Jaguars defensive tackle Sen’Derrick Marks had no trouble summing up how it would feel to be part of the first team in franchise history not to win once in Jacksonville all season.

Embarrassing.

"You play for yourself as a team first off, then you play for the organization, but you play for the fans also," Marks said. "They spend their money to come out and watch us play. You’re supposed to come out and perform and give them a show and actually give the city something to be proud about."

Marks and the Jaguars (2-12) have one last chance to avoid another letdown and make history for the wrong reason when they host Tennessee (8-6) Saturday at EverBank Field.

The Jaguars are technically credited with a "home" win over Indianapolis in London, but they have failed in Jacksonville this year.

The Jaguars came up short in losses to Green Bay (27-23), Baltimore (19-17) and Houston (24-21). They ran out of steam against Denver (20-10) and Minnesota (25-16). And they melted down against Oakland (33-16, including two players being ejected during the game).

More than a full year has passed since the Jaguars last won in Jacksonville — a 51-16 victory against the Colts on Dec. 13, 2015. Since then, the Jaguars have lost seven straight.

Cleveland is the only other team that does not have a true home win this season.

"The fact that we don’t have [a win in Jacksonville] at this point in the season — you just shake your head," middle linebacker Paul Posluszny said. "It shouldn’t be that way."

But that’s how it mostly been in recent years.

The Jaguars had just four losing seasons at home during their first 17 years as a franchise, but it has become a common trend.

Not counting the annual London game that began in 2013, the Jaguars have won three, three, one, one and four games at home since their last winning season in Jacksonville. That came in 2010 (5-3).

This year: Zero wins, and players realize the stain that a winless season at home would leave.

"We want to be able to give our fans what they want to see," defensive end Dante Fowler said. "That’s why we’re practicing really hard and not changing anything up. We’re going to go out there and play hard. We kind of got embarrassed by [Tennessee] on national TV, so we are going to come out with a vengeance."

A side effect of the recent losing has been big crowds for away opponents.

Multiple players earlier this season complained about not feeling much of a home-field advantage, and the Broncos and Vikings had huge swaths of fans across the stadium in the two most recent games in Jacksonville.

Marks said players notice when an away team has so many fans in attendance but believes the Jaguars can’t fault anyone but themselves for not having a better home atmosphere.

"We’re not winning," he said. "We can’t expect anybody to show up and we lose and think they are going to continue to show up. No. They aren’t going to continue to show up. We’ve got to take that on ourselves and change that mindset that they may have.

"You can’t ask people to buy tickets. As a team that has not been winning, you have to make them buy it. You make them buy it by going out and winning games and giving them something to cheer for."

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