Trevor Lawrence leads Jaguars to third straight win in 25-3 victory over the Titans

NASHVILLE Tenn AP Trevor Lawrence threw for yards and two touchdowns and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans - Sunday for their third straight preeminence With the win the Jaguars - improved their AFC playoff hopes while chasing their first division title since The Jaguars still have two games left against Indianapolis and the Colts fell to - with a - loss to Houston The Jaguars also beat the Titans for the sixth time in seven games Josh Hines-Allen had two of Jacksonville s three sacks of rookie Cam Ward and the Jaguars recovered two fumbles The Titans - lost their seventh straight overall and th consecutive at home matching the longest such skid since this franchise moved to Tennessee They also lost in a row at Nissan Stadium in a stretch over the and seasons Fans booed the Titans early and often before heading to the exits well before the end Lawrence threw a -yarder to Jakobi Meyers putting the Jaguars ahead to stay late in the first quarter He threw a -yard TD pass to Brenton Strange on the third play after LeQuint Allen Jr forced and recovered a fumble on a kickoff After a penalty Lawrence ran for a -point conversion and a - lead to start the second quarter Meyers led the Jaguars with six catches for yards This was his first meeting with wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr who was back after missing two games with an injured ankle since Meyers was added from Las Vegas at the arrangement deadline Tennessee led - after a -yard field goal by Joey Slye Bhayshul Tuten padded the Jaguars lead to - with a -yard TD run with left in the third quarter That drive was kept alive by a roughing the punter penalty on Mike Brown when the Jaguars faced fourth-and- from their Flag day Brown was ejected after a bit of a scrum after a Jaguars punt in the fourth quarter Officers huddled up after settling everyone down then handed out personal fouls to Brown and Julius Chestnut with the Titans and to Jaguars punter Logan Cooke and long snapper Ross Matiscik The Titans hurt themselves with penalties Linebacker Arden Key s roughing the passer gave the Jaguars points with Cam Little hitting a -yard field goal on an untimed down for an - lead at halftime The Jaguars matched their season high with penalties Injuries Matisick hurt his back early in the first quarter and returned in the third quarter WR Patrick Washington hurt a hip in the first half and didn t return Left tackle Walker Little missed the second half after being evaluated for a concussion He was replaced by Cole Van Lanen Cooke returned after being evaluated for a concussion Titans receiver Xavier Restrepo hurt his right ankle with left and was carted off the field Up next The Jaguars host Indianapolis on Dec The Titans visit Cleveland on Dec AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source