The

Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division, and play their hom ...

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was the franchise's 35th season in the

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(NFL), their 45th overall and their eighth in the state of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. The Titans attempted to improve upon their previous output of 12–4, but only managed to win five games for the season. The Titans missed the playoffs for the first time since 2001, and this was their worst record since

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when they were still based in Houston. The season is notable when the team lost three starters from the famed 1999 team; lineman

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went to the Philadelphia Eagles, running back

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was released before the season, and would later sign with the Dallas Cowboys, while tight end

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retired after the 2003 season.

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

In addition to their regular games with AFC South division rivals, the Titans played games against the

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and

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according to the NFL’s schedule rotation, and also played games against the Dolphins and the Bengals based upon finishing positions from 2003.

Standings

References

2004

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