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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 TITANS WELCOME FANS, UNBEATEN STEELERS TO NISSAN STADIUM Tennessee Titans (3-0) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 • Noon CDT • Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tenn. • TV: CBS NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans welcome fans back this week as they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in a battle of 3-0 teams. For the first time since Nissan Stadium opened in 1999, two undefeated teams after three or more weeks of a season will take the field. Kickoff is scheduled for noon CDT on Sunday, Oct. 4. The Titans are off to their first 3-0 start to a season since 2008. With a win this week, the 2020 TITANS SCHEDULE current Titans would match the 2008 squad as the only teams in franchise history to go 4-0. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Titans played their first three games of the season Result, Score, without fans in the stands, which included two road games and one home date. For this Day Date Opponent Kickoff TV week, ticket sales were limited to 10 percent of Nissan Stadium’s capacity, or approximately Mon. Sept. 14 at Denver W 16-14 7,000 total seats, in the lower bowl and club-level seating areas. The number of fans will gradually increase over the course of the Titans’ coming games with the potential to Sun. Sept. 20 JACKSONVILLE W 33-30 accommodate 21 percent of the venue’s normal capacity under current Center for Disease Sun. Sept. 27 at Minnesota W 31-30 Control guidelines. Detailed information on the team’s Safe Stadium Plan can be found at Sun. Oct. 4 PITTSBURGH Noon CBS tennesseetitans.com/safestadium. Sun. Oct. 11 BUFFALO Noon* CBS THE BROADCAST Sun. Oct. 18 HOUSTON Noon* CBS This week’s game will be regionally televised on CBS, including Nashville affiliate Sun. Oct. 25 Bye WTVF NewsChannel 5. The broadcast team includes play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan, analyst Trent Green and reporter Melanie Collins. Sun. Nov. 1 at Cincinnati Noon* CBS Fans can livestream the game on their mobile devices from the Titans Mobile App Sun. Nov. 8 CHICAGO Noon* FOX (iOS and Android) and on TennesseeTitans.com mobile web. Restrictions apply. For more Thur. Nov. 12 INDIANAPOLIS 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN/ information visit TennesseeTitans.com or NFL.com/ways-to-watch. The Titans Radio Network, including Nashville flagship 104.5 The Zone, will carry Amazon the game across the Mid-South with the “Voice of the Titans” Mike Keith, analyst Dave Sun. Nov. 22 at Baltimore Noon* CBS McGinnis, sideline reporter Amie Wells, and gameday hosts Rhett Bryan and Jonathan Sun. Nov. 29 at Indianapolis Noon* CBS Hutton. Additionally, Sports USA will broadcast the game to a national radio audience. Play-by- Sun. Dec. 6 CLEVELAND Noon* CBS play announcer Larry Kahn and analyst Doug Plank will have the call. Sun. Dec. 13 at Jacksonville Noon* CBS Sat./Sun. Dec. 19/20 DETROIT TBD TBD TITANS FINDING WAYS TO WIN Last week at Minnesota, the Titans used a career-high six field goals by Stephen Sun. Dec. 27 at Green Bay 7:20 p.m.* NBC Gostkowski, including a game-winning 55-yarder, to defeat the Vikings by a final score of Sun. Jan. 3 at Houston Noon* CBS 31-30. The 36-year-old kicker became the first NFL player since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger with a game-winning field goal in the final two minutes of regulation in each of his team’s first All kickoff times Central * Time, TV subject to change three games of the season. For the eighth time in Titans/Oilers history, the Titans had a 300-yard passer (321 by Ryan Tannehill), a 100-yard rusher (119 by Derrick Henry) and a 100-yard receiver (118 by AFC SOUTH STANDINGS Kalif Raymond). Tannehill notched his third straight game with a game-winning drive and his sixth game-winning drive since taking over as the starting quarterback in Week 7 of 2019. Meanwhile, the defense forced three turnovers on interceptions by defensive backs TEAM W L T PCT DIV CONF Johnathan Joseph and Amani Hooker and a fumble recovery by linebacker Rashaan Tennessee Titans 3 0 0 1.000 1-0 2-0 Evans. Their season turnover differential is plus-five, the best in the NFL through Sept. 27. The Titans’ three wins in 2020 are by a combined total of six points. They won their Indianapolis Colts 2 1 0 .667 0-1 1-1 opener at Denver 16-14, followed by a 33-30 home victory over Jacksonville and last week’s Jacksonville Jaguars 1 2 0 .333 1-1 1-2 close call at Minnesota. Houston Texans 0 3 0 .000 0-0 0-3 This is the first week of a three-game October homestand for the Titans. With a Week 7 bye added to the end of it, they will not play on the road until Nov. 1 at the Cincinnati Bengals. LAST WEEK: Mia 31 at Jax 13, Ten 31 at Min 30, Hou 21 at Pit THE STEELERS 28, NYJ 7 at Ind 36 The Steelers, who are 3-0 for the first time since 2010, began the season with a 26-16 win at the New York Giants and a 26-21 victory at Heinz Field over the Denver Broncos. Last THIS WEEK (central time): Ind at Chi (Sun 12:00), Jax at Cin week they hosted the Houston Texans and won 28-21. (Sun 12:00), Min at Hou (12:00), Pit at Ten (Sun 12:00) Mike Tomlin is in his 14th season in Pittsburgh. He has led his club to six AFC North titles, most recently in 2017, and has guided the Steelers to the playoffs eight times, including NEXT WEEK (central time): Ind at Cle (Sun 12:00), Jax at Hou two trips to the Super Bowl (XLIII and XLV). (Sun 12:00), Buf at Ten (Sun 12:00) Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and two- time Super Bowl winner, is in his 17th NFL season. In addition to holding virtually every major passing record in Steelers history, he has the eighth-most passing touchdowns in NFL history (370) and the seventh-most passing yards in NFL history (57,322). He was limited to two appearances in 2019 before landing on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. TennesseeTitans.com/Media Week 4: Titans vs. Steelers Page 2 of 104 GAME INFORMATION Date of Game ������������������������������Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 Kickoff Time ��������������������������������Noon CDT Venue . Nissan Stadium Location ������������������������������Nashville, Tenn. Opened in ����������������������������1999 ��������������������������������Natural Grass Surface GAME PREVIEW Normal Capacity . 69,143 This Week’s Capacity . Approximately 7,000 Home Team � � � � � � � � � � � � Tennessee Titans (3-0) SERIES AT A GLANCE Website ����������������������������������������www.TennesseeTitans.com Media Guide ��������������������������������www.TennesseeTitans.com/Media ¾ Overall series (regular & postseason): Steelers lead Franchise since ��������������������������1960 (1960-96 Houston Oilers; 1997-98 46-32 Tennessee Oilers) ¾ Regular season series: Steelers lead 43-31 Ownership . Amy Adams Strunk (Controlling Owner ¾ Postseason series: Steelers lead 3-1 and Co-Chairman, Board of Directors); ¾ Total points: Titans 1,369, Steelers 1,664 Susie Adams Smith (Co-Chairman, ¾ Current streak: Two wins by Steelers TEAM NOTES Board of Directors); Kenneth S. Adams, ¾ Titans at home vs� Steelers: 20-19 (including 1-1 in IV (Board of Directors); Barclay Adams; playoffs) Susan Lewis ¾ Titans on the road vs� Steelers: 12-27 (including 0-2 in President/CEO ����������������������������Burke Nihill playoffs) EVP/General Manager ����������������Jon Robinson ¾ Longest winning streak by Titans: 7 (1997-00) Head Coach . Mike Vrabel (since 2018) ¾ Longest losing streak by Titans: 5 (twice, last 1994-96) Offensive Coordinator ����������������Arthur Smith ¾ Titans vs� Steelers at Nissan Stadium: 6-3 2020 NFL Offensive Rank ����������11 (Total), 13 (Rush), 10 (Pass) ¾ Last time at Nissan Stadium: STEELERS 27 at Titans 24 (11-17-14) 2020 NFL Defensive Rank ����������29 (Total), 29 (Rush), 23 (Pass) ¾ Titans vs� Steelers at Heinz Field: 2-5 Visiting Team � � � � � � � � � � � Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) ¾ Last time at Heinz Field: Titans 17 at STEELERS 40 (11-16- Website ����������������������������������������www.steelers.com 17) ¾ PLAYER NOTES PLAYER Franchise since ��������������������������1933 (Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-39) First time: OILERS 19 at Steelers 7 (9-20-70) ¾ President . Arthur Rooney II Mike Vrabel’s record vs� Steelers: 0-0 ¾ Mike Tomlin’s record vs� Titans: 5-3 VP & General Manager . Kevin Colbert ¾ Mike Vrabel’s record vs� Mike Tomlin: 0-0 Head Coach . Mike Tomlin Defensive Coordinator . Keith Butler Offensive Coordinator ����������������Randy Fichtner 2020 NFL Offensive Rank ����������14 (Total), 10 (Rush), 17 (Pass) A TITANS VICTORY WOULD ... 2020 NFL Defensive Rank ����������2 (Total), 1 (Rush), 12 (Pass) ¾ Give the Titans a 4-0 start for the second time in franchise Referee � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Shawn Hochuli history and for the first time since 2008. MEDIA ¾ Television � � � � � � � � � � � � � � CBS Give the Titans their first win against the Steelers since 2013. ¾ Improve the Titans’ all-time record at Nissan Stadium, including Nashville Affiliate ������������������������WTVF NewsChannel 5 playoffs, to 99-75. Titans Mobile Site, Titans App, CBS All Mobile* ¾ Give the Titans 22 wins in their 30 most recent home games. Access, NFL App, Yahoo! Sports App ¾ Improve Mike Vrabel’s career record to 24-15 as a head *Geographic and device restrictions apply. Data charges may apply. coach, including playoffs. Play-by-Play ��������������������������������Kevin Harlan ¾ Improve QB Ryan Tannehill’s combined starting record in the Analysts . Trent Green regular season and playoffs to 55-50, including a 13-4 record Reporter . Melanie Collins with the Titans. Radio � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Titans Radio Network Flagship . WGFX 104.5 FM-The Zone Satellite Radio .