Justin Herbert guided a pair of touchdown drives to open the second half on Sunday as the Los Angeles Chargers extended their winning streak to three games with a 27-17 victory over the visiting Tennessee Titans in Inglewood, Calif.
Herbert completed 14 of 18 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown and added a rushing score. Bud Dupree and Tuli Tuipulotu each had two of Los Angeles’ seven sacks as the Chargers (6-3) held the Titans to 289 total yards.
Gus Edwards led Los Angeles with 55 rushing yards in his return from a high left ankle sprain he sustained in Week 4. J.K. Dobbins ran for 50 yards and Herbert added 32 yards on the ground.
Titans quarterback Will Levis returned from a shoulder injury to go 18-of-23 passing for 175 yards and two touchdowns in his first action since Week 6. Levis also had 41 rushing yards for Tennessee (2-7), which lost for the fourth time in its past five games.
Calvin Ridley had five catches for 84 yards and two TDs as the Titans failed to gain momentum from an overtime victory over the New England Patriots last week.
Tennessee pulled within 13-10 to open the second half by finishing an 11-play, 62-yard drive with a 27-yard field goal from Nick Folk.
The Chargers took over from there, moving 43 yards on seven plays to take a 20-10 lead on a 16-yard TD pass from Herbert to Quentin Johnston. After a Titans punt, the Chargers put the game out of reach on a 1-yard TD run from Hassan Haskins to cap an 11-play, 95-yard march.
The Titans scored with 49 seconds remaining in the game when Levis found Ridley on a 15-yard TD pass.
The Chargers took a 13-7 lead into halftime when Herbert scored on a 4-yard run with 1:55 remaining in the second quarter. Los Angeles also had field goals of 21 and 37 yards from Cameron Dicker in the first half.
The Titans’ lone touchdown in the first half came on their opening drive of the game, when Levis connected with Ridley on a 41-yard pass for a 7-3 lead.