GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: JACKSONVILLE (2-1) at KANSAS CITY (2-2)

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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JACKSONVILLE 3 7 0 7 17
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 7 7 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

15:00 JAC - FG, JOHN CARNEY 20 YD.
Drive: 18 plays, 77 yards in 10:55.
Key plays: Garrard 12-yard pass to Jones-Drew on 3rd-and-7 to
Jacksonville 36; Garrard 16-yard pass to Northcutt on 3rd-and-15 to
Jacksonville 47; Garrard 11-yard pass to G Jones to Kansas City 42; Taylor
11-yard run to Kansas City 31; Jones-Drew 15-yard run to Kansas City 18;
Garrard 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 8. JACKSONVILLE 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

6:24 JAC - TD, MAURICE JONES-DREW 52 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:04.
Key plays: Garrard 14-yard pass to Northcutt on 3rd-and-10 to
Jacksonville 34; Garrard 11-yard pass to Estandia to Jacksonville 48.
JACKSONVILLE 10-0.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

6:34 JAC - TD, DENNIS NORTHCUTT 3 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOHN CARNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards in 5:03.
Key plays: Garrard 11-yard pass to M Jones to Jacksonville 30;
Garrard 12-yard pass to Wilford to Jacksonville 45; Garrard 40-yard pass
to Northcutt to Kansas City 15. JACKSONVILLE 17-0.
15:00 KAN - TD, SAMIE PARKER 13 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (DAVE RAYNER KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Croyle 11-yard pass to Smith to Kansas City 41; Croyle
10-yard pass to Smith on 4th-and-9 to Jacksonville 48; Croyle 35-yard pass
to Bowe to Jacksonville 13. JACKSONVILLE 17-7.

JACKSONVILLE - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY

FIRST DOWNS 20 14
Rushing 7 0
Passing 12 14
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-15-53% 4-14-29%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 2-2-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 357 271
Total offensive plays 66 56
Average gain per play 5.4 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 156 10
Rushing attempts 35 10
Average gain per rush 4.5 1.0
Tackles for loss-yards 1-3 3-6
NET YARDS PASSING 201 261
Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-17 3-18
Gross passing yards 218 279
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-20-0 43-25-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.5 5.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-1 1-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 4-45.0 7-46.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.0 46.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 28 0
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-28 0-0
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-29 3-54
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-30 3-25
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 36:43 23:17


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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M JONES-DR 9 82 9.1 52 1 L JOHNSON 9 12 1.3 7 0
F TAYLOR 16 51 3.2 11 0 M BENNETT 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
G JONES 6 14 2.3 3 0
D GARRARD 4 9 2.3 10 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
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D GARRARD 20-27-218 0 1 40 D HUARD 19-30-196 1 0 30
B CROYLE 6-13- 83 0 1 35

Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 4-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 2-13,
B CROYLE 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D NORTHCUT 4 73 18.3 40 1 T GONZALEZ 8 100 12.5 22 0
G ESTANDIA 3 38 12.7 18 0 L JOHNSON 5 3 0.6 7 0
M JONES-DR 3 30 10.0 12 0 D BOWE 4 70 17.5 35 0
M LEWIS 3 13 4.3 6 0 K WILSON 2 31 15.5 30 0
M JONES 2 20 10.0 11 0 S PARKER 2 28 14.0 15 1
R WILLIAMS 2 12 6.0 8 0 J WEBB 2 26 13.0 20 0
E WILFORD 1 12 12.0 12 0 K SMITH 2 21 10.5 11 0
G JONES 1 11 11.0 11 0
F TAYLOR 1 9 9.0 9 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R NELSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PODLESH 4 180 45.0 0 3 56 D COLQUITT 7 322 46.0 1 2 55

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D NORTHCUTT 4 28 7.0 10 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M JONES-DREW 1 29 29.0 29 0 E DRUMMOND 3 54 18.0 22 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J CARNEY 2/2 1/2 D RAYNER 1/1 0/1
Dist.: 20 (48) Dist.: (31)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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B CROYLE 1 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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S KNIGHT 8 8 0 0-0 D EDWARDS 9 6 3 0-0
M PETERSON 6 6 0 0-0 T LAW 8 8 0 0-0
R MATHIS 5 4 1 0-0 N HARRIS 8 4 4 .5-1
D SMITH 4 3 1 0-0 B POLLARD 6 4 2 1-5
B WILLIAMS 3 3 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 6 4 2 0-0
R MEIER 2 2 0 1-5 D JOHNSON 4 4 0 0-0
M STROUD 2 2 0 0-0 J PAGE 4 4 0 0-0
T MCDANIEL 2 2 0 0-0 J ALLEN 4 2 21.5-6
P SPICER 2 1 1 1-8 R EDWARDS 3 3 0 1-5
- TEAM 1 1 0 1-5 T HALI 3 3 0 0-0
T COUSIN 1 1 0 0-0 K BELL 3 1 2 0-0
C INGRAM 1 1 0 0-0 D TYLER 2 2 0 0-0
B MCCRAY 1 1 0 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 2 1 1 0-0
R NELSON 1 1 0 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0
J HENDERSON 1 0 1 0-0
B HAWKINS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head
Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke
Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed.

Att: 76,917 Time of Game: 2:44</div>

 

NFL: JACKSONVILLE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
JACKSONVILLE 17
KANSAS CITY 7 FINAL</div>

 

By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - David Garrard earned</div>redemption in his return to Kansas City, pacing the JacksonvilleJaguars to a 17-7 victory over the Chiefs on Sunday.

Garrard completed 10 of his first 11 passes, leading the Jaguarsto a 10-0 halftime lead. Garrard completed 20-of-27 passes for218 yards and a touchdown.


Last December, the Jaguars concluded their season herewith a 35-30 loss to the Chiefs, a third straight loss whichknocked them out of playoff contention.


"It was our second challenge in a row against the AFC West andI'm really proud of our football team," Jacksonville coachJack Del Rio said. "It was a very solid win for us against agood football team in a tough environment."


"Everything comes full circle," Garrard said. "I knew todaywould be different. This season is different. Going throughwhat I went through last year has prepared me. It has allowedme to be the quarterback I am today."


Garrard's controlled passing game led to the game's first scorewhen John Carney connected on a 20-yard field goal to give theJaguars a 3-0 lead as time expired in the first period, cappinga drive that lasted 10 minutes, 55 seconds. Carney was fillingin for kicker Josh Scobee, who remained out with a strainedright quadriceps.


"We're turning into the kind of offense that controls theclock," Garrard said. "We want to control the clock and takecare of the ball. The more we can control it, the more thedefense is off the field.


"We thought it was imperative that we were able to run thefootball and be able to slow them down in the run game," Del Riosaid. We were able to get that done today."


Maurice Jones-Drew broke through the middle of the Kansas Cityline for a 52-yard touchdown, extending Jacksonville's lead to10-0 midway through the second quarter. Jones-Drew finishedwith 82 yards on nine carries. He had rushed for 100 yards on33 carries in the first three games this season.


"It's been a while, so it felt good to get into the end zone,"Jones-Drew said. "Everybody did a great job today."

"We didn't stop the run," Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen said."They did a good job running the ball, jamming the run down ourthroats, and until we stop the run teams are going to keepdoing that to us. We have to put our nose to the grindstone andget better."


Garrard sealed the victory with a 3-yard touchdown pass toDennis Northcutt to give the Jaguars a 17-0 lead with 8:26remaining in the fourth quarter.


"I love throwing touchdowns and I love running for touchdowns,"Garrard said. "But it's all about the wins and losses. When wehave days like this where all phases are clicking, the sky'sthe limit."


Northcutt had four catches for 73 yards for Jacksonville, whichhas won three straight since a season-opening loss toTennessee.


The Jaguars' defense bottled up Chiefs rushing star LarryJohnson, holding him to just 12 yards on nine carries as KansasCity only penetrated Jacksonville territory three times.

"We had a good game plan," Jaguars linebacker Clint Ingram said."When you go up against a guy like that, you have to get onhim. That's the kind of defense we want to play. That's whatwe expect of ourselves. We almost pitched a shutout. That'spretty good."


"What's puzzling for us right now is we can't run the ball veryconsistently at all," Chiefs coach Herm Edwards said. "So,we became a one-handed team having to throw the ball all thetime. That's not very good. We're going to have to do somethings to change our running game. That's something we have tolook at because we've struggled all year running the ball."

Jacksonville had its shutout bid spoiled when Brodie Croylethrew a 13-yard touchdown to Samie Parker on the game's finalplay.


"Anytime you are playing good defense, you are tackling well,"Del Rio said. "I think the fundamentals of football are soimportant, particularly on defense shedding blocks and beingable to tackle. I thought we were very solid in those areastoday for the most part."


The Jaguars (3-1) also drove Chiefs quarterback Damon Huard fromthe game in the fourth quarter with a right shoulder contusion.Huard went 19-of-30 for 196 yards before being replaced byCroyle.


"Give Jacksonville a lot of credit," Huard said. "It's a greatdefense and they came into our house and beat us bad today. Thatdoesn't happen very often. Their defense was outstanding andthey forced us to be one-dimensional."


"We don't know," Edwards said of the seriousness of Huard'sinjury. "I know he couldn't go back in the game. The MRI willtell where he's at, but he's very sore in the shoulder."

Chiefs perennial Pro Bowl tight end Gonzalez had eight catchesfor 100 yards.


"If I get 100 yards, we usually win," Gonzalez said. "I'd tradeit all in for a win. It's one of those frustrating games. Wecan be a better team than this because we have the talent. Idon't know that we're playing like it. Of course, everything ismagnified when you lose."


Kansas City (2-3) failed in its bid to win three straight games.