Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence Makes Admission After Defeating Chiefs

The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback led the Jaguars to victory with three unanswered touchdowns as the Chiefs lost a 14–0 lead.

Trevor Lawrence of the Jacksonville Jaguars scores a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs during the fourth quarter at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Oct. 6, 2025. Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Trevor Lawrence outdueled Patrick Mahomes, as the Jacksonville Jaguars stunned the Kansas City Chiefs 31–28 on Monday night.

However, it didn’t look that great early on when Lawrence fumbled at the goal line and the Chiefs took advantage with a 14–0 lead. Fast forward to the fourth quarter, Lawrence had to move past that debacle in scoring a game-winning rushing touchdown, and to make things more challenging, he stumbled on the play.

“Just panic. Sheer panic on the ground. ... We didn’t have any timeouts. Got stepped on coming out, and I was like, ‘I gotta get up.’ And I was gonna throw it out of bounds to stop the clock, and there was really no one around me. So, went and made a play,” Lawrence told reporters afterward.

Lawrence led the Jaguars to victory with three unanswered touchdowns as his team and the Chiefs went back-and-forth down the stretch. The fifth-year quarterback went 18–25 for 221 yards and a touchdown, versus an interception.

Lawrence also had 10 carries for  54 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and one of those 10 attempts was the goal-line fumble. Head coach Liam Coen acknowledged that Lawrence’s game-winning touchdown made for a “goofy finish” but a “tough moment” as well.

“We like to make things very interesting,” Coen told reporters afterward. “But the resiliency is really what I think this team has.”

Mahomes put the Jaguars in the 14–0 hole when he capped a five-play, 97-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown run. For the game, he went 29-41 for 318 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball six times for 60 yards and a touchdown.

However, Mahomes also had one of the most costly plays for the Chiefs when he threw an interception, intended for wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, that wound up a pick-six by Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd. Jacksonville took the lead for the first time, 21–14, and the Jaguars maintained momentum the rest of the way.

“Honestly, they just got me with the coverage that they played,” Mahomes told reporters afterward.

Jacksonville didn’t keep the lead long, because Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie picked off Lawrence on the second play of the drive. That set up Mahomes and company at the Jaguars’ 19-yard line, and running back Kareem Hunt took advantage with a 5-yard touchdown run for a 21–21 tie.

Jaguars running back LeQuint Allen Jr. set things up on the next drive with a 38-yard return as kicker Cam Little hit a 52-yard field goal for a 24–21 lead.

Mahomes didn’t let that lead last as he led a 12-play, 86-yard drive, capped by Hunt’s 2-yard touchdown run for a 28–24 lead with 1:45 left.

That didn’t thwart Lawrence as he took the Jaguars 60 yards in seven plays over 1:22 for a 31–28 lead with 23 seconds left. Mahomes couldn’t get anything going on the final drive as he threw three incomplete passes and an 11-yard pass to tight end Travis Kelce.

“Obviously, it sucks,” Mahomes told reporters afterward. “I mean, let a game slip away. Credit to them, they played hard, and they played hard the entire game. A lot of good football players.”

“They closed out at the end there, so it still sucks when you have a lead like that, and you’re not able to hold it the rest of the game,” he said.

Three-time defending AFC Champions, the Chiefs dropped to 2–3 overall while the Jaguars improved to 4–1.

“We’ve lost too many games already. We’ve got to find a way to be better as a team, come together and play better throughout the rest of the season,” Mahomes said.