Jaguars to Play 26 of Next 30 Games on the Road — SkimNews
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- Jaguars will play 26 of their next 30 regular-season games away from Jacksonville due to a $1.4 billion EverBank Stadium renovation, with 2027 home games relocating to Orlando's Camping World Stadium — roughly a two-hour drive south
- By the end of 2026, Jacksonville will be the first NFL team since the 1926 Duluth Eskimos to play in 12 or more stadiums in a single season, with seven of their final 10 games on the road
- After beating the Patriots 35-6 on Sept. 27, the Jaguars won't play at home again until Nov. 1 vs. the Indianapolis Colts — a 34-day break enabling uninterrupted stadium construction
- Jacksonville opens back-to-back London 'home' games this week against the Eagles at Tottenham (Sunday) and the Texans at Wembley (Oct. 18), their 15th and 16th international games — more than any NFL franchise
- Punter Logan Cooke will set an NFL record with his 10th international game against Philadelphia, surpassing former Jaguar Tyler Shatley; the seventh-round 2018 pick is the team's longest-tenured player
- Coach Liam Coen addressed the brutal stretch with players during training camp, framing the travel as a non-excuse: 'Your record's your record, and nobody's going to look at it and say, Oh, well, they had to go play a lot of games away from home.'
- The Jaguars have won 5 of their past 6 road games under Coen after losing 3 of his first 5, with five of their next six away — including trips to Baltimore and the Giants
Why it matters: The 26-of-30 road stretch locks in the Jaguars as a displaced franchise through at least the 2028 season, with the $1.4 billion renovation cost split between the team and city and owner Shad Khan personally liable for any overruns. Whatever Jacksonville's record is, it gets measured against a schedule no NFL team has navigated since the Duluth Eskimos — and the 2027 Orlando relocation is contractually committed regardless of how the team performs on the road.
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