the last time the jags went to the playoffs was 2016.
last time the jags went to the playoffs?
2016
the steelers faced the jaguars in the divisional round in a rematch of week 5 and once again, played down to their competition. the jags jumped out to leads of 7–0 and 14–0 when leonard fournette ran for touchdowns from a yard and then 18-yards out. in the second quarter, they made it 21–0 when t.j. yeldon ran for 4-yard touchdown. the steelers got on the board when ben roethlisberger found antonio brown on a 23-yard pass to make it 21–7. though the jags pulled away when telvin smith returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown to make it 28–7. though the steelers made it 28–14 at halftime when roethlisberger found martavis bryant on a 36-yard pass. in the third quarter, the steelers scored the only points when roethlisberger found bell on a 19-yard pass to make it 28–21. in the fourth quarter, the jags pulled away when fournette ran for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 35–21. the steelers came within a touchdown again when roethlisberger and brown connected again on a 43-yard pass to make it 35–28. though again, the jags pulled away when tommy bohanon and blake bortles connected on a 14-yard pass to make it 42–28. bell then ran for an 8-yard touchdown to make the score 42–35. however, the jags sealed the game with josh lambo's 45-yard field goal to make it 45–35. with the ball back in the final seconds, the steelers scored on their last play of the game and season when roethlisberger threw the ball to juju smith-schuster to make the final score 45–42.
2017 pittsburgh steelers season
the patriots faced the jaguars in a rematch of the previous season's afc championship game. the patriots started off well, reaching jaguars territory in just four plays, but the drive stalled, and stephen gostkowski missed a 54-yard field goal attempt. with great field position, the jaguars raced 56 yards in 9 plays, scoring on a 4-yard touchdown pass from blake bortles to donte moncrief for the early lead. after a three-and-out, patriots' punter ryan allen pinned the jaguars back at their own 16-yard line. the jaguars took the ball and cashed in, marching 84 yards on just 7 plays, with bortles hitting keelan cole on a 24-yard touchdown pass, extending the jags lead to 14–0. after stopping the jaguars early in the second quarter, the patriots drove 83 yards in over 8 minutes, but were forced to settle for a 29-yard field goal, trimming the deficit to 14–3. however, the patriots defense was gashed again, with the jags racing 75 yards, concluding with bortles 4-yard touchdown pass to austin seferian-jenkins and a 21–3 jaguars lead with 0:09 seconds remaining in the half. the jags started right where they left off, taking the opening drive of the second half all the way to the patriots 10, but were held to a 28-yard field goal by josh lambo. after another patriots punt, bottles hit dj chark for a 13-yard gain to the jaguars 49, but stephon gilmore forced him to fumble with duron harmon recovering at the jags 46. with the excellent field position, the patriots finally reached the endzone with brady finding chris hogan for a 7-yard touchdown pass to cap off the 46-yard drive, trimming the deficit to 24–10. after a jaguars three-and-out, the patriots drove all the way to the jags 28, but settled for a 46-yard field goal, making the score just 24–13. bortles made his only real mistake on the next drive, throwing an interception to kyle van noy at the jags 25 early in the fourth quarter. the patriots were set up perfectly, it appeared to be a vintage brady comeback, but on 3rd down, dante fowler stripped brady and recovered the resultant fumble at the jags 32. the patriots forced a jaguars punt and had another shot, but went three-and-out. on the next play from scrimmage for jacksonville, bottles hit dede westbrook for a 61-yard touchdown pass, extending the lead to 31–13. the patriots marched 75 yards in 8 plays on their next drive with brady connecting with hogan again for a 29-yard touchdown pass, making the score 31–20; however, by now less than 4 minutes remained in the game. the jags ran out the rest of the clock to win the game, their first ever regular season victory over the pats, while the patriots fell to 1–1.
2018 new england patriots season