Tye Smith returned a blocked field goal 63 yards to snap a fourth quarter tie, and Ryan Tannehill added his second touchdown pass two minutes later, as the visiting Tennessee Titans rallied Sunday for a 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Tennessee (7-5) won for the fifth time in six games, avenging a September home loss to the Colts (6-6), and moved within a half-game of Houston for first place in the AFC South. The Texans host New England on Sunday night.
With the game tied at 17, Adam Vinatieri tried a 46-yard field goal to put Indianapolis ahead. But Dane Cruickshank surged through the right side to snuff the kick, and Smith sprinted untouched to the end zone with 5:02 left. It was the second field-goal attempt blocked by Tennessee in the game.
Logan Ryan intercepted Jacoby Brissett on the Colts' second play after Smith's return. Three plays later, Tannehill hit Kalif Raymond off play-action for a 40-yard scoring strike with 3:02 remaining, sealing Indianapolis' fourth loss in five games.
Tannehill went 17 of 22 for 182 yards and two touchdowns, playing to a quarterback rating of 131.3. The Titans are 5-1 since he supplanted Marcus Mariota as the starter after a Week 6 shutout loss in Denver.
Brissett completed 25 of 40 passes for 319 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. His score came on the game's first possession, as he found tight end Jack Doyle for a 21-yard connection with just 3:57 elapsed.
Tannehill answered back with a touchdown drive of nearly six minutes, tying the score at 7 when he hit Adam Humphries for a 13-yard score. But Indianapolis took a 10-7 edge to the half when Vinatieri kicked a 28-yard field goal with 6:07 left in the second quarter.
Nyheim Hines' 1-yard run upped the Colts' lead to 17-7 with 10:23 remaining in the third quarter, but Derrick Henry scored on a 13-yard run with 5:52 left. Ryan Succop followed up with a 31-yard field goal after Brissett was picked by Kevin Byard, tying the game at the 4:26 mark.
Henry rushed for 149 yards on 26 carries, his third straight 100-yard game.
--Field Level Media
Tennessee | Indianapolis | |
Derrick Henry | Player | Jordan Wilkins |
26 | Attempts | 11 |
149 | Yards | 47 |
5.7 | Avg Yards | 4.3 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
34 | Long | 15 |
Tennessee | Indianapolis | |
A.J. Brown | Player | Zach Pascal |
3 | Receptions | 7 |
45 | Yards | 109 |
15.0 | Avg Yards | 15.6 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
16 | Long | 26 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Tennessee | 292 | 154 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 |
Indianapolis | 391 | 82 | 309 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 |