Jaguars pull off seventh-largest upset since 1990, beat Bills despite closing as 15.5-point underdogs

The Jacksonville Jaguars pulled off a stunning upset victory on Sunday, defeating the Buffalo Bills by a remaining rating of 9-6. The upset was not simply the most important shock of this season, however one of many largest upsets in current reminiscence. 

Jacksonville entered the sport as a 15.5-point underdog, based on our buddies at Caesars Sportsbook. Solely six groups since 1990 have pulled off a win when coming into the sport as a extra important underdog, based on the Motion Community. 

Extremely, as you may see above, the Payments have been concerned in 4 of the seven largest upsets within the final 30-plus years, together with two of them within the final 4 seasons. 

Buffalo was a major underdog towards the Minnesota Vikings again in 2018 — Josh Allen’s first NFL season. In his second profession begin, Allen managed to drag off the fifth-largest upset in current historical past. Each he and the Payments have improved by leaps and bounds since then, but could not handle to say their expertise benefit on Sunday. Allen threw for 264 yards, however did not have a landing and threw two interceptions — one by his namesake on the Jaguars, who had an enormous sport, together with a sack and fumble restoration.

The Payments have been beforehand on the incorrect facet of a lopsided upset twice, each in the identical season: 1992. Maybe that’s at the very least a little bit of an encouraging signal for Buffalo, since that season ended with the Payments going to the Super Bowl, the place they confronted off towards the Dallas Cowboys. Sadly, the Payments have been additionally on the dropping finish of that sport, happening 52-17.