Tennessee's David Thornton (50) chases New Orleans running back Reggie Bush (25). The Saints lost to the Titans, 31-14, Monday in New Orleans, dropping them to 0-3 for the year.

New Orleans ? When Vince Young needed tickets, guess who he called? Reggie Bush, of all people.

Then, he went out and beat Bush again.

Young threw a pair of touchdown passes, and the Tennessee Titans kept New Orleans winless, beating the Saints, 31-14, Monday night before a Superdome crowd that showered boos on the same players who provided such a pick-me-up to the devastated city a year ago.

The Saints (0-3) rallied from an early 10-0 deficit, going ahead 14-10 midway through the third quarter on Bush’s second touchdown run.

But Young, just as he did leading Texas to an epic victory over Bush and Southern Cal at the 2006 Rose Bowl, brought his team back.

Just don’t bring up Pasadena again.

“I’m tired of it,” Young said. “A lot of people keep trying to make this a rivalry between me and Reggie. I have so much respect for the guy because of what he does.”

Young even phoned up Bush during the week for tickets.

“He came through for me,” Young said. “That was a good deal by Reg. I appreciate that.”

While running backs LenDale White and Chris Brown handled the bulk of the workload on the go-ahead drive, Young threaded a key 10-yard pass to Eric Moulds, who was shoved out of bounds at the Saints 1. White, a teammate of Bush’s at USC, powered over on the next play to put the Titans (2-1) ahead to stay.

Young wasn’t reliving the Rose Bowl. He was building off last season’s strong finish, when the Titans rallied to go 8-8 – just missing the playoffs – after starting 0-5.

Drew Brees, who had another miserable game, got the ball knocked away on the first play of the fourth quarter, the second of his five turnovers. Young seized on the fumble to drive Tennessee to the decisive score.