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Tom Coughlin's first game back in Jacksonville since being fired as the Jaguars head coach didn't go so well. Jacksonville shut down New York and won 26-10.

Facing a third-and-5 at the New York 38, Reggie Torbor zeroed in on Garrard in the backfield. Garrard somehow spun out of the tackle near midfield and scrambled for 17 yards.

His run set up Scobee’s third field goal.

“I felt like I played pretty decent,” Garrard said. “I’m still learning, still have room to grow. The thing I really feel good about is coming back after last week. This was a chance for me to show where I was.”

Taylor’s 10-yard run put the Jags ahead 10-3 in the second quarter. Jacksonville would have led by two touchdowns at the half if Taylor, close to scoring again, hadn’t fumbled into the end zone. Antonio Pierce recovered to keep the game close.

Jacksonville wore all black for the fourth time in franchise history. Coughlin’s successor, Jack Del Rio, was dressed for the occasion, too, sporting a spiffy black dress suit the NFL granted him permission to wear.

The Jacksonville coach wore a white shirt and completed the ensemble with a teal-blue tie with black and white stripes and a gold Jaguars lapel pin.

On the opposite sideline, Coughlin mostly just wore a grim look.

“We weren’t successful,” Coughlin said. “It was a very disappointing game for us. There are an awful lot of plays that we’re leaving out on the field. We’re just not making any plays.”

He was the Jaguars’ first coach and led the expansion franchise to the AFC championship game twice in its first five seasons. He was fired after the 2002 season, leaving with a 68-60 record that included two AFC Central titles and four playoff appearances.

Jacksonville has 13 players remaining from Coughlin’s tenure, including Taylor, Garrard, Darius and defensive tackles John Henderson and Marcus Stroud.

“It felt good to beat him,” Garrard said. “But it also feels good that he brought me into this league, that he saw something in me to believe I could play.”

Notes: Scobee has made 15 consecutive field goals. ... New York’s 25 yards rushing was a franchise record for the Jaguars. ... Jags WR Ernest Wilford caught five passes for 72 yards, but sprained his right ankle late in the game and had to be helped to the locker room. ... TE Jeremy Shockey led the Giants with seven catches for 82 yards.

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