Jaguars Lead Patriots 35-6 in Week 3 as Maye Throws Three Interceptions

Trevor Lawrence threw touchdown passes to three receivers as Jacksonville pulled away from New England at EverBank Stadium, where the live score stood at 35-6.

The Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the New England Patriots at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, Sept. 27, in a Week 3 game of the 2026 NFL regular season that kicked off at 1 p.m. ET and aired on CBS. By the latest update, the live score on the game tracker showed Jacksonville ahead 35-6.

Both teams entered the afternoon at 1-1. New England had dropped the NFL opener before beating the Pittsburgh Steelers a week earlier, while Jacksonville opened the season with a win and then lost on the road in Denver the previous Sunday.

The game carried stakes tied to recent franchise history for the Patriots. They had started 1-2 in each of their last five seasons, and a victory would have put them at 2-1 for the first time since the 2020 campaign with Cam Newton at quarterback.

New England won the opening coin toss and deferred. Jacksonville's first series went backward on two penalties before Lawrence was stopped short on a third-and-8 run, and the Patriots' opening drive ended in a punt after short runs by Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson and a 21-yard Maye-to-Hollins connection preceded a third-down incompletion to Hunter Henry. Bhaysul Tuten picked up Jacksonville's initial first down around the left edge, and a hard third-down tackle by Christian Gonzalez after a short completion forced another punt. New England crossed midfield again behind Maye's running and another Hollins catch, but the ball came loose as Maye tried to throw deep, and the Jaguars recovered.

That takeaway turned into the game's first touchdown. Parker Washington's 18-yard catch on third down got Jacksonville going, and Lawrence ended the possession with a 12-yard scoring throw across the middle to Josh Cameron for a 7-0 lead. New England's next drive went nowhere, with TreVeyon Henderson limited to short gains before Maye was sacked on third down.

The Patriots then created a turnover of their own. Marcus Jones intercepted a pass broken up by Jaylen Reed in coverage, giving New England the ball at the 21-yard line. Maye appeared to reach the end zone with his legs, but a holding penalty on Morgan Moses nullified the score, and a Romeo Doubs offensive pass interference flag pushed the Patriots back again. After a double pass from Efton Chism III to Mack Hollins and a short catch by Doubs, Maye narrowly missed Hollins in the end zone on third down, and Andy Borregales' 35-yard field goal made it 7-3.

Jacksonville responded with a 65-yard, nine-play drive that Lawrence finished with a 10-yard touchdown pass to former Patriot Jakobi Meyers for a 14-3 lead. Maye came back with a 38-yard completion to DeMario Douglas, and the drive stayed alive on a defensive holding penalty that erased a near-interception. Maye fumbled on a scramble and recovered the ball himself, but on third-and-goal from the 2 his pass intended for Efton Chism was picked off in the end zone by Travis Hunter. Marcus Jones nearly secured a second interception on the next Jaguars possession, which ended with a 70-yard field-goal attempt that drifted wide right shortly before halftime, leaving Jacksonville ahead 14-3.

The Patriots kept their offense out for a fourth-and-1 near midfield to open the second half, and Stevenson converted with a leap over the line that drew an extra 15 yards for unnecessary roughness. The drive still stalled, and Borregales missed a 38-yard field goal wide right. Jacksonville answered with two third-and-long Lawrence-to-Meyers completions that reached the New England 2, and after two penalties in a three-play span cost the Jaguars 15 yards, Lawrence found Parker Washington for a third-and-goal touchdown from the 17 to make it 21-3.

The Patriots' next series ended in Maye's third interception of the day, on a pass intended for Kyle Williams, though the quarterback kept it from being returned for a touchdown. The live score line on the tracker, updated beyond that third-quarter moment, showed the Jaguars in front 35-6.