Chargers Hand Titans Fourth Straight Loss on Late Field Goal 17–14
Justin Herbert passed for 313 yards and Cameron Dicker made a 43-yard field goal with four seconds remaining as the Los Angeles Chargers pulled off a 17–14 victory over the visiting Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Dec. 18, at Inglewood, Calif.
It was Dicker’s third game-winning field goal this season, although one came as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
On a day dominated by both defenses, the Chargers (8–6) did just enough on offense to help their playoff prospects, moving into an AFC wild-card spot.
After the Titans tied the game 14–14 on a 1-yard sneak by Ryan Tannehill with 48 seconds remaining, Herbert engineered a 52-yard drive for the game-winning kick.
Herbert completed 28 of 42 passes and did not throw for a touchdown for just the second time this season. He also threw two interceptions for the first time in 17 games going back to last season.
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Tannehill was 15 of 22 for 165 yards and an interception while playing through a right ankle injury he sustained on the first offensive series of the game. Malik Willis played quarterback for one series. Derrick Henry rushed for 104 yards and a TD for Tennessee (7–7), which dropped its fourth straight result.
The Chargers appeared headed toward a promising offensive day when they drove 68 yards on 14 plays during their first possession, getting a 1-yard TD run from Joshua Kelley with 4:25 remaining in the opening quarter.
Immediately after Tannehill returned from his injury, with a heavily-taped ankle, he led the Titans on a six-play, 63-yard drive that ended with Henry’s 4-yard TD run.
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Not counting the Titans’ one play before halftime, the teams went a combined 11 drives without scoring. After Tennessee’s Randy Bullock missed a 51-yard field-goal attempt with 13:39 remaining, the Chargers embarked on a 59-yard scoring drive.
Herbert hit Keenan Allen on a 31-yard pass two plays before Ekeler powered his way into the end zone from 3 yards out for his ninth rushing TD of the season and a 14–7 lead with 10:28 remaining.
Tennessee got the ball with 2:57 remaining at their own 26-yard line as Tannehill engineered a game-tying drive.
With the loss, the Titans’ grip on first place in the AFC South was reduced to one game over the Jacksonville Jaguars.