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Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns

Cincinnati Bengals17✓

Cleveland Browns16

Final · Sunday, September 7, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Huntington Bank Field

Head coaches: Zac Taylor (Bengals) · Kevin Stefanski (Browns)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Bengals	7	7	3	0	17
Browns	0	10	6	0	16

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	CIN–CLE
Q1
7:32	TD	Bengals	Chase Brown 5 Yd Rush (Evan McPherson Kick)	7–0
Q2
12:42	TD	Browns	Raheim Sanders 1 Yd Rush (Andre Szmyt Kick)	7–7
4:18	TD	Bengals	Noah Fant 1 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)	14–7
0:23	FG	Browns	Andre Szmyt 45 Yd Field Goal	14–10
Q3
7:20	TD	Browns	Cedric Tillman 5 Yd pass from Joe Flacco (Andre Szmyt PAT Failed)	14–16
2:48	FG	Bengals	Evan McPherson 35 Yd Field Goal	17–16

Team stats

Stat	Bengals	Browns
First downs	11	22
Total yards	141	327
Yards per play	2.9	4.6
Passing yards	95	278
Comp / att	14/23	31/45
Rushing yards	46	49
Third down	7-14	9-16
Fourth down	0-0	2-3
Red zone	2-3	2-3
Turnovers	0	2
Penalties – yards	7-33	7-53
Sacks – yards lost	3-18	2-12
Possession	24:11	35:49
Plays	49	71

Also	Bengals	Browns
Passing first downs	7	13
Rushing first downs	3	5
First downs by penalty	1	4
Drives	10	10
Yards per pass	3.7	5.9
Interceptions thrown	0	2
Rushing attempts	23	24
Yards per rush	2.0	2.0
Fumbles lost	0	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
9Joe Burrow	14/23	113	4.9	1	0	3-18	62.8	87.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
30Chase Brown	21	43	2.0	1	8
9Joe Burrow	2	3	1.5	0	2
Team	23	46	2.0	1	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5Tee Higgins	3	33	11.0	0	13	4
86Noah Fant	4	26	6.5	1	12	5
1Ja'Marr Chase	2	26	13.0	0	20	5
88Mike Gesicki	1	14	14.0	0	14	3
30Chase Brown	2	8	4.0	0	7	3
34Samaje Perine	2	6	3.0	0	5	2
89Drew Sample	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	14	113	8.1	1	20	23

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
27Jordan Battle	12	5	0	0	1	0
44Demetrius Knight Jr.	10	8	0	0	1	0
23Dax Hill	9	5	0	0	0	0
55Logan Wilson	7	4	0	0	2	0
92B.J. Hill	7	3	1	1	0	1
22Geno Stone	5	1	0	0	0	0
49Barrett Carter	4	3	0	0	0	0
26Tycen Anderson	4	2	0	0	0	0
69Mike Pennel	4	1	0	1	0	0
91Trey Hendrickson	3	3	1	1	0	3
28Josh Newton	3	3	0	0	0	0
98T.J. Slaton Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	1
90Kris Jenkins Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
42Oren Burks	2	1	0	1	0	0
99Myles Murphy	2	1	0	0	0	0
34Samaje Perine	2	0	0	0	0	0
20DJ Turner II	2	0	0	0	2	0
58Joseph Ossai	1	1	0	0	0	0
25Tahj Brooks	1	1	0	0	0	0
50Shaka Heyward	1	0	0	0	0	0
29Cam Taylor-Britt	1	0	0	0	0	0
46William Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	86	44	2	4	6	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
20DJ Turner II	1	7
27Jordan Battle	1	2
Team	2	9

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
15Charlie Jones	3	70	23.3	29	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
15Charlie Jones	1	23	23.0	23	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
2Evan McPherson	1/1	100.0	35	2/2	5	35

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8Ryan Rehkow	6	316	52.7	2	1	62

Cleveland Browns

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
15Joe Flacco	31/45	290	6.4	1	2	2-12	30.6	75.2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22Dylan Sampson	12	29	2.4	0	5
34Jerome Ford	6	8	1.3	0	2
15Joe Flacco	2	6	3.0	0	4
35Raheim Sanders	3	3	1.0	1	2
44Harold Fannin Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	24	49	2.0	1	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
3Jerry Jeudy	5	66	13.2	0	25	8
22Dylan Sampson	8	64	8.0	0	14	8
44Harold Fannin Jr.	7	63	9.0	0	22	9
19Cedric Tillman	5	52	10.4	1	25	8
85David Njoku	3	37	12.3	0	17	6
80Jamari Thrash	1	6	6.0	0	6	1
16Isaiah Bond	1	5	5.0	0	5	1
34Jerome Ford	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	1
Team	31	290	9.4	1	25	42

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
49Carson Schwesinger	8	3	0	1	0	1
30Devin Bush	7	4	0	1	1	1
57Isaiah McGuire	6	4	1	2	0	2
95Myles Garrett	5	5	2	4	0	3
33Ronnie Hickman	5	3	0	0	1	0
9Grant Delpit	4	2	0	0	0	0
0Greg Newsome II	3	3	0	0	2	0
26Myles Harden	3	3	0	0	0	0
43Mohamoud Diabate	3	2	0	0	0	0
94Mason Graham	3	0	0	0	0	0
21Denzel Ward	2	2	0	0	1	0
98Adin Huntington	2	1	0	0	0	0
3Jerry Jeudy	1	1	0	0	0	0
34Jerome Ford	1	1	0	0	0	0
31Donovan McMillon	1	1	0	0	0	0
93Shelby Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Jerome Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0
91Alex Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	57	35	3	8	5	7

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2DeAndre Carter	4	105	26.3	29	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2DeAndre Carter	3	41	13.7	15	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
25Andre Szmyt	1/2	50.0	45	1/2	4	45

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
13Corey Bojorquez	2	97	48.5	1	0	55

Entering the game

Week 1 — both teams 0–0, every record still to be written.

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 65,599

Officials: Down Judge Derick Bowers · Referee Adrian Hill · Field Judge Trawick Boger · Back Judge Greg Steed · Umpire Roy Ellison · Line Judge Julian Mapp · Side Judge Clay Reynard

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