Tipped Hail Mary allows Jaguars to escape with victory over Texans 2010 31-24

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Mike Thomas caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from David Garrard that Houston defensive back Glover Quin batted into his hands on the final play in regulation, giving the Jacksonville Jaguars a 31-24 win over the Texans on Sunday.


The game looked as if it was going to overtime, but Garrard heaved a pass toward the end zone with no time on the clock. Quin, who was burned all afternoon, tried to bat the ball to the ground. Instead, he knocked it right to Thomas.

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Thomas, who was trailing behind the pass and looking for a ricochet, caught it at the 1-yard line and then stepped across the goal line for the winner.

The Jaguars (5-4) went into a frenzy and even drew a celebration penalty that couldn't be enforced. The Texans (4-5) trudged off the field in disbelief. It was Houston's third straight loss, dropping them from the top of the AFC South to the bottom.

The Jaguars had a chance to take the lead in the closing minutes, but Josh Scobee yanked a 43-yard field goal left. It was his second miss of the game after making 14 in a row to start the season. Scobee missed a 39-yarder wide right on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Scobee's second shank gave Houston the ball with a chance to win it, but the Texans needed to drive 67 yards in 1:34 with no timeouts. They moved the ball some and got close to field-goal range, but Joel Dreessen fumbled on a third-and-15 play.

At the time, it didn't look like it would matter -- certainly not with 8 seconds remaining. Had Dreessen maintained possession, it would have been fourth down. Houston couldn't have spiked the ball to stop the clock and didn't have enough time to get the field-goal unit lined up.

It turned out to be crucial, though.

Garrard found Marcedes Lewis in the left flat for an 11-yard gain, then Houston's Antonio Smith jumped offside. The extra 5 yards was big, too. So with 3 seconds remaining, Garrard dropped back, rolled left and then threw high and deep to Mike Sims-Walker.

The ball never quite got to Sims-Walker.

It ended up perfectly in Thomas' hands, though

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[Super666maggot666]

AFC South #1 Bitches!!!!!!

[jcline87]

Yeah... Jacksonville never trailed in this game... good thing they narrowly "escaped". Also, blatant pass interference on whoever was covering Sims-Walker.

[Hedicule]

@Toti2795 faggsonville?? dude the houston chokers can't do anything except choke half way through the rest of their season haha

[tyler80008]

All you Texans fans, I am a Jaguar fan but.... I think the Texans are better. The Texans May of had a 6-10 record and Jags had 8-8. But Texans had HARDER teams.

[cmcurry1000]

nice 

[Toti2795]

alright FAGGSONVILLE ,get all happy over a lucky shot but GET READY, this season WE COMIN' HARDER THEN A B**** GO TEXANS

[SoCoJags2290]

JAGZ FO LIFE!!! Texans fans, teach yo playas the concept of intercepting...not volleyball

[jcline87]

@zachbrown10 how many playoff games have you even been in? Oh... right.

[XxiEaThOtDoGzxX]

look at brain cushing! he's like WTF!!!!!

[zachbrown10]

the jags suck...go texans 4 life. THE FAGUARS DONT EVEN HAVE ANY KIND OF HOPE.

[MJDAMONEY11534]

@crg777 Wow! 1 the Jaguars fucking rules! 2 who the fuck are you to tell anyone that they are a fag! 3 you are a fucking take it in the ass kind of faggot! 4 Go to hell and burn bitch! Its always the fags thats the 1st to call someone else one...just funny to me. Suck a dick and die slow. WE ARE JAGUARS!