JACKSONVILLE – Josh Jacobs broke a 38-yard touchdown run down the left sideline with 21 seconds left in the third quarter to put the Packers back up 20-17 over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Backup quarterback Malik Willis is in the game after Jordan Love left in the third quarter with a groin injury. He's questionable to return.
Packers and Jacksonville play scoreless first quarter
The Packers won the opening coin toss and elected to receive. Green Bay picked up an early first down with a 9-yard pass to Tucker Kraft but punted after two holding penalties.
Quarterback Jordan Love was limping slightly after an incompletion on third-and-9 but remained in the game. Jacksonville took over at its 17 after a 45-yard Daniel Whelan punt.
The Jaguars went three-and-out but punter Logan Cooke boomed a 73-yard punt that went out of bounds at the Green Bay 2. The Packers went three-and-out after Jayden Reed couldn't bring in a third-and-5 pass from Jordan Love on a crossing route.
Jacksonville started at midfield after Whelan's 43-yard punt. The Jaguars advanced the ball just two yards (after a false start penalty) and went three-and-out for the second straight series.
Love had time to throw from the pocket on first down and found Romeo Doubs for 29 yards on a post. Jacobs and Chris Brooks combined for a first down with carries of seven and five yards, respectively.
Doubs moved the ball across midfield with an 18-yard catch off a slant to the Jacksonville 33. A 4-yard pass to Reed set up third-and-8, as the first quarter came to a close.
Packers lead Jaguars 13-10 at halftime
An illegal hands to the face penalty on Travon Walker gave Green Bay a first down on the first play of the second quarter.
Jarrian Jones picked off Love on an out route, as the Jaguars retook possession at the Jacksonville 6. Safety Xavier McKinney got the ball right back with his sixth interception in eight games this season.
Xavier McKinney's six INTs through the first eight games are the most by a Packers player since Willie Buchanon had six in 1978.
Green Bay converted the takeaway into points, starting with Romeo Doubs drawing a 22-yard defensive pass interference penalty on third-and-7. On the next play, Jacobs pounded in a 3-yard touchdown to put the Packers up 7-0 with 11 minutes, 31 seconds left in the first half.
Jacksonville failed to generate a first down for the fourth straight possession after Bigsby was tackled for a 1-yard loss on a third-and-2 reception.
Love bought time and went rolled right before finding a wide-open Tucker Kraft in the middle of the field. Kraft avoided a tackle to extend the play into a career-long 67-yard catch to the Jacksonville 9.
The drive stalled after an illegal shift on first down and Green Bay settled for a 31-yard Brandon McManus field goal to extend its lead to 10-0 with 6:03 left in the half.
The Jaguars picked up their first first down on a 33-yard pass to Christian Kirks with just under six minutes left in the first half. An 18-yard pass to Brian Thomas Jr. moved the Jaguars into the red zone.
Trevor Lawrence punched the ball in on a designed QB draw to cut the Packers' lead to 10-7 with 2:37 left in the first half.
Love opened the next series with a 12-yard slant to Watson, as the first half reached the two-minute warning. On second-and-10, Love put a perfect ball on Doubs for a 25-yard completion down the Packers' sideline to the Jacksonville 33.
Green Bay worked the ball to the 28 before Love's third-and-5 pass for Bo Melton went incomplete. McManus initially went out for a 46-yard field goal but the Jaguars were called for defensive delay of game to give the Packers five yards and a first down.
Green Bay picked up three more yards before sending McManus back out for a 38-yard field goal, pushing the Packers' lead to 13-7 with 54 seconds left in the half.
It was announced Packers safety Evan Williams has a hamstring injury and is questionable to return. Jacksonville charged back with a 23-yard pass to Parker Washington and a 28-yarder to Thomas to the Green Bay 21 with 16 seconds left in the half.
Little made a 39-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 13-10 at halftime.
Packers lead Jaguars 20-17 after three
The Packers' defense earned its fourth three-and-out of the day coming out of halftime. Love completed a 14-yard pass to Watson on first down but limped to the sideline after a second-and-9 pass to Jacobs. Malik Willis entered at quarterback in Love's stead.
Green Bay punted after Willis was tackled after a 5-yard scramble on third-and-9. Whelan pinned Jacksonville back at its own 7 with a 53-yard punt, but the Jaguars moved to midfield after a 21-yard pass to Tim Jones and 15-yard Bigsby run.
The Packers unsuccessfully challenged whether Bigsby was down by contact on a 6-yard run to the Jacksonville 49. Jacksonville didn't get the initial first down on a third-and-1 Bigsby run but Lawrence leapt forward for a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-1 to move the chains.
A 26-yard pass to Kirk moved Jacksonville inside the Green Bay red zone. The Jaguars pulled ahead 17-13 with 5:10 left in the third quarter after a 14-yard TD pass to Thomas.
It was announced Love has a groin injury and is questionable to return, while Williams was ruled out with the hamstring.
With Willis in the game at QB, Jacobs runs gained 11 yards and the initial first down on three straight carries, including Green Bay's second third-down conversion of the afternoon. Willis converted the next third-and-3 with a 4-yard pass to Dontayvion Wicks.
Willis then scrambled for 20 yards up the middle before Jacobs broke a 38-yard touchdown run down the left sideline to push the Packers back up 20-17 with 21 seconds left in the third quarter.
