January 23, 2000: Tennessee Titans 33, Jacksonville Jaguars 14
Tom Coughlin’s 1999 Jaguars finished the regular season 14-2, and went 1-1 in the playoffs. The only team they lost to all season was the Titans, who beat them three times — 20-19 in Week 3, 41-14 in Week 16, and 33-14 in the AFC Championship game after the Jags had taken the Dolphins apart, 61-7, in what was Dan Marino’s final game. Despite their own 13-3 record, and their record of success against Jacksonville, the Titans came into the championship round as seven-point underdogs. The game wasn’t close for long — Mark Brunell hit tight end Kyle Brady for a seven-yard touchdown pass as the Jags drew first blood, and went up 14-7 in the second quarter, but it was all Titans after that. Brunell threw two interceptions, and though Titans quarterback Steve McNair’s passing day wasn’t great against the NFL’s top defense (14 of 23 for 112 yards, one touchdown, and one interception), he did run for two one-yard touchdowns. Tennessee faced the “Greatest Show on Turf” Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and famously came up one yard short from tying the game, which the Rams won, 23-16.