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Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals

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2021 Regular season · Week 4 · Paul Brown Stadium · Thursday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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CINCincinnati Bengals24Home
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Bengals beat Jaguars 24–21 in 2021 Week 4

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24–21 at home at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 4 of the 2021 regular season on September 30, 2021. It was decided by 3 points, a field goal or less.

The result moved the Bengals to 3–1 and dropped the Jaguars to 0–4. It was the Jaguars’ fourth straight loss. The Jaguars finished 2021 at 3–14 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2021 at 10–7 and lost Super Bowl LVI.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 33–25 on October 4, 2020. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 34–31 on December 4, 2023.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Jaguars lead the series 9–7 after meeting No. 16 since 1999 Full series history

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