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NS, TWENTY-FIVE GAMES
Jaguars 28, Dolphins 21
Date: October 12, 1998.
Records entering game: Jaguars 4-0, Dolphins 3-1.
Site: Alltel Stadium; Jacksonville.
What happened
The Jaguars, in the second Monday Night
Football game ever in Jacksonville, did what
they had done in their fi rst MNF game the
previous season – they beat a high-profi le
opponent in dramatic, memorable fashion.
This time it was by a score of 28-21 over the
Miami Dolphins. This game is remembered in
Jaguars lore for multiple memorable plays
and performances, but perhaps mostly for
the matchup between Jaguars left tackle
Tony Boselli and Dolphins pass rusher Jason
Taylor. The Jaguars dominated early, with
rookie running back Fred Taylor making his
prime-time debut with a 77-yard run for a
touchdown on the game’s fi rst play from
scrimmage and Taylor’s two-yard run on the
second play of the second quarter giving the
Jaguars a 14-0 lead. Miami tied it 14-14 with
a two-yard second-quarter touchdown pass
from quarterback Dan Marino to tight end
Troy Drayton and a one-yard run by running
back Karim Abdul-Jabbar, with the Dolphins
then taking a 21-14 lead on Marino’s 15-yard
third-quarter pass to Drayton. The Jaguars,
limited by the Dolphins’ defense much of
the night after Taylor’s game-opening run,
tied it at 21-21 with a 23-yard pass from
quarterback Mark Brunell to wide receiver
Keenan McCardell early in the fourth quarter.
One play after Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare’s
54-yard fi eld goal missed, Brunell again hit
McCardell – this time for 56 yards and a
28-21 lead with 2:36 remaining. The Jaguars’
defense held the Dolphins twice after that,
with defensive end Tony Brackens’ sack/
fumble ending one drive and Marino throwing
incomplete from the Miami 34 on the game’s
fi nal play.
He (Jason Taylor) had been talking the whole game, but I knew that was it. I knew
we were winning the game. I looked back and he was following. I said, ‘Come on,
come get some more.’ That wasn’t like me. I didn’t do much of that. But at that point,
I had had enough. If we judge this as a prizefi ght, I kicked your butt for 69 of 70
plays. I beat you. You had one play.
– OL Tony Boselli