2000 Jacksonville Jaguars season

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2000 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Head coach Tom Coughlin
Home field Alltel Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place4th AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers WR Jimmy Smith [1]
Uniform
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The 2000 season was the Jacksonville Jaguars' 6th in the National Football League and their sixth under head coach Tom Coughlin.

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The Jaguars in 1999 had obtained an NFL-best record of 14–2 and thrashed the Miami Dolphins in their divisional-round game. However, they were helped to this by an extremely easy regular-season schedule. [2] In 2000, the Jaguars were severely hit by the loss of safety Carnell Lake for the entire season to foot surgery, [3] and by an ultimately career-ending knee injury to right tackle Leon Searcy. [4] Further offensive line injuries, notably to left tackle Zach Wiegert and center John Wade, [5] crippled the Jaguars all season, with the result that after a fair start the Jaguars fell in Week 4 to five consecutive losses and were out of the running for a postseason berth by December, and thus knocking them out of the playoffs for the first time since 1995 when the franchise was first established. [6] Ultimately the team's tally of wins was halved from 1999. At the close of the season, the Jaguars also had problems with being $31 million over the salary cap. [7]

Offseason

NFL draft

2000 Jacksonville Jaguars draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
129 R. Jay Soward   Wide receiver USC
260 Brad Meester   Center Northern Iowa
392 T.J. Slaughter   Linebacker Southern Mississippi
4123 Joey Chustz   Tackle Louisiana Tech
5159 Kiwaukee Thomas   Cornerback Georgia Southern
6196 Emanuel Smith   Wide receiver Arkansas
7236 Erik Olson   Safety Colorado State
7241 [note 1] Rob Meier   Defensive tackle Washington State
7243 [note 1] Shyrone Stith   Running back Virginia Tech
7245 [note 1] Danny Clark   Linebacker Illinois
7247 [note 1] Mark Baniewicz   Tackle Syracuse
      Made roster  

Personnel

Staff

2000 Jacksonville Jaguars staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Frank Gansz
  • Assistant special teams/administrative assistant to the head coach – John Bonamego

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Jerry Palmieri
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Greg Finnegan

Roster

2000 Jacksonville Jaguars final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 11 inactive, 5 practice squad

Preseason

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenue
1August 4at Carolina Panthers W 34–141–0 Ericsson Stadium
2August 11 New York Giants W 16–132–0 Alltel Stadium
3August 19at Kansas City Chiefs W 26–223–0 Arrowhead Stadium
4August 24 Atlanta Falcons L 20–313–1Alltel Stadium

[8]

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 3at Cleveland Browns W 27–71–0 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,418
2September 10at Baltimore Ravens L 36–391–1 PSINet Stadium 68,843
3September 17 Cincinnati Bengals W 13–02–1 Alltel Stadium 45,653
4September 25at Indianapolis Colts L 14–432–2 RCA Dome 56,816
5October 1 Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–242–3Alltel Stadium64,351
6October 8 Baltimore Ravens L 10–152–4Alltel Stadium65,194
7October 16at Tennessee Titans L 13–272–5 Adelphia Coliseum 68,498
8October 22 Washington Redskins L 16–352–6Alltel Stadium69,061
9October 29at Dallas Cowboys W 23–17 (OT)3–6 Texas Stadium 63,554
10 Bye
11November 12 Seattle Seahawks L 21–283–7Alltel Stadium68,063
12November 19at Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–244–7 Three Rivers Stadium 50,925
13November 26 Tennessee Titans W 16–135–7Alltel Stadium65,454
14December 3 Cleveland Browns W 48–06–7Alltel Stadium51,262
15December 10 Arizona Cardinals W 44–107–7Alltel Stadium53,472
16December 17at Cincinnati Bengals L 14–177–8 Paul Brown Stadium 50,469
17December 23at New York Giants L 25–287–9 Giants Stadium 77,924

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(1) Tennessee Titans 1330.813346191W4
(4) Baltimore Ravens 1240.750333165W7
Pittsburgh Steelers 970.563321255W2
Jacksonville Jaguars 790.438367327L2
Cincinnati Bengals 4120.250185359L1
Cleveland Browns 3130.188161419L5

Awards and records

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This was a compensatory draft selection.

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References

  1. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
  2. ↑ Pro Football Reference ; 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars
  3. ↑ ‘Injury Woes Build for Jacksonville Jaguars: Free Safety Carnell Lake Made the Decision Thursday to Undergo Foot Surgery’; Orlando Sentinel ; August 18, 2000; p. C1
  4. ↑ ‘No Block Party for Jags: Tackle Leon Searcy Tore a Tendon Above His Right Knee at Practice, Putting The Jaguars’ Star’s Season in Jeopardy and the Offensive Line into Crisis’; Orlando Sentinel; July 25, 2000, p. C1
  5. ↑ ‘Wiegert Latest to Go Down for Jaguars’; Savannah Morning News , October 4, 2000, p. 4D
  6. ↑ Prisco, Pete; ‘Jaguars’ No. 1 goal: End skid – Dallas offers latest chance to win again’; Florida Times-Union; October 29, 200, p. C-11
  7. ↑ Oehser, John; ‘Wanted: Cap Room 2001: A year of restructuring for Jaguars’; Florida Times-Union , December 31, 2000, p. C-9
  8. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 53
  9. 1 2 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 202
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 52
  11. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 204
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