2024 NFL schedule release: Jaguars vs. Dolphins starts Jacksonville's season

The Jacksonville Jaguars officially have their schedule for the 2024 season, opening with a trip south to face the Miami Dolphins, and closing out with a road game against the Indianapolis Colts.

The NFL released schedules for the entire league Wednesday night. Teams, fans and media can now prepare themselves for another slew of matchups, leading to one team lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the 2025 Super Bowl from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans next February.

The Jaguars will look to improve on their 9-8 record from last season after only winning one game in the final month of the year despite jumping out to an 8-3 start.

The schedule features multiple prime-time games, including a road Monday Night Football contest against the Buffalo Bills in Week 3. They’ll also face the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football in Week 9 on the road.

For the second consecutive year the team will play a double-header across the pond. They’re set to face the Chicago Bears and 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams in Week 6 from Tottenham Hotspur before facing the New England Patriots in Week 7 at Wembley Stadium.

Jaguars set to open at home against Cleveland Browns in Week 2

The Jaguars will have their home opener in Week 2 against the Cleveland Browns.

The two teams faced off last year in Cleveland with the Browns winning 31-27 against a hobbled Trevor Lawrence, who played despite suffering an ankle sprain the week before.

Lawrence completed 28 of 50 passes for 257 yards and three touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions in the loss as Joe Flacco led the Browns to a victory.

The matchup will give home fans a first look at first-round pick Brian Thomas Jr. and a host of new additions to the roster like Arik Armstead, Gabe Davis, Jarrian Jones and more.

Jaguars set to host Calvin Ridley, Tennessee Titans in Week 17

Some of the biggest offseason news for the Jaguars came when star receiver Calvin Ridley opted to leave Jacksonville and sign with the Tennessee Titans.

Ridley and his new team will be headed to Duval just before the new year on Dec. 29. It’s a game that could have postseason implications with it being set so late in the season.

And the rivalry between the two teams is well documented. It’ll be the second meeting of the year for the AFC South foes after squaring off Dec. 8 in Nashville.

The revamped Titans could look to play spoiler for Jacksonville’s postseason hopes or vice-versa, and adding Ridley into the mix makes the game even more anticipated.

More Jaguars schedule notes

• The Jaguars are not hosting any prime-time games as the schedule currently stands.

• The Monday Night Football game against the Bills will be the third time Trevor Lawrence has faced Josh Allen. Lawrence is 2-0 in the two previous meetings, including a 25-20 victory in London last season.

• After playing two games in London last year, the Jaguars are playing two games there for the second consecutive season. They remain the only team to play multiple games overseas in the same season.

• The Sunday Night Football game against the Philadelphia Eagles will be the second time Doug Pederson has faced the Eagles since he won a Super Bowl as head coach in 2018. The previous matchup was a 29-21 loss in Pederson’s first season as head coach of the Jaguars.

• The Jaguars are set to play the Lions in November, but not on Thanksgiving, continuing their streak as the only team to never play on the holiday.

• When the Green Bay Packers visit on Oct. 27, it’ll be the first time they played in Jacksonville since Sept. 12, 2021, when they faced the New Orleans Saints in a relocated game. They lost that game 38-3.

• The game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Dec. 22 will be the first time the Jaguars have played them on the road since they relocated from Oakland. The teams faced off in 2022 in Jacksonville, where the Jaguars came back from a 17-point deficit to win.

Jacksonville Jaguars preseason schedule

Week 1 | Aug. 10 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 p.m. | TBD

Week 1 | Aug. 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7:30 p.m. | TBD

Week 1 | Aug. 23 | Atlanta Falcons | 7 p.m. | TBD

Jacksonville Jaguars schedule 2024

Week 1 | Sept. 8 | at Miami Dolphins| 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 2 | Sept. 15 | Cleveland Browns | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 3 | Sept. 23 | at Buffalo Bills | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Week 4 | Sept.  29 | at Houston Texans | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 5 | Oct. 6 | Indianapolis Colts | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 6 | Oct. 13 | at Chicago Bears (Tottenham Hotspur) | 9:30 a.m. | NFL Network

Week 7 | Oct. 20 | New England Patriots (Wembley Stadium) | 9:30 a.m. | NFL Network

Week 8 | Oct. 27 | Green Bay Packers | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 9 | Nov. 3 | at Philadelphia Eagles | 8:20 p.m. | NBC

Week 10 | Nov. 10 | Minnesota Vikings |1 p.m. | FOX

Week 11 | Nov. 17 | at Detroit Lions | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 12 | BYE WEEK

Week 13 | Dec. 1 | Houston Texans | 1 p.m. | FOX

Week 14 | Dec. 8 | at Tennessee Titans | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 15 | Dec. 15 | New York Jets | 1 p.m. | FOX

Week 16 | Dec. 22 | at Las Vegas Raiders | 4:05 p.m. | CBS

Week 17 | Dec. 29 | Tennessee Titans | 1 p.m. | CBS

Week 18 | TBD | at Indianapolis Colts | TBD | TBD

*Bold indicates prime-time matchup

Juston Lewis is a Jacksonville Jaguars beat reporter for the Florida Times-Union. You can follow him on the website formerly known as Twitter at @JustonLewis_.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars schedule 2024: Jacksonville opens NFL season at Miami Dolphins