CHICAGO — LenDale White and Chris Johnson were on their way to history — the wrong kind, because they were running in reverse.

Even though they kept losing yards, the Tennessee Titans refused to lose the game. Now, they're 9-0 despite one of the worst rushing performances in franchise history: just 20 yards on the ground.

Kerry Collins threw for a season-high 289 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win yesterday over the Chicago Bears.

"It's nice to win a ballgame and not play well," coach Jeff Fisher said.

Particularly as they struggled when they weren't throwing the ball.

The 20 yards rushing were just one above their franchise low and they had minus-5 in the first half. It was a stunning performance for a team that was third in the league entering the game.

Even so, the Titans set a club record with their 12th straight regular-season win thanks to Collins and a defense that shut down Rex Grossman and the Bears.

Collins completed 12 straight passes at one point and was 30 of 41 without an interception. Brandon Jones caught eight passes for 82 yards, and Bo Scaife had 10 for 78 with a touchdown.

That was enough to make up for a miserable performance by the running backs.

White managed 14 yards on 10 attempts, although he had a touchdown in the fourth quarter. And Johnson carried 14 times for 8 yards.

"Did you look and see how many guys they put in the box?" Johnson said. "Eight, sometimes nine. They really wanted us to beat them throwing the ball."

Tennessee did that well enough to remain the NFL's lone unbeaten team.

"Everybody right now is filling their role," said Collins, who took over for Vince Young after the first game. "For me, you play long enough you're going to be on good teams. You're going to be on bad teams. At this point in my career to be playing on a good football team that has a chance to go out and win every Sunday is exciting for me."

With Kyle Orton nursing a sprained ankle, Grossman delivered an uneven performance in his first start since Dec. 6. He was 20 for 37 for 173 yards and led the Bears (5-4) on a 75-yard touchdown drive on their first possession. He was picked off on the next one.

Rookie Matt Forte struggled at times, running for 72 yards after setting a season-high with 126 against Detroit, and the offense managed 243 yards in all.

Coming off a 19-16 overtime win over Green Bay, the Titans took a 14-7 lead early in the third quarter when Collins connected with former Bear Justin Gage for a 12-yard touchdown — the first by a Tennessee wide receiver since the second game.

A 2-yard run by White early in the fourth period made it 21-7.

Grossman ran in from the 1 to make it a seven-point game with 4:55 left after a 29-yard pass to Devin Hester. And they had a chance to tie it after a punt, taking over at the Tennessee 41. But the Titans held firm.

PANTHERS 17, RAIDERS 6

OAKLAND, Calif. — Even the worst game of Jake Delhomme's career proved to be enough to beat lowly Oakland. Delhomme threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive before matching his career-worst performance with four interceptions.

DeAngelo Williams ran for 140 yards and scored on a 69-yard run for the only touchdown after the opening drive for the Panthers (7-2). Andrew Walter, playing in place of an injured JaMarcus Russell, threw two interceptions before leaving temporarily with an ankle injury in the fourth quarter. Marques Tuiasosopo couldn't do much better in his first appearance in more than two years as Oakland (2-7) lost for the fourth time in five games under Tom Cable.

DOLPHINS 21, SEAHAWKS 19

MIAMI — Miami (5-4) won its third in a row and remained in the thick of the AFC East race by beating Seattle (2-7). After going 1-15 last season, the Dolphins are above .500 for the first time since the end of the 2005 season.

The Dolphins' Wildcat formation, shut out in the past three games, produced scores on a 51-yard run by Ricky Williams and a 16-yard run by Ronnie Brown. Ted Ginn Jr. scored his first touchdown this season when he made a fingertip catch in the end zone of a 39-yard pass from Chad Pennington on a flea-flicker.

JETS 47, RAMS 3

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Thomas Jones had three touchdown runs, Jay Feely kicked four field goals — including a franchise record-tying 55-yarder — and the Jets converted five turnovers into 27 points for the largest margin of victory in team history. The Jets' previous biggest win was 45-3 over Houston in 1988.

The Jets (6-3) have won three straight and five of six. New York is tied with New England at the top of the AFC East. Things were so bad for the Rams (2-7) that Trent Green, who replaced the ineffective Marc Bulger at halftime, hit umpire Bill Schuster in the head with a pass.

JAGUARS 38, LIONS 14

DETROIT — Maurice Jones-Drew ran for a career-high three touchdowns in the second quarter alone after Detroit took an early lead and David Garrard threw two touchdown passes in the second half to lead Jacksonville (4-5) over Detroit (0-9).

The Lions (0-9) are off to their worst start since losing their first 12 games in 2001 and they might have what it takes to be the NFL's first 0-16 team. Daunte Culpepper made his Detroit debut in haste — just five days after signing, ending his brief retirement — and it lasted just three quarters. He went 5 for 10 for 104 yards with an interception.