NASHVILLE, Tenn. – They grinded, fought and did more than enough to win.

For the AFC South-leading Jaguars, that didn't make for a particularly comfortable day. But it made for a very successful one.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdowns to three different receivers, with kicker Cam Little adding four field goals, as the Jaguars extended their division lead by pulling away late for a 40-23 victory over the Tennessee Titans in front of 61,239 at Nissan Stadium Sunday.

"A good team win," Head Coach Liam Coen called it, with Lawrence adding, "I thought we just stayed the course and kept playing."

Lawrence called it a "complete game."

"This is the NFL and every week you have to play your best," Lawrence said. "You have to play well to win. We just kept playing."

Little's 40-yard field goal with 4:31 remaining gave the Jaguars a 33-23 lead, with the Jaguars stopping the Titans on downs on the ensuing possession to set up a six-yard run by running back Bhayshul Tuten for the game's final margin.

"It's very big because it's the next win," said Tuten, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries after missing practice Wednesday and Thursday with a foot/ankle issue. "We look to go 1-0 starting in practice, the way we work.

"Coming out in the first half, it was a dogfight. Second half was a dogfight in the beginning, but we're about coming out and doing anything to win."

Little also converted from 46, 48, and 36 yards as the Jaguars never trailed after taking an early lead.

"Cam Little continues to do what he does at a very high level," Coen said.

The Jaguars (7-2) won their third consecutive game, with the Titans (1-8) losing a third consecutive game. With a loss by the Houston Texans (3-6) to the Cleveland Browns Sunday, the Jaguars lead the South by four games.

Lawrence threw touchdown passes to wide receiver Parker Washington, tight end Brenton Strange and wide receiver Josh Cameron – with his 25-yarder to Cameron giving the Jaguars their largest lead to that point, two touchdowns, early in the fourth quarter.

Lawrence completed 23 of 35 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns with a tipped-pass interception, with an early short touchdown to Washington giving the Jaguars a 7-0 lead.

Coen called Washington "the best player on the field today."

"He was a man possessed in a lot of ways," Coen said of Washington, who caught six passes for 148 yards and one touchdown in the first half as the Jaguars pushed to a 16-10 halftime lead.

Lawrence threw for 234 first-half yards and the Jaguars outgained Tennessee 270-150 in the first two quarters.

"We just didn't finish drives with touchdowns in the first half," Coen said. "I felt like that was kind of what kept them in the game there. We were more efficient finishing drives with touchdowns and better on third down as the game went on."

Coen added, "It was a bummer we couldn't finish some of those drives with touchdowns because it would have given us a little more breathing room early on."

Titans quarterback Cam Ward completed 28 of 39 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. Second-year wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter registered his third interception of the season, the Jaguars' lone takeaway Sunday.

"We strained and fought, and we ended the game on our terms," Tuten said. "That's the biggest thing we harp on. We went out there and executed."

2026 Week 10, Step by step:

• Washington's 2-yard reception from Lawrence capped a 10-play, 60-yard game-opening drive for a 7-0 Jaguars lead with 9:33 remaining in the first quarter, with Cameron keying the drive with a 28-yard reception from Lawrence on third-and-4 from the Jaguars 46. Kicker Joey Slye's 53-yard field goal capped the ensuing possession – an eight-play, 31-yarder to make it 7-3 with 7:04 remaining.
• Little's 46-yard field goal capped a 10-play, 52-yard drive for a 10-3 Jaguars lead with 12:54 remaining in the second quarter – a drive that began when Hunter intercepted Ward at the Jaguars 21. Little's 48-yard field goal on the ensuing Jaguars possession capped a six-play, 39-yard drive and pushed the lead to 13-3 with 7:54 remaining. Tight end Daniel Bellinger's 2-yard reception from Ward capped a six-play, 67-yard drive to cut the Jaguars' lead to 13-10 with 5:06 remaining in the first half. Little's 36-yard field goal – his third field goal of the half – as time expired in the half capped a seven-play, 65-yard drive and gave the Jaguars a 16-10 lead.
• Slye's 54-yard field goal capped a seven-play, 23-yard drive to open the second half and cut the Jaguars' lead to 16-13 with 12:26 remaining in the third quarter. Strange's 3-yard reception from Lawrence capped the ensuing drive – a 10-play, 71-yarder for a 23-13 lead with 6:28 remaining in the third quarter. Slye's third field goal – a 50-yarder – on the ensuing possession capped a 10-play, 49-yard drive and cut the lead to 23-16 with 2:18 remaining in the third quarter.
• Cameron's 25-yard touchdown capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive for a 30-16 lead with 9:44 remaining, with Titans running back Tony Pollard's 32-yard touchdown reception on the ensuing drive cutting the lead to 30-23 with 8:21 remaining.

Notable: The Jaguars' touchdown on their first drive Sunday marked the third consecutive game with a first-drive touchdown, tying the longest such streak in franchise history. Defensive tackle Jordan Davis and safety Jessie Bates III, two high-profile players acquired in trades early this past week, were among five inactive players for the Jaguars Sunday. Coen said Friday the two wouldn't play Sunday. Center Robert Hainsey, the lone Jaguars player listed as questionable on the team's final injury report of the week Friday, played after clearing concussion protocol Saturday. The Jaguars' three other inactive players Sunday: Rookie defensive tackle Albert Regis, rookie defensive end Wesley Williams and rookie wide receiver CJ Williams.

Jaguars injury report: Defensive end Danny Striggow sustained a concussion and did not return. Hainsey sustained a knee injury in the third quarter, with second-year veteran Jonah Monheim playing in his place thereafter.