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Jacksonville, like most large cities in the United States, suffered from negative effects of rapid urban sprawl after World War II.
The team opted to go with former Jacksonville starter Matt Robinson as Walton's replacement, rather than seeking a more proven USFL QB without a home, like Craig Penrose, Alan Risher, or Mike Hohensee, or trading for someone like Oakland's Fred Besana, or even signing an NFL vet.
The Patriots lost to the Washington Redskins 20-17 in Week Four but swept the rest of the NFC East and the entire AFC South ; the Patriots shut out Dallas in bitter cold and edged the Giants in the rain while hammering Philly following the infamously erroneous " They hate their coach " quote from Tom Jackson ; the Patriots also edged the Titans, Houston in overtime, and former division rival Indianapolis in shootouts while routing Jacksonville ( which like Carolina had entered the NFL in 1995 ) in the regular season, and then edged the Titans and hammered the Colts in the playoffs.
Like the area's other Southern rock acts, their music typically expressed the values, hopes and excesses of 1970s-era young adults in a Southern metropolitan area like Jacksonville, in addition to Southern (" Gator Country ", " Sweet Dixie ") and Western themes (" Edge of Sundown ", " Bounty Hunter ", " Gunsmoke ").
Neighborhood identities are important in a big city like Jacksonville, but the location of Lee High School is ambiguous.

Jacksonville and team
In 1992, the NFL released the list of five areas open to a potential NFL team: Baltimore, Maryland ; St. Louis, Missouri ; Memphis, Tennessee ; Jacksonville, Florida ; and the Carolinas, represented by Charlotte.
On October 26, 1993, the league announced that the owners had unanimously voted for the Carolinas to receive the 29th franchise, the first new NFL team since 1976 ( Jacksonville was named the 30th team a month later ).
When Aaron traveled around Jacksonville, Florida and the surrounding areas, he was often separated from his team because of Jim Crow laws.
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.
They are the only team in the " big four " sports leagues to play in the city of Jacksonville.
Jacksonville attempted to lure the Baltimore Colts in 1979 ; Colts owner Robert Irsay famously landed a helicopter in the stadium as thousands of Jacksonville citizens urged him to move the team there.
announced its bid for a team, and Jacksonville was ultimately chosen as one of five finalists, along with Charlotte, St. Louis, Baltimore and Memphis.
The Jacksonville metropolitan area and television market were smaller than nearly every other city with a team.
But the team lost its next two games, and suffered embarrassing losses to the Houston Texans over the course of the season ( Jacksonville has struggled against the Texans since Houston entered the league in 2002 ).
Contributing to this decline in ticket sales is the fact that Jacksonville is one of the league's smallest markets, though its stadium is relatively large ; since 2005 the team has covered nearly 10, 000 of the stadium's 73, 000 total seats with tarp in order to lower the stadium's official capacity to a more typical size and reduce blackouts.
To address this issue, in 2010 the team and the City of Jacksonville undertook several measures aimed at ensuring the franchise's continued viability in Jacksonville.
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.
In addition of performing at games and pep rallies, members function as goodwill ambassadors of the team, participating in corporate, community and charitable events in the Jacksonville metropolitan area where they sign autographs and pose for pictures.
But finally on December 5, 2011, the Chargers got their first win in over a month against the Jacksonville Jaguars, beating their also-struggling team.
Jacksonville had no NFL team at the time, the Jacksonville Jaguars would not start play until 1995.
Iowa, Milwaukee, Tennessee Valley ( which changed its name to Alabama to reflect the state, rather than the region ), Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Bossier-Shreveport, and Spokane all seamlessly moved to the new AFL to join " old " AFL teams Arizona, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Cleveland, along with expansion teams in Dallas and Jacksonville, and the AIFA team in Utah which had originally been in the old AFL.
* Jacksonville Jaguars, American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida
* Jacksonville Suns, baseball team based in Jacksonville, Florida

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Pop singer Pat Boone appeared on one episode as himself, with the premise that he hailed from the same area of the country as the Clampetts, though Boone is a native of Jacksonville, Florida.
Campbell currently lives in Jacksonville, Oregon, with his second wife, costume designer Ida Gearon, whom he met on the set of the movie Mindwarp.
When new professional leagues started up to challenge the NFL's post-merger monopoly on professional football, Jacksonville was ready to join.
In the late 1980s, city leaders put on a more concerted effort to convince Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams to move to Jacksonville.
The new stadium ( renamed Jacksonville Municipal Stadium ) opened on August 18, 1995 with a preseason game against the St. Louis Rams.
All three men would go on to be Super Bowl-winning head coaches, but not for Jacksonville.
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.
Located on Merritt Island, Florida, the center is north-northwest of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Miami and Jacksonville on Florida's Space Coast.
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.
The second was on September 26, 2010, in a 28 3 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In 2010, Taibbi documented illegal and fraudulent actions by banks in the foreclosure courts after traveling to Jacksonville, Florida and sitting in on hearings in the courtroom.
Crowe helped to organise a rugby league game that took place in Jacksonville, Florida between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the English Super League champions Leeds Rhinos on 26 January 2008 ( Australia Day ).
Crowe is also a fan of the National Football League, and on 22 October 2007 appeared in the booth of a Monday Night game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Jacksonville led 14 10 at halftime, but the Titans then scored 23 unanswered points on 2 touchdown runs by McNair, a safety, and Derrick Mason's 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
On the other side of the world in 1983, Howard Jacobs created several wakeboards by mounting windsurfing foot straps and partial hydroslide pads on some smaller surfboards that he had shaped ; by 1984, he was throwing backflips on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.
Hoping to improve on the previous season's dismal passing attack, Coach Gibbs added former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave as his quarterbacks coach.
Ponzi was released on bail as he appealed the state conviction, and fled to the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida and launched the Charpon Land Syndicate (" Charpon " is an amalgam of his name ), offering investors in September 1925 tiny tracts of land, some under water, and promising 200 % returns in 60 days.
Clay County is also a popular choice of residence for military personnel who are stationed on bases in nearby Duval County ( NAS Jacksonville, NS Mayport ).
Jacksonville is in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about south of the Georgia state line and about north of Miami.
A simulated-color image of Jacksonville, taken on NASA's Landsat 7 satellite.

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