Big Cat Country
We are on to Week 2 of the 2025-26 NFL Season, and our Jacksonville Jaguars are currently undefeated! The team is on the road this week to face off against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Jags and Bengals have played each other 25 times, and Jacksonville currently leads the series 13-12. Let’s take a stroll through franchise history to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the team’s series against the Bengals.
Series results
The Good
The biggest deficit: Week 8 at Cinergy Field on October 31, 1999
Final score: Jaguars 41 – Bengals 10
Attendance: 49,138
Fred Taylor, Keenan McCardell, Jimmy Smith, and James Stewart scored touchdowns. Mark Brunell completed 11 out of 19 attempted passes for 145 yards. Fred Taylor led the team with 128 rushing yards, and Jimmy Smith led with 89 receiving yards. Mike Hollis made the two attempted field goals. Aaron Beasley and Donovin Darius both had interceptions. Tony Brackens and Kevin Hardy each recorded one sack.
The first shutout in franchise history: Week 3 at Alltel Stadium on September 17, 2000
First score: Bengals 0 – Jaguars 13
Attendance: 45,653
Keenan McCardell scored the only touchdown. Mark Brunell completed 20 out of 32 attempted passes for 176 yards. Stacey Mack led the team with 35 rushing yards, and Keenan McCardell led with 108 receiving yards. Steve Lindsey made two out of the three attempted field goals. Hardy Nickerson and Aaron Beasley had interceptions. Nickerson, Gary Walker, Tony Brackens, and Joel Smeenge recorded sacks. Nickerson, Donovin Darius, and Kiwaukee Thomas led the team with six tackles each.
The Bad
Week 4 at EverBank Field on September 30, 2012
Final score: Jaguars 10 – Bengals 27
Attendance: 63,030
Marcedes Lewis scored the only touchdown. Blaine Gabbert completed 23 out of 34 attempted passes for 186 yards. Maurice Jones-Drew led the team with 38 rushing yards, and Justin Blackmon led with 48 receiving yards. Josh Scobee made the attempted field goal. Kyle Bosworth had an interception. Paul Posluszny and Russell Allen led with 11 combined tackles.
The Ugly
Week 13 at EverBank Stadium on December 4, 2023
Final score: Bengals 34 – Jaguars 31
Attendance: 67,951
While there were worse numerical losses, I chose this one for the ugly because our franchise quarterback sustained an injury after Walker Little stepped on his ankle, Christian Kirk left the game after the team’s first offensive play with a groin injury, and although victory was still within reach, the team lost in overtime. Travis Etienne, Evan Engram, Parker Washington, and Trevor Lawrence scored touchdowns. Before his injury, Lawrence completed 22 out of 29 attempted passes for 258 yards, and backup C.J. Beathard completed nine out of ten attempted passes for 63 yards. Etienne led the team with 45 rushing yards, and Engram led with 82 receiving yards. Brandon McManus made one of the two attempted field goals. Joshua Hines-Allen had an 8-yard interception and recorded 1.5 sacks. Travon Walker was credited with the 0.5 sack. Foyesade Oluokun led...
