the last time the jaguars made the playoffs was 2008.
when's the last time the jaguars made the playoffs?
2008
after finishing 10–6, the jaguars made the playoffs as the #3-seed in the 2017 afc playoffs. in the , the jaguars defeated the buffalo bills by a score of 10–3 in bortles's first playoff game. he completed 12 of 23 passes for 87 yards and one passing touchdown, a 1-yard pass to ben koyack late in the 3rd quarter. he also had a game-high 88 yards rushing on 10 carries. he joined michael vick (2004) as the only quarterbacks with more rushing than passing yards in a postseason game since the 1970 merger, and the 75 net passing yards was the lowest by a winning postseason quarterback since joe flacco in the 2009 postseason. due to his poor passing performance against the bills, bortles received heavy criticism from analysts and even other players in the league. when confronted about these criticisms, bortles stated that he "couldn't care less" and even said, "there's people who think lebron james sucks, so if that happens, i’m sure there will always be people who always think i suck." however, bortles bounced back in the , leading the jaguars to beat the heavily favored pittsburgh steelers by a score of 45–42. bortles completed 14 of 26 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown to stifle a steelers comeback. this would be jacksonville's first game since 1999, but they lost to the new england patriots 24–20 after spoiling a 20–10 lead in the fourth quarter. bortles finished the game completing 23 of 36 passes for 293 yards and a touchdown. he finished the playoffs completing 57.6% of his passes for 594 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions. he also rushed for 121 yards.
blake bortles
coughlin's success at boston college led to his subsequent hiring as the first head coach of the nfl's expansion jacksonville jaguars. in eight seasons at jacksonville, he helmed the most successful expansion team in league history. during coughlin's tenure, the jaguars made four consecutive playoff appearances and went to the afc championship game twice. the first time, in only the second year of the team's existence (1996), the jaguars qualified for the playoffs on the last day of the season and upset the heavily favored buffalo bills and denver broncos on the road. he was named nfl coach of the year by united press international. coughlin would again take the jaguars to the afc championship game in 1999 after achieving a league-high 14–2 regular season record; the 14 wins stood as the most won by the current wave of expansion teams (the jaguars, carolina panthers, baltimore ravens and houston texans) until the panthers surpassed it in 2015. however, in both appearances in the championship game, the jaguars were defeated: in 1996 by the new england patriots, and in 1999, by the tennessee titans. both the losses in the jaguars' 14-2 1999 regular season were also to the titans.
tom coughlin