Wild Card Round: New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars (Alltel Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sun January 3, 1999 at 12:40pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. New England Patriots at Jacksonville Jaguars at Alltel Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Alltel Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
New England Patriots versus Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of New England Patriots-Jacksonville Jaguars cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 11-5 | W1 |
| Tennessee Oilers | 8-8 | L2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-9 | L5 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 6-10 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 12-4 | W6 |
| Buffalo Bills | 10-6 | W1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | L1 |
| New England Patriots | 9-7 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 3-13 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 14-2 | W1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8-8 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | W1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 5-11 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 14-2 | W9 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 12-4 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 6-10 | L3 |
| Carolina Panthers | 4-12 | W2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 4-12 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 15-1 | W8 |
| Green Bay Packers | 11-5 | W3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8-8 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | L4 |
| Chicago Bears | 4-12 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10-6 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 9-7 | -- |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W4 |
| Washington Redskins | 6-10 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3-13 | L3 |
New England Patriots None, Jacksonville Jaguars None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0071010 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 612122525 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jaguars | Mike Hollis 35 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Jaguars | Mike Hollis 24 yard field goal | 0-6 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jaguars | Fred Taylor 13 yard rush (run failed) | 0-12 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Patriots | Robert Edwards 1 yard rush ( Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7-12 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal | 10-12 |
| Jaguars | Jimmy Smith 37 yard pass from Mark Brunell ( Mike Hollis kick) | 10-19 |
| Jaguars | Mike Hollis 34 yard field goal | 10-22 |
| Jaguars | Mike Hollis 21 yard field goal | 10-25 |
Jacksonville Jaguars defeated New England Patriots 25-10 at Alltel Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Jaguars: Mike Hollis 21 yard field goal. Top line of the day: Scott Zolak: 190 pass yards on 21-of-44, 0 TD, 1 INT. Jacksonville Jaguars advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Jacksonville Jaguars walked out of Alltel Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round New England Patriots will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 25-10. The final scoring play came from Jaguars: Mike Hollis 21 yard field goal. Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Jacksonville Jaguars advance to the divisional round.
Jacksonville Jaguars 25, New England Patriots 10. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 71139. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 1 scoring play. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 4 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Scott Zolak: 190 pass yards on 21-of-44, 0 TD, 1 INT
- Fred Taylor: 162 rush yards on 33 carries
- Keenan McCardell: 6 catches for 72 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Alltel Stadium. Final: New England Patriots 10, Jacksonville Jaguars 25, with Jacksonville Jaguars taking the result by 15. **First quarter**
- Jaguars: Mike Hollis 35 yard field goal
- Jaguars: Mike Hollis 24 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Jaguars: Fred Taylor 13 yard rush (run failed)
Third quarter
- Patriots: Robert Edwards 1 yard rush ( Adam Vinatieri kick)
Fourth quarter
- Patriots: Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal
- Jaguars: Jimmy Smith 37 yard pass from Mark Brunell ( Mike Hollis kick)
- Jaguars: Mike Hollis 34 yard field goal
- Jaguars: Mike Hollis 21 yard field goal
Top performers
- Scott Zolak: 190 pass yards on 21-of-44, 0 TD, 1 INT
- Fred Taylor: 162 rush yards on 33 carries
- Keenan McCardell: 6 catches for 72 yards
| Patriots | Jaguars | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 14 | 17 |
| Total Yards | 206 | 308 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 21/44 | 14/34 |
| Pass yards | 190 | 161 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 2 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 19 | 13 |
| Net pass yards | 171 | 148 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 19 | 37 |
| Rush yards | 35 | 160 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 4 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties | 6 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 50 | 35 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | |||||
| Scott Zolak | 21/44 | 190 | 0 | 1 | |
| JAX | |||||
| Mark Brunell | 14/34 | 161 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | ||||
| Robert Edwards | 17 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| Sedrick Shaw | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| JAX | ||||
| Fred Taylor | 33 | 162 | 1 | 46 |
| Mark Brunell | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | ||||
| Troy Brown | 4 | 46 | 0 | 21 |
| Tony Simmons | 3 | 42 | 0 | 16 |
| Robert Edwards | 3 | 33 | 0 | 17 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 4 | 30 | 0 | 10 |
| Derrick Cullors | 2 | 17 | 0 | 13 |
| Ben Coates | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Lovett Purnell | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Tony Carter | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| JAX | ||||
| Keenan McCardell | 6 | 72 | 0 | 19 |
| Jimmy Smith | 5 | 56 | 1 | 37 |
| Pete Mitchell | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Damon Jones | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Daimon Shelton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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