SPORTS : Derrick Henry ties Tony Dorsett's NFL record with 99-yard TD keep running in win over Jaguars .
Henry set an establishment record with 238 yards surging and had a vocation high four touchdowns, with 99 of those yards going ahead a NFL-record-tying touchdown hurry in the second quarter.
For a long time, Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett's record had remained solitary as the longest keep running in NFL history. That all changed Thursday night at Nissan Stadium when Henry carved his name close by Dorsett's in the record book.
Up 7-2 halfway during that time quarter, the Titans' guard stuffed the Jaguars for an objective line stand. Instantly from there on, Henry went on his exciting touchdown run that put jokester pants on the Jaguars' once-vaunted barrier and basically turned the tide vigorously in the Titans' support.
Henry burst through the left half of the line of scrimmage, gave a spirit squashing firm arm to A.J. Bouye, at that point hurled aside Leon Jacobs lastly out-ran Myles Jack in transit to the record-tying 99-yard touchdown run.
Henry completed the amusement with four hurrying touchdowns, one short of the NFL record held by a few players. Henry got an opportunity to get a fifth touchdown when the Titans confronted a first-and-objective circumstance halfway through the final quarter. Rather, Henry permitted partner Dion Lewis to get those objective line conveys. The Titans neglected to score and turned the ball over on downs. This minute came as the Titans were drifting toward their seventh triumph of the season.
Henry's establishment record 238 surging yards broke Chris Johnson's 228 yards from 2009 of every a diversion that additionally was against the Jaguars.
Henry had 474 yards surging and five touchdowns entering Thursday night's amusement, which implies there might have been a many dream football players who left the Henry on their seat.
Dorsett pulled off his 99-yard touchdown keep running in the 1982 ordinary season finale against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.
"He's a legend," Henry — the 2015 Heisman Trophy champ — said of an individual Heisman victor. "It's cool to be in that organization with Tony Dorsett."
Henry's run is a Titans establishment record, yet — incredibly — just by five yards. Johnson had a 94-yard touchdown keep running against the New York Jets in 2012.
Henry's record-tying touchdown run comes only two weeks after the Houston Texans' Lamar Miller had a 97-yard touchdown keep running against the Titans on Monday Night Football. It is additionally the third 90 or more yard touchdown keep running over the most recent 11 days. Adrian Peterson had a 90-yard touchdown keep running against the Eagles on Monday night.
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