**JACKSONVILLE** – The Jaguars' defense had something to prove Sunday.
It proved a lot, and did so with one of the unit's most dominant – and significant – performances in recent memory.
> "When we play well on defense, typically we win, and that's the reality," [Head Coach Liam Coen](https://www.jaguars.com/team/coaches-roster/) said.
The Jaguars on Sunday played as well defensively as they have all season, allowing:
* No touchdowns.
* Eight first downs.
* One hundred thirty-five total yards.
* Forty-five yards rushing.
* Ninety-yards passing.
All were season-lows for the Jaguars' defense, with the performance coming a week after the unit allowed three touchdowns on three extended fourth-quarter drives in a road loss to the Houston Texans in which the Jaguars squandered a 19-point fourth-quarter lead.
"It felt great," said [Josh Hines-Allen](/team/players-roster/josh-allen/), who moved into sole possession of the franchise's career sacks record when he registered his 56th career sack late in the second quarter – a 14-yarder on quarterback Justin Herbert that forced the Chargers' second and final field goal of the game.
> "Our energy was up all game from the beginning, from the first play," Hines-Allen said. "To affect the game and then first, second, third down, just getting off the field, our energy was high."
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> Said Coen, "I know that those guys, they were specifically pissed off about the way last week ended and really wanted to set the tone for our team today and I thought they did that."