The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-17 in London on a field goal at the final gun, 8 seconds after Jake Elliott had put Philadelphia ahead. Jacksonville controlled the game by yardage, but an 0-3 day in the red zone helped keep it close.
The Jaguars outgained the Eagles 408 total yards to 232 and held the ball for over 35 minutes. Philadelphia stayed alive with a 62-yard touchdown and a clean sheet of 0 turnovers.
How It Happened
Jacksonville struck first with 5:26 left in the first quarter. Trevor Lawrence hit Parker Washington for a 51-yard touchdown, and Cam Little's kick made it 7-0.
Philadelphia answered twice in the second quarter. Will Shipley ran in from 2 yards out at the 8:46 mark to tie it, and just over three minutes later Jalen Hurts found Darius Cooper for a 62-yard touchdown. Elliott's extra point sent the Eagles to the break with a 7-point lead.
The third quarter produced only a 34-yard Little field goal at 7:11, cutting the deficit to 4. Jacksonville kept moving the ball but kept stalling short of the end zone.
Lawrence and Washington connected again with 3:20 to play, this time from 27 yards. Little missed the extra point, leaving Jacksonville up 2 and giving Philadelphia room to take the lead with a field goal.
Elliott hit from 48 yards with 8 seconds left to put the Eagles back in front 17-16. Jacksonville then got Little in range, and he converted from 57 yards as time expired.
Key Performers
Parker Washington, JAX: 2 REC TD – 51 YDS, 27 YDS
Cam Little, JAX: 34-yard FG, 57-yard FG, 1-2 PAT
Jaguars passing: 24-39, 306 net YDS, 2-1 (TD-INT)
Jalen Hurts, PHI: 62-yard TD pass to Darius Cooper
Eagles passing: 21-40, 210 net YDS, 0 INT
Washington accounted for both Jacksonville touchdowns, and both came on chunk plays. Little's game summed up the Jaguars: a missed extra point that nearly cost them, then the winning kick at the gun.
What It Means
Jacksonville moves to 4-1 and stays perfect as the designated home team at 3-0, against 1-1 on the road. The location was neutral, but the Jaguars have now won every game where they hold that billing.
The bigger takeaway is how much margin Jacksonville left on the field. It averaged 6 yards a play to Philadelphia's 4 and rushed for over 100 yards, yet came away with no touchdowns on three red-zone trips; both of its touchdowns came on throws from beyond the 20. Add 13 penalties for 100 yards, and a comfortable win became a coin flip.
Philadelphia falls to 2-3, and the run game gave it almost nothing. The Eagles managed 22 rushing yards on 18 carries, just over a yard a try, and picked up a single first down on the ground.
That left the passing game carrying everything on a 40-attempt day at barely 5 yards a throw. Philadelphia also came up empty on both fourth-down tries, while Jacksonville converted 2 of 4.
The Eagles protected the ball and scored on their only red-zone trip, which is how a team outgained this badly ends up seconds from a win. Without a functioning ground game, that formula will be hard to repeat.
