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Desperate Jacksonville Triumphs

The Associated Press

Published: November 12, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Jacksonville Jaguars came in desperate. That was more than enough against the short-handed Tennessee Titans.
Quinn Gray threw for a TD and Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor ran for one apiece as the Jaguars beat Tennessee 28-13 Sunday to split the season series and work their way back into a tie for second in the AFC South.

The Jaguars (6-3) came in having lost two of three. They also wanted to amend for a season-opening loss to Tennessee in which they gave up 282 yards rushing.

Jacksonville snapped the Titans' three-game winning streak; the Titans needed a win to ensure remaining at worst a game behind Indianapolis in the AFC South. The Titans (6-3) struggled without injured DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Travis LaBoy.

That put pressure on Vince Young, who threw for a career-high 257 yards and his first TD pass since Sept. 24. But the Jaguars sacked him four times, recovered a botched snap and picked Young off twice.

Jones-Drew ran for 101 yards on 19 carries, and Taylor added 45 more as the Jags rolled up 166 yards against the NFL's stingiest run defense, which had been giving up 66 a game.

Jacksonville	7	7	7	7	-	28
Tennessee	0	3	3	7	-	13

First Quarter

Jac-G.Jones 2 pass from Gray (Carney kick), 2:00.

Second Quarter

Jac-Jones-Drew 8 run (Carney kick), 5:07.

Ten-FG Bironas 37, :00.

Third Quarter

Jac-Taylor 4 run (Carney kick), 7:49.

Ten-FG Bironas 49, 4:44.

Fourth Quarter

Ten-Gage 20 pass from Young (Bironas kick), 14:54.

Jac-G.Jones 3 run (Carney kick), 4:47.

A-69,143.

	Jac	Ten
First downs	19	17
Total Net Yards	262	292
Rushes-yards	44-166	19-62
Passing	96	230
Punt Returns	3-45	4-24
Kickoff Returns	2-29	5-65
Interceptions Ret.	2-18	0-0
Comp-Att-Int	13-23-0	24-41-2
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-5	4-27
Punts	5-43.0	5-44.0
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	2-1
Penalties-Yards	4-35	9-56
Time of Possession	34:23	25:37

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 19-101, Taylor 16-45, Gray 3-13, Northcutt 1-8, G.Jones 3-1, Podlesh 2-(minus 2). Tennessee, Young 8-52, White 8-12, Henry 3-(minus 2).

PASSING-Jacksonville, Gray 13-23-0-101. Tennessee, Young 24-41-2-257.

RECEIVING-Jacksonville, Jones-Drew 3-28, Wrighster 3-13, Wilford 2-24, R.Williams 1-13, Estandia 1-9, Lewis 1-8, Northcutt 1-4, G.Jones 1-2. Tennessee, Gage 7-90, Jones 5-51, R.Williams 4-31, Scaife 3-38, Henry 2-15, Moulds 1-18, Hartsock 1-9, White 1-5.

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