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The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference ... Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New England Patriots: Patriots, 2–0 1996 ...
Starting with that Super Bowl, the AFL or AFC champion won 11 out of 13 Super Bowls. However, the AFC champion lost 13 consecutive Super Bowls, from the 1984 AFC champion Miami Dolphins through the 1996 AFC champion New England Patriots. Overall, the AFL or AFC champion has won 29 of the 58 Super Bowls played through the end of the 2023 season. [1]
[7] [8] The team has played in the AFC Championship Game on three occasions (1996, 1999, and 2017) but lost each time. [7] Additionally, the team has won a division title four times; two as part of the AFC Central Division ( 1998 and 1999 ) and two as part of the AFC South ( 2017 and 2022 ).
The Jaguars hosted the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Divisional playoffs, a 62–7 victory in what would be Dan Marino and Jimmy Johnson's last NFL game. Jacksonville's 62 points and 55-point margin are the second most ever in NFL playoff history, and Fred Taylor's 90-yard run in the first quarter is the longest ever in an NFL playoff game. [24 ...
The 7–4 Patriots hosted the 6–5 Colts as the AFC East looked to be another Buffalo Bills runaway with the Bills a game ahead of New England and two ahead of both Indianapolis and Miami. The Patriots took over the game from the opening quarter as Drew Bledsoe tossed touchdowns to Shawn Jefferson and Terry Glenn for a 17–0 halftime lead.
The Patriots made the 1963 AFL Championship Game, but struggled severely in the early years of the united league, not making the postseason until 1976. After a stretch of only one losing season in 13 years, including a Super Bowl appearance against a champion Bears outfit , the Patriots reached a nadir between 1989 and 1993 when they won only ...
The Jaguars won their first postseason game in franchise history with a 30–27 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round. [29] Following a 30–27 win over the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round, the Jaguars saw their run end in the AFC Championship with a 20–6 loss to the New England Patriots. [30] [31]
The playoffs were also notable for the Patriots reaching a seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game, extending their own NFL record, [1] and the Eagles snapping a 57-year championship drought and claiming their first in the Super Bowl era. For the first time since 2013–14, no games went to overtime.