2008 Tennessee Titans season | |
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Owner | Bud Adams |
General manager | Mike Reinfeldt |
Head coach | Jeff Fisher |
Home field | LP Field |
Results | |
Record | 13–3 |
Division place | 1st AFC South |
Playoff finish | Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Ravens) 10–13 |
Pro Bowlers | |
AP All-Pros | 5
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The 2008 Tennessee Titans season was the team's 49th season and 39th in the National Football League (NFL), their 12th in Tennessee, and their tenth as the Titans.
Despite making the playoffs in the 2007 season with a record of 10–6, the Titans were expected by most sportswriters to finish third or even fourth in the AFC South.[1] They nonetheless compiled a 13–3 regular season record—the best in the NFL—and won home-field advantage for the duration of the playoffs after clinching AFC South on December 7 after a win over the Cleveland Browns and a 10–0 start. The Titans defense was ranked number two in the NFL they gave up only 234 points, only the Steelers had a better defense that year giving up only 223 points. the Titans lost two of their last three regular season games, and were eliminated by the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round.
This was the last season the Tennessee Titans qualified for the playoffs until 2017, and also the last season when the Titans won the AFC South until 2020, when they also lost to the Ravens in their first playoff game. It would be the final season the Titans gained the AFC's top seed for 13 years.