Jacksonville Jaguars 3-20 Houston Texans: Hosts clinch AFC South division with convincing win

The Houston Texans clinched the AFC South title with a 20-3 beating of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

Deshaun Watson threw for 234 yards and ran for a touchdown, and DeAndre Hopkins had 147 yards receiving for the Texans, while the Jaguars as a team managed only 119 yards of total offense.

The Jaguars scored their only points after Andre Carter fumbled a punt in the first quarter, recovered by Jacksonville at the 10-yard line. They would kick a field goal to take a 3-0 lead, but there would be nothing to shout about thereafter.

The Texans (11-5) won nine in a row after starting 0-3 to save their season and will make their fifth playoff appearance and third in four years after bouncing back from last year's 4-12 record in a season where Watson and J.J. Watt sustained season-ending injuries.

Houston built a 14-point lead in the first half behind rushing touchdowns by Watson and Lamar Miller and made it 20-3 on a 24-yard field goal with roughly 11 minutes left of the game.

The Jaguars, looking to eat into that lead later in the fourth quarter, finally managed to move the ball a bit on offense but then Blake Bortles was intercepted in the end zone by Andre Hal.

Watt sacked Bortles one and a half times in the game, giving him 16 this year and his fourth season with 15 or more sacks - second-most in NFL history to Reggie White (5).

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Despite another disappointing defeat, Jaguars (5-11) owner Shad Khan issued a statement after the game saying the team is sticking with director of football operations, Tom Coughlin, head coach Doug Marrone and general manager Dave Caldwell.

Watson, who ran for 66 yards on Sunday, is the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 4,000 yards (4,165) and 25 touchdowns (26) and rush for 500 yards (551) and five touchdowns (5) in a season.

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FIRST QUARTER

Jaguars 3-0 Texans: Kai Forbath 25-yard field goal

Jaguars 3-3 Texans: Ka'imi Fairbairn 23-yard field goal

SECOND QUARTER

Jaguars 3-10 Texans: Deshaun Watson five-yard touchdown run (Fairbairn extra point good)

Jaguars 3-17 Texans: Lamar Miller seven-yard touchdown run (Fairbairn extra point good

THIRD QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER

Jaguars 3-20 Texans: Fairbairn 24-yard field goal