JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Ravens continue to use the same recipe for success -- big defensive plays and strong kicking by Matt Stover.
Stover booted a career-high tying five field goals and Baltimore took advantage of six Jacksonville Jaguars' turnovers and a controversial call to post an ugly 15-10 victory.
Jacksonville committed a franchise-record seven fumbles, losing three. Mark Brunell had the roughest night, failing to hold three center-quarterback exchanges and throwing two interceptions before being pulled for Jamie Martin midway through the fourth quarter.
"I've never seen anything like it in my life and I can't even try to explain it," Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin said. "I'm not going to offer any kind of reason for that. The fumbles and the turnovers and that business is pathetic."
Brunell completed 18-of-28 passes for 167 yards and was sacked twice before being yanked.
"We just had a rough one today," Brunell said. "In those situations, you certainly don't point fingers. It's very frustrating. It shouldn't happen. But it does and it cost us some points today which really hurt us."
Stover booted a 47-yard field goal late in the first quarter that tied the game, 3-3, before giving the Ravens their first lead with a 32-yarder 21 seconds before halftime. He added field goals of 43, 21 and 24 yards in the second half.
"We did what we had to do to win the game even though there were no touchdowns," Stover said. "The defense did a trememndous job getting the ball, turning it over for us. To come down to Jacksonville and win is tough to do. I'm excited to see that our team came together."
Stover, who has had three other five field goal games, has accounted for all 27 of Baltimore's points over the last two games. He kicked four field goals in a 12-0 victory at Cleveland on October 1.
"We didn't have any touchdowns on the board for the second week in a row and being a kicker, you're expected to go out and do your job," Stover said. "The snapper and the holder should get the game ball because they have been perfect all year."
Jacksonville almost regained the lead with 9:23 remaining in the third quarter but a questionable call prevented it. Baltimore had the ball on its 4 when Tony Banks hurried a pass that was intercepted by Jaguars defensive end Tony Brackens. During his return, Brackes appeared to break the plane of the goal line with the ball before it popped loose.
"I definitely thought Tony had a touchdown," Jacksonville safety Mike Logan said. "The ball just has to cross the goal line and I think it did that. It took a little bit out of us but we can't worry about those calls. The calls won't always go our way."
After a lengthy review, officials ruled that Brackens fumbled just shy of the goal line before Baltimore recovered in the end zone for a touchback.
"We were convinced that Tony Brackens had scored, that the ball had broke the plane," Coughlin said. "(Referee) Ron Winter listened to my explanation of things and he felt like there wasn't enough evidence. Tony felt he broke the plane."
Martin led the Jaguars on a 13-play, 75-yard drive, capped by Fred Taylor's one-yard scamper that cut the deficit to five with 4:04 remaining. Jacksonville got back the ball with just over two minutes remaining, but Baltimore's Kim Herring made his second interception of the game with 53 seconds left.
"We had a little miscommunication and I didn't quite understand what was going on on the play and threw the ball a little high," Martin said of his last pass. "I expected someone to be somewhere else."
Baltimore's Ron Woodson had the other interception, his third of the season and 57th career. He has the most interceptions among active players and is tied for ninth on the all-time list with Everson Walls, Bobby Boyd, Johnny Robinson and Mel Blount.
"It was uncharacterisitc for both teams," Woodson said of the interceptions. "Lucky for us, the replay today went in our favor. A lot of breaks went our way today. Faith, destiny, whatever, we came down here and played a good football team and won on the road again. We're heading in the right direction... just got to keep it up."
Despite the turnovers, Jacksonville moved the ball well against a stingy Baltimore defense by holding a 348-194 advantage in total yards. It held the ball for just under 32 minutes and went 8-for-15 in third-down efficiency.
The defending AFC Central champion Jaguars were swept in the season series by the division-leading Ravens and trail them by three games. Baltimore, which was 0-8 all-time against Jacksonville before this season, won a 39-36 shootout in Week Two.
"Today was a must win for us," Brunell said. "We're in a tough division. Certainly at this point we are in a must win. Although we have 10 games left, there's some great teams out there."
Frustrations came to a head with 6 1/2 minutes left when Jaguars offensive lineman Zach Wiegert and Ravens linebacker Peter Boulware were ejected for fighting.
"I don't know what provoked it," Wiegert said. "We were throwing the ball, he was pass rushing and I was pass blocking. Obviously, he was upset about something but that was how it started."
Banks completed 17-of-39 passes for 154 yards while Quadry Ismail caught a career-high nine catches for 85 yards.
