Cincinnati Bengals 2026 Uniform Schedule: White Bengal Jersey Dates

The Bengals have two confirmed uniform games in 2026, and the schedule does something almost nobody else in the NFL does: Cincinnati wears white at home, on purpose, in primetime. The White Bengal comes out once, for Sunday Night Football against Pittsburgh in Week 10, and we have Cincinnati in its standard white at home again on New Year's Eve against Baltimore in Week 17, the night the team has named White Bengal Stripe. The season opens in the orange helmet against Tampa Bay. The orange jersey comes back twice more, on the road at Miami in Week 5 and at home against Kansas City in Week 14. Here is the full Cincinnati Bengals 2026 uniform schedule: the confirmed jersey dates first, then a week-by-week outlook for the orange, black and white sets.

The Confirmed Bengals Uniform Games

These two are set by the Bengals themselves. Both are at Paycor Stadium, and one of them puts Cincinnati in white at home.

The Full 2026 Bengals Uniform Schedule, Week by Week

Week 1 combination, as announced for game week: orange helmet, orange jersey, white pants. Combinations are compiled from the teams' own game-week posts, and the tracker logs what is actually worn once the game is played.

Their Week 1 opponent: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 uniform schedule has the other side of this matchup, and the 2026 NFL uniform tracker logs what both teams actually wear once it is played.

Here is the whole season at a glance. The two confirmed jersey games are marked with a star. Week 6 is the bye, and Week 9 is the Madrid game, where Atlanta is the designated home team.

The honest caveat the grid cannot show: only the starred games are confirmed by the Bengals. The team has announced themes for other dates, but a theme is not always a uniform, and the jersey calls for the remaining weeks are our projection: the orange alternate at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14, the standard white at home against Baltimore in Week 17, and black at home and white on the road everywhere else. Pants and exact combinations are a week-of-game call for the unstarred weeks. The Open In Orange combination is now set: orange helmet, orange jersey, white pants. The Week 16 and Week 18 kickoff times are still to be set.

Open In Orange (Week 1 vs. Buccaneers, Confirmed)

The Bengals open at home against Tampa Bay on Sunday, September 13 at 1 p.m., and that game is Open In Orange, the tradition Cincinnati started in 2024 to mark the home opener. The team's own description is straightforward: fans wear orange, and the team wears orange uniforms. It is the one date on the calendar where the orange helmet is the default rather than a surprise, though the orange jersey itself gets two more outings this season.

The combination is now confirmed: orange helmet, orange jersey, white pants, announced by the team the week of the game. That is the 2025 version carried forward. The first Open In Orange in 2024 went full orange from helmet to pants, and the switch to white pants the following year read cleaner on broadcast and gave the stripes somewhere to breathe. Cincinnati kept it, and we think that is the right call. It is one of the best looks in the league.

The orange helmet is still the most underrated piece of equipment in the AFC North. Cincinnati's stripe pattern is the rare design that actually gets better the more of it you put on the field, and an orange shell in September sun is the whole brand in one frame.

White Bengal (Week 10 vs. Steelers, Confirmed)

The White Bengal goes national in Week 10. Cincinnati hosts Pittsburgh on Sunday, November 15 at 8:20 p.m. on NBC, and the all-white set comes out with the white helmet that debuted in 2022. The Bengals call it one of the franchise's most iconic looks, and the record backs them up: this will be the seventh time they have worn the combination, and they won the most recent one, a Thursday night game against these same Steelers.

The design is the reason it travels. Most white alternates are just a road uniform with the contrast turned down, but the White Bengal keeps the black tiger stripes at full strength against a white base coat, so the pattern reads harder than it does in black. Put it under the lights against a team in black and gold and there is not a better-looking divisional game on the schedule.

White Bengal Stripe Night (Week 17 vs. Ravens)

The Bengals host Baltimore on Thursday, December 31 at 8:15 p.m. for a New Year's Eve game the team has named White Bengal Stripe. The name belongs to the night and the crowd: the stadium is divided into sections of white and black so the stands themselves read as a tiger stripe, a one-night mashup of the White Bengal tradition and the Stripe The Jungle crowd effect.

Worth being precise here, because the naming invites confusion. White Bengal Stripe is not a jersey. Our call is the standard white jersey at home, not the full White Bengal alternate, and that is our projection rather than a team announcement. Cincinnati in white at home still means Baltimore brings purple into Paycor Stadium, and white against purple under the lights on New Year's Eve is a strong way to close the home schedule.

Black at Home (The Base Set, Expected)

The black home jersey projects to the four home dates not claimed by another uniform: the Jaguars in Week 4, the Titans in Week 8, the Saints in Week 12, and the Browns in Week 18.

Black with orange tiger stripes is the look the franchise is known for, and the 2021 redesign left it alone in the ways that mattered. The home dates it gives up are the White Bengal in Week 10, the white New Year's Eve game in Week 17, and Week 14, because the orange jersey is not just an opener. We have Cincinnati in orange twice more: on the road at Miami in Week 5, with the Dolphins in white at home, and at Paycor Stadium against Kansas City in Week 14. The Chiefs game is also Stripe The Jungle, the crowd effect, and our Chiefs 2026 schedule has Kansas City in their white road set for that trip, so it is orange against white on both of those dates.

The White Road Set (Expected)

The white road uniform projects to eight of the nine away games, plus one home date, the Week 17 White Bengal Stripe night against Baltimore: at the Texans, Steelers, Ravens, Commanders, Browns, Panthers, Colts, and the Week 9 game at Atlanta in Madrid. That last one is the wrinkle. Cincinnati is playing at the Bernabéu on Sunday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, but the Falcons are the designated home team, so it is a road game for the Bengals and they are in white despite the neutral site. The one road exception is Week 5 at Miami, where the Dolphins take white and Cincinnati wears orange.

One more road date worth flagging: the Week 16 trip to Indianapolis is the Colts' Indiana Nights game, their black alternate. We covered it in the Colts 2026 uniform schedule, and white against that black set is one of the better road looks Cincinnati will get all year.

How the Bengals Rotation Works in 2026

The system is unusual and it is worth understanding, because Cincinnati is deliberately giving up a competitive convention for a visual one. Wearing white at home means the visiting team gets to choose a colored jersey, so Pittsburgh in Week 10 and Baltimore in Week 17 can both bring their dark sets into Paycor Stadium. Most teams treat that as something to avoid. The Bengals treat it as the point, because a white-on-black divisional primetime game looks better than anything they could stage in black.

The rest is simple. Orange for the opener and twice more in Weeks 5 and 14, black at home for four games, standard white for nine (eight on the road plus New Year's Eve at home), and the White Bengal carved out of the middle of the season. Three helmet shells in one season, black, orange, and white, is more variety up top than most of the league gets, and Cincinnati earned that by designing a stripe that works on all three.

How does every one of these jerseys stack up? See our Bengals jerseys 2026 ranking, every uniform in the closet graded from best to worst.

Frequently Asked Questions

What jersey are the Bengals wearing today?

Black at home and white on the road for most of the season, but Cincinnati breaks that pattern more than almost anyone. Week 1 against Tampa Bay was Open In Orange, and the White Bengal comes out once, at home against Pittsburgh in Week 10. Both are confirmed. We also have the orange jersey at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14, and the standard white at home against Baltimore in Week 17.

What jerseys are the Bengals wearing this week?

White with black pants at Pittsburgh on Sunday, September 27. The Bengals confirmed the white jersey, black pants with orange stripes and white socks for Week 3, under the striped orange helmet. Black at home and white on the road for most of the season, but Cincinnati breaks that pattern more than almost anyone. Week 1 against Tampa Bay was Open In Orange, and the White Bengal comes out once, at home against Pittsburgh in Week 10. Both are confirmed. We also have the orange jersey at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14, and the standard white at home against Baltimore in Week 17.

What uniform did the Bengals wear last week?

For the uniform we logged in their most recent game, see the NFL uniform tracker, which we update through the week. The grid above is the season plan, and the tracker is the record of what actually went on the field.

What are the Bengals wearing next week?

Black at Paycor Stadium and white on the trip, unless it is one of the two confirmed dates, Open In Orange in Week 1 or the White Bengal in Week 10, one of the two orange weeks, at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14, or Week 17 against Baltimore, where we have the standard white at home.

What jerseys do the Bengals have in 2026?

Four uniforms, two of them confirmed for specific dates. The black home jersey with the orange tiger stripes projects to four games at Paycor Stadium, and the white set projects to nine games, eight of the nine away games plus the Week 17 home game against Baltimore, including the Week 9 meeting at Atlanta in Madrid, where the Falcons are the designated home team. Open In Orange was the Week 1 home opener against Tampa Bay on Sunday, September 13, and the Bengals set that combination at orange helmet, orange jersey and white pants. We have the orange jersey back twice, at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14. The all-white White Bengal, with the white helmet that debuted in 2022, comes out once, Week 10 against the Steelers on Sunday, November 15. Nothing in the closet is new for 2026, and there is no Bengals Rivalries jersey this season because the AFC North has not had its turn in the program.

When do the Bengals wear the White Bengal uniform in 2026?

Once, at home in Week 10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, November 15 at 8:20 p.m. on Sunday Night Football. The Week 17 game against Baltimore on New Year's Eve is White Bengal Stripe night, but we expect the standard white jersey that night, not the full White Bengal alternate.

Is White Bengal Stripe a new Bengals jersey?

No. White Bengal Stripe is the name of the New Year's Eve game and the black-and-white crowd pattern in the stands. It is not a uniform at all, and we expect Cincinnati in its standard white jersey that night rather than the White Bengal alternate.

When is the Bengals Open In Orange game in 2026?

The home opener, Week 1 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, September 13 at 1 p.m. The team wears the orange helmet and orange jersey with white pants, confirmed by the Bengals the week of the game.

Do the Bengals have a Rivalries uniform in 2026?

No. The NFL x Nike Rivalries program rolls out by division, and the 2026 wave covers the AFC South and NFC North. The AFC North has not had its turn, so there is no Bengals Rivalries jersey this season. Our explainer on the Rivalries program covers how the rollout works.

What is the Bengals' primary uniform for 2026?

Black at home and white on the road. Black projects to four home games, and white projects to eight of the nine away games plus the Week 17 home game against Baltimore. The orange alternate takes Week 5 at Miami and Week 14 against Kansas City.

How many home games do the Bengals play in 2026?

Eight at Paycor Stadium, in Weeks 1, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, and 18. The Week 9 game against Atlanta in Madrid is a road game for Cincinnati because the Falcons are the designated home team. The bye is Week 6.

Is the full Bengals 2026 uniform schedule official?

No. Two games are confirmed by the team: Open In Orange in Week 1 and the White Bengal in Week 10. Everything else is our projection, including the orange jersey at Miami in Week 5 and against Kansas City in Week 14 and the standard white at home against Baltimore in Week 17. Cincinnati has announced other themed games, including Stripe The Jungle in Week 14, but those are crowd effects rather than uniform announcements.

Why are the Bengals wearing white at home?

That is the White Bengal, Cincinnati's all-white alternate with the black tiger stripes kept at full strength, and its 2026 date is a primetime home game, Week 10 against the Steelers on Sunday, November 15. We also have Cincinnati in its standard white at home in Week 17 against the Ravens on Thursday, December 31, the New Year's Eve White Bengal Stripe game.

Why are the Bengals wearing white helmets?

The white helmet is part of the White Bengal uniform and debuted in 2022. It comes out with the all-white set once in 2026, against Pittsburgh on November 15.

More NFL Coverage

• What Is the NFL Rivalries Uniform Program? — how the Nike program works and which divisions are up
• Indianapolis Colts 2026 Uniform Schedule — including the Indiana Nights game against Cincinnati
• Kansas City Chiefs 2026 Uniform Schedule — the Week 14 opponent at Paycor
• NFL Uniform Release Dates 2026 — every team's new-look reveal, tracked

Uniform games confirmed by Cincinnati Bengals announcements and the team's own uniform and traditions pages; Madrid home-team designation via the NFL. Black-home and white-road projections follow the standard home-and-away rotation and are not team confirmations. Schedule via team and league sources. ColorWay Sports is an independent design site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Cincinnati Bengals or the National Football League.