Jaguars

The Jaguars had no trouble with the Texans on Sunday, cruising to a massive blowout at NRG Stadium.

A loss would almost certainly mean the end of the Jaguars’ season. On a day when the Houston offense did next to nothing, the Texans secondary at least provided a couple big plays. Houston finished with 11 first downs, but punted six times, turned the ball over with a fumble once, and were stuffed on fourth downs four times. That included a 13-6 win in Jacksonville earlier this season, but the rematch didn’t at all resemble the first meeting. The second-year running back made up for it with 108 rushing yards on only nine carries, including a 62-yard touchdown. Still, the backups saw significant time as the Jaguars cruised to a 31-3 win at NRG Stadium.

The Jaguars will take a four-game win streak into next week's battle for the division title against the Titans, who've lost six straight.

[ National Football League](/stories/nfl/nfl-playoff-picture-whos-in-whos-still-in-the-hunt) [Christian Kirk](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/christian-kirk-player) (two catches, 21 yards) hit 1,000 yards receiving in a single season for the first time in his career. He covered the Seattle Seahawks for SeattlePI.com for three seasons (2018-20) prior to moving to Tennessee. He previously worked for The Tennessean/USA TODAY Network, where he was the Titans beat writer for a year and a half. [31-3](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/week-17-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-houston-texans-jan-01-2023-game-boxscore-9937) on Sunday at NRG Stadium, one of their most dominant victories of the season. (9 carries, 108 yards, TD; 3 receptions, 32 yards) and right guard [Brandon Scherff](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/brandon-scherff-player) were pulled from the game to rest. The Jaguars haven't lost since Dec. 4, while the Titans haven't won since Nov. Jacksonville's performance Sunday was teach-tape for what good teams should do to bad ones, all the more significant considering its issues historically with Houston (2-13-1). They scored their first touchdown on their opening possession: an eight-play, 45-yard opening drive following a fourth-and-1 stop. No Jaguars would be resting, unless injury made it impossible for them to play. No game is, as Jaguars coach Doug Pederson stressed.

The Jaguars put the Texans away with ease on Sunday, setting the stage for a pivotal Week 18 matchup.

Hasty picked up several first downs through the air on an 11-play, 75-yard scoring drive that also saw Snoop Conner score his first NFL touchdown on A three-yard carry. But after three straight incompletions, including one on fourth-down, the Jaguars escaped the drive without any points allowed, entering halftime with a 21-0 lead. With his catch, Kirk became just the sixth Jaguars receiver to ever hit 1,000 yards and the first since DJ Chark in 2019. The table has now been set for the Jaguars to face the Tennessee Titans in Week 18 in a defacto playoff game. The interception, which is Lawrence's eighth of the season, was his third in six quarters vs. And even after, that the Texans failed to score on the Jaguars' junior varsity squad.

A win against the Jaguars will give the Houston Texans three victories against their AFC South contemporaries.

On the last play of the game, Mills connected with tight end Jordan Akins for a 29-yard gain. The Texans finally scored their first points of the day. Lawrence connected with Etienne for a 30-yard gain. Houston finished the possession with 16 yards in six plays. The Texans recorded just their fourth first down of the game following Mills' nine-yard pass to tight end Jordan Akins. Jaguars' defensive back Tevaughn Campbell recovered the ball and scored Jacksonville's third touchdown of the game. The Texans began the possession with quarterback Davis Mills finding wide receiver Phillip Dorsett for seven yards. accounted for 44 yards on the ground. On their next possession, the Jaguars recorded 37 yards in five plays. They went 4-2 against their divisional opponents, which included a sweep against the Jaguars. "The best we can do this year is to have the best record against division opponents.’ That was our goal and Tennessee was the first one that was up. They have a chance to live up to Smith's desire Sunday afternoon against the 7-8 Jacksonville Jaguars.

INDIANAPOLIS - The IUPUI basketball team will ring in 2023 when the Jaguars host Wright State on Monday, Jan. 2 inside Indiana Farmers Coliseum at 2:00 p.m. ...

23) and New Orleans (Nov. Denver (Nov. However, Monroe was injured during the New Orleans trip and is currently sidelined indefinitely. He became the first rookie in the Horizon League to earn the award twice this season. With virtually have the active roster sidelined with injuries, Taylor was awarded 26 minutes of action and responded with a career-high eight points (4-8 FG), nine rebounds and two assists. 13 in the Horizon League in scoring (13.3 ppg) and fifth in field goal percentage (49.7%) among qualified players. The 4,114 fans easily surpassed the previous record for an IUPUI home game - 3,327 against Indiana State inside Conseco Fieldhouse on Dec. For the season, the South Bend-native now has 13 points and 13 boards in his 65 minutes of work. 19 and followed up with 23 points (9-13 FG, 1-1 3's, 4-4 FT) in the Dec. He had a career-high 27 points (10-19 FG, 7-7 FT) and five rebounds against Southern Indiana on Dec. IUPUI will hit the road to face off with Youngstown State on Saturday, Jan. The Raiders shoot 50 percent from the field and 35.3 percent from the three-point line while outrebounding opponents by 2.4 boards per game.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence hopes TIAA Bank Field will be rocking next weekend when the Titans come to town.

After Week 17, the Jaguars have won five of their last six, while the Titans have dropped six straight games. While there’s still a chance the Jaguars could reach the postseason “It’s still played the same way.