Cincinnati Bengals

Preseason

YES!

Cincinnati Bengals beat the Chicago Bears

1-1 9 – 27

2-0

Final · Sat, Aug 22

Game Details

Paycor Stadium (Cincinnati) · Bengals Preseason TV Network, FOX32

Recap

40-year-old journeyman QB Josh Johnson leads Bengals to 27-9 preseason victory over Bears

With Joe Burrow, Joe Flacco and the rest of Cincinnati's starters and key backups watching in street clothes, 40-year-old journeyman Josh Johnson led the Bengals to a 27-9 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears on Saturday night.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	3	6	0	0	9
CIN	3	14	7	3	27

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Game Leaders

Chicago Bears

Case Keenum · 9/17, 119 YDSPassing Yards
Roschon Johnson · 12 CAR, 42 YDSRushing Yards
Maurice Alexander · 5 REC, 60 YDSReceiving Yards
Wayne Matthews III · 8Tackles

Cincinnati Bengals

Josh Johnson · 15/23, 156 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Tahj Brooks · 3 CAR, 16 YDSRushing Yards
Colbie Young · 3 REC, 48 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Landon Robinson · 1.5Sacks
Shaka Heyward · 7Tackles

2026 NFC North Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Minnesota	4	0	1.000
Chicago	3	1	.750
Detroit	2	2	.500
Green Bay	2	2	.500

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 14:11

FG Evan McPherson 58 Yd Field Goal 9–27

Q3 11:57

TD Noah Thomas 20 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Evan McPherson Kick)9–24

Q2 0:00

FG Cairo Santos 44 Yd Field Goal 9–17

Q2 0:23

TD Tanner Hudson 6 Yd pass from Josh Johnson (Evan McPherson Kick)6–17

Q2 4:25

TD Colbie Young 17 Yd pass from Josh Johnson (Evan McPherson Kick)6–10

Q2 11:00

FG Cairo Santos 26 Yd Field Goal 6–3

Q1 4:40

FG Evan McPherson 25 Yd Field Goal 3–3

Q1 11:41

FG Cairo Santos 45 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

Chicago BearsCincinnati Bengals

Offense

322 Total Yards 346

236 Passing Yards 282

86 Rushing Yards 64

17 First Downs 19

4.8 Yards per Play 6.0

Efficiency

2-14 3rd Down 6-13

1-3 4th Down 0-0

0-2 Red Zone 2-3

24/43 Completions 25/38

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

2-14 Sacks Allowed 0-0

11-81 Penalties 9-49

30:36 Possession 29:24

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	RTG
Case Keenum	9/17	119	7.0	0-0	75.4
Miller Moss	13/21	103	4.9	2-14	74.1
Caleb Williams	2/5	28	5.6	0-0	58.8
Team	24/43	236	5.8	2-14	72.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Roschon Johnson	12	42	3.5	8
Salvon Ahmed	6	36	6.0	16
Miller Moss	1	5	5.0	5
Brittain Brown	3	3	1.0	3
Team	22	86	3.9	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
Maurice Alexander	5	60	12.0	18	5
JP Richardson	5	48	9.6	19	9
Jahdae Walker	1	36	36.0	36	2
Sam Roush	2	30	15.0	26	3
Rome Odunze	1	18	18.0	18	2
Scotty Miller	2	18	9.0	13	3
Salvon Ahmed	3	14	4.7	8	5
Colston Loveland	1	10	10.0	10	3
Brittain Brown	2	10	5.0	5	3
Omari Kelly	1	5	5.0	5	2
Roschon Johnson	1	1	1.0	1	1
Stephen Carlson	0	0	0.0	0	1
Qadir Ismail	0	0	0.0	0	2
Kaden Davis	0	0	0.0	0	1
Team	24	250	10.4	36	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Kaden Davis	1	0	1
Team	1	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Wayne Matthews III	8	5	0	0	0
Ruben Hyppolite II	7	3	0	0	0
Dontae Manning	6	5	0	3	0
Daniel Hardy	3	3	1	0	0
Jordan van den Berg	3	2	0	0	0
Skyler Thomas	3	2	0	1	0
Neville Gallimore	3	1	0	0	1
D'Marco Jackson	3	1	0	0	0
Xavier Woods	2	2	0	0	0
Josh Blackwell	2	1	0	1	0
Anthony Johnson Jr.	2	1	0	0	0
Dillon Thieneman	2	0	0	0	0
Cam Lewis	1	1	0	0	0
Jaylon Johnson	1	1	0	0	0
Jeremiah Martin	1	1	1	0	1
Deantre Prince	1	1	0	1	0
Beau Gardner	1	1	0	0	0
Malik Muhammad II	1	1	0	0	0
Kaden Davis	1	1	0	0	0
Montez Sweat	1	0	0	0	0
Devin Bush	1	0	0	0	0
Nephi Sewell	1	0	0	0	1
Salvon Ahmed	1	0	0	0	0
James Lynch	1	0	0	0	0
Beanie Bishop Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Sanborn	1	0	0	0	0
Marlen Sewell	1	0	0	0	0
Dayo Odeyingbo	0	0	0	0	1
Team	59	33	2	6	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Skyler Thomas	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kaden Davis	2	48	24.0	29
JP Richardson	1	14	14.0	14
Team	3	62	20.7	29

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kaden Davis	2	11	5.5	12
Scotty Miller	1	7	7.0	7
Team	3	18	6.0	12

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cairo Santos	3/4	75.0	45	0/0	9
Team	3/4	75.0	45	0/0	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tory Taylor	6	311	51.8	1	1	63
Team	6	311	51.8	1	1	63

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
Josh Johnson	15/23	156	6.8	2	0	0-0	113.7
Sean Clifford	10/15	126	8.4	1	1	0-0	87.1
Team	25/38	282	7.4	3	1	0-0	103.2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Tahj Brooks	3	16	5.3	10
Sean Clifford	4	11	2.8	8
Kentrel Bullock	6	10	1.7	7
Dohnte Meyers	1	9	9.0	9
Kendall Milton	2	9	4.5	5
Josh Johnson	1	7	7.0	7
Jamal Haynes	1	2	2.0	2
Gary Brightwell	1	0	0.0	0
Ke'Shawn Williams	1	0	0.0	0
Team	20	64	3.2	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Colbie Young	3	48	16.0	1	18	8
Ke'Shawn Williams	3	42	14.0	0	18	3
Dohnte Meyers	5	41	8.2	0	14	6
Charlie Jones	2	35	17.5	0	26	5
Jordan Moore	2	25	12.5	0	20	2
Mitchell Tinsley	2	21	10.5	0	17	3
Noah Thomas	1	20	20.0	1	20	1
Tahj Brooks	2	20	10.0	0	19	2
Tanner Hudson	2	17	8.5	1	11	3
Jamal Haynes	1	7	7.0	0	7	1
Jack Endries	1	7	7.0	0	7	3
Kendric Pryor	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	1
Team	25	282	11.3	3	26	38

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Tacario Davis	7	5	0	1	0	0
Shaka Heyward	7	4	0	0	0	0
Jack Dingle	6	5	0	0	0	0
PJ Jules	6	4	0	0	0	0
Swayze Bozeman	5	3	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Foskey	5	2	0.5	1	0	2
Liam Anderson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Gentry	3	3	0	0	0	0
Daijahn Anthony	3	2	0	1	0	0
Landon Robinson	3	1	1.5	1	1	2
Bralyn Lux	3	1	0	0	0	0
McKinnley Jackson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Newton	2	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew McDoom	2	2	0	0	0	0
Russ Yeast	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Endries	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Giles-Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0
Howard Cross III	2	0	0	0	1	0
Cedric Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tahj Brooks	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kris Jenkins Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ja'Sir Taylor	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	71	40	2	4	3	4

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Dohnte Meyers	2	54	27.0	29
Tahj Brooks	1	29	29.0	29
Team	3	83	27.7	29

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Dohnte Meyers	2	34	17.0	25
Ke'Shawn Williams	1	12	12.0	12
Team	3	46	15.3	25

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Evan McPherson	2/2	100.0	58	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	58	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Rehkow	5	223	44.6	0	4	51
Team	5	223	44.6	0	4	51

Injury Report

Cincinnati Bengals

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

Chicago Bears

Anthony Johnson Jr. SOut
Caleb Williams QBOut
Kyle Monangai RBQuestionable
Cam Lewis CBOut
Ozzy Trapilo OTOut

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