Titans win fourth straight after 0-6 NFL start

Rob Bironas booted a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute to play as the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday for their fourth straight National Football League victory.

Houston Texans' running back Steve Slaton (right) rushes past linebacker Gerald McRath (left) of the Tennessee Titans in the fourth quarter on November 23 in Houston, Texas. A field goal by Rob Bironas helped the Tennessee Titans secure a 20-17 victory over the Texans for their fourth straight National Football League victory.

The Titans have turned things around after opening the season with six straight defeats.

Houston, who fell to 5-5, had a chance to tie the game, but Kris Brown's 49-yard field goal attempt with one second left was wide left.

It was Brown's second miss of the game and the second straight game he's missed a chance to send the Texans to overtime.

The Titans haven't lost since Vince Young took over at quarterback.

With Monday's win he is 2-0 as a starter in his hometown of Houston, where he ran for Tennessee's winning touchdown in overtime as a rookie in 2006.

The Titans started the go-ahead drive at the six-yard line, but the Texans were called for a 15-yard penalty on a tackle on Chris Johnson. A 22-yard run by Johnson two plays later put the Titans on their 41 just before the two-minute warning.

Young had a 12 yard run for a first down in that drive, but the Titans couldn't keep it going and went to Bironas, who made his second field goal of at least 50 yards.

The Texans then moved the ball 31 yards in five plays to set up Brown's fruitless attempt.