The Tennessee Titans will retire the jersey numbers of 2 legends.
Steve McNair’s No. 9 and Eddie George’s No. 27 will be retired in a ceremony during the Sept. 15 home opener against the Indianapolis Colts, the team announced Wednesday.
“Steve and Eddie will be forever linked as just two of the driving forces for our team from the late 90s and early 2000s,” Titans commanding owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement. “They had been the heart and soul of the team and each made another a much better player and finally led to a lot of team achievement. Their statistics will forever reside in our listing books, however their play and sacrifice is what our fans will always recall. For this and all that they have done for our staff, the number 9 and 27 will be retired with the all time franchise greats.”
The quantities of this duo being retired together is apropos, as their time together (1996-2003) indicated the zenith of the Tennessee franchise at its very first years after the move from Houston in 1997. Together McNair and George helped the Titans earn four playoff appearances (1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003), two division titles (2000 and 2002), two AFC Championship matches (1999 and 2002) and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV.
George, a first-round pick in 1996, is your Titans/Oilers record holder for career rushing yards with 10,009 in eight seasons with the group and is the organization’s all-time scrimmage yards leader with 12,153. George is the only running back in NFL history to record 300 or more carries for eight consecutive seasons, according to the team. After one year in Dallas, George retired in 2004 with 10,441 racing yards and 68 rushing touchdowns. George averaged 1,160 rushing yards per year during his nine-year NFL career — just six backs who played with six or more seasons averaged more yards annually for a career.
McNair, the No. 3 overall pick by Houston in 1995, created the No. 9 Titans jersey renowned with spectacular play, and affinity for leading epic game-winning pushes. As a member of the Titans, he was credited with 20 game-winning drives at the regular season and postseason, second only behind Warren Moon (23). His most famous late-game driveway, however, came one yard shy of winning Super Bowl XXXIV. McNair completed his career with 31,304 total passing yards, 27,141 of which arrived in 11 seasons with the Tennessee/Houston franchise.
McNair was killed in Nashville on July 4, 2009.
McNair and George will combine Jim Norton (No.43), Elvin Bethea (No.65), Earl Campbell (No.34), Mike Munchak (No.63) Bruce Matthews (No.74) and Warren Moon (No.1) as the only players to have numbers retired from the Titans/Oilers franchise. McNair and George would be the first two that played with the majority of their careers in Tennessee.
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