The Denver Broncos had not lost at home since October 13, 2024 — a 12-game unbeaten run at Empower Field that stood as one of the more dominant home stretches the AFC had seen in years. Trevor Lawrence ended it December 21, 2025, throwing three touchdown passes and running for a fourth in a 34-20 Jacksonville Jaguars win that also broke Denver’s 11-game overall winning streak. Parker Washington posted a career-high 145 receiving yards, Jacksonville converted four of five red-zone trips against the league’s best red-zone defense, and the Jaguars won their sixth straight game to move to 11-4 on the season.
Parker Washington 12 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Cam Little kick)
10 plays, 66 yds, 5:04
JAX 7, DEN 0
Q2
12:46
DEN
Courtland Sutton 15 yd pass from Bo Nix (Wil Lutz kick)
5 plays, 65 yds, 2:21
JAX 7, DEN 7
Q2
9:10
DEN
Wil Lutz 54 yd field goal
5 plays, 32 yds, 2:06
JAX 7, DEN 10
Q2
4:33
JAX
Brenton Strange 3 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Cam Little kick)
8 plays, 59 yds, 4:37
JAX 14, DEN 10
Q2
0:00
JAX
Cam Little 47 yd field goal
9 plays, 58 yds, 1:48
JAX 17, DEN 10
Q3
13:01
DEN
R.J. Harvey 38 yd rush (Wil Lutz kick)
4 plays, 73 yds, 1:59
JAX 17, DEN 17
Q3
7:44
JAX
Trevor Lawrence 1 yd rush (Cam Little kick)
9 plays, 75 yds, 5:17
JAX 24, DEN 17
Q3
3:56
JAX
Travis Etienne Jr. 10 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Cam Little kick)
4 plays, 80 yds, 2:07
JAX 31, DEN 17
Q4
13:36
JAX
Cam Little 26 yd field goal
7 plays, 27 yds, 3:25
JAX 34, DEN 17
Q4
10:44
DEN
Wil Lutz 21 yd field goal
7 plays, 65 yds, 2:52
JAX 34, DEN 20
Injuries
Player
Team
Position
Injury
Pat Bryant
DEN
WR
Concussion (carted off at 0:41; hospitalized, released same night — neck injury tests negative)
Nate Adkins
DEN
TE
Knee
Dre Greenlaw
DEN
ILB
Hamstring
Patrick Mekari
JAX
RG
Back
Officials
Role
Official
Referee
Shawn Hochuli
Umpire
Roy Ellison
Down Judge
Patrick Holt
Line Judge
Tim Podraza
Field Judge
Jason Ledet
Side Judge
Jim Quirk
Back Judge
Jimmy Russell
Denver fell to 12-3 with its AFC West lead over the Los Angeles Chargers trimmed to one game, the two clubs set to meet again in Week 18 to settle the division title. Jacksonville, six wins deep in its longest winning streak of the season, left Mile High at 11-4 as one of the more complete teams in a tightening AFC playoff race — the kind of road result against a 12-win opponent, at altitude, with five sacks absorbed and not a single turnover, that tends to hold up when January seeding gets sorted.
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