Jacksonville Jaguars football is back! The Pittsburgh Steelers will make the journey from Duval North to Jacksonville to face off against the Jaguars on Saturday. The Jags and Steelers have played each other 28 times, and the Jaguars currently lead with a 15-13 record. Let’s take a stroll through franchise history to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the team’s series against the Steelers.
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Beating the Steelers twice during the same season in 2007/2008 and 2017/2018
Week 15: at Heinz Field on December 16, 2007
Final score: Jaguars 29 – Steelers 22
Attendance: 58,793
PITTSBURGH – DECEMBER 16: Center Brad Meester #63 (with ball), quarterback David Garrard #9 and the offensive line of the Jacksonville Jaguars face the defensive unit of the Pittsburgh Steelers (left) as snow falls during a game at Heinz Field on December 16, 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Jaguars defeated the Steelers 29-22. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images) Getty Images
Ernest Wilford, Reggie Williams, Dennis Northcutt, and Fred Taylor scored touchdowns. David Garrard completed 17 out of 33 attempted passes for 197 yards. Fred Taylor led the team with 147 rushing yards, and Dennis Northcutt led with 81 receiving yards. Maurice Jones-Drew averaged 18.50 yards in kickoff returns. Adam Podlesh punted five times for 145 yards. Josh Scobee made the attempted field goal. Brent Hawkins registered two sacks.
AFC Wild Card: at Heinz Field on January 5, 2008
Final score: Jaguars 31 – Steelers 29
Attendance: 63,629
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Maurice Jones-Drew scored two touchdowns, and Fred Taylor and Rashean Mathis scored one touchdown. David Garrard completed nine out of 21 attempted passes for 140 yards and led the team with 58 rushing yards. Maurice Jones-Drew led the team with 43 receiving yards and averaged 96.00 yards in kickoff returns. Dennis Northcutt averaged 10.33 yards in punt returns. Adam Podlesh punted four times for 200 yards. Josh Scobee made one out of two field goal attempts. Rashean Mathis had two interceptions. Derek Landri had one interception and one sack. Jeremy Mincey, Bobby McCray, Rob Meier, John Henderson, and Paul Spicer each registered one sack.
Week 5: at Heinz Field on October 8, 2017
Final score: Jaguars 30 – Steelers 9
Attendance: 66,237
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Leonard Fournette scored two touchdowns. Telvin Smith and Barry Church both had interceptions that resulted in touchdowns. Blake Bortles completed eight out of 14 attempted passes for 95 yards. Leonard Fournette led the team with 181 rushing yards, and Marqise Lee led with 49 receiving yards. Tommy Bohanon averaged 14.00 yards in kickoff returns. Brad Nortman punted five times for 190 yards. Jason Myers made the attempted field goal. Tashaun Gipson had two interceptions, and Dante Fowler Jr. recorded one sack.
AFC Wild Card: at Heinz Field on January 14, 2018
Final score: Jaguars 45 – Steelers 42
Attendance: 64,524
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Leonard Fournette scored three touchdowns. T.J. Yeldon, Telvin Smith, and Tommy Bohanon scored touchdowns. Blake Bortles completed 14 out of 26 attempted passes for 214 yards. Leonard Fournette led the team with 109 rushing yards, and T.J. Yeldon led with 57 receiving yards. Corey Grant averaged 22.00 yards in kickoff returns. Brad Nortman punted four times for 131 yards. Josh Lambo made the attempted field goal. Myles Jack had one interception. Yannick Ngakoue and Marcell Dareus both recorded one sack.
Winning their first home game
Week 6: at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on October 8, 1995
Final score: Jaguars 20 – Steelers 16
Cedric Tillman and James Stewart scored touchdowns. Mark Brunell completed 17 out of 30 attempted passes for 189 yards and tied James Stewart with 44 rushing yards. Willie Jackson led the team with 94 receiving yards. Jimmy Smith averaged 20 yards in kickoff returns. Mike Hollis made the two attempted field goals.
Winning their first Monday Night Football game
Week 4: at Alltel Stadium on September 22, 1997
Final score: Jaguars 30 – Steelers 21
Attendance: 73,016
This game was the first appearance for Mark Brunell after a knee injury, and he completed 24 out of 42 attempted passes for 306 yards. Natrone Means, Jimmy Smith, and Chris Hudson scored touchdowns. Natrone Means led the team with 40 rushing yards, and Jimmy Smith led with 164 receiving yards. Mike Hollis made three out of five attempted field goals. Aaron Beasley had an interception. Brant Boyer and Tony Brackens recorded sacks.
Fred Taylor’s Week 12 performance in 2000
During his nine-game stretch of registering at least 100 yards a game, Taylor put on a memorable performance with his 30 carries and three touchdowns. Fred Taylor’s 234 rushing yards were the most yards recorded by an opponent in Three Rivers Stadium.
“They lost their discipline. We had a couple of screen plays in there that ended up, with the blocking, being nice touchdowns. I didn’t know it was going to be a special day.” – Fred Taylor
“That was one game when the play came in where I was thinking, ‘I hope it’s to Fred. I’ve got my guy and Keenan’s got his guy. We’re going to make the block and Fred’s going to do damage.’ He was able to have a career game that game.” – Jimmy Smith
Rashean Mathis’s interception in 2005
A fourth-quarter field goal by the Steelers pushed the week six game into overtime. During the Steelers’ second possession, they ran the same curl route the team had executed previously in the game. Mathis recalled telling himself that if they reran the play, then he would pick off the ball. Pittsburgh quarterback Tommy Maddox’s pass was intercepted by Mathis for a 41-yard game-winning walk-off touchdown.
“It’s the ultimate cornerback dream, but in the moment, I was just ecstatic to help my team win.” – Rashean Mathis
“To see that pick-six at the end … it’s amazing how at the end of games like that, your emotions change so quickly, from one side to the other. You’re about ready to go out there for offense. You’re excited to get out there and have a chance to win it. You’re nail-biting, praying because you have no control and you’re watching the defense. All of a sudden, there’s a quick play, pick-six and the game’s over and you win. There’s no feeling like that.” – Brad Meester
David Garrard’s run during the 2007 AFC Wild Card
With 2:38 left on the clock, quarterback David Garrard ran for 32 yards on fourth down from the Steelers’ 43-yard line.
“It was a little bit of pride in me. I wanted to be the reason why we got back into it or why we kept that drive going. I know Maurice or anyone else could have done it, but I wanted the opportunity to redeem myself for earlier plays that didn’t go our way. They called the quarterback draw. I could see it as we were lining up. I knew we had it, but that was also the side [Steelers linebacker James Harrison] was on. I was like, ‘If [left tackle] Khalif [Barnes] can just keep is hands on him, I can work my way around him or run him over for two yards.’ I ran through a hole I could not believe was there. I thought, ‘Wow, no one’s here. Just me and the safety? OK, well protect the ball and go down gently.’ He didn’t lay a hand on me.” – David Garrard
Week 12: at Three Rivers Stadium on November 17, 1996
Final score: Jaguars 3 – Steelers 28
Attendance: 58,879
Mark Brunell completed 28 out of 47 attempted passes for 215 yards. James Stewart led the team with 62 rushing yards, and Willie Jackson led with 69 receiving yards. Ricky Bell averaged 23.50 yards in kickoff returns. Bryan Barker punted eight times for 347 yards. Mike Hollis made the single field goal attempt. Travis Davis had one interception and registered 0.5 sacks. Tony Brackens recorded a sack, and Chris Hudson registered 0.5 sacks.
Week 11: at TIAA Bank Field on November 22, 2020
Final Score: Steelers – 27, Jaguars – 3
Attendance: 17,244
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Jake Luton completed 16 out of 37 passes for 151 yards. James Robinson led the team with 73 rushing yards, and D.J. Chark led with 41 receiving yards. Logan Cooke punted six times for 324 yards. Chase McLaughlin made one field goal. Daniel Thomas had an interception.
Players who have played for JAX and PIT
PlayerPositionYears in JAXYears in PITAlualu, TysonDT2010-20162017-2022Battles, AinsleyDB2001-20022000-2004Beachum, KelvinOT20162012-2015Blake, ValentinoDB20122013-2015Bryant, FernandoDB1999-20032008Clark, ReggieLB1995-19961994Colquitt, DustinP20202020Combs, ChrisDE20022000-2001Cooper, MarquisLB20072006-2007Davis, TravisDB1995-19981999Dobbs, JoshuaQB20192017-2020Edmunds, TerrellDB20242018-2024Edwards, TroyWR2003-20041999-2001Ekuale, DanielDT20202025Figures, DeonDB1997-19981993-1996Fordham, ToddOT1997-20022003Fuamatu-Ma’afala, ChrisRB2003-20041998-2002Gildon, JasonLB20041994-2003Gray, DerwinOT20202020Hood, EvanderDE20142009-2013Jack, MylesLB2016-20212022-2023Jackson, LenzieWR19992001Jones, GeorgeRB19981997Jones, JamirLB20212021-2022Keith, CraigTE19951993-1994Lake, CarnellDB1999-20001989-1998Leftwich, ByronQB2003-20062008-2012Logan, MikeDB1997-20002001-2006Marsh, CassiusLB20202020Marsh, CurtisWR1995-19961997Moncrief, DonteWR20182019Myslinski, TomOG19951996-2000Nickerson, HardyLB2000-20011987-1992Ollison, QadreeRB20222023Otomewo, EseziDE20242025Ramsey, JalenDB2016-20192025Richardson, DarylRB20162016Robinson, AllenWR2014-20172023Royals, MarkP20031992-1994Sadowski, TroyTE19981997Schobert, JoeLB20202021Scobee, JoshK2004-20142015Searcy, LeonOT1996-20001992-1995Shaw, BobbyWR20021999-2001Smith, AnthonyDB2009-20102006-2008Stai, BrendenOG20001995-1999Todman, JordanRB2012-20142015Tylski, RichOG1996-19992000-2001Wallace, LeviDB20252022-2023Washington, DewayneDB20041998-2003Whimper, GuyOT2010-20122013Wisniewski, StefenC20152020Wright, MatthewK20212020-2022
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