JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They showered, dressed, packed their belongings, greeted their loved ones, and then most of the Los Angeles Rams players did something they never have before: They went back to the hotel. The Rams were done playing the Jacksonville Jaguars, but their stay in this city was not yet complete. They will remain here until Thursday, practicing out of the University of North Florida, then fly to London for a Week 7 game against the Arizona Cardinals.

They'll stay, at least, with the glow of a win.

"I did not want to stay in Jacksonville and have a loss," Connor Barwin said after a 27-17 victory by the Rams on Sunday. "I can talk about it now -- it would’ve been miserable staying in Jacksonville having a loss. It’s just so weird anyway, to not be getting on a plane. But it’s really nice that we got the win."

The Rams' victory was their fourth, tying their total from last season through the first six weeks. And they got it behind a dominant performance on defense and special teams.

You know, the way they used to.

The Rams allowed dynamic rookie running back Leonard Fournette to separate for a 75-yard touchdown run on the Jaguars' first offensive snap, but kicked into gear shortly thereafter, holding Fournette to 55 rushing yards on his next 20 carries. The Jaguars went from accumulating 159 yards and 14 points on their first three drives to managing only three points and 230 yards in the next 13.

But it was the Rams' special teams, a major culprit in last week's loss to the Seattle Seahawks, that took over.

Twenty-one of the Rams' 27 points were produced by that department. It included a 103-yard return for a touchdown by Pharoh Cooper on the opening kick and a blocked punt by Cory Littleton in the two-minute mark of the second quarter, which allowed Malcolm Brown to scoop up the football from eight yards out and run it in for a score. Greg Zuerlein added a 56-yard field goal, a 29-yard field goal and three extra points.

"It's just momentum, more than anything," Jared Goff said of the special-teams points. "You get that momentum, you get that feeling, you get that belief -- the belief that you're going to win. And it's a good feeling."

The Rams have that belief now, more so than they have in a long time. Goff (11-of-21 for 124 yards and a touchdown) wasn't great, but he faced a defense that might be the NFL's best against the pass and did not turn the ball over. Todd Gurley amassed 116 rushing yards, his struggles on the ground now only a distant memory. And the Rams won despite going 4-for-13 on third down and getting outgained by 140 yards.

"Offensively," Rams coach Sean McVay said, "it was not good enough."

But really, it was.

Cooper's return was followed immediately by Fournette's run, which, according to research from the Elias Sports Bureau, marked the first time in the Super Bowl era that two touchdowns occurred within the first 25 seconds of a game. Eight minutes later, the Jaguars went on a four-play, 75-yard drive that included big plays from Fournette, Marqise Lee, Allen Hurns and Chris Ivory, taking a 14-10 lead.

But the Rams answered with what would be their only offensive touchdown of the afternoon, when Goff pitched to rookie tight end Gerald Everett -- lined up tight with the formation -- for a 4-yard touchdown run. Then Littleton got free for a blocked punt. Then Nickell Robey-Coleman intercepted Blake Bortles. And then, needing a sustained drive to seal a win, Goff and the offense soaked up more than five minutes to position Zuerlein for his second field goal.

"It’s a confidence booster," Rams linebacker Mark Barron said of the win. "We’ve just got to keep building off it."