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NFL Game Summary - Tennessee At Detroit

POSTED: 5:47 pm EST November 27, 2008

(Sports Network) - Chris Johnson and LenDale White each recorded a pair of rushing touchdowns as Tennessee crushed Detroit, 47-10, at Ford Field.

Johnson racked up 125 yards on 16 carries while White gained 106 yards on 23 rushes for the Titans (11-1), who rebounded nicely from a 34-13 home loss to the Jets last Sunday.

Kerry Collins completed 11-of-18 passes for 127 yards and Rob Bironas booted four second-half field goals for Tennessee, which posted its most points in a game since a 48-27 win at Green Bay on October 11, 2004.

"Coming back after a loss and playing on a short week is always a tremendous challenge," said Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. "I'm proud of the way our guys responded on Monday and Tuesday. They did what they needed to do to win the football game today. We pretty much controlled the ballgame in all three phases."

Daunte Culpepper threw for 134 yards, a score and a pick on 13-of-26 completions for the Lions (0-12), who try for their first win of the year on December 7 by playing host to Minnesota.

Calvin Johnson hauled in five balls for 66 yards while Kevin Smith led an anemic rushing attack with 22 yards on 12 carries.

"We're 0-12. I don't care about anything else," Johnson lamented. "When you are 0-12, what else is there to say?"

Already ahead by a wide margin at halftime, Tennessee continued to score but eased up on the throttle in the second half.

Bironas' 49-yard field goal capped the Titans' opening drive of the third quarter, and his 41-yarder with 2:24 to play in the period brought the visitors' advantage to 41-10.

A muffed punt early in the fourth quarter gave Tennessee the ball at the Lions' 31 and Bironas was good from 45 yards out four plays later.

The Titans got some luck to go ahead 47-10 with 4:29 remaining in the contest, as Bironas' 43-yard attempt caromed off the right post and through the uprights.

On the second play from scrimmage, Lions wideout Shaun McDonald had the ball knocked out and Tennessee recovered at the Lions' 34. Two plays later, Johnson rolled untouched into the end zone on a six-yard score.

Jason Hanson hit from 53 yards out to cap Detroit's following drive, 45 yards in eight plays for a 7-3 contest.

The Titans took a 14-3 edge on the next series as Johnson broke free on a 58- yard run for a touchdown, then went up 21-3 when Culpepper was pressured into throwing right to Dave Ball who raced 15 yards for the touchdown.

It was 28-3 less than a minute into the second quarter when White cruised to a six-yard TD run, and his second rushing score of the contest came with 2:48 to play in the half and the Titans held a 35-3 lead.

Tennessee's next series took a wrong turn as Collins was stripped at his own 29-yard-line, with Cliff Avril recovering and carrying to the two. Culpepper then found Michael Gaines in the back of the end zone for a two-yard connection and 35-10 game.

"We got beat. We got handled in all areas -- coaches, players, offense, defense, special teams," admitted Lions head coach Rod Marinelli. "That's a very good football team."

Game Notes:

The Oilers/Titans franchise has won seven of the 10 all-time meetings including three in a row...Detroit also began the 2001 season with 12 consecutive defeats before finishing 2-14...Tennessee outrushed Detroit by a 292-23 margin...The 47 points represented the most the Lions have given up on Thanksgiving...Johnson racked up 89 yards on five carries with a touchdown in the first quarter alone...Hanson hit his 40th career field goal of 50 yards or more, tying him for most from that distance with Morten Andersen...The Titans host Cleveland on December 7.

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Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli weathered his way through a season that produced the first winless campaign since 1976, and his anticipated fate was realized when the club fired him as part of an organizational overhaul on Monday.

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