15 Facts About Jacksonville Jaguars

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Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division.

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Jacksonville Jaguars made an early impact in the NFL by qualifying for the playoffs during four of their first five seasons.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have been less successful since, with only three playoff appearances and one division title since 2000.

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Ford Motor Company, then-parent of the automaker Jaguar, believed that the Jacksonville Jaguars' logo bore too much resemblance to the automaker's logo.

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Jacksonville Jaguars claimed that the teal tongue came from "feeding Panthers to our Jaguars" — an obvious jab at their expansion brethren.

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The fan reaction to the extra black in the alternate jersey and alternate pants was positive, so in 2004 the Jacksonville Jaguars went through a formal uniform change, which teams are only allowed to do once every five years.

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Jacksonville Jaguars said that the team would wear their teal jerseys at home even on hot days, saying that the practice of choosing to wear white on hot days had diluted the team's image.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars continued to pair the uniforms with either black or white pants, but added alternate teal pants for the first time.

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In 2019, the Jacksonville Jaguars began wearing either solid black or white socks as part of a new NFL mandate allowing solid-colored hosiery on the field.

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In Week 3 of the 2020 season against the Miami Dolphins, the Jacksonville Jaguars wore an all-teal ensemble for the first time, complete with solid teal socks.

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Jacksonville Jaguars have geographic rivalries with the two other Florida-based teams: the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Jacksonville Jaguars defeated Pittsburgh in the playoffs in 2007 and 2017.

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Jacksonville Jaguars have had nine head coaches throughout their franchise history.

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Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation was established in 1994, when the franchise deal was first announced.

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