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Urban Meyer-coached Jacksonville (0-4) never trailed until
McPherson's kick split the uprights.
Trevor Lawrence completed 17 of 24 passes for 204 yards and also
rushed for a touchdown for the Jaguars. Lawrence, the No. 1
overall pick in this year's draft, is winless as an NFL starter
after going 34-2 at Clemson over the past three seasons.
James Robinson rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns on 18
carries for the Jaguars.
Burrow completed 25 of 32 passes for 348 yards. He was the No. 1
overall pick in 2020, and this matchup was only the second in
NFL history between a rookie quarterback picked No. 1 overall
(Lawrence) and the previous draft's first overall pick QB.
Uzomah caught five passes for a career-high 95 yards, with his
two scores also a single-game high. Tyler Boyd had nine
receptions for 118 yards and Joe Mixon rushed for 67 yards and
one touchdown on 16 carries for Cincinnati.
The Bengals gained 313 of their 420 yards in the second half.
Jacksonville had 240 of its 341 yards in the first half.
Robinson scored on a 4-yard run to give the Jaguars a 21-14 lead
with 14:27 remaining in the contest.
The Bengals tied the game less than six minutes later. Burrow
rolled to his left away from pressure on third down and found
Uzomah at the Jacksonville 16 and the latter scurried down the
left sideline to finish off the 31-yard scoring play.
The Bengals trailed 14-0 at the break but came out strong in the
third quarter.
Cincinnati took the half's opening kickoff and drove 69 yards on
four plays with Uzomah catching a 22-yard scoring pass from
Burrow with 13:12 left in the third quarter.
The next time the Bengals had the ball, they navigated 86 yards
on 12 plays, with Mixon capping the drive on a 1-yard run with
5:10 remaining in the stanza.
Jacksonville had 15 first downs in the first half compared to
Cincinnati's four.
Less than four minutes after McPherson, who also had a
game-winning kick in overtime in Week 1 against Minnesota,
missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt, the Jaguars jumped out to a
7-0 lead on Robinson's 6-yard scoring run with 1:28 left in the
first quarter. They increased the lead to 14 on Lawrence's
7-yard keeper with 4:45 left in the first half.
Jacksonville had a chance to move ahead by three touchdowns
before halftime but Cincinnati linebacker Logan Wilson stuffed
Lawrence on a fourth-and-goal keeper from the 1 with 53 seconds
left.
--Field Level Media
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