On January 23, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach and former linebackers coach for the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens Mike Smith was named the Falcons ' new head coach.

The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion teams in 1995.

In the 2003 season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers were losing 17 – 0.

Hackman is an avid fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and regularly attended Jaguars games as a guest of then head coach Jack Del Rio.

In 2003, the Texans introduced an alternative red jersey ( most of the time worn in divisional games against the Jacksonville Jaguars ) with blue trim.

They have lifetime records of 3-17 against the Indianapolis Colts, 7-14 against the Tennessee Titans and 12-9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Along with the Carolina Panthers, the Jacksonville Jaguars entered the NFL as the first expansion teams in almost 20 years.

In 2002 the NFL split up the two conferences into four divisions, sending the Jacksonville Jaguars to the AFC South.

Washington Redskins vs Jacksonville Jaguars in October 2006.

Taylor, who is considered to be one of the greatest Jaguars in the history of the franchise, rushed for over 10, 000 yards during his tenure with Jacksonville and earned one trip to the Pro Bowl.

The day after the NFL awarded the expansion team to Jacksonville, a triumphant Wayne Weaver held up the Jaguars ' proposed silver helmet and teal jersey at the NFL owners ' meeting in Chicago.

Jacksonville Jaguars uniform combinations, 2004 – 2008.

For most of their short history, the Jaguars did what many other NFL teams located in subtropical climates traditionally practice: wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to wear their dark ones under the sweltering autumns in Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville ROAR is the professional cheerleading squad of the Jaguars.

EverBank Field ( formerly known as Jacksonville Municipal Stadium and Alltel Stadium ) is located on the north bank of the St. Johns River, and has been the home of the Jaguars since the team's first season in 1995.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have three primary rivals: their divisional rivals ( Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, and Houston Texans ).

The name has been adopted by sports franchises, including the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and the Mexican football club Jaguares de Chiapas.

* EverBank Field, a sports stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Another well known backward pass in the NFL was the River City Relay in a game between the New Orleans Saints and the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 21, 2003.

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The city hosted the American Football League All Star Game in 1967 and 1968, but after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, Jacksonville was shut out.

During the American Civil War, Jacksonville was a key supply point for hogs and cattle being shipped from Florida to aid the Confederate cause.

During this time, Jacksonville also became a banking and insurance center, with companies such as Barnett Bank, Atlantic National Bank, Florida National Bank, Prudential, Gulf Life, Afro-American Insurance, Independent Life and American Heritage Life thriving in the business district.

Lamar, Texas – Pan American and Jacksonville departed at the end of the 1997-98 academic year.

* Rashad Jennings, American football player Jacksonville Jaguars

American pioneers from Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia quickly followed them and established farms and small businesses at Milan Settlement, Yellow Creek Settlement, and Jackson's Corners ( Jacksonville ) by 1840.

* Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville University center and later Most Valuable Player of the American Basketball Association, attended middle and high school in Dothan.

* Bryan Barker, NFL American football punter with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams.

In addition, mirroring Jacksonville, the town has one of the highest percentage of Filipino American in the state of Florida.

* David Allen, former American Football Running Back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and St. Louis Rams

* Paul Posluzny, Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker and All American Penn State University linebacker was born in Butler.

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. ( born August 9, 1943, Jacksonville, Illinois ) is an American former heavyweight boxer and former WBC Heavyweight Champion.

* Joe Williams ( basketball ), American basketball coach at Jacksonville, Furman, and Florida State universities

David Ryan Adams ( born November 5, 1974 ) is an American alt-country / rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina.

38 Special ( also written. 38 Special or Thirty-Eight Special ) is an American rock band that was formed by neighborhood friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida.

William Frederick " Fred " Durst ( born August 20, 1970 ) is an American musician and film director from Jacksonville, Florida.

Lee Ann Womack ( born August 19, 1966 in Jacksonville, Texas, United States ) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love.

Cold is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida.

* 1953 ( 7 ) Jacksonville Open, Titleholders Championship, New Orleans Women's Open, Phoenix Weathervane ( tied with Louise Suggs ), Reno Open, All American Open, World Championship

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Brown earned a bachelor of science from Florida A & M University in 1969 In college she became a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, one of four African American Greek letter sororities in the United States.

* American Atheists Inc., Mark W. Butler v. The City of Jacksonville, Florida ( 2006 ) ( Sued for the city's tax-funded " Faith Day ")