GAME THREAD: NFL: JACKSONVILLE (1-1) at DENVER (2-0)

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at DENVER

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
JACKSONVILLE 23
DENVER 14 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
JACKSONVILLE 0 17 3 3 23
DENVER 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

1:51 JAC - TD, REGGIE WILLIAMS 3 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 18 plays, 80 yards in 11:44.
Key plays: Taylor 19-yard run to Jacksonville 47; Garrad 4-yard pass
to Wilford on 3rd-and-1 to Denver 40; Jones-Drew 10-yard run on 3rd-and-3
to Denver 23; Garrard 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 13; Garrard
10-yard pass to Jones-Drew on 3rd-and-9 to Denver 2. JACKSONVILLE 7-0.
8:20 DEN - TD, NATE JACKSON 1 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:29.
Key plays: Cutler 49-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-14 to
Jacksonville 35; Cutler 12-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 17; Cutler 30-yard pass to Marshall to Jacksonville 1.
JACKSONVILLE 7-7.
13:04 JAC - TD, GREG JONES 4 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:44.
Key plays: Jones-Drew 42-yard kick return to Jacksonville 48;
Garrard 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 37; Garrard 21-yard pass to
Northcutt on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 16. JACKSONVILLE 14-7.
14:52 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 19 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Stroud fumble recovery at Denver 42; Garrard 16-yard pass
to Northcutt to Denver 26. JACKSONVILLE 17-7.

3RD QUARTER:

1:49 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards in 1:45.
Key plays: Iwuh fumble recovery at Denver 18. JACKSONVILLE 20-7.

4TH QUARTER:

2:19 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 6 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 3:41.
Key plays: Cutler 14-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-5 to
Jacksonville 41; Cutler 16-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 19. JACKSONVILLE 20-14.
12:50 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 18 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 2:02.
Key plays: Jacksonville takes over on downs at the Denver 4.
JACKSONVILLE 23-14.

JACKSONVILLE - DENVER Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS JACKSONVILLE DENVER

FIRST DOWNS 21 11
Rushing 11 2
Passing 9 9
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-16-50% 4-8-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 326 265
Total offensive plays 70 42
Average gain per play 4.7 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 186 47
Rushing attempts 47 18
Average gain per rush 4.0 2.6
Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 140 218
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-14 1-4
Gross passing yards 154 222
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 20-14-0 23-16-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.1 9.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-5-2 3-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-40.0 2-63.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.0 56.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 14
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-14
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-89 4-92
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-1 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-14 6-36
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 2-2
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:42 21:18


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

JACKSONVILLE DENVER

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F TAYLOR 17 84 4.9 19 0 T HENRY 11 35 3.2 6 1
D GARRARD 12 52 4.3 19 0 C SAPP 1 12 12.0 12 0
M JONES-DR 15 37 2.5 10 0 S YOUNG 2 7 3.5 6 0
D NORTHCUT 2 9 4.5 5 0 J CUTLER 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
G JONES 1 4 4.0 4 1 J WALKER 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
M BELL 1 -4 -4.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D GARRARD 14-20-154 0 1 23 J CUTLER 16-23-222 1 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 44 14.7 18 0 B MARSHALL 7 133 19.0 49 0
D NORTHCUT 2 37 18.5 21 0 B STOKLEY 3 36 12.0 16 0
M JONES-DR 2 18 9.0 10 0 S YOUNG 2 37 18.5 20 0
R WILLIAMS 2 11 5.5 8 1 J WALKER 2 10 5.0 6 0
G WRIGHSTE 2 11 5.5 7 0 C SAPP 1 5 5.0 5 0
E WILFORD 2 10 5.0 6 0 N JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 1
G ESTANDIA 1 23 23.0 23 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S KNIGHT 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PODLESH 2 80 40.0 0 0 44 T SAUERBRU 2 126 63.0 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HIXON 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M JONES-DREW 3 89 29.7 42 0 D HIXON 4 92 23.0 29 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 2/2 3/3 J ELAM 2/2 0/0
Dist.: 19 27 18

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D GARRARD 1 1 0 0-0 D HIXON 1 1 0 0-0
M JONES-DREW 1 1 0 0-0 S YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0
R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 0 0 1 0-0
B IWUH 0 0 0 0-1 E DUMERVIL 0 0 1 0-1
M STROUD 0 0 0 0-1 C COX 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B WILLIAMS 5 3 2 0-0 N FERGUSON 11 9 2 0-0
R HAYWARD 4 4 0 1-4 I GOLD 8 6 2 0-0
S KNIGHT 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 8 5 3 0-0
D SMITH 4 4 0 0-0 C BAILEY 7 6 1 0-0
R MATHIS 4 4 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 7 6 1 0-0
T COUSIN 3 3 0 0-0 E DUMERVIL 4 4 0 2-10
R NELSON 2 1 1 0-0 A GORDON 4 4 0 0-0
M STROUD 1 1 0 0-0 D BLY 4 3 1 0-0
P SPICER 1 1 0 0-0 J MOSS 3 2 1 0-0
M PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 J LYNCH 2 2 0 0-0
J DURANT 1 1 0 0-0 S ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0
T MCDANIEL 1 1 0 0-0 J SHOATE 2 2 0 0-0
R MEIER 1 1 0 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 2 1 1 0-0
B MCCRAY 1 0 1 0-0 C COX 2 1 1 0-0
A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 1-4
M THOMAS 1 0 1 0-0

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By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) - The Jacksonville Jaguars used both theirrunning game and the clock on Sunday, beating the DenverBroncos, 23-14, at Invesco Field


The Jaguars rushed for 186 yards and took up nearly 39 minutesof clock to pick up the road win.


Fred Taylor finished with 17 carries for 84 yards Jaguarsquarterback David Garrard rushed 12 times for 52 yards. Garrardalso threw for 154 yards on 14-of-20 passing.


Jacksonville scored first on a 3-yard pass from Garrard toReggie Williams with 13:09 left in the second quarter. Thedrive took 18 plays and ate up almost 12 minutes.


Denver (2-1) responded on the next drive by going 80 yards in 10plays, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler toNate Jackson.


After that, it was all Jacksonville (2-1).


The Jaguars went up for good on their next possession. GregJones ran it in from 4 yards out to give Jacksonville a 14-7lead. The drive was set up by a 42-yard kickoff return byMaurice Jones-Drew.


After Broncos running back Selvin Young fumbled on Denver's nextpossession, Jacksonville drove down to the Denver 1-yard line.With eight seconds left in the half, John Carney's 19-yardfield goal gave the Jaguars a 17-7 lead to take into the lockerroom.


The Jaguars added another field goal to start the second halfwhen Broncos return man Dominik Hixon fumbled the kickoff at theDenver 18-yard line.


The Broncos fought back in the fourth quarter. Cutler drove theBroncos 60 yards in nine plays, finishing with a 6-yardtouchdown run by Travis Henry.


Leading, 20-14, with over 12 minutes left, Jacksonville took theball 82 yards to the Denver 1-yard line.


Needing only a field goal to make it a two-possession game,Jones-Drew fumbled the ball. Denver's Curome Cox recovered atthe 4-yard line, giving the Broncos had new life.


That's when Jacksonville's defense made a deciding play. On4th-and-10, Cutler's pass to tight end Daniel Graham wasincomplete and the Broncos turned the ball, and the ballgame,over on downs.


Cutler finished 16-for-23 with 222 yards and a touchdown. Henrywas limited to 35 yards on 11 carries.

 

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
JACKSONVILLE 0 17 3 3 23
DENVER 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

1:51 JAC - TD, REGGIE WILLIAMS 3 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 18 plays, 80 yards in 11:44.
Key plays: Taylor 19-yard run to Jacksonville 47; Garrad 4-yard pass
to Wilford on 3rd-and-1 to Denver 40; Jones-Drew 10-yard run on 3rd-and-3
to Denver 23; Garrard 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 13; Garrard
10-yard pass to Jones-Drew on 3rd-and-9 to Denver 2. JACKSONVILLE 7-0.
8:20 DEN - TD, NATE JACKSON 1 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:29.
Key plays: Cutler 49-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-14 to
Jacksonville 35; Cutler 12-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 17; Cutler 30-yard pass to Marshall to Jacksonville 1.
JACKSONVILLE 7-7.
13:04 JAC - TD, GREG JONES 4 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:44.
Key plays: Jones-Drew 42-yard kick return to Jacksonville 48;
Garrard 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 37; Garrard 21-yard pass to
Northcutt on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 16. JACKSONVILLE 14-7.
14:52 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 19 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Stroud recovery of Young fumble at Denver 42; Garrard
16-yard pass to Northcutt to Denver 26. JACKSONVILLE 17-7.

3RD QUARTER:

1:49 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards in 1:45.
Key plays: Iwuh fumble recovery at Denver 18. JACKSONVILLE 20-7.

4TH QUARTER:

2:19 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 6 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 3:41.
Key plays: Cutler 14-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-5 to
Jacksonville 41; Cutler 16-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 19. JACKSONVILLE 20-14.
12:50 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 18 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 2:02.
Key plays: Jacksonville takes over on downs at the Denver 4.
JACKSONVILLE 23-14.

JACKSONVILLE - DENVER Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS JACKSONVILLE DENVER

FIRST DOWNS 21 11
Rushing 11 2
Passing 9 9
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-16-50% 4-8-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 326 265
Total offensive plays 70 42
Average gain per play 4.7 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 186 47
Rushing attempts 47 18
Average gain per rush 4.0 2.6
Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 140 218
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-14 1-4
Gross passing yards 154 222
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 20-14-0 23-16-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.1 9.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-5-2 3-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-40.0 2-63.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.0 56.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 14
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-14
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-89 4-92
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-1 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-14 6-36
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 2-2
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:42 21:18


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

JACKSONVILLE DENVER

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F TAYLOR 17 84 4.9 19 0 T HENRY 11 35 3.2 6 1
D GARRARD 12 52 4.3 19 0 C SAPP 1 12 12.0 12 0
M JONES-DR 15 37 2.5 10 0 S YOUNG 2 7 3.5 6 0
D NORTHCUT 2 9 4.5 5 0 J CUTLER 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
G JONES 1 4 4.0 4 1 J WALKER 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
M BELL 1 -4 -4.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D GARRARD 14-20-154 0 1 23 J CUTLER 16-23-222 1 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 44 14.7 18 0 B MARSHALL 7 133 19.0 49 0
D NORTHCUT 2 37 18.5 21 0 B STOKLEY 3 36 12.0 16 0
M JONES-DR 2 18 9.0 10 0 S YOUNG 2 37 18.5 20 0
R WILLIAMS 2 11 5.5 8 1 J WALKER 2 10 5.0 6 0
G WRIGHSTE 2 11 5.5 7 0 C SAPP 1 5 5.0 5 0
E WILFORD 2 10 5.0 6 0 N JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 1
G ESTANDIA 1 23 23.0 23 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S KNIGHT 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PODLESH 2 80 40.0 0 0 44 T SAUERBRU 2 126 63.0 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HIXON 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M JONES-DREW 3 89 29.7 42 0 D HIXON 4 92 23.0 29 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 2/2 3/3 J ELAM 2/2 0/0
Dist.: 19 27 18

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D GARRARD 1 1 0 0-0 D HIXON 1 1 0 0-0
M JONES-DREW 1 1 0 0-0 S YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0
R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 0 0 1 0-0
B IWUH 0 0 0 0-1 E DUMERVIL 0 0 1 0-1
M STROUD 0 0 0 0-1 C COX 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B WILLIAMS 5 3 2 0-0 N FERGUSON 11 9 2 0-0
R HAYWARD 4 4 0 1-4 I GOLD 8 6 2 0-0
S KNIGHT 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 8 5 3 0-0
D SMITH 4 4 0 0-0 C BAILEY 7 6 1 0-0
R MATHIS 4 4 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 7 6 1 0-0
T COUSIN 3 3 0 0-0 E DUMERVIL 4 4 0 2-10
R NELSON 2 1 1 0-0 A GORDON 4 4 0 0-0
M STROUD 1 1 0 0-0 D BLY 4 3 1 0-0
P SPICER 1 1 0 0-0 J MOSS 3 2 1 0-0
M PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 J LYNCH 2 2 0 0-0
J DURANT 1 1 0 0-0 S ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0
T MCDANIEL 1 1 0 0-0 J SHOATE 2 2 0 0-0
R MEIER 1 1 0 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 2 1 1 0-0
B MCCRAY 1 0 1 0-0 C COX 2 1 1 0-0
A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 1-4
M THOMAS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

Att: 75,347 Time of Game: 2:46</div>

 

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at DENVER

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
JACKSONVILLE 0 17 3 3 23
DENVER 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

1:51 JAC - TD, REGGIE WILLIAMS 3 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 18 plays, 80 yards in 11:44.
Key plays: Taylor 19-yard run to Jacksonville 47; Garrad 4-yard pass
to Wilford on 3rd-and-1 to Denver 40; Jones-Drew 10-yard run on 3rd-and-3
to Denver 23; Garrard 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Denver 13; Garrard
10-yard pass to Jones-Drew on 3rd-and-9 to Denver 2. JACKSONVILLE 7-0.
8:20 DEN - TD, NATE JACKSON 1 YD PASS FROM JAY CUTLER (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:29.
Key plays: Cutler 49-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-14 to
Jacksonville 35; Cutler 12-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 17; Cutler 30-yard pass to Marshall to Jacksonville 1.
JACKSONVILLE 7-7.
13:04 JAC - TD, GREG JONES 4 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards in 4:44.
Key plays: Jones-Drew 42-yard kick return to Jacksonville 48;
Garrard 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 37; Garrard 21-yard pass to
Northcutt on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 16. JACKSONVILLE 14-7.
14:52 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 19 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Stroud recovery of Young fumble at Denver 42; Garrard
16-yard pass to Northcutt to Denver 26. JACKSONVILLE 17-7.

3RD QUARTER:

1:49 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards in 1:45.
Key plays: Iwuh fumble recovery at Denver 18. JACKSONVILLE 20-7.

4TH QUARTER:

2:19 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 6 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 3:41.
Key plays: Cutler 14-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-5 to
Jacksonville 41; Cutler 16-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-4 to
Jacksonville 19. JACKSONVILLE 20-14.
12:50 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 18 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 2:02.
Key plays: Jacksonville takes over on downs at the Denver 4.
JACKSONVILLE 23-14.

JACKSONVILLE - DENVER Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS JACKSONVILLE DENVER

FIRST DOWNS 21 11
Rushing 11 2
Passing 9 9
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-16-50% 4-8-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-2-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 326 265
Total offensive plays 70 42
Average gain per play 4.7 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 186 47
Rushing attempts 47 18
Average gain per rush 4.0 2.6
Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 140 218
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-14 1-4
Gross passing yards 154 222
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 20-14-0 23-16-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.1 9.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-5-2 3-2-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-40.0 2-63.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.0 56.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 14
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 1-14
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-89 4-92
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-1 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-14 6-36
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 2-2
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:42 21:18


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

JACKSONVILLE DENVER

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F TAYLOR 17 84 4.9 19 0 T HENRY 11 35 3.2 6 1
D GARRARD 12 52 4.3 19 0 C SAPP 1 12 12.0 12 0
M JONES-DR 15 37 2.5 10 0 S YOUNG 2 7 3.5 6 0
D NORTHCUT 2 9 4.5 5 0 J CUTLER 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
G JONES 1 4 4.0 4 1 J WALKER 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
M BELL 1 -4 -4.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D GARRARD 14-20-154 0 1 23 J CUTLER 16-23-222 1 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-4.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 44 14.7 18 0 B MARSHALL 7 133 19.0 49 0
D NORTHCUT 2 37 18.5 21 0 B STOKLEY 3 36 12.0 16 0
M JONES-DR 2 18 9.0 10 0 S YOUNG 2 37 18.5 20 0
R WILLIAMS 2 11 5.5 8 1 J WALKER 2 10 5.0 6 0
G WRIGHSTE 2 11 5.5 7 0 C SAPP 1 5 5.0 5 0
E WILFORD 2 10 5.0 6 0 N JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 1
G ESTANDIA 1 23 23.0 23 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S KNIGHT 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PODLESH 2 80 40.0 0 0 44 T SAUERBRU 2 126 63.0 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HIXON 1 14 14.0 14 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M JONES-DREW 3 89 29.7 42 0 D HIXON 4 92 23.0 29 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 2/2 3/3 J ELAM 2/2 0/0
Dist.: 19 27 18

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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D GARRARD 1 1 0 0-0 D HIXON 1 1 0 0-0
M JONES-DREW 1 1 0 0-0 S YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0
R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 0 0 1 0-0
B IWUH 0 0 0 0-1 E DUMERVIL 0 0 1 0-1
M STROUD 0 0 0 0-1 C COX 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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B WILLIAMS 5 3 2 0-0 N FERGUSON 11 9 2 0-0
R HAYWARD 4 4 0 1-4 I GOLD 8 6 2 0-0
S KNIGHT 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 8 5 3 0-0
D SMITH 4 4 0 0-0 C BAILEY 7 6 1 0-0
R MATHIS 4 4 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 7 6 1 0-0
T COUSIN 3 3 0 0-0 E DUMERVIL 4 4 0 2-10
R NELSON 2 1 1 0-0 A GORDON 4 4 0 0-0
M STROUD 1 1 0 0-0 D BLY 4 3 1 0-0
P SPICER 1 1 0 0-0 J MOSS 3 2 1 0-0
M PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 J LYNCH 2 2 0 0-0
J DURANT 1 1 0 0-0 S ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0
T MCDANIEL 1 1 0 0-0 J SHOATE 2 2 0 0-0
R MEIER 1 1 0 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 2 1 1 0-0
B MCCRAY 1 0 1 0-0 C COX 2 1 1 0-0
A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 1-4
M THOMAS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

Att: 75,347 Time of Game: 2:46</div>

 

By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) - The Jacksonville Jaguars used both theirrunning game and the clock on Sunday, beating the DenverBroncos, 23-14, at Invesco Field


The Jaguars rushed for 186 yards and took up nearly 39 minutesof clock to pick up the road win.


"I thought this was a great road win," Jaguars coach Jack DelRio said. "We knew Denver comes out fast and we had to be readyfor it. We did that by controlling the clock."


Fred Taylor finished with 17 carries for 84 yards Jaguarsquarterback David Garrard rushed 12 times for 52 yards.

Garrard, who is in his first full season as a starter, alsothrew for 154 yards on 14-of-20 passing.


"Denver is a tough defense," Garrard said. "We did a good jobof run blocking and we felt there were places we could takeadvantage."


"He continues to progress and lead our offense," Del Rio said ofGarrard. "He did a lot of things well with his feet and threwthe ball well at key moments. When you see him improving, itmakes you proud as a coach."


Jacksonville scored first on a 3-yard pass from Garrard toReggie Williams with 13:09 left in the second quarter. Thedrive took 18 plays and ate up almost 12 minutes.


"I thought Jacksonville did a good job of controlling the tempoof the game," Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said. "They kept ouroffense off the field in the first half. We usually do that toother teams, and they did that to us."


Denver (2-1) responded on the next drive by going 80 yards in 10plays, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler toNate Jackson.


After that, it was all Jacksonville (2-1).


The Jaguars went up for good on their next possession. GregJones ran it in from 4 yards out to give Jacksonville a 14-7lead. The drive was set up by a 42-yard kickoff return byMaurice Jones-Drew.


After Broncos running back Selvin Young fumbled on Denver's nextpossession, Jacksonville drove down to the Denver 1-yard line.With eight seconds left in the half, John Carney's 19-yard fieldgoal gave the Jaguars a 17-7 lead to take into the locker room.

"It was a matter of control," Taylor said. "We knew we neededto get out there and control the game. They can hurt you ifyou're not careful. We did a great job of controlling the paceand getting points up."


The Jaguars added another field goal to start the second halfwhen Broncos return man Dominik Hixon fumbled the kickoff at theDenver 18-yard line.


The Broncos fought back in the fourth quarter. Cutler drove theBroncos 60 yards in nine plays, finishing with a 6-yardtouchdown run by Travis Henry.


Leading, 20-14, with over 12 minutes left, Jacksonville took theball 82 yards to the Denver 1-yard line.


Needing only a field goal to make it a two-possession game,Jones-Drew fumbled the ball. Denver's Curome Cox recovered atthe 4-yard line, giving the Broncos had new life.


That's when Jacksonville's defense made a deciding play. On4th-and-10, Cutler's pass to tight end Daniel Graham wasincomplete and the Broncos turned the ball, and the ballgame,over on downs.


"I didn't open up to the ball," Graham said. "It's a play Ishould make and I am disappointed with that."


"We saw it from the play before when they were two-deep,"Shanahan said. "We saw Daniel open a few times and if they playtwo-deep, he was going to be open. He almost had it."

Cutler finished 16-for-23 with 222 yards and a touchdown. Henrywas limited to 35 yards on 11 carries.