Dayton Daily News

TITANS (10-7) AT PATRIOTS (13-3)

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Today, 8:15 p.m., WHIO-TV Ch. 7 Opening line: Patriots by 13

Last meeting: Patriots beat Titans 33-16, Dec. 20, 2015 Streaks, stats and notes:

Patriots have won six straight against Titans. ... This will be third playoff game between franchises who split first two postseason games. ... Titans trying to reach AFC championsh­ip game for first time since January 2003 . ... Titans coming off first playoff win since January 2004 . ... Titans’ rally from 18-point halftime deficit against Chiefs is largest comeback on road in Super Bowl era and tied for second-largest playoff comeback by road team in NFL history . ... Counting postseason, Tennessee is 7-1 in games decided by three or fewer points over past two seasons, tied with Pittsburgh for NFL’s best record in such games since start of 2016 . ... Titans had four sacks vs. Chiefs . ... Titans ranked fifth in NFL in regular season in sacks . ... Tennessee ranked fourth in NFL and first in AFC in run defense, allowing 88.8 yards per game . ... Titans held NFL rushing leader Kareem Hunt to 42 yards on 11 carries in wild-card game . ... Titans tied for eighth in NFL allowing 5.02 yards per play this season . ... QB Marcus Mariota has five of his nine winning drives this season, last coming in wild-card win over Chiefs . ... RB Derrick Henry set franchise postseason record with 191 yards from scrimmage vs. Chiefs. Henry ran for careerhigh 156 yards. Titans ran for franchise-record 202 yards . ... Tennessee’s Mike Mularkey is 0-5 against Patriots and 0-6 against Bill Belichick as head coach . ... Titans S Kevin Byard tied for NFL lead with eight intercepti­ons in regular season. Byard led league with 10 takeaways.... Titans second in NFL for fewest penalties during regular season with 85.

... Patriots are seeking berth in seventh consecutiv­e conference championsh­ip game, which would extend their current record NFL streak.

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