National Football League
N.Y. Jets 16, Tennessee 11
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, December 14, 2014
Where: LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 54°
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 60143

Jets 16, Titans 11: Geno Smith threw for 179 yards and a touchdown as visiting New York halted a three-game losing streak and sent Tennessee to its eighth consecutive defeat.

Chris Ivory capped an 11-play, 76-yard drive with a go-ahead 1-yard touchdown with 3:09 to play as the Jets (3-11) won for the first time in seven road games. Smith finished 16-of-28 and Eric Decker had a season-high 100 yards on seven catches for New York.

Third-string quarterback Charlie Whitehurst completed 10-of-24 for 203 yards after Jake Locker suffered a shoulder injury for the Titans (2-12), who committed a pair of huge penalties on the winning touchdown march. Nate Washington had six catches for 102 yards as Tennessee remained winless since beating Jacksonville on Oct. 12.

Ryan Succop sandwiched a pair of third-quarter field goals around Smith's 9-yard scoring pass to fullback John Conner on fourth-and-inches to send the Titans into the fourth quarter clinging to an 11-10 lead. Two penalties against Tennessee, including unsportsmanlike conduct against Wesley Woodyard, kept a drive alive for the Jets, resulting in Ivory's 1-yard plunge to make it 16-11 with 3:09 remaining.

After Succop's 40-yard field goal accounted for the only points of the first quarter, the Titans made it 5-0 when Smith was called for intentional grounding in the end zone - a play initially ruled a fumble but overturned when Tennessee coach Ken Whisenhunt challenged. Nick Folk booted a 51-yard field goal with 2:08 left in the half after Kaelin Burnett was flagged for running into the kicker on a punt.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Locker, making his fifth start of the season in place of injured rookie Zach Mettenberg, was hurt at the two-minute warning of the first half when Jets LB Quinton Coples drove him into the ground on an incomplete pass. ... Ex-Titans RB Chris Johnson had the biggest play in New York's fourth-quarter touchdown drive, taking a direct snap and running 37 yards to the 4-yard line to finish with 55 yards on 10 carries. ... A brawl broke out with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter after Tennessee's Jurrell Casey punched Smith in the helmet during a video review to see if Decker stepped out of bounds.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
N.Y. Jets   Tennessee
Chris Johnson Player Shonn Greene
10 Attempts 16
55 Yards 50
5.5 Avg Yards 3.1
0 Touchdowns 0
37 Long 8
Receiving
N.Y. Jets   Tennessee
Eric Decker Player Nate Washington
7 Receptions 6
100 Yards 102
14.3 Avg Yards 17.0
0 Touchdowns 0
48 Long 26
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
N.Y. Jets 277 114 163 2 1 0 1.0 0
Tennessee 342 89 253 0 3 0 3.0 0
Upcoming Games
  • Tennessee will play their next game on the road against Jacksonville. The Titans have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .167 after a loss.
  • N.Y. Jets will play their next game at home against New England. The Jets have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .250 after a loss.