2000-Tennessee 28, 2004-Philadelphia 26 - Championship Game


After nearly 5 weeks of tournament action it came down to a Titan / Eagle finale.  The 2000 Tennessee Titans have been the Cinderella story of this event.  Coach Bill Baker pushes a terrific no name defense to its fullest potential and the McNair/George offense gives him enough points to win close games.

Howie Fortel has had to push his 2004 Eagles to the limit.  Without much of a ground attack he has had to rely on ball control passing and T.O.  The game was an epic battle that ended with Philly loosing by 2 points (28-26).  Donovan McNabb fumbled twice and Tennessee capitalized on both miscues.  Steve McNair completed an incredible 94% of his passes vs a stellar Eagle defense in this game.

2004 Philadelphia (5-2)               3  10   0  13        26                                       
2000 Tennessee (5-0)                  0   7   7  14        28                                       
                                                                                                    
1 Phi FG Akers 49 (6-25-3:08) 11:40                                         3-0                     
2 Phi TD McNabb 26 pass to Westbrook (Akers) (4-70-2:50) 9:02              10-0                     
2 Ten TD McNair 14 pass to Pickens (Del Greco) (8-80-5:29) 3:33            10-7                     
2 Phi FG Akers 44 (7-30-2:23) 1:01                                         13-7                     
3 Ten TD George 1 run (Del Greco) (11-56-7:10) 7:36                        13-14                    
4 Ten TD George 5 run (Del Greco) (10-72-5:01) 14:51                       13-21                    
4 Phi TD McNabb 15 pass to Owens,T (2 - failed) (10-69-5:28) 9:15          19-21                    
4 Ten TD McNair 9 pass to George (Del Greco) (9-64-5:11) 3:54              19-28                    
4 Phi TD McNabb 1 pass to Westbrook (Akers) (10-65-2:39) 1:00              26-28                    
                                                                                                    
                   Phi        Ten                                                                   
First Downs         21         20                                                                   
Rushes           16-71     35-136                                                                   
Passes       33-25-249  19-18-213                                                                   
Sacked            2-11        2-9                                                                   
Fumble               2          1                                                                   
Penalties         6-34       6-42                                                                   
Turnovers            1          0                                                                   
Time             26:08      33:48                                                                   
Third Down         4-8       7-12                                                                   
Fourth Down        1-2        1-1                                                                   
Net Offense        309        340                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Injuries:                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
2004 Philadelphia                                                                                   
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD                     
Westbrook   11   40  3.6  1   3 11  0  Owens,T       6  0   56  9.3  0  3 15  1                     
McNabb       3   26  8.7  1   1 15  0  Westbrook     6  0   60 10.0  1  4 26  2                     
Lewis,G      1    6  6.0  0   0  6  0  Smith,L       5  0   26  5.2  0  1  7  0                     
Blake        1   -1 -1.0  0   0  0  0  Mitchell,F    5  0   45  9.0  0  4 12  0                     
            16   71  4.4  2   4 15  0  Pinkston      3  0   62 20.7  1  3 31  0                     
                                                    25  0  249 10.0  2 15 31  3                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate                       
McNabb       33  25  75.8  249 10.0  31   2  2   0   0.0    2   3   9.1 127.0                       
             33  25  75.8  249 10.0  31   2  2   0   0.0    2   3   9.1 127.0                       
                                                                                                    
Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts                                   
Akers          2   2 100.0    2   2 100.0  100.0   0.0   49     8                                   
                                                                                                    
Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross                                      
Johnson,D       1    40  40  0  0  0     0    0   40.0    40.0                                      
                                                                                                    
Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD                       
Reed,J         5   131  26.2  32  0      Mahe          1  0    11 11.0  11  0                       
               5   131  26.2  32  0                    1  0    11 11.0  11  0                       
                                                                                                    
Fumbles                                                                                             
McNabb    2                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec                         
Burgess   1  Burgess   1  Trotter   4  Burgess   1  Walker,D  1  Allen,I   1                        
Simon     1  Walker,D  1  Jones,D   2                                                               
                          Walker,D  1                                                               
                                                                                                    
Tackles                                                                                             
Lewis,M    9  Jones,D     6  Walker,D    4  Simon       2  Labinjo     1  Rayburn     1             
Brown,S    8  Dawkins     5  Simoneau    2  Douglas,    1  Burgess     1  Reed,J      1             
Trotter    7  Hood        4  Sheppard    2  Short       1  Thomas,H    1                            
                                                                                                    
Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD                                                                        
           0   0  0.0   0  0                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
2000 Tennessee                                                                                      
Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25 FD Lg TD                     
George      30  121  4.0  4   6 18  2  George        8  0   77  9.6  0  5 24  1                     
McNair       3    8  2.7  0   0  6  0  Pickens       4  0   41 10.3  0  2 14  1                     
Thomas,R     1    8  8.0  0   0  8  0  Mason         2  0   44 22.0  1  2 25  0                     
Neal         1   -1 -1.0  0   0  0  0  Sanders       2  0   33 16.5  0  2 24  0                     
            35  136  3.9  4   6 18  2  Wycheck       2  0   18  9.0  0  2 10  0                     
                                                    18  0  213 11.8  1 13 25  2                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate                       
McNair       19  18  94.7  213 11.8  25   0  1   0   0.0    2   2  10.5 148.5                       
             19  18  94.7  213 11.8  25   0  1   0   0.0    2   2  10.5 148.5                       
                                                                                                    
Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts                                   
Del Greco      4   4 100.0    0   0   0.0    0.0   0.0    0     4                                   
                                                                                                    
Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross                                      
Hentrich        4   131  38  0  0  2     1   11   30.0    32.8                                      
                                                                                                    
Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD                       
Mason          4   118  29.5  39  0                    0  1     0  0.0   0  0                       
Neal           1     0   0.0   0  0                                                                 
               4   118  29.5  39  0                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Fumbles                                                                                             
McNair    1                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec                         
Embray    1  Favors    1  Embray    1  Kearse    1  Embray    1  Miller,F  1                        
Robinson  1  Ford      1  Godfrey   1               Walker,D  1  Rolle     1                        
             Kearse    1  Robinson  1                                                               
                                                                                                    
Tackles                                                                                             
Godfrey    8  Rolle       4  Robinson    2  Sidney      2  Ford        1  Killens     1             
Bishop     6  Robertso    4  Bulluck     2  Smith,R     2  Coleman     1  Phenix      1             
Walker,D   6  Booker      3  Salave'a    2  Embray      2  Kearse      1  Favors      1             
                                                                                                    
Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD                                                                        
           0   0  0.0   0  0                                                                        
                                                                                                    

1st Quarter KO 15:00 Phi Reed,J ret of 32 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own43 14:48 Phi McNabb-Westbroo X B1 B-Fly/Dump B1 Z Basic 2 10 own43 14:40 Phi Westbrook 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 3 5 own48 13:42 Phi McNabb-Mitchell 12 P1 S-Slant/SG/RB Di tM Dbl-Westbrook/Bz1/Li 1 10 opp40 13:30 Phi Westbrook -1 B1 Trap-R B1 tMi Run-Westbrook/Bz4/A 2 11 opp41 12:37 Phi McNabb-Owens,T X B1 Screen B1 tMo Run-Westbrook/Bz4/Li 3 11 opp41 12:29 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 9/ob P1 S-Flat/SG Di Z Pass/Li 4 2 opp32 11:40 Phi FG Akers 49 good -- FG -- 3-0 KO 11:35 Ten Mason ret of 17 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 11:25 Ten George 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Pass 2 5 own25 10:36 Ten George 1 P1 Draw B1 sZ Pass/Lr 3 4 own26 9:42 Ten George 5 P1 Draw Di sZ Pass/Bz1 1 10 own31 8:50 Ten McNair-Mason X P1 L-Hitch Di Z Basic 2 10 own31 8:41 Ten McNair 6 P1 L-Hitch Di Z Basic 3 4 own37 7:56 Ten McNair-George 10/ob P1 S-Out Di Z Basic/Bz2 1 10 own47 7:11 Ten George -2 P1 Draw Di Z Basic 2 12 own45 6:21 Ten George 5 P1 Pitch-L Di Z Pass 3 7 50 5:33 Ten George 3 P1 Pitch-L Di sZ Pass 4 4 opp47 4:41 Ten Hentrich 29,Mahe 0 -- Pt-side -- WatchFake 1 10 own18 4:37 Phi Westbrook 0 B1 Trap-R B1 tMi Run-Westbrook/Bz4/Lr 2 10 own18 4:29 Phi Pen9(Runyan) B1 Draw Di tZ Basic 2 19 own9 4:20 Phi Pen5(Allen,I) B1 M-Slant/MP Di Z Pass 2 24 own4 4:20 Ten Pen5(Bishop) B1 B-Fly/MP/Dump Di dZ Key-Westbrook 1 10 own9 4:15 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 6 B1 S-Slant Ni M Dbl-Owens,T/Bz1 2 4 own15 3:23 Phi McNabb-Pinkston 19 B1 S-Slant Ni Z Basic/Bz3/A 1 10 own34 2:29 Phi Sk-Robinson -5 B1 S-Flat B1 M Key-Westbrook/Bz4/Li 2 15 own29 1:44 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 12/ob B1 S-Out Ni M Dbl-Westbrook/Bz1/A 3 3 own41 0:47 Phi McNabb-Smith,L 3 P1 S-Hitch Di tZ Pass/Lo/A 2nd Quarter 1 10 own44 15:00 Phi Westbrook 11 P1 Draw Di M Dbl-Owens,T/A 1 10 opp45 14:11 Phi Pen10(Mayberry) P1 S-Slant B1 tM Dbl-Owens,T/Li/A 1 20 own45 14:05 Phi McNabb 15/F P1 Draw B1 Mo Run-Westbrook/Bz4/Li 1 10 own40 13:53 Ten McNair-George 3/ob B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 2 7 own43 13:20 Ten Sk-Burgess -5 B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 3 12 own38 12:40 Ten George 5 P1 Pitch-L Di sZ Pass/Bz1 4 7 own43 11:58 Ten Hentrich 38,Mahe 11 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own30 11:52 Phi Westbrook 7 B1 Trap-R Ni Z Pass/Bz4/Li/A 2 3 own37 10:56 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 6/ob B1 S-Out Ni tM Dbl-Westbrook 1 10 own43 10:10 Phi McNabb-Pinkston 31 B1 M-Slant/MP B1 tM Run-Westbrook/Bz3/Li 1 10 opp26 9:13 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 26/T B1 S-Flat/MP B1 tMo Run-Westbrook/Bz4/Li 10-0 KO 9:02 Ten kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 9:02 Ten McNair -1 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 11 own19 8:21 Ten Pen5(Olson) B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 16 own14 8:21 Ten George 4 B1 Draw B1 Z Basic 3 12 own18 7:34 Ten McNair-Sanders 24 B1 M-Hitch/NS/MP/RB B1 sZ Pass/Bz1 1 10 own42 6:48 Ten McNair-George 11/ob B1 S-Out B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp47 6:01 Ten McNair-Mason 25/ob B1 L-Out B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp22 5:20 Ten Sk-Simon -4 B1 M-Hitch/MP/RB B1 Z Basic/Bz3 2 14 opp26 4:36 Ten George 12 B1 Draw B1 Z Basic/Bz3 3 2 opp14 3:45 Ten McNair-Pickens 14/TD P1 S-Flat/MP B1 tMi Goalline/Li/A 10-7 KO 3:33 Phi Reed,J ret of 27 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own43 3:24 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 7 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 3 50 2:32 Phi Westbrook 7 B1 Draw B1 tM Basic 1 10 opp43 2:00 Phi McNabb-Mitchell 4 P1 S-Slant/SG B1 M Pass/Li 2 6 opp39 1:43 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 7 P1 M-Straight/MP B1 M Basic 1 10 opp32 1:20 Phi McNabb-Owens,T X P1 M-Seam/MP B1 M Pass 2 10 opp32 1:15 Phi McNabb-Pinkston X P1 S-Out B1 M Dbl-Pinkston 3 10 opp32 1:11 Phi Westbrook 5 P1 Draw Ni Z Pass/Li 4 5 opp27 1:01 Phi FG Akers 44 good -- FG -- 13-7 KO 0:55 Ten Mason ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 0:46 Ten George 5/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 2 5 own33 0:39 Ten Pen5(Walker,D) B1 Pitch-R B1 dZ Pass 1 10 own38 0:39 Ten George 7 B1 Pitch-R B1 dZ Pass 2 3 own45 0:32 Ten George 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 3 3 own45 0:27 Ten George 1/ob B1 Pitch-L B1 vZ Pass 4 2 own46 0:18 Ten Hentrich 31,Mahe 0 -- Pt-side -- WatchFake 1 10 own23 0:12 Phi Blake -1 B1 QbKneel Di vZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Ten Mason ret of 39 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own44 14:46 Ten George 16 B1 Pitch-L B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp40 13:57 Ten George -1 B1 Pitch-L B1 sZ Pass 2 11 opp41 13:11 Ten Pen5(Olson) B1 Pitch-L B1 dZ Pass 2 16 opp46 13:11 Ten George 5 B1 Draw B1 Z Pass 3 11 opp41 12:32 Ten George 7 B1 Pitch-L B1 sZ Pass/Li 4 4 opp34 11:48 Ten McNair-Pickens 11/ob P1 S-Out/Dump B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp23 11:02 Ten McNair-Pickens 9 P1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 1 opp14 10:28 Ten George -1 P1 Draw B1 Z Run-George 3 2 opp15 9:44 Ten McNair-George 9/ob P1 S-Out B1 tZ Pass 1 6 opp6 9:02 Ten George 5 P1 Sweep-R B1 tM Dbl-Mason/A 2 1 opp1 8:23 Ten George 0 R1 Overtop R1 tMi Goalline/Li/A 3 1 opp1 7:43 Ten George 1/TD R1 Overtop R1 tMi Goalline/Lr/A 13-14 KO 7:36 Phi Reed,J ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 7:28 Phi Westbrook 0/ob B1 Pitch-R B1 tMi Key-Westbrook/Bz4/Li 2 10 own31 6:33 Phi McNabb-Smith,L 7 B1 M-Hitch Di Z Pass/Li/C 3 3 own38 5:42 Phi Sk-Embray -6/F P1 S-Slant Di tZ Pass/Li/A 4 9 own32 4:56 Phi Johnson,D 40,Mason 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 4:52 Ten Pen10(Matthews) B1 L-Out B1 Z Basic 1 20 own18 4:43 Ten McNair-Pickens 7 P1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 2 13 own25 4:04 Ten McNair-Mason 19 P1 L-Hitch Di Z Basic 1 10 own44 3:25 Ten McNair-Wycheck 10 B1 M-Hitch Di Z Basic 1 10 opp46 2:52 Ten George 0 B1 Pitch-L Di Z Basic 2 10 opp46 2:13 Ten George 18 B1 Pitch-L Di Z Key-George 1 10 opp28 1:27 Ten Thomas,R 8 P1 Draw Di sZ Pass/Bz2 2 2 opp20 0:43 Ten McNair-Wycheck 8 P1 S-Cross Di Z Basic/A 1 10 opp12 0:04 Ten McNair-George 7 P1 S-Out Di M Basic/A 4th Quarter 2 3 opp5 15:00 Ten George 5/TD P1 Trap-L Di tMi Basic/Li/A 13-21 KO 14:51 Phi Reed,J ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 14:43 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 10 B1 S-Slant B1 M Dbl-Owens,T 1 10 own41 14:08 Pen/Offset B1 Draw B1 tM Dbl-Westbrook 1 10 own41 13:59 Phi McNabb-Smith,L 6 B1 Screen B1 tM Dbl-Owens,T/Li/C 2 4 own47 13:20 Phi McNabb-Mitchell 7/ob P1 S-Out/RB Di tZ Basic/C 1 10 opp46 12:44 Phi Pen5(Kearse) P1 Pitch-L Di Z Basic 1 5 opp41 12:44 Phi Westbrook -5 P1 Pitch-L Ni M Key-Westbrook/Bz3/Li 2 10 opp46 11:57 Phi McNabb 7 P1 Draw Ni Z Pass 3 3 opp39 11:17 Phi Westbrook 6 P1 EndAround/RB Ni tZo Pass/Bz2/Li/C 1 10 opp33 10:38 Phi McNabb-Pinkston 12 P1 M-Seam/SG Ni M Dbl-Owens,T/Li/C 1 10 opp21 9:58 Phi McNabb-Smith,L 6 P1 S-Hitch Ni M Basic 2 4 opp15 9:26 Phi McNabb-Owens,T 15/TD P1 S-Slant Ni tM Key-Westbrook/Bz3/Li 19-21 KO 9:15 Ten Mason ret of 36 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 9:05 Ten McNair-George 4/ob B1 S-Out B1 dZ Pass 2 6 own40 8:27 Ten George -4 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Run-George 3 10 own36 7:46 Ten George 11 P1 Draw Di sZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 own47 6:58 Ten George 3 P1 Draw Di Z Basic 2 7 50 6:13 Ten McNair-Sanders 9 P1 S-Slant Di Z Basic 1 10 opp41 5:34 Ten George 8 B1 OffTkl-L Di Z Basic/Li 2 2 opp33 4:51 Ten McNair-George 24/ob B1 S-Out B1 sZ Pass/Bz3 1 9 opp9 4:42 Ten George 0 B1 Draw B1 Z Run-George 2 9 opp9 4:02 Ten McNair-George 9/TD B1 S-Out B1 tM Basic/A 19-28 KO 3:54 Phi Reed,J ret of 25 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own35 3:43 Phi McNabb-Mitchell 11 P1 M-Slant/SG/Dump Di M Dbl-Owens,T 1 10 own46 3:25 Phi McNabb-Westbroo X P1 M-Out/SG Di M Dbl-Owens,T 2 10 own46 3:16 Phi McNabb-Smith,L 4 P1 S-Slant/SG Di M Dbl-Owens,T/Li/C 3 6 50 3:01 Phi Westbrook 5 P1 Draw Di M Dbl-Owens,T/Li/C 4 1 opp45 2:39 Phi McNabb 4 P1 Bootleg Di Zo Pass/Bz2/Li/C 1 10 opp41 2:15 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 11 P1 Screen/SG Di M Dbl-Owens,T/Li/C 1 10 opp30 2:00 Phi McNabb-Mitchell 11 P1 M-Slant/SG Di M Dbl-Pinkston/Li/C 1 10 opp19 1:38 Ten Pen12(Rolle) P1 M- Di Zo Pass 1 7 opp7 1:28 Phi Lewis,G 6 P1 EndAround Di tZo Pass 2 1 opp1 1:06 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 1/TD P1 S-Flat B1 tMo Key-Westbrook/Bz5/Li 26-28 KO 1:00 Ten Neal ret of 0 -- KO-onside -- Watch Onside 1 10 opp43 0:55 Ten Neal -1 B1 Trap-R/RS B1 Z Run-George 2 11 opp44 0:50 Ten Pen5(Burgess) B1 L-Straight B1 sZ Pass/A 2 6 opp39 0:50 Ten McNair 3/F B1 L-Straight B1 tZ Pass/A 3 3 opp36 0:43 Ten George -3/ob B1 Sweep-R/RS B1 M Stuff/Bz3/A 4 6 opp39 0:36 Ten Hentrich 33,Mahe 0 -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own6 0:31 Phi McNabb-Westbroo 6 P1 L-Slant/SG/RB/Dump Di vZ Prevent/Li 2 4 own12 0:27 Phi McNabb-Owens,T X P1 M-Seam/SG/ND/RB Di vZ Prevent 3 4 own12 0:18 Phi McNabb-Owens,T X P1 L-Out/SG/ND Di vZo Prevent 4 4 own12 0:10 Phi McNabb-Pinkston X P1 Hail/SG/ND Di vZ Prevent GAME

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