	8.5	0
Chaz Schilens	1	26	26.0	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
Trevor Scott	8	0	0	0
Rolando McClain	6	0	0	0
Michael Mitchell	5	0	0	0
Richard Seymour	5	1	0	0
Kamerion Wimbley	4	0	0	0
Tommy Kelly	4	0	0	0
Walter McFadden	3	0	0	0
Hiram Eugene	3	0	0	0
Nnamdi Asomugha	3	0	0	0
Ricky Brown	3	0	0	0
Michael Huff	2	0	0	0
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Johnnie Lee Higgins	5	36	0	16
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Sebastian Janikowski	0/0	3/3	3	0
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Shane Lechler	5	224	44.8	2

Tennessee Titans

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Vince Young	21/35	193	2	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Chris Johnson	22	77	3.5	0
Javon Ringer	3	15	5.0	0
Lagarrette Blount	2	3	1.5	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Ahmard Hall	6	51	8.5	1
Kenny Britt	4	53	13.2	1
Chris Johnson	3	28	9.3	0
Bo Scaife	3	24	8.0	0
Justin Gage	2	25	12.5	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
Chris Hope	5	0	0	0
Stanford Keglar	5	0	0	0
Stephen Tulloch	2	0	0	0
Will Witherspoon	2	0	0	0
Tony Brown	2	0	0	0
Jason McCourty	2	0	0	0
Michael Griffin	2	0	0	0
Jason Babin	2	2	0	0
Alterraun Verner	2	0	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Kenny Britt	3	50	0	21
Alvin Pearman	1	14		14
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Alvin Pearman	4	22	0	13
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Rob Bironas	1/1	1/1	4	42
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Brett Kern	5	256	51.2	1