Key Takeaways

• The Bengals announced a 2026 ‘Open in Orange’ game to start the season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, continuing a yearly branding event first tried in 2024. The 2024 opener featured orange jerseys with orange pants, a combination not repeated since, while the 2025 edition used orange jerseys with white pants under orange stripes. Burrow’s toe injury in 2024, which required surgery after the Jacksonville game, is noted as a pivotal off-field consequence of the prior year’s orange-game slate.
• Historical performance in orange uniforms is highlighted: the team has compiled a 28-11-1 (.713) record in orange since 2004, outpacing their overall record of 147-166-3 (.472) in other jerseys. A 2021 Thursday night win against the Jaguars in orange marks one of the few non-bleached-pants orange successes, contributing to the positive trend in this color theme.