Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars
Current season
Established November 30, 1993 (1993-11-30)[1][2]
First season: 1995
Play in and headquartered at EverBank Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida[3]
Jacksonville Jaguars logo
Jacksonville Jaguars logo
Jacksonville Jaguars wordmark
Jacksonville Jaguars wordmark
LogoWordmark
League/conference affiliations

National Football League (1995–present)

Current uniform
Team colorsTeal, black, gold[4][5]
     
MascotJaxson de Ville
Personnel
Owner(s)Shahid Khan[6]
PresidentMark Lamping
General managerTrent Baalke
Head coachDoug Pederson
Team history
  • Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–present)
Team nicknames
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (4)
Playoff appearances (8)
Home fields

The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South Division. The team plays its home games at EverBank Stadium.

Founded alongside the Carolina Panthers in 1995 as an expansion team, the Jaguars competed in the AFC Central until they were moved to the AFC South in 2002. The franchise is owned by Shahid Khan, who bought the team from its original majority owner Wayne Weaver in 2012.[7][8][9] Jacksonville is located in Duval County, which serves as the inspiration for their chant- Duuuval! [10]

The Jaguars saw early success, making the playoffs in each of their second through fifth seasons, a four-year span in which they won two division titles and appeared in two AFC Championship Games. They are the youngest NFL expansion team to appear in a conference championship (by their second season in 1996, along with the Panthers) and clinch their conference's top seed (by their fifth season in 1999). The Jaguars have been less successful since, with only four playoff appearances and two division titles since 2000.[11] Jacksonville is one of four NFL franchises that have never played in the Super Bowl, alongside the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and division rival Houston Texans.

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  4. ^ "Jaguars introduce new brand identity and campaign". Jaguars.com. NFL Enterprises. February 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Jacksonville Jaguars Team Capsule" (PDF). 2021 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). NFL Enterprises. August 11, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Jaguars Front Office Roster". Jaguars.com. NFL Enterprises. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Pakistani-born Khan approved as Jaguars' new owner". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises. Associated Press. December 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  8. ^ "Khan era begins". Jaguars.com. NFL Enterprises. January 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Ozanian, Mike (November 29, 2011). "Jacksonville Jaguars Sold To Illinois Businessman For $770 Million". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  10. ^ Staff. "'DUUUVAL!': What to know about the Jacksonville Jaguars chant", Florida Times-Union, April 2023.
  11. ^ "Jacksonville Jaguars Team Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.