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The Jaguars defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 – 29 to win their first playoff game in almost eight years and their first road playoff win since 1997.
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Jaguars and defeated
The team picked up its first win in Week 4 as the Jaguars defeated the Oilers 17 – 16 on October 1 in Houston.
In what often regarded as one of the three biggest upsets in NFL playoff history, the Jaguars defeated the Broncos, 30-27.
The team's season ended the next week in the Divisional Round as the New York Jets defeated the Jaguars 34 – 24.
The Patriots then defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars, 20 – 6, in the AFC Championship Game.
Playing in front of a then franchise-record crowd of 70, 809, the Texans defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 30 – 17.
The Smoke Jaguars refused to take any of the defeated Clan's genetic legacies but they were acquired by the Cloud Cobra.
Adding to this problem was the planet Wolcott, which the Smoke Jaguars had promised never to attack again if defeated in their first attempt, which they were.
With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator, the Patriots went 10 – 6 in 2005 and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the divisional round.
The Bills won every ensuing playoff game at the stadium until they were defeated by the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 28, 1996.
The Jaguars shredded the Dolphins with 520 total offensive yards in what became Miami quarterback Dan Marino's last game in the NFL and the most lopsided postseason contest since the Chicago Bears defeated the Redskins 73-0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game.
However, in both appearances in the championship game, the Jaguars were defeated: in 1996 by the New England Patriots, and in 1999, by the Tennessee Titans.
The three-time Super Bowl champion Patriots, who for the first time in their previous three playoff trips would have to win three games to advance to the Super Bowl, defeated the Jaguars 28-3.
Jaguars and Pittsburgh
The next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars earned their first home win by defeating the eventual AFC Champions 20 – 16.
The Jaguars also have rivalries with other teams that arose from the AFC Central days, most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For instance, the San Diego Chargers always wear their popular powder blue third jerseys at home against the Oakland Raiders, while the Houston Texans are known to wear their " Battle Red " third uniforms at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Pittsburgh Steelers are known to wear their throwbacks at home against the archrival Baltimore Ravens.
* Chris Fuamatu-Ma ' afala, football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers & Jacksonville Jaguars
Leftwich led the Jaguars to victories on national television in consecutive weeks against the favored Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers to begin the 2006 season.
Those include the Pittsburgh Steelers ( KDKA-TV ), Miami Dolphins ( WFOR-TV ), San Francisco 49ers ( KPIX and KOVR in Sacramento ), Dallas Cowboys ( KTVT ), Cincinnati Bengals ( WKRC-TV ), Kansas City Chiefs ( KCTV ), New England Patriots ( WBZ-TV ), Atlanta Falcons ( WGCL-TV ) and the Jacksonville Jaguars ( WTEV ).
WKMG lobbied to carry a Dolphins game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2005, but the NFL refused – as Orlando is officially a Jaguars secondary market, the station had to carry the Jaguars game at Pittsburgh.
Chris Fuamatu-Ma ' afala ( pronounced ; born March 4, 1977, in Honolulu, Hawaii ) is a retired American football running back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League.
Those franchises include the Houston Oilers ( 1990 – 1994 ), Jacksonville Jaguars ( 1995 – 1996 ), Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1999 – 2000 ), Buffalo Bills ( 2002 – 2003 ), and currently is the offensive coordinator with the New York Giants.
Jaguars and Steelers
In 1997, the franchise's third season, the Jaguars and the Steelers both finished the season with an 11 – 5 record, tops in the AFC Central Division.
The Jaguars ' identity, in terms of colors, as of 2009 is exclusively teal and black, with gold only being used in the logo ; just as the Steelers identity is gold and black, with red and blue only being used in the logo.
In 1995, the Steelers overcame a 3 – 4 start ( including a 20 – 16 upset loss to the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars ) to win 8 of their final 9 games and finished with an 11 – 5 record, the second best in the AFC.
During the Steelers week five win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Fuamatu-Ma ' afala rushed the ball seven times for 51 yards and one touchdown.
The Oilers / Titans franchise finished with a 2-5 record in such games before moving to the AFC South, while the Jaguars ( who also later played the Steelers in the playoffs after the two teams were placed in separate divisions ) finished 0-1.
Jaguars and 31
On August 31, 2007, the Jaguars announced that long time back-up quarterback David Garrard would start for the team, ahead of former first round draft pick, Byron Leftwich who was released in the team's final roster cuts.
However, in the divisional round, the Jaguars fell to the then-undefeated New England Patriots ; the teams were tied at halftime, but the Patriots pulled ahead and won 31 – 20.
6 Squadron, with the last of the RAF ’ s Jaguars, would be moved to RAF Coningsby on 1 April 2006 and disbanded by 31 October 2007.
On May 31, 2008, Thorpe was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars to a one-year, $ 370, 000 contract.
He started 31 of 32 games for the Jaguars at right tackle.
Jaguars and –
In the 2003 season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers were losing 17 – 0.
The Jaguars finished their inaugural season with a record of 4 – 12.
Both the Jaguars and the Panthers ( 7 – 9 ) broke the previous record for most wins by an expansion team ( 3 ) set by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.
While many probably expected the Jaguars to just be happy to be there, the Jaguars won 30 – 27, and knocked Buffalo QB Jim Kelly out of what would turn out to be the last game of his career.
In 1998, the Jaguars again finished 11 – 5 and won their first AFC Central Division title.
In the wild card round, the Jaguars hosted their first home playoff game, a 25 – 10 win over the New England Patriots.
In 1999, the Jaguars compiled a league best 14 – 2 regular season record, the best record in franchise history.
The Jaguars hosted the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Divisional playoffs, a 62 – 7 victory in what would be Dan Marino and Jimmy Johnson's last NFL game.
The Jags fell at home to the Titans 33 – 14 in a game that the Jaguars led 14 – 10 at halftime, before allowing 23 unanswered points in the 2nd half.
The Jaguars finished the 1999 season 15 – 3, with all three of their losses coming against the Titans ( the only time in NFL history that a 3-loss team had all of its losses to one team ).
The 2004 season, the tenth season of the Jaguars franchise, resulted in a winning record of 9 – 7 with road victories against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field and the Indianapolis Colts at the RCA Dome.
However, due to their scintillating 13 – 0 start, including two victories against the Jaguars, the Colts easily clinched the AFC South title.
With a 12 – 4 record, the Jaguars earned a wild card and their first playoff appearance since 1999.
The Jaguars ended the season losing 28 – 3 to the two-time defending champion New England Patriots on January 7, 2006 in the AFC wild card playoff round.
Garrard led the Jaguars to an 11 – 5 record and a wild card spot in the playoffs.
However, the Jaguars failed to live up to those expectations, struggling to a 5 – 11 finish, the franchise's worst record since 2003.
The Jaguars finished off this season 7 – 9 and did not manage to make the playoffs.
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