Jacksonville Jaguars vs Cincinnati Bengals, Week 4 2026

Jaguars vs Bengals is the same fixture in the same week for the second year running, which is a quirk of the rotation rather than a rivalry. It happens to pair a quarterback in year two of a system with one who spent last season proving his foot had healed.

Kickoff is 1:00 PM ET on Sunday, October 4, on CBS. From the opening snap this page runs itself: live score, real time score, game leaders, box scores, play-by-play with the game flow chart and team statistics, every panel updating without anyone hitting refresh.

Jaguars vs Bengals is also the first look many visitors will get at a Paycor Stadium that has spent the year being taken apart and rebuilt around them.

Jaguars vs Bengals Start Time, TV Channel and Live Stream

Date	Sunday, October 4, 2026
Kickoff	1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM MT / 10:00 AM PT
TV	CBS
Venue	Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati
Suites	137 after this year's renovation
Home team	Cincinnati Bengals

CBS carries Jaguars vs Bengals in the early Sunday window, a regional assignment, so the market map decides and Sunday Ticket handles anyone outside it. Both cities sit on Eastern time, so neither side has a clock to argue with.

Trevor Lawrence's Second Year in the System

Jacksonville's turnaround has been told enough times. The part that matters now is quieter: Lawrence is in his second season running Liam Coen's offense, and offensive coordinator Grant Udinski has spent camp describing the change in terms of accumulated repetitions rather than anything newly installed.

The connections that stood out were with Brian Thomas Jr. and Parker Washington. Coen also leans on joint practices rather than preseason snaps for his front line players, so most of what Jacksonville banked this summer came against other teams rather than in exhibition games. On defense, cornerback Jarrian Jones has been among the best performers in camp.

Jaguars vs Bengals is week four of finding out whether a second year in one system is worth what it sounds like it should be.

Cincinnati's Line Got Better by Losing All Summer

The Bengals spent last offseason rebuilding the defense, and the unexpected beneficiary has been the group that had to block it every day. Center Ted Karras said it plainly: a month of going against that defensive front has been an advantage.

It showed late in camp, when Joe Burrow had time and space on nearly every throw in a full practice, which is not a sentence Cincinnati could write two years ago. Behind Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas and Dohnte Meyers have pushed for the snaps that decide how deep this offense can go.

Jaguars vs Bengals is where an internal arms race meets somebody else's pass rush.

Jaguars vs Bengals: The Rotation Repeats Itself

Jaguars vs Bengals lands in Week 4 in Cincinnati for the second consecutive season, which is the kind of coincidence the scheduling formula throws up every few years and nobody plans for. It means both coaching staffs have unusually recent tape on each other for a non-division game.

It also means the Jaguars know what this building sounds like, which matters more than it used to now that the renovation has moved where people stand and how quickly they get back to their seats.

Rosters are set. The cut to 53 passed on August 30. Follow the Jaguars and Bengals pages, and check the NFL standings a month into the season. The rest of the slate sits on the 2026 NFL schedule.

Paycor Stadium Looks Different This Year

If Jaguars vs Bengals is your first visit since last season, plan for a building that has changed underneath you. All 68 restrooms have been redone, and roughly 1,600 new signs, larger and more accessible than the old ones, have gone up to help people find their way.

The concessions at the 50 yard line were rebuilt around speed, including a new grab-and-go stand called Go Route with self-checkout kiosks, which is aimed squarely at the halftime line. The premium side went further: every suite has been enlarged with a bigger lounge area, new furniture and full-sized refrigerators, five more suites have been added to bring the total to 137, and each lounge now has four bars instead of two, moved to open up the views of downtown and the river. New escalators and staircases serve those lounges, and the pro shop has been reconfigured with self-checkout and more room for jerseys.

Give yourself extra time and treat the concourse as unfamiliar even if you have sat in the same seat for a decade. The Bengals' first look at the renovations runs through what changed and where.

Jaguars vs Bengals FAQ

Jaguars vs Bengals repeats a Week 4 date in a stadium that has changed more over the summer than either roster did. Come back on game day for inactives and the live score.

Last updated: August 27, 2026