Trevor Lawrence scrambled for an improbable game-winning touchdown with 23 seconds remaining as the Jacksonville Jaguars scored a dramatic 31-28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday.<\/p>\n
Jaguars quarterback Lawrence’s winning touchdown crowned a superb individual performance that saw him make 18-of-25 passes for 221 yards with 10 carries for 54 yards, including two rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n
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The victory snapped an eight-game Jacksonville losing skid in contests against Kansas City dating to 2009.<\/p>\n
“There’s things we can build on but we’re finding ways to win against a really good football team. That’s all you can ask for,” Lawrence said.<\/p>\n
“Just keep doing what we’re doing. Obviously our process is working. We’ve got to stick to it, come to work every day trying to get better. We’ve done a good job of that. There’s still so much more that we can improve on.”<\/p>\n
Jacksonville improved to 4-1 with a third consecutive triumph, matching Indianapolis for the AFC South division lead, while Kansas City slid to 2-3, one game behind Denver and the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC West.<\/p>\n
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The Chiefs seek their sixth Super Bowl appearance in seven seasons and fourth in a row while the Jaguars have never reached the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
Cam Little’s 52-yard field goal with 8:08 remaining gave Jacksonville a 24-21 lead, but Patrick Mahomes directed the Chiefs on an 86-yard drive to grab a 28-24 lead after a two-yard Kareem Hunt touchdown run with 1:45 to play.<\/p>\n
Lawrence, however, was not done. He\u00a0moved the Jaguars\u00a0to the Chiefs’ one-yard line on a pass interference penalty on Chamarri Conner, then scored on a wild play.<\/p>\n
Lawrence took the snap, fell over, rose, evaded two tacklers and dove into the end zone for the winning touchdown with 23 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
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“Just panic. Sheer panic,” Lawrence said of the decisive play. “On the ground, we didn’t have any timeouts, got stepped on coming out. I was like, ‘I’ve just got to get up.’<\/p>\n
“I was going to throw it out of bounds and stop the clock and there was really no one around me, so went and made a play.”<\/p>\n
– Chiefs\u00a0ruled early –<\/p>\n
Mahomes, who threw for 318 yards, flipped a two-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce to open the scoring.<\/p>\n
Kansas City denied Lawrence on a one-yard leap for the goal line early in the second quarter and five plays later, Mahomes scored on a nine-yard touchdown run to cap a 97-yard drive for a 14-0 Chiefs lead.<\/p>\n
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The Jaguars responded with a 70-yard touchdown march ending on Lawrence’s three-yard pass to Parker Washington and Lawrence’s 10-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter lifted Jacksonville level.<\/p>\n
Mahomes drove the Chiefs to the Jaguars’ three-yard line but threw an interception to Devin Lloyd, whose 99-yard touchdown return gave Jacksonville a 21-14 lead.<\/p>\n
Lloyd leads the NFL with four interceptions this season and the Jaguars lead the league in takeaways.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs equalized at 21-21 after Lawrence was intercepted by\u00a0Trent McDuffie and Hunt scored two plays later on a five-yard run.<\/p>\n
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