Jonah Coleman’s 3-yard touchdown run highlighted a dominant fourth quarter in which the Denver Broncos rallied past the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars for a 20-13 victory Sunday afternoon.
The Broncos (1-1) amassed 154 of their 392 yards of offense in the fourth quarter, during which they scored both of their touchdowns to avenge their only home regular-season loss last season to the Jaguars.
Bo Nix completed 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, a touchdown and an interception. After he had just one catch for 2 yards in his Denver debut, Jaylen Waddle had eight catches for 138 yards.
Trevor Lawrence completed 17 of 29 passes for 189 yards and one interception for the Jaguars (1-1), who scored their final points on the opening drive of the second half. Parker Washington had seven catches for 98 yards, while Bhayshul Tuten had 65 rushing yards and a touchdown.
After managing six points on its first six drives, Denver finally found the end zone with 11:47 remaining. Riley Moss intercepted Lawrence, and Nix then found Nate Adkins for a 7-yard touchdown that tied the game at 13.
After a missed 54-yard field goal by Jacksonville’s Cam Little, Denver took its first lead on rookie Coleman’s first NFL touchdown, a 3-yard run that put the Broncos ahead 20-13 with 7:21 left.
Jacksonville then punted, and Denver was able to run out the remaining 4:41.
After a slow first quarter highlighted by five punts, Jacksonville opened the scoring on the first drive of the second. Lawrence was a perfect 4-for-4 for 65 yards, including a 32-yard strike to Washington, which set up Tuten’s 1-yard touchdown.
It appeared Denver was quickly going to equalize when Nix hit a 49-yard pass to Waddle down to the 1 on the ensuing possession. However, the Jaguars stopped three consecutive running plays, forcing the Broncos to settle for a 20-yard Wil Lutz field goal.
Denver seemed poised to take the lead on its ensuing possession when it moved inside the 10-yard line on 27-yard catches by Tyler Badie and Troy Franklin. This time, though, an interception by Jourdan Lewis kept Jacksonville ahead.
The Jaguars turned the game’s first turnover into a two-minute drive capped by Little’s 44-yard field goal, taking a 10-3 lead into the half.
Jacksonville started the second half with a drive inside the Denver 10 but had to settle for a 23-yard Little field goal to push its lead to 13-3.
Denver also settled for a field goal on its opening drive of the second half to cut the deficit to 13-6 with 4:58 left in the third quarter.
–Field Level Media
