Mariota, Titans home in on victory
Marcus Mariota threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns to end his home struggles and the Tennessee Titans had their highest point total of the season in a 36-22 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars last night in Nashville.
Since the start of the 2014 season, the Titans’ home record is 3-0 against the Jaguars and 1-17 against everybody else. The Titans are 3-8 in home games started by Mariota, a secondyear pro out of Oregon.
Mariota was 18-of-22 for 270 yards and had a 148.1 passer rating, the secondhighest of his career. De
Marco Murray ran for 123 yards and a touchdown.
The Titans gained a season-high 494 total yards and won for the third time in four games. They scored on six straight possessions during a stretch that began in the first quarter and stretched into the third period.
Blake Bortles threw three touchdown passes for Jacksonville and went 33-of-54 for 337 yards, but much of his production came with the game out of reach.