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Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Lucas Oil Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Jacksonville Jaguars—Away
Indianapolis Colts—Home

Game details

Location
Indianapolis

Matchup preview

Jacksonville Jaguars 4–1 · Road 1–1 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 5
Indianapolis Colts 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 24
2026 regular season, per game · JAX 5 games, IND 4 games
MetricJAXIND
Points per game24.613th25.512th
Points allowed per game14.02nd26.022nd
Total yards per game334.816th284.326th
Passing yards per game234.817th188.527th
Rushing yards per game114.212th109.515th
Turnovers per game0.69th2.027th
Sacks allowed per game2.013th2.013th
Penalty yards per game69.222nd26.31st

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Jacksonville Jaguars: recent results

  1. W 19–17 vs PHI Week 5
  2. W 22–17 @ CIN Week 4
  3. W 35–6 vs NE Week 3
  4. L 13–20 @ DEN Week 2
  5. W 34–10 vs CLE Week 1

Indianapolis Colts: recent results

  1. W 30–13 @ WAS Week 4
  2. W 19–17 vs HOU Week 3
  3. L 30–33 (OT) @ KC Week 2
  4. L 23–41 vs BAL Week 1

Jacksonville Jaguars: season leaders

Passing
Trevor Lawrence 1,174 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Bhayshul Tuten 349 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Parker Washington 352 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Josh Hines-Allen 1.5 · 5 g

Indianapolis Colts: season leaders

Rushing
Jonathan Taylor 353 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Josh Downs 202 yds · 4 g
Sacks
DeForest Buckner 2.5 · 3 g

Jacksonville Jaguars: injury report

  • Out Albert Regis RDT
  • Out Alijah Huzzie NB
  • Out CJ Williams
  • Out Daniel Faalele LG
  • Out Eric Murray SS
  • Out Wesley Williams LDE
  • Questionable Anton Harrison LT
  • Questionable Devon Marshall

2 more listed.

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Indianapolis Colts: injury report

  • Out Ashton Dulin
  • Out Dalton Tucker LG
  • Out Darius Slayton WR
  • Out Jaylon Carlies WLB
  • Out Riley Leonard QB
  • Questionable Sean McKeon

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

JAX 22 · IND 27 in 49 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 17 JAX 23, IND 17
  2. 2025 · Week 14 IND 19, JAX 36
  3. 2024 · Week 18 JAX 23, IND 26 (OT)
  4. 2024 · Week 5 IND 34, JAX 37
  5. 2023 · Week 6 IND 20, JAX 37

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

JAX 64.9% · IND 34.8%

Matchup quality 66.3 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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