The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Jaguars, along with the Carolina Panthers, joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1995.The club has played all of its home games at EverBank Field, located near the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville. The team headquarters is also located in the stadium. The Jaguars practice during the season and training camp in the stadium and on adjoining practice fields. They are the only team in the "big four" sports leagues to play in the city of Jacksonville. Since their inception the Jaguars have won two division championships and have made six playoff appearances.
NFL Preseason Week 2 Preview: Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars:
Atlanta dropped a 28-23 home contest to the Miami Dolphins last week in its preseason opener despite having its first-team offense score 17 points. “I thought Matt played well,” stated Falcons head coach Mike Smith about quarterback Matt Ryan’s performance. “He executed the offense. We got the work that we needed to get done with that group.” Ryan finished with 90 yards and a touchdown by completing 6-of-10 pass attempts. The former Boston College product is likely to have yet another strong game when facing a pass defense that ranked 28th last season. Atlanta is 3-1 ATS in its last four exhibition contests on the road.The Falcons will be playing the Jaguars for the second consecutive year during the preseason, dropping a 13-9 game at EverBank Field. That contest took place in the final week of the 2010 preseason and didn’t have many of Atlanta’s starters on the field, including Ryan. Defensively, the squad has a long way to go in terms of pass defense, after ranking 22nd in the league a year ago. Atlanta’s second-team secondary allowed touchdown passes of 44 and 28 yards last week.
Jacksonville was humiliated by the New England Patriots in a 47-12 loss in its preseason opener last week. The Jaguars were interested in evaluating their players more than the results, but head coach Jack Del Rio was still unhappy with the team’s effort. “We aren’t going to play our back-end people that much again in the preseason,” Del Rio stated. “So, that is more of a relief than a concern because that was pretty ugly out there at the end.” The game was also the debut of rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert, who completed 9-of-16 passes for 85 yards. Jacksonville is 5-1 ATS against non-conference opponents in preseason action.
The Jaguars quarterback situation has turned into a competition between Gabbert and veteran David Garrard. It’s quite possible that the next two weeks will decide who starts under center for the season opener against Tennessee. Garrard hasn’t taken an in-game hit since December and will see his first action of the year tonight, as he’s been suffering through a sore back. Defensively, the focus has been placed on creating turnovers, as the coaching staff was impressed with the unit’s physicality early on last week. Jacksonville’s first unit created one turnover and had a four other opportunitiesto take the ball away from New England.Bettors will likely back the Jaguars due to their competitive quarterback situation, while the Falcons are looking ahead to next week’s contest in Pittsburgh.
Statistics and records:
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
1995 1995 NFL AFC Central 5th 4 12 0
1996 1996 NFL AFC Central 2nd 9 7 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 30–27
Won Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 30–27
Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 20–6
1997 1997 NFL AFC Central 2nd 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Broncos) 42–17
1998 1998 NFL AFC Central 1st 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 25–10
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 34–24
1999 1999 NFL AFC Central 1st 14 2 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 62–7
Lost Conference Championship (Titans) 33–14
2000 2000 NFL AFC Central 4th 7 9 0
2001 2001 NFL AFC Central 5th 6 10 0
2002 2002 NFL AFC South 3rd 6 10 0
2003 2003 NFL AFC South 3rd 5 11 0
2004 2004 NFL AFC South 2nd 9 7 0
2005 2005 NFL AFC South 2nd 12 4 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 28–3
2006 2006 NFL AFC South 3rd 8 8 0
2007 2007 NFL AFC South 2nd 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 31–29
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) 31–20
2008 2008 NFL AFC South 4th 5 11 0
2009 2009 NFL AFC South 4th 7 9 0
2010 2010 NFL AFC South 2nd 8 8 0
2011 2011 NFL AFC South TBD – – –
Totals 133 123 0 All-time regular season record (1995–2011)
5 6 - All-time postseason record (1995–2011)
138 129 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (1995–2011)
Retired numbers:
Although not officially retired, the number 71, as worn by Tony Boselli has not been worn since 2002. According to team officials the number has been "taken out of service."Also not officially retired, but not reissued are the number 8, 28, and 82 for Mark Brunell, Fred Taylor, and Jimmy Smith respectively.
Pride of the Jaguars:
The Jaguars unveiled their own "Ring of Honor" during the 2006 season at the New York Jets game on October 8, 2006. A contest was held in July 2006 to name their club's hall of fame and "Pride of the Jaguars" was chosen with 36% of the voteFormer left tackle Tony Boselli was inducted. Team owner Wayne Weaver said that Boselli would be the only one enshrined in 2006 but "others will follow later. Weaver also said that retired wide receiver Jimmy Smith would probably be the second player to be inducted
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