Final
Edwards, Hardy lift Bills over Jaguars
Sep 14, 2008 - 9:59 PM JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Trent Edwards found rookie James Hardy in the back corner of the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown pass to lift the Buffalo Bills to a 20-16 triumph over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.Marshawn Lynch rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown for the Bills (2-0), who forced a three-and-out after Hardy's game-winning score and tacked on a field goal after a good punt return from Roscoe Parrish.
"It was huge," Edwards said of the game-winning nine-play, 74-yard drive. "It was also a great job by our defense to keep us in the game and get us the ball back. Our front five blocked well on that drive, alot of credit goes to those guys."
After connecting with Lee Evans on a 37-yard pass to set up a 1st-and-goal, Edwards lobbed a throw to the right corner to the 6-5 Hardy, who was barely able to get both feet inbounds. The play was reviewed and upheld.
"James and I have been working on that in practice," Edwards said. "James ran a great route, and when the two underneath guys dropped off him, it was a matter of throwing it up high. James is a big receiver and that's why we drafted him."
"I just wanted to go up and make the play," Hardy added. "Trent put it in the right spot. I just wanted to come down with the ball and I was able to do that. We just wanted to come down here and get the win."
The Jaguars (0-2) could not muster any offense on their ensuing possession as David Garrard threw two incompletions before getting sacked on third down.
Parrish then returned the punt 27 yards to the Jacksonville 32, setting up a 45-yard field goal by Ryan Lindell.
Buffalo took a 10-3 lead into the break, but Jacksonville tied the score with 9:31 left in the third quarter on Maurice Jones-Drew's 2-yard touchdown run.
Josh Scobee added field goals of 50 and 39 yards to supply the Jaguars with a 16-10 advantage early in the final period.
"A tough, hard-fought game. Two weeks in a row we exerted a great deal of energy, played a good football team in the AFC, and came up short," Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio said. "I thought our fans showed up today ready to rock and roll. We didn't give them enough to cheer about today."
Edwards finished with 239 passing yards and the game-winning TD pass to Hardy, who made just two catches for 12 yards. Edwards' favorite target was running back Fred Jackson, who made seven receptions for 83 yards.
"We look at Fred and Marshawn as a valuable 1-2 punch," Buffalo coach Dick Jauron said.
Garrard passed for 165 yards with one interception for Jacksonville, which racked up just 243 total yards.
"Overall, our execution wasn't that bad," Garrard said. "We threw the ball pretty well and ran it pretty well. You just have to have some guys make a big play and we didn't do it."
Fred Taylor rushed for 49 yards and Jones-Drew added 17 yards for the Jaguars.
- NFL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 7 3 0 10 20
JACKSONVILLE 0 3 10 3 16 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - TD, MARSHAWN LYNCH 11 YD RUN (RIAN
LINDELL KICK), 7:00. Drive: 11
plays, 82 yards in 7:00. Key plays:
Edwards was 6-for-6 for 53 yards;
Edwards 9-yard pass to F Jackson on
3rd-and-7 to
Sep 14 4:00 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 45 YD
BUFFALO 20
JACKSONVILLE 16 0:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Bills 20, Jaguars 16 4th - 0:24Sep 14 3:53 PM
TD BUF JAMES HARDY 7 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Bills 10, Jaguars 16 4th - 8:00Sep 14 3:39 PM
TD BUF JAMES HARDY 7 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Bills 10, Jaguars 16 4th - 8:00Sep 14 3:39 PM
TD BUF JAMES HARDY 7 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Bills 10, Jaguars 16 4th - 8:00Sep 14 3:39 PM- NFL
TD BUF
JAMES HARDY 7 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS
(RIAN LINDELL KICK)
BUFFALO 17
JACKSONVILLE 16 4:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Bills 17, Jaguars 16 4th - 4:10Sep 14 3:39 PM - NFL
FG JAC
JOSH SCOBEE 39 YD
BUFFALO 10
JACKSONVILLE 16 14:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Bills 10, Jaguars 16 4th - 14:31Sep 14 3:14 PM - NFL
END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 7 3 0 10
JACKSONVILLE 0 3 10 13 END, 3RD QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - TD, MARSHAWN LYNCH 11 YD RUN (RIAN
LINDELL KICK), 7:00. Drive: 11
plays, 82 yards in 7:00. Key plays:
Edwards was 6-for-6 for 53 yards;
Edwards 9-yard pass to F Jackson on
3rd-a
Sep 14 3:11 PM - NFL
FG JAC
JOSH SCOBEE 50 YD
BUFFALO 10
JACKSONVILLE 13 6:06 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Bills 10, Jaguars 13 3rd - 6:06Sep 14 2:50 PM - NFL
TD JAC
MAURICE JONES-DREW 2 YD RUN
(JOSH SCOBEE KICK)
BUFFALO 10
JACKSONVILLE 10 9:31 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Bills 10, Jaguars 10 3rd - 9:31Sep 14 2:44 PM - NFL
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 7 3 10
JACKSONVILLE 0 3 3 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - TD, MARSHAWN LYNCH 11 YD RUN (RIAN
LINDELL KICK), 7:00. Drive: 11
plays, 82 yards in 7:00. Key plays:
Edwards was 6-for-6 for 53 yards.
Edwards 9-yard pass to F. Jackson
on 3rd-and
Sep 14 2:17 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 21 YD
BUFFALO 10
JACKSONVILLE 3 6:24 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Bills 10, Jaguars 3 2nd - 6:24Sep 14 1:56 PM - NFL
FG JAC
JOSH SCOBEE 28 YD
BUFFALO 7
JACKSONVILLE 3 13:22 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Bills 7, Jaguars 3 2nd - 13:22Sep 14 1:39 PM - NFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 7 7
JACKSONVILLE 0 0 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - TD, MARSHAWN LYNCH 11 YD RUN (RIAN
LINDELL KICK), 7:00. Drive: 11
plays, 82 yards in 7:00. Key plays:
Edwards was 6-for-6 for 53 yards.
Edwards 9-yard pass to F. Jackson
on 3rd
Sep 14 1:34 PM - NFL
TD BUF
MARSHAWN LYNCH 11 YD RUN
(RIAN LINDELL KICK)
BUFFALO 7
JACKSONVILLE 0 8:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Bills 7, Jaguars 0 1st - 8:00Sep 14 1:13 PM
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