Tennessee Titans' Christmas Eve game vs. Texans is coldest home game in team history

The Tennessee Titans' game against the Houston Texans on Saturday at Nissan Stadium is the coldest home game in team history.

At kickoff, delayed by an hour to 1 p.m., the temperature at Nissan Stadium was 20 degrees with a wind chill of 6 degrees. That overtakes the old record, when it was 23 degrees on Dec. 31, 2017 when the Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars to clinch a playoff berth.

An artic blast on Thursday night brought temperatures from the upper 40s to below zero as rain turned to snow. Wind chills dipped well below zero on Thursday night through Saturday morning. The National Weather Service's forecast on Saturday called for a high of 23 degrees with a 12-degree wind chill.

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Saturday's game is the fifth-coldest game in team history, home or away. The Dec. 18, 2016 game at Kansas City is the coldest game in Titans history and featured a temperature of 1 degree with a minus-9 degree wind chill.

It's the coldest Titans game since the AFC Championship Game vs. Kansas City on Jan. 19, 2020, when it was 17 degrees.

Coldest home games in Tennessee Titans history

1. 20 degrees — Dec. 24, 2022 vs. Houston Texans

2. 23 degrees — Dec. 31, 2017 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

3. 25 degrees — Nov. 17, 2014 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

4. 28 degrees — Dec. 30, 2001 vs. Cleveland Browns

5. 29 degrees — Dec. 21, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

6. 29 degrees — Dec. 25, 2004 vs. Denver Broncos

7. 29 degrees — Dec. 25, 2000 vs. Dallas Cowboys

8. 32 degrees — Dec. 7, 2008 vs. Cleveland Browns

9. 33 degrees — Jan. 10, 2021 vs. Baltimore Ravens (AFC Wild Card)

10. 33 degrees — Dec. 25, 2009 vs. San Diego Chargers

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