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Posted at 4:11 p.m., Sunday, December 23, 2007

NFL: Titans-Colts game moved to prime time

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Next Sunday's season finale between the Titans and Colts at Indianapolis has been moved to prime time with Tennessee in position to secure an AFC wild-card berth.

The NFL said after Tennessee's 10-6 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday it was switching Titans-Colts from 1 p.m. EST to 8:15 p.m. under the flexible schedule for late-season Sunday games. The originally scheduled Kansas City-Jets game moves to 4:15 p.m. EST.

Also being moved to 4:15 p.m. EST will be Dallas at Washington and Pittsburgh at Baltimore.

If the Titans beat the defending Super Bowl champion Colts, they will earn the sixth seed in the playoffs. They can't get in with a loss, regardless of what Cleveland does at home to San Francisco in an afternoon game.

Although Tennessee owns the tiebreaker if both win, the Browns play an NFC team and have completed their schedule against AFC opponents at 7-5. Tennessee is 6-5 in conference and must beat the Colts to get to 7-5, sending the tiebreaker to record against common opponents, where the Titans have the edge.

The Titans and Browns, both 9-6, are the only teams in the running for the final AFC wild-card slot.

Tennessee will make its first appearance on Sunday night this season; the Titans have appeared on two Monday night games, beating New Orleans and losing to Denver, both on the road.

Indianapolis has been a regular in prime time. This will be the Colts' sixth night game and third on Sunday night.