Goodbye, TIAA Bank Field: 5 Best Moments in 5-Year History

The final football game at TIAA Bank Field has been played.

No, the Jacksonville Jaguars aren't going anywhere, but things will look and sound a bit different when their first home game of the 2023 season rolls around.

The Jaguars' stadium is set to have its name changed back to EverBank Stadium, an announcement that became official on Friday.

EverBank Stadium was the name of the stadium from 2010 through the 2017 seasons, but the last five seasons have seen TIAA Bank Field set the stage for the Jaguars each Sunday.

So, from 2018-2022, what were the most memorable moments from TIAA Bank Field? Here are a few that immediately come to mind.

Beating the New England Patriots in 2018

The Jaguars' win over the New England Patriots in Week 2 of the 2018 season was memorable for a lot of seasons. Keelan Cole's amazing catch, Blake Bortles throwing four touchdowns in a 31-20 win, and a defense that harrassed Tom Brady in a rematch of the 2017 AFC Championship game are all images that have aged well.

This ended up being the last true hurrah for the Doug Marrone Jaguars, with the Jaguars' season falling apart due to injuries and poor quarterback play over the course of the rest of the 2018 season. Jalen Ramsey, Yannick Ngakoue, A.J. Bouye, Calais Campbell, and Dante Fowler Jr. would all later be traded in future years, breaking up the core of a team that beat the Patriots in front of a lively crowd to avenge the most painful loss in franchise history.

Beating the Colts to open the 2020 season

The Jaguars seemed like a near-consensus pick to be one of the worst teams in football in 2020, and pundits were right considering the Jaguars finished with an NFL-worst 1-15 record. But the one in that 1-15 was quite the moment, with the Jaguars defeating the Indianapolis Colts and Phillip Rivers in a 27-20 Week 1 upset that came down to the final play.

From Gardner Minshew, Laviska Shenault and James Robinson all making big plays to CJ Henderson intercepting Rivers on a fantastic play to clinch the win, the Week 1 opener was electric on all levels and really kicked the 2020 season off on a high note. Things obviously got much worse from there, but for one Sunday in 2020, the Jaguars were an exciting and winning team.

The moment Trevor Lawrence was drafted

You just had to be there.

The Jacksonville Jaguars took advantage of the momentum of owning the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, allowing fans to fill TIAA Bank Field and watch from the field on the stadium's jumbo screens as the Jaguars drafted Trevor Lawrence as their franchise quarterback.

What resulted was an electric and memorable atmosphere, with fans reacting to the obvious pick with the kind of elated and euphoric energy one would expect from a fan base finding their guy at quarterback. It was a scene that nobody there will likely forget, and it helped set up the final two moments

Clinching the AFC South vs. the Titans in 2022

The 2022 season was an emotional one for a young Jaguars squad that was still reeling from the Urban Meyer debacle and still adjusting to new head coach Doug Pederson. The Jaguars started the season with a 3-7 record before finding magic in a bottle and becoming one of the NFL's hottest teams over the second-half of the year.

While big wins over the Raiders, Ravens and Cowboys all stood out, it was the Jaguars Week 18 victory over the Tennessee Titans that will always be the cherry on top. The AFC South Championship Game was arguably the most important regular-season game in franchise history and saw the Jaguars battle back from a deficit before a strip-sack by Rayshawn Jenkins was recovered for a touchdown by Josh Allen. For a Jaguars team that had been bottom-dwellers for so long, the night they became champions will always be unforgettable.

The Wild Card win over the Chargers

This is the obvious answer. Riley Patterson hit one of the biggest field goals in franchise history to send the Jaguars past the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card Round, ending one of the most emotional and unlikely wins in franchise history and one of the best games of the 2022 season.

Coming back from a 27-0 deficit and four interceptions from Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars started swinging back at the end of the first half and never stopped. It took superhuman plays on offense and defense, as well as some next-level play-calling from Doug Pederson, to send the Jaguars to the next round in front of a sold-out crowd, but it was all worth it by the final kick.