HOUSTON — The Tennessee Titans, quarterback Will Levis included, were far from perfect Sunday.
They did just enough to outlast the mistake-prone Houston Texans and take down the AFC South leaders for their first division win of the season.
Levis threw for 278 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown pass to Chig Okonkwo that put the visitors on top in the fourth quarter before the Titans held on for a 32-27 victory that ended a two-game skid.
Tennessee is still just 3-8 overall, leading some outside observers to look at the remainder of this season as them getting ready for 2025 and April’s NFL draft, but the Titans used the victory to kick off a closing seven-game stretch that will include five division matchups. Their only AFC South game so far before Sunday was a 20-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Oct. 13 in Nashville.
“The coolest thing about this game was just the way our team fought,” first-year head coach Brian Callahan said. “It was a back-and-forth game. Our guys did a good job of not flinching and keeping the blinders on. We’ve been in games like this before, and we haven’t been able to make a play, but this week, we made a play.”