NASHVILLE — With two games remaining in the 2023 regular season, the Tennessee Titans are close to hitting rock bottom. For the first time in over 40 years, the Titans have a chance to go winless in their division.

Tennessee's final two games of the 2023 season are against the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars. Losses in both of those contests would bring the Titans' divisional record to 0-6 on the season.

That has not happened since the AFC South was created. The last season the franchise went winless in division games was the 1982 Houston Oilers, who only played a nine game season.

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Hasn't happened since 1982

Due to the players' strike, the regular season was cut down to just nine game in 1982. The Oilers finished the season 1-8, with their only win coming in Week 2 (prior to the strike) against the Seattle Seahawks.

At the time, the Oilers were playing in the AFC Central Division alongside the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cincinnati Bengals. Houston finished that year 0-4 in divisional games.

Getting swept by division opponents is hard to do. Even during the two seasons of the Ken Whisenhunt era, the Titans finished with a combined record of 5-27 but still picked up two divisional victories.

Before 2023, Mike Vrabel had never had a losing season against divisional opponents as the Titans' head coach. But this year has hit some new lows. 

Finishing 0-6 against an average at best AFC South would be this organization hitting rock bottom for the first time since 1982. Hopefully Tennessee can get back in the win column before the season ends.

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