Divisional Round: Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts (RCA Dome), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 16, 2000 at 4:05pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Tennessee Titans traveling to Indianapolis Colts at RCA Dome, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in RCA Dome shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Tennessee Titans versus Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Tennessee Titans-Indianapolis Colts cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 14-2 | -- |
| Tennessee Titans | 13-3 | -- |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8-8 | -- |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-10 | -- |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | -- |
| Cleveland Browns | 2-14 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 13-3 | -- |
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | -- |
| Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | -- |
| New England Patriots | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Jets | 8-8 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | -- |
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | -- |
| San Diego Chargers | 8-8 | -- |
| Denver Broncos | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | 13-3 | -- |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | -- |
| Atlanta Falcons | 5-11 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4-12 | -- |
| New Orleans Saints | 3-13 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11-5 | -- |
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | -- |
| Detroit Lions | 8-8 | -- |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | -- |
| Chicago Bears | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 10-6 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Giants | 7-9 | -- |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-10 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 5-11 | -- |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Titans | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 06131919 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3991616 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 40 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Titans | Al Del Greco 49 yard field goal | 3-3 |
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 40 yard field goal | 3-6 |
| Titans | Al Del Greco 37 yard field goal | 6-6 |
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 34 yard field goal | 6-9 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Titans | Eddie George 68 yard rush ( Al Del Greco kick) | 13-9 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Titans | Al Del Greco 25 yard field goal | 16-9 |
| Titans | Al Del Greco 43 yard field goal | 19-9 |
| Colts | Peyton Manning 15 yard rush ( Mike Vanderjagt kick) | 19-16 |
Tennessee Titans defeated Indianapolis Colts 19-16 at RCA Dome in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Colts: Peyton Manning 15 yard rush ( Mike Vanderjagt kick). The result came down to the final possession; Tennessee Titans won by 3. Top line of the day: Peyton Manning: 227 pass yards on 19-of-42, 0 TD, 0 INT. Tennessee Titans move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Tennessee Titans walked out of RCA Dome as the team that survived a Divisional Round Indianapolis Colts will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 19-16. The game stayed within 3 points throughout, the kind of contest where every drive felt like a referendum and every defensive stop carried twice its usual weight. The final scoring play came from Colts: Peyton Manning 15 yard rush ( Mike Vanderjagt kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Tennessee Titans move on to a conference championship.
Tennessee Titans 19, Indianapolis Colts 16. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 57097. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 4 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 3 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Peyton Manning: 227 pass yards on 19-of-42, 0 TD, 0 INT
- Eddie George: 162 rush yards on 26 carries
- Marvin Harrison: 5 catches for 65 yards
Divisional Round, played at RCA Dome. Final: Tennessee Titans 19, Indianapolis Colts 16, with Tennessee Titans taking the result by 3. **First quarter**
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 40 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Titans: Al Del Greco 49 yard field goal
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 40 yard field goal
- Titans: Al Del Greco 37 yard field goal
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 34 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Titans: Eddie George 68 yard rush ( Al Del Greco kick)
Fourth quarter
- Titans: Al Del Greco 25 yard field goal
- Titans: Al Del Greco 43 yard field goal
- Colts: Peyton Manning 15 yard rush ( Mike Vanderjagt kick)
Top performers
- Peyton Manning: 227 pass yards on 19-of-42, 0 TD, 0 INT
- Eddie George: 162 rush yards on 26 carries
- Marvin Harrison: 5 catches for 65 yards
A 3-point margin in Divisional Round is the kind of result that defines reputations on both sidelines.
| Titans | Colts | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 13 | 19 |
| Total Yards | 309 | 305 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 13/24 | 19/43 |
| Pass yards | 112 | 227 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 0 | 0 |
| Sack yards lost | 0 | 0 |
| Net pass yards | 112 | 227 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 33 | 22 |
| Rush yards | 197 | 78 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | 9 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 78 | 60 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN | |||||
| Steve McNair | 13/24 | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| IND | |||||
| Peyton Manning | 19/42 | 227 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN | ||||
| Eddie George | 26 | 162 | 1 | 68 |
| Steve McNair | 7 | 35 | 0 | 29 |
| IND | ||||
| Edgerrin James | 20 | 56 | 0 | 14 |
| Peyton Manning | 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN | ||||
| Chris Sanders | 2 | 38 | 0 | 26 |
| Kevin Dyson | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
| Yancey Thigpen | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| Frank Wycheck | 3 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| Eddie George | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| IND | ||||
| Marvin Harrison | 5 | 65 | 0 | 25 |
| Terrence Wilkins | 4 | 55 | 0 | 23 |
| Jerome Pathon | 5 | 44 | 0 | 13 |
| E.G. Green | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Ken Dilger | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Marcus Pollard | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Edgerrin James | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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