Dallas Cowboys vs. Jaguars : Highlights, Score, lineups, Takeaways
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- — Rayshawn Jenkins snatched the ball inches from the ground and raced the other way.
He could have played it safe and taken a knee or stepped out of bounds. But this wasn't the time or place — not for a guy who had never returned an interception for a touchdown.
Not in the NFL. Not in college. Not in high school. Not even as a kid playing peewee football in Florida. So Jenkins had one thought: score.
Jenkins intercepted Dak Prescott's tipped pass in overtime and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown that gave the Jacksonville Jaguars a stunning 40-34 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
“That’s a play you dream about ever since you’re 8 years old, ever since I started playing this game, to be the guy to make a play like that for us to get that win,” said Jenkins,
Tre Herndon tipped Prescott's low throw to Noah Brown, and Jenkins made a shoelace grab and went untouched to the end zone to end Jacksonville's 20-game skid — an NFL record — against teams from the other conference.
“I was running for dear life," Jenkins said. "My hamstrings about to pull and everything.”
Prescott sat on the field in disbelief as the Jaguars celebrated one of their more improbable wins in franchise history.
The shocker ended Dallas’ four-game winning streak and prevented it from securing an NFC playoff berth, at least for a few hours.
The Cowboys wrapped up a wild-card spot later Sunday when the New York Giants beat Washington. Jacksonville (6-8), meanwhile, got within one game of reeling first-place Tennessee in the topsy-turvy AFC South.
The Jaguars stormed back from a 27-10 deficit to take the lead in the fourth, only to see Prescott and the Cowboys answer.
Trevor Lawrence responded by driving Jacksonville into position for Riley Patterson's 48-yard field that sent the game into overtime.