- Associated Press - Thursday, December 28, 2017

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (10-5) at TENNESSEE (8-7)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Titans by 3

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Jacksonville 9-6, Tennessee 7-7-1

SERIES RECORD - Titans lead 26-20

LAST MEETING - Titans beat Jaguars 37-16, Sept. 17

LAST WEEK - Jaguars lost to 49ers 44-33; Titans lost to Rams 27-23

AP PRO32 RANKING - Jaguars No. 8, Titans No. 15

JAGUARS OFFENSE - OVERALL (6), RUSH (1), PASS (16)

JAGUARS DEFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (21), PASS (1)

TITANS OFFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (16), PASS (22)

TITANS DEFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (5), PASS (25)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Jaguars won first division title since 1999 and locked in as AFC’s No. 3 seed for playoffs. … Titans go into final game chasing playoff berth for first time since 2011, trying to reach postseason for first time since 2008. Titans alive for either fifth or sixth seed. Titans can clinch with win or losses by both Bills and Chargers. … Ravens’ loss plus Titans win would give Tennessee No. 5 seed. … Titans have won three of last four in series. … Jaguars lead NFL with 52 sacks. .. Jaguars QB Blake Bortles passed for career-high 382 yards last week. Bortles has 995 yards passing, nine TDs and one interception in past three games in Tennessee. … Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette has 971 yards rushing this season and can become second rookie in franchise history with 1,000 yards rushing or more. … Jaguars rookie WR Keelan Cole had 108 yards receiving last week. … Jaguars DE Yannick Ngakoue leads NFL with six forced fumbles. He has 12 sacks and six forced fumbles in past eight road games. … Jaguars DE Calais Campbell tied for second in NFL with 14 ½ sacks and has three sacks in past four games. … Titans have won nine of last 11 home games. … Titans QB Marcus Mariota has thrown for 538 yards with five TDs and one interception with 123 yards rushing in past two home games vs. Jaguars. … Tennessee RB DeMarco Murray averaging 89.1 scrimmage yards in past 15 home games with 14 TDs. Murray has injured right knee. … Titans RB Derrick Henry has 319 yards rushing in past three games vs. division opponents and two TDs. … Titans rookie WR Corey Davis had career-high 91 yards receiving last week. … S Kevin Byard tied for second in NFL with six interceptions. … Fantasy Tip: Davis hurt hamstring in Week 2 against Jacksonville and missed next five games. Coming off his best game, he can get payback against Jaguars and help Titans end playoff drought.

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