In the coldest game in franchise history, Titans kicker Ryan Succophad ice water in his veins.
Succop nailed a 53-yard field goal on the final play of the game at the Titans rallied to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 19-17.
Kickoff temperature was one degree with a wind chill of minus-9.
The Titans took over at their own 25-yard line with 1:07 left in the contest. Quarterback Marcus Mariota drove the team down the field, and put Succop in a position to win it.
Mariota completed 19-of-33 passes for 241 yards, along with an interception. Running back DeMarco Murray ran for 89 yards on 18 carries while Derrick Henry ran for 58 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries for the Titans.
The Titans (8-6) travel to Jacksonville next Saturday to face the Jaguars.
The Titans trailed throughout, but they rallied in the second half and had a chance to win it after a one-yard run by Derrick Henry made it 17-16 with just 3:12 remaining. The Titans tried to win it with a two-point conversion, but Mariota’s pass was incomplete.
But the Titans stopped the Chiefs, and got the ball back for a second chance.
The Titans got off to a miserable start, and they made it difficult on themselves throughout by committing three turnovers.
Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill ripped off a 68-yard touchdown on Kansas City’s second offensive play, making it 7-0 early.
The Titans appeared on the verge of quickly answering back, but receiver Rishard Matthews lost a fumble inside the Kansas City five-yard after making a catch, and the Chiefs cashed it in for more points. It became 14-0 when Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith ran it in from 11 yards out on a scramble.
But the Titans answered back, scoring on a four-yard touchdown run by running back Derrick Henry early in the second quarter to cap off a six-play, 87-yard drive and make it 14-7. Henry had five carries for 41 yards on the scoring drive.
The Titans turned the ball over twice in the first half. In addition to Matthews, Mariota also lost a fumble that was recovered by Chiefs linebacker Ramik Wilson. The turnovers snapped a streak of four consecutive games without a turnover for the Titans.
The Titans turned in a pair of goal line stands to keep Kansas City out of the end zone.
The first came in the second quarter, and it was capped off with back-to-back stops from the one-yard line on third and fourth down. On the fourth-down play from the one, safeties Kevin Byard and Daimon Stafford stopped Chiefs running back Spencer Ware for no gain.
The second came in the third quarter, and it ended with an intercepted in the end zone from rookie cornerback LeShaun Sims. On the play, Sims was covering Chiefs receiver Jeremy Maclin, and he stepped in front of him to end the drive and keep the game at 17-7 with 6:02 in the third quarter.
The Chiefs made it 17-7 at halftime on a 34-yard field goal by kicker Cairo Santos.
The two teams played a scoreless third quarter before Succop connected on a 39-yard field goal to make it 17-10 with 11:54 remaining.
Then came the late rally, which sets the stage for a big finish to the 2016 season.
