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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.
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Jaguars and ended
The team's season ended the next week in the Divisional Round as the New York Jets defeated the Jaguars 34 – 24.
Delhomme ended up leading Carolina to a 24-23 comeback victory over the Jaguars.
While the game ended in a Jaguars victory, Owens recorded 8 receptions for 80 yards and one touchdown.
Leinart was injured against the Jaguars on November 27, 2011 breaking his collarbone, which ended his season.
Faced with third down and 14 again on their ensuing drive, the Jaguars decided not to pass and Stewart ended up scoring with a 25-yard touchdown run.
Jaguars and season
In the 2003 season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers were losing 17 – 0.
The Jaguars hold training camp and practice during the season in the stadium and on adjoining practice fields.
The Jaguars finished their inaugural season with a record of 4 – 12.
In the team's final game of the regular season against the Atlanta Falcons, needing a win to earn a playoff berth, the Jaguars caught a bit of luck when Morten Andersen missed a 30 yard field goal with less than a minute remaining that would have given the Falcons the lead.
In the AFC Championship Game, the Jaguars miracle season came to an end, as they lost 20-6 to the New England Patriots, in Foxboro.
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.
In 1999, the Jaguars compiled a league best 14 – 2 regular season record, the best record in franchise history.
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 loss marked the end of an era that saw the Jaguars make the playoffs in four of the team's first five years and would be the team's last playoff appearance until the 2005 season.
2002 marked the last full season for Jaguars legend Mark Brunell, who was benched in the third game of 2003 in favor of Byron Leftwich.
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.
The 2008 season began with high expectations for the Jaguars.
The Jaguars lost starting guards Vince Manuwai and Maurice Williams for the season within the first quarter of the opening game.
The Jaguars finished off this season 7 – 9 and did not manage to make the playoffs.
The 2010 season proved a big year for the Jaguars on the field as well.
On August 21, 2012 the Jaguars announced they had finalized a deal to play one regular season home game each year between 2013 and 2016 at London's historic Wembley Stadium as part of the NFL International Series.
The Jaguars began the 2012 season with a new coaching staff and a new owner.
Until 2004, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.
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.
Until 2004 ( in 2005 – 2007 the Jaguars went back to wearing white at home for early season games ) and then 2008, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.
Jaguars and losing
While the Jaguars managed to win key games in 2005, nine of their final ten games were against opponents with losing records.
The Jaguars offense would continue to struggle under the rookie quarterback, losing the next 4 games in a row, until an upset victory over the Baltimore Ravens at home on Monday Night Football.
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.
Underscoring the UCLA – USC rivalry, on December 12, 2006 Del Rio appeared at a press conference wearing a UCLA basketball jersey after losing a bet with current Jaguars and ex-UCLA running back Maurice Jones-Drew.
Jaguars and 28
The second was on September 26, 2010, in a 28 – 3 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In the playoffs, Brady led the Patriots to a 28 – 3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild card round ; however, on January 14, 2006, the Patriots lost 27 – 13 to the Denver Broncos at INVESCO Field.
The Bills won every ensuing playoff game at the stadium until they were defeated by the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 28, 1996.
On the opening drive of the game, Brunell led the Jaguars 73 yards in nine plays, featuring a 41-yard completion to Jimmy Smith, and finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Smith 4: 28 into the game.
Jaguars and –
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.
The team picked up its first win in Week 4 as the Jaguars defeated the Oilers 17 – 16 on October 1 in Houston.
The next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars earned their first home win by defeating the eventual AFC Champions 20 – 16.
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.
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.
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.
Garrard led the Jaguars to an 11 – 5 record and a wild card spot in the playoffs.
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.
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.
However, the Jaguars failed to live up to those expectations, struggling to a 5 – 11 finish, the franchise's worst record since 2003.
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