JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Travis Etienne scored twice, including one on his longest runs of the season, and the Jacksonville Jaguars ended a four-game skid with a 26-0 shutout of the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
The Jaguars (9-7) won for the first time in December — and with quarterback Trevor Lawrence (shoulder) watching from the sideline — to set up a regular season finale at Tennessee that will help decide the AFC South.
The Panthers (2-14) dropped to 0-9 on the road and were held scoreless for the first time since losing to Atlanta in Week 12 in 2002.
Jacksonville now can clinch the division with a victory next weekend. A loss to the Titans would handed the AFC South to the winner of the Houston-Indianapolis game.
Lawrence missed the game with a sprained throwing shoulder, ending his consecutive starts streak at 51. C.J. Beathard completed 17 of 24 passes for 178 yards in his first start since 2020 and played turnover-free football.
The Jaguars had 10 giveaways in their losing streak.
Etienne finished with 102 yards on the ground, with 62 of them coming on a scoring run early in the third quarter. He tied the longest run of his career and became the franchise’s first player since Maurice Jones-Drew in 2009 to notch at least 10 rushing touchdowns in a season.
Bryce Young completed 19 of 32 passes for 112 yards, with an interception. He was sacked six times.
Panthers linebacker Marquis Haynes, a sixth-year pro who grew up in Jacksonville, sustained a concussion tackling Beathard in the third quarter and was carted off the field after being strapped to a backboard.
Haynes flashed a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as the left the stadium. He was ruled out a few minutes later.
Panthers kicker Eddy Pineiro injured a hamstring in pregame warmups and did not play.
Starting linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill handled kickoff duties for Carolina, although interim coach Chris Tabor didn’t ask Grugier-Hill to attempt a 39-yard field goal on the team’s opening drive. Instead, Tabor kept his offense on the field for a fourth-and-7 play on which Young was sacked.
The Panthers end their season next weekend at home against Tampa Bay.
