2005 Tennessee Titans season

46th season in franchise history; final one with Steve McNair

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.[1] 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/linebackers – 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

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

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 58 Ken Amato LS (IR)
  • 87 Tyrone Calico WR (IR)
  • 22 Vincent Fuller S (IR)
  • 73 Shawn Johnson DE (IR)
  • 81 Brandon Jones WR/PR (IR)
  • 86 Roydell Williams WR (IR)


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 6 inactive, 7 practice squad

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 August 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–20 0–1
2 August 19 at Atlanta Falcons W 24–21 1–1
3 August 26 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–16 1–2
4 September 1 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 Record Attendance TV
1 September 11 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–34 0–1 62,931 CBS
2 September 18 Baltimore Ravens W 25–10 1–1 69,149 CBS
3 September 25 at St. Louis Rams L 27–31 1–2 65,835 CBS
4 October 2 Indianapolis Colts L 10–31 1–3 69,149 CBS
5 October 9 at Houston Texans W 34–20 2–3 70,430 CBS
6 October 16 Cincinnati Bengals L 23–31 2–4 69,149 CBS
7 October 23 at Arizona Cardinals L 10–20 2–5 39,482 CBS
8 October 30 Oakland Raiders L 25–34 2–6 69,149 CBS
9 November 6 at Cleveland Browns L 14–20 2–7 72,594 CBS
10 Bye
11 November 20 Jacksonville Jaguars L 28–31 2–8 69,149 CBS
12 November 27 San Francisco 49ers W 33–22 3–8 69,149 FOX
13 December 4 at Indianapolis Colts L 3–35 3–9 57,228 CBS
14 December 11 Houston Texans W 13–10 4–9 69,149 CBS
15 December 18 Seattle Seahawks L 24–28 4–10 69,149 FOX
16 December 24 at Miami Dolphins L 10–24 4–11 72,001 CBS
17 January 1 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 13–40 4–12 65,485 CBS

Note: Divisional opponents are in bold text

Standings

AFC South
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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

References

  1. ^ 2005 Tennessee Titans
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