zach rizzo I agree! Drop him into this era of football and he’d be an MVP candidate. He was an exceptional deep ball passer and today’s receivers would eat that game up.
I remember watching this as a kid in Denver, and remember the shock and disappointment on all of my friend's faces. Jaguars had all heart and destroyed the 13-3 Broncos who were 14 point favorites. Jacksonville was legit in their early history and this was a fun game to re-watch, thanks NFL for posting!
The Jaguars peaked at just the right moment -- during the latter half of the season, when they won all six of their last regular season games. and defeated Buffalo in the wildcard playoffs. I can see why the Broncos were favored, but to be favored by 14 points was simply ridiculous. By choking as badly as they did, the Broncs proved they weren't quite as good as everyone thought; and by responding with 23 unanswered points after spotting Denver a 12 point lead, the Jags proved they weren't as mediocre as most people thought.
@@SingleTaxThe Bills and Broncos likely took them lightly. The Jaguars didn’t really just beat Buffalo, Buffalo seriously beat themselves (as the 90s Bills always did) with ridiculous costly turnovers and the final turnover, Jim Kelly’s knee was clearly down. Jim Kelly was old and retired after that game. The Broncos on the other hand were really good, and this loss awakened the Broncos up who went on and beat the Jaguars 42-17 in the following years playoffs and then win the next two Super Bowls.
@@SingleTax Had Denver played at their best, 14 points was not necessarily ridiculous. High, but not that far off....If you'll recall what happened a year later, when they met again in the postseason, Denver MORE than justified that heavily favored status. And Denver didn't choke....Shanahan rested them for most of the previous month, and their offense...the strength of the team...lost all of its' rhythm and momentum...You could see, as the game went on, that they were playing themselves back into game shape...
The opposition the Jaguars faced the first 3 rounds that year was overwhelming. First round they had a veteran Bills team that, up to that point, had never lost a home playoff game. Denver, who never lost at home that season prior to the playoff game. Then the Patriots, who had arguably one of the best coaching staffs of that era with Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Just look at some of the talent they had to face as well. Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, Bryce Paup, Chris Spielman, John Elway, Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe, Steve Atwater, Drew Bledsoe, Curtis Martin, Ben Coates, Chris Slade, Willie Mcginest. Not to mention the head coaches with Marv Levy, Mike Shannahan and Bill Parcells.
I know Coughlin was the HC of the Jaguars in this game. I was responding to another remark, which the person noted that Del Rio has some success as HC of Jacksonville also.
The single most underrated upset in the history of pro football. Just slightly ahead of Minnesota's out of nowhere beatdown on the '87 49ers. An expansion team in its second season of existence goes in to Mile High and beats the Elway/Davis team that would win back to back Super Bowls and had the best record in football (tied with Green Bay). No one on Earth saw this coming, not even Jags fans who were damn happy to still be playing after upsetting the battle tested, but aging Bills in Buffalo the week before. To fall behind 12-0 and then basically undress Denver the way they did, in many ways, this is Tom Coughlin's best work.
Agreed. This win saved my Pats from being embarrassed in the 96 season one week earlier.(Green Bay smoked us in the Super Bowl) I knew if we had to play Denver in mile high we had zero shot of winning. They owned the Pats. Think they were 17-0 life time vs the Pats at that point. Still thank the Jags every day for this upset.
Shatamx C'mon, they were better than that against my Broncos. But you're right, Elway had an exceptional record against the Patriots, and that game in Foxboro that year was brutal for y'all. The Broncos hadn't lost at home to the Pats since 1968 at that point.
I remember begging my mother to take me down to the stadium to meet the team after they came back from winning this game. It was a no, but she did let me stay up late to watch the broadcast of their return. They actually opened the stadium to fans since it was so many.
Thanks NFL for showing this game...I was on my way back to school in Cincy visiting my Dad after Christmas break in California when he surprised me with a couple of tickets to this game...we sat in the end zone a few rows up on the closed in side of the stadium...what a memory! This is the 1st time that I've seen this game since being at it 20 years ago...
I’m from Jacksonville and watched this game when I was 12 years old and was so incredibly happy with the Jaguars. I will always remember the entire city of Jacksonville coming together from the incredible run the Jags had with winning 5 straight to get a wild card. I’m still a huge Jaguars fan and will always be. 🐆
I'm so grateful that Mark Brunell is my team's quarterback coach the Lions have never looked better we have one of the best coaching staffs in the league I'm proud to be a fan
I remember this game so vividly, one of the best football game days of my life. I could spend a day watching these classic games that bring back great memories.
Tom Coughlin coached three of the biggest playoff upsets of all time. First this game, then the Giants over the undefeated Patriots and then the Giants over the 15-1 Packers.
For me, this is the biggest upset in NFL history, maybe rivaled only by the Jets beating the Colts in the Super Bowl. This was an absolute shock at the time. But I will say that what Coughlin did with this Jaguars team is what made me pick the Giants over the Patriots in those two Super Bowls. I learned not to count his teams out against what seemed to be superior opponents. He was one hell of a coach.
@@Windupchronic Yeah, tell me about it LOL!! I am a huge Elway AND Favre fan. And 11 years after Coughlin's Jags beat Elway in this game, his Giants beat Favre in Green Bay, Favre's last game as a Packer.
Born 03/90 been a jags fan since 95. I’m over here watching this replay of game that happened when I was 7 like it happened yesterday...the golden Era of the Jaguars .
I went to this game. I beileve it is the most underated playoff game of all time. It was an amazing game honestly. And it was never over until the onside kick!
FINALLY I have been waiting 20 years to watch this whole game. i was12 when it happened...😁 but only saw the second half that day. it was an amazing game. thank you for the upload!
Wow this was the year I was born. Love the Jags. Glad the NFL is uploading something for me to learn about my team. It's one thing to read about but another to watch it.
The new uniforms witch elway stated he was not a fan of because they wherent orange but maybe pat had them switch to blue to help them win a Super Bowl I heard it was to change fourtunes because every time Denver wore orange they would lose
At least we’ve got still-lucid, pre-CTE Phil Simms. The twenty years between this game and when he lost his job to Tony Romo weren’t kind to his quick-thinking abilities.
Became a huge Jags fan during the playoffs this year and for the rest of the 90s. Wish they would upload the Jags vs Bills game from the previous round as well.
This game was an absolute shock, and not called Ambush at Mile High without reason. The Broncos finished 13-3, Jax only 9-7, and barely won the wildcard game against Buffalo, only after Jim Kelly got hurt. But the Jags were on a hot winning streak. In fact, had they not turned the ball over 4 times against the Pats the following week, they would have gone to the SB.
You look at it, it was hardly an upset. They had a strong O-line led by Boselli. Great skill players with McCardell, Smith, and Means. Brunell was a back up in Green Bay under Mike Holgrem, Andy Reid, and John Gruden. So he was very well schooled. Tom Coughlin did a great job coming from college coaching to coaching an expansion team, and would later do great things later on.
This game doesn't get the love it should. We're talking a 2nd year team, in it's first playoff, going into one if the top 3 stadiums to win in, especially with Elway at QB. The Broncos were 13-3 cruising into this game well rested and everything going for them. They came out smokin', and got a lead. It was supposed to be what it looked like in the 1st quarter, a blowout. But, the Broncos did the 3 things that will surely get you beat in a playoff, let alone a regular season game. 1. 2 special teams mistakes that leads to coaches "chasing" points. 2. The defense, didn't show up. Poor adjustments made throughout the game. They played so bad, it spilled over to the offense, who anyone could see got flustered. The part that was the biggest killer was having no time outs left when they scored their last touchdown and a just under 2 mins left. Once the Jags recovered Game Over....Season Over...Instant Despair and a Long...Long...Long...Offseason! 3. Blitzing a running QB, allowing him to control the defense instead of the other way around. That last blitz that the Broncos did that made Brunnell look just like Steve Young was inexcusable, but that's how unprepared the Broncos were, and they paid dearly for it. That loss cost them a real chance at a 3peat!, but at the same time set the stage for Back to Back Championships. Hey!!! You take the good with the bad and keep the bad in the back seat. This game should be up there as far as monumental upsets in NFL history! The reason why it isn't, is because while the Broncos were climbing up the charts as far as great franchises and popularity, they still were known as "chokers"! Losing 4 Super Bowls, getting their horseshoes handed to them every time. The "real" football fans know how BIG a upset that was. Imagine, we almost had both expansion teams, in their second seasons in the Super Bowl! What's the odds? What was the odds that not only both going to the playoffs, winning, and going to the Conference Championship games? Really makes you go hummmmmmm!!!
Mark Brunell, one of my favorite QBs, along with Jim Plunkett, Warren Moon and Drew Brees 👍. I think he’s easily one of the Top 5 lefty QBs of all time, as well.
Please keep posting more of these. These are great. Nobody is gonna pay for this stuff but this is a great way for the NFL to make money and the fans to catch a break and enjoy something that the NFL has to offer that isn't overpriced. The NFL is pricing the working man out of the sport.
Jacksonville Jaguars did made some great draft picks in 1995 and 1996. 1995 got a great Tackle, a decent defensive back and added some quality backups. In 1996 they drafted 2 defensive studs in 1st/2nd rd in Kevin Hardy and Tony Brackens adding a backbone on the defensive line and linebacker group. Along with another decent defensive back
7:36 Elway 19-yard Run 14:44 Terrell Davis 47-yard Run 18:37 Hebron 1-yard TD Run 28:12 Elway to Sharpe 18-yard TD 33:56 Means 18-yard Run 37:25 Hollis 46-yard Field Goal 46:35 Brunell to Means for 29 Yards on Third Down 48:46 Brunell to Jackson for 19 Yards on Third Down 50:05 Natrone Means 8-yard TD Run 57:09 Means 21-yard Run 57:45 Brunell to Jimmy Smith for 44 Yards 59:53 Hollis 42-yard Field Goal 1:11:55 Brunell to McCardell for 31-yard TD 1:21:16 Means 17-yard Run on Third Down 1:32:06 Brunell to Stewart for 25 Yards on Third Down 1:35:00 Hollis 22-yard Field Goal 1:40:21 Elway to McCaffrey for 12 Yards on Third Down 1:40:58 Terrell Davis 2-yard TD Run 1:47:35 Brunell 29-yard Run 1:50:39 Brunell to Jimmy Smith for 16-yard TD on Third Down 1:58:36 Elway to McCaffrey for 15-yard TD 2:00:47 Jaguars Recover Broncos Onside Kick Attempt
Jags could have beaten the pats in the afc championship they just had a bad day. As far as the panthers there is no way they would have beaten farve and that stacked offense in the nfc championship
@@nix420stuntd7 The Cowboys were off the entire season. Won the Division but it was clear that the team wasn’t the same but still nobody expected them to lose to a 3 year old team😮😮😮😮
As a Broncos fan, this was the worst loss for me as a fan. Thought it was over for Elway after this one. Thought the window had closed. Luckily it didn't. Just couldn't believe a 2nd year team came in to Denver and took care of business. In the end, it was a lasting motivation for the next season. Jags earned every bit of this one.
Joseph Arrambidez This one definitely hurt for Broncos Nation, but do you really rank this worse than 55-10 or 42-10? Giving up the most points in Super Bowl history (and thanks to Leon Lett, it still has not been broken), or giving up a game's worth of production in one quarter after taking a 10-0 lead? Your thoughts?
Joseph Arrambidez 55 to 10 is still an embarrassment but nobody expected the Broncos to beat the 49ers. Nobody was going to beat that 49er team. They were a machine and one of the top 5 greatest teams of all time. The loss to Jacksonville??? The Broncos were destined for the Super Bowl in 1996 and to lose a team who was barley two years old?? That's more painful. John Elway said that the Jacksonville loss was worse than the three losses in the Super Bowl.
Jason Summers I think I do because when they were beaten down in those Super Bowls, Elway was still young. Figured he might get back. So the year they played Jax, it was his best team to date and he was 36 so the window was closing. There was speculation that he was retiring and when they lost, it seemed like that might be it for him. That's my reasoning for most devastating loss. Plus they were so favored. Just my opinion.
Bill Hamilton: Even one of the Jags' defenders said (about Marino) after the blowout, "It's sad. After the career he's had, for it to end like that, it's just sad." I thought that was totally classy!!! That was also Jimmy Johnson's last game as a head coach.
Oh man this the game that made me a super fan of the Jaguars. I've been a die hard fan ever since. Good job jags of old. Come on jags I feel a super bowl coming on.1 second ago•
Best expansion team ever vs best QB “at that time” . By far the best Jags lineup ever, mcCardell, smith, Beasley, Means, Brunell, boselli, Searcy. It was so much fun to be a Jags fan during this time. And how about the weather at mile high for this game!? It was just an awesome day to play football.
As a broncos fan this game still bites and I remember as a kid how disappointed I was. But I still believe they won the next two Super Bowls because of this game because they never took a game off or for granted after this one
Reminds me of the 2019 Ravens. Overlooked they're opponent. Bounce back the next year. But the Ravens are by no means a Superbowl team unless they draft a WR1
I was four years old when this game happened, and I just remember how awestruck I was watching Jacksonville. My parents kept saying Denver would win somehow, but I just had a feeling that the Jaguars would do it. And to be honest, I thought they'd beat New England the following week too!! THAT was a wacky game!! At some point, there was a power outage at the stadium.
Keenan McCardell and Jimmy Smith one of the most underrated WR duos ever. If they played anywhere besides Jacksonville they would have been household names.
Jimmy Smith was a guy that never caught a pass before Coughlin got him for pennies. I was glad to see him get his rightful place in the Jags Ring of Honor. his off field struggles don't define the man
Mark looking like Aaron Rodgers out here! Good game jags, I'm a bronco fan and I always wanted to know what happened on this Sunday. And now I know, this dude was killing us and he threw 4300 yards that season too? Dude killed it
Coach Coughlin is one of the best coaches ever. Sure...he never had a dynasty or huge win record...but everywhere he went he made teams better. Plus, his personal approach evolved into a great players coach, while he started like a strict no nonsense guy...he turned into a real team player.
The Broncos' offensive line of this era was insane. These jags uniforms with the teal numbers are a modern classic, they really need to go back to them.
If you have both Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell, every game is winnable. Intelligent receivers that never got got enough respect. Also, Andre Rison brings a winning atmosphere everywhere he goes
A testament to Mark Brunell's prime in the late 90s. He's right up there with Ken Anderson and Dave Krieg on the list of truly underrated, underappreciated QBs. Sure, he picked up a ring the easy way when he was Brees' backup with the '09 Saints, but he never got one as a starter.
I remember these 2 weeks! This game and the one before, Jaguars and Bills, almost made me quit watching the NFL. Prior to the Jags upsetting Buffalo,I was feeling well. Afterwards,I was having headaches. I so wanted to see a Bills -Broncos playoff game that year. It would've been the last shot for Buffalo against a getting to be last shots for Elway and the Broncos. In fact,the Bills played against the Broncos in 1997,the Bills came back late to tie it and the Broncos won in it. Think of how exciting that game would've been if it would've been a playoff game like it should've been. Then,when the Broncos lost to the Jags, I was so angry! Happy the Broncos avenged this loss the next year in the wild card game and that Elway and the Broncos won the next 2! Super Bowls!
Try Super Bowl XXII. Take a ten point lead and then Doug Williams has one HOF style quarter and killed the Broncos before fading into obscurity the next season.
One of the greatest moments in Jacksonville history...Brunell's run with 4:30 to go in the game. Seems like he ran forever. What a moment. Denver media, players, and fans got what they deserved!! Total disrespect turned into total loss!!
Then they ran over the Jags the next year in the Wild Card game! Jacksonville got what they deserved! We could've had a last shot at a Super Bowl playoff game between the Bills and Broncos if not for the Jaguars. It would've been great and I'm proven right because the Bills did face the Broncos in 1997-98 regular season in which the Bills tied the game up late and the Broncos won in it. The Jaguars robbed us of having that as a great playoff game.
@@quentincampbell612 Jacksonville got what they deserved? Lol, the Jags were a 2nd year franchise when they beat the Broncos, and a 3rd year franchise when they lost the next year. That game was close into the 3rd quarter. It's hilarious that the Broncos team, including Elway, and the entire media were putting down the Jags and the city, and boy they paid the price! That was so great, and they got what they deserved!!
@@gordon2422 I'm talking about a year later! The Broncos ran the ball and ran the ball and ran the ball! Jacksonville got what they deserved for beating the Broncos.
@@quentincampbell612 Yep, I know that. I had mentioned that as well, referring to the 96 season playoff game, and also the 97 season playoff game. I remember both games well. The 97 playoff game in early 98 was a close contest until the 3rd quarter, and the game turned. The Jags had 3 of their D Line starters out, which made it nearly impossible to win. Just how it goes sometimes. But the Jags didn't get what they deserved because unlike the Broncos and the media the year before, they weren't putting down the Broncos and Denver. The Jags just got beat in the 97 game. I still love how books got written in Denver about the 96 loss, made the Broncos change their uniforms, and counseling offices were packed in 1997. Now that is poetic justice for being buttholes!
The bad call before halftime on pass interference negating the Denver pick is what changed this game. If no bad call and Denver gets at least a field goal...that takes away the 3pts they lost by. THIS is why I hate refs!
BRONCOS' COLOR RUSH VERSION OF THIS HELMET [ ONLY WHITE FACEMASKS] WOULD LOOK BETTER...ALTHOUGH WITH A SLIGHTLY LESS DARK SHADE OF BLUE AND AN UPDATED D-LOGO!!
Soooo stoked....My Jaguars traveling to Pittsburgh next weekend to face the heavily favored Steelers in an AFC DIVISION game....the man who helped get us there...the SAME man who head coached this 96 team....the legendary TOM COUGHLIN!!...GO JAGUARSSSS
In the 1996 NFL Postseason, we had both expansion teams whose mascots are represented by "Wild Cats", defeated two teams whose cities start with the letter "D". Truly historic season.
It wasn't just that the Jaguars upset the Broncos. They beat them soundly. There was no fluke about it. They were the better team that day. I remember Denver being really good that year, and then being in a continuing state of shock as Jacksonville just kept making plays. Brunell was great that day though. Gotta give him a lot of credit too.
You're a complete moron. Denver was the best team in the league by far that year. Broncos beat the patriots by 30 in foxboro and the jags couldn't even beat them. This was the biggest fluke in the history of sports behind Tyson Douglas.
I remember those days and being excited for the two expansion teams as they were playing so well. The Panthers made the NFC title game this season as well I believe after beating the Cowboys.
The NFL network is killing it with these classic games.
Yes
Much needed in this time!
The channel 😄 should try to find Saints playoff games including the first playoff win by the Saints.
Brunell is easily one of the most under rated qb's to ever play the game.
As a Jags fan, he was the best this team as ever had. Minshew might be as good.
Low key he’s better than Eli Manninf
@@zachrizzo6525 he looked like steve young in this game
zach rizzo I agree! Drop him into this era of football and he’d be an MVP candidate. He was an exceptional deep ball passer and today’s receivers would eat that game up.
Lefty 😎🤙🏻
Mark Brunell was an underrated quarterback
but he did win a Super Bowl with the Saints
I'm sure Brunell was happy to start for Jacksonville. He would have been a forgotten backup to Favre.
Gameshowboy 92 your right
loved Brunell and how he played
It’s a real shame. He could have won a super bowl in 99.
I remember watching this as a kid in Denver, and remember the shock and disappointment on all of my friend's faces. Jaguars had all heart and destroyed the 13-3 Broncos who were 14 point favorites. Jacksonville was legit in their early history and this was a fun game to re-watch, thanks NFL for posting!
The Jaguars peaked at just the right moment -- during the latter half of the season, when they won all six of their last regular season games. and defeated Buffalo in the wildcard playoffs. I can see why the Broncos were favored, but to be favored by 14 points was simply ridiculous. By choking as badly as they did, the Broncs proved they weren't quite as good as everyone thought; and by responding with 23 unanswered points after spotting Denver a 12 point lead, the Jags proved they weren't as mediocre as most people thought.
@@SingleTaxThe Bills and Broncos likely took them lightly. The Jaguars didn’t really just beat Buffalo, Buffalo seriously beat themselves (as the 90s Bills always did) with ridiculous costly turnovers and the final turnover, Jim Kelly’s knee was clearly down. Jim Kelly was old and retired after that game. The Broncos on the other hand were really good, and this loss awakened the Broncos up who went on and beat the Jaguars 42-17 in the following years playoffs and then win the next two Super Bowls.
@@SingleTax Had Denver played at their best, 14 points was not necessarily ridiculous. High, but not that far off....If you'll recall what happened a year later, when they met again in the postseason, Denver MORE than justified that heavily favored status. And Denver didn't choke....Shanahan rested them for most of the previous month, and their offense...the strength of the team...lost all of its' rhythm and momentum...You could see, as the game went on, that they were playing themselves back into game shape...
Broncos didn’t take them lightly in the wild card round the next year . This actually is what helped the 97’ broncos win it all .
Dependence on a qb's athleticism doesn't work against against at Bill Belichick defense. It all came crashing down one week later.
The opposition the Jaguars faced the first 3 rounds that year was overwhelming. First round they had a veteran Bills team that, up to that point, had never lost a home playoff game. Denver, who never lost at home that season prior to the playoff game. Then the Patriots, who had arguably one of the best coaching staffs of that era with Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Just look at some of the talent they had to face as well. Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, Bryce Paup, Chris Spielman, John Elway, Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe, Steve Atwater, Drew Bledsoe, Curtis Martin, Ben Coates, Chris Slade, Willie Mcginest. Not to mention the head coaches with Marv Levy, Mike Shannahan and Bill Parcells.
Part of a stretch from 1996-1999 where the Jaguars had a winning record every year and reached the AFC championship Game twice.
Nathaniel Levesque They we're also good when they had Jack del Rio as their coach
That is another reason Del Rio is a perfect fit with the Raiders. I don't think he wears the suits like he did with Jacksonville, though.
Tom Coughlin was the coach of that Jags team. Del Rio was a low level assistant in the mid to late 90s
I know Coughlin was the HC of the Jaguars in this game. I was responding to another remark, which the person noted that Del Rio has some success as HC of Jacksonville also.
they went 45-19 in that stretch
The single most underrated upset in the history of pro football. Just slightly ahead of Minnesota's out of nowhere beatdown on the '87 49ers. An expansion team in its second season of existence goes in to Mile High and beats the Elway/Davis team that would win back to back Super Bowls and had the best record in football (tied with Green Bay). No one on Earth saw this coming, not even Jags fans who were damn happy to still be playing after upsetting the battle tested, but aging Bills in Buffalo the week before. To fall behind 12-0 and then basically undress Denver the way they did, in many ways, this is Tom Coughlin's best work.
Agreed. This win saved my Pats from being embarrassed in the 96 season one week earlier.(Green Bay smoked us in the Super Bowl) I knew if we had to play Denver in mile high we had zero shot of winning. They owned the Pats. Think they were 17-0 life time vs the Pats at that point. Still thank the Jags every day for this upset.
Shatamx C'mon, they were better than that against my Broncos. But you're right, Elway had an exceptional record against the Patriots, and that game in Foxboro that year was brutal for y'all. The Broncos hadn't lost at home to the Pats since 1968 at that point.
Shatamx
Agreed. They destroyed the Patriots 34-8 in Foxboro earlier that year. The Patriots would have had no chance in Denver.
I agree... even Better than Winning The Two Rings with My GMen.
Same story with the Panthers that year too. A second year expansion team beating the previous Super Bowl winners and getting to the NFC title game
I remember begging my mother to take me down to the stadium to meet the team after they came back from winning this game. It was a no, but she did let me stay up late to watch the broadcast of their return. They actually opened the stadium to fans since it was so many.
I was there
A woman who loves football.. Nika I think I love you
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I remember seeing it on the news. It was awesome
Thanks NFL for showing this game...I was on my way back to school in Cincy visiting my Dad after Christmas break in California when he surprised me with a couple of tickets to this game...we sat in the end zone a few rows up on the closed in side of the stadium...what a memory! This is the 1st time that I've seen this game since being at it 20 years ago...
Yo dad did that to keep you quiet about his secret
@@forcourt2364 -?...what?
I’m from Jacksonville and watched this game when I was 12 years old and was so incredibly happy with the Jaguars. I will always remember the entire city of Jacksonville coming together from the incredible run the Jags had with winning 5 straight to get a wild card. I’m still a huge Jaguars fan and will always be. 🐆
Seem like those days are over
I'm so grateful that Mark Brunell is my team's quarterback coach the Lions have never looked better we have one of the best coaching staffs in the league I'm proud to be a fan
I remember this game so vividly, one of the best football game days of my life. I could spend a day watching these classic games that bring back great memories.
The first ever Jag game I watched and made me a fan since then.
So you wasn't a fan since the beginning
Bandwagon
@@forcourt2364 didn’t care much about football before then. I was very young at the time.
@@forcourt2364I’m assuming this is sarcasm and it’s fantastic. Well done!
Best feeling is when Mark Brunell is your football coach and i get to see these amazing highlights
Loved him and his receivers as a kid. Great player
The story of this game is that Denver's defensive line was *dominated* by Jacksonville's offensive line.
Tom Coughlin coached three of the biggest playoff upsets of all time. First this game, then the Giants over the undefeated Patriots and then the Giants over the 15-1 Packers.
He also led lowly BC over a dominant Notre Dame team which nobody thought was possible
Super Bowl III when the Jets beat the Colts was a bigger upset than all those upsets you mentioned.
killalltogepis991 That’s why I said “three of the biggest” and not “three biggest”.
@@crowtservo oh okay I read that wrong. Thanks for correcting me.
@@killalltogepis9916 Jets upset of the Colts is overrated. IMO.
I will add this John Elway said himself that this playoff loss was the most devastating loss of his career
It wasn't his fault. The Bronco defense simply self-destructed in this game, and all Elway could do was watch helplessly from the sidelines.
It was because this was the best Broncos team Elway was ever on up until then and they were such huge favorites in this game
For me, this is the biggest upset in NFL history, maybe rivaled only by the Jets beating the Colts in the Super Bowl. This was an absolute shock at the time. But I will say that what Coughlin did with this Jaguars team is what made me pick the Giants over the Patriots in those two Super Bowls. I learned not to count his teams out against what seemed to be superior opponents. He was one hell of a coach.
Oh yeah
@@Windupchronic Yeah, tell me about it LOL!! I am a huge Elway AND Favre fan. And 11 years after Coughlin's Jags beat Elway in this game, his Giants beat Favre in Green Bay, Favre's last game as a Packer.
The Jaguars were just beginning their franchise as an expansion team back then, quite impressive.
CAROLINA LOST THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP TOO!! COULD'VE HAD BOTH 2ND YR TEAMS IN THE SB!!
Born 03/90 been a jags fan since 95. I’m over here watching this replay of game that happened when I was 7 like it happened yesterday...the golden Era of the Jaguars .
I went to this game. I beileve it is the most underated playoff game of all time. It was an amazing game honestly. And it was never over until the onside kick!
One of the biggest upsets I've ever seen. I bet it was awesome being there, besides the fact Denver lost.
GOD BLESS
Bruh them vintage NBC leather jackets are dope af fr
FINALLY I have been waiting 20 years to watch this whole game. i was12 when it happened...😁 but only saw the second half that day. it was an amazing game. thank you for the upload!
Wow this was the year I was born. Love the Jags. Glad the NFL is uploading something for me to learn about my team. It's one thing to read about but another to watch it.
Tony Boselli is very underrated. Truly one of the greatest O-linemen of all time.
100% agree
Now he’s in the hall of fame.
Boselli was dominant. When they started running the ball with Natron Means, it was over.
I missed this game because I had to work. It's great to finally be able to watch it!
Glad to see you got a day off 20 years later
Wasn't this the last year the Broncos had the capitol D logo on their helmet before they changed to the logo they use today?
Nathaniel Levesque Yeah, I think so
Nathaniel Levesque that's correct. The next year is when they changed their uniform and won the super bowl.
The new uniforms witch elway stated he was not a fan of because they wherent orange but maybe pat had them switch to blue to help them win a Super Bowl I heard it was to change fourtunes because every time Denver wore orange they would lose
+Ralph Sanders ask bucs..Seahawks..pats..they all changed uniforms and ......yes all became sb champs
Ralph Sanders i think in 2002 they introduced the orange ones for the first time
Super fun game. Thank you NFL for all the memories and filling some time while we get through this virus sh!t.
wow, this is when the jaguars, and the broncos actually had kick ass uniform's..
Then the next year their uniforms got Nikefied with the Broncos new look and the Jaguars changed the font on their numbers.
Jacksonville 2nd season in the NFL and they make the playoffs is mind blowing
And the AFC Championship. The Panthers made the NFC Championship in their second season.
You just can not escape Phil Simms.
Ricky Smith lmao facts
Ricky Smith 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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At least we’ve got still-lucid, pre-CTE Phil Simms. The twenty years between this game and when he lost his job to Tony Romo weren’t kind to his quick-thinking abilities.
They've gotta get the ball DOWN the field....
Dude I didn’t realize how nice Brunell was! He is making plays in the pocket almost every play. Crazy jukes and throws on the run. Crazy!
I’m here because this playoff run is similar to what the current Jaguars are doing. #ItWasAlwaysTheJags
Became a huge Jags fan during the playoffs this year and for the rest of the 90s. Wish they would upload the Jags vs Bills game from the previous round as well.
Not sure if you found it already, but it’s on RUclips
ruclips.net/video/zVoMKZixVps/видео.html
This game was an absolute shock, and not called Ambush at Mile High without reason. The Broncos finished 13-3, Jax only 9-7, and barely won the wildcard game against Buffalo, only after Jim Kelly got hurt.
But the Jags were on a hot winning streak. In fact, had they not turned the ball over 4 times against the Pats the following week, they would have gone to the SB.
You look at it, it was hardly an upset. They had a strong O-line led by Boselli. Great skill players with McCardell, Smith, and Means. Brunell was a back up in Green Bay under Mike Holgrem, Andy Reid, and John Gruden. So he was very well schooled. Tom Coughlin did a great job coming from college coaching to coaching an expansion team, and would later do great things later on.
This game doesn't get the love it should. We're talking a 2nd year team, in it's first playoff, going into one if the top 3 stadiums to win in, especially with Elway at QB. The Broncos were 13-3 cruising into this game well rested and everything going for them. They came out smokin', and got a lead. It was supposed to be what it looked like in the 1st quarter, a blowout. But, the Broncos did the 3 things that will surely get you beat in a playoff, let alone a regular season game.
1. 2 special teams mistakes that leads to coaches "chasing" points.
2. The defense, didn't show up. Poor adjustments made throughout the game. They played so bad, it spilled over to the offense, who anyone could see got flustered. The part that was the biggest killer was having no time outs left when they scored their last touchdown and a just under 2 mins left. Once the Jags recovered Game Over....Season Over...Instant Despair and a Long...Long...Long...Offseason!
3. Blitzing a running QB, allowing him to control the defense instead of the other way around. That last blitz that the Broncos did that made Brunnell look just like Steve Young was inexcusable, but that's how unprepared the Broncos were, and they paid dearly for it. That loss cost them a real chance at a 3peat!, but at the same time set the stage for Back to Back Championships. Hey!!! You take the good with the bad and keep the bad in the back seat.
This game should be up there as far as monumental upsets in NFL history! The reason why it isn't, is because while the Broncos were climbing up the charts as far as great franchises and popularity, they still were known as "chokers"! Losing 4 Super Bowls, getting their horseshoes handed to them every time. The "real" football fans know how BIG a upset that was. Imagine, we almost had both expansion teams, in their second seasons in the Super Bowl! What's the odds? What was the odds that not only both going to the playoffs, winning, and going to the Conference Championship games? Really makes you go hummmmmmm!!!
Mark Brunell, one of my favorite QBs, along with Jim Plunkett, Warren Moon and Drew Brees 👍. I think he’s easily one of the Top 5 lefty QBs of all time, as well.
Tom brady ? Dan marino ? Brett favre? Troy aikman? Aaron rodgers?
@@veteranentrepreneur8429 I didn’t say. Five best. I said Five favorites. There’s a difference.
Thank You NFL! I was looking for this game a few months ago and couldn't find it anywhere. Keep adding to the archives! Many more to go...
Please keep posting more of these. These are great. Nobody is gonna pay for this stuff but this is a great way for the NFL to make money and the fans to catch a break and enjoy something that the NFL has to offer that isn't overpriced. The NFL is pricing the working man out of the sport.
this was in my Book a GREAT GAME & THUMBS UP 4 BOTH QB'S & THESE'S 2 TEAM'S. I REMEMBER THIS GAME. :)
I loved this game the great elway and the broncos got brought down to size oh hell ya
Jacksonville Jaguars did made some great draft picks in 1995 and 1996. 1995 got a great Tackle, a decent defensive back and added some quality backups. In 1996 they drafted 2 defensive studs in 1st/2nd rd in Kevin Hardy and Tony Brackens adding a backbone on the defensive line and linebacker group. Along with another decent defensive back
NFL youtube is legit af for having this whole game!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:36 Elway 19-yard Run
14:44 Terrell Davis 47-yard Run
18:37 Hebron 1-yard TD Run
28:12 Elway to Sharpe 18-yard TD
33:56 Means 18-yard Run
37:25 Hollis 46-yard Field Goal
46:35 Brunell to Means for 29 Yards on Third Down
48:46 Brunell to Jackson for 19 Yards on Third Down
50:05 Natrone Means 8-yard TD Run
57:09 Means 21-yard Run
57:45 Brunell to Jimmy Smith for 44 Yards
59:53 Hollis 42-yard Field Goal
1:11:55 Brunell to McCardell for 31-yard TD
1:21:16 Means 17-yard Run on Third Down
1:32:06 Brunell to Stewart for 25 Yards on Third Down
1:35:00 Hollis 22-yard Field Goal
1:40:21 Elway to McCaffrey for 12 Yards on Third Down
1:40:58 Terrell Davis 2-yard TD Run
1:47:35 Brunell 29-yard Run
1:50:39 Brunell to Jimmy Smith for 16-yard TD on Third Down
1:58:36 Elway to McCaffrey for 15-yard TD
2:00:47 Jaguars Recover Broncos Onside Kick Attempt
oh ya curtis martin had like a 80 yard TD run
NFL Q
NFL gg
True as Shannon Sharpe has said that numberous times.
NFL keep doing these classic games 🔥🔥
Just think, the Jaguars and the Panthers, both in their second year, could have went to the Super Bowl.
Jags could have beaten the pats in the afc championship they just had a bad day.
As far as the panthers there is no way they would have beaten farve and that stacked offense in the nfc championship
I thought it was gonna be those two. Couldn't stand the Cowboys losing to Carolina.
@@nix420stuntd7 The Cowboys were off the entire season. Won the Division but it was clear that the team wasn’t the same but still nobody expected them to lose to a 3 year old team😮😮😮😮
Thanks guys because you can't find this anywhere else
LEGENDARY - Shannon always brings this up on "undisputed" the biggest UPSET in franchise history.
I want those Jaguars jerseys back for atleast one season. I wish they could have rocked them for this season to celebrate their 25th anniversary 😭
As a Broncos fan, this was the worst loss for me as a fan. Thought it was over for Elway after this one. Thought the window had closed. Luckily it didn't. Just couldn't believe a 2nd year team came in to Denver and took care of business. In the end, it was a lasting motivation for the next season. Jags earned every bit of this one.
Joseph Arrambidez This one definitely hurt for Broncos Nation, but do you really rank this worse than 55-10 or 42-10? Giving up the most points in Super Bowl history (and thanks to Leon Lett, it still has not been broken), or giving up a game's worth of production in one quarter after taking a 10-0 lead? Your thoughts?
Joseph Arrambidez 55 to 10 is still an embarrassment but nobody expected the Broncos to beat the 49ers. Nobody was going to beat that 49er team. They were a machine and one of the top 5 greatest teams of all time. The loss to Jacksonville??? The Broncos were destined for the Super Bowl in 1996 and to lose a team who was barley two years old?? That's more painful. John Elway said that the Jacksonville loss was worse than the three losses in the Super Bowl.
Jason Summers I think I do because when they were beaten down in those Super Bowls, Elway was still young. Figured he might get back. So the year they played Jax, it was his best team to date and he was 36 so the window was closing. There was speculation that he was retiring and when they lost, it seemed like that might be it for him. That's my reasoning for most devastating loss. Plus they were so favored. Just my opinion.
Joseph Arrambidez All a matter of perspective, my man. Merry Christmas!!
Jason Summers Merry Christmas my friend!
Classic game!!! OLd School. I miss the old NFL : (
still can't wait for you guys to upload 2009 NFC eagles vs Cardinals
This game, the Buffalo game the week before, and pummeling Miami in Dan Marino's final game my three favorite Jag wins.
Bill Hamilton: Even one of the Jags' defenders said (about Marino) after the blowout, "It's sad. After the career he's had, for it to end like that, it's just sad." I thought that was totally classy!!! That was also Jimmy Johnson's last game as a head coach.
The Glory Days😭😭
Tyrone Johnson Jr I've been a browns fan for my whole life don't feel bad
+pankake man 2.0 😂😂😂😂😂damn
pankake man 2.0 Being a browns fan ia much better than being a bandwagoner
Asad Lalani ^^^^^true that. Respect.
Tyrone Johnson Jr it was also the Jets
Oh man this the game that made me a super fan of the Jaguars. I've been a die hard fan ever since. Good job jags of old. Come on jags I feel a super bowl coming on.1 second ago•
Best expansion team ever vs best QB “at that time” . By far the best Jags lineup ever, mcCardell, smith, Beasley, Means, Brunell, boselli, Searcy. It was so much fun to be a Jags fan during this time. And how about the weather at mile high for this game!? It was just an awesome day to play football.
As a broncos fan this game still bites and I remember as a kid how disappointed I was. But I still believe they won the next two Super Bowls because of this game because they never took a game off or for granted after this one
Reminds me of the 2019 Ravens. Overlooked they're opponent. Bounce back the next year. But the Ravens are by no means a Superbowl team unless they draft a WR1
yeah Denver punked us the next year but this still ranks pretty great as upsets go brunell was on fire.
Best Jags Unit ever
Man I miss this jags team... They were so physical. Believe me I watched them upset Steelers few times
I was four years old when this game happened, and I just remember how awestruck I was watching Jacksonville. My parents kept saying Denver would win somehow, but I just had a feeling that the Jaguars would do it. And to be honest, I thought they'd beat New England the following week too!! THAT was a wacky game!! At some point, there was a power outage at the stadium.
We did it again lol
I was 5
Jacksonville jaguars uniform and helmet back in the 90's are soo much better looking then today's!!!
It still hurts.
Keenan McCardell and Jimmy Smith one of the most underrated WR duos ever. If they played anywhere besides Jacksonville they would have been household names.
Jimmy Smith was a guy that never caught a pass before Coughlin got him for pennies. I was glad to see him get his rightful place in the Jags Ring of Honor. his off field struggles don't define the man
Broncos were 12.5 point favorites coming into this game.
Classic
Natrone Means Business
Joe O'Malley dope
He was a load.
Such a beast!!
Ed McCaffrey’s son, born the same year as this game, would go on to have his own notable NFL career.
/Trebek
Mark looking like Aaron Rodgers out here! Good game jags, I'm a bronco fan and I always wanted to know what happened on this Sunday. And now I know, this dude was killing us and he threw 4300 yards that season too? Dude killed it
Nah, it's the playoffs. Aaron would've lost lol
@@clickman443 😂 you know what , you right
Coach Coughlin is one of the best coaches ever. Sure...he never had a dynasty or huge win record...but everywhere he went he made teams better. Plus, his personal approach evolved into a great players coach, while he started like a strict no nonsense guy...he turned into a real team player.
the last game Elway played with that uniform!
NO AFTER SUPER BOWL 1999 HE RETIRED
@@alijamehadzic843 i mean wit that t shirt
@@alijamehadzic843 He's meaning the orange uniform as Denver changed uniforms the next season.
Last game of the Denver Broncos with the blue royal helmet with D logo, today the helmet and uniform is back.
Shannon Sharpe doesn’t really speak on this day much
He still says this game haunts him
Broncos fan since 1986. This was the most painful loss. Worse than the Super Bowl losses
Football was in it's golden years between the early 90 and 2000s.
Fr could of faced Packers
Broncos learned valuable lessons from this game which propelled them to the next two superbowls
I miss the 90s and the smashmouth style of those days and I'm only 32 but this was the glory days growing up!
Boselli for hall of fame
Greatest win in jags history
That Jimmy Smith catch is the greatest play in Jags history
I think this game has been passed as the best game in jags history after that comeback Saturday
@@HeisMertz_ For sure! It was definitely Jags Broncos 96 or Steelers Jags 2017, but coming back from 27-0 is absolutely bizzare.
The Broncos' offensive line of this era was insane. These jags uniforms with the teal numbers are a modern classic, they really need to go back to them.
If you have both Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell, every game is winnable. Intelligent receivers that never got got enough respect. Also, Andre Rison brings a winning atmosphere everywhere he goes
Tom Coughlin has a knack for upsetting great Qbs
I knew they would post this I just knew it
A testament to Mark Brunell's prime in the late 90s. He's right up there with Ken Anderson and Dave Krieg on the list of truly underrated, underappreciated QBs. Sure, he picked up a ring the easy way when he was Brees' backup with the '09 Saints, but he never got one as a starter.
Both teams need to go back to these jerseys
McCARDELL WAS The Man for Jax
Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell was a great receiving tandem back then
Jimmy was batman keenan Robin.
I remember these 2 weeks! This game and the one before, Jaguars and Bills, almost made me quit watching the NFL. Prior to the Jags upsetting Buffalo,I was feeling well. Afterwards,I was having headaches. I so wanted to see a Bills -Broncos playoff game that year. It would've been the last shot for Buffalo against a getting to be last shots for Elway and the Broncos. In fact,the Bills played against the Broncos in 1997,the Bills came back late to tie it and the Broncos won in it. Think of how exciting that game would've been if it would've been a playoff game like it should've been. Then,when the Broncos lost to the Jags, I was so angry! Happy the Broncos avenged this loss the next year in the wild card game and that Elway and the Broncos won the next 2! Super Bowls!
Most painful loss *EVER* for the Broncos.
Try Super Bowl XXII. Take a ten point lead and then Doug Williams has one HOF style quarter and killed the Broncos before fading into obscurity the next season.
Luther Hucke umm super bowl 23????
Lol!! Arrogance lost the Broncos this game. Jax ran it down the Broncos throat.
The broncos uniforms are beautiful
One of the greatest moments in Jacksonville history...Brunell's run with 4:30 to go in the game. Seems like he ran forever. What a moment. Denver media, players, and fans got what they deserved!! Total disrespect turned into total loss!!
ya and then they won 2 super bowls after...they learned from the Jaguars loss
Then they ran over the Jags the next year in the Wild Card game! Jacksonville got what they deserved! We could've had a last shot at a Super Bowl playoff game between the Bills and Broncos if not for the Jaguars. It would've been great and I'm proven right because the Bills did face the Broncos in 1997-98 regular season in which the Bills tied the game up late and the Broncos won in it. The Jaguars robbed us of having that as a great playoff game.
@@quentincampbell612 Jacksonville got what they deserved? Lol, the Jags were a 2nd year franchise when they beat the Broncos, and a 3rd year franchise when they lost the next year. That game was close into the 3rd quarter. It's hilarious that the Broncos team, including Elway, and the entire media were putting down the Jags and the city, and boy they paid the price! That was so great, and they got what they deserved!!
@@gordon2422 I'm talking about a year later! The Broncos ran the ball and ran the ball and ran the ball! Jacksonville got what they deserved for beating the Broncos.
@@quentincampbell612 Yep, I know that. I had mentioned that as well, referring to the 96 season playoff game, and also the 97 season playoff game. I remember both games well. The 97 playoff game in early 98 was a close contest until the 3rd quarter, and the game turned. The Jags had 3 of their D Line starters out, which made it nearly impossible to win. Just how it goes sometimes. But the Jags didn't get what they deserved because unlike the Broncos and the media the year before, they weren't putting down the Broncos and Denver. The Jags just got beat in the 97 game. I still love how books got written in Denver about the 96 loss, made the Broncos change their uniforms, and counseling offices were packed in 1997. Now that is poetic justice for being buttholes!
The bad call before halftime on pass interference negating the Denver pick is what changed this game. If no bad call and Denver gets at least a field goal...that takes away the 3pts they lost by. THIS is why I hate refs!
Great Jags team !!!!
Hey Elwad, how bout them Jaguars!
He said it was his toughest career loss....
2 great sets of uniforms..never should have changed
BRONCOS' COLOR RUSH VERSION OF THIS HELMET [ ONLY WHITE FACEMASKS] WOULD LOOK BETTER...ALTHOUGH WITH A SLIGHTLY LESS DARK SHADE OF BLUE AND AN UPDATED D-LOGO!!
Soooo stoked....My Jaguars traveling to Pittsburgh next weekend to face the heavily favored Steelers in an AFC DIVISION game....the man who helped get us there...the SAME man who head coached this 96 team....the legendary TOM COUGHLIN!!...GO JAGUARSSSS
Elway The Best QB Ever to Wear A Broncos Jersey
Ever*
Erikson58 #Broncos4life #VonMillerBestLB Peyton is better then Elway.
Jesse Marano True... but Elway has been a bronco for his whole carrer
no, you're tripping. Tim Tebow was the best qb that trash organization had.
I was joking, obviously the GOAT is Kyle "Papa" Orton.
I was heart broken. I remember this game like it was yesterday.
Them vs my Packers would of been nuts
In the 1996 NFL Postseason, we had both expansion teams whose mascots are represented by "Wild Cats", defeated two teams whose cities start with the letter "D". Truly historic season.
It wasn't just that the Jaguars upset the Broncos. They beat them soundly. There was no fluke about it. They were the better team that day. I remember Denver being really good that year, and then being in a continuing state of shock as Jacksonville just kept making plays. Brunell was great that day though. Gotta give him a lot of credit too.
Nathan Rodke
Right. When you get run on its not a fluke.
You're a complete moron. Denver was the best team in the league by far that year. Broncos beat the patriots by 30 in foxboro and the jags couldn't even beat them. This was the biggest fluke in the history of sports behind Tyson Douglas.
Jaguars won by three points, with a huge assist to Michael Dean Perry.
Man, I don't remember these games being so brutal like this
Crazy right? I said the same thing
doesn’t get better than enberg calling afc playoff games on nbc
What about Pat Summerall?
Old Mile High stadium was such a cool looking venue. Also the old Broncos color scheme and emblem were so much better in these days.
Jaguars made history in 1996.
i so thought they where gonna lose this game when i watched this game back in 1996
Before this game ever happened, I thought the Jaguars were going to lose against the Bills.
I remember those days and being excited for the two expansion teams as they were playing so well. The Panthers made the NFC title game this season as well I believe after beating the Cowboys.