Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Box score, stats and summary feat. Josh Allen
On Monday, the struggling Jacksonville Jaguars traveled to Highmark Stadium to take on the high-flying Buffalo Bills. Both teams are on opposite ends of the form spectrum so far this season.
The Bills have started the year 2-0 and are looking primed to be among the teams competing for the conference title in January. On the contrary, the Jaguars have lost both their opening games and have been trending downward.
Jacksonville would've hoped that a strong performance and a win over Buffalo would alter the course of their campaign. However, the game panned out exactly the opposite of how they wanted it to.
Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Box Score
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Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars summary
The Bills got off to a hot start as they embarked on a 13-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on the game's first possession to take a 6-0 lead before their defense forced a three-and-out, allowing the offense to double their advantage, which they did miss out on.
The Jaguars got on the board with a field goal at the start of the second quarter. However, Josh Allen and the Bills offense continued to steamroll Jacksonville's defense, scoring their third touchdown in as many drives, courtesy of the quarterback connecting with wide receiver Keon Coleman for a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Things got worse for the Jaguars on the subsequent drive, as Bills safety Damar Hamlin picked off a stray pass from Trevor Lawrence and gave the offense another golden opportunity to add to their lead.
Allen and the Bills offense did not let it slip and needed only six plays to get in the endzone for the fourth time in the first half.
Buffalo's defense forced Jacksonville's offense off the field in under the minute, giving Allen and the offense 1:12 to add to their tally. However, they needed only 53 seconds to score their fifth touchdown of the half, as the quarterback found running back Ty Johnson in the endzone from 16 yards out.
In the final drive of the half, Buffalo's defense continued to stifle Lawrence and the Jaguars offense, forcing a turnover on downs on the final play of the second quarter to go into the halftime break with the Bills 34-3.
Jacksonville started the second half strongly, embarking on a 10-play, 63-yard touchdown drive, igniting hope of an unlikely comeback.
However, a field goal by the Bills on the subsequent drive and a turnover on downs on the Jaguars' second possession of the half all but ended hope of a Jacksonville recovery.
Late in the fourth quarter, Jaguars backup quarterback Mac Jones fumbled the ball after a sack and the Bills recovered it to open their penultimate drive of the night at Jacksonville's 21-yard line.
Bills' backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky made good use of the opportunity, leading the team to their sixth touchdown of the night.
Another turnover on downs by Jones and the Jaguars offense set up the Bills in victory formation, ending Jacksonville's dismal day in Buffalo.