DOWN X DOWN › week 18 › Jaguars at Colts
Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
2026

Week 18 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Lucas Oil Stadium

INDvsJAX

Colts offensevsJaguars defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Colts, 7 for Jaguars. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Jaguars give up 196 yards a game to wide receivers (31st), against a league average of 147. Colts' wide receivers produce 129 (24th).

02
Opportunity

Deep right is open

Jaguars are worst against deep right throws, allowing +0.87 EPA per attempt. Colts send 6% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Jaguars give up 32 yards a game to tight ends (1st), against a league average of 55. Colts' tight ends produce 38 (25th).

04
Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Colts gain 4.5 yards per play (31st). Jaguars give up 5.6 (23rd), with the league at 5.4.

Players to watch

The series · Jaguars and Colts since 1999, and this season's records50 meetings

The Colts lead the series 27–23 since 1999 (they first met in 2000). The Jaguars have won the last 3. Nov 1, 2026, at EverBank Stadium: the Jaguars won 42–7. Trevor Lawrence started at quarterback for the Jaguars and Daniel Jones for the Colts; Liam Coen and Shane Steichen coached.

Jaguars at home15–9the Jaguars' record
In Indianapolis7–18the Jaguars' record
Most pointsJaguars 51 · Colts 442015 · 2014
Biggest winJaguars by 35 · Colts by 342015 · 2013

The last 5

2026 · Wk 8IND 7 at JAX 42
2025 · Wk 17JAX 23 at IND 17
2025 · Wk 14IND 19 at JAX 36
2024 · Wk 18 · OTJAX 23 at IND 26
2024 · Wk 5IND 34 at JAX 37

2026 records

JaguarsColts
Overall5–22–6
Division1–11–2
Conference4–21–5
Other conference1–01–1
Home4–11–2
Away1–11–4
Last 5WWWLWWLLLL
StreakWon 1Lost 4
Points a game28.0 – 15.920.1 – 27.8

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Jaguars' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Colts offense against the Jaguars defenseDepth charts
Jaguars defense · 4-3 DColts offense · 3WR 1TE79Raimann62Farmer60Bortolini71Goncalves75Travis84Warren17Jones28Taylor2Downs13Treadwell10Allen41Hines-Allen99Orhorhoro91Armstead44Walker23Oluokun51Miller47Gardeck1Brown12Hunter2Lewis29Murray6Johnson

Colts offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBDaniel Jones#17 · 162/268 · 1542 yds · 5 TD · 9 INT
  • RBJonathan Taylor#28 · 148 car · 610 yds · 8 TD · 21 rec
  • WRJosh Downs#2 · 30 rec · 330 yds · 1 TD · 51 tgt
  • WRKeenan Allen#10 · 36 rec · 325 yds · 1 TD · 50 tgt
  • WRLaquon Treadwell#13 · 16 rec · 215 yds · 0 TD · 28 tgt
  • TETyler Warren#84 · 34 rec · 231 yds · 2 TD · 46 tgt
  • LTBernhard Raimann#79
  • LGJalen Farmer#62
  • CTanor Bortolini#60
  • RGMatt Goncalves#71
  • RTJalen Travis#75

Jaguars defense · Base 4-3 D

  • RDEJosh Hines-Allen#41 · 25 tackles · 2 sacks · 1 PD
  • RDTRuke Orhorhoro#99 · 12 tackles · 1 sack
  • LDTArik Armstead#91 · 12 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 1 PD
  • LDETravon Walker#44 · 18 tackles · 3 sacks · 1 PD
  • WLBFoyesade Oluokun#23 · 49 tackles · 1 sack · 2 INT · 2 PD
  • MLBVentrell Miller#51 · 41 tackles · 1 sack · 3 PD
  • SLBDennis Gardeck#47 · 16 tackles · 1 PD
  • RCBMontaric Brown#1 · 14 tackles · 2 PD
  • LCBTravis Hunter#12 · 26 tackles · 2 INT · 6 PD
  • NBJourdan Lewis#2 · 21 tackles · 2 INT · 2 PD
  • SSEric Murray#29 · 16 tackles
  • FSAntonio Johnson#6 · 30 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 1 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · IND offense against JAX defense
StatIND IND offFavors IND · Favors JAXJAX JAX def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.12#30
-0.10#5+0.00
Success rate
42%#21
42%#1144%
Yards per play
4.5#31
5.6#235.4
Explosive play rate
9%#22
8%#69%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
-0.22#30
-0.06#7+0.03
Sack rate
8%#23
6%#217%
Running
Run EPA per carry
+0.02#5
-0.19#1-0.08
Yards per carry
4.2#15
3.4#44.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
40%#18
37%#941%
Red zone TD rate
64%#13
45%#661%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
129#24
196#31147
TE yards per game
38#25
32#155
TE targets per game
8.4#9
6.7#107.6
RB receiving yards per game
27#22
36#2332
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Colts: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.247% of throws
+0.344% of throws
-0.106% of throws
Short
-0.1935% of throws
+0.1217% of throws
+0.0332% of throws

Jaguars: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.0519 throws
+2.666 throws
+0.8721 throws
Short
-0.1676 throws
-0.1136 throws
-0.0684 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.