Bengals open, close 2018 season on the road

The schedule, which the NFL announced tonight, has the Bengals playing three of their first four and three of their final four on the road. That means the team will play six of eight at home from Week 5 through Week 13.

The Bengals only have one primetime game, which comes in Week 2 on Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium.

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The league also finalized the dates and times for the preseason games.

The Bengals will play host to the Chicago Bears at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9 before playing back-to-back road games at Dallas at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, and at Buffalo at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. They close the preseason at home against Indianapolis on at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30.

Fourteen of the 16 regular-season games begin at 1 p.m. The two exceptions are the Thursday game against Baltimore in Week 2 (8:20 p.m.) and the Week 14 road game at the Los Angeles Chargers (4:05 p.m.).

Here is the complete 2018 regular-season schedule:

Sept. 9: at Indianapolis

Sept. 13: BALTIMORE (Thursday night)

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Sept. 23: at Carolina

Sept. 30: at Atlanta

Oct. 7: MIAMI

Oct. 14: PITTSBURGH

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Oct. 21: at Kansas City

Oct. 28: TAMPA BAY

Nov. 4: Bye week

Nov. 11: NEW ORLEANS

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Nov. 18: at Baltimore

Nov. 25: CLEVELAND

Dec. 2: DENVER

Dec. 9: at Los Angeles Chargers

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Dec. 16: OAKLAND

Dec. 23: at Cleveland

Dec. 30: at Pittsburgh