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Sack-Happy Titans Get To Carr - Again

By TERESA M. WALKER, The Associated Press

Published: November 5, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Titans enjoy sacking quarterbacks, especially David Carr dating to his time with their AFC South rival in Houston.

So they hit Carr over and over again Sunday and, at the end, the only thing they didn't come away with was a shutout.
Albert Haynesworth had three of the Titans' seven sacks, and Vince Young and LenDale White each ran for a touchdown, as Tennessee beat Carr and his new team, the Carolina Panthers, 20-7. It was the Titans third consecutive victory.

The Titans hadn't sacked a quarterback this much since Oct. 9, 2005, in Houston and, yes, it was Carr then as well.

"You've got to credit David Carr too because he held the ball," Haynesworth said. "That allowed me to get there a little bit. We're getting pressure on the defensive line, not letting him step up. Three times. I guess I was in the right place at the right time."

The Titans (6-2) finished their trip through the NFC South at 3-1 and ruined the Panthers' first visit to Tennessee. White finished with 100 yards, his third straight game with 100 or more.

"Our only goal this week was to find a way to get to 6-2, and we did," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said.

It was the Titans' defense that thrived in a sloppy game in which each team was penalized a season-high 10 times each.

The Titans held Carolina (4-4) to a season-low 191 yards total offense and shut out the Panthers until the fourth quarter despite having four turnovers. It was also the sixth time Tennessee held an opponent to 14 or fewer points.

"We don't have a big margin for error at this point," Carolina coach John Fox said.
Travis LaBoy also had a sack and his first career interception for Tennessee, and Chris Hope picked off backup Matt Moore with 2:13 left to seal the victory.

Carolina intercepted Young twice and sacked him twice.

Carr finally put the Panthers on the board in the fourth quarter with an 18-yard TD pass to Drew Carter in a drive helped by two 15-yard penalties on Tennessee.

It wasn't nearly enough.

Carr went to the sideline after taking a blow to the head from Titans tackle Tony Brown, and Moore came in on Carolina's last drive.

Carolina	0	0	0	7	-	7
Tennessee	10	3	0	7	-	20

First Quarter

Ten-Young 3 run (Bironas kick), 8:59.

Ten-FG Bironas 47, 2:06.

Second Quarter

Ten-FG Bironas 53, :00.

Fourth Quarter

Ten-White 1 run (Bironas kick), 11:45.

Car-Carter 18 pass from Carr (Kasay kick), 9:29.

A-69,143.

	Car	Ten
First downs	15	20
Total Net Yards	191	236
Rushes-yards	22-78	43-140
Passing	113	96
Punt Returns	1-0	5-59
Kickoff Returns	3-52	2-58
Interceptions Ret.	2-19	2-45
Comp-Att-Int	17-32-2	14-23-2
Sacked-Yards Lost	7-30	3-14
Punts	9-40.4	5-40.8
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	4-2
Penalties-Yards	10-92	10-89
Time of Possession	26:58	33:02

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Carolina, Foster 17-63, D.Williams 4-15, Carr 1-0. Tennessee, White 31-100, Young 8-25, Jones 1-18, Henry 3-(minus 3).

PASSING-Carolina, Carr 15-27-1-107, Moore 2-5-1-36. Tennessee, Young 14-23-2-110.

RECEIVING-Carolina, Carter 3-56, Colbert 3-30, Smith 3-15, King 2-14, Hoover 2-12, D.Williams 2-10, Foster 2-6. Tennessee, Scaife 6-35, R.Williams 3-22, Gage 2-23, Henry 1-18, Hartsock 1-11, White 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Carolina, Kasay 40 (WL).

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