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Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars

Final · Kickoff

2008 Regular season · Week 5 · Jacksonville Municipal Stadium · Sunday Night

Dated historical resultUpdated

Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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JAXJacksonville Jaguars21Home
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Steelers beat Jaguars 26–21 in 2008 Week 5

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 26–21 on the road at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Week 5 of the 2008 regular season on October 5, 2008. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 5 points.

The result moved the Steelers to 4–1 and dropped the Jaguars to 2–3. The Steelers finished 2008 at 12–4 and won Super Bowl XLIII. The Jaguars finished 2008 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Jacksonville Jaguars won 31–29 on January 5, 2008. When they met again, the Pittsburgh Steelers won 17–13 on October 16, 2011.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Jaguars lead the series 8–5 after meeting No. 13 since 1999 Full series history

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