The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t just beat the New England Patriots on Sunday. They flattened them.
Coming off their Week 2 road loss to Denver, Jacksonville answered with a 35-6 home win that looked decisive from the opening stretch and only got uglier for New England as the afternoon rolled on. Trevor Lawrence was steady and efficient, the defense swallowed up the Patriots’ offense, and the Jaguars turned turnovers into points while the Patriots kept handing the ball back.
It started with the kind of ugly sequence that usually tells you what kind of day is coming. After both defenses opened strong and three straight punts went by, Drake Maye put New England’s first real drive on the rocks with a fumble that gave the ball back to Jacksonville in scoring range.
The Jaguars cashed in with a 10-play, 62-yard march that lasted 5:27 and ended with Josh Cameron hauling in a 12-yard touchdown. Parker Washington also helped spark that drive with an 18-yard catch.
New England’s mistakes kept piling up, but Jacksonville wasn’t clean either. Lawrence’s pass to Brenton Strange was dropped and tipped into the air, then picked off by Marcus Jones. Even that only cost the Jaguars three points, because the defense squeezed the Patriots to just three yards on the ensuing drive.
Jacksonville responded the right way. Lawrence led a nine-play, 62-yard touchdown drive that featured a 23-yard catch by Strange and ended with Jakobi Meyer scoring in the red zone.
By then, the Jaguars were already in control, and Maye made sure the game tilted even harder before halftime. With New England at the Jacksonville two-yard line, he tried to force a third-down red-zone throw straight to Travis Hunter.
Hunter came away with his first career interception and wiped out a scoring chance.
The Jaguars had a shot to add more before the break, but Cam Little’s 70-yard field goal with the wind at his back still drifted wide right, even though it had the distance.
At halftime, Lawrence was 13 of 20 for 111 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, good for a 91.9 passer rating. Bhayshul Tuten had 8 carries for 48 yards, an even 6.0 per attempt.
The Patriots’ problems didn’t stop once the second half began. Andy Borregales missed a 38-yard field goal after New England put together a 10-play, 42-yard drive.
Jacksonville then answered with a long, punishing 15-play, 72-yard drive that ended with Parker Washington making an absurd 17-yard catch while being interfered with. On the very next kickoff, Jarrian Jones picked off another Patriots pass, his first interception of the year, and Chris Rodriguez punched in a five-yard touchdown on the next play.
That made it 28-3 and essentially ended any suspense.
Lawrence finished 19 of 29 for 182 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. The stat line was tidy enough, but it almost undersells how controlled he was. Jacksonville had him stop short of scoring in the fourth quarter, and Tuten scored on the next snap anyway.
There were plenty of standout performances around him. Josh Cameron not only scored a receiving touchdown, but also added a 42-yard kick return and a kickoff coverage tackle one play after his score.
Davon Hamilton was a force inside, finishing with 5 tackles, 3 solo, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while helping hold Treveyon Henderson and Rhamondre Stevenson to 2.9 and 3.1 yards per carry. On defense, the Jaguars forced two interceptions and got a third turnover without help from New England’s offense, then won the turnover battle and the points-off-turnovers battle, 14-3.
Cameron’s role also stood out in the passing game. After Brian Thomas Jr. had a rough Week 2 with two dropped passes, the rookie receiver saw a lot of the opening-half third-receiver snaps. Cameron made the most of it with his second career red-zone touchdown, while Thomas had just one target and an eight-yard catch against New England.
Hunter also left his mark. He gave up a 21-yard catch to Mack Hollins on the opening drive, but he played more snaps on defense than he had in previous weeks and made the biggest play of his young career with that first interception, a red-zone takeaway that saved a touchdown.
The Jaguars also had several roster notes going into the game. Their inactives were WR CJ Williams, S Jalen Huskey, DE Wesley Williams, OL Daniel Faalele, LB Jack Kiser and DT Albert Regis. Both QB Quinn Ewers and rookie tight end Tanner Koziol made their 2026 debuts.
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