Jaguars clip Eagles’ wings with walk-off field goal in London thriller

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN

London (CNN) — From delirium to devastation – and back again – a lot can happen in a second.

As the clock ticked down toward the end of a pulsating game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Jacksonville Jaguars fans began to flock towards the nearest exit.

Philadelphia kicker Jake Elliott had just nailed a field goal with only eight seconds left to play to give the Eagles what would surely be a nail-biting win.

But just as quickly as the Philly fans began planning their night on the town in London, Jaguars running back Ameer Abdullah threw a wrench in those plans.

Weaving his way through the desperate tackle attempts, Abdullah returned the corresponding kick off to field goal range before being tackled with just one second on the clock.

Cam Little then stepped up and silenced the Philadelphia faithful, sealing a 19-17 victory for the Jags.

“One of the craziest games, maybe the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said after the dramatic win. “And I’ve been in some pretty wild ones.”

‘I cost us that game’

After going in at halftime with the Eagles leading 14-7, the action had completely dried up for much of the second half. A Jags field goal was the only score in the first 27 minutes following the break.

Both quarterbacks struggled to find any rhythm; constant flags stifled any semblance of flow and the football had seemingly become secondary to those in attendance.

But out of nowhere, the game exploded into life.

Lawrence, the sixth-year signal caller, found receiver Parker Washington in the end zone with just over three minutes left in the game to give Jacksonville the lead. Little, however, missed the extra point leaving the Jaguars up just 16-14.

A field goal would surely be all the Eagles needed to take the win and after a punt from each side, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts marched Philly’s O down the field.

It was a side of Philadelphia’s offense that had been lacking all second half. The team seemed to have finally found the precision and set up Elliott’s field goal perfectly.

Despite the Philadelphia fans’ best efforts, however, this wasn’t to be enough and the Eagles will now return stateside on the back of a devastating loss.

“At the end of the day I didn’t make the right decision, and it cost us the game,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said after the defeat.

“There’s no other way around it. There’s nothing really else to say about that. It’s just I didn’t do my job good enough in that situation.”

Siranni admitted he took full responsibility for the defeat in front of his team after the loss.

“The guys fought so hard … and I cost us that game.”

The 28-year-old Hurts was also quick to shoulder the blame for the lack of the Eagles’ effectiveness in offense.

“Offensively, there was not enough out there for us to do. We didn’t perform well enough. I didn’t perform well enough.”

A Philly atmosphere in London

This game was advertised as a home game for the Jaguars, but the atmosphere was anything but Jacksonville-friendly.

From the tube to the pubs, Eagles fans were all you could see. In the stadium it was no different.

Waves of green dominated the 61,322 in attendance and if the jerseys weren’t a giveaway, the noise was.

“Our fans showed up. It was great,” Hurts said after the game. “It was great to feel that energy and to see how they showed up when we didn’t do enough.”

From start to finish, Lawrence and the Jags struggled with the deafening atmosphere from the majority-Philly crowd.

“You could see that they had some issues handling some of that noise in that game,” Sirianni said of the impact the Philadelphia fans had on Jacksonville.

And Lawrence clearly agreed.

“I thought it was supposed to be a home game for us over here,” the Jaguars quarterback joked afterward.

“Usually we have more fans, being the Jags and playing over here so much. This was really the only time I could remember where it was so lopsided.”

But, ultimately, it’s the Jacksonville few that will have the last laugh as they prepare to stay in London for another week, where the team will face the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium.

For Philadelphia, this now represents three consecutive losses amidst a difficult juncture that the team needs to get through.

The ever-poised Hurts, however, stayed calm in defeat.

“There’s so much opportunity to grow, so much for us to be better at and we just continue on our journey, gelling and obviously staying locked arms and staying together as a team,” Hurts added.

Eagles will host the Carolina Panthers next week at Lincoln Financial Field.

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CNN’s Ben Church contributed to reporting.