Bironas keeps his cool

Late field goal seals fourth straight win for the Titans

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Bironas keeps his cool

Bironas: Winning field goal

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Rob Bironas kept his cool to land a 53-yard field goal in the final minute to see Tennessee Titans to a 20-17 victory over Houston Texans.

Having lost their first six games of the season, Tennessee have now won their last four - although there were a few anxious moments as Kris Brown's 49-yard field goal attempt for the Texans sailed wide with one second left.

And Houston were left to rue what could have been as Brown missed second field goal attempts in total - and fluffed the chance to force overtime for the second game on the bounce.

Tennessee's turnaround in fortunes has coincided with Vince Young taking over at starting quarterback - with the Titans having won all four games since the switch.

Young finished the match with 116 yards passing, 73 yards rushing and a touchdown pass, while he led the drives that saw Bironas land two vital field goals.

Kenny Britt and LenDale White both scored touchdowns for the visitors, while Chris Johnson rushed for 151 yards.

For Houston, quarterback Matt Schaub, who threw for 305 yards, found Steve Slaton and Andre Johnson with touchdown passes but it was not enough as they now slump to 5-5 for the season.