In their final game of the 2024 season, the Colts took things down to the wire against the Jacksonville Jaguars, going to overtime before recording one last win to finish 8-9 on the season.

The Colts opened the game with a surgically precise drive downfield to take an early 7-0 lead, as quarterback Joe Flacco needed just three plays – all of which were passes – to reach the end zone. Wide receiver Alec Pierce scored his seventh touchdown of the season with a 40-yard reception, doing exactly what he's become so well-known for this season as he beat out his defender and coasted into the end zone.

After the Jaguars responded in kind on their first offensive possession, the rest of the first quarter turned into the two teams trading possessions with neither able to garner enough momentum to put any more points on the board.

Jacksonville nailed a 53-yard field goal to go up 10-7 early in the second quarter, but the Colts quickly retook the lead with an eight-play, 70-yard touchdown drive. Running back Jonathan Taylor, who only had 16 rushing yards in the first quarter, had seven carries for 44 yards – including a six-yard run for the touchdown.

The score marked Taylor's 11th touchdown of the season, and his sixth in the last three games.

The Colts settled in as the second quarter went on, forcing Jacksonville to go three-and-out – Kwity Paye recorded his team-leading eighth sack of the season in the process – and extending their lead 17-10 thanks to a 49-yard field goal by kicker Matt Gay.

The Jaguars kicked a field goal of their own to narrow the Colts' lead with 1:25 to go in the second quarter, but Flacco and his offense marched back down the field to add three more points to their lead, taking a 20-13 lead into halftime.

Midway through the third quarter, Jacksonville was poised to make a big play and have a chance to tie the game; quarterback Mac Jones heaved a 49-yard pass intended for wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., but cornerback Julian Blackmon played spoiler by snagging the ball for his third interception of the season, handing the ball back to Flacco and the Colts offense.

After a series of incompletions, the Colts were forced to settle for a field goal, but Gay's 51-yard kick sailed wide right to keep the score 20-13 with just under three minutes left in the third quarter.

It took until just under the eight-minute mark in the fourth quarter for either team to put any more points on the board, when Jaguars wide receiver Parker Washington lunged across the goal line after recovering his own fumble to tie things up, 20-20.

Once again unable to reach the red zone on their following possession, the Colts were forced to try for another field goal; this time, Gay's kick was good from 45 yards.

With just under four minutes remaining, the Jaguars made their way down the field and, after back-to-back incompletions, made a 53-yard field to tie the game once again.

The Colts were forced to punt the ball away after failing to cross the 50-yard line, however. The Jaguars got the ball back with 15 seconds left on the clock and opted to take a knee, sending the game into overtime.

On the first possession of overtime, the Colts muscled their way down the field as Taylor barreled his way through the Jaguars' defensive line for multiple first downs and Pierce leapt up for a 17-yard reception. But after an incompletion at the goal line, the Colts kicked a field goal and left the door open for the Jaguars.

However, the Colts defense stepped up in a major way as linebacker Zaire Franklin sacked Jones on third down and forced the Jaguars into a fourth-and-22 situation. Jones' pass was too short to reach a first down, and the Colts were able to end the 2024 season on a high note.