Cincinnati Bengals

4thin AFC North · 1-0

YES!

Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

0-1 27 – 33

1-0

Final · Sun, Sep 13

Game Details

Paycor Stadium (Cincinnati) · 66,625 fans · FOX

Recap

Bengals force 4 turnovers, Burrow throws for TD in 33-27 win over the Buccaneers

Coach Zac Taylor and the Cincinnati Bengals talked all offseason about how their defensive acquisitions would have a huge impact.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
TB	3	7	10	7	27
CIN	14	10	3	6	33

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Game Leaders

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Baker Mayfield · 23/28, 216 YDSPassing Yards
Bucky Irving · 8 CAR, 45 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Emeka Egbuka · 5 REC, 63 YDSReceiving Yards
Josiah Trotter · 1Sacks
Josiah Trotter · 11Tackles

Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Burrow · 25/35, 254 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Chase Brown · 16 CAR, 56 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Mike Gesicki · 5 REC, 78 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Jonathan Allen · 1Sacks
Jordan Battle · 9Tackles

2026 NFC South Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Carolina	2	2	.500
Atlanta	1	2	.333
New Orleans	1	2	.333
Tampa Bay	0	4	.000

2026 AFC North Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Cleveland	3	1	.750
Baltimore	3	1	.750
Pittsburgh	2	2	.500
Cincinnati	2	2	.500

Scoring

Q4 3:19

TD Baker Mayfield 9 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)27–33

Q4 5:19

FG Evan McPherson 32 Yd Field Goal20–33

Q4 14:04

FG Evan McPherson 58 Yd Field Goal20–30

Q3 2:16

TD Josiah Trotter 38 Yd Interception Return (Chase McLaughlin Kick)20–27

Q3 3:41

FG Chase McLaughlin 51 Yd Field Goal13–27

Q3 10:03

FG Evan McPherson 55 Yd Field Goal10–27

Q2 0:06

FG Evan McPherson 20 Yd Field Goal10–24

Q2 1:49

TD Bucky Irving 10 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)10–21

Q2 5:32

TD Chase Brown 5 Yd Rush (Evan McPherson Kick)3–21

Q1 1:48

TD Mike Gesicki 2 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)3–14

Q1 6:18

TD Demetrius Knight Jr. 27 Yd Fumble Return (Evan McPherson Kick)3–7

Q1 9:09

FG Chase McLaughlin 34 Yd Field Goal3–0

Team Stats

Tampa Bay BuccaneersCincinnati Bengals

Offense

282 Total Yards 351

193 Passing Yards 245

89 Rushing Yards 106

19 First Downs 26

5.4 Yards per Play 5.6

Efficiency

5-10 3rd Down 8-14

0-0 4th Down 0-0

2-4 Red Zone 2-5

23/28 Completions 25/35

Turnovers & Clock

4 Turnovers 1

4-23 Sacks Allowed 1-9

8-39 Penalties 7-47

28:35 Possession 31:25

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Baker Mayfield	23/28	216	7.7	0	0	4-23	36.6	98.8
Team	23/28	193	7.7	0	0	4-23	--	98.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bucky Irving	8	45	5.6	1	10
Baker Mayfield	5	30	6.0	1	9
Kenny Gainwell	5	15	3.0	0	7
Chris Godwin Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Tez Johnson	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4
Team	20	89	4.5	2	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
Emeka Egbuka	5	63	12.6	17	6
Bucky Irving	7	48	6.9	22	7
Chris Godwin Jr.	4	40	10.0	30	4
Ted Hurst III	3	36	12.0	16	3
Cade Otton	3	26	8.7	13	5
Kenny Gainwell	1	3	3.0	3	1
Tez Johnson	0	0	0.0	0	1
Team	23	216	9.4	30	27

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Baker Mayfield	3	3
Bucky Irving	1	1
Team	4	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Josiah Trotter	11	4	1	2	1	1	1
Zyon McCollum	9	8	0	1	2	0	0
Antoine Winfield Jr.	9	7	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Anzalone	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
A'Shawn Robinson	5	3	0	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Morrison	4	4	0	1	1	0	0
Keionte Scott	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tykee Smith	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jacob Parrish	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Anthony Nelson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Knowles	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Miles Killebrew	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Quadin Muhammad	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
SirVocea Dennis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yaya Diaby	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bauer Sharp	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Walker	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rakeem Nunez-Roches	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vita Vea	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Calijah Kancey	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	67	46	1	5	6	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Josiah Trotter	1	38	1
Team	1	38	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kameron Johnson	5	137	27.4	32
Josh Williams	1	47	47.0	47
Kenny Gainwell	1	22	22.0	22
Team	7	206	29.4	47

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tez Johnson	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team	1	13	13.0	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chase McLaughlin	2/2	100.0	51	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	51	3/3	9

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Joe Burrow	25/35	254	7.3	1	1	1-9	75.6	89.5
Team	25/35	245	7.3	1	1	1-9	--	89.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chase Brown	16	56	3.5	1	13
Samaje Perine	5	20	4.0	0	8
Joe Burrow	5	20	4.0	0	12
Dohnte Meyers	1	10	10.0	0	10
Team	27	106	3.9	1	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Mike Gesicki	5	78	15.6	1	25	7
Tee Higgins	3	59	19.7	0	29	6
Samaje Perine	3	30	10.0	0	14	3
Chase Brown	5	22	4.4	0	9	6
Drew Sample	3	19	6.3	0	11	3
Dohnte Meyers	1	18	18.0	0	18	1
Ja'Marr Chase	2	12	6.0	0	16	4
Andrei Iosivas	2	12	6.0	0	12	3
Tanner Hudson	1	4	4.0	0	4	1
Team	25	254	10.2	1	29	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
T.J. Slaton Jr.	0	0	1
Boye Mafe	0	0	1
Bryan Cook	0	0	1
Demetrius Knight Jr.	0	0	1
Team	0	0	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Jordan Battle	9	6	0	0	0	0	0
Barrett Carter	8	5	0.5	1	0	1	0
Dax Hill	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrius Knight Jr.	7	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bryan Cook	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Davis	5	2	0	1	1	0	0
DJ Turner II	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Allen	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
Samaje Perine	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Murphy	2	1	0.5	0	0	1	0
Swayze Bozeman	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boye Mafe	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
Kris Jenkins Jr.	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
T.J. Slaton Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Evan McPherson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oren Burks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Giles-Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cedric Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tacario Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dexter Lawrence II	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	63	41	4	5	1	6	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Dohnte Meyers	4	93	23.3	25
Tahj Brooks	2	49	24.5	26
Team	6	142	23.7	26

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Evan McPherson	4/4	100.0	58	3/3	15
Team	4/4	100.0	58	3/3	15

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Rehkow	1	51	51.0	0	0	51
Team	1	51	51.0	0	0	51

Injury Report

Cincinnati Bengals

Tee Higgins WRQuestionable
Ja'Marr Chase WRQuestionable
Swayze Bozeman LBOut
B.J. Hill DTOut
Bryan Cook SOut

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Antoine Winfield Jr. SQuestionable
SirVocea Dennis LBQuestionable
Billy Schrauth GOut
Ko Kieft TEOut
Baker Mayfield QBOut

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