If you tuned in to the “Thursday Night Football” game between the Titans and Jaguars, you probably saw plenty of three things: flags, failed third-down conversions and mustaches.
There were 13 total penalties for 131 yards, enough that some people didn’t want to finish watching the game. The teams combined to finish 10 for 28 on third down. And then there was Gardner Minshew.
Making only his second career start, the 2019 sixth-round pick looked nothing like a backup in leading Jacksonville to a 20-7 victory.
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Minshew completed 20 of 30 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns as he outplayed his counterpart, Marcus Mariota, who was just 23 for 40 with 304 yards. Mariota was also sacked nine times.
To be fair to Mariota, it just wasn’t a night for offense at Jacksonville’s TIAA Bank Field. Tennessee (1-2) outpaced Jacksonville (1-2) in total yards, 340-292.
This was especially true of the running backs, as a highly anticipated battle between Derrick Henry and Leonard Fournette didn’t amount to much. Henry carried the ball 17 times for 44 yards and a touchdown, while Fournette had 15 carries for 66 yards — 69 of which came on one carry in the fourth quarter.
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Sporting News provided live updates, results and highlights from the “Thursday Night Football” game between AFC South teams (all times Eastern).
Titans vs. Jaguars: Results, highlights from Week 3 matchup
Final: Jaguars 20, Titans 7
11:16 p.m.: Mariota completes a 19-yard pass, but then is sacked just before the two-minute warning. The Titans trail the Jaguars by 13 and have 77 yards to go on this drive.
11:13 p.m.: Minshew’s pass is incomplete in the end zone and the Titans will take over at the 4.
11:09 p.m.: Fournette finally has positive net rushing yards, carrying the ball 69 yards to the Tennessee 9.
11:06 p.m.: Mariota is sacked twice on the drive and Tennessee has to punt again. Westbrook loses 2 yards on the 60-yard punt, and the Jaguars will begin the drive from their own 20.
11:02 p.m.: The Titans will begin from their 25 after taking the touchback on the kickoff.
10:59 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, JACKSONVILLE. Lambo drills the 48-yard kick to extend the lead. Jaguars 20, Titans 7.
10:50 p.m.: Jacksonville will start its drive from its 25 with 12:04 remaining in the game.
10:46 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE. Derrick Henry waltzes into the end zone on a 1-yard carry to get the Titans on the board. Jaguars 17, Titans 7.
10:37 p.m.: Humphries calls for a fair catch at the Tennessee 34.
Third quarter: Jaguars 17, Titans 0
10:32 p.m.: Jack will not return to the game.
10:30 p.m.: Mariota is sacked and the Titans again have to punt. Kern punts 47 yards into the end zone and Tennessee will take over at its 20.
10:21 p.m.: Tennessee will take the touchback and start from the 25.
10:18 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, JACKSONVILLE. Westbrook can’t hang onto the pass from Minshew and Lambo is called upon to convert from 40 yards. Jaguars 17, Titans 0.
10:13 p.m.: Minshew continues to impress. This time, he connects with Chark for a 37-yard pass.
10:09 p.m.: The Titans opt to go for it on fourth down from the Jaguars’ 11-yard, but the move backfires. Mariota is sacked and Jacksonville will take over at its 20.
10:07 p.m.: Mariota converts on the third down try with a perfect pass deep to Tajae Sharpe for 47 yards. Tennessee is in the red zone, at the 15, for the first time all game.
10:06 p.m.: Myles Jack is heading off the field and into the tent on the sideline.
10:03 p.m.: The second-half kickoff goes through the back of the end zone and Tennessee will start from the 25.
Second quarter: Jaguars 14, Titans 0
9:44 p.m.: Starting on their opponent’s side of the field, the Titans only move backward and are forced to punt. Kern’s punt is fair-caught at the Jaguars’ 10.
9:42 p.m.: Penalties force the Jaguars to punt again; the second kick bounces out of bounds at the Jacksonville 44.
9:38 p.m.: Westbrook can’t hold onto the pass and Jacksonville is forced to punt.
9:34 p.m.: Kern puts the ball 52 yards and pins the Jaguars down at their 5.
9:31 p.m.: At the two-minute warning, Tennessee has a fourth-and-11 from their 43.
9:24 p.m.: The Titans pick up their first third-down conversion of the night with 7:06 remaining in the half. Tennessee has it first-and-10 from the 33.
9:19 p.m.: Jacksonville’s drive ends at its 24. Cooke’s punt rolls to the Tennessee 21.
9:16 p.m.: Jaguars wide receiver Chris Conley (ankle) is questionable to return.
9:14 p.m.: The Titans again can’t get anything going and their punt sails into the end zone. Jacksonville will begin its drive from its 20.
9:10 p.m.: The Jaguars’ drive ends at the Jacksonville 47. Cooke punts it to the Titans’ 23, but a 10-yard penalty moves the ball to the Titans’ 33.
9:02 p.m.: Mariota is sacked and Tennessee is pushed out of field goal range to the Jacksonville 46. Westbrook makes a fair catch of a punt at his team’s 15.
First quarter: Jaguars 14, Titans 0
8:56 p.m.: Mariota drops one into the hands of Humpries to put the Titans on the Jacksonville 26.
8:55 p.m.: The Titans’ defense forces a three-and-out from Jacksonville and Jackson calls for a fair catch at the Tennessee 44.
8:50 p.m.: Westbrook fair-catches the punt at the Jaguars’ 15 with 3:27 left in the quarter.
8:46 p.m.: Josh Lambo’s kickoff is returned 25 yards by Darius Jennings to the Tennessee 26.
8:42 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, JACKSONVILLE. Minshew finds wide receiver DJ Chark in the corner of the end zone for a 22-yard pass. Jaguars 14, Titans 0.
8:39 p.m.: Minshew threads the needle to Westbrook, who was double-covered, for a 28-yard gain to the Tennessee 23.
8:35 p.m.: Mariota’s pass to Adam Humphries is incomplete and the Titans’ drive stalls at their 29. Dede Westbrook returns the punt from Brett Kern to the Jacksonville 38.
8:31 p.m.: Marcus Mariota and Derrick Henry take the field at the 25 hoping to respond to the turnover-turned-touchdown.
8:27 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, JACKSONVILLE. Minshew makes the Jaguars pay. He completes a 7-yard scoring pass to tight end James O’Shaughnessy. Jaguars 7, Titans 0.
8:26 p.m.: The Titans muff the punt and Jacksonville recovers at the Tennessee 7.
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8:25 p.m.: Gardner Minshew completes a 15-yard pass . . . on third-and-16. Jacksonville is forced to punt.
8:22 p.m.: The Jaguars take the touchback on the game’s opening kickoff. Jacksonville will start from its own 25.