DENVER -- This one turned out to be more about "if" than "how many" for Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Alex Reyes . Derailed by their own mistakes, to say nothing of an in-your-face Jacksonville Jaguars defence, the Broncos found themselves in quite a tussle through most of a surreal Sunday afternoon. Not until early in the fourth quarter, when Knowshon Moreno ran for his third touchdown, did the undefeated Broncos have any sense of security against the winless Jags. Denver won 35-19 but fell well short of covering the record 27-point betting line in Las Vegas. "There was a lot of bad football out there," receiver Wes Welker said. "Weve got to correct that stuff and come out better next time." Manning went 28 for 42 for 295 yards, marking the first time hes been held under 300 this season. His two touchdown passes gave him 22 on the year, a record for an NFL quarterback through six games. But he also lost a pair of fumbles on bad exchanges from centre and threw his second interception of the season, which linebacker Paul Posluszny returned 59 yards for a touchdown to pull the Jaguars within 14-12 before the half. At that point, it was clear this would be more than another stat-padding day for Manning and Co. That feeling was reinforced when Chad Henne led the Jaguars on an 80-yard touchdown drive against the banged-up Broncos (6-0) to make it 21-19 after Manning opened the third quarter with a TD drive of his own. "Sometimes, you score a lot of points and people take it for granted," Manning said. "Even people in your own building can take it for granted. Its not easy to win football games. I learned a long time ago, dont take winning for granted." Justin Blackmon had 14 catches for 190 yards for Jacksonville, which fell to 0-6 for the first time, but gave the Broncos a harder time on offence than any team theyve faced this season. In the second quarter, the Jaguars forced Denvers first punt of October. They got in front of receivers routes, and when a Bronco did catch a pass, Jacksonville defenders wrapped up immediately. The Jags gave up 407 yards, but very few were cheap. Were it not for a series of odd decisions and untimely mistakes, this one might have been even closer. It began during Jacksonvilles first possession, when tight end Clay Harbor was wide open for a big gain, but Henne underthrew him. Three plays later, coach Gus Bradley called a fake punt the Broncos diagnosed perfectly, leaving them only 27 yards from their first score, a 3-yard pass from Manning to Julius Thomas. Denvers second touchdown -- Manning to Welker for 20 yards -- came after the Jaguars stopped Manning on third-and-long but had that nullified by a personal foul on defensive end Andre Branch. There was a muffed snap on a field goal attempt, Bradleys failed decision to go for 2 after Poslusznys interception return, and a pass interference penalty that helped Denver on its opening drive of the third quarter. In all, Jacksonville did enough silly things to lose despite racking up 362 yards of offence. "What I saw was a team that played with a lot of emotion and it got the best of us," Bradley said. " I just felt like the emotion got the best of us, but we settled down." Only in Denver, where its Super Bowl or bust this season, would a 16-point win be the cause for so much hand-wringing. But frankly, the lead-up to this game wasnt about who would win but about whether the Broncos would cover the record-setting spread and when Manning would come out of the game. Neither happened. Henne, whose wife was in labour back in Jacksonville, threw for 303 yards against Denvers league-worst pass defence. The Broncos welcomed back Champ Bailey, who found himself on the island against Blackmon for much of the afternoon. "This is still the NFL," Bailey said. "Nobodys a cakewalk in this league." Despite their struggles, Denver ended up undefeated without linebacker Von Miller, whose six-game suspension officially ends Monday. But the Broncos also lost right tackle Orlando Franklin to a left knee injury in the third quarter and he hobbled out of the locker room on a cane -- adding another question mark as they head to Indianapolis for Mannings return to play his old team. Among other things, that game is being billed as Denvers toughest test to date. Turns out, the Jaguars gave the Broncos plenty to sweat over, as well. Notes: DL Malik Jackson had both of Denvers sacks, spread three plays apart in the third quarter. ... Jags receiver Cecil Shorts III left in the first quarter with a right shoulder injury. ... Never a great sign for a defence: Denver CB Chris Harris led the Broncos in tackles with 11. Mark McGwire . Hernandez (3-0) struck out 11 and shut down Oakland for the second time in a week, becoming the first Mariners pitcher to win three times in the first nine games of a season. With the usual "Kings Court" for Hernandez home starts expanded to a "Supreme Court" encompassing the entire stadium with yellow shirts and "K" cards, Hernandez gave up four hits in the 28th double-digit strikeout game of his career. Andrew Miller . 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With a win over Illinois State in Frisco, Texas, the Bison would become the first FCS team to win four straight national titles. Yeah, its obviously a tremendous group, said first-year head coach Chris Klieman, who was a part of the 2011-13 titles as an assistant coach. They (were recruited) during the 3-8 season (in 2009), and many of those guys were able to play early on in their career, and several of them played obviously in the national championship games. Unique group in the fact that we lost so many guys from the year before, 25, 26 guys, plus a number of the coaching staff, that I felt bad for those guys because I really thought people kind of wrote them off before the season even started, that most likely we may have a pretty good season, but 8-4, 7-5 may be a stretch for these guys with all the young guys that we were going to have to play, and losing a bunch of coaches, great coaches, good friends of mine. But those guys werent going to be denied to at least put their best foot forward and be great leaders, great teammates, be people that were going to at least go out fighting. The 17-member senior class has done even more than that, combining on 174 starts this season while guiding a 14-1 team. Three of the players earned All- American honors from The Sports Network - Buck Buchanan Award-winning defensive end Kyle Emanuel; running back John Crockett, who is 80 shy of 2,000 rushing yards; and strong safety Colten Heagle, a Buchanan Award finalist - and another six - center Jesse Hinz, linebackers Carlton Littlejohn and Travis Beck, free safety Christian Dudzik, wide receiver Zach Vraa and place-kicker Adam Keller - joined the trio in gaining All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors. Dudzik will start in the national championship game ffor the fourth time, hitting all 60 career starts in the process. Whitey Herzog. The Bison beat Sam Houston State in 2011 and 12 to complete 14-1 seasons and finished 15-0 last season after defeating Towson in the title game. This season, they won their first nine games to set the FCS record with a 33-game winning streak dating to 2012. Its crazy to think weve played that much football ... and if youre a senior like Colten Heagle or Christian Dudzik, its all you know, Klieman said. You came here as a freshman and youve played in January every year. I know it takes its toll. I know that your body gets beat up, but those guys are so used to it. Most of this years seniors were redshirted as true freshmen in 2010 when North Dakota State put the pieces in place for this historical run of success. The Bison finished 10-5 that season, including two playoff wins during a run to the national quarterfinals. After some of the players hit the playing field, they were at times overshadowed by the class ahead of them - a group that included Brock Jensen, who played in 48 career wins to set the all-time high for an FCS quarterback. Tight end Kevin Vaadeland was one of 24 from that class, but he returned to the Bison program for a sixth season due to a medical redshirt in 2010. Im so excited for all those guys that theyre getting an opportunity to get back to Frisco, Klieman said. For us to win the Valley was our first goal, but for us to get back to Frisco with a bunch of new players and a bunch of new coaches I think is really remarkable because its so hard to jell so quickly with players and staff. North Dakota States 17 seniors: linebacker Travis Beck, cornerback Zach Colvin, running back John Crockett, free safety Christian Dudzik, defensive end Kyle Emanuel, wide receiver Trevor Gebhart, defensive end Mike Hardie, strong safety Colten Heagle, center Jesse Hinz, offensive lineman Zac Johnson (medical redshirt this season), place-kicker Adam Keller, linebacker Carlton Littlejohn, wide receiver Nate Moody, offensive lineman Adam Schueller, linebacker Esley Thornton, tight end Kevin Vaadeland and wide receiver Zach Vraa. ' ' '