NFL: Falcons pound on hapless Jaguars

ATLANTA - Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes and the Atlanta Falcons clinched a fourth straight winning season with a 41-14 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night.

At halftime the Falcons (9-5) were up by 27-0 and the Jaguars (4-10) had a net passing total of minus-1 yard.

Falcons 41, Jaguars 14

Jacksonville 0 0 7 7 – 14

Atlanta 10 17 14 0 – 41

First quarter

 Atl–Jones 29 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:51.

Atl–FG Bryant 33, 3:18.

Second quarter

 Atl–Turner 5 run (Bryant kick), 13:03.

Atl–White 6 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 1:49.

Atl–FG Bryant 31, :00.

Third quarter

Atl–Peters 13 fumble return (Bryant kick), 13:33.

Atl–White 29 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 6:38.

Jac–Potter 46 blocked punt return (Scobee kick), 2:12.

Fourth quarter

Jac–West 16 pass from Gabbert (Scobee kick), :59.

A: 68,856.

Jac   Atl

First downs 12   20

Total Net Yards 207   373

Rushes-yards 19-116   35-97

Passing 91   276

Punt Returns 1-0   4-28

Kickoff Returns 6-143   2-53

Interceptions Ret. 0-0   1-21

Comp-Att-Int 12-22-1   24-32-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 5-50   1-4

Punts 7-43.4   5-40.8

Fumbles-Lost 3-3   0-0

Penalties-Yards 5-40   4-31

Time of Possession 21:29   38:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 17-112, Gabbert 1-5, D.Harris 1-(minus 1). Atlanta, Turner 19-61, Snelling 5-22, Rodgers 8-10, Jones 1-6, Redman 2-(minus 2).

Passing: Jacksonville, Gabbert 12-22-1-141. Atlanta, Ryan 19-26-0-224, Redman 5-6-0-56.

Receiving: Jacksonville, West 3-38, Lewis 3-30, Price 2-39, Dillard 2-12, Cloherty 1-21, Jones-Drew 1-1. Atlanta, White 10-135, Jones 5-85, Snelling 4-26, Turner 2-4, Gonzalez 1-14, Douglas 1-12, Rodgers 1-4.

Missed Field Goals: None.