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Monday Night Football top plays: Henry, Titans top Bills in wild AFC clash

Updated Oct. 18, 2021 11:59 p.m. ET

In the final matchup of Week 7, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills fell to the Tennessee Titans in Nashville on Monday Night Football.

With just 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Bills went for it on fourth-and-1 at the 3-yard line, and the Titans' defense came up with a huge stop to seal the 34-31 victory.

With the win, the Titans lead the AFC South, while the Bills remain atop the AFC East at 4-2.

Tennessee is 8-2 in its past 10 Monday games, and with a big rush midway through the third quarter, star back Derrick Henry recorded 100 or more rushing yards in five straight games.

Here are the top moments from Monday's matchup.

Tennessee Titans 34, Buffalo Bills 31

FIRST QUARTER

After Buffalo went up 3-0 early, Tennessee got a little tricky when receiver Chester Rogers tried to get some extra yardage on this toss, but it was negated due to an illegal forward pass.

Misfortune continued to strike the Titans when Tannehill was picked off by Bills safety Jordan Poyer toward the end of the quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

The Titans got a scoring boost in the second, when Henry broke out on this 76-yard rush, good for a touchdown and a 7-6 Titans lead. Henry reached a top speed of 21.80 mph on the play.

Also, it was Henry's 11th career rushing touchdown of 50 or more yards, tying former Titan Chris Johnson for fourth-most in NFL history. The only players with more are Adrian Peterson (16), Barry Sanders (15) and Jim Brown (12).

Just as Tennessee got something going, Buffalo fired back with a score courtesy of Stefon Diggs.

But the Titans still had some tricks up their sleeve. How about this miraculous catch by Julio Jones?

Meanwhile, Henry was busy doing King Henry things.

Toward the end of the quarter, Titans safety Kevin Byard intercepted this ball from Allen, who was hit as he threw, and ran it back 16 yards to Buffalo's 11-yard line.

The pick set up a TD from Tannehill, who kept the Bills within arm's reach with a short rush for six.

But with 40 seconds to spare before halftime, Allen found Cole Beasley for a 29-yard score that put Buffalo back in the lead 20-17.

THIRD QUARTER

Henry started the second half with a little history-making, recording his fifth consecutive 100-yard game.

Then he found the end zone on this short rush to put the Titans back on top 24-23.

To counter, Allen pulled off another quarter-ending TD drive, this time connecting with Tommy Sweeney to regain the lead.

And how about this doozy of a two-point conversion from Allen to Dawson Knox to top it off?

FOURTH QUARTER

Henry punched in his third TD of the night on this 13-yard rush to put the Titans up 34-31.

With 22 seconds to play and down by three, the Bills went for it on fourth-and-1 at Tennessee's 3-yard line, rather than kicking a field goal to tie. But Allen was stuffed by the Titans' defense, and things ended there.