Bucs At Bengals, TV Map
September 12th, 2026
Free football.
You need to know where you can watch the Bucs-Bengals game tomorrow on free TV, right? Joe’s here to help.
The Bucs travel to Cincinnati today to face the Bengals on the banks of the mighty Ohio River at Mike Brown Stadium. The 2026 Bucs season is here. Kickoff is 1 p.m.
Unless you live in Florida, the Ohio River Valley, or Oklahoma, it’s a very good bet you will have to hit up your local watering hole to watch the game. Those are the only three regions of America that will have the Bucs-Bengals game on free TV.
If you are stuck having to go to a bar, Joe always suggests Hooters. It’s made for swilling cold beer, wolfing down wings and watching football.
Kevin Kugler, windy Daryl “Moose” Johnston and Allison Williams will handle the call on FOX. (Streaming and radio broadcast information will be included in “Gameday Tampa Bay” scheduled to publish here at midnight.)
As always, TV coverage maps are courtesy of 506sports.com.
Yellow: Tampa Bay @ Cincinnati
Red: Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Blue: Chicago @ Carolina
Green: New Orleans @ Detroit
(Joe can’t recall an NFL broadcast window for a specific network where every game featured an NFC South team.)
September 12th, 2026 at 8:27 am
I recently moved from Tampa to West Palm Beach. I don’t mind going to my “local watering hole” to watch the game, but is there a way I can listen to a radio broadcast of the game maybe on the internet? Like the iHeart radio app?
September 12th, 2026 at 8:39 am
Senor Harry:
Yeah, NFL.com has a package where you can get the radio feed of each NFL team. But trying to synch that up with the satellite feed at a sports bar will drive you nuts. Might not be worth the hassle, even if you could figure out the synch.
September 12th, 2026 at 8:49 am
I used a marginally legal android app to watch them last year, no longer an option. As it will be birthday, I choose to ride my Pan to some bar
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September 12th, 2026 at 9:18 am
Falcons Steelers getting this much coverage is a mistake when Atlanta is playing their 3rd string QB. Maybe I’m bias but Bucs Bengals seems like the best game out of these 4 with the biggest names and best QB matchup
September 12th, 2026 at 9:20 am
Dom:
You are correct but remember, network suits (who aren’t always football fans) aren’t so much about good games. They’re worried about eyeballs.
The Steelers are guaranteed eyeballs. They are one of a few teams that no matter who they play, people will watch.
September 12th, 2026 at 9:32 am
Unbelievable- South Florida thinks Cooper Rush v Aaron Rodgers is a better matchup than Baker v Burrow
September 12th, 2026 at 9:42 am
The Bucs are always my favorite team. There is a three way tie for my second favorite team only in Week 1 of this season: Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit.
September 12th, 2026 at 10:06 am
@Senior Harry, listening to the game on the radio is actually kinda fun, or at least it was while Gene Deckerhoff used to announce the games. If you turn the volume up really loud it feels like being at the game.
September 12th, 2026 at 10:15 am
@Joe. My uncle is a big Patriots fan but he lives here in Orlando. Back 30 or 40 years ago he had a satellite dish that looked like it came from NASA to watch the Pats, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics. Now he does it with his computer. For me it seems like quite the bother, but it will never go away.
September 12th, 2026 at 10:36 am
$4.99 a month will get you Sirius xm radio where you can get every teams local radio call +NFL channel. Well worth the money if you work on Sundays
September 12th, 2026 at 10:48 am
The NFL’s been pushing the Bengals out as a contender every year as long as Burrow’s is not injured and the Bucs are the only team out of the embarrassing NFC South conference that has a record worthy of national attention at all in almost a decade!
So what moron decides the Atlanta at Pittsburgh game rates as the best of those 4 games to cover the western half of the country?
September 12th, 2026 at 10:48 am
Good call AquaBum!
September 12th, 2026 at 10:52 am
See Joe’s explanation above. NFL and the networks have the data. If FOX/NFL believed Bucs-Bengals brought better ratings it would be a national game. The entire ecosystem of NFL revenue is based on eyeballs.
September 12th, 2026 at 11:01 am
Outside of the odd-shaped Bengals area and most of Florida, the only other yellow is the state of Oklahoma. I wonder why.😉
September 12th, 2026 at 11:19 am
@mobucs, yeah that is odd, isn’t it?
September 12th, 2026 at 11:21 am
because baker is like a god here in oklahoma?? ou football is huge in this state, and he is the goat. that’s saying a lot since oklahoma has had great qb play and top offenses for decades.i feel pretty sure baker naver has to pay for anything when he comes back for a visit lol.
September 12th, 2026 at 12:16 pm
the okc bandits with starting qb baker mayfield would be a good draw
September 12th, 2026 at 1:42 pm
I went to an exhibition game the NFL put on in Tampa to see if enough people would attend to determine if Tampa had enough interest to be awarded its own team. The Redskins played, I don’t remember their opponent, but it was in 1968 just a little before I was drafted. I was excited at that game and it hasn’t left me. GO BUCS!
September 12th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Great story Joe Bob!
September 12th, 2026 at 3:23 pm
You can listen to the game on the Bucs app as well as on NFL.com
September 12th, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Tunity is a free phone app that lets you hear any TV, Point your camera at the screen, it figures out the live channel, and streams the audio to your headphones or speaker. Handy at a crowded sports bar when every TV is on a different game. Works with live TV (ESPN, Fox, CBS, etc.), not Netflix or other streaming apps. Sync is usually close enough for football; you can nudge the audio if it’s a little off. Search “Tunity” in the App Store or Google Play.
September 12th, 2026 at 5:15 pm
Joe, thank you very much for your entire tip on NFL.com, both the good and the bad…
September 12th, 2026 at 10:51 pm
Don’t downplay Cooper Rush. Has everyone forgotten how he & Ceedee Lamb, single-handedly sliced & diced Todd’s defense two years ago? Our Bucs were fighting for a playoff spot & the ‘boys were eliminated yet, Bowles “D” put up little resistance. It was one of the worst losses that year IMHO! Absolutely dreadful performance!
September 13th, 2026 at 9:44 am
Forcing Atlanta – Pittsburg to half the country is just an a-hole move.
Ohhhh let’s watch an over the hill drama queen vs a 3rd string QB- riveting!
September 13th, 2026 at 12:26 pm
With that said- there are a lot of ways you can get Sunday Ticket for the discounted price ($230 – $240 for the season instead of $480).
Verizon has some deals, or just create a new gmail account and get the first time buyer deal