David Garrard threw three touchdown passes - including a pair to tight end Marcedes Lewis - and the Jacksonville Jaguars' defense clamped down in the second half in a 36-26 victory over the winless Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Buffalo won the turnover battle, but once again failed to win the game and fell to 0-5 this season.
The game was tied at 13-13 at the half, but the Jaguars took advantage of a big special teams play to grab the lead.
Rookie Deji Karim returned the second-half kickoff 51 yards to give the Jaguars the ball at the Buffalo 39. It took Jacksonville three plays to punch it in as Garrard capped the short drive with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Lewis.
Buffalo tied the game at 20-20 after converting a Garrard fumble near midfield into a 5-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Steve Johnson.
Garrard responded with his third touchdown pass of the game, a 7-yarder to Mike Sims-Walker to put Jacksonville up for good.
Josh Scobee kicked three field goals in the fourth quarter for the Jaguars (3-2).
Buffalo jumped out to an early lead, scoring on its first possession after a fumble and then turned a Garrard interception on Jacksonville's ensuing possession into a field goal by Ryan Lindell for a 10-0 lead.
Jacksonville | Buffalo | |
Maurice Jones-Drew | Player | Fred Jackson |
19 | Attempts | 12 |
84 | Yards | 73 |
4.4 | Avg Yards | 6.1 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
23 | Long | 31 |
Jacksonville | Buffalo | |
Marcedes Lewis | Player | Lee Evans |
4 | Receptions | 5 |
54 | Yards | 87 |
13.5 | Avg Yards | 17.4 |
2 | Touchdowns | 1 |
27 | Long | 45 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sacks | FF |
Jacksonville | 381 | 216 | 165 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 |
Buffalo | 306 | 110 | 196 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 |