Niners Prove Too Much For Hapless Titans

At Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California:

Quarterback Brock Purdy threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns (two of them to Jauan Jennings, the other to George Kittle) on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers (10-4) defeated the visiting Tennessee Titans 37-24.

Next up for the Niners, a road matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium with the Indianapolis Colts (8-6) next Monday night (5:15 PST, ABC/ESPN).

Niners To Host Titans This Coming Sunday

The San Francisco 49ers (9-4) will host the Tennessee Titans (2-11) this coming Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California at 1:25 PM PST (Fox/Fox One). 

Niners Make It Three Wins In A Row

At Santa Clara, California:

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw for a touchdown and a career-high 381 yards while Robbie Gould converted all six field goal attempts, knocking in the game winner from 45 yards out as time expired on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers (4-10) racked up their third straight win (their first such winning streak in three years) and fourth in their last five starts by knocking off the visiting Tennessee Titans (8-6) 25-23.

Titans Can Coach

A former head coach at Buffalo and Jacksonville has been named Tennessee's interim head coach. 

Gosh

Black Monday came awfully late in Nashville.

Bud Adams, Original AFL Owner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans), R.I.P.

Bud Adams, the Texas oilman who co-founded the American Football League in 1959 (the league began play in 1960, forced a merger with the NFL in 1966 [which was completed in 1970]) and who was from the beginning, the owner of the Houston Oilers, who moved to Memphis in 1997 and became the Tennessee Oilers, then to Nashville in 1998 before changing the club's name to the Tennessee Titans in 1999, passed away on Monday at his Houston home from natural causes at age 90.

The Houston Oilers, with George Blanda at quarterback and Billy Cannon at halfback, won the first two AFL titles in 1960 and 1961 (in both years against the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers) before losing the 1962 title game in double overtime to the Dallas Texans, who moved to Kansas City the following year and became the Chiefs (they were owned by AFL founder----and fellow Texan Lamar Hunt).

During the mid-to-late 1970s, Mr. Adams' Oilers (by now in the National Football League) became perenial winners again, this time under (recently-deceased) head coach Bum Phillips.  In 1978 and 1979, the Oilers, who featured Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell, lost the American Football Conference championship game to the Pittsburgh Steelers (who went on to win Super Bowls XIII and XIV).

The Oilers, with Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon at the helm, and coached by Jack Pardee, made the playoffs several times in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

In 1997, after an unsuccessul attempt to get a new stadium built in Houston to replace the Astrodome, Bud moved the Oilers to Memphis, which was to be used as a temporary home until their new stadium in Nashville was completed.  Poor attendance at the Liberty Bowl Stadium forced the Tennessee Oilers to move to Music City one year earlier than planned, using Vanderbilt Stadium as their home until Adelphia Coliseum (now LP Field).  The Oilers were renamed the Titans in 1999.

It was during that season that the Titans, under head coach Jeff Fisher, made their magical run to what is still their only Super Bowl appearance, losing that contest in Atlanta in heartbreaking fashion to the St. Louis Rams.

With Bud's passing, Ralph Wilson, who has owned the Buffalo Bills from the beginning, is now the last remaining original AFL owner.

Niners Cruise Past Titans At Music City

At Nashville, Tennessee:

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw for 199 yards and ran for another 68 (including a touchdown run of 20 yards) while Frank Gore added a pair of 1-yard TD runs on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers (5-2) picked up their fourth straight National Football League victory with a 31-17 road win over the Tennessee Titans (3-4).

It Just Proves...

You're never too old when it comes to giving the finger.

Niners Fall Again

At San Francisco:

Vince Young completed 12 of 19 passes for 172 yards and ran for a touchdown and Chris Johnson ran for 135 yards and two other scores as the Tennessee Titans (2-6) racked up their second straight win, handing the San Francisco 49ers (3-5) their fourth straight National Football League setback 34-27 on the road on Sunday.