50 free Jacksonville Jaguars trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Jacksonville Jaguars trivia quiz covers the franchise from Touchdown Jacksonville! and the 1993 vote that beat St. Louis, through Tom Coughlin's startling early years — an AFC Championship Game in season two, the 14–2 team of 1999 and the 62–7 demolition of Dan Marino's Dolphins — to the long lean stretch, Sacksonville and the Myles Jack game, and the arrival of Trevor Lawrence and Liam Coen. There are questions on the players fans still argue about — Mark Brunell, Tony Boselli, Fred Taylor, Jimmy Smith, Maurice Jones-Drew, Blake Bortles, Josh Hines-Allen — and on the things only Jaguars fans know: the teal tongue, the Ford lawsuit that never happened, Jaxson de Ville's bungee jumps, the pools in the end zone, the London games and Shad Khan's other team, Fulham. Questions run from easy to hard with the difficulty shown on each one. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01The Jaguars joined the NFL in 1995 as an expansion team alongside which other franchise?
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte was awarded the first franchise in October 1993; Jacksonville won the 30th team a month later.
Q 02Which city was favourite for the second 1993 NFL expansion franchise before Jacksonville won it?
St. Louis
St. Louis and Baltimore got their teams anyway a few years later, by taking the Rams and Browns from other cities.
Q 03What was the name of the ownership group organised in 1989 to bring the NFL to the city?
Touchdown Jacksonville!
Wayne Weaver emerged as the majority owner and ran the club until selling to Shad Khan.
Q 04Which carmaker objected that the Jaguars' original leaping-cat logo looked too much like its own?
Jaguar (owned by Ford)
No suit reached trial; the deal made Jaguar the official car of the team and the team redesigned its look around a snarling head.
Q 05Owner Wayne Weaver said the teal tongue on the Jaguars' logo came from what?
Feeding Panthers to his team
He also credited his wife with the touch; teal candies were handed out at the first preseason game to turn fans' tongues to match.
Q 06Who was the Jaguars' first head coach, hired in February 1994?
Tom Coughlin
He took the expansion team to two AFC Championship Games in his first five seasons and later won two Super Bowls with the Giants.
Q 07The Jaguars' first-ever draft pick, second overall in 1995, was which future Hall of Fame tackle?
Tony Boselli
The USC lineman became the first Jaguar in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022, and his 71 is the only number the club has retired.
Q 08Which quarterback threw the first TD pass in franchise history, a 71-yarder to Randy Jordan?
Steve Beuerlein
He and Brunell both started games in the 4–12 debut season, which opened with a 10–3 loss to the Oilers.
Q 09Left-handed quarterback Mark Brunell came to Jacksonville after being drafted by which team?
Green Bay Packers
A Washington Huskies product taken in the fifth round in 1993, he was inducted into the club's ring of honor in 2013.
Q 10In only their second season, 1996, the Jaguars reached the AFC Championship Game. Who beat them 20–6?
New England Patriots
They had stunned the Broncos in Denver a week earlier after a five-game winning streak just to make the playoffs at 9–7.
Q 11The 1999 Jaguars went 14–2. Which team inflicted all three losses, including the AFC title game?
Tennessee Titans
The Titans won 33–14 in the title game a week after Jacksonville had crushed Miami 62–7.
Q 12The Jaguars' 62–7 divisional-round win in January 2000 was the last game of which quarterback's career?
Dan Marino
It remains one of the most lopsided playoff results ever; Jacksonville scored on a 90-yard run on its first drive.
Q 13Which running back became the first Jaguar to rush for 1,000 yards, in 1998, and holds the franchise record?
Fred Taylor
The Florida Gator was inducted into the club's ring of honor in 2012; the club has never reissued his number 28.
Q 21Which Jaguar's fumble recovery was controversially blown dead in the 2017 AFC Championship Game?
Myles Jack
He had a clear path to the end zone; the Patriots then rallied from 20–10 down in the fourth quarter.
Q 22The 2020 Jaguars finished with what record, the worst in franchise history?
1–15
Gardner Minshew's hand injuries left Mike Glennon and Jake Luton starting; the reward was the first overall pick and Trevor Lawrence.
Q 23Urban Meyer's disastrous 2021 stint ended with him fired after how many games?
13
He was only the fourth head coach since the merger not to finish a full season, going 2–11 amid a string of controversies including kicker Josh Lambo's allegation that Meyer kicked him.
Q 14Which Jaguars 1,000-yard receiver of 1996-97 had begun his career winning two Super Bowls with Dallas?
Jimmy Smith
He barely played for the Cowboys but became the franchise's all-time leading receiver; his 82 has not been reissued.
Q 15The Jaguars moved from the AFC Central to which division in the 2002 realignment?
AFC South
That put them with the Colts, Titans and expansion Texans, and ended a regular rivalry with the Steelers.
Q 16Which quarterback did the Jaguars take seventh overall in 2003, to eventually replace Mark Brunell?
Byron Leftwich
The Marshall product started under new coach Jack Del Rio; Garrard succeeded him in 2006.
Q 17Which running back led the NFL in rushing for Jacksonville in 2011?
Maurice Jones-Drew
The UCLA product ran for 1,606 yards on a 5–11 team and made three Pro Bowls.
Q 18Which head coach's .341 winning percentage was the modern era's worst when the Jaguars fired him in 2016?
Gus Bradley
Blake Bortles, drafted third overall in 2014, was his quarterback; interim Doug Marrone got the job full-time.
Q 19Blake Bortles set franchise records in 2015 for passing yards and touchdowns. What were the numbers?
4,428 and 35
The team still went 5–11; he was drafted third overall out of Central Florida in 2014.
Q 20What nickname did the Jaguars' dominant 2017 defense earn?
Sacksonville
It carried the team to a 10–6 record, a first division title since 1999 and a 45–42 shootout win over Pittsburgh in the divisional round.
Q 24Trevor Lawrence, the first overall pick in 2021, won a national championship as a freshman at which college?
Clemson
He beat Alabama in the 2019 title game and was regarded as the best quarterback prospect in years.
Q 25In the 2022 wild-card round the Jaguars beat the Chargers 31–30 after trailing by how much?
27–0
It was the third-largest comeback in NFL postseason history and Doug Pederson's first playoff win with the club.
Q 26Doug Pederson arrived in Jacksonville in 2022 having won a championship as head coach of which team?
Philadelphia Eagles
He was fired in January 2025 after a 22–29 record; his replacement went 13–4 straight away.
Q 27Rookie head coach Liam Coen took the Jaguars from 4–13 to what record in 2025?
13–4
He was the first first-year coach ever to make that leap; the season ended with a 27–24 wild-card loss to Buffalo.
Q 28Which team had Liam Coen been offensive coordinator for before the Jaguars hired him in January 2025?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
He had also spent time with the Rams and at Kentucky before the Buccaneers job.
Q 29Which pass rusher set the Jaguars' single-season sack record with 17.5 in 2023?
Josh Hines-Allen
The Kentucky product, then playing as Josh Allen, made the Pro Bowl that year.
Q 30Who bought the Jaguars from Wayne Weaver in 2012?
Shahid Khan
The Pakistani-American auto-parts billionaire has also been a driving force behind the Jaguars' London games.