Trevor Lawrence rushed for two touchdowns and threw for 263 yards to help the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars come away with a 23-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday.
An interception by Jarrian Jones midway through the fourth quarter — his second in as many weeks — set up Cam Little for what became a game-winning 42-yard field goal with 6:58 left to help Jacksonville (12-4) win its seventh straight game and move to the brink of clinching the AFC South.
The Jaguars would clinch with a win over Tennessee or a Houston loss to Indianapolis next Sunday.
Lawrence completed 23 of 37 passes and threw his first interception since Nov. 23. Parker Washington finished with 115 yards on eight catches, his second straight 100-yard game.
The Colts (8-8) sustained their sixth straight loss after they were eliminated from playoff contention with Houston’s win Saturday.
Philip Rivers completed 17 of 30 passes for 147 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Jonathan Taylor added 70 yards and a score on 21 carries.
After Indianapolis scored 10 points on its first two possessions, it added just seven more the final nine times it touched the ball.
The Jaguars held a sizable 370-204 yardage advantage, but were unable to separate on the scoreboard thanks to three scoreless trips inside the Indianapolis 25. There were a fumble and an interception in the first half and a failed fourth-down conversion with the game tied at 17 in the fourth quarter.
After settling for an opening-drive field goal from Blake Grupe, the Colts capped off a 15-play, 83-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run by Taylor to make it 10-0 with 12:49 left in the first half.
The Jaguars found paydirt on their second drive when Lawrence ran it in from 4 yards out to cut the deficit to 10-7.
It appeared Jacksonville was poised to tie the game or take the lead late in the first half before a Lawrence end-zone pass was intercepted by Germaine Pratt to preserve the Colts’ halftime advantage.
The next time the Jaguars reached the red zone, though, they took their first lead on another Lawrence scramble from 6 yards out for a 14-10 advantage with 7:26 left in the third quarter.
That lead didn’t last long, with Indianapolis reclaiming the lead 88 seconds later on a 5-yard touchdown catch by Mo Alie-Cox, his first of the season.
Jacksonville’s ensuing drive was promising but stalled out in the red zone, resulting in a game-tying 34-yard field goal from Little.
Little added a third field goal from 53 yards out with 18 seconds left to extend his streak of consecutive made field goals to 18.
–Field Level Media
