Falcons Face Bengals in Madrid Nov. 8 for Bengals Schedule 2026
bengals schedule 2026 now includes a Madrid stop: the Atlanta Falcons will host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at Bernabéu Stadium. The Week 9 game kicks at 9:30 a.m. ET and gives Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow another international stage against a Falcons team that finished 8-9 last season.
Madrid Gets Falcons-Bengals
The NFL’s trip to Madrid will be the league’s second visit to Spain, following last season’s 16-13 game in which the Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Commanders. This one brings Burrow and the Bengals into a matchup that has shown up only once before in their careers, and that meeting went Cincinnati’s way in 2022.
In that Week 7 win, Burrow threw for 481 yards and two of his three touchdown passes went to Ja’Marr Chase. Chase and Burrow have faced Atlanta only once, which gives this matchup a rare edge for both offenses.
Robinson Meets Cincinnati
Bijan Robinson enters the game off his first All-Pro season, when he posted a career- and league-best 2,298 scrimmage yards. He will play the Bengals for the first time in his career, giving Atlanta a chance to put its top playmaker in a setting that has not seen this pairing before.
The Falcons are coming off an 8-9 season, while Zac Taylor’s Bengals finished 6-11 and missed the postseason for a third straight year. Atlanta’s run through 2025 left it short of a winning record, and Cincinnati arrives in Madrid trying to turn last season’s finish into something steadier.
Burrow, Chase, and Week 9
The Week 9 placement matters because it drops a rare cross-conference-style international game into the middle of the schedule, with NFL Network carrying the matchup and Bernabéu Stadium as the backdrop. Burrow, Chase, Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Tee Higgins, and Robinson give the game a level of name value that fits the league’s second trip to Spain.
For readers tracking the Bengals schedule 2026, this is the date to circle: Sunday, Nov. 8, at 9:30 a.m. ET. The first regular-season trip to Madrid delivered a one-score finish, and this one arrives with two teams coming off losing seasons and a quarterback who already carved up Atlanta once.
