The Recorder · October 8, 2015
Colts defeat Jaguars in
OT behind backup QB
Missed field goals, too
many penalties plagued
Jags in 16-13 loss.
Mike Bonts
Special to The Recorder
The Jacksonville Jaguars have to be
kicking themselves after dropping a
close overtime game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in Lucas Oil
Stadium.
They probably have better luck kicking themselves than winning field goals
in the 16-13 loss.
The Jaguars (1-3) had a chance to
win with one second remaining in the
fourth quarter, but rookie Jeff Myers’
53-yard field goal try went wide right,
forcing overtime. Then Myers was wide
left on a 48-yarder with 8:13 left in OT.
In fairness to Myers he was responsible for almost half of the Jaguars
scoring against their AFC South rivals.
He connected to give Jacksonville a 1310 halftime lead on a 32-yard kick with
four seconds remaining in the second
quarter. And was good from 20 yards
out in the opening quarter.
It was not a good day league wide
for kickers. NFL kickers missed 11
field-goal attempts just during the afternoon games alone.
“That was unbelievable game ... a
good, hard-fought game, but we’re just
not there yet,” said Jaguars coach Gus
Bradley. “We just didn’t make enough
plays, and the penalties just killed us.
But we will learn from this and move
on.”
Jacksonville QB Blake Bortles was
28 of 50 for 298 yards with one touchdown. Allen Hurns continued his banner season catching a career high 11
passes for a season-high 116 yards and
one TD. Rookie T.J. Yeldon ran for 105
yards on 22 carries.
The Colts’ oldest player at 42, Adam
Vinatieri kicked the winning 27-yard
field goal with4:36 remaining in overtime to give the hosts the victory. Colts
backup QB Matt Hasselbeck started in
place of Andrew Luck and completed
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