The smallest announced crowd in the Shad Khan Era witnessed another big step back for the Jaguars today.

Their special teams a debacle, their defense unable to force a fourth-quarter stop and their passing game mostly impotent, the Jaguars fell back to .500 with a 27-17 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

The Rams scored touchdowns on a kick return and blocked punt and Leonard Fournette was mostly bottled up after a 75-yard touchdown on his first carry.

Fournette sustained a right ankle injury in the fourth quarter, but was not taken to the locker room for further evaluation. On the Jaguars’ hurry-up drive in the final two minutes, Fournette was not on the field, but that is usually Chris Ivory’s package of plays anyway.

The announced attendance was 56,232, either a show of disinterest in the Jaguars despite their 3-2 start or a show of anger by the fan base for the 15 players who took a knee for the National Anthem three weeks ago in London and Khan’s decision to stand arm-in-arm with the captains at that same game.

The Jaguars fell to 3-3 this year — 0-2 in Jacksonville.

The Rams improved to 4-2; they won three games all of last year.

Leading by seven, Los Angeles took over possession with 7:40 and willed their way down the field, much like the Jaguars did last week at Pittsburgh. The Rams converted a third-and-6 — 22-yard catch by Cooper Kupp — with five minutes remaining a third-and-4 (Todd Gurley nine-yard run) to further run down the clock.

By the time Greg Zuerlein kicked a 29-yard field goal, only 2:32 remaining and the Rams led by 10 points.

The Jaguars trailed 24-14 at halftime and punted on their first possession. They needed a takeaway … and the defense delivered.

After Robert Woods caught a long pass over the middle, he fumbled (forced by Telvin Smith). The play was ruled down but coach Doug Marrone challenged and the call was overturned. Aaron Colvin recovered and would have had a chance at scoring a touchdown if the play wasn’t blown dead originally.

The Jaguars cut the lead to 24-17 entering the fourth quarter on Jason Myers’ 41-yard field goal that came after the Smith forced fumble. The Jaguars reached the 19 before Blake Bortles was sacked by Aaron Donald on third-and-4.

After the Rams punted, the Jaguars’ next drive bridged the third and fourth quarters. A big break came when Fournette was thrown for a 1-yard loss, but Robert Quinn was called for unnecessary roughness when he threw down Fournette. Two plays later, Bortles threw 20 yards to Marqise Lee, who had his best game of the year.

Five plays later, from the Rams’ 31, Bortles’ third-and-13 pass went off the hand of tight end Marcedes Lewis and was intercepted by cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman at 24 with 11:55 remaining. The Rams, though, could not capitalize and punted it back to the Jaguars with 9:58 remaining.

But the Jaguars’ last chance offensively in a one-score game was a pass for no gain on third-and-4 from their 26.

The first half was a comedy of errors for the Jaguars’ special teams, contributing to a 10-point halftime deficit.

Any fans who arrived late missed a wild start to the game.

Rams receiver Pharoh Cooper returned the opening kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown, breaking a tackle near the Los Angeles 20-yard line and outrunning the Jaguars’ kickoff coverage down the right sideline the rest of the way.

It was the first opponent’s kick return for a touchdown allowed by the Jaguars in nearly seven years.

The Jaguars responded on their first play, with Fournette breaking free for a 75-yard touchdown. Fournette took the hand-off and ran behind right guard A.J. Cann. He broke one tackle near the line of scrimmage and showed off his break-away speed while running by Rams safety John Johnson.

The Elias Sports Bureau said it was the first game in the Super Bowl Era to have two touchdowns in the first 25 seconds.

Fournette has scored at least one touchdown in each game this season.

The Rams went ahead 10-7 on their third drive when Zuerlein connected on a 56-yard field goal. Los Angeles started the possession at the Jaguars’ 45 after a shanked punt by Brad Nortman traveled just 16 yards, his shortest of the season.

The Jaguars scored on a four-play drive to take a 14-10 lead.

Chris Ivory caught a 22-yard touchdown on a well-designed screen. Ivory’s score came after the Jaguars started the drive with an 18-yard catch by Allen Hurns, a 17-yard run on an end around by Marqise Lee and a bruising gain of 18 for Fournette.

Calais Campbell sacked Jared Goff in the first quarter, becoming the first player in franchise history to record at least seven sacks through the first six games.

Los Angeles’ first offensive touchdown came late in the first quarter. The Rams brought Tavon Austin in motion, and Goff threw a shovel pass to tight end Gerald Everett, who powered into the end zone.

The Rams made it 24-14 at halftime when Cory Littleton blocked Nortman’s punt and Malcolm Brown scooped up the block for a six-yard touchdown.

It was the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown allowed by the Jaguars since 2014 (at Baltimore).

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