Final: Jaguars 23, Colts 17. Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Sunday, December 28, 2025.
It took Jacksonville four quarters, a 53-yard field goal in the final minute, and an interception in the end zone on the last play to put away a Colts team that had already been eliminated from the playoffs. Trevor Lawrence ran for two short touchdowns, Cam Little made all three of his second-half field goals, and the Jaguars beat Indianapolis 23-17 at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 28, 2025, for their seventh straight win.
Lawrence completed 23 of 37 passes for 263 yards with one interception and added scoring runs of four and six yards. Travis Etienne carried 17 times for 76 yards and pushed past 1,000 for the season, and Parker Washington was the game’s leading receiver with 115 yards on eight catches. Philip Rivers, back under center at 44, threw for 147 yards and a touchdown to Mo Alie-Cox, while Jonathan Taylor ran for 70 yards and a score on 21 carries in a game Indianapolis finished with 204 total yards.
Table of Contents
Final score by quarter
Team
1
2
3
4
Final
Jacksonville Jaguars
0
7
10
6
23
Indianapolis Colts
3
7
7
0
17
Scoring summary
Qtr
Time
Team
Play
JAX
IND
1
11:14
Colts
Blake Grupe 33-yard field goal
0
3
2
12:49
Colts
Jonathan Taylor 3-yard run (Grupe kick)
0
10
2
5:38
Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence 4-yard run (Little kick)
7
10
3
7:26
Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence 6-yard run (Little kick)
14
10
3
5:58
Colts
Mo Alie-Cox 5-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Grupe kick)
14
17
3
1:25
Jaguars
Cam Little 34-yard field goal
17
17
4
6:58
Jaguars
Cam Little 42-yard field goal
20
17
4
0:18
Jaguars
Cam Little 53-yard field goal
23
17
Game leaders
Category
Jaguars
Colts
Passing
Trevor Lawrence, 263 yds (23/37, 1 INT)
Philip Rivers, 147 yds (17/30, 1 TD, 1 INT)
Rushing
Travis Etienne, 76 yds (17 car)
Jonathan Taylor, 70 yds (21 car, 1 TD)
Receiving
Parker Washington, 115 yds (8 rec)
Tyler Warren, 43 yds (5 rec)
Tackles
Foyesade Oluokun, 13
Nick Cross, 12
Sacks
Hines-Allen, Walker (1.0 each)
Adebawore, Latu (1.0 each)
Interceptions
Jones, Johnson (1 each)
Germaine Pratt (1)
Team stats
Stat
Jaguars
Colts
First downs
21
16
Total net yards
370
204
Total plays
68
55
Yards per play
5.4
3.7
Net passing yards
249
135
Comp-Att-Int
23-37-1
17-31-2
Yards per pass
6.4
4.1
Sacks-yards lost
2-14
2-12
Rushing yards
121
69
Rushing attempts
29
22
Yards per rush
4.2
3.1
Penalties-yards
6-55
5-45
Third down
7-14
4-11
Fourth down
1-2
0-1
Red zone (TD-att)
2-5
2-3
Turnovers
2
2
Fumbles lost
1
0
Time of possession
32:19
27:41
Passing stats
Jaguars
Player
C/Att
Yds
TD
Int
Sk-Yds
Rating
Trevor Lawrence
23/37
263
0
1
2-14
72.2
Colts
Player
C/Att
Yds
TD
Int
Sk-Yds
Rating
Philip Rivers
17/30
147
1
1
2-12
66.9
Riley Leonard
0/1
0
0
1
0-0
0.0
Player passing yards above are gross totals. The team line in the table further up shows net passing yards, after sack yardage.
Rushing stats
Jaguars
Player
Att
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Travis Etienne
17
76
4.5
0
13
Trevor Lawrence
8
26
3.3
2
11
DeeJay Dallas
2
21
10.5
0
17
LeQuint Allen
1
3
3.0
0
3
Parker Washington
1
-5
-5.0
0
-5
Team
29
121
4.2
2
17
Colts
Player
Att
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Jonathan Taylor
21
70
3.3
1
10
Philip Rivers
1
-1
-1.0
0
-1
Team
22
69
3.1
1
10
Receiving stats
Jaguars
Player
Rec
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Tgt
Parker Washington
8
115
14.4
0
37
10
Brenton Strange
3
54
18.0
0
20
5
Brian Thomas Jr.
4
39
9.8
0
17
7
Jakobi Meyers
6
39
6.5
0
9
9
Travis Etienne
2
16
8.0
0
15
3
Johnny Mundt
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
Tim Patrick
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
DeeJay Dallas
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
Team
23
263
11.4
0
37
37
Colts
Player
Rec
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Tgt
Tyler Warren
5
43
8.6
0
14
5
Josh Downs
2
34
17.0
0
18
5
Mo Alie-Cox
3
20
6.7
1
8
3
Will Mallory
1
16
16.0
0
16
1
Michael Pittman Jr.
2
16
8.0
0
12
3
Jonathan Taylor
3
14
4.7
0
7
6
Ameer Abdullah
1
4
4.0
0
4
1
Alec Pierce
0
0
0.0
0
0
5
Team
17
147
8.6
1
18
29
Defensive stats
Columns: total tackles (Tot), solo tackles (Solo), sacks, tackles for loss (TFL), passes defended (PD), quarterback hits (QBH).
Jaguars
Player
Tot
Solo
Sacks
TFL
PD
QBH
Foyesade Oluokun
13
5
0
0
0
0
Montaric Brown
6
4
0
0
2
0
Josh Hines-Allen
6
3
1
1
1
1
Andrew Wingard
5
3
0
1
0
0
Devin Lloyd
5
1
0
0
1
1
Travon Walker
4
4
1
2
0
3
Eric Murray
3
2
0
0
1
0
DaVon Hamilton
2
1
0
0
0
0
Matt Dickerson
2
0
0
0
0
0
Greg Newsome II
1
1
0
0
1
0
Antonio Johnson
1
1
0
0
1
0
Rayuan Lane III
1
1
0
0
0
0
LeQuint Allen
1
1
0
0
0
0
Austin Johnson
1
0
0
0
0
0
Dawuane Smoot
1
0
0
0
0
0
Ventrell Miller
1
0
0
0
0
0
Quintin Morris
1
0
0
0
0
0
Jarrian Jones
1
0
0
0
1
0
Team
55
27
2
4
8
5
Colts
Player
Tot
Solo
Sacks
TFL
PD
QBH
Nick Cross
12
9
0
1
0
1
Kenny Moore II
10
8
0
2
0
0
Germaine Pratt
7
5
0
0
2
0
Cameron Mitchell
7
4
0
0
2
0
Zaire Franklin
5
1
0
0
0
0
Cam Bynum
4
3
0
0
0
0
Grover Stewart
4
0
0
0
0
2
Adetomiwa Adebawore
3
2
1
1
0
1
Sauce Gardner
3
2
0
0
1
0
Laiatu Latu
2
2
1
1
1
2
Samson Ebukam
2
1
0
1
0
0
Ashton Dulin
2
1
0
0
0
0
Mo Alie-Cox
1
1
0
0
0
0
Laquon Treadwell
1
1
0
0
0
0
Segun Olubi
1
1
0
0
0
0
Mekhi Blackmon
1
1
0
0
0
0
Jaylon Jones
1
1
0
0
0
0
Josh Downs
1
1
0
0
0
0
Johnathan Edwards
1
1
0
0
0
0
Neville Gallimore
1
0
0
0
1
0
Kwity Paye
1
0
0
0
0
1
Jaylon Carlies
1
0
0
0
0
0
Team
71
45
2
6
7
7
Turnovers and takeaways
Each team gave the ball away twice. Jacksonville lost a Jakobi Meyers fumble in the first quarter, recovered by Samson Ebukam, and Lawrence threw a goal-line interception to Germaine Pratt late in the first half. The Jaguars answered with two interceptions of their own: Jarrian Jones picked off Rivers in the fourth quarter to set up the go-ahead field goal, and Antonio Johnson caught Riley Leonard’s final throw in the end zone to end the game.
Team
Player
Int
Yds
TD
Jaguars
Jarrian Jones
1
13
0
Jaguars
Antonio Johnson
1
0
0
Colts
Germaine Pratt
1
0
0
Special teams: kicking, punting and returns
Kicking
Team
FG
Long
XP
Pts
Cam Little
Jaguars
3/3
53
2/2
11
Blake Grupe
Colts
1/1
33
2/2
5
Punting
Team
No
Yds
Avg
Long
In 20
TB
Logan Cooke
Jaguars
2
127
63.5
66
1
1
Rigoberto Sanchez
Colts
4
192
48.0
54
2
0
Kick returns
Team
No
Yds
Avg
Long
DeeJay Dallas
Jaguars
2
62
31.0
32
LeQuint Allen
Jaguars
2
58
29.0
31
Ashton Dulin
Colts
3
129
43.0
55
Punt returns
Team
No
Yds
Avg
Long
Parker Washington
Jaguars
3
10
3.3
5
Josh Downs
Colts
1
0
0.0
0
Advanced and situational numbers
Jacksonville moved the ball at 5.4 yards per play to Indianapolis’ 3.7 and won the explosive-play count by a wide margin. The Jaguars produced nine passing plays of 15 yards or more for 180 yards, against three for 50 by the Colts, and broke off five runs of at least 10 yards. By Pro Football Focus charting, Jacksonville allowed 22 total pressures and Indianapolis 12, with Lawrence holding the ball an average of 3.08 seconds to Rivers’ 2.22. PFF’s top initial grades went to Colts linebacker Germaine Pratt at 92.4 and tight end Will Mallory at 91.7 on 11 snaps, with Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown at 88.2 and linebacker Devin Lloyd at 83.8.
Game information
The game kicked off at 1:00 p.m. local time at Lucas Oil Stadium with the retractable roof closed over a fieldturf surface. Attendance was 66,080, and the game ran 3 hours, 5 minutes. Brad Allen worked as referee. Jacksonville opened as a 5.5-point favorite with a total of 48.5, which finished under.
What the result meant
Jacksonville made it eight straight a week later, a 41-7 win over Tennessee that clinched the AFC South at 13-4, one year after the franchise went 4-13. The season ended in the wild-card round, a 27-24 home loss to Buffalo. Indianapolis went the other direction. The Colts were 8-2 in November and out of the playoff race before this game kicked off. The loss left Rivers winless in three games since coming out of a five-year retirement. Indianapolis started rookie Riley Leonard in the finale at Houston, lost again, and closed the year 8-9.
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