JACKSONVILLE (Interstat) — Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes, Jacksonville’s defense supplied a score and the Jaguars pulled away from the Indianapolis Colts for a 42-7 NFL victory on Sunday at EverBank Stadium. Jacksonville improved to 5-2, while Indianapolis fell to 2-6 before an announced attendance of 42,156. Lawrence was the Jaguars’ top star, directing an offense that produced six touchdowns and never trailed.

Jacksonville opened the scoring with 5:30 left in the first quarter when Lawrence found Brian Thomas Jr. for a 12-yard touchdown. Cam Little’s extra point made it 7-0. Lawrence struck again with 7:14 remaining in the second quarter, hitting Nate Boerkircher for a 31-yard touchdown. Bhayshul Tuten then broke free for a 39-yard touchdown run with 1:51 left before halftime. With 10 seconds remaining in the half, Rayuan Lane III intercepted Daniel Jones and returned it for a touchdown, sending Jacksonville into the break with a 28-0 lead.

Jacksonville added to its lead early in the third quarter when C. Rodriguez scored on a 28-yard run with 9:08 remaining. The Colts finally broke through at 3:59 of the third when Jones connected with Josh Downs for a 6-yard touchdown, and Spencer Shrader added the extra point. Lawrence capped the scoring as the third quarter expired, finding Tuten for a 25-yard touchdown. Little added the extra point. Lawrence completed 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 10 yards. Jones completed 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards with one touchdown and one interception and rushed for 7 yards.

Jacksonville’s defense made the lead stand with pressure throughout. Foyesade Oluokun led the Jaguars with nine tackles and one sack, while Josh Hines-Allen had five tackles and half a sack. Travon Walker and Jalen Huskey each recorded a sack, and Lane finished with four tackles to go with his interception return for a touchdown. Montaric Brown added four tackles, Arik Armstead had three tackles and half a sack, and Matt Dickerson made three tackles. Dennis Gardeck had three tackles, while Kaevon Merriweather, Ameer Abdullah, Ruke Orhorhoro, Jarrian Jones, Jaylon Jones, Jahlani Tavai, Jalen McLeod, Branson Combs and Ventrell Miller had two tackles apiece. Wesley Williams had one tackle and half a sack, Danny Striggow and Quintin Morris each made one tackle, and Jourdan Lewis added two tackles. Bryan Thomas Jr., Cole Van Lanen and DaVon Hamilton also contributed tackles.

Brian Thomas Jr. caught a 12-yard touchdown pass, Boerkircher had a 31-yard scoring catch, Brenton Strange caught two passes for 55 yards, Jakobi Meyers had two receptions for 24 yards, and Travis Hunter had a 5-yard run, a 1-yard punt return and four tackles. Logan Cooke punted six times for 292 yards. Josh Cameron returned one kickoff for 18 yards and one punt for 6 yards, Tanner Koziol caught a pass for 8 yards, and Ameer Abdullah rushed six times for 13 yards and returned a kickoff 24 yards.

Indianapolis was led defensively by CJ Allen, who made 10 tackles and one sack. Caden Curry had seven tackles, Austin Ajiake and Akeem Davis-Gaither each made five, and Charvarius Ward and Grover Stewart each had four. Sauce Gardner finished with three tackles, and A.J. Haulcy made three. Josh Downs caught four passes for 23 yards and a touchdown and returned a punt 20 yards. Keenan Allen had seven receptions for 67 yards, Tyler Warren caught four passes for 18 yards, Laquon Treadwell had one catch for 18 yards, and Deion Burks returned a kickoff 29 yards and caught one pass for 2 yards.

Earlier this season, Jacksonville beat Cleveland, lost to Denver, beat New England, beat Cincinnati, beat Philadelphia and lost to Houston. Indianapolis lost to Baltimore, lost at Kansas City in overtime, beat Houston, won at Washington, lost at Pittsburgh, lost to Tennessee and lost at Minnesota. The Colts’ only points came on Downs’ third-quarter touchdown, while Jacksonville scored touchdowns through the air, on the ground and on defense. The Jaguars added two more touchdowns in the third quarter before the Colts’ scoring drive.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Jacksonville 48, Indianapolis 22. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Jacksonville with a 90.1 percent probability to win. Jacksonville had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -10, and the over/under line was 46.5 with the teams combining for 49 points.