HOUSTON, Tex. \u2013 Call this one frustrating. Really frustrating.<\/p>\n
Call it a missed opportunity, too \u2013 with the Jaguars missing a chance for a big victory, and doing so in heartbreaking fashion.<\/p>\n
Parker Washington scored two touchdowns, and the Jaguars took a huge early lead, but they squandered a chance to sweep their AFC South rivals \u2013 with the Houston Texans rallying from a 19-point second-half deficit for a 36-29 victory over the Jaguars at NRG Stadium Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Davis Mills’ 17-yard scramble with :30 remaining in the fourth quarter capped the Texans’ rally, giving them a 30-29 lead. The two-point attempt failed.<\/p>\n
Texans defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins returned a fumble by quarterback Trevor Lawrence 32 yards for a touchdown on the game’s final play for the final margin.<\/p>\n
Washington, the Jaguars’ third-year wide receiver, scored the Jaguars’ first two touchdowns \u2013 both in the first half. Cam Little, the Jaguars’ second-year kicker, converted all three of his field-goal attempts to extend and protect an early lead built off Texans turnovers.<\/p>\n
Washington scored on a seven-yard first-quarter touchdown reception for a 10-0 lead, and his 73-yard second-quarter punt return pushed the lead to 17.<\/p>\n
Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. rushed for 58 yards on 16 carries, with his six-yard third-quarter touchdown giving the Jaguars a three-score lead late in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Mills threw touchdown passes to wide receiver Jayden Higgins and tight end Dalton Schultz to rally the Texans to within five.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars (5-4) lost for a third time in four games and trail the AFC South-leading Indianapolis Colts (8-2) by two and a half games. The Colts beat the Atlanta Falcons, 31-25, in overtime Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars missed a chance at their first season sweep over the Texans (4-5) since 2017. The Jaguars beat the Texans, 17-10, in Jacksonville in Week 3.<\/p>\n
Lawrence completed 13 of 23 passes for 158 yards and one touchdown with one interception.<\/p>\n
Mills, playing for injured starter C.J. Stroud (concussion) completed 27 of 45 passes for 292 yards and two touchdowns with one interceptions, with cornerback Jarrian Jones intercepting Mills to set up a first-quarter field goal.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars registered two takeaways Sunday, with rookie defensive end Danny Striggow recovering a fumble on an early Texans kickoff return to set up Washington’s touchdown reception. Sunday marked the Jaguars first multi-takeaway game since Week 4, and they now have 17 takeaways for the season.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars also registered two sacks Sunday \u2013 one each by safety Antonio Johnson and defensive tackle Arik Armstead \u2013 and now have 11 for the season.<\/p>\n
2025 Week 10, Step by step:<\/p>\n
Little gave the Jaguars a 3-0 lead with 11:04 remaining in the first quarter, a score that came seven plays after Jones intercepted Mills to end the Texans’ first possession. The Jaguars turned their second takeaway of the game into a 10-point lead, with Lawrence’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Washington giving the Jaguars a 10-lead with 8:17 remaining in the first quarter, a play that came five plays after Striggow recovered a fumble by Texans kickoff returner Tremon Smith.
\nWashington’s punt return for a touchdown came with 11:40 remaining in the second quarter and pushed the Jaguars’ lead to 17-0, with Texans kicker Matthew Wright capping the ensuing possession with a 23-yard field goal that cut the lead to 17-3 with 8:04 remaining in the half. Little’s 53-yard field goal with 4:02 remaining in the half capped a seven-play, 40-yard drive and pushed the Jaguars’ lead to 20-3. A one-yard run by Texans running back Woody Marks made it 20-10 with 4:02 remaining in the half.
\nLittle’s 33-yard field goal capped a nine-play, 59-yard drive and pushed the Jaguars’ lead to 23-10 with 10:17 remaining. Etienne’s six-yard run that pushed the lead to 19 with 1:33 remaining in the third quarter capped an 11-play, 58-yard drive.
\nHiggins’ 12-yard reception on a pass from Mills and wide receiver Nico Collins’ ensuing two-point reception cut the lead to 29-18 with 12:16 remaining. Mills capped the Texans’ ensuing drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Schultz, cutting the Jaguars’ lead to 29-24 with 7:29 remaining.<\/p>\n
Notable: Jaguars wide receiver Dyami Brown played Sunday after being questionable with a concussion on Friday’s final injury report of the week; the Jaguars’ six inactive players Sunday: Starting left guard Ezra Cleveland (knee\/ankle), tight end Hunter Long (hip\/knee), running back Cody Schrader, starting wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle), defensive tackle Austin Johnson and starting cornerback Jourdan Lewis (neck).<\/p>\n
Injury report: Jaguars right tackle Anton Harrison and right guard Patrick Mekari sustained fourth-quarter knee injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Tex. \u2013 Call this one frustrating. Really frustrating. Call it a missed opportunity, too \u2013 with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[881,116,118,22939,117,885,880,3274,884,883],"class_list":["post-40192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-front-page-headline","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-at-houston-texans-2025-reg-10","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-john-oehser","tag-news-front-page-headline","tag-news-game-report","tag-news-gameday","tag-news-jaguars-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}