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BALTIMORE -- TENNESSEE (2-6) at BALTIMORE (5-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS OPENING LINE -- Ravens by 9½ RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Tennessee 2-6, Baltimore 5-4 SERIES RECORD -- Tied 10-10 LAST MEETING -- Titans beat Ravens 26-13, Sept. 18, 2011 LAST WEEK -- Titans had bye, lost to Texans 30-16 on Oct. 26; Ravens lost to Steelers 43-23 AP PRO32 RANKING -- Titans No. 28, Ravens No. 17 TITANS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (27), RUSH (20), PASS (24). TITANS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (23), RUSH (28), PASS (16). RAVENS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (9), RUSH (10), PASS (12). RAVENS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (6), PASS (24). STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Teams have split last four meetings, including Titans' 13-10 win in 2009 postseason. ... Tennessee OT Michael Oher played five seasons in Baltimore before leaving after last year. ... Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt began NFL coaching career in Baltimore as TE coach in 1997. ... Ravens QB Joe Flacco is 0-2 vs. Titans, with one TD pass and four INTs. ... Tennessee lost five of six before last week's bye. ... Titans QB Zach Mettenberger will make second NFL start. He went 27 of 41 for 299 yards and two TDs vs. Houston. ... Titans had five sacks from five players against Houston. ... Kendall Wright needs seven catches to become 11th WR in Titans history to reach 200 for career. He has only 35 receptions this year compared to 94 in 2013. ... Ravens seek fourth straight win at home, where they are 42-10 since John Harbaugh became coach in 2008. They played four of their previous five games on road. ... Baltimore is in AFC North cellar despite owning winning record. ... Ravens RB Justin Forsett leads AFC with 5.4 rushing average and teammate Lorenzo Taliaferro has four TDs rushing, tied for second among NFL rookies. ... Ravens WR Steve Smith seeks to end three-game TD drought. His next 100-yard game will give him Ravens single-season record of five. ... Baltimore rookie LB C.J. Mosley leads AFC with 82 tackles. ... Ravens LB Terrell Suggs stands two sacks short of 100 for his career. ... Baltimore's plus-66 point differential (240-174) ranks third in NFL behind New England and Indianapolis. --- AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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