Cincinnati Bengals

4thin AFC North · 2-1

Ugh, no.

Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers

2-1 27 – 30

2-1

Final · Sun, Sep 27

Game Details

Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh) · 66,816 fans · CBS

Recap

Aaron Rodgers outduels Joe Burrow as the Steelers edge the Bengals 30-27 on a late Boswell kick

Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time.

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Acrisure Stadium · Pittsburgh

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CIN	7	10	3	7	27
PIT	14	3	7	6	30

Win Probability · Cincinnati Bengals

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Game Leaders

Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Burrow · 28/37, 282 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Chase Brown · 13 CAR, 61 YDSRushing Yards
Ja'Marr Chase · 9 REC, 98 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Dexter Lawrence II · 2Sacks
Demetrius Knight Jr. · 9Tackles

Pittsburgh Steelers

Aaron Rodgers · 19/34, 292 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jaylen Warren · 17 CAR, 127 YDSRushing Yards
Darnell Washington · 3 REC, 67 YDSReceiving Yards
Derrick Harmon · 1Sacks
Patrick Queen · 13Tackles

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 2:15

FG Chris Boswell 33 Yd Field Goal27–30

Q4 8:45

FG Chris Boswell 36 Yd Field Goal 27–27

Q4 13:29

TD Mike Gesicki 25 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)27–24

Q3 2:43

TD DK Metcalf 6 Yd pass from Aaron Rodgers (Chris Boswell Kick)20–24

Q3 8:22

FG Evan McPherson 38 Yd Field Goal 20–17

Q2 0:34

TD Tee Higgins 28 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)17–17

Q2 7:05

FG Chris Boswell 44 Yd Field Goal10–17

Q2 10:16

FG Evan McPherson 50 Yd Field Goal10–14

Q1 0:52

TD Ben Skowronek 23 Yd pass from Aaron Rodgers (Chris Boswell Kick)7–14

Q1 5:50

TD Ja'Marr Chase 3 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)7–7

Q1 13:10

TD Roman Wilson 38 Yd pass from Aaron Rodgers (Chris Boswell Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Cincinnati BengalsPittsburgh Steelers

Offense

352 Total Yards 411

269 Passing Yards 273

83 Rushing Yards 138

19 First Downs 22

6.3 Yards per Play 7.0

Efficiency

6-12 3rd Down 7-12

2-2 4th Down 0-0

1-2 Red Zone 1-3

28/37 Completions 19/34

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 1

1-13 Sacks Allowed 2-19

6-40 Penalties 5-37

30:06 Possession 29:54

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Joe Burrow	28/37	282	7.6	3	0	1-13	92.4	123.9
Team	28/37	269	7.6	3	0	1-13	--	123.9

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Chase Brown	13	61	4.7	13
Joe Burrow	2	13	6.5	8
Samaje Perine	3	9	3.0	5
Team	18	83	4.6	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Ja'Marr Chase	9	98	10.9	1	21	12
Tee Higgins	6	90	15.0	1	28	7
Mike Gesicki	3	37	12.3	1	25	3
Dohnte Meyers	3	29	9.7	0	23	5
Tanner Hudson	2	13	6.5	0	7	2
Chase Brown	2	8	4.0	0	12	2
Samaje Perine	1	5	5.0	0	5	3
Colbie Young	1	2	2.0	0	2	1
Drew Sample	1	0	0.0	0	0	2
Team	28	282	10.1	3	28	37

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Joe Burrow	1	1
Ke'Shawn Williams	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Demetrius Knight Jr.	9	2	0	0	0	0
Kyle Dugger	8	4	0	0	1	0
Barrett Carter	6	2	0	0	1	1
Tacario Davis	5	5	0	0	1	0
Dexter Lawrence II	4	3	2	3	0	2
Jordan Battle	4	3	0	0	1	0
Dax Hill	4	2	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Allen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Oren Burks	2	2	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cook	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jalen Davis	2	1	0	0	0	0
Cedric Johnson	2	1	0	0	0	0
T.J. Slaton Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0
DJ Ivey	1	1	0	0	0	0
PJ Jules	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cashius Howell	1	1	0	0	0	2
Joe Giles-Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boye Mafe	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Jenkins Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swayze Bozeman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	1
DJ Turner II	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	60	30	2	3	6	8

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jordan Battle	1	11	0
Team	1	11	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Ke'Shawn Williams	5	131	26.2	34
Tahj Brooks	1	27	27.0	27
Samaje Perine	1	26	26.0	26
Team	7	184	26.3	34

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ke'Shawn Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Evan McPherson	2/2	100.0	50	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	50	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Rehkow	2	84	42.0	0	2	43
Team	2	84	42.0	0	2	43

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Aaron Rodgers	19/34	292	8.6	3	1	2-19	67.9	101.6
Team	19/34	273	8.6	3	1	2-19	--	101.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jaylen Warren	17	127	7.5	35
Aaron Rodgers	3	10	3.3	12
Pat Freiermuth	1	1	1.0	1
Travis Homer	1	0	0.0	0
Lew Nichols	1	0	0.0	0
Team	23	138	6.0	35

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Darnell Washington	3	67	22.3	0	47	4
Roman Wilson	3	60	20.0	1	38	6
Jaylen Warren	3	49	16.3	0	30	4
DK Metcalf	3	31	10.3	1	14	5
Pat Freiermuth	2	30	15.0	0	22	4
Ben Skowronek	1	23	23.0	1	23	1
Michael Pittman Jr.	2	16	8.0	0	8	5
Germie Bernard	1	14	14.0	0	14	1
Robert Tonyan	1	2	2.0	0	2	1
Team	19	292	15.4	3	47	31

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Ben Skowronek	0	0	1
Sebastian Joseph-Day	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Patrick Queen	13	4	0	1	1	0
Rayshawn Jenkins	9	5	0	0	0	0
Jalen Ramsey	8	4	0	1	0	0
Jaquan Brisker	8	3	0	0	0	0
Payton Wilson	6	0	0	0	1	0
Jamel Dean	5	3	0	0	1	0
Yahya Black	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Sawyer	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brandin Echols	2	2	0	0	0	0
Asante Samuel Jr.	2	1	0	0	1	0
Carson Bruener	2	1	0	0	0	0
Doneiko Slaughter	2	1	0	0	0	0
Derrick Harmon	1	1	1	1	0	1
Cameron Heyward	1	1	0	0	0	2
Cole Holcomb	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brock Hoffman	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nick Herbig	1	1	0	0	0	0
Daylen Everette	1	1	0	0	1	0
T.J. Watt	1	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Homer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Spears-Jennings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Joseph-Day	0	0	0	0	0	1
Keeanu Benton	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	72	33	1	3	5	6

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kaden Wetjen	5	102	20.4	22	0
Team	5	102	20.4	22	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kaden Wetjen	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chris Boswell	3/3	100.0	44	3/3	12
Team	3/3	100.0	44	3/3	12

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cameron Johnston	1	51	51.0	0	1	51
Team	1	51	51.0	0	1	51

Injury Report

Pittsburgh Steelers

Jamel Dean CBDoubtful
Derrick Harmon DTDoubtful
Drew Allar QBOut
Will Howard QBOut
Gabriel Rubio DEOut

Cincinnati Bengals

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

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