JAGUARS (12-6) at PATRIOTS (14-3)
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OPENING LINE – Patriots by 9 1/2
Article continues below ... RECORD VS. SPREAD – Jaguars 9-7, Patriots 11-5
SERIES RECORD – Patriots lead 10-1
LAST MEETING – Patriots beat Jaguars 51-17, Sept. 27, 2015
LAST WEEK – Jaguars beat Steelers 45-42; Patriots beat Titans 35-14
AP PRO32 RANKING – Jaguars No. 10, Patriots No. 1
JAGUARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (6), RUSH (1), PASS (17)
JAGUARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (21)
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PATRIOTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (10), PASS (2)
PATRIOTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (20), PASS (30)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -Patriots are 3-1 in playoffs against Jaguars. Lone Jacksonville win was 25-10 in 1998 wild-card round when Tom Coughlin was
Jacksonville’s coach and Pete Carroll coached New England. … Patriots have won
past seven meetings overall and two straight in postseason. … Since Jaguars
entered NFL in 1995, they are 1-10 (.091) against Patriots, including playoff
games. That’s worst winning percentage of any team vs. one opponent (minimum 10
games) in that span. … Jaguars seeking first trip to Super Bowl, one of four
franchises (Lions
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since 1999 season. … Jacksonville lost 20-6 to New England in AFC title game on
Jan. 12, 1997. … Jacksonville can become 11th team to defeat top two seeds from
their conference in same postseason since 1990 when current playoff format was
adopted. … Jacksonville coach Doug Marrone is 1-3 all-time vs. Patriots …
Jaguars are 8-0 this season when QB Blake Bortles doesn’t have turnover and 4-6
when he does. … Jags have plus-7 turnover margin on road this season (including
playoffs), best mark in franchise history. They have 22 takeaways in nine road
games this season, most in NFL and most in single season in franchise history. …
Including playoffs, Jacksonville’s defense has scored eight touchdowns this
season, three more than any other team. It is most defensive TDs scored in
season by one team since 2012 Bears. … In addition to being ranked fourth in NFL
in opponent’s red zone TD percentage (43.8), Jacksonville also has best red zone
scoring percentage in NFL, scoring TDs on 67.9 percent of trips this season (40
TDs on 56 drives). … RB Leonard Fournette rushed for 109 yards and three TDs in
last week’s divisional win. He is only rookie in NFL history with 100-plus yards
rushing and three or more rushing TDs in postseason game. … LB Telvin Smith tied
career high with 16 tackles and returned fumble for TD last week. He has 27
tackles
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career-high 14 1/2 sacks. … DE Yannick Ngakoue was one of two NFL players (Aaron
Donald) with 10 or more sacks (12) and five or more forced fumbles (six). … LB
Myles Jack had sack, INT and three pass defenses in first two playoff games. …
CB A.J. Bouye has two INTs, forced fumble and seven pass defenses in his past
four postseason games. … Patriots playing in seventh straight AFC title game, a
record. … New England is 9-4 in AFC championship game overall. Patriots’ 14
appearance rank behind only Pittsburgh (16) and San Francisco (15) for
conference title contests. … Coach Bill Belichick is 7-2 all-time vs. Jaguars. …
QB Tom Brady is 2-0 in playoffs against Jaguars, throwing for six TDs and no
interceptions. …Jacksonville is one of seven NFL teams that Brady has undefeated
regular-season record against (5-0). … Jaguars had NFL’s No. 2-ranked scoring
defense. Brady has faced top-two scoring defense in playoffs three times (2014
Seahawks, 2004 Eagles, 2004 Steelers). He is 3-0 with passer rating above 100 in
each game. … Brady led NFL with 4,577 yards passing and ranked first in AFC with
32 TDs. Both are most by QB at age 40 or older. … RB Dion Lewis has 507
scrimmage yards (126.8 per game) with 5 TDs (three rushing, two receiving) in
his past four games
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That is tied with Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten for most among tight ends in
NFL history. … In his past six postseason games, Gronkowski has 512 yards
receiving (85.3 per game) and seven TDs. He is looking for his seventh playoff
game in row with TD catch. … WR Danny Amendola has 190 yards receiving (95 per
game) and TD in past two playoff games. … DE Trey Flowers had sack last week. He
has 3 1/2 sacks in past two playoff games. … LB James Harrison has 11 career
sacks in postseason, tied for fifth most in NFL history.
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