JACKSONVILLE \u2013 This was dominance, homecoming style.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars’ impressive, one-sided division victory Sunday had a new fashion flair, too \u2013 and further widened their division lead.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdowns, with running back Bhayshul Tuten breaking out and the defense dominating throughout a 42-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on a damp, gray day at EverBank Stadium Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars (5-2), debuting their “Rivalry” uniforms, took a 28-0 halftime lead on a day on which they extended their lead in the AFC South to three games over the idle Houston Texans (2-5).<\/p>\n
The Colts (2-6) lost a fourth consecutive game.<\/p>\n
Lawrence threw first-half touchdown passes to wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. and tight end Nate Boerkircher, with Tuten breaking away for a long touchdown run late in the first half and safety Rayuan Lane scoring on a length-of-the-field interception return for a touchdown just before halftime.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars rushed for a season-best 183 yards, with running back Chris Rodriguez’s third-quarter touchdown run pushing the lead to 35-0 early in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Tuten rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, and also turned a screen pass into a touchdown as the third quarter expired for a 42-7 Jaguars lead.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars were playing at EverBank Stadium for the first time since a September 27 victory over the New England Patriots. They will play their next three games on the road before a November 29 home game against the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars extended their home winning streak over the Colts to 12, with 11 of those victories in Jacksonville. The Colts last won in Jacksonville in 2014.<\/p>\n
They also extended their regular-season winning streak in Jacksonville to seven games, with all seven victories by 17 or more points.<\/p>\n
Lawrence, who left the game early in the fourth quarter, completed 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.<\/p>\n
Colts quarterback Daniel Jones completed 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions, with Colts All-Pro running back Jonathan Taylor rushing for 23 yards on eight carries.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars registered four sacks Sunday \u2013 one by defensive end Travon Walker, a shared one by defensive end Josh Hines-Allen\/defensive tackle Arik Armstead, one by safety Jalen Huskey and one by linebacker Foye Oluokun.<\/p>\n
They also forced three turnovers \u2013 Lane’s interception, a fumble recovery by rookie defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. and a second-half interception by linebacker Branson Combs.<\/p>\n
2026 Week 8, Step by step:<\/p>\n
Thomas Jr.’s 12-yard reception from Lawrence capped a 12-play, 98-yard drive for a 7-0 Jaguars lead with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter; key play on the drive: a 46-yard pass from Lawrence to tight end Brenton Strange that gave the Jaguars a first down at the Colts 32.Boerkircher’s 31-yard reception from Lawrence capped a four-play, 50-yard drive for a 14-0 Jaguars lead with 7:14 remaining in the second quarter; defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. recovered a Colts fumble at the 50-yard line to start the drive. Tuten’s 39-yard, tackle-breaking touchdown capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive for a 21-0 lead with 1:50 remaining, with Lane’s 92-yard interception return giving the Jaguars a 28-0 lead with :10 remaining in the half.Rodriguez’s 28-yard run capped a three-play, 37-yard drive for a 35-0 lead with 9:08 remaining in the third quarter, with Jones passing six yards to wide receiver Josh Downs to cap the ensuing drive and make it 35-7 with 3:59 remaining in the third quarter. Tuten’s 25-yard pass from Lawrence on the final play of the third quarter made it 42-7.<\/p>\n
Notable: Safety Antonio Johnson was among six Jaguars inactive players Sunday. He was ruled out Friday after sustaining an ankle injury in a Week 6 loss to the Houston Texans. Long snapper Ross Matiscik and cornerback Montaric Brown played Sunday, with Matiscik missing the Texans loss with a shoulder injury and Brown missed that game with a hamstring injury. Also inactive for the Jaguars Sunday: rookie wide receiver CJ Williams, rookie defensive tackle Albert Regis, rookie defensive end Wesley Williams, linebacker Jamal Hill and cornerback Alijah Huzzie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE \u2013 This was dominance, homecoming style. The Jaguars’ impressive, one-sided division victory Sunday had a new fashion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[881,171733,116,118,117,885,880,3274,884,883],"class_list":["post-444566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-front-page-headline","tag-indianapolis-colts-at-jacksonville-jaguars-2026-reg-8","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","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\/444566","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=444566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}