Jaguars put away Texans

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chad Henne threw two touchdown passes, Jordan Todman scored on some trickery, and the Jacksonville Jaguars held on to beat the Houston Texans, 27-20, on Thursday night.

The Jaguars (4-9) won their third straight and continued to show signs of progress under first-year coach Gus Bradley.

Houston (2-11) extended its franchise-record losing streak to 11 games.

Jaguars 27, Texans 20

Houston 0 7 10 3 – 20

Jacksonville 7 10 7 3 – 27

First quarter

Jax–Lewis 1 pass from Henne (Scobee kick), 8:48.

Second quarter

Jax–Shorts III 6 pass from Henne (Scobee kick), 13:41.

Hou–Martin 8 pass from Keenum (Bullock kick), 1:53.

Jax–FG Scobee 40, :03.

Third quarter

Hou–FG Bullock 34, 8:29.

Jax–Todman 21 pass from Sanders (Scobee kick), 6:12.

Hou–Graham 5 pass from Schaub (Bullock kick), 1:08.

Fourth quarter

Hou–FG Bullock 31, 11:31.

Jax–FG Scobee 39, :25.

A: 60,414.

Hou   Jax

First downs 23   18

Total Net Yards 406   281

Rushes-yards 19-83   28-149

Passing 323   132

Punt Returns 3-21   2-25

Kickoff Returns 3-40   2-48

Interceptions Ret. 0-0   2-11

Comp-Att-Int 33-58-2   13-28-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-34   1-6

Punts 5-43.8   8-42.6

Fumbles-Lost 1-0   0-0

Penalties-Yards 14-177   8-57

Time of Possession 35:22   24:38

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Houston, Tate 14-53, Keenum 1-13, D.Johnson 3-10, Schaub 1-7. Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 14-103, Henne 4-33, Todman 7-14, Sanders 1-0, Robinson 2-(minus 1).

Passing: Houston, Schaub 17-29-1-198, Keenum 16-29-1-159. Jacksonville, Henne 12-27-0-117, Sanders 1-1-0-21.

Receiving: Houston, A.Johnson 13-154, Graham 8-73, Martin 4-28, Hopkins 3-76, Tate 2-3, Griffin 1-10, Posey 1-9, D.Johnson 1-4. Jacksonville, Sanders 3-26, Brown 3-16, Lewis 2-42, Jones-Drew 2-20, Shorts III 2-13, Todman 1-21.

Missed Field Goals: None.