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JAGUARS TABLE OF CONTENTS

GIANT COMEBACK ______4

EARLY SUCCESS ______8

THEN TO NOW______14

JAGUARS TIMELINE ______18

TEAM SUPERSTARS ______20

FANS AND TEAM CULTURE ______24

MORE ABOUT THE JAGUARS ______28

GLOSSARY______30

TO LEARN MORE ______31

INDEX ______32 GIANT COMEBACK

On November 30, 2014, the Jaguars trail the 21 to 0. The Jaguars finally come alive in the second half. They cut the Giants’ lead to only five points.

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4 The Giants make a good pass play. But they ! The Jaguars’ picks up the loose ball. He runs into the end zone. Jacksonville takes the lead! 5

The Giants take back the lead with a field goal. In the final 30 seconds of the game, the Jaguars try a field goal. It is good! The Jaguars stop New York’s last scoring attempt with a sack and another fumble. The Jaguars recover the ball and the game is over. It is the biggest comeback win in team history! 6 END ZONE the area at each end of a football field; a team scores by entering the opponent’s end zone with the football.

EXTRA POINT a score that occurs when a kicker kicks the ball between the opponent’s goal posts after a is scored; 1 point.

FIELD GOAL a score that occurs when a kicker kicks the ball between the opponent’s goal posts; 3 points.

SAFETY a score that occurs when a player on offense is tackled behind his own goal line; 2 points for defense.

TOUCHDOWN a score that occurs when a team crosses into its opponent’s end zone with the football; 6 points.

TWO-POINT CONVERSION a score that occurs when a team crosses into its opponent’s end zone with the football after scoring a touchdown; 2 points.

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