<Li> TIAA Bank Field (1995--present) </Li> <P> The Jacksonville Jaguars are an American professional football franchise based in Jacksonville, Florida . The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division . The team plays its home games at TIAA Bank Field . </P> <P> The Jaguars and the Carolina Panthers joined the NFL as expansion teams for the 1995 season . Since their inception, the Jaguars have won division championships in 1998 and 1999 (as members of the now - defunct AFC Central) and 2017 (as members of the AFC South) and have qualified for the playoffs seven times, most recently in 2017 after a ten - season playoff drought . </P> <P> From their inception until 2011, the Jacksonville Jaguars' majority owner was Wayne Weaver . The team was then purchased by Pakistani - born businessman Shahid Khan for an estimated $770 million . In 2015, Forbes estimated the team value at $1.48 billion . </P>

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