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Jacksonville Jaguars,
professional football team and one of six teams in the Central
Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National
Football League (NFL). Under the league’s realignment
plan, which will take affect in 2002, the Jaguars will play
in the South Division of the AFC. The Jaguars play at ALLTEL
Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, and wear uniforms of teal,
black, and gold.
Jacksonville joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1995. During
the Jaguars’ first year, the team fielded the AFC’s
worst defense, losing nine games by more than 24 points. Offensively,
however, they were successful. Mark Brunell—who had previously
played in only two NFL games—posted the highest rating
of any expansion-team quarterback in league history. He also
led all NFL quarterbacks that year in rushing, becoming the
first AFC quarterback to run for more than 400 yards in a season
since Mike Pagel of the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
in 1983. Overall, Jacksonville’s offensive performance
ranked third all-time among first-year franchises.
In 1996 the Jaguars won nine games and earned a wild-card berth
to the playoffs. Wide receivers Keenan McCardell and Jimmy Smith
each compiled 1,000 or more yards receiving. Brunell passed
for more than 4,300 yards and was Jacksonville’s third-leading
rusher, averaging five yards per carry and scoring three touchdowns.
In the playoffs the Jaguars advanced to the AFC title game,
where they lost to the New England Patriots.
Jacksonville advanced to the playoffs again in 1997 but lost
in the first round to the Denver Broncos. In 1998 Brunell and
rookie running back Fred Taylor led the team to a 11-5 win-loss
record and the Central Division championship. They defeated
the New England Patriots in the first round of the playoffs
before being bested by the New York Jets. In 1999 Jacksonville
repeated as Central Division champions but lost to the Tennessee
Titans in the AFC Championship Game.
The Jaguars have never played in the Super Bowl. |
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