Malik Willis passed for 85 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 91 yards as the Tennessee Titans defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-16 in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
Julius Chestnut ran 13 times for 98 yards and a score and had a 1-yard touchdown catch as the Titans amassed 281 yards rushing. Willis played the entire game and went 10-of-17 passing and was intercepted once.
Tennessee's Tyjae Spears ran 33 yards for a touchdown with 1:06 left in the first quarter, but the Vikings got three field goals from Greg Joseph in the second quarter (from 45, 33 and 26 yards) to lead 9-7 at the half.
The Titans regained the lead with a 22-yard field goal from Trey Wolff, and padded the lead on Chestnut's 5-yard run with 4:11 left in the third and scoring catch early in the fourth.
The Vikings' only touchdown came on DeWayne McBride's 1-yard run with 5:50 left in the game. Nick Mullens completed 13 of 23 passes for 151 yards.
--Field Level Media
Tennessee | Minnesota | |
Julius Chestnut | Player | Ty Chandler |
13 | Attempts | 11 |
98 | Yards | 24 |
7.5 | Avg Yards | 2.2 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
55 | Long | 7 |
Tennessee | Minnesota | |
Mason Kinsey | Player | Nick Muse |
4 | Receptions | 3 |
37 | Yards | 46 |
9.2 | Avg Yards | 15.3 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
11 | Long | 20 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Tennessee | 352 | 281 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 262 | 91 | 171 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 |