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CINCINNATI BENGALS (10-6) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (12-4)

AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF SATURDAY, JAN. 5

AT RELIANT STADIUM

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GAME NOTES

Kickoff: 4:30 p.m. EST. Television: NBC broadcast with Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (analyst) and Alex Flanagan (sideline reporter). The game will air live in the Bengals home market on WLWT-TV (Channel 5) in Cincinnati, WDTN-TV (Channel 2) in Dayton and WLEX-TV (Channel 18) in Lexington, Ky. Radio: Coverage on the Bengals Radio Network, led by a triple-cast on Cincinnati flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). The game also will be aired nationally by Dial Global Radio Sports, with broadcasters Tom McCarthy (play-by-play), Tony Boselli (analyst) and Steve Tasker (sideline reporter). Setting the scene: The Bengals are in the playoffs for the second straight year, and headed for a second straight postseason opening date in the Wild Card round at Houston. Last year, a young 9-7 Bengals team that had been widely forecast to miss the playoffs was ousted by Houston, 31-10. But this year, the Bengals have a better regular-season record (10-6), a generally more seasoned roster and a head of steam. After a 3-5 start to the 2012 campaign, Cincinnati won seven of its last eight games, tying the 1981 Super Bowl Bengals for the best second-half record in a 16-game season. Cincinnati tied Baltimore for the best record in the AFC North Division and split its two games against the Ravens, but Baltimore claimed the division title via tiebreaker with a better division record (4-2 to 3-3). Cincinnati closed the regular season last week with a 23-17 home win over Baltimore. Asked after that contest if “the bar has been raised higher than simply making the postseason,” head coach Marvin Lewis replied: “No doubt. I think our guys realize that just being in the playoffs is not what we’re here for. We want to go win the championship. We realize the sense of urgency we’ve got to have.” Some minutes earlier, Lewis had told his players in the winning locker room: “It’s been an uphill climb for us, but now everybody’s 0-0 again. We’re one of 12 that have the chance to be the best team for the next four games in five weeks, and that’s all that counts. We have to be the team that prepares best, learns best, executes best and finishes best.” Houston stood a mighty 11-1 in early December, but the Texans lost three of their last four games and lost out for the AFC’s second bye on a tiebreaker with New England. All of their last four games were against opponents now also in the playoffs. They are looking for an offensive re-start after averaging only 12.0 points scored in the three recent losses. But the Texans still boast NFL season rankings of seventh in net offense, seventh in net defense, eighth in scoring and ninth in scoring defense. The Bengals will try to keep Houston’s offense in slumber with a defense as hot as any that has ever carried the Cincinnati banner into the playoffs. In the always-hot category of sacks, the club ranked third in the NFL at 51, the best ranking in franchise history and only one off the league lead shared by Denver and St. Louis. The Bengals ranked sixth in net defense (319.7), and the defense scored a touchdown in each of the last three games. When invited by media to proclaim this defense the best he’s had in 13 NFL seasons as a coordinator, Mike Zimmer demurred.

“We’ll see about that, but this group is pretty salty right now,” Zimmer said. “Our guys study hard and are playing well together.” The form charts seem to call for a defense-dominated game. Houston’s No. 7-ranked defense will face a Bengals offense that lately has made some key plays but has not moved the ball consistently or with flair. The Bengals ranked as high as 13th in net offense heading into Week 12, but they finished the season ranked 22nd (332.7). “It’s fun to be on the sidelines and watch our defense make plays,” said QB Andy Dalton, “but we’ve got to be able to play well on both sides of the ball.” The series: The Bengals and Texans are meeting for the second consecutive year in a Wild Card game at Reliant Stadium. Houston won last year’s meeting 31-10, taking a 4-3 lead in the series, which includes regular-season and postseason games. Last year’s Wild Card game was the first postseason meeting of the two teams, which are tied 3-3 in regular-season play. Houston leads 2-1 as the home team, and all three games at Reliant have been lopsided, with an average winning margin of more than four touchdowns (28.3). Prior to last year’s 21-point playoff win, the Texans defeated the Bengals 35-6 in 2008 and lost to Cincinnati 38-3 in 2002. The Bengals won the first three games in the series, but the Texans have now won four straight. Team bests from the series: Bengals — MOST POINTS: 38, in a 38-3 win at Houston in 2002. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 35, in the ’02 win at Houston. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 3, in the ’02 win at Houston. Texans — MOST POINTS: 35, in a 35-6 win at Houston in 2008. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 29, in the ’08 win at Houston. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 6, in the ’08 win at Houston. The last meeting: Summaries of the last two Bengals-Texans meetings — both played last season (one in the regular season, and one in the Wild Card round of the playoffs) — are on page 16. Hello again, Houston: Though the Bengals and Houston Texans have met only seven times, Cincinnati’s rivalry against teams from Houston spans 64 games. The total includes 57 meetings between the Bengals and the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans). Those 57 games were split evenly, 28-28-1, and the Bengals-Texans series is close, with Houston leading 4-3. Thus, the Bengals’ combined record against Houston teams is 34-35-1. The Bengals played one postseason game against the Houston Oilers, winning 41-14 at home in a 1990 season Wild Card game. NFL’s top two on third-and-one: This week’s game will pit the NFL’s top two 2012 performers in third-down-and-one rushing conversions. Cincinnati’s BenJarvus Green Ellis led the league with 14, and Houston’s Arian Foster was second at 13. Green-Ellis has posted his league-best 14 in only 15 attempts, a success rate of 93.3 percent. Foster had 19 attempts and a 68.4 percent conversion rate. And though there were seven rushers ahead of Green-Ellis’ 93.3 success rate — all at 100 percent — only one of those rushers had more than six attempts. That one was Shonn Greene of the Jets, with 10.

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Neither Green-Ellis nor Foster had a third-and-one opportunity in either of the season’s final two weeks. Green-Ellis was held out of last week’s Bengals vs. Baltimore game with hamstring soreness but could return to action against the Texans. Fairly frequent visitors: The Bengals are one of only seven NFL teams to reach the playoffs in three of the last four seasons (2009-12). The other six teams have been Atlanta, Baltimore, Green Bay, Indianapolis, New England and New Orleans. The Bengals are also among a minority of 12 teams to have made it four times in the last eight years. Prior to their Wild Card berths this season and last season, the Bengals under head coach Marvin Lewis won AFC North championship in the 2005 and ’09 seasons. A win means Denver: If the Bengals defeat Houston, their next playoff assignment will be on Sat., Jan. 12 at No. 1 AFC seed Denver. Kickoff will be at 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati time, with CBS as the televising network. Denver defeated Cincinnati 31-23 at Paul Brown Stadium in Game 8 of the regular season, overcoming an early fourth-quarter Cincinnati lead of 20-17. The loss dropped the Bengals to a 3-5 record, but Cincinnati rebounded to go 7-1 in the season’s second half and clinch its Wild Card playoff spot. Records vs. Texans: HB Rudi Johnson’s 43 rushing attempts against the Texans in 2003 is a Bengals record. It is tied for the second-most carries in NFL history and tied for the most carries in a non-overtime game. The only player with more carries in an NFL game was Washington’s Jamie Morris, who rushed 45 times in an overtime game on Dec. 17, 1988. That game was against the Bengals, incidentally, at Paul Brown Stadium. In Johnson’s 43-carry game against Houston, he gained 182 yards, second-most of his career. Also: ● In 2002 at Houston, Bengals CB Artrell Hawkins returned an INT 102 yards for a TD. That’s the most recent of three plays tied for the longest play in Bengals history (Louis Breeden had a 102-yard INT return at San Diego in 1981, and Eric Bieniemy had a 102-yard kickoff return at the N.Y. Giants in 1997).

BENGALS-TEXANS NFL RANKINGS (2012 REGULAR SEASON)

BENGALS TEXANS SCORING (AVG. POINTS): Points scored ................................................ 12th (24.4) 8th (26.0) Points allowed ................................................. 8th (20.0) T-9th (20.7) NET OFFENSE (AVG. YARDS): Total ...........................................................22nd (332.7) 7th (372.1) Rushing .......................................................18th (109.1) 8th (132.7) Passing .......................................................17th (223.6) 11th (239.4) NET DEFENSE (AVG. YARDS): Total .............................................................. 6th (319.7) 7th (323.3) Rushing .......................................................12th (107.2) 7th (97.5) Passing ......................................................... 7th (212.5) 16th (225.8) TURNOVERS: Differential .................................................. 11th (plus-4) 7th (plus-12) Bengals-Texans connections: Bengals QB Andy Dalton is from the Houston area (Katy Texas; Katy HS) and played at Texas Christian

University ...Texans CB Johnathan Joseph was a first-round draft pick of the Bengals (24th overall) in 2006, and was with Cincinnati from ’06-10 ... K Shayne Graham played for the Bengals from 2003-09 ... Texans WR Devier Posey is from Cincinnati (La Salle HS) and played at Ohio State ... Texans OLB Connor Barwin played at the University of Cincinnati ... Bengals OT Anthony Collins is from the Houston area (Beaumont, Texas; Central HS) ... Bengals CB Jason Allen played for the Texans for the last seven games of 2010 and all of 2011 ... Texans WR Kevin Walter played for the Bengals from 2003-05 ... Bengals LS Clark Harris played for the Texans in 2008 and briefly in 2009 .... Bengals S George Iloka is from Houston (Kempner HS) ... Bengals LB Thomas Howard (Reserve/Injured) is from Lubbock, Texas, and played at Texas-El Paso ... Bengals HB Bernard Scott (Reserve/Injured) is from Vernon, Texas, and played at Abilene Christian ... Texans G Brandon Brooks played at Miami (Ohio) ... Texans G Cody White is from Columbus, Ohio ... Texans assistant head coach/defensive line coach Bill Kollar played defensive tackle for the Bengals from 1974-76 ... Bengals offensive quality control/assistant offensive line coach Kyle Caskey is from Daingerfield, Texas, and played tight end at Texas A&M from 1997-98 ... Texans defensive backs coach Vance Joseph coached at Bowling Green State University in 2004 ... Texans wide receivers coach Larry Kirksey played wide receiver at Eastern Kentucky University from 1970-73, and coached at Miami (Ohio) from 1974-75, the University of Kentucky from 1977-81 and Kentucky State in 1983. Red zone reports: The Bengals have won seven of their last eight contests, thanks at least partly to a spike in red zone efficiency on both sides of the ball. Over the eight-game span, the Bengals offense has scored touchdowns on 18 of its 31 trips to the red zone (58.1 percent). Last week vs. Baltimore, the Bengals scored one TD in two trips to the red zone. Conversely, the Bengals defense has allowed just 17 trips to the red zone over that span, and opponents have converted TDs on only five of those trips (29.4 percent). One of those TDs came with 2:50 remaining and the Bengals protecting a 25-point lead in on Nov. 11 vs. the Giants. Last week vs. Baltimore, the Bengals allowed TDs on both defensive trips to the red zone. Going back a week further, the Bengals rose from 47.8 to 54.4 in red zone TD percentage since the bye (Week 8), while the defense’s TD percentage dropped from 65.0 to 51.2. The defense’s ranking in that span improved 19 spots, going from 29th to tied for 10th.

BENGALS RED ZONE REPORT (2012 REGULAR SEASON)

OFFENSE DEFENSE Inside-20 poss.: 57 Inside-20 poss.: 41 Total scores: 50 (87.7%) Total scores: 35 (85.4%) TDs: 31 (54.4%) TDs: 21 (51.2%) FGs: 19 (33.3%) FGs: 14 (34.1%) TD% rank: 16th TD% rank: T-10th No scores: 7 (12.3%) No scores: 6 (14.6%)

TEXANS RED ZONE REPORT (2012 REGULAR SEASON)

OFFENSE DEFENSE Inside-20 poss.: 57 Inside-20 poss.: 40 Total scores: 54 (94.7) Total scores: 32 (80.0%) TDs: 32 (56.1%) TDs: 20 (50.0%) FGs: 22 (38.6%) FGs: 12 (30.0%) TD% rank: 12th TD% rank: 7th No scores: 3 (5.3%) No scores: 8 (20.0%)

THE HEAD COACHES Marvin Lewis is in his 10th season as Bengals head coach, having posted the most wins (79) in franchise history, and on July 31 of this year, he signed a contract extension through 2014. Under Lewis the Bengals are one of only seven NFL teams to reach the playoffs in at least three of the last four years (including 2012). Lewis’ Bengals were one of the NFL’s surprise teams in 2011, a young squad with new stars that posted a 9-7 record and earned a Wild Card playoff berth. Lewis was the consensus choice as NFL Coach of the Year in 2009, when the Bengals won the AFC North title while sweeping all six division games. Lewis also led Cincinnati to an AFC North title in 2005. Lewis’ record is 79-83-1, including postseason. On Oct. 23, 2011 at Seattle, he passed Sam Wyche (64-68-0) for the most wins in club history.

Lewis is also the Bengals’ leader in all-time head coaching tenure. The second-longest tenure is eight seasons, shared by Paul Brown (1968-75) and Wyche (1984-91). Lewis has risen to third in the NFL for longest current head coaching tenure with one team, trailing only Philadelphia’s Andy Reid (14th season in 2012) and New England’s Bill Belichick (13th). Lewis was named the ninth head coach in Bengals history on Jan. 14, 2003. In 2002, he directed the NFL’s fifth-ranked defense with Washington, serving as assistant head coach in addition to his role as defensive coordinator. Prior to his year with the Redskins, he was a record-setting defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. His six seasons (1996-2001) with the Ravens included a Super Bowl victory following the 2000 season. In the 2000 regular season, Lewis’ Baltimore defense set the NFL record for fewest points allowed in a 16-

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game campaign (165), and the 2000 Ravens are always included in discussions of the best single-season NFL defenses of all time. Lewis entered the NFL as linebackers coach with Pittsburgh from 1993-95. Born Sept. 23, 1958, in McDonald, Pa., near Pittsburgh, Lewis played linebacker at Idaho State and earned All-Big Sky Conference honors in each of his three seasons (‘78-80). He began his coaching career as an assistant at Idaho State University in 1981. Gary Kubiak is in his seventh season as Texans head coach, with a 60-54 record (including 1-1 in postseason) that makes him the all-time franchise leader in wins. Last season and this season, he has led the 11-year-old franchise to its first two playoff berths. Last season, the Texans won their inaugural playoff game, defeating the Bengals, and they lost in the next round at Baltimore. Prior to joining the Texans, Kubiak spent 11 years (1995-2005) as Denver’s offensive coordinator, helping guide the Broncos to back-to-back world

championships in Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII and three AFC West Division titles. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Texas A&M, as quarterbacks coach from 1992-93. A Houston native, Kubiak played QB at Texas A&M from 1979-82, earning All-Southwest Conference honors as a senior. He played for the Broncos from 1983-91 as John Elway’s backup, throwing 14 career TD passes. As a player he was part of three teams that reached the Super Bowl. Lewis vs. Texans: Texans lead 4-2, including 3-2 in regular season and 1-0 in postseason. Lewis vs. Kubiak: Kubiak leads 4-0, including 3-0 in regular season and 1-0 in postseason. Kubiak vs. Bengals: Same as Kubiak vs. Lewis.

BENGALS NOTES Third time as Wild Card: The Bengals are in the playoffs as a Wild Card team for the third time in franchise history. It’s the second year in a row, and the first time was 1975 — Paul Brown’s final season as head coach. That team finished with the best winning percentage in franchise history (.786), posting an 11-3 record, but it was a game short of a 12-2 Pittsburgh team that went on to win Super Bowl X. The ’75 Bengals opened postseason at 11-3 Oakland, and the Raiders won a memorable 31-28 contest. The only other Bengals playoff appearance that came without a division championship was 1982, when divisions were dissolved into overall conference standings due to a players’ strike. The top eight teams in each conference qualified, and the 7-2 Bengals were the No. 3 team in the AFC. This year’s Wild Card berth sees the Bengals in search of the franchise’s first playoff win away from home. The Bengals are 5-3 all-time as a playoff home team, but are 0-5 as a visitor and 0-2 at neutral sites. 36 of 53 have been there, done that: Thirty-six Bengals — just over two-thirds of the 53-player roster — enter the Houston game with NFL playoff experience. That’s nine more than entered last year’s Wild Card game with a skin on the wall. Among the 36 players with playoff experience, the Bengal with the most games played is K Josh Brown, who saw action in nine contests with Seattle from 2003-07. Second is CB Terence Newman, who played in five games (all starts) with Dallas from 2003-11. HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis is third, with four games (two starts) for New England from 2008-11. Only one player, DE Robert Geathers, has played in all three previous playoff games under head coach Marvin Lewis. The list of 17 players who have no playoff experience includes five veterans who have been on a playoff roster — Bengals or another team— but have not seen action (G Clint Boling, OT Anthony Collins, QB Bruce Gradkowski and S Taylor Mays), two veterans who have not previously been with a playoff team (TE Richard Quinn and WR Dane Sanzenbacher) and 12 rookies. Road warriors: Though the Bengals cannot host a game in the 2012 playoffs, they have won four straight on the road and are 6-2 overall away from home, as compared to 4-4 at Paul Brown Stadium. The 6-2 road mark ties the club record set previously in 1981 and 2005. In the regular seasons of the two playoff years 2011 and ’12, the Bengals are 11-5 on the road and 8-8 at home. Their road winning percentage over the last two seasons is .688, second-best in franchise history for a two-season span. The best two-season road win percentage was .692 by the 1981-82 clubs, which combined for a 9-4 mark. This year marks the third instance in club history of consecutive seasons with winning records on the road. The Bengals were 5-3 on the road last year. Previous instances were 1975-76 (5-2 and 4-3) and 1981-82 (6-2 and 3-2). Bengals hold at sixth in net defense: Over the last eight games, the Bengals rose from 20th to sixth in the NFL in fewest yards allowed per game. Cincinnati actually moved into sixth place through Week 14, and the Bengals held sixth place through the season’s final three weeks. The Bengals’ average in yards allowed was 357.4 entering the Nov. 11 Giants game, and they finished at 319.7. Though Baltimore posted 352 yards in the season finale, that game was not crucial to Cincinnati’s playoff seeding and featured some rest for the defensive starters. Over the seven games prior to the finale, Bengals foes averaged only 272.3 yards.

Only one other time in the last 28 seasons have the Bengals finished the year with a defensive ranking as high as No. 6. That was also under current defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. The year was 2009, and Cincinnati was fourth at 309.1. The Bengals gave up a season-high 206 rushing yards in the non-crucial season finale and dipped from eighth in rushing defense to 12th (107.2). In pass defense, the Bengals allowed Baltimore only 146 yards and improved from 10th to seventh (212.5). Bengals miss sacks crown but get franchise-best rank: Looking for the franchise’s first NFL sacks title, the Bengals led the league for Weeks 13-15. But though they logged four sacks in each of the last two games, they finished in third place with 51, just one behind co-leaders Denver and St. Louis. Entering Week 17, Denver led the NFL by one over Cincinnati and by two over St. Louis. The Broncos matched the Bengals total in Week 17, getting four vs. Kansas City, while St. Louis jumped Cincinnati and gained a tie with Denver by getting six sacks at Seattle. Cincinnati’s No. 3 finish was still the best in franchise history, topping No. 4 ranks achieved in 1973 and 2001. The Bengals tied a No. 2 AFC ranking previously achieved in 1973, 2001 and last season. This week’s Cincinnati opponent, Houston, finished tied for seventh in fewest sacks allowed, with 28. The Bengals first rose to prominence in the 2012 league race with consecutive six-sack efforts at Washington and on Sept. 30 at Jacksonville. It was the first team instance of six or more sacks in consecutive games since Games 11-12 of 2001, when Cincinnati had of six vs. Tampa Bay and eight vs. Jacksonville. Boosted by the two six-sack games, the Bengals also held the league lead through Weeks 4 and 5. But they were out of the lead from Weeks 6-12 before regaining it for Weeks 13-15. Team record for sacks: The Bengals had four sacks for the second straight game in the Baltimore contest, and their season total of 51 is a club record, topping the mark of 48 set by the 2001 team. However, one Bengals team from the era of 14-game schedules posted a higher season average than the current Bengals for sacks per game. The 1976 team still claims the per-game record at 3.29 (46 total sacks). The 2012 team averaged 3.19 sacks per game and needed 53 to also claim the per-game record, which would have been at 3.31. DT Geno Atkins led the Bengals individually this season with 12.5 sacks, and DE Michael Johnson was second at 11.5. DE Wallace Gilberry was third at 6.5 and DE Carlos Dunlap was fourth at 6.0. 7-1 finish ties club record: The Bengals’ 7-1 finish to the regular season, after a 3-5 start, ties the 1981 Super Bowl team for the franchise’s best record in the second half of a 16-game season. The ’81 team finished with a 12-4 overall record. One other Bengals club, the 1970 edition, finished 7-1 in its last eight games, but the season was only 14 games at that point. The ’70 team finished 8-6 and earned the franchise’s first playoff berth. The Bengals have had seven seasons of finishing 6-2 in the final eight games. Head coach Marvin Lewis’ previous best finish over the last eight games was 5-3, accomplished four times — 2003, ’04, ’05 and ’07.

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Dalton wins games, if not all stats battles: Bengals QB Andy Dalton had some great statistical games in the season’s second half, and also some not-so-great ones. But Dalton was been a big winner in the second half, leading the Bengals to a 7-1 record, tying the 1981 Super Bowl team for the franchise’s best record in the second half of a 16-game season. And those are the only numbers that seem to matter to his mates. “No matter what’s going on with Andy, you always have confidence he’s going to make that next big play,” says WR A.J. Green. “He’s going to have some ups and downs like all of us, but he never gets rattled. He’s our leader.” Dalton posted a 100-plus passer rating four times in the last eight games, including last week at Baltimore, when he played only the first half and posted a 101.5. His other three triple-digit games in the second half came in Games 9-11. Dalton topped 100 in passer rating each time out, and his 117.2 rating over that span was second-best in the NFL. In Games 9-11, he became the first Bengal with nine TDs and no INTs over three games since 2003, when Jon Kitna threw nine TDs and no INTs over Games 10-12. And though Dalton was well under a 100 rating in Games 12-15, the Bengals won three of the four: ● In the playoff clincher on Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh, against the NFL’s top-ranked defense, Dalton posted only a 58.8 passer rating, his second-lowest of the season. But when an interception by S Reggie Nelson presented a chance to win with just 0:14 to play, Dalton seized it. With the score tied 10-10 and the Bengals at the Pittsburgh 46 — about 10-12 yards short of gaining a decent field-goal chance — Dalton found Green open down the right sideline and produced a 21-yard gain to the 25. Josh Brown followed with a game-winning 43-yard field goal. ● Dalton was at 74.2 for a Dec. 13 win at Philadelphia, with a season-low completion percentage (48.1) and a yards total (127) that was his second-lowest. But he avoided an interception at Philadelphia, threw for one TD, and scrambled 11 yards for a go-ahead TD on what head coach Marvin Lewis termed “a great play.” ● Dalton was at 65.2 on Dec. 2 at San Diego, but he engineered a fourth-quarter comeback. He led a 14-play drive to turn a 13-10 deficit into a 17-13 lead, getting the TD on a six-yard run. The Bengals went on to win 20-13. Dalton had six 100-plus passer ratings for the season. He had 27 TD passes, seven more than the 20 from his rookie season. He finished seven points ahead of 2011 in passer rating (87.4 to 80.4). He also improved over ’11 in completion percentage (62.3 to 58.1), yards-per-attempt (6.9 to 6.6) and passing yards per game (229.3 to 212.3). Dalton second in ‘total TDs’: QB Andy Dalton combined in 2012 for 31 TDs in the category of TDs passed-for and scored. He threw for 27 and scored four himself. The high in this category was set in 2005 by Carson Palmer, who accounted for 33 TDs (32 passes and one rush). Dalton’s four TDs scored are the most by a Bengals QB since 2002, when Jon Kitna had four, and one short of the club-record of five set in 1979 by Jack Thompson. Dalton’s 329 completions — 20.6 per game — rank fourth in Bengals history. The top three totals belong to Palmer, including a record 373 in 2007. Dalton’s 3669 passing yards do not rank in the top five season totals in Bengals history, but total passing yards is not a strong indicator of wins and losses in today’s NFL. The Bengals have lost Dalton’s three highest career games for passing yards, and leaguewide this season, teams had only a 61-65 record in games with a 300-yard passer. Marino, Manning and Dalton: Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has thrown 47 touchdown passes in 32 career games, 20 as a rookie last season and 27 this season. The only quarterbacks who have passed for more in their first two seasons in the NFL are Hall of Famer Dan Marino (68) and future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (52). Dalton also has joined Marino and Manning as the only players to hit 20 or higher in TD passes in each of their first two seasons. Carolina’s Cam Newton had a chance to join the dual-20 group last week, but he was held without a TD pass in the Panthers’ season finale and finished the year with just 19. Last season, Dalton became the first rookie QB in NFL history to throw as many as 20 TD passes and start as many as eight wins. Dalton dips a bit in passer rankings: Andy Dalton posted a 101.5 passer rating in his one half of action in the season finale vs. Baltimore. The performance raised his season-end passer rating by fourth-tenths of a point,

from 87.0 to 87.4, but he dropped from sixth to seventh place in the final AFC rankings. In the NFL rankings, he went up one spot from 14th to 13th. Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers finished as the league leader at 108.0, and Denver’s Peyton Manning led the AFC (second overall) at 105.8. Three times this season Dalton topped 125.0 for a game, including a career-best 132.9 on Sept. 23 at Washington, 128.2 on Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland and 127.6 on Nov. 11 vs. the N.Y. Giants. Dalton’s season numbers were 329-for-528 (62.3 percent) for 3669 yards with 27 TDs and 16 INTs. More on Dalton’s rankings: ● Dalton had one TD pass vs. Baltimore and finished third in the AFC for the season with 27. He was in the No. 3 spot for the last seven weeks. He finished tied for seventh in the NFL. Manning led the AFC with 37 TD throws, and New Orleans’ Drew Brees led the NFL with 43. ● Dalton didn’t play in the fourth quarter vs. Baltimore and so held his fourth-quarter passer rating at 95.1. He also held his rankings entering the game, fourth in the AFC and 11th in the NFL. His fourth-quarter numbers for the season were 80-for-125 (64.0) for 971 yards with nine TDs and five INTs. Chicago’s Jay Cutler led the league in fourth-quarter rating at 114.7, and Manning led the AFC (third overall) at 103.9. Dalton grows as leader: QB Andy Dalton earned instant respect as an NFL rookie, leading the Bengals to the playoffs while engineering four comeback wins in the fourth quarter. He wound up in the Pro Bowl. But in 2012, he took his status as team leader up a notch. “We know Andy is unflappable,” says head coach Marvin Lewis. “He continues to show that week in and week out. He really settles and plays. He may have a play that he’d want back, but he lets it go. He moves on to the next one, and that’s it. He understands it’s one play at a time. He has great personality and makeup that way. “He has confidence now. He knows he can do this. There is nothing that happens out there that he can’t handle. He’s a great leader. He did everything that was asked of him a year ago, and now he’s better.” Says WR A.J. Green: “Andy doesn’t let anything get to him. He’s got ice in his veins. We don’t say anything to him when something goes bad, because we know he’s going from there and making the next play.” Praise from a respected source: Among those singing QB Andy Dalton’s praises is former Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian, who helped lead Indy to eight division titles and a Super Bowl championship. In an interview with the Bengals Radio Network, Polian said: “I’ve told this to Marvin (Lewis) and Mike (Brown) so it’s no state secret — one of my biggest regrets was not taking him in the first round of the 2011 draft and leaving him for (Cincinnati). But if anybody got him, I’m glad that my friends at the Bengals did. He is a terrific leader, he’s very, very bright, he’s got more than adequate arm strength, and he’s a fighter. He looks like an altar boy or a choir boy, but plays with a crowbar in his hands. He’s got a lot of killer in him. That’s what you want in a quarterback. I’ve heard people compare him to Bernie Kosar, but I think he’s much more athletic than Bernie, and I think that he has a better arm than Bernie. He’s a tough character, and he’s a winner.” Dalton, Maualuga wear the ‘C’: Bengals coach Marvin Lewis caused a bit of a stir on Oct. 31 when he said at a news conference that QB Andy Dalton and MLB Rey Maualuga needed to act more like “(jerks)” with teammates in leading the offensive and defensive units. The Bengals were 3-4 at the time and on a three-game losing streak. The story rumbled on for a few days. Dalton and Maualuga were probed for reaction and expressed mild surprise. Lewis conceded he could have used better language, and that his comment had come from the gut, without an advance advisory to the players. But Lewis never swayed from the idea that his real message was to “empower those two guys to lead the team forward.” And after Oct. 31, the Bengals went 7-2 and into the playoffs. Lewis had not named permanent team captains going into this season, instead choosing to rotate game captains weekly, based on a variety of factors. But he made Dalton and Maualuga captains each week in the two games after Oct. 31, and on the morning of the third game — Nov. 25 vs. Oakland, Dalton and Maualuga found “C” emblem for captain affixed to their jerseys. “During the bye week, when I evaluated our team, those two guys I wanted to lead the team,” Lewis says. “And they’ve taken it and run with it. I just told them, ‘You have the ability to be great,’ and they’re doing good things. Their play of late is hopefully a byproduct of the reinforcement of their abilities that I gave

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them, the ‘atta boys’ to move forward but take it all in control, take control of it all. And It just came to me one morning, running, that I should go ahead and put the Cs on their jerseys and make it known that way.” Regarding the move, Dalton said: “I’ve been a captain everywhere I’ve been, so to earn that and get the respect of the coaches and Marvin, it’s definitely a cool thing. Ever since he kind of said everything to you all (media), he challenged us then, and I think we’ve responded well.” Asked what being a captain meant, Maualuga said: “Leadership. Making sure we have all the guys in this locker room counting on us. I think Andy and myself got the respect of guys as far as making sure everyone’s on the same page, making sure we’re all here to work, to get one thing done, win. So as captain, I hold it very dear.” A.J. offers season-ending cameo: Bengals WR A.J. Green played much of the first half vs. Baltimore, but the offense didn’t seem terribly interested in having him practice his signature acrobatics against prowling defensive backs. He was not targeted until the final possession of the second quarter. But the two times he was targeted, he produced gains of 17 and 9 yards that moved the ball from the Ravens 37 to the 11, setting up a TD pass to Marvin Jones on the next play that tied the score 7-7. Green’s numbers for the final four games were reflective of an offense that produced enough plays to support a 3-1 record but did not dazzle anyone statistically. Green had 21 catches for 243 yards and one TD over the last four contests, dipping a bit in several league rankings where he had been near the top earlier in the season (more detail in item below). But Green had five 100-yard games on the season, tying the club record, and the bottom line is, coaches, teammates and fans all have seen too many extraordinary efforts by him not to continue expecting huge contributions during the playoffs. His consistent production of remarkable plays has had media covering the team with their creative drive on high as they try to describe what they’re seeing. The second-year pro has been called “a Martian,” in tribute to his otherworldly ability to snag balls in mid-air. He has been dubbed “A.J. WhoCatchesEverything,” because coverage (even double) often seems to just not matter. It has been stated that plays which would lead a yearly highlight film for most players are simply “Routine for Green.” His ability to extend himself full-length and hand-catch the ball has evoked visions of a cartoon frog shooting out its tongue to catch a fly. Green continues to draw big attention from opposing defenses, and head coach Marvin Lewis gave his presence big credit in the team effort that propelled HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis to 108.6-yard rushing average over Games 10-14. Defenses have allotted extra personnel in Green’s direction, and it has largely been on straight-line bursts up the middle that Green-Ellis had gains of 48, 39, 41, 38 and 29 yards over the five-game stretch of Games 10-14. “When teams decide they’re not going to let 18 (Green) beat them anymore, we say, ‘OK, let’s just run the football,” says Lewis. “So BenJarvus has had some times running up through there with nobody home (on defense) because everyone was standing by 18.” Green’s 97 catches in 2012 ranks tied for third in Bengals history, and his 1350 receiving yards ranks fifth. The A.J. stat roundup: With 11 TDs on the season, all on receptions, Bengals WR A.J. Green finished tied for second in the AFC in receiving scores. He entered Week 17 tied with Denver’s Eric Decker for the AFC lead, but he had no TDs in limited action vs. Baltimore, while Decker caught two vs. Kansas City to take the AFC crown at 13. Also last week, New England TE Rob Gronkowski had one TD catch and tied Green for second place. Green Bay’s James Jones led the NFL at 14, and Green tied for fourth in the league in receiving TDs. Also: ● Though Green had only two receptions vs. Baltimore, he held fourth place in the AFC for the season at 97. Wes Welker of New England took the AFC title at 118. Green finished seventh in the NFL in receptions. The league leader was Detroit’s Johnson at 122. ● With just 26 receiving yards for his short day vs. Baltimore, Green finished with 1350 for the year and dropped from second to fifth in the AFC. Houston’s Andre Johnson was the leader at 1598. Green dropped from fifth to 10th in the NFL, where the runaway leader, by 366 yards over the closest contender, was Detroit’s Calvin Johnson at 1964.

Green second all-time for sophomore catch total: A.J. Green’s 162 career receptions are second-most in NFL history for a player’s first two seasons. The only receiver ahead of him has been Marques Colston of New Orleans at 168. Green’s 2407 receiving yards are sixth-most among players in their first two seasons. Wrapping up the streak: A.J. Green’s streak of nine straight games with a TD (in Games 2-10) was historically notable: ● Nine games is a Bengals record for within one season. Green surpassed a streak of eight set by T.J. Houshmandzadeh in 2007. ● Green fell one short of the overall Bengals record for consecutive games with a TD, set at 10 when WR Carl Pickens scored in the last five games of 1994 and the first five of ’95. ● When his streak reached nine, it was the longest active run in the NFL. ● In the receiving-TDs category, Green became only the second NFL player in 48 years to record a single-season streak of nine games. The only other instance since 1964 was an NFL-record 12-gamer by Jerry Rice in 1987. Green’s streak of nine is tied for third-longest in NFL history, equaling a run by Lance Alworth in 1963. The second-longest streak has been 10 games by Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch in 1951. Let’s hear it for A.J.: When a team has one of the most gifted players to come down the NFL pike in a long time, people like to talk about him. Comments from the Bengals on WR A.J. Green include: ● QB Andy Dalton: “You think you’ve seen about everything A.J. can do, and you’ve seen so much you don’t think twice about his ability. And then he’ll show you something new, something you didn’t imagine. You throw him up balls that you wouldn’t throw to another receiver, because he’s going to beat his man and come down with it.” ● CB Leon Hall: “Even if you’re covered on him, you have to learn as a DB that you have to go get the ball. That’s one of the things he does best; judge the ball in the air. He’s able to go get it and come down with it before you even realize it. That’s a big help for the DBs here. You would hope that it happens enough in practice that it becomes second nature and you get the ball out during the game.” ● Head coach Marvin Lewis: “A.J. was a cut above most players in the league from the start. He was the most impressive rookie I’ve ever been around. Nothing A.J. does surprises the people who watch him every day, and we fully expected he would be even better this year. This is not a guy you worried about having a sophomore slump.” Irvin on A.J.: Former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin, a Hall of Fame wide receiver, has this to say on Cincinnati’s A.J. Green: “When I look at what he’s done and what he possibly can become, he’s already one of the top receivers in this league. There is no way he fully understands all he can be. A.J. has an opportunity to be the best in the league.” How’s this for hot starts? None have denied that since joining the Bengals as the No. 4 overall NFL draft pick in 2011, WR A.J. Green has been exceptionally impressive. But the Elias Sports Bureau put those impressions in concrete form after Week 5 play of 2012, confirming that Green had become the only player in NFL history to top 100 receptions, 1500 yards and 10 receiving TDs in his first 20 games. Green’s totals after 20 games were 101 catches, 1550 yards and 11 TDs. Through last week, now covering 31 career games, Green is at 162 catches, 2407 yards and 18 scores. Other NFL players have topped Green’s 20-game totals in one or two of the three categories, but Green is the only one to have hit the benchmark trifecta of 100-1500-10. Anquan Boldin had higher totals in receptions and yards, but he fell short of 10 TDs, held to eight. Randy Moss had more yards and TDs, but he fell well short of 100 receptions, with 82. Atkins, Green are starters for Pro Bowl: Bengals DT Geno Atkins and WR A.J. Green have been voted to the AFC team for this season’s Pro Bowl game. Both were voted in as starters. The game will be played on Sunday, January 27, televised on NBC beginning at 7 p.m. EST. “We’re happy for both guys; it’s a great honor from fellow players and coaches and the voting fans,” said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “They’ll represent us well if they’re in the game, but I have to add that it’s our goal to make them both unavailable (by the team advancing to the Super Bowl).” Green, a second-year NFL player from Georgia, was named to the team from the initial vote last year as well, though last year he was not voted to a

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starting position. Last year he became the first rookie WR voted to the game since Anquan Boldin of Arizona in 2003. This season, Green tied for second in the AFC in TD receptions (11), ranked fourth in receptions (97) and ranked fifth in receiving yards (1350). Green had at least one TD catch in nine consecutive games this season (Games 2-10), becoming only the second NFL player in 48 years to record a single-season receiving-TDs streak of that length. The only other instance since 1964 was an NFL-record 12-gamer by Jerry Rice in 1987. Atkins, a third-year pro and also from Georgia, made a runaway of the NFL race for most sacks by an interior lineman. His 12.5 total was 4.5 ahead of the next-highest total, 8.0 by Ndamukong Suh of Detroit. Atkins’ sack total ranks third in Bengals history, trailing only DE Coy Bacon (22.0 in the 14-game season of 1976) and DE Eddie Edwards (13.0 in 1983). Atkins, who also had four forced fumbles, tied for the Bengals lead, was voted directly to the Pro Bowl team for the first time. Last season, he was a first alternate in the initial voting and was added to the squad when New England advanced to the Super Bowl, taking DT Vince Wilfork out of the Pro Bowl lineup. Four Bengals players were voted as alternates. TE Jermaine Gresham and OT Andrew Whitworth are first alternates, and QB Andy Dalton and CB Leon Hall are third alternates. Alternates are selected for the Pro Bowl when roster replacements are needed due to injuries or other reasons. This year’s Pro Bowl will again be played a week in advance of the Super Bowl, so Pro Bowl selections on the two Super Bowl teams will be replaced from the alternates’ ranks. Pro Bowl spots are determined based on voting by players, coaches and fans, with each group’s vote having equal weight. Some Bengals Pro Bowl history: The last Bengals WR to make the Pro Bowl before A.J. Green was Chad Johnson, who earned his sixth trip in the 2009 season. Other Bengals WRs in the Pro Bowl, with their total number of selections, have been Green (two), Isaac Curtis (four), Carl Pickens (two), Eddie Brown (one), T.J. Houshmandzadeh (one) and Chip Myers (one). Geno Atkins has tied the Bengals record for most Pro Bowl selections by a defensive lineman (two). The last Bengals defensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl before Atkins was NT Tim Krumrie, who earned his second trip in 1988. Other Bengals defensive linemen in the Pro Bowl, with their total number of selections, have been DE Coy Bacon (two) and DT Mike Reid (two). Green-Ellis found rare triple-digit territory: Though Bengals HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis totaled only 14 rushing yards in the last two games — he was held to 14 on Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh and was held out of action last week due to a hamstring strain — his story for the previous five weeks was starkly different. He had 100-plus rushing yards in four of five games from Games 10-14, a Bengals accomplishment not previously turned in since the inaugural season of 1968. Paul Robinson did it in a club-record four straight in ’68, ringing the bell in Games 8-11, so he also qualifies as having done it four times in five games. In 1980, FB Pete Johnson had four 100-yarders in a span of five games in which he played, but due to some injury-related deactivations, he did not accomplish it in a span of five team games. Green-Ellis had no 100-yarders in Games 1-9. But in Games 10-12 he went 25-for-101 at Kansas City, 19-for-129 at Oakland and 25-for-118 at San Diego. He had only 12 carries in Game 13 vs. Dallas, and though he averaged 7.4 yards per carry, he fell short of 100 with 89. He did however, top 100 yards from scrimmage vs. Dallas, as 13 receiving yards put him at 102. In Game 14 at Philadelphia, he rejoined the 100-yard rushing club with a 25-for-106 effort. His rushing average for the five games (10-14) was 108.6 yards. Green-Ellis had just four 100-yard rushing games in four seasons (2008-11) with New England. With 1094 yards this season, he topped his previous season-high, which was 1008 for New England in 2010. Green-Ellis was held to a 59.7-yard rushing average over Games 1-9, but he never complained about lack of running room, holding true to his reputation as a blue-collar player who pays little attention to individual statistics. “I said when things weren’t looking so good for us that we had new guys in the interior line, and it was my first year in the offense,” Green-Ellis said. “The more and more we take plays and get more repetitions, you always get better.” “All I can say about BenJarvus is that he’s the epitome of a pro,” head coach Marvin Lewis said. “I’m pleased for him, for the success he’s having. He’s a team guy and totally deserves it.” During Games 10-14, Green-Ellis had individual gains of 48, 39, 41, 38 and 29 yards. His career-long entering this season was 33 yards.

100 yards good, 25 carries better: The Bengals are 35-2 under head coach Marvin Lewis when a rusher records 25 or more carries. That is a .946 winning percentage. BenJarvus Green-Ellis has had four games of 25 or more carries this season, all in Bengals wins. The most recent was Dec. 13 at Philadelphia, when he rushed 25-for-106. Previously, Green-Ellis was 26-for-82 on Sept. 30 at Jacksonville, 25-for-101 on Nov. 18 at Kansas City and 25-for-118 on Dec. 2 at San Diego. Games under Lewis with a 25-carry rusher have been less frequent — and slightly more successful — than games with a 100-yard rusher. In the Lewis era (2003-present), the Bengals are 36-7 with a 100-yard rusher (.837 winning percentage). In Green-Ellis’ case, however, the record in his 100-yard games matches the 4-0 in his 25-carry games. Lewis, however, notes that the overall numbers still favor the 25 carries over the more iconic 100 yards. “It’s not always the yardage total that’s most important,” says Lewis. “When your back is carrying 25 times, it means that even though the yardage will vary, you’re controlling the ball, controlling the clock, and keeping your defense off the field. As it shows for us that is very likely going to be a winning combination.” By player, the Bengals’ won-lost totals under Lewis with a 25-carry rusher have been 18-1 with Rudi Johnson, 11-1 with Cedric Benson, 2-0 with Kenny Watson and 4-0 with Green-Ellis. By player, Lewis’ totals with a 100-yard rusher have been 15-4 with Rudi Johnson, 2-0 with Kenny Watson, 13-2 with Cedric Benson, 1-0 with Corey Dillon, 0-1 with Bernard Scott, 1-0 with Larry Johnson, and 4-0 with Green-Ellis. Historic streak rests at 589: Through his 10th offensive touch in the Sept. 23 Washington game, Bengals HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis reached 589 career combined rushes and receptions without a fumble. Elias Sports Bureau reports the 589 as the longest such streak to start a career since individual fumbles became a statistic in 1945. Green-Ellis finally did cough one up on his 11th touch in the Washington game, ending the streak and setting a benchmark for future ball handlers. Green-Ellis also has 52 career rushes/receptions without a fumble in postseason play, covering four games for New England. Geno claims a team crown ... : DT Geno Atkins established a Bengals season record for sacks by an interior lineman on Nov. 25 vs. Oakland, logging his ninth of the season to better the 8.0 mark he had shared with Dan Wilkinson from the 1995 season. He added 3.5 more in the season’s final five games to finish at 12.5. The Bengals record for sacks by any player is 22.0 by DE Coy Bacon in 1976, in a 14-game season. The only other Bengal with more sacks than Atkins had in 2012 was another DE, Eddie Edwards with 13.0 in 1983. Atkins also led the Bengals in coaches’ compilation of QB pressures (35) and tackles-for-loss (15). ... and his league crown was a lock: Think Secretariat at the 1973 Belmont. That’s what Bengals DT Geno Atkins did with the 2012 NFL race for most sacks by an interior lineman. Atkins had 12.5, a margin of 4.5 over second-place Ndamukong Suh of Detroit (8.0). Atkins held the undisputed league lead for the season’s last 14 weeks, since the completion of Week 4. He dropped opposing QBs for 90 yards in losses. Atkins shared the NFL sacks lead among interior linemen last season, tying with Oakland DT Tommy Kelly at 7.5. Atkins finished tied for sixth in sacks among all NFL defenders, the highest finish ever by a Bengal. The previous high rank was ninth by DE Eddie Edwards in 1983, when he had 13.0. Atkins ranked fourth among all AFC sackers. The AFC and NFL leader was Houston DE J.J. Watt at 20.5. Whit on Geno: Bengals LOT Andrew Whitworth knows a good defensive tackle when he sees one, and he sees one every day in teammate Geno Atkins: “Geno’s quick, like most small D-tackles,” Whitworth says. “He’s a quicker athletic guy. But the thing that separates him from all others is he has insane exceptional strength. He’s a really, really strong guy for a smaller player. That’s what takes him to a whole other level. It is hard to deal with a guy who’s below you and under you. It’s hard to get your hands down there to control him. “And of course there’s the way he works. When I go in the weight room on Mondays, he’s fresh off a two-sack game or seven tackles, he’s got 500 pounds on his back, and he’s squatting under the rack. He’s one of those type of guys. He’s on a mission to be a really good player and to push himself. There’s no day off to him. That’s what makes him good. That’s what makes him who he is. As long as he keeps that part of himself, he’ll continue to dominate.”

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Polian on Geno: Among those singing Geno Atkins’ praises is ESPN analyst Bill Polian, who as club president helped the Indianapolis Colts to eight division titles and a Super Bowl championship. “The position of inside pass rusher is a key position,” Polian said in an interview with the Bengals Radio Network. “When you get an athletic defensive lineman who can rush the passer at the tackle position, it makes it so much harder for the offensive line to slide and help people. If you’re going to ‘chip,’ it’s going to be with a back or a tight end. The line can’t move because you cannot run the risk of the guard whiffing and having that guy go clean to the quarterback. So Geno Atkins has turned out to be a terrific addition to the Bengals, and an inside pass rusher — I think after the quarterback — is the most important guy on the team because if you can rush from the inside, that usually means you can rush with four and cover with seven, and that gives you a heck of a defensive advantage.” First since ’81: DE Michael Johnson logged 2.0 sacks for the Bengals last week vs. Baltimore, raising his season total to 11.5 and giving the Bengals their first double-digit sack duo since the Super Bowl season of 1981. DT Geno Atkins led this season’s team with 12.5. In 1981, OLB Reggie Williams had 11.0 sacks and DE Eddie Edwards had 10.0. Reliable Bengals sacks statistics are available beginning in 1976, and the only other instance of double-digit sackers on the same team was in ’76, when DE Coy Bacon had a club-record 22.0 and DE Gary Burley had 10.0. The 1981 team almost had the only Bengals instance of three sackers in double figures, as DE Ross Browner finished third on that club with 9.0. DEs have pass-rush depth: Though Pro Bowl DT Geno Atkins held the Bengals sacks spotlight this season with 12.5, Cincinnati’s club-record sack total of 51 reflects plenty of power at the traditional pass rushing position of DE. Fourth-year pro Michael Johnson made a run at Atkins’ team leadership in the Baltimore game, getting two to finish at a career-high 11.5, nearly doubling his previous high of 6.0. Wallace Gilberry had one vs. Baltimore and finished at 6.5. Third-year pro Carlos Dunlap had one against the Ravens and finished at 6.0. Ninth-year pro Robert Geathers rounded out the DE contribution at 3.0. Overall, the defensive line had 40 of the team’s 51 sacks. The defensive ends alone had 27.0, more than half. Johnson’s performance vs. Baltimore highlighted the fact that he has come into his own as a fourth-year player. He earned an AFC Defensive Player of the Week award for his performance Sept. 23 at Washington, when he had 3.0 sacks. Johnson also had one INT, and he finished third on the team in QB pressures (25) and third in tackles-for-loss (seven). Johnson came out of Georgia Tech with recognized high potential, but had the rap of a player who didn’t maintain a high motor on every snap. As a pro, however, he has not missed a game and has increased his contribution each year. Dunlap has the sort of natural playmaking talent that makes fans drool. He not only had a sack last week, he helped put the win on ice when he deflected a Tyrod Taylor pass in the fourth quarter and then corralled it for an interception and a 14-yard TD run. The play put Cincinnati ahead 23-14 with 6:06 remaining. Dunlap has a spirit that goes along with his playmaking flair, and after the score, he leaped over the stadium wall in the north end zone and briefly joined the crowd. As a rookie in 2010, Dunlap ran off a string of 8.5 sacks over six games, and his 9.5 sacks for the full 2010 season set a Bengals rookie record. In 2011, he led the team in QB pressures despite missing four games to injuries. On Dec. 2 at San Diego, Dunlap’s pass-rush performance earned him AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Dunlap had two sacks of the Chargers’ Philip Rivers, and in each case he forced a fumble. The Chargers recovered the first fumble, in the first quarter, but the seven-yard loss on a first-and-goal play from the seven was key in forcing them to settle for a field goal and a 7-3 deficit. Late in the fourth quarter, Dunlap inflicted a 10-yard loss on the Chargers, back to their 15, and he returned the fumble two yards to the 13, setting up a field goal for the eventual 20-13 victory margin. Dunlap tied for the team lead in forced fumbles (four) and in fumble recoveries (three). In combined fumbles forced and recovered, Dunlap’s total of seven led the team by three, with Gilberry and Atkins tied for second at four. Dunlap finished second in QB pressures (27). Gilberry is the biggest surprise of the group. Though he came to the Bengals this season with 14 career sacks, over a three-season span (2009-11) with Kansas City, his 2012 season did not begin promisingly. Having signed with Tampa Bay for ’12 as an unrestricted free agent, he was waived by the Bucs

after the season opener, for which he was inactive. He signed with the Bengals as a free agent four days later. As has been the case with Dunlap, sacks haven’t been Gilberry’s only contribution. His TD on a 25-yard fumble return at Philadelphia pushed the Bengals to a 24-13 lead in the third quarter, and for the season he’s tied for the team lead in fumble recoveries (three). He also had one forced fumble. No flash in the pan: When the Bengals drafted DT Geno Atkins in 2010 — in the fourth round, 120th overall — the choice was met with a general yawn by analysts and media. He wasn’t huge (290 pounds at the time). He was a bit short at 6-1. His college career at Georgia lacked “SportsCenter moments.” But Atkins has shown from practice day one as a Bengal that he simply has the stuff to make plays, and there’s rarely a snap when he isn’t some sort of factor. He wound up leading the team as a rookie in QB pressures, and last year he tied for the NFL sacks lead (7.5) among interior linemen. For 2012 he was the defense’s lone returning Pro Bowler, and he’s in the game for the second year in a row, this time voted a starter. He led NFL interior linemen in sacks (12.5), and he ranked tied for sixth among all NFL players in sacks. “No. 97 may be the best inside pass rusher there is,” says Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander “That’s the best thing going for (first-round drafted guard) Kevin Zeitler. He gets to pass block 97 in practice.” Says fellow DT Domata Peko: “I see some of the things Geno does and I say, ‘Man, how does he do that?’ He’s so quick and he’s got the strength of a 350-pound guy. That’s the one thing that scares offensive linemen. Not only his quickness, but his strength. I’ve seen him bull-rush the best of the best at offensive guard.” And defensive line coach Jay Hayes: “He’s getting better because he hasn’t changed the approach he brought with him when he came in trying to prove himself. He still plays 150 miles an hour. He stays low. He’s still into the playbook.” Atkins himself is a young man of few words. But the 24-year-old will give you three to sum up his success: “Outwork, outhit, outrun,” he says. Burfict bursts to team tackles crown: WLB Vontaze Burfict led the Bengals in tackles in 2012, with 174, and he closed the season with a flourish, credited with 23 in the Baltimore game. It was by seven the highest game total for a Bengal on the season, and the two-through-four highest game totals were also posted by Burfict. He had 16 on Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh, 15 on Dec. 2 at San Diego and 14 on Dec. 9 vs. Dallas. Burfict had 14 solo stops vs. Baltimore, tying his own team high for the season. MLB Rey Maualuga finished second, 22 tackles behind Burfict at 152. No other Bengal had more than 84 stops. Burfict joined four other Bengals, all LBs, who have won team tackling titles in their rookie seasons. The others have been Reggie Williams in 1976, James Francis in ’90, Takeo Spikes in ’98 and Odell Thurman in 2005. Williams was a third-round draft choice, Francis and Spikes were first-rounders, and Thurman was a second-rounder. Burfict, in contrast, was undrafted for 2012, signed by Cincinnati as a college free agent (more on that in items that follow). Maualuga was the Bengals’ tackling leader for the 13 straight weeks (Weeks 2-14). Burfict became a starter only beginning with Week 3. But he averaged 12.1 tackles in his 14 starts. ‘Tez’ is a rare one: With starts at WLB in the last 14 games, rookie Vontaze Burfict of Arizona State had the most starts in team history for a rookie who joined the team as a college free agent, passed over in the NFL draft. Elias Sports Bureau was able to research this subject back to the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, confirming that entering 2012, the most Bengals starts by a college free agent in his rookie season was 11, by MLB Armegis Spearman of Ole Miss in 2000. Besides Spearman and Burfict, the only college free agent rookie to start as many as half the team’s games was OT Kevin Sargent of Eastern Washington, with eight starts in 1992. Burfict finished first on the team with 174 tackles. In this area, it should be noted that since 1994, when the draft was reduced to seven rounds, the talent pool for college free agents has been deeper than prior to ’94. Bengals star NT Tim Krumrie, for example, was a 10th-round draft choice in 1983, and presumably he would have been a college free agent had the draft been shorter. But even so, Burfict’s accomplishment is most notable. Though Krumrie went on to be a Pro Bowler for the Bengals, he did not become a regular starter until his second season. He started only two games as a rookie. Other past Bengals who were usual starters as rookies, and who presumably would have been college free agents in a seven-round draft, include TE Bob

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Trumpy (drafted 12th round in 1968), DE Harry Gunner (eighth round in ’68), RB Boobie Clark (12th round in ’73) and S Bobby Kemp (eighth round in ’81). Burfict set the team season-high for tackles (23) and tied his own season high for solo tackles (14) in the Dec. 30 season finale vs. Baltimore. He also had the next three highest game totals of the season by a Bengal. Also for the season, he had one sack, a fumble recovery, two passes defensed, and a special teams fumble recovery. “He (Burfict) makes plays,” said S-CB Nate Clements, an 11-year NFL veteran. “It doesn’t matter whether you’re a rookie. The key is productivity.” “Tez is a rookie; he makes errors and needs to correct them,” said head coach Marvin Lewis. “But he is one of the most natural young linebackers I’ve seen. He runs around, flies around, and he makes a lot of tackles — that’s part of playing linebacker. You can give the guy a minus, but at the end of the day, it’s your job to get the football on the ground, and he does a good job of that.” Burfict’s back story: College free agent LB Vontaze Burfict has come on like gangbusters for the Bengals (see previous two items), and he was an explosive player for much of his college career at Arizona State, ballyhooed at times as a potential NFL first-round draft choice. But by the time the draft was over this past April, his future prospects seemed to be in tatters. He went undrafted due to a reputation for immaturity and a reckless, penalty-plagued playing style. He had wound up on the outs with his coaches, essentially benched, and he was said to have been unimpressive at the Scouting Combine. But Bengals coach Marvin Lewis took an interest in Burfict during the lead-up to the draft, determining that Cincinnati would try to sign him if he was not selected. Thus far, the decision looks not far short of brilliant. Not only does Burfict have excellent statistics, he has gone through four preseason games and now 10 regular-season contests with none of the head-scratcher personal fouls that plagued him in college. Also, he has displayed a pleasing personality with fans and media. “I don’t know the guy from Arizona State,” Lewis says of Burfict and his college travails. “I don’t need to know about anything in the past. Vontaze has done everything he needs to do to keep developing into a productive linebacker in the National Football League.” Says Burfict: “What happened in the past happened in the past. For me, what people portrayed me as at the draft, I totally wasn’t that guy. It’s not like I could go and confront media people and say, ‘You guys have got the wrong person.’ Whatever they put out there, they put out there. And whatever team got me, they will see the real Vontaze. I’m just totally the opposite of that.” Gresham shows his stuff: Bengals TE Jermaine Gresham saw only limited action vs. Baltimore, and for the first time in 2012, he did not have a reception. But for the season the third-year pro ranked second on the team in catches (64) and receiving yards (737), and he was third in TDs with five. His catch and yardage totals were career season highs, and he was one TD from his season high, which was six in 2011. Gresham was also second on the team in receptions and receiving yards last year, plus he ranked second in TDs. The 6-5, 260-pound Gresham is also contributing to the running game. His blocking has helped HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis post a career-best 1094 rushing yards. Gresham had 52 and 56 catches in his first two seasons, becoming the first Bengals TE since Dan Ross in 1980-81 to get two straight 50-catch seasons, and he is now the first Bengals TE with three straight at 50-plus. His yardage totals for his first two seasons were 471 and 596. Gresham’s rankings: TE Jermaine Gresham’s receptions total of 64 ranked third among AFC tight ends, and his receiving yards total of 737 ranked fourth at the position. That’s not too shabby, but Gresham has been self-critical about not ranking at the very top. Head coach Marvin Lewis, however, says Gresham is sometimes comparing apples to oranges. “Jermaine is doing what we need him to do within our own offense, and that’s the important part,” Lewis says. “I think Andy (QB Andy Dalton) has great trust in him to be in the right spots. If you look at people that really understand players, they think he’s a very, very good player, regardless what he might say about not being satisfied with himself. He’s playing like we expect Jermaine to keep playing; he’s doing a great job. He’s had a good season, and he’s getting better each and every week. He’s putting the team on his shoulders. He’s doing that in the running game, and he’s doing it as a receiver. This is why we got him. He keeps growing with it and he’s having fun with it. He likes to be the guy.”

Huber is tops all-time: After a strong 2012 campaign, P Kevin Huber’s now stands as the Bengals all-time leader in gross punting average and net punting average. Huber’s performance Nov. 4 vs. Denver lifted him into the Bengals career lead for gross punting average and net punting average, and he managed to hold those leads through the remainder of the regular season. In career gross punting average, Huber is now at 44.0. The former record of 43.7 set by Dave Lewis (1970-73) now stands second. In career net punting average, Huber stands at 38.9 and Lewis is now second at 38.4. (The formula behind net punting average is: Total punting yards, minus 20 yards for each touchback, minus opponent punt return yards, divided by attempts plus blocks.) Huber also sets club season records: Bengals P Kevin Huber boasted team records in 2012 for his averages in gross and net punting. His 46.6-yard gross punting average broke the mark of 46.2 set in 1970 by Dave Lewis, and his 42.0 net average topped 39.3 by Dale Livingston in the inaugural Bengals season of 1968. Last week vs. Baltimore, Huber again held strong gross and net averages. He averaged 47.1 yards on seven punts, with a net average of 43.4. He also tied a season-high with four inside-20 kicks, including kicks downed at the eight-, five- and three-yard lines, with just one touchback. For the season, Huber’s net average ranked fourth in the NFL, and his gross average was 14th. Huber pins ’em: Over his Bengals career, Kevin Huber has consistently been among the NFL’s better punters in pinning foes inside their 20-yard line while avoiding touchbacks. Last week vs. Baltimore, he tied a season-high with four inside-20s, with just one touchback. For the season he had 33 inside-20s, including a league-leading 11 downed inside the five, with just seven touchbacks. His plus-26 differential between inside-20s and touchbacks ranked tied for sixth in the NFL. The leader, at plus-38, was Arizona’s Dave Zastudil (46-8). Huber was in his fourth NFL and Bengals season in 2012, and for his career he has 109 inside-20s against 32 touchbacks. His 3.41 ratio of inside-20s to touchbacks ties the top mark in team history with Kyle Larson (also 109-32). Huber had been in the lead over Larson through Weeks 13 and 14. Huber is now tied with Larson for third-most inside-20s in Bengals history (109). The leader is Lee Johnson, with 186 over 11 seasons (1988-98), and in second place is Pat McInally (157 over 10 seasons). Huber’s total of 109 has come over four Bengals seasons, while it took Larson five seasons to reach that mark. K Brown’s Bengals beginning is a winner: Tenth-year NFL veteran K Josh Brown was an emergency signing for the Bengals Dec. 6, brought on from NFL unemployment after regular K Mike Nugent suffered a calf injury in practice. But Brown is now the Bengals’ kicker for the playoffs — Nugent was placed Dec. 28 on the Reserve/Injured list — and there have been no emergencies with the kicking game in any of Brown’s four appearances. Brown has instead left fans wondering how he had gone unsigned since being released by the N.Y. Jets at the end of training camp. He finished with 11 field goals in 12 attempts, and his one miss was from 56 yards, a distance that would have set a Bengals record. He was three-for-three on FGs in the season finale win over Baltimore, connecting from 47, 32 and 38 yards. Brown put an exclamation point on his Bengals performance in the Dec. 23 playoff-clinching win at Pittsburgh, kicking a 43-yarder for the final 13-10 victory with :04 to play. Brown made all eight of his PAT tries, and on his 23 kickoffs, 18 reached the end zone, including five touchbacks. “Josh has been tremendous, both as a person and obviously as a specialist,” says head coach Marvin Lewis. “He’s been great in every area. We were so fortunate to be able to get him when Mike (Nugent) was hurt. He’s immersed himself in the football team. He’s one of the guys.” Brown started his NFL career with Seattle from 2003-07, and he was with St. Louis from 2008-11 after signing with the Rams as an unrestricted free agent. With 11 points in the Baltimore game, he went over the 1000 mark for his career. He’s now at 1003, with 41 for Cincinnati and 962 from 2003-11 with Seattle and St. Louis. Brown’s 43-yarder at Pittsburgh was his eighth career game-winning FG in the final minute of regulation or in overtime. Big leg, and accurate: K Josh Brown’s 52-yard FG on Dec. 9 vs. Dallas was no big surprise. He joined the Bengals with 43 career tries of 50 yards or more, an average of 4.8 per year, and with 28 made he had a 65.1

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success rate. Now he’s 29-for-45 and at 64.4 percent. Only two active kickers have more career 50-plus FGs, Jason Hanson at 52 and Sebastian Janikowski at 42. And Brown’s accuracy rate from 50-plus tops Janikowski (56.0) and Hanson (55.9). Brown’s career-long was a 58-yarder for Seattle in his rookie season of 2003. 33 years in the making: The sequel to Chris Bahr’s Bengals-record 55-yard field goal was a long time coming. Bahr connected from 55 on Sept. 23, 1979 against the Houston Oilers at Riverfront Stadium, and it was just this past Nov. 25 against Oakland that his distance was matched by a Bengal. Mike Nugent, an eighth-year pro in his third Bengals season, cleared the bar from 55 on the last play of the first half of the Raiders game. “I just wanted to put a good hit on it,” said Nugent, whose season has since been halted by a calf injury. “From that distance you don’t need to try to put more on it. I just wanted to hit a good solid ball and get it there.” Between the Bahr kick and the Nugent kick, the Bengals missed six field goal attempts of 55 or more yards. Jim Breech missed from 55 in 1984, Lee Johnson from 55 in ’91 and 59 in ’92, Doug Pelfrey from 63 in ’95 and 56 in ’97, and Shane Graham from 62 in 2006. An impressive six-pack: The Bengals this season captured six weekly or monthly AFC awards bestowed by the NFL, tied for most in franchise history. The 1988 and 1989 teams also had six. Here’s the list of this year’s winners, beginning with the most recent: ● DT Geno Atkins was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Dec. 23 performance at Pittsburgh. In a win that clinched a playoff berth for Cincinnati, Atkins had 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble and a line-leading eight tackles. ● DE Carlos Dunlap earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Dec. 2 performance at San Diego. He had two sacks, and on each one he forced a fumble. He recovered one of the fumbles late in the game to help preserve the win, and he totaled five tackles and four additional QB pressures in the game overall. ● QB Andy Dalton earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Nov. 11 performance vs. the N.Y. Giants. He passed for a career-high four TDs, with no INTs, and passed overall 21-for-30 for 199 yards. ● WR A.J. Green was AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September. In four games he led the conference in receptions (27), was second in receiving yards (428) and was tied for most receiving TDs (three). ● DE Michael Johnson earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Sept. 23 performance at Washington. Johnson recorded a career-high 3.0 sacks for minus-17 yards, while totaling seven tackles (six solo). ● CB Adam Jones earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his Sept. 16 performance vs. Cleveland. His three punt returns for an average of 30.0 yards included an 81-yarder for a TD, the only non-offensive score for either team in a seven-point (34-27) Bengals win. Jones could spell big trouble: Bengals CB Adam Jones is second among active NFL players with five career punt returns for touchdowns. One of those has come for the Bengals — an 81-yarder on Sept. 16 of this past season vs. Cleveland. And in 33 other punt returns for Cincinnati, he has had a 68-yarder and a 63-yarder. For his NFL career, Jones has had 117 total returns, and his average of one TD for every 23.4 returns is outstanding. It’s only slightly behind Chicago’s Devin Hester, whose average is 20.5. Hester is the NFL all-time leader in total punt return TDs, with 12, and he has 246 career returns. Jones has a far better TD average than celebrated threats such as Deion Sanders (TD every 35.3), Dante Hall (TD every 36.0) and Billy “White Shoes” Johnson (TD every 47.0). “I marvel at Adam’s abilities in many ways,” says Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “He is amazing with the ball in his hands. He’s amazing when the DBs do their tackling drills, and he’s the ball carrier. He’s very, very difficult to get your hands on. He’s done a wonderful job of becoming responsible with the football, and of understanding the schematics of the return game. He’s come light years in that way. He’s electrifying, he gets everybody excited when he’s back there.” Jones’ 81-yard TD against Cleveland was a difference-maker. The Bengals won by a touchdown (34-27), and his was the only special teams or defense TD of the game. Rare PR tandem paying dividends: The Bengals ranked 11th in the NFL in team punt return average (10.4), and for the first time since

1983, they had two punt returners with more than 20 returns. CB Adam Jones had 26, and WR Brandon Tate had 21. Jones finished seventh in the NFL with an 11.6-yard average, and Tate had an 8.9-yard average. Jones and Tate both have strong credentials. Jones is one of the most naturally explosive punt returners in the NFL, with five career TDs, second-most among active players. Tate has tremendous straight-line speed, and he has a high enough average (10.1) with enough returns to qualify as the franchise’s all-time leader in average. Jones’ breakaway potential gives him a slight edge as the No. 1 choice, but he also is seeing significant action on defense. Thus, special teams coach Darrin Simmons wants to make sure Jones is fully ready before he sends him out to return a punt. “I’m watching him (on the bench),” Simmons says. “He wants to be back there every play, every week. But he knows when it’s best for him to be back there and when it’s best that he’s not. I’ll look at him, and he’ll already know what I’m going to say. ‘If you just covered a deep ball, here comes Tate.’ I want the guy to be fresh. Because he’s explosive when he’s fresh.” More Simmons on Jones: Adam Jones is a veteran with a troubled past while with other teams, but he has been problem-free as a Bengal. Quick to attest to that is Bengals special teams coach Darrin Simmons. “He’s been a pleasure. He’s been good. He’s been very into it,” Simmons says. “He’s competitive. He reminds me a lot of Steve Smith. When I was at Carolina, Steve Smith was the most competitive SOB I’ve ever been around my entire life. That’s what makes that guy good. He’s got little man’s disease. Same as Adam does. Steve’s tough. Steve will fight you. He may claw and scratch and run the other way, but (Jones) reminds me of that because he’s so ultra-competitive. They play with a chip on their shoulder. Or two chips on their shoulder I guess. “The guy (Jones) was the sixth pick in the draft for a reason. He’s got supreme talent. It’s just a matter of getting all of that talent funneled and channeled in one direction. All they want to do is succeed, and that guy wants to succeed more than a lot. He knows where he’s been. He knows he’s on his last straw. Regardless of what’s happened, what he’s done, where he’s been in the past, he wants to do well. And I think he wants to right the ship. I think he wants to get it right this time, because he knows there isn’t a next time for him.” A depth-chart squeeze, and a good one: Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis faced questions entering 2012 about his team’s depth at wide receiver. There was speculation that No. 1 WR A.J. Green, a spectacular talent, might be hounded into ordinary-ness by double and triple-teams. But Lewis contended that wouldn’t be the case, and seldom has he been proven more correct. Green had a Pro Bowl season, with 97 catches for 1350 yards, and 11 TDs. And one reason Green did just fine is that the other WRs — who had only 27 NFL catches combined last year — provided good support. Five other WRs had receptions, and collectively the quintet outpaced Green in catches (123) and yards (1362). Who are these guys? The four Bengals WRs likely to join A.J. Green on the active roster for the Houston game combined last season for only 27 NFL catches. But they have shown plenty of talent this season. Here are capsules on the four: ● Andrew Hawkins (second-year; 5-7, 180): Hawkins is dart-quick, and though short, he’s not a “little guy” in the strength department. He has the ability to turn short passes into significant gains. He has had TDs of 50 and 59 yards, both with stellar runs after the catch, and he had a great run in confined space on Dec. 9 vs. Dallas, beating Cowboys defenders to the outside for an eight-yard TD after taking a shovel pass. He has four TDs on the year. Hawkins missed Games 10-11 with a knee injury, but despite the lost action, he ranked third on the team in catches (51) and receiving yards (533). He steadily increased his role as an NFL rookie with the Bengals last year. In 2009 and ’10, he played for Grey Cup championship teams for Montreal in the Canadian League. ● Marvin Jones (rookie; 6-2, 195): With Hawkins filling the slot receiver role, Jones, the fifth-round draft pick from California, has moved into the No. 2 wideout role. He started the last five games, and last week vs. Baltimore, his team-high five catches (for 45 yards) included the team’s only offensive touchdown and the first score of his career. On an 11-yard scoring reception from Andy Dalton, he caught the ball inside the five and made a nifty spin move to avoid a tackler and reach the end zone. Jones missed virtually four games, after suffering a knee injury on the opening kickoff Oct. 21. vs. Pittsburgh. Jones was 18-for-201 receiving on the year and he drew one 31-yard pass interference penalty against the defense. He played in 11 games. In preseason, Jones made

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folks wonder how he lasted to the 166th overall selection. He was a smooth playmaker, with gains of 42 and 45 yards that contributed to a team-leading 150 receiving yards. He is perhaps the most athletically graceful and stylish of the cast supporting Green. ● Brandon Tate (fourth-year; 6-1, 200): Tate’s offensive time has been limited to some extent by his work as both a kickoff and punt returner. But he had a key 44-yard reception from Bruce Gradkowski last week vs. Baltimore in the fourth quarter, setting up a field goal that put the Bengals ahead to stay at 16-14. Tate was 13-for-211 on the year, including a 44-yard TD. Tate has great straight-line speed and has shown excellent hands on several occasions. He was obtained late in the 2011 preseason and didn’t work much on offense last year, concentrating instead on being the team’s primary kickoff and punt returner. But he had 432 receiving yards with three TDs for New England in 2010. He was a third-round draft choice of New England in 2009. ● Ryan Whalen (second-year; 6-1, 200): The sixth-round 2011 draftee played in nine games, with seven catches for 53 yards. He was a top target at Stanford for QB Andrew Luck in 2010, and he’s known as an ultra-dependable route-runner who can catch the ball in traffic. Tough break for Sanu and Bengals: Rookie WR Mohamed Sanu underwent foot surgery on Dec. 3 and was placed Dec. 4 on the Reserve/Injured list. Sanu was injured in practice on Nov. 28. Coming out of the Bengals’ Nov. 25 win over Oakland, the third-round draft pick seemed to have hit his stride. He had posted four TD catches in three games and was showing the stuff that led him as a Rutgers senior to catch a Big East record 115 passes, shattering a mark of 93 set by Larry Fitzgerald. Sanu got off to a slow season start as a receiver, with no catches in the first six games. But he had 16 catches for 154 yards, with the four TDs, in the next five games. Sanu also has lived up to his college reputation as a triple-threat player — receiving, passing rushing. Taking a direct center snap on Sept. 23 at Washington, he launched a perfectly thrown ball of about 45 yards that A.J. Green turned into a 73-yard TD. He threw four TD passes in college. And on Nov. 25 vs. Oakland, he broke a couple tackles in gaining five yards on a third-down-and-four rushing attempt. Who’s making the movie? Moving into a significant receiver role this season, WR Andrew Hawkins has emerged as Human Interest Story No. 1 on the Bengals’ roster. Hawkins bloomed as a subject of media interest in the Sept. 16 Cleveland game, when he did a “SportsCenter Special” on a 50-yard TD catch, covering the last 40 yards on the ground with the moves of a water bug. And Hawkins has kept the interest alive with more big plays. He finished third on the team in receptions (51) and receiving yards (533), and he had four TDs. Hawkins’ second TD was a 59-yarder on Sept. 23 at Washington, and on Nov. 11 vs. the N.Y. Giants, he showed great hands and concentration to catch an 11-yard TD pass against tight coverage. He missed Games 10-11 with a knee injury but has been back for the last three contests. And as for the human interest side, toss in these elements: ● Hawkins is a little guy in a big man’s world — 5-foot-7. He’s known affectionately as “Baby Hawk,” in reference to his size and to the fact that his older and taller brother, Artrell Hawkins, was a Bengals CB from 1998-2003. ● He was unsigned in the NFL after leaving the University of Toledo in 2007, with only an unsuccessful tryout at a Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp. ● He spent a part of 2008 sleeping on a friend’s couch in Toledo, trying to earn some cash. ● He later found work as a laborer at a company manufacturing wind turbines. And he caddied at Toledo’s Inverness Country Club. ● He briefly had an NFL job with the nearby Detroit Lions, but it was as a scouting intern, not as a player. ● He sent film of himself to a Michael Irvin reality show on Spike TV, on which the winning contestant was to get a spot on the Dallas Cowboys’ 80-man offseason roster. He finished second. ● He landed for two years with Montreal of the Canadian League, helping the Alouettes win Grey Cup titles in 2009 and ’10. ● His CFL work earned him his first NFL contract, in January 2011 with the St. Louis Rams, but he was waived the first week of training camp. ● The Bengals claimed him on waivers from the Rams, and though he started last year on the practice squad, he wound up caching 23 passes for 263 yards. The performance set the stage for his success thus far in 2012, some five years after he left college. Hawkins is not a guy to make a point of belaboring his past, but when media

thronged his locker after the Cleveland game, pressing for details and feelings on his climb, he said: “I didn’t think I’d be at this point — ever. I’ve come from the lowest point — nights crying, coaches telling me to give it up, living on my friend’s couch ... hearing ‘No’ so many times I got used to it. “I know there’s a fine line between me playing here and me not playing anywhere,” Hawkins continued. “That’s the approach I take every week. And I can’t say it enough: I thank God every day that he’s blessed me the way he has.” A.J.’s an admirer: You could say that A.J. Green is everything Andrew Hawkins isn’t as a receiver. He’s tall (6-4), so obviously gifted that any layman can see it, and he has been a sought-after player at all levels. But Green sounds as impressed as anyone by the belated success (see previous item) of teammate Andrew Hawkins. “I guess he got overlooked early on because teams saw a 5-7 guy, and they thought he was not high-powered,” said Green. “But man, this guy is powerful. He’s explosive. He’s quick. He’s fast. He’s elusive. He’s all of the above.” Andy told you so: When QB Andy Dalton opened training camp by singing the praises of the WRs being counted on to draw some defensive heat away from A.J. Green, it was hard not to suspect he was just trying to be a good and encouraging teammate. But the play of the WR group behind Green has been one of the season’s biggest stories, and Dalton has reminded reporters: “We are talented there, and that’s what we said on day one. I know these are guys who hadn’t proven anything coming into the season, but we have the talent and I’m excited about the group we’ve got. Hopefully they’ll just keep getting better and better each week.” Dalton and WR A.J. Green, of course, were instant hits as rookies last year. Using that experience, Dalton tried to inject more confidence into this year’s young group. “I think back to what A.J. and I thought last year,” Dalton said. “We thought, ‘We may be rookies, but we’re going to be playing, so we better play well.’ I think what we were able to do last year has shown these guys, ‘I don’t have to wait for my turn. I can go ahead and do this now.” Dominant days: In Games 9-11, the Bengals won three consecutive games by 18 or more points for only the second time in franchise history. Cincinnati ended a four-game losing streak by defeating the N.Y. Giants 31-13 at Paul Brown Stadium on Nov. 11, then the Bengals won 28-6 at Kansas City, and on Nov. 25 Cincinnati won 34-10 at home vs. Oakland. The only previous instance was in 1976, when a Bengals team under head coach Bill Johnston won Games 3-5 by consecutive margins of 21. The Bengals won 28-7 at home vs. Green Bay, 45-24 at Cleveland and 21-0 at home vs. Tampa Bay. That team finished 10-4 but missed the playoffs. Turnover tables are turned: During the tenure of head coach Marvin Lewis (2003-present), the Bengals rank sixth in the NFL in turnover differential at plus-36. Prior to Lewis’ tenure, the Bengals had posted a minus turnover differential for five straight years (1998-2002). Here are the top six teams in differential since 2003: TEAM TAKEAWAYS GIVEAWAYS DIFFERENTIAL New England............................. 324 .......................... 203 ............................... +121 Indianapolis ............................... 265 .......................... 216 ................................. +49 Atlanta ....................................... 283 .......................... 236 ................................. +47 Baltimore ................................... 308 .......................... 263 ................................. +45 Green Bay ................................. 290 .......................... 252 ................................. +38 Cincinnati .................................. 297 .......................... 261 ................................. +36 Since 2003, the Bengals rank fourth in the NFL in most takeaways (297) and fifth in points off turnovers (922). A stat that matters: For the Bengals term of coach Marvin Lewis (2003-present), a plus-differential in turnovers reflects a big plus in the win column. And the reverse has gone for a minus. The Bengals are 50-13-1 in the regular season under Lewis with a plus, for a .781 winning percentage. In contrast, the Bengals are 11-51 under Lewis when posting a minus differential. When the differential has been even, the results have been nearly even, with the Bengals at 18-16 under Lewis. The Bengals won last week vs. Baltimore while posting a plus-one differential.

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The Bengals’ overall experience with turnovers under Lewis is backed up by overall league numbers. Since the start of the 2003 season, here are the records of teams with varying turnover differentials (minus differentials are not included because they are the exact reverse of the plus figure for the same numbers): DIFFERENTIAL W-L-T PCT. Plus-1 ............................................................................... 632-280-1 .693 Plus-2 ................................................................................. 492-95-0 .838 Plus-3 ................................................................................. 284-31-1 .900 Plus-4 ................................................................................... 159-4-0 .975 Plus-5 or more ....................................................................... 78-3-0 .963 Since 2003, NFL teams with any plus have a combined winning percentage of .799. The combined W-L record is 1645-413-2. Uniform watch: The Bengals are scheduled to wear white uniforms with black pants in the Houston game. Since 2004, when the Bengals made their last significant uniform redesign, the team has had a number of color options for jerseys and pants: Below are the records (regular season and postseason) for the different combinations:

JERSEY PANTS W-L-T PCT. Orange Black ...................................................................... 3-0-0 1.000 Orange White ................................................................... 10-5-0 .667 Black Black ...................................................................... 9-9-1 .500 White Black .................................................................. 17-19-0 .472 Black White ................................................................. 21-25-0 .457 White White ................................................................. 11-17-0 .393 2013 opponents: Following is the complete list of Bengals opponents for 2013: ● Home: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings. ● Away: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions. Two of the games — home against Indianapolis and on the road against San Diego — were determined by the 2012 NFL standings. As second-place finishers in the AFC North, the Bengals are matched in ’13 against the second-place teams from the AFC South (Colts) and AFC West (Chargers). The other 14 Cincinnati opponents were already set via the announced NFL schedule rotation. Aside from divisional play — home and road games against Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh — that rotation has all AFC North teams matched against all teams from the AFC East and NFC North. Dates and kickoff times for the 2013 Bengals schedule will be announced by the NFL this spring. Hogging the Harris: The most recent Harris Poll on America’s favorite sports confirms pro football’s standing as not only the nation’s most

popular, but the most popular by an eye-popping margin. Harris — the national pioneer in market research — reported early this year that 36 percent of respondents chose pro football as their favorite. That is nearly three times the total of baseball (13 percent) and tying baseball for second place was college football, making pro or college football the favorite of 49 percent. Auto racing ranked fourth at eight percent. Tying for fifth at five percent were men’s pro basketball, men’s college basketball and hockey. TV streak at 119 and bound for 120: In each of the last 119 Cincinnati TV ratings weeks that have included a Bengals regular-season or postseason broadcast — dating back to the 2004 season — the Bengals have ruled the Cincinnati airwaves. They have been the top-rated show among all programming in the Cincinnati market. It’s near-certain that the streak will go to 120 when Cincinnati rankings are in for the week of Dec. 24-30. Cincinnati’s Dec. 30 game vs. Baltimore drew a local rating of 33.0, a figure few other programs have approached in recent years. The rating number indicates the percentage of market households tuned to the game — including those not watching TV at the time. The streak began on Dec. 5, 2004, when a wild Bengals win at Baltimore outpolled all other programs. The highest local Bengals rating during the streak has been 45.5 for a home playoff game vs. Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2006. The high rating of Bengals games has occurred despite the fact most games are played in the afternoon, when overall TV viewership is not as high as it is during the evening. Bengal bites: The Bengals’ position in the NFL 2013 draft order will not be determined until at least after the Wild Card round of the playoffs, but it is known that the second-round Oakland pick which the Bengals will receive to complete their 2011 Carson Palmer trade will be the fifth selection in that round ... The Bengals were the only NFL team in 2012 not to allow a TD on an opponent’s first possession of the game, and offensively the Bengals tied Atlanta for the league high with seven TDs on their 16 opening possessions ... The Bengals had the NFL’s biggest first-quarter point margin at plus-71 (outscored opponents 113-42); Seattle was second at plus-47 ... The Bengals ranked fourth in the AFC in offensive fourth-down conversion percentage at 68.8 (made 11 of 16). Cincinnati’s 11 total fourth-down conversions on offense tied for fourth in the NFL ... Bengals DT Geno Atkins and WR A.J. Green were named on Nov. 6 to the Midseason All-Pro team selected by the editors of Pro Football Weekly. Atkins and Green were both unanimous selections of the voting panel. Only six of the 28 players named were unanimous picks ... Cincinnati’s longest scrimmage gainer was a 73-yard TD pass out of the “Wildcat” formation on Sept. 23 at Washington, with rookie WR Mohamed Sanu taking a shotgun snap and throwing to WR A.J. Green. The 73-yarder marked the first time the Bengals had scored on their first scrimmage play of a game since Oct. 28, 2001, when HB Corey Dillon rushed a club-record 96 yards for a TD at Detroit ... The oldest Bengal on the 53-player roster is CB Terence Newman at 34 (born 9-4-78); the youngest is TE Orson Charles at 21 (born 1-27-91) ... The tallest Bengal is OT Dennis Roland at 6-9; the shortest is WR Andrew Hawkins at 5-7 ... The heaviest Bengal is a tie between OT Andre Smith and DT Pat Sims at 335 pounds; the lightest is Andrew Hawkins at 180 pounds.

BENGALS QUOTES Head coach Marvin Lewis, on the playoff date at Houston and on the fact it’s a repeat opening from last year’s postseason: “That’s last year, and this is this year. The urgency of the playoffs are what they are. We need to go down there and win the football game. We did some good things in the game last year, but not enough and not long enough, and we got beat. It was a closer football game at halftime, and we had the negative play on offense (TD on INT return by J.J. Watt), and from that point we kind of got out-distanced.” Lewis, on the Texans: “They have a great running game, led by (Arian) Foster. The quarterback (Matt Schaub) is back and playing this year. We didn’t face him last year. They’ve got a great receiver in Andre Johnson. The tight end (Owen Daniels) is a very productive player. They spread the ball around to their offensive guys. Defensively, they’re still led by (J.J.) Watt. Johnathan Joseph has had another very good year. They’re not the same on the interior of their defense at linebacker — they lost (Brian) Cushing to injury early in the year. Otherwise, the upfront guys are basically still the same guys. They don’t have the same returner they had last year in Jacoby Jones. They return most of their football team.”

Lewis, on the INT return for a TD by Houston DE J.J. Watt in last season’s Texans playoff win over Cincinnati: “Well, there were a lot of plays after that play that mattered, but that was a big play for them. We had some momentum going and an opportunity to score right before halftime. Any time you have a chance to score points and you give up points the other way, that swing stings a little bit. But there was a lot of football left to play and we didn’t overcome it and we never got back in it.” Lewis, with more on the need for continued improvement: “Everything you do, you have to continue to do it with more poise than you did it the last time. That’s what we ask any of our players all of the time. Every opportunity, every chance you get, do it better than you did it the last time.” QB Andy Dalton, on the differences between the 2011 and 2012 Bengals: “It’s a little bit of a different situation, because last year, we had to have a lot of other things happen for us to get to the playoffs. This year, we controlled our own destiny and were able to get in on our own. I think that’s a big difference in this team, and I think the experience of last year is going to help us this time around.”

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Dalton, on having his two years as starter coincide with the first back-to-back Bengals playoff appearances since 1981-82: “It feels great. Obviously now the history is that we haven’t been two years in a row for the last 30 years, but since I have been here, I haven’t known that. My class, me, A.J., some of these other guys — we come in and we expect to get to the playoffs. We are in the right position at the end of the season. You want to be in position to control your own destiny, and we were able to do that this year. And now it’s time to really make a run at it.” Lewis, on defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer: “Zim does a great job of identifying who to push and when. He helps me by being the guy who puts his foot up their butt, getting them to move in the right direction so I don’t have to do it all the time.” Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, on the acquisition of CB Terence Newman, who he coached in Dallas, as a free agent: “It wasn’t so much what I saw on tape, it was what I know about him. I know he’s a tough kid, good competitor, doesn’t miss reps. Actually, he’s a lot smarter now than when I had him (in Dallas) when he was young. He sees things so much better. He was always talented. He challenges receivers well.” Zimmer, on the Bengals’ acquisition of former Cowboy Adam Jones: “He had to prove to me that he wanted to fit in. Honestly he’s been good. I haven’t had one issue. He cares about playing good and trying to be a better teammate. He cares about winning, and I think he cares about what I think. This is probably the best year he’s had since he’s been here. He’s tackling well, disciplined in the things he needs to do. He can still jump off the reservation sometimes, but for the most part he’s been good.” Defensive line coach Jay Hayes, on the playoffs: “Average players need to play good. Good players need to play great. And great players need to get better. Wherever you are, you need to go from there. See where you are on the scale.” Dalton, on the Bengals having a “no-drama” locker-room scene: “The guys we have here, the guys we’ve brought in here, are all team players. Their focus is they want to win. That’s the reason there hasn’t been much drama, because we’ve got a great group of guys in this locker room. It’s full of good people.” LB Rey Maualuga, on coach Marvin Lewis urging him to be a leader: “There’s a quote Marvin gave me — ‘The rate of the pack is determined by the speed of the leader.’ The quicker I get things going, the quicker I get things riled up, the more people buy into it. I like the opportunity and the challenge.” Assistant head coach/OL coach Paul Alexander, on rookie G Kevin Zeitler: “He’s not like some first-rounders, like when there’s a break they’re going over to check their stock portfolio. He’s just watching football. He cares. He really wants to be good. It’s infectious. I see him play now and I’ve gone beyond feeling like he’s going to be good. He’s showing enough where I think he is good.” WR A.J. Green, on OT Andrew Whitworth’s leadership role on offense: “He’s like a dad to the team. I feel like if I had to, I could go talk to him about anything.” WRs coach James Urban, on WR Andrew Hawkins: “He’s a dynamic, explosive, quick player who creates mismatch problems for people. It’s hard to replicate his speed. You see it for a few plays, and you realize it’s a different speed than what (opponents) are used to seeing.”

Alexander, on OT Andrew Whitworth: “He golfs, he plays tennis. He’s just a fluid, well-coordinated athlete. If you had all the left tackles in the league lined up, I’d take Whit. No question. He’s an A-plus leader and he’s almost like the brains of our operation. He knows our offense so well that he’s got all the little adjustments down.” NFL on CBS analyst Rich Gannon, on changes in WR A.J. Green’s play as a second-year pro: “They are subtle things, but they have made a big difference. He has become a better route runner and he has cleaned things up. I think he’s better at the top of his routes, and he’s finishing. He’s even giving Andy (Dalton) some room on the boundary, giving him space to make the throw.” DE Carlos Dunlap, on vet assistance received from DE Robert Geathers: “Rob has helped me out with everything. He’s seen everything, he’s done everything. When I got here he was already in his seventh year and he’d been to the playoffs, got a big contract, had a lot of different (roles). The thing he’s helped me with is stopping the run. I feel like I’m a natural pass rusher, but he’s helped me with little things about playing the run.” CB Terence Newman, on DT Geno Atkins: “I’m telling you, the dude is like a little pit bull. He’s stocky, compact, and his first step is amazing. Í worked out with him in the offseason and got to see him doing some starts. His first rep is unbelievable, and he’s smart as hell. I couldn’t believe this is only his third year in the league. The guy’s going to be one of the best at that position, for sure.” DT Domata Peko, on DT Geno Atkins: “He’s a really humble guy; that’s the cool thing about Geno. You see players sometimes who seem to get big when they get a lot of stats in their head. But Geno, he’s really a team player. He fits within in the scheme and tries to play within the scheme, and that’s what you want to see.” CB Adam Jones, on special teams coach Darrin Simmons: “I haven’t had a special teams coach better than Darrin. That guy, any little thing, he’ll find it and help. We’re in practice and I’m catching the ball and feeling good about it, but he’s like ‘You have to make sure you turn a little bit because in a game, it’s going to hit you.’ It’s little things he does that make me feel comfortable back there, even though I didn’t have any reps in the preseason.” OT Andrew Whitworth, comparing the starting G duo of Clint Boling and Kevin Zeitler to last year’s duo of Bobbie Williams and Nate Livings: “Clint and Kevin are younger, more agile guys. They’re not quite as big, so they’re going to run around and be able to get on guys, and maybe they’ll maintain blocks a little longer just because of their speed and young legs and being a little lighter. The main thing is that we have that attitude that we’re going to finish every play. That’s going to help us run the ball effectively.” Lewis, on offensive coordinator Jay Gruden: “Jay has a great strength, really seeing the offense through the quarterback’s eyes. He’s able to be a visionary that way and go out and coach all 11 guys through it, from how he expects the protection to work, or to the run scheme to work to all the skill players. And that’s a real gift.” Lewis, on OT Andre Smith: “Last year Andre really grew into the player we drafted and expected to have. Unfortunately it got delayed and sideways (during his rookie season), for different reasons with the holdout and an immediate injury and so forth. But he really has taken a lot of steps in maturity. You just saw the personality come out of a guy that was picked where he was picked in the draft. The total man — all the qualities of a first-round pick, particularly a high first-round pick — they began to emerge throughout last year, and he’s picked up where he left off.”

POSITION BY POSITION Quarterbacks: Second-year pro Andy Dalton posted a 101.5 passer rating in the first half vs. Baltimore and was rested in the second half. On the offense’s last possession of the first half, Dalton led a five-play, 42-yard TD drive that lifted the Bengals into a 7-7 halftime tie, connecting for the TD with WR Marvin Jones on an 11-yard pass. Dalton’s first-half passing numbers were 10-of-15 for 78 yards with the one TD and no INTs. Dalton has led the Bengals to the playoffs in each of his two seasons, starting every game. Dalton finished the regular season with an 87.4 passer rating, 7.0 points better than last season. His passing numbers for the season were 329-for-528 (62.3 percent) for 3669 yards

with 27 TDs and 16 INTs. Dalton twice this year set a new career passer-rating high for a game, topped by 132.9 on Sept. 23 at Washington, and he had four rushing TDs, most by a Bengals QB since 2002, when Jon Kitna had four. Seventh-year pro Bruce Gradkowski is in the No. 2 QB role. He relieved Dalton in the second half vs. Baltimore and helped lead the team to a 23-17 victory from the 7-7 halftime tie. It was the second time in two chances as a Bengal that Gradkowski has led a victory after coming in for the second half with the team not ahead. He led the Bengals from a 14-13 deficit last season in the opener at Cleveland. Gradkowski was five-for-11 for 65 yards with no TDs or INTs in the

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Baltimore game. In the fourth quarter, with the Bengals trailing 16-14, he opened a possession with a 44-yard completion to WR Brandon Tate, moving the ball to the Ravens 21. Three plays later, Josh Brown put the Bengals ahead to stay at 17-16 with a 38-yard field goal. The Baltimore game was Gradkowski’s second playing appearance this season. He had played previously only in the season opener at Baltimore, when he relieved Dalton in the fourth quarter but did not throw a pass. Running backs: HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis was a late scratch for the Baltimore game, held out of action after finishing pregame warm-ups with tightness in a hamstring. He has a chance to return to action at Houston. Green-Ellis was limited to a season-low rushing 14 yards in the Bengals’ playoff-clinching Week 16 win at Pittsburgh, but he topped 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the five games prior to that, and he was over 100 yards rushing in four of those five games. Only once previously (Paul Robinson, 1968) had a Bengal rushed for 100 or more yards in a span of four of five team games. The first-year Bengal, obtained for 2012 as an unrestricted free agent from New England, finishes 2012 with a career-high 1094 rushing yards. He scored six TDs (all rushing), second-most on the team. Green-Ellis was 14-for-15 on the season in converting third-and-one rushing opportunities. For the season he had 278 carries and a 3.9-yard rushing average. He was 22-for-104 receiving. HB Brian Leonard played in his 15th game of the season in the Baltimore contest and rushed 10-for-34 while catching two passes for one net yard. Leonard closed the regular season at 33-for-106 rushing (3.2) and 11-for-67 receiving. HB Cedric Peerman started in place of Green-Ellis in the Baltimore game and rushed five-for-14. Peerman was eased back into action in the last two games after being out since early in the Dec. 2 San Diego game with an ankle injury. Peerman was 36-for-258 rushing on the season, a 7.2-yard average, and though he rushed for 80 yards on a pair of fake punts, he still had a 5.2-yard average on rushes from the regular offensive set (34-for-178). Peerman also had nine receptions for 85 yards. Rookie HB Daniel Herron had only one offensive touch in the Baltimore game, losing three yards on a rush. Herron was signed to the roster from the Bengals practice squad on Dec. 4. He also played in Game 13 vs. Dallas and Game 14 at Philadelphia and was a factor on special teams in both games. Against the Eagles, rushing the punter in the first quarter, he pushed blocker Marvin McNutt into the path of the punter, effecting a block that gave the Bengals the ball at the Eagles 11, setting up a field goal. The previous week, in his NFL debut, Herron tipped a Dallas punt that wound up traveling just 39 yards. Herron finished at four-for-five rushing in his brief season. At FB, third-year pro John Conner played in the last two games (no touches). Conner was signed as a free agent on Dec. 15 to replace fourth-year pro Chris Pressley, who suffered a season-ending knee injury Dec. 13 at Philadelphia. Conner, a Greater Cincinnati native (Lakota West HS) played in 35 games with 10 starts for the New York Jets from 2010 through his release after Game 6 of this year. Wide receivers: Second-year pro A.J. Green saw limited action in the Baltimore game, but his two catches for 26 yards both came on the second-quarter TD drive that tied the score a 7-7. Green finished the regular season with 11 TDs (all receiving), tied for fourth-most in Bengals history in receiving TDs and ranked tied for second in the AFC. Green ranked fourth in the AFC in receptions (97) and fifth in receiving yards (1350). He had a career-high 183 yards on Sept. 23 at Washington. Rookie Marvin Jones (fifth-round draft pick) has moved into the No. 2 WR role. He has played in the last six games after missing virtually all of Games 7-10 due to a knee injury. Jones had a starting assignment for the fifth straight week in the Baltimore game and led the team in receptions with five (for 45 yards). He scored his first career TD when he eluded a tackler to complete an 11-yard connection from Andy Dalton that tied the score 7-7 in the second quarter. Jones finished 18-for-201 receiving on the year with the one TD, and he also had 47 yards on just three rushes. Fourth-year pro Brandon Tate had a key gain in the Baltimore win, catching a 44-yard pass from Bruce Gradkowski to the Ravens 21 in the fourth quarter, setting up the 38-yard Josh Brown field goal that put the Bengals ahead to stay at 17-16. Tate was three-for-53 receiving for the game and finished 13-for-211 for the season, with one TD. His TD was a 44-yarder on Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland. Second-year pro Andrew Hawkins, the slot receiver, had three catches for 18 yards vs. Baltimore. Hawkins was back in action for the last five games, after missing the previous two contests due to a knee injury. Hawkins finished third on the team for the season in catches (51) and receiving yards (533), and he had four TDs. Two of his TD receptions were from 50 or more yards. He was six-for-30 rushing on the year. On special teams, he downed three punts inside the opponent’s five. Second-year pro Ryan Whalen saw action in his ninth game of the year in the Baltimore contest (no receptions). He finished seven-for-53 receiving on the year. He was inactive for seven games. On Dec. 25, the Bengals acquired

second-year WR Dane Sanzenbacher on waivers from Chicago. He was inactive for the Baltimore game. Tight ends: After fine seasons in 2010 and ’11, first-round ’10 draft pick Jermaine Gresham had his best year in ’12. He did not have a reception while seeing only limited action in the Baltimore finale, but for the season he was second on the team in catches (64) and receiving yards (737), and he was third on the club in TDs (five). The 6-5, 260-pounder also has all the tools to keep developing into a powerful blocker. Rookie fourth-round draft pick Orson Charles played in every game in the regular season. He did not have a catch vs. Baltimore but was eight-for-101 receiving for the year. Third-year pro Richard Quinn was on the roster for 15 games, including the Ravens game, but he was been inactive each week. Offensive linemen: LOT Andrew Whitworth and ROT Andre Smith form the established bookends of the 2012 line. Each started all 16 games. Whitworth is a seventh-year team leader, and his streak of 66 consecutive starts (including postseason) is the longest on the current team. Smith is a highly talented fourth-year player, the sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft, and has steadied as a pro after some early injury problems. He has one fumble recovery this season. Fifth-year pro Kyle Cook played in his fourth game of the year, and started his second straight, in the Baltimore contest. He has returned to the starting job he held from 2009-11. Cook began the year on the Reserve/Injured list due to an ankle injury suffered Aug. 23 vs. Green Bay, but was designated for possible return, and he was activated to the roster on Dec. 8. Cook started 50 consecutive games from 2009-11, tied for the longest streak on the team through that point. Rookie C Trevor Robinson of Notre Dame has been in a reserve role for the last two games. He saw significant action in the Baltimore contest, splitting time with Cook. Robinson, who made the roster as a college free agent, was the starter for Games 8-14. He initially broke into a starting role as an injury replacement for veteran Jeff Faine, but he held the job even after Faine returned to active status, and Faine was subsequently waived. Robinson played in 13 games on the season. Second-year pro Clint Boling started every game at LG. He moved into the starting role in the preseason opener, after veteran free agent acquisition Travelle Wharton suffered a season-ending knee injury. Boling was a 2011 fourth-round draft choice. The starting RG job is in the hands of first-round draft pick Kevin Zeitler of Wisconsin, who opened and finished every game. Zeitler earned multiple first-team All-America honors in 2011, the last of his four stellar seasons at Wisconsin. Fifth-year OT/G Dennis Roland has been a regular in the offense the last few seasons, starting on occasion and also serving as the “move tight end” on selected downs. He saw action in that role in every game this season. OT Anthony Collins, a fifth-year player, has 42 career Bengals games with 18 starts. He played in five games in the regular season, including seeing significant action as a second-half replacement for Whitworth at LOT vs. Baltimore. Collins was in uniform for every game and was active-DNP for 11 contests. Defensive linemen: NT Domata Peko led the line vs. Baltimore with eight tackles (third on the team), and he also had a pass defensed. Peko led the line for the season in tackles with 80, fourth on the team. He has led the Bengals line in tackles in four of the past five seasons. Peko had 2.0 sacks, three passes defensed and one fumble recovery. A team leader on and off the field, he has started every game in five of the last six seasons. DE Carlos Dunlap was the big-play man vs. Baltimore, with a 14-yard INT return for a TD and a 13-yard sack, both plays against QB Tyrod Taylor. On the INT, Dunlap first deflected Taylor’s pass near the scrimmage line and then corralled it before running in for a score that gave the Bengals a 23-14 lead with 6:06 to play. Dunlap tied for the team season lead in forced fumbles (four) and fumble recoveries (three), and in combined fumbles forced and recovered, Dunlap’s total of seven led the team by three. He had 6.0 sacks, and in QB pressures, he finished second at 27. His four passes defensed led the line. Dunlap played in 14 games. He missed Games 1-2 while finishing rehab from a knee strain. He had 55 tackles, eighth on the team. Dunlap was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance Dec. 2 at San Diego, when he had two sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. DT Geno Atkins had four tackles vs. Baltimore, and two of them were for losses, raising to 15 his team-high total for the season. No other player had more than eight. Atkins had no sacks vs. Baltimore, but he led the team and all NFL interior linemen for the season with 12.5. It was a Bengals record for an interior lineman, smashing an 8.0 total by DT Dan Wilkinson in 1996. He led the Bengals in QB pressures (35), and he ranked tied for first in forced fumbles (four). He had two passes defensed and ranked third on the line in tackles (68). Atkins is in the Pro Bowl for a second straight year. In 2011 he became the first Bengals defensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since NT Tim Krumrie in 1988. RDE Michael Johnson had a team-best two sacks vs. Baltimore, one against Joe Flacco and one against Tyrod Taylor. The performance pushed his season total to 11.5, nearly twice his previous career high of 6.0. Johnson ranked fifth in

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the AFC in sacks. Johnson was second on the line in tackles for the season (70), and he had one fumble recovery, one INT and three passes defensed. He also ranked third on the team in QB pressures (25). He was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his three-sack performance on Sept. 23 at Washington. DE Wallace Gilberry had a sack and a tackle-for-loss among his four stops vs. Baltimore. His 6.5 sacks on the season ranked third on the team. He tied for the team lead in fumble recoveries (three), and he also has one forced fumble, which he returned 25 yards Dec. 13 at Philadelphia for his first career TD. He has 34 tackles. He has been a major pleasant surprise, signed by the Bengals on Sept. 18 after being released by Tampa Bay. He played in the last 14 games. The fifth-year pro now has 20 career sacks. DE Robert Geathers had one tackle in limited action vs. Baltimore. Geathers started in every game at LDE and logged 45 tackles with 3.0 sacks, and he ranked fourth on the team in QB pressures (18). A ninth-year pro, Geathers has 104 career starts. DT Pat Sims played in his eighth game of the year in the Baltimore contest and had five tackles. Sims had 21 stops on the season, and on Nov. 11 against the Giants, he had his first career INT. He also had one forced fumble. Sims missed the entire preseason due to a hamstring injury and opened the regular season on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list. Sims was a regular in the Bengals line rotation from his rookie 2008 season through last year. Rookie DT Devon Still was inactive for the last eight games, but he played in Games 1-8 and for the season has 20 tackles, a shared sack and a forced fumble (Bengals recovered). Rookie Brandon Thompson, a third-round draft choice at DT, played in three games and had two tackles. He was inactive the last 13 games. Linebackers: Rookie WLB Vontaze Burfict led the Bengals in tackles in 2012, with 174, and he closed the season with a flourish, credited with 23 in the Baltimore game. It was by seven the highest game total for a Bengal on the season, and the two-through-four highest game totals were also posted by Burfict. He had 16 on Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh, 15 on Dec. 2 at San Diego and 14 on Dec. 9 vs. Dallas. Burfict had 14 solo stops vs. Baltimore, tying his own team high for the season. On the year he had one sack, three passes defensed, a fumble recovery and a special teams fumble recovery. He ranked second on the team for the season in tackles-for-loss (eight). MLB Rey Maualuga started every game and finished second in tackles (152). He had 10 tackles vs. Baltimore, second on the team. His five passes defensed was the top season total among front seven. He had eight games this season of 10 or more tackles and seven games with at least a share of the team tackles lead. He had one sack, one fumble recovery and six QB pressures. SLB Manny Lawson had two tackles vs. Baltimore. He had 45 stops on the year, with two sacks and forced fumble. Lawson played his second Bengals season after five seasons with San Francisco. Fourth-year pro Dan Skuta had four tackles on defense vs. Baltimore, his game-high for the year. He had no special teams stops against the Ravens, but he led the special units for the season in tackles with 17. He had 12 tackles on defense. He has played in every game the last three seasons. The Bengals signed rookie Emmanuel Lamur of Kansas State from their practice squad on Nov. 2, and Lamur played in the last nine games. At Baltimore, he had a personal season-high of five tackles. For the season he has 19 tackles on defense, plus two passes defensed, and he quickly rose to fifth on the special teams in tackles (eight). He had one special teams stop vs. Baltimore. Third-year pro Vincent Rey played on special teams vs. Baltimore and led the team with three tackles. Rey had 18 tackles on defense for the season, with a sack and a pass defensed, and he ranked third in special teams tackles (12). Defensive backs: FS Reggie Nelson tied for the secondary lead vs. Baltimore with five tackles, and he also had one pass defensed. Nelson was back in his starting role for the last six games, after missing Games 9-10 with a hamstring strain. He finished the season ranked third on the team in tackles (84), and he tied for the team lead in INTs with three, including one that set up the game-winning field goal in Cincinnati’s playoff-clinching victory Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh. Nelson’s nine passes defensed ranked fourth on the team. He had two forced fumbles, and he was fourth on the team in tackles-for-loss (five). The first-round Jacksonville 2007 draft pick led the team in INTs (four) last season, with a 75-yard TD. No. 1 SS Chris Crocker was sidelined with a quad strain after logging one tackle vs. Baltimore. His status for the Houston game is uncertain. The 10th-year NFL veteran started the last nine games. He tied for the team lead for the season in INTs (three), and he has 42 tackles with seven passes defensed. He also had one fumble recovery. Crocker played for Cincinnati from 2008-11. He was released this past spring, but was re-signed by Cincinnati on Sept. 26. He played in the last 13 games. No. 1 RCB Leon Hall had three tackles vs. Baltimore. Hall had two INTs on the season, in Games 14 and 15, and each one was key in leading to a victory. In the playoff-clinching win Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh, he scored what would be the only Cincinnati TD of the

day, jumping a route by TE Heath Miller in the first quarter and taking Ben Roethlisberger’s pass 17 yards for a 7-0 Bengals lead. In the previous game, Dec. 13 at Philadelphia, with the Bengals trailing 13-10 in the third quarter, Hall turned the tide toward an eventual 34-13 win by leaping to intercept a deep Nick Foles pass at the Bengals 16 and returning 44 yards to the Eagles 40. The offense drove for a go-ahead TD at 17-13. Hall now has 22 INTs for his Bengals career, moving into sole possession of fifth place all-time, ahead of Tory James (21). Hall started 14 games, missing Games 3-4 with a hamstring strain. He had 43 tackles on the season, and his 11 passes defensed ranked tied for second on the team. CB Adam Jones had two tackles and a pass defensed vs. Baltimore. His pass defensed on a third-down play in the fourth quarter forced a punt, and on the ensuing possession the Bengals rose to a 16-14 lead with a field goal. Jones played in all 16 games, with five starts. He had 43 tackles on the season with one sack, and his 11 passes defensed rank tied for second. Jones is in his third Bengals season. He had 24 punt returns on the season, for an 11.6-yard average, ranked seventh in the NFL. Free agent CB acquisition Terence Newman started the first 15 games but sat out the Baltimore game with a groin strain. He may be able to return to action at Houston. Newman led the team in passes defensed for the season (14). He had two INTs, both against Peyton Manning on Nov. 4 vs. Denver. Newman had 75 tackles, fifth on the team. He also had a forced fumble that the Bengals recovered, and he had two fumble recoveries. He is a former Dallas first-round draft choice and a two-time Pro Bowler in nine Cowboys seasons. He has 34 career INTs. Nate Clements saw had four tackles vs. Baltimore. Clements moved primarily to a safety position in 2012 after starting at LCB in Games 1-2. He had 48 tackles for the season with five passes defensed, a forced fumble and one INT. He had two special teams tackles. S Jeromy Miles had four tackles on defense vs. Baltimore, plus two special teams stops. Miles had 15 tackles on defense for the season, and he ranked second on the special teams with 15 stops. Third-year S Taylor Mays tied for the secondary lead vs. Baltimore with five tackles, and he also had a QB pressure. Mays has played in all 16 games, with three starts. He had 21 tackles on defense and five on special teams, along with a special teams fumble recovery. On Dec. 28, the Bengals signed rookie CB Chris Lewis-Harris to the roster from the Cincinnati practice squad. The Baltimore game was his second of the season, and he had one tackle. Veteran Jason Allen was inactive vs. Baltimore. He played in four games on the season, with two tackles on defense and one on special teams. Allen had 10 INTs over the 2010-11 seasons, for Miami and Houston. Rookie S George Iloka was inactive vs. Baltimore. He played in seven games, with two special teams tackles. CB Dre Kirkpatrick of Alabama, Cincinnati’s top draft choice for 2012, was placed Dec. 25 on the Reserve/Injured list (knee). He missed Games 13-14 due to a concussion suffered Dec. 2 at San Diego, and he was inactive for Pittsburgh in Game 15 due to the knee. Kirkpatrick played in five games. He missed all of preseason and Games 1-7 while rehabbing a knee injury. For the season he had two tackles on defense, two on special teams, and he has downed a punt and a kickoff return inside the opponents’ five-yard line. Kirkpatrick earned multiple first-team All-America honors at Alabama last season. Special teams: Fourth-year P Kevin Huber finished a fine regular season in fine style in the Baltimore game, averaging 47.1 yards with a 43.4 net on seven punts. He had four inside-20 kicks for the second straight week — his two highest game totals — and only one touchback. One of his inside-20s pinned the Ravens at their five, and another at their three. Huber finished the season with club records for gross punting average and net. His 46.6 net topped the record of 46.2 set in 1970 by Dave Lewis, and 42.0 net bested the record 39.3 by Dale Livingston in the inaugural Bengals season of 1968. Huber this season also established himself as the Bengals’ career leader in gross average (44.0) and net average (38.9). For the season he had 33 inside-20s with just seven touchbacks, for a career-best differential of plus-26. Huber was a Bengals 2009 draft choice and has played in all 66 games of his career (including postseason). Huber has also been a reliable holder on place kicks. In the Baltimore game, 10th-year NFL veteran Josh Brown was three-for-three on FG tries. He connected from 47, 32 and 38 yards, and the 38-yarder put Cincinnati ahead to stay at 17-16 in the fourth quarter. Five of his six kickoffs reached the end zone. The previous week, in a playoff-clinching win at Pittsburgh, Brown’s 43-yard field goal with :04 to play broke a 10-10 tie. It was the eighth career game-winning FG for the former Seahawk and Ram in the last minute of regulation or in overtime. The Bengals signed Brown on Dec. 6 as a free agent, and he has kicked in the last four games. He finished the regular season at 11-for-12 on FG tries, including a 52-yarder, and his lone miss was from 56 yards, a distance that would have set a Bengals record. He made all eight of his PAT tries. Brown was signed as a replacement for K Mike Nugent, who kicked in Games 1-12 but was placed Dec. 28 on the Reserve/Injured list, due to a calf injury suffered Dec. 5 in practice. Nugent was 19-for-23 on FGs for the season and made all 35 of his

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PAT tries. On Nov. 25 vs. Oakland, Nugent tied a 33-year-old Bengals record with a 55-yard FG. He set Bengals records last season for field goals (33) and points (132), making a comeback from a serious 2010 injury. LS Clark Harris is in his fourth Bengals season and has had no unplayable snaps among 551 for his Cincinnati career. Harris also had four special teams tackles and one punt downed inside the opponent’s five. LB Vincent Rey led the special teams vs. Baltimore with three tackles. He ranked third on the team for the season with 12.

LB Dan Skuta led the special teams for the season, with 17. CB Adam Jones was held to a 3.0-yard average on two punt returns vs. Baltimore, and his season average fell by 0.7 yards to 11.6. He finished the season ranked seventh in the NFL. Jones had an 81-yard return for a TD on Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland, and he had a 68-yarder to set up a TD on Nov. 11 vs. the N.Y. Giants. WR Brandon Tate averaged 28.0 yards on two kickoff returns vs. Baltimore. For the season, Tate averaged 24.8 yards on 30 KOR and 8.9 yards on 21 PR. Tate has 72 career punt returns as a Bengal, qualifying for the team’s all-time career rankings, and he leads at 10.1, ahead of second-place Quan Cosby (10.0).

IMPORTANT DATES 2013

Jan. 5-6 — Wild Card Playoff Games. Jan. 12-13 — Divisional Playoff Games. Sun., Jan. 20 — NFC Championship Game, 3 p.m. EST; AFC Championship Game 6:30 p.m. EST. Sun., Jan. 27 — AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, 7 p.m. EST. Sun., Feb. 3 — Super Bowl XLVII at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La., 6:30 p.m. EST.

2014 Sun., Feb. 2* — Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, New York-New Jersey.

2015 Sun., Feb. 1* — Super Bowl XLIX, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona. * — Tentative date.

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THE LAST BENGALS-TEXANS MEETINGS 2011 SEASON

WEEK 14, GAME 13 Houston Texans 20, Cincinnati Bengals 19

Sunday, Dec. 11, at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals, with five fourth-quarter comeback victories on the books, got a taste of their own medicine as Houston erased a 19-10 final-period deficit by driving 83 yards for a FG and 80 yards for a TD on its last two possessions. The winning score was a six-yard pass from rookie QB T.J. Yates to former Bengal WR Kevin Walter with just :02 remaining. The Walter TD was set up by a pass interference call the Bengals disputed, a 17-yarder against CB Adam Jones that put the ball at the six with 0:12 to play. The Bengals, who led 16-3 at halftime, suffered the relatively rare feat of losing despite a plus-two turnover differential. Houston racked up 412 net yards, the most allowed by Cincinnati on the season to date. The Bengals fell to 7-6. Houston improved to 10-3, and its win combined with a Tennessee loss to New Orleans to clinch the Texans the AFC South championship and the franchise’s first playoff berth. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Houston ......................................................3 0 7 10 — 20 Cincinnati....................................................6 10 3 0 — 19 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Hou. — N.Rackers 46 field goal .................................................................................. 1-9:51 Cin. — M.Nugent 22 field goal ................................................................................... 1-4:54 Cin. — M.Nugent 47 field goal ................................................................................... 1-2:31 Cin. — J.Simpson 17 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ....................................... 2-3:02 Cin. — M.Nugent 49 field goal ................................................................................... 2-0:06 Hou. — J.Dreessen 6 pass from T.Yates (N.Rackers kick) ..................................... 3-12:27 Cin. — M.Nugent 28 field goal ................................................................................... 3-2:07 Hou. — N.Rackers 33 field goal .................................................................................. 4-5:31 Hou. — K.Walter 6 pass from T.Yates (N.Rackers kick) ............................................ 4-0:02 Missed FGs: N.Rackers (47WR). Attendance: 41,202. Time: 3:07. TEAM STATISTICS HOU. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 25 16 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 9-16 5-13 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 412 285 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 144 101 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 268 184 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 44-26-1 28-16-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 5-32 1-5 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 2-51.5 4-46.5 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 4-30 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 5-59 3-47 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 5-50 3-27 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 4-3 2-2 Time of possession ................................................................................... 31:44 28:16

RUSHING HOU. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD B.Tate 8 67 44 0 C.Benson 12 91 42 0 A.Foster 15 41 9 0 B.Scott 6 4 4 0 T.Yates 5 36 17 0 A.Hawkins 1 4 4 0 A.Dalton 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 28 144 44 0 TOTALS 29 101 42 0

PASSING HOU. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I T.Yates 44 26 300 2-1 A.Dalton 28 16 189 1-0 TOTALS 44 26 300 2-1 TOTALS 28 16 189 1-0

RECEIVING HOU. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD O.Daniels 7 100 27 0 A.Green 5 59 36 0 K.Walter 6 76 19 1 J.Gresham 3 45 26 0 A.Foster 4 33 21 0 J.Simpson 2 38 21 1 J.Jones 3 39 18 0 B.Scott 2 15 14 0 B.Tate 3 30 14 0 A.Caldwell 2 10 8 0 J.Dreessen 3 22 10 1 A.Hawkins 1 22 22 0 C.Benson 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 26 300 27 2 TOTALS 16 189 36 1

DEFENSE Houston (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: D.Manning 8-3-11, D.Ryans 4-2-6, C.Barwin 4-1-5, J.Joseph 4-1-5, G.Quin 4-1-5, B.Cushing 3-1-4, J.Watt 3-1-4, B.Reed 2-1-3, K.Jackson 2-0-2, S.Cody 0-2-2, T.Dobbins 0-2-2, B.McCain 1-0-1, A.Smith 1-0-1, J.Allen 0-1-1, E.Mitchell 0-1-1, T.Nolan 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Barwin 1-5. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: J.Joseph 2, J.Allen 1, S.Cody 1, G.Quin 1, D.Ryans 1. FF: C.Barwin 1. FR-YDS.: B.Reed 1-0. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: T.Howard 6-6-12, R.Maualuga 9-1-10, R.Nelson 6-4-10, D.Peko 3-4-7, C.Crocker 4-1-5, K.Jennings 4-1-5, M.Johnson 4-1-5, A.Jones 4-1-5, M.Lawson 4-1-5, F.Rucker 2-2-4, G.Atkins 2-1-3, R.Geathers 2-0-2, B.Johnson 1-1-2, J.Fanene 0-2-2, N.Clements 0-1-1, T.Mays 0-1-1, D.Skuta 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Johnson 1.5-15, M.Lawson 1-3, C.Crocker 1-2, K.Jennings 1-2, J.Fanene 0.5-10. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-23. PD: A.Jones 2, R.Nelson 2, J.Fanene 1, K.Jennings 1, M.Johnson 1, D.Peko 1. FF: R.Maualuga 2, G.Atkins 1. FR-YDS.: G.Atkins 1-9, J.Fanene 1-0, R.Maualuga 1-0.

2011 SEASON AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF

Houston Texans 31, Cincinnati Bengals 10 Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at Reliant Stadium

The visiting Bengals set the tone early with a one-yard Cedric Benson TD, a Mike Nugent FG and a strong defensive first half. But big plays would prove to be the difference in the game, and Houston had plenty. With 52 seconds left in the first half, Texans DE J.J. Watt intercepted an Andy Dalton pass and returned it 29 yards for a TD, stirring an already-raucous Reliant Stadium crowd. Trailing 17-10 entering the second half, the Bengals briefly kept the game close, but the Texans pulled ahead 24-10 when WR Andre Johnson scored on a 40-yard reception with 1:08 left in the third quarter. With 5:15 left in the contest, Texans RB Arian Foster, who had a game-high 152 rushing yards, ran 42 yards down the right sideline for a TD that completed the scoring. Bengals QB and Houston area native Andy Dalton passed 27-for-42 for 257 yards, but had three INTs. Houston advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs with the win, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens in that game, 20-13. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 3 0 0 — 10 Houston ..................................................... 7 10 7 7 — 31 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — C.Benson 1 run (M.Nugent kick) .................................................................... 1-7:34 Hou. — A.Foster 8 run (N.Rackers kick) ..................................................................... 1-4:57 Cin. — M.Nugent 37 field goal ................................................................................... 2-7:09 Hou. — N.Rackers 39 field goal .................................................................................. 2-1:48 Hou. — J.Watt 29 interception return (N.Rackers kick) .............................................. 2-0:52 Hou. — A.Johnson 40 pass from T.Yates (N. Rackers kick) ...................................... 3-1:08 Hou. — A.Foster 42 run (N.Rackers kick) ................................................................... 4-5:15 Missed FGs: M.Nugent (50WR). Attendance: 71,725. Time: 3:04. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. HOU. First downs ..................................................................................................... 21 19 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 6-13 6-12 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 300 340 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 76 188 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 224 152 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 42-27-3 20-11-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-33 2-7 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-48.3 5-50.2 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 3-20 3-12 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-22 0-0 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 3-25 5-87 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:17 29:43

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD HOU. ATT YDS LG TD B.Leonard 3 34 19 0 A.Foster 24 153 42t 2 A.Dalton 3 17 15 0 B.Tate 9 37 9 0 C.Benson 7 14 7 1 J.Casey 1 0 0 0 B.Scott 6 11 4 0 T.Yates 1 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 19 76 19 1 TOTALS 35 188 42t 2

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I HOU. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 42 27 257 0-3 T.Yates 20 11 159 1-0 TOTALS 42 27 257 0-3 TOTALS 20 11 159 1-0

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD HOU. NO YDS LG TD B.Leonard 6 36 16 0 A.Johnson 5 90 40t 1 A.Green 5 47 21 0 A.Foster 3 29 15 0 J.Gresham 5 46 16 0 O.Daniels 2 29 21 0 J.Simpson 3 33 16 0 K.Walter 1 11 11 0 B.Scott 3 29 11 0 R.Whalen 2 24 20 0 D.Lee 1 36 36 0 A.Hawkins 1 8 8 0 C.Benson 1 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 27 257 36 0 TOTALS 11 159 40t 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: T.Howard 7-2-9, D.Peko 5-3-8, R.Nelson 4-2-6, N.Clements 3-3-6, G.Atkins 4-1-5, M.Lawson 4-1-5, A.Jones 3-2-5, J.Fanene 4-0-4, R.Geathers 2-2-4, C.Dunlap 1-2-3, R.Maualuga 1-2-3, C.Crocker 1-1-2, F.Rucker 1-1-2, D.Skuta 1-0-1, M.Johnson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-7, G.Atkins 1-0. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: N.Clements 1, J.Fanene 1, T.Howard 1, K.Jennings 1, A.Jones 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Houston (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: B.Cushing 5-3-8, D.Manning 5-2-7, J.Joseph 6-0-6, A.Smith 5-0-5, G.Quin 4-1-5, J.Allen 3-2-5, B.Reed 3-2-5, K.Jackson 3-1-4, E.Mitchell 3-1-4, D.Ryans 2-2-4, C.Barwin 3-0-3, S.Cody 1-2-3, J.Watt 2-0-2, T.Jamison 1-1-2, Q.Demps 1-0-1, T.Dobbins 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: E.Mitchell 1-9, B.Reed 1-9, A.Smith 1-8, J.Watt 1-7. INT.-YDS.: J.Watt 1-29, D.Manning 1-0, J.Joseph 1-(-1). PD: J.Joseph 2, B.McCain 2, J.Allen 1, T.Jamison 1, D.Manning 1, E.Mitchell 1, J. Watt 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

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2012 GAME SUMMARIES WEEK 1, GAME 1

Baltimore Ravens 44, Cincinnati Bengals 13 Monday Night Football, Sept. 10, 2012 at M&T Bank Stadium

The Bengals tied their largest-ever margin for defeat in a season opener, but the contest was not a complete walkover. Cincinnati was on the move against the Ravens in the early third quarter, having scored 10 straight points to pull within 17-10, and enjoying a first down at the Baltimore eight. But the Bengals were denied a tying score, settling for a FG, and the Ravens responded immediately with an 89 TD drive for a 24-13 lead. Matters snowballed from that point for Cincinnati. The Bengals were done in by two frequent nemeses, RB Ray Rice (two TDs) and S Ed Reed (34-yard INT for a TD). Ravens QB Joe Flacco posted a 128.4 passer rating. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati....................................................0 10 3 0 — 13 Baltimore ................................................. 10 7 17 10 — 44 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Balt. — J.Tucker 46 field goal ................................................................................... 1-12:53 Balt. — R.Rice 7 run (J.Tucker kick) .......................................................................... 1-6:03 Cin. — M.Nugent 34 field goal ................................................................................. 2-14:52 Balt. — A.Boldin 34 pass from J.Flacco (J.Tucker kick) .......................................... 2-12:25 Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 6 run (M.Nugent kick) .............................................................. 2-0:18 Cin. — M.Nugent 19 field goal ................................................................................... 3-8:59 Balt. — D.Pitta 10 pass from J.Flacco (J.Tucker kick) ............................................... 3-5:18 Balt. — J.Tucker 40 field goal ..................................................................................... 3-1:13 Balt. — E.Reed 34 interception return (J.Tucker kick) ............................................... 3-0:13 Balt. — R.Rice 1 run (J.Tucker kick) ........................................................................ 4-14:04 Balt. — J.Tucker 39 field goal ..................................................................................... 4-3:03 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 71,064. Time: 3:04. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. BALT. First downs ..................................................................................................... 20 26 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-15 3-9 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 322 430 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 129 122 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 193 308 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 37-22-1 32-23-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-28 3-21 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 4-45.8 2-43.5 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 2-19 2-18 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 3-64 4-88 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 3-41 6-50 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-1 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 32:26 27:34

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD BALT. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 18 91 14 1 R.Rice 10 68 16 2 C.Peerman 3 22 13 0 B.Pierce 4 19 11 0 A.Dalton 3 11 6 0 A.Allen 4 13 7 0 B.Leonard 3 5 3 0 T.Smith 1 13 13 0 B.Gradkowski 1 0 0 0 T.Taylor 1 7 7 0 A.Boldin 1 3 3 0 J.Flacco 2 -1 0 0 TOTALS 28 129 14 1 TOTALS 23 122 16 2

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I BALT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 37 22 221 0-1 J.Flacco 29 21 299 2-0 T.Taylor 3 2 30 0-0 TOTALS 37 22 221 0-1 TOTALS 32 23 329 2-0

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD BALT. NO YDS LG TD A.Hawkins 8 86 27 0 D.Pitta 5 73 25 1 A.Green 5 70 19 0 A.Boldin 4 63 34t 1 A.Binns 4 28 9 0 J.Jones 3 46 25 0 J.Gresham 3 30 13 0 R.Rice 3 25 18 0 B.Green-Ellis 1 4 4 0 V.Leach 3 18 10 0 B.Tate 1 3 3 0 T.Smith 2 57 52 0 E.Dickson 2 22 19 0 D.Thompson 1 25 25 0 TOTALS 22 221 27 0 TOTALS 23 329 52 2

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 6-1-7, R.Nelson 5-2-7, M.Lawson 3-2-5, L.Hall 4-0-4, N.Clements 3-1-4, T.Howard 3-1-4, T.Mays 3-1-4, D.Peko 2-2-4, M.Johnson 1-3-4, G.Atkins 2-1-3, J.Miles 2-1-3, D.Skuta 1-1-2, D.Still 1-1-2, B.Thompson 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 2-15, T.Howard 1-6. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: L.Hall 2, N.Clements 1, T.Howard 1, R.Maualuga 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Baltimore (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Lewis 11-3-14, L.Webb 7-0-7, D.Ellerbe 6-1-7, C.Williams 6-0-6, B.Pollard 4-2-6, A.Jones 4-0-4, H.Ngata 2-2-4, C.Upshaw 1-3-4, A.McClellan 2-0-2, E.Reed 2-0-2, C.Graham 1-1-2, J.Ihedigbo 1-1-2, J.McClain 1-1-2, P.Kruger 0-2-2, M.Kemoeatu 1-0-1, T.Cody 0-1-1, P.McPhee 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: H.Ngata 1.5-14.5, R.Lewis 1-0, P.McPhee 0.5-6, C.Upshaw 0.5-6, P.Kruger 0.5-1.5. INT.-YDS.: E.Reed 1-34. PD: B.Pollard 2, E.Reed 2, C.Williams 2, J.McClain 1, H.Ngata 1, L.Webb 1. FF: R.Lewis 1. FR-YDS.: L.Webb 1-0.

WEEK 2, GAME 2 Cincinnati Bengals 34, Cleveland Browns 27

Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals gave up 439 yards and saw three double-digit leads shaved back into one-score margins, but they consistently had the answers to keep the visiting Browns at bay. QB Andy Dalton posted a career-best 128.2 passer rating, with TD throws to WRs A.J. Green, Brandon Tate and Andrew Hawkins. The game’s first TD came courtesy of an 81-yard punt return by CB Adam Jones, and that score in a sense provided the difference, as the offenses tied 27-all in point production. The Browns hurt themselves with penalties, as their 10-for-103 yard total nearly doubled the Bengals’ figure. The Bengals moved to a six-game lead in the Battle of Ohio series (42-36), the largest margin in series history. Cincinnati improved to 1-1 on the season, and the Browns fell to 0-2. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cleveland................................................... 3 7 7 10 — 27 Cincinnati ................................................... 7 10 7 10 — 34 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — A.Jones 81 punt return (M.Nugent kick) ...................................................... 1-13:13 Cle. — P.Dawson 50 field goal .................................................................................. 1-9:01 Cin. — A.Green 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 2-10:27 Cle. — T.Richardson 32 run (P.Dawson kick) ........................................................... 2-8:05 Cin. — M.Nugent 39 field goal ................................................................................... 2-4:45 Cin. — B.Tate 44 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................... 3-11:58 Cle. — T.Richardson 23 pass from B.Weeden (P.Dawson kick) .............................. 3-0:07 Cin. — A.Hawkins 50 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ..................................... 4-10:44 Cle. — G.Little 24 pass from B.Weeden (P.Dawson kick) ........................................ 4-7:11 Cin. — M.Nugent 37 field goal ................................................................................... 4-2:09 Cle. — P.Dawson 25 field goal .................................................................................. 4-0:20 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 63,036. Time: 3:16. TEAM STATISTICS CLE. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 21 21 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 7-15 4-12 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 439 375 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 130 80 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 309 295 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 37-26-0 31-24-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-13 6-23 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 4-46.5 3-42.0 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 1-9 3-90 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 6-165 4-103 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................ 10-103 6-54 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 27:07 32:53

RUSHING CLE. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD T.Richardson 19 109 32t 1 B.Green-Ellis 21 75 19 0 T.Benjamin 2 15 13 0 A.Dalton 3 4 3 0 B.Weeden 2 6 4 0 C.Peerman 1 1 1 0 TOTALS 23 130 32t 1 TOTALS 25 80 19 0

PASSING CLE. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I B.Weeden 37 26 322 2-0 A.Dalton 31 24 318 3-1 TOTALS 37 26 322 2-0 TOTALS 31 24 318 3-1

RECEIVING CLE. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD C.Ogbonnaya 6 73 21 0 A.Green 7 58 12 1 M.Massaquoi 5 90 22 0 A.Binns 5 66 20 0 G.Little 5 57 24t 1 J.Gresham 4 37 22 0 T.Richardson 4 36 23t 1 B.Tate 3 71 44t 1 A.Smith 3 30 17 0 B.Green-Ellis 3 30 12 0 B.Watson 1 27 27 0 A.Hawkins 2 56 50t 1 J.Gordon 1 5 5 0 J.Cribbs 1 4 4 0 TOTALS 26 322 27 2 TOTALS 24 318 50t 3

DEFENSE Cleveland (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: T.Ward 6-3-9, B.Skrine 7-0-7, D.Patterson 6-0-6, J.Hughes 3-3-6, D.Jackson 3-2-5, E.Hagg 3-1-4, S.Fujita 2-2-4, C.Robertson 2-2-4, F.Rucker 2-2-4, J.Parker 2-0-2, J.Sheard 2-0-2, A.Rubin 1-1-2, I.Kitchen 0-2-2, C.Yount 1-0-1, K.Maiava 0-1-1, T.Wade 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: D.Jackson 3-4, F.Rucker 1-10, J.Parker 1-6, J.Hughes 1-3. INT.-YDS.: D.Jackson 1-4. PD: D.Jackson 1, D.Patterson 1, J.Sheard 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 7-5-12, V.Rey 4-5-9, N.Clements 7-1-8, L.Hall 6-2-8, T.Newman 4-4-8, J.Miles 3-4-7, R.Nelson 5-1-6, V.Burfict 1-5-6, D.Peko 2-3-5, J.Anderson 2-2-4, M.Lawson 2-1-3, M.Johnson 1-2-3, R.Geathers 1-1-2, G.Atkins 1-0-1, D.Still 0-1-1, B.Thompson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: V.Rey 1-8, M.Johnson 1-5. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: L.Hall 2, J.Miles 1. FF: T.Newman 1. FR-YDS.: M.Johnson 1-0.

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WEEK 3, GAME 3 Cincinnati Bengals 38, Washington Redskins 31

Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 at FedExField Cincinnati scored its most points in 44 games and turned back a pair of Washington rallies to log its third straight win over The Redskins. The Redskins erased a 24-7 Cincinnati lead to tie at 24-24 before the Bengals went up 38-24 with 7:08 left. Then the Redskins scored another TD and drove as far as the Bengals’ 19 in the final minute, only to see their second comeback bid thwarted. Bengals QB Andy Dalton had a career-high passer rating of 132.9, and WR A.J. Green had a career-high 183 receiving yards on nine catches. On the game’s first scrimmage play, Bengals rookie WR Mohamed Sanu lined up at QB, took a direct snap and threw a 73-yard TD to Green. The Bengals improved to 2-1, while the Redskins fell to 1-2. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati................................................. 14 10 0 14 — 38 Washington ................................................7 3 14 7 — 31 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — A.Green 73 pass from M.Sanu (M.Nugent kick) ......................................... 1-14:43 Wash. — R.Jackson interception in end zone (B.Cundiff kick) ................................... 1-11:00 Cin. — A.Binns 48 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................... 1-3:28 Cin. — M.Nugent 47 field goal ................................................................................... 2-4:36 Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 1 run (M.Nugent kick) .............................................................. 2-3:13 Wash. — B.Cundiff 36 field goal .................................................................................... 2-0:31 Wash. — A.Morris 7 run (B.Cundiff kick) ..................................................................... 3-10:23 Wash. — S.Moss 3 pass from R.Griffin (B.Cundiff kick) ............................................... 3-3:29 Cin. — J.Gresham 6 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ...................................... 4-11:24 Cin. — A.Hawkins 59 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ...................................... 4-7:08 Wash. — R.Griffin 2 run (B.Cundiff kick) ....................................................................... 4-3:35 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 80,060. Time: 3:21. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. WASH. First downs ..................................................................................................... 22 31 Third down conversions-attempts ................................................................. 3-9 3-12 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 478 381 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 93 202 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 385 179 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 28-20-1 34-21-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-16 5-42 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 4-41.3 7-44.3 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 4-24 1-(-1) Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 3-63 3-100 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 8-80 6-60 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 3-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 27:30 32:30

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD WASH. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 17 38 9 1 R.Griffin 12 85 19 1 B.Leonard 2 18 11 0 A.Morris 17 78 13 1 A.Dalton 2 16 17 0 B.Banks 3 29 21 0 A.Hawkins 2 16 11 0 E.Royster 2 21 12 0 A.Green 1 11 11 0 K.Huber 1 -1 -1 0 B.Scott 3 -5 2 0 TOTALS 28 93 17 1 TOTALS 34 213 21 2

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I WASH. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 27 19 328 3-1 R.Griffin 34 21 221 1-0 M.Sanu 1 1 73 1-0 TOTALS 28 20 401 4-1 TOTALS 34 21 221 1-0

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD WASH. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 9 183 73t 1 F.Davis 7 90 29 0 J.Gresham 5 64 22 1 L.Hankerson 4 56 23 0 A.Binns 3 63 48t 1 R.Helu 3 20 9 0 A.Hawkins 2 66 59t 1 J.Morgan 2 22 11 0 O.Charles 1 25 25 0 E.Royster 2 13 14 0 A.Robinson 1 12 12 0 B.Banks 1 5 5 0 S.Moss 1 3 3t 1 TOTALS 20 401 73t 3 TOTALS 21 221 29 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 8-5-13, R.Nelson 8-2-10, N.Clements 8-1-9, T.Newman 4-4-8, M.Johnson 6-1-7, V.Burfict 1-6-7, A.Jones 3-3-6, G.Atkins 4-0-4, V.Rey 3-1-4, D.Peko 3-0-3, C.Dunlap 2-1-3, M.Lawson 1-2-3, J.Allen 2-0-2, R.Geathers 1-1-2, W.Giberry 0-2-2, D.Still 0-2-2, T.Mays 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Johnson 3-17, G.Atkins 1-15, (team) 1-10. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: A.Jones 1, T.Newman 1, V.Rey 1. FF: C.Dunlap 1. FR-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1-0. Washington (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: L.Fletcher 6-7-13, D.Hall 8-3-11, P.Riley 3-8-11, M.Williams 2-4-6, J.Wilson 4-0-4, R.Kerrigan 1-3-4, R.Jackson 3-0-3, R.Crawford 2-1-3, D.Gomes 1-2-3, C.Wilson 1-2-3, C.Baker 1-1-2, B.Cofield 0-1-1, K.Golston 0-1-1, J.Jenkins 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: P.Riley1-9, R.Kerrigan 0.5-3.5, C.Wilson 0.5-3.5. INT.-YDS.: R.Jackson 1-0. PD: R.Kerrigan 2, L.Fletcher 1, D.Hall 1, R.Jackson 1, P.Riley 1. FF: J.Wilson 1. FR-YDS.: J.Wilson 1-0.

WEEK 4, GAME 4 Cincinnati Bengals 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 10

Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 at EverBank Field The Bengals turned the tide in their favor with a huge special teams play and then pulled away from the Jaguars with solid play on both sides of the ball. In the second quarter, with Cincinnati trailing 7-3 and apparently ready to give the ball back to Jacksonville, upback Cedric Peerman took a direct snap in punt formation and raced 48 yards to the Jaguars’ 18. Four plays later, the Bengals led 10-7. The Cincinnati defense allowed Jacksonville only 212 yards — by far its lowest opponent total of the season — and the Bengals’ offense racked up 382 yards, with QB Andy Dalton throwing for two TDs and scoring one himself on a sneak. WR A.J. Green had 117 receiving yards, recording the first back-to-back 100-yard games of his career. The Bengals improved to 3-1, while the Jaguars fell to 1-3. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 3 14 0 10 — 27 Jacksonville ............................................... 0 7 3 0 — 10 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — M.Nugent 35 field goal ................................................................................... 1-6:10 Jax. — M.Lewis 2 pass from B.Gabbert (J.Scobee kick) ........................................ 2-13:33 Cin. — C.Pressley 1 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 2-6:16 Cin. — A.Dalton 1 run (M.Nugent kick) ...................................................................... 2-1:11 Jax. — J.Scobee 21 field goal .................................................................................... 3-3:04 Cin. — A.Green 18 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 4-13:51 Cin. — M.Nugent 35 field goal ................................................................................. 4-12:38 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 63,030. Time: 2:46. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. JAX. First downs ..................................................................................................... 20 17 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 2-11 2-11 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 382 212 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 138 69 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 244 143 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 31-20-1 34-23-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 0-0 6-43 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-47.7 6-49.2 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 3-33 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ..................................................................................... 0-0 3-70 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 6-50 3-37 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-1 1-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 31:19 28:41

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD JAX. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 26 82 13 0 M.Jones-Drew 13 38 9 0 C.Peerman 1 48 48 0 B.Gabbert 3 19 9 0 A.Dalton 6 5 5 1 R.Jennings 2 12 8 0 B.Leonard 1 3 3 0 TOTALS 34 138 48 1 TOTALS 18 69 9 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I JAX. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 31 20 244 2-1 B.Gabbert 34 23 186 1-1 TOTALS 31 20 244 2-1 TOTALS 34 23 186 1-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD JAX. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 6 117 42 1 J.Blackmon 6 48 14 0 J.Gresham 5 47 16 0 M.Jones-Drew 5 42 13 0 A.Hawkins 3 39 31 0 G.Jones 4 25 10 0 B.Green-Ellis 2 12 13 0 M.Lewis 3 32 23 1 B.Leonard 1 13 13 0 L.Robinson 1 19 19 0 O.Charles 1 10 10 0 M.Thomas 1 9 9 0 M.Jones 1 5 5 0 C.Shorts 1 8 8 0 C.Pressley 1 1 1t 1 K.Elliott 1 5 5 0 R.Jennings 1 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 20 244 42 2 TOTALS 23 186 23 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 8-4-12, R.Maualuga 5-3-8, R.Nelson 5-0-5, M.Lawson 4-1-5, D.Peko 3-2-5, G.Atkins 3-1-4, R.Geathers 2-2-4, A.Jones 2-2-4, T.Mays 2-2-4, C.Dunlap 2-1-3, T.Newman 2-1-3, W.Gilberry 1-1-2, C.Crocker 1-0-1, V.Rey 1-0-1, M.Johnson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 2-7, M.Lawson 1-12, V.Burfict 1-11, D.Peko 1-7, C.Dunlap 1-6. INT.-YDS.: C.Crocker 1-23. PD: T.Newman 2, V.Burfict 1, C.Crocker 1, A.Jones 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Jacksonville (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Allen 8-3-11, P.Posluszny 8-3-11, J.Mincey 4-1-5, D.Landry 3-2-5, D.Lowery 4-0-4, D.Cox 3-1-4, T.Alualu 1-2-3, R.Mathis 2-0-2, K.Bosworth 1-1-2, T.Knighton 1-1-2, A.Ross 1-1-2, D’A.Smith 0-2-2, A.Branch 1-0-1, A.Lane 1-0-1, C.Mosley 1-0-1, M.Owens 1-0-1, J.Stanford 1-0-1, C.Prosinski 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: K.Bosworth 1-10. PD: K.Bosworth 1, D.Cox 1, R.Mathis 1, J.Mincey 1. FF: J.Mincey 2. FR-YDS.: C.Mosley 1-0.

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WEEK 5, GAME 5 Miami Dolphins 17, Cincinnati Bengals 13

Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals were sluggish from the start offensively against Miami and could not complete a comeback after the Dolphins took a 17-6 lead into the fourth quarter. Cincinnati was held to 298 net yards and converted only two of 14 third-down chances. Trailing 17-13, the Bengals reached the Miami 23-yard line with 3:05 to play, but on fourth-and-five, K Mike Nugent was wide right on a 41-yard FG attempt — his first miss in 10 tries on the year. The Bengals thus needed a TD instead of just another FG when they regained possession with 1:45 to play, and their possession ended with a Miami INT. Cincinnati led 6-0 after the first quarter, but two Nugent FGs both were the end product of missed TD opportunities, as the offense had reached Miami’s 24- and seven-yard lines. Bengals WR A.J. Green played his 20th game, and became the first player in NFL history to reach 100 receptions, 1500 receiving yards and 10 TDs in his first 20 contests. Green finished the game with 101 career catches for 1550 yards and 11 TDs. The Bengals fell to 3-2, while the Dolphins improved to 2-3. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Miami ..........................................................0 7 10 0 — 17 Cincinnati....................................................6 0 0 7 — 13 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — M.Nugent 42 field goal ................................................................................. 1-10:35 Cin. — M.Nugent 24 field goal ................................................................................... 1-0:13 Mia. — D.Thomas 1 run (D.Carpenter kick)............................................................... 2-6:54 Mia. — R.Bush 13 run (D.Carpenter kick) ............................................................... 3-12:18 Mia. — D.Carpenter 46 field goal ............................................................................... 3-8:35 Cin. — A.Green 2 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 4-14:15 Missed FGs: D.Carpenter (53WL), M.Nugent (41WR). Attendance: 61,162. Time: 3:06. TEAM STATISTICS MIA. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 15 18 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-13 2-14 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 279 298 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 68 80 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 211 218 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 26-17-0 43-26-2 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-12 3-16 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-49.6 6-40.5 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 3-15 2-25 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-30 2-49 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 2-10 5-46 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-2 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 28:49 31:11

RUSHING MIA. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD R.Bush 19 48 13t 1 B.Scott 5 40 29 0 D.Thomas 10 29 5 1 A.Dalton 4 21 12 0 R.Tannehill 4 -4 -1 0 B.Green-Ellis 9 14 5 0 J.Lane 2 -5 0 0 A.Hawkins 1 5 5 0 TOTALS 35 68 13 2 TOTALS 19 80 29 0

PASSING MIA. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I R.Tannehill 26 17 223 0-0 A.Dalton 43 26 234 1-2 TOTALS 26 17 223 0-0 TOTALS 43 26 234 1-2

RECEIVING MIA. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD B.Hartline 4 59 30 0 A.Green 9 65 18 1 C.Clay 3 35 24 0 J.Gresham 5 60 20 0 A.Fasano 3 28 13 0 A.Hawkins 5 47 24 0 D.Bess 2 49 28 0 A.Binns 4 41 16 0 R.Bush 2 24 21 0 B.Leonard 2 19 16 0 J.Lane 2 20 15 0 B.Green-Ellis 1 2 2 0 D.Thomas 1 8 8 0 TOTALS 17 223 30 0 TOTALS 26 234 24 1

DEFENSE Miami (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: S.Smith 6-2-8, K.Burnett 4-3-7, R.Jones 3-4-7, C.Clemons 2-4-6, K.Dansby 5-0-5, K.Misi 2-3-5, C.Wake 2-3-5, N.Carroll 2-2-4, R.Starks 1-2-3, J.Wilson 1-2-3, P.Soliai 0-3-3, T.McDaniel 1-1-2, J.Odrick 0-2-2, D.Shelby 1-0-1, O.Vernon 1-0-1, R.Stanford 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Wake 1-5, K.Burnett 0.5-3.5, J.Odrick 0.5-3, P.Soliai 0.5-3, R.Starks 0.5-1.5. INT.-YDS.: R.Starks 1-4, R.Jones 1-(-3). PD: R.Starks 2, N.Carroll 1, R.Jones 1, S.Smith 1, J.Wilson 1. FF: K.Misi 1, S.Smith 1. FR-YDS.: T.McDaniel 1-0. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 9-4-13, R.Nelson 6-4-10, V.Burfict 5-5-10, N.Clements 5-3-8, D.Peko 1-7-8, M.Lawson 4-3-7, T.Newman 5-1-6, M.Johnson 2-3-5, G.Atkins 4-0-4, C.Dunlap 1-3-4, R.Geathers 1-3-4, D.Still 1-2-3, L.Hall 1-1-2, C.Crocker 1-0-1, A.Jones 1-0-1, W.Gilberry 0-1-1, V.Rey 0-1-1, D.Skuta 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 1-9, M.Johnson 1-3. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: N.Clements 1, L.Hall 1, A.Jones 1. FF: N.Clements 1. FR-YDS.: T.Newman 1-5.

WEEK 6, GAME 6 Cleveland Browns 34, Cincinnati Bengals 24

Sunday, Oct. 14, at Cleveland Browns Stadium Shooting for a fourth straight victory in the “Battle of Ohio,” the Bengals led the winless Browns most of the way until the 6:27 mark of the third quarter, when a Cleveland TD pushed the Browns to a 20-14 lead. The Bengals closed the gap to 20-17 with 11:11 to play in the fourth quarter, but two more Cleveland TDs in less than four minutes gave the Browns a 34-17 advantage. The Bengals gained a season-high 438 yards, and QB Andy Dalton passed for a career-best 381 yards, but Cincinnati was minus-three in turnover differential, with four giveaways and just one takeaway. WR A.J. Green had his first two-TD game as a Bengal and finished with seven catches for 135 yards. The Bengals fell to 3-3, and the Browns improved to 1-5. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 7 0 10 — 24 Cleveland................................................... 0 7 6 21 — 34 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — J.Gresham 55 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ...................................... 1-7:07 Cle. — J.Gordon 71 pass from B.Weeden (P.Dawson kick) ................................... 2-14:51 Cin. — A.Green 4 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 2-1:54 Cle. — P.Dawson 41 field goal .................................................................................. 3-8:25 Cle. — P.Dawson 38 field goal .................................................................................. 3-6:27 Cle. — M.Hardesty 1 run (P.Dawson kick) .............................................................. 4-14:56 Cin. — M.Nugent 44 field goal ................................................................................. 4-11:11 Cle. — B.Watson 3 pass from B.Weeden (P.Dawson kick) ...................................... 4-8:00 Cle. — S.Brown 19 interception return (P.Dawson kick) ........................................... 4-7:50 Cin. — A.Green 57 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .......................................... 4-5:21 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 67,060. Time: 3:09. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. CLE. First downs ..................................................................................................... 20 16 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-14 7-17 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 438 328 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 76 110 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 362 218 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 46-31-3 29-17-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-19 2-13 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 7-50.6 8-44.3 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 4-58 2-60 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 4-80 2-63 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 7-50 5-35 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-1 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:03 29:57

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD CLE. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 16 62 20 0 M.Hardesty 15 56 14 1 C.Peerman 1 7 7 0 T.Richardson 14 37 8 0 A.Dalton 2 5 3 0 J.Cribbs 1 8 8 0 A.Hawkins 1 2 2 0 C.Ogbonnaya 1 6 6 0 B.Weeden 3 3 2 0 TOTALS 20 76 20 0 TOTALS 34 110 14 1

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CLE. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 46 31 381 3-3 B.Weeden 29 17 231 2-1 TOTALS 46 31 381 3-3 TOTALS 29 17 231 2-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD CLE. NO YDS LG TD C.Peerman 8 76 16 0 J.Gordon 3 99 71t 1 A.Green 7 135 57t 2 G.Little 3 18 13 0 A.Hawkins 5 35 11 0 J.Cooper 2 39 28 0 J.Gresham 3 68 55t 1 J.Cameron 2 38 23 0 M.Jones 2 21 16 0 T.Richardson 2 17 12 0 A.Binns 2 12 6 0 B.Watson 2 6 3t 1 O.Charles 1 12 12 0 C.Ogbopnnaya 2 5 10 0 B.Tate 1 11 11 0 M.Hardesty 1 9 9 0 B.Green-Ellis 1 8 8 0 B.Leonard 1 3 3 0 TOTALS 31 381 57t 3 TOTALS 17 231 71t 2

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 5-6-11, R.Maualuga 5-5-10, T.Newman 8-1-9, R.Nelson 5-4-9, D.Peko 3-6-9, G.Atkins 5-1-6, R.Geathers 1-3-4, M.Johnson 1-2-3, D.Still 1-2-3, L.Hall 2-0-2, W.Gilberry 1-1-2, D.Skuta 1-1-2, N.Clements 1-0-1, C.Dunlap 1-0-1, A.Jones 1-0-1, M.Lawson 1-0-1, T.Mays 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-9, R.Geathers 1-4. INT.-YDS.: M.Johnson 1-3. PD: G.Atkins 1, V.Burfict 1, L.Hall 1, M.Johnson 1, D.Peko 1. FF: R.Nelson 1. FR-YDS.: None. Cleveland (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: B.Skrine 8-2-10, J.Haden 6-1-7, C.Robertson 4-2-6, D.Jackson 3-3-6, T.Ward 3-0-3, R.Hodges 0-3-3, S.Brown 2-0-2, K.Maiava 2-0-2, E.Stephens 2-0-2, U.Young 2-0-2, J.Johnson 1-1-2, I.Kitchen 1-1-2, J.Parker 1-1-2, F.Rucker 1-1-2, J.Sheard 1-1-2, J.Hughes 0-2-2, P.Dawson 0-1-1, B.Winn 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: E.Stephens 1-14, J.Parker 1-4. INT.-YDS.: S.Brown 1-19, J.Haden 1-14, U.Young 1-0. PD: S.Brown 3, J.Haden 3, J.Sheard 1, U.Young 1. FF: E.Stephens 1. FR-YDS.: B.Winn 1-35.

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WEEK 7, GAME 7 Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Cincinnati Bengals 17

Sunday Night Football, Oct. 21, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati was up 14-3 against the Steelers with 8:29 left in the second quarter, after an eight-yard TD pass from QB Andy Dalton to WR A.J. Green. But it was 21-3 Steelers the rest of the way. Cincinnati still had a 14-6 lead with 3:07 left in the half, and the Bengals seemed to have the last shot at first-half points, taking over after holding Pittsburgh to a FG. But after Cincinnati had made two first downs, moving to its 45-yard line, the momentum turned. Dalton tried to pull back on a pass attempt, but did so an instant too late, and the ball slipped out of his hands, bounced off the helmet of Cincinnati guard Kevin Zeitler and into the arms of Steelers LB LaMarr Woodley. The Steelers needed six plays to get a TD, and they tacked on a two-point conversion to tie the score at halftime. The Bengals managed a 17-14 lead early in the third quarter, but Pittsburgh tied it on its next possession. The Steelers got the winning score early in the fourth quarter, and the Bengals did not move past their 39-yard line the rest of the way. The Bengals fell to 3-4, while the Steelers improved to 3-3. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Pittsburgh ...................................................3 11 3 7 — 24 Cincinnati....................................................7 7 3 0 — 17 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Pitt. — S.Suisham 42 field goal ............................................................................... 1-10:26 Cin. — C.Peerman 5 run (M.Nugent kick) ................................................................. 1-2:17 Cin. — A.Green 8 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 2-8:29 Pitt. — S.Suisham 47 field goal ................................................................................. 2-3:07 Pitt. — H.Miller 9 pass from B.Roethlisberger (B.Roethlisberger-H.Miller pass) ...... 2-0:24 Cin. — M.Nugent 48 field goal ................................................................................. 3-11:09 Pitt. — S.Suisham 42 field goal ................................................................................. 3-8:17 Pitt. — C.Rainey 11 run (S.Suisham kick) ............................................................... 4-14:16 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 63,411. Time: 3:01. TEAM STATISTICS PITT. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 22 11 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................. 10-16 5-13 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 431 185 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 167 80 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 264 105 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 38-27-1 28-14-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 3-14 0-0 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-40.0 6-51.8 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 3-10 1-5 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 4-122 5-134 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 5-50 2-20 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 37:30 22:30

RUSHING PITT. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD J.Dwyer 17 122 32 0 B.Green-Ellis 18 69 14 0 C.Rainey 4 17 11t 1 M.Sanu 1 7 7 0 A.Brown 2 13 13 0 C.Peerman 1 5 5t 1 W.Johnson 1 5 5 0 A.Dalton 1 -1 -1 0 B.Batch 2 4 2 0 B.Roethlisberger 1 -1 -1 0 TOTALS 29 167 32 1 TOTALS 21 80 14 1

PASSING PITT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I B.Roethlisberger 37 27 278 1-1 A.Dalton 28 14 105 1-1 A.Brown 1 0 0 0-0 TOTALS 38 27 278 1-1 TOTALS 28 14 105 1-1

RECEIVING PITT. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD M.Wallace 8 52 12 0 R.Whalen 4 31 9 0 A.Brown 7 96 23 0 Sanu 3 27 17 0 H.Miller 6 53 30 1 J.Gresham 3 19 14 0 E.Sanders 2 40 31 0 A.Hawkins 2 17 13 0 J.Cotchery 1 20 20 0 A.Green 1 8 8t 1 C.Rainey 1 8 8 0 B.Tate 1 3 3 0 D.Paulson 1 7 7 0 W.Johnson 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 27 278 31 1 TOTALS 14 105 17 1

DEFENSE Pittsburgh (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: L.Timmons 4-7-11, R.Clark 5-2-7, L.Foote 2-5-7, E.Hood 0-4-4, K.Lewis 3-0-3, L.Woodley 1-2-3, C.Brown 2-0-2, W.Allen 0-2-2, I.Taylor 0-2-2, C.Hampton 1-0-1, C.Heyward 1-0-1, C.Allen 0-1-1, B.Keisel 0-1-1, A.Woods 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: L.Woodley 1-11. PD: E.Hood 2, K.Lewis 2, I.Taylor 1, L.Woodley 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 14-2-16, R.Maualuga 4-4-8, M.Johnson 4-3-7, R.Nelson 3-3-6, D.Peko 3-2-5, N.Clements 2-3-5, A.Jones 3-1-4, T.Newman 2-2-4, R.Geathers 3-0-3, L.Hall 3-0-3, G.Atkins 2-1-3, C.Dunlap 2-0-2, C.Crocker 1-1-2, D.Still 0-2-2, W.Gilberry 0-2-2, D.Skuta 1-0-1, M.Lawson 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 1-8, M.Johnson 1-1, R.Geathers 0.5-2.5, D.Still 0.5-2.5. INT.-YDS.: C.Crocker 1-0. PD: C.Crocker 1, L.Hall 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: D.Still 1. FR-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-0.

WEEK 9, GAME 8 Denver Broncos 31, Cincinnati Bengals 23

Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals made an impressive run against the visiting Broncos, taking a 20-17 lead early in the fourth quarter after the Broncos had gone up 17-3 on a 105-yard kickoff return by WR Trindon Holloway on the first play of the third quarter. But Denver responded to HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis’ go-ahead two-yard TD run with a TD drive of its own, taking a 24-20 lead. Then the game got away from Cincinnati on a penalty and an INT. Trailing by the four-point margin, the Bengals appeared to have momentum at their 47, as QB Andy Dalton converted a third-and-15 play with a 19-yard strike to WR A.J. Green. But the gain was called back by a holding penalty, and on the next play, Dalton was hit as he tried to throw deep on third-and-25. The Broncos intercepted and drove for a 31-20 lead with 3:36 remaining. The 105-yard kickoff return by Holloway tied for the longest play ever against the Bengals, matching a 105-yard KOR by Miami’s Mercury Morris in 1969. The Bengals fell to 3-5, while the Broncos improved to 5-3. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Denver ....................................................... 3 7 7 14 — 31 Cincinnati ................................................... 0 3 10 10 — 23 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Den. — M.Prater 43 field goal ..................................................................................... 1-7:55 Cin. — M.Nugent 28 field goal ................................................................................. 2-14:12 Den. — E.Decker 13 pass from P.Manning (M.Prater kick) ..................................... 2-10:15 Den. — T.Holliday 105 kickoff return (M.Prater kick)................................................ 3-14:49 Cin. — A.Green 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 3-11:33 Cin. — M.Nugent 49 field goal ................................................................................... 3-1:17 Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 2 run (M.Nugent kick) ............................................................ 4-14:10 Den. — J.Dreessen 1 pass from P.Manning (M.Prater kick) .................................... 4-11:47 Den. — E.Decker 4 pass from P.Manning (M.Prater kick) ......................................... 4-3:36 Cin. — M.Nugent 41 field goal ................................................................................... 4-0:52 Missed FGs: M.Nugent (46WR). Attendance: 63,623. Time: 3:08. TEAM STATISTICS DEN. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 20 22 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 9-14 5-14 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 359 366 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 68 91 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 291 275 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 35-27-2 42-26-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 0-0 5-24 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-46.7 4-51.5 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 2-2 3-(-1) Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 3-119 4-114 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 5-29 8-83 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:37 29:23

RUSHING DEN. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD W.McGahee 23 66 12 0 B.Green-Ellis 17 56 6 1 R.Hillman 1 4 4 0 A.Dalton 2 16 11 0 P.Manning 2 -2 -1 0 B.Leonard 4 15 6 0 A.Green 1 6 6 0 A.Hawkins 1 -2 -2 0 TOTALS 26 68 12 0 TOTALS 25 91 11 1

PASSING DEN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I P.Manning 35 27 291 3-2 A.Dalton 42 26 299 1-1 TOTALS 35 27 291 3-2 TOTALS 42 26 299 1-1

RECEIVING DEN. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD E.Decker 8 99 30 2 A.Green 7 99 37 1 D.Thomas 6 77 45 0 J.Gresham 6 108 52 0 J.Dreessen 4 38 18 1 A.Hawkins 4 32 18 0 B.Stokley 3 43 20 0 B.Leonard 3 13 8 0 J.Tamme 3 18 12 0 M.Sanu 2 29 34 0 L.Ball 1 7 7 0 B.Green-Ellis 2 -3 -1 0 R.Hillman 1 5 5 0 B.Tate 1 17 17 0 W.McGahee 1 4 4 0 O.Charles 1 4 4 0 TOTALS 27 291 45 3 TOTALS 26 299 52 1

DEFENSE Denver (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: W.Woodyard 4-10-14, C.Bailey 5-1-6, C.Harris 4-2-6, V.Miller 4-2-6, D.Wolfe 2-4-6, D.Trevathan 1-5-6, M.Adams 4-1-5, E.Dumervil 3-2-5, K.Brooking 1-3-4, R.Moore 3-0-3, J.Bannan 2-1-3, J.Leonhard 1-2-3, T.Carter 1-0-1, M.Unrein 1-0-1, K.Vickerson 1-0-1, R.Ayers 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: V.Miller 3-18, E.Dumervil 1-6, D.Trevathan 1-0. INT.-YDS.: C.Bailey 1-0. PD: T.Carter 2, C.Bailey 1, J.Bannon 1, C.Harris 1, D.Wolfe 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 6-4-10, G.Atkins 6-2-8, V.Burfict 2-6-8, D.Peko 2-6-8, D.Still 2-5-7, C.Crocker 4-2-6, T.Newman 4-2-6, L.Hall 5-0-5, C.Dunlap 3-2-5, R.Nelson 3-2-5, E.Lamur 2-1-3, R.Geathers 1-2-3, N.Clements 2-0-2, T.Mays 1-1-2, W.Gilberry 1-1-2, M.Johnson 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: T.Newman 2-0. PD: T.Newman 3, N.Clements 1, E.Lamur 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

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WEEK 10, GAME 9 Cincinnati Bengals 31, N.Y. Giants 13

Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium The Bengals snapped a four-game losing streak in dominating fashion, rolling to a 31-6 lead against the defending NFL champions before taking an 18-point win. QB Andy Dalton posted a career-best four TD passes, with no INTs. Three of his TD passes came on third-down plays. The Bengals took a 7-0 lead on their first possession, on a 56-yard TD pass from Dalton to WR A.J. Green. It was Green’s team-leading ninth TD of the season, and he scored one or more TDs for the eighth straight game. Cincinnati ended the Giants’ first possession with a three-and-out, and on the ensuing punt, CB Adam Jones set up a TD for a 14-0 lead with a 68-yard return to the New York 11. The Bengals led 17-6 at halftime, having held the Giants to FGs on two red-zone chances, and in the third quarter, DT Pat Sims and S Nate Clements each had INTs that set up TDs. The Bengals improved to 4-5 on the season, while the Giants slipped to 6-4. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. N.Y. Giants .................................................3 3 0 7 — 13 Cincinnati................................................. 14 3 14 0 — 31 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — A.Green 56 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 1-12:34 Cin. — A.Hawkins 11 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) .................................... 1-10:53 NYG — L.Tynes 23 field goal ...................................................................................... 1-5:34 Cin. — M.Nugent 28 field goal ................................................................................... 2-4:17 NYG — L.Tynes 31 field goal ...................................................................................... 2-0:11 Cin. — J.Gresham 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ...................................... 3-6:37 Cin. — M.Sanu 10 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................... 3-4:20 NYG — A.Brown 2 run (L.Tynes kick) ........................................................................ 4-2:46 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 56,614. Time: 3:01. TEAM STATISTICS NYG CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 21 15 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-14 6-13 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 318 275 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 129 76 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 189 199 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 46-29-2 30-21-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-26 0-0 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 4-53.3 4-48.3 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 2-28 3-84 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 6-107 2-24 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................. 1-5 5-40 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 3-2 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 29:45 30:15

RUSHING NYG ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD A.Brown 7 65 29 1 B.Green-Ellis 15 50 7 0 A.Bradshaw 10 57 11 0 C.Peerman 6 21 9 0 H.Hynoski 1 5 5 0 B.Leonard 4 4 3 0 D.Wilson 1 1 1 0 M.Sanu 1 3 3 0 E.Manning 1 1 1 0 A.Dalton 2 -2 -1 0 TOTALS 20 129 29 1 TOTALS 28 76 9 0

PASSING NYG ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I E.Manning 46 29 215 0-2 A.Dalton 30 21 199 4-0 TOTALS 46 29 215 0-2 TOTALS 30 21 199 4-0

RECEIVING NYG NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD H.Nicks 9 75 16 0 A.Green 7 85 56t 1 A.Brown 5 29 7 0 M.Sanu 4 47 15 1 M.Bennett 4 37 13 0 A.Hawkins 3 16 11t 1 V.Cruz 3 26 10 0 J.Gresham 3 15 10t 1 A.Bradshaw 3 14 12 0 B.Green-Ellis 2 8 6 0 R.Barden 2 22 12 0 O.Charles 1 19 19 0 R.Randle 2 4 5 0 C.Peerman 1 9 9 0 D.Hixon 1 8 8 0 TOTALS 29 215 16 0 TOTALS 21 199 56 4

DEFENSE N.Y. Giants (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: P.Amukamara 7-3-10, M.Boley 3-4-7, C.Blackburn 2-5-7, A.Rolle 2-4-6, J.Pierre-Paul 3-2-5, C.Webster 3-1-4, O.Umenyiora 2-2-4, S.Paysinger 0-4-4, M.Kiwanuka 2-1-3, J.Hosley 1-1-2, L.Joseph 1-1-2, S.Brown 0-2-2, J.Tuck 0-2-2, R.Bernard 0-1-1, C.Canty 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: None. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: C.Webster 2, S.Brown 1, M.Kuhn 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 11-2-13, V.Burfict 8-3-11, C.Dunlap 5-3-8, T.Newman 5-2-7, C.Crocker 3-3-6, A.Jones 5-0-5, R.Geathers 3-1-4, L.Hall 3-1-4, D.Peko 1-3-4, G.Atkins 2-1-3, M.Johnson 2-1-3, E.Lamur 2-1-3, P.Sims 2-0-2, N.Clements 1-1-2, W.Gilberry 1-1-2, M.Lawson 1-0-1, T.Mays 1-0-1, V.Rey 1-0-1, D.Skuta 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: R.Geathers 1.5-9, W.Gilberry 1-8, C.Dunlap 1-6, D.Peko 0.5-3. INT.-YDS.: N.Clements 1-21, P.Sims 1-3. PD: A.Jones 3, T.Newman 2, N.Clements 1, C.Crocker 1, M.Johnson 1, R.Maualuga 1, D.Peko 1, P.Sims 1. FF: G.Atkins 1, W.Gilberry 1, A.Jones 1. FR-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-6, C.Dunlap 1-0.

WEEK 11, GAME 10 Cincinnati Bengals 28, Kansas City Chiefs 6

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at Arrowhead Stadium The Bengals started slowly against the 1-8 Chiefs, trailing 3-0 midway through the first quarter and facing a fourth-and-three from their own 29-yard line. But Cincinnati surprised the Chiefs with a 32-yard run by upback Cedric Peerman on a fake punt, and the play turned the game the Bengals’ way. They scored on that same possession to take a 7-3 lead, and they essentially put the game away in the second quarter as QB Andy Dalton led TD drives of 57 and 79 yards for a 21-3 lead. The Bengals gained 409 yards for the day, and their season-high 189 rushing yards included a 25-for-101 day by HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis — his first 100-yard rushing day as a Bengal. The Bengals defense held Kansas City to 284 net yards and to a one-for-11 reading on third down. Bengals WR A.J. Green scored on a four-yard reception in the first quarter, logging at least one TD for the ninth straight game, a Bengals record for consecutive games with a score within a single season. The Bengals improved to 5-5, while the Chiefs fell to 1-9. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 14 0 7 — 28 Kansas City ............................................... 3 3 0 0 — 6 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT K.C. — R.Succop 34 field goal ................................................................................... 1-8:31 Cin. — A.Green 4 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................ 1-2:51 Cin. — A.Dalton 1 run (M.Nugent kick) ...................................................................... 2-7:52 Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 1 run (M.Nugent kick) .............................................................. 2-0:53 K.C. — R.Succop 33 field goal ................................................................................... 2-0:00 Cin. — M.Sanu 14 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................... 4-9:39 Missed FGs: M.Nugent (50WL). Attendance: 63,336. Time: 2:56. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. K.C. First downs ..................................................................................................... 22 16 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-14 1-11 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 409 284 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 189 113 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 220 171 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 29-18-0 30-17-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 2-10 4-17 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 6-53.7 7-50.9 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 4-24 3-30 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-26 3-69 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 8-54 6-30 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-0 3-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 35:22 24:38

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD K.C. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 25 101 21 1 J.Charles 17 87 17 0 C.Peerman 8 75 32 0 S.Draughn 2 10 6 0 A.Dalton 3 13 11 1 P.Hillis 3 9 6 0 M.Sanu 2 0 4 0 B.Quinn 3 7 5 0 M.Cassel 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 189 32 2 TOTALS 26 113 17 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I K.C. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 29 18 230 2-0 M.Cassel 16 8 93 0-0 B.Quinn 14 9 95 0-0 TOTALS 29 18 230 2-0 TOTALS 30 17 188 0-0

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD K.C. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 6 91 40 1 T.Moeaki 4 73 22 0 J.Gresham 6 69 18 0 J.Charles 4 31 16 0 M.Sanu 2 22 14t 1 D.McCluster 3 37 26 0 B.Tate 1 24 24 0 T.Copper 3 33 12 0 B.Leonard 1 11 11 0 S.Draughn 2 1 4 0 B.Green-Ellis 1 7 7 0 S.Breaston 1 13 13 0 R.Whalen 1 6 6 0 TOTALS 18 230 40 2 TOTALS 17 188 26 0

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: R.Maualuga 5-3-8, M.Johnson 4-3-7, A.Jones 5-1-6, V.Burfict 4-2-6, G.Atkins 5-0-5, N.Clements 3-1-4, C.Dunlap 2-2-4, C.Crocker 3-0-3, T.Mays 3-0-3, W.Gilberry 2-1-3, D.Kirkpatrick 2-0-2, D.Peko 1-1-2, R.Geathers 1-0-1, L.Hall 1-0-1, E.Lamur 1-0-1, M.Lawson 1-0-1, J.Miles 1-0-1, T.Newman 1-0-1, V.Rey 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Johnson 1-10, A.Jones 1-6, G.Atkins 1-1, Rey Maualuga 1-0. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: G.Atkins 1, T.Newman 1. FF: G.Atkins 2. FR-YDS.: V.Burfict 1-0. Kansas City (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: E.Berry 11-0-11, D.Johnson 10-0-10, A.Elam 5-0-5, B.Flowers 4-1-5, T.Hali 4-1-5, T.Jackson 3-2-5, J.Arenas 3-0-3, J.Belcher 2-1-3, J.Houston 2-0-2, K.Lewis 2-0-2, R.Pitoitua 2-0-2, D.Poe 1-1-2, J.Brown 1-0-1, S.Smith 1-0-1, A.Toribio 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: T.Hali 1-6, T.Jackson 1-4. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: J.Houston 1, D.Poe 1. FF: D.Johnson 1. FR-YDS.: None.

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WEEK 12, GAME 11 Cincinnati Bengals 34, Oakland Raiders 10

Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium Former Bengals Pro Bowl QB Carson Palmer made his return to Paul Brown Stadium as the leader of the Raiders offense, but the day belonged to Cincinnati, which posted its most lopsided victory of the first 11 games. The win marked just the second time in team history the Bengals had won three straight games by 18 or more points, with the first such streak occurring in 1976. Bengals QB Andy Dalton posted a 109.0 passer rating, with three TDs and no INTs, while Palmer posted just a 64.1 rating. The Bengals led 24-3 before Palmer got Oakland’s only TD on a pass late in the third quarter. Palmer passed for just 146 yards and had one INT. The Bengals posted an 11-game best of 221 rushing yards, including 129 by HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Cincinnati outgained Oakland in net yards 415-218. Rookie WR Mohamed Sanu had two TD catches for Cincinnati. The Bengals improved to 6-5, while the Raiders fell to 3-8. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Oakland ......................................................0 0 10 0 — 10 Cincinnati................................................. 14 10 0 10 — 34 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 1 run (M.Nugent kick) .............................................................. 1-9:12 Cin. — M.Sanu 2 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................. 1-2:59 Cin. — M.Sanu 5 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ............................................. 2-7:28 Cin. — M.Nugent 55 field goal ................................................................................... 2-0:00 Oak. — S.Janikowski 55 field goal............................................................................ 3-10:28 Oak. — D.Moore 20 pass from C.Palmer (S.Janikowski kick) ................................... 3-2:21 Cin. — M.Nugent 20 field goal ................................................................................. 4-12:29 Cin. — J.Gresham 7 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ........................................ 4-3:39 Missed FGs: M.Nugent (48WR). Attendance: 56,503. Time: 3:11. TEAM STATISTICS OAK. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 14 18 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 3-12 9-17 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 218 415 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 99 221 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 119 194 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 34-19-1 30-16-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-27 2-16 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 6-46.8 5-40.8 Punt returns-yards....................................................................................... 2-17 5-29 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 5-117 1-25 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 3-25 3-25 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 29:14 30:46

RUSHING OAK. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD M.Reece 15 74 15 0 B.Green-Ellis 19 129 48 1 J.Stewart 7 26 8 0 C.Peerman 8 61 31 0 O.Schmitt 1 -1 -1 0 A.Green 2 21 20 0 A.Dalton 4 5 8 0 M.Sanu 1 5 5 0 TOTALS 23 99 15 0 TOTALS 34 221 48 1

PASSING OAK. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I C.Palmer 34 19 146 1-1 A.Dalton 30 16 210 3-0 TOTALS 34 19 146 1-1 TOTALS 30 16 210 3-0

RECEIVING OAK. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD J.Stewart 6 37 26 0 M.Sanu 5 29 11 2 B.Myers 5 37 12 0 J.Gresham 4 41 27 1 M.Reece 4 29 11 0 A.Green 3 111 48 0 J.Criner 3 23 11 0 O.Charles 2 14 10 0 D.Moore 1 20 20t 1 B.Green-Ellis 1 9 9 0 B.Tate 1 6 6 0 TOTALS 19 146 26 1 TOTALS 16 210 48 3

DEFENSE Oakland (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: M.Burris 7-6-13, M.Giordano 2-5-7, T.Branch 3-3-6, M.Huff 3-3-6, P.Wheeler 3-3-6, R.McClain 2-4-6, L.Houston 1-5-6, J.Hanson 3-0-3, R.Bartell 1-2-3, T.Kelly 2-0-2, A.Carter 1-0-1, M.Shaughnessy 1-0-1, C.Bilukidi 0-1-1, D.Bryant 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Shaughnessy 1-8, P.Wheeler 1-8. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: R.Bartell 2, M.Giordano 1, J.Hanson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 8-5-13, R.Maualuga 5-5-10, R.Geathers 3-4-7, R.Nelson 4-2-6, C.Crocker 3-3-6, G.Atkins 4-1-5, M.Johnson 1-3-4, T.Newman 1-3-4, C.Dunlap 2-1-3, A.Jones 2-1-3, P.Sims 2-1-3, W.Gilberry 1-2-3, M.Lawson 1-2-3, L.Hall 2-0-2, D.Peko 1-1-2, E.Lamur 0-2-2. SKS.-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-10, G.Atkins 1-7, M.Johnson 1-6, M.Lawson 1-4. INT.-YDS.: C.Crocker 1-29. PD: L.Hall 2, T.Newman 2, C.Crocker 1, A.Jones 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: M.Lawson 1. FR-YDS.: R.Maualuga 1-0.

WEEK 13, GAME 12 Cincinnati Bengals 20, San Diego Chargers 13

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 at Qualcomm Stadium After posting three straight wins by 18 or more points, the Bengals prevailed in a much tougher contest at San Diego, rallying from a 13-10 halftime deficit that also was the score after three quarters. The Bengals surrendered the ball on giveaways on their first two second-half possessions, and on the next two, the offense went three-and-out. But the defense kept Cincinnati in the game, and with 11:53 left in the fourth quarter, the offense began a 14-play, 55-yard drive for a TD and a 17-13 lead with 4:21 to play. QB Andy Dalton got the score, darting up the middle for a six-yard TD after a screen pass opportunity failed to materialize. The Bengals went ahead 20-13 on a FG with 2:47 left but had to fend off a late Chargers bid with an end-zone INT by S Reggie Nelson. Bengals HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed for 118 yards, becoming the first Bengal since Corey Dillon in 1999 to top the 100 mark in three straight games. The Bengals improved to 7-5, while the Chargers fell to 4-8. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................... 7 3 0 10 — 20 San Diego .................................................. 0 13 0 0 — 13 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — J.Gresham 19 pass from A.Dalton (M.Nugent kick) ...................................... 1-7:39 S.D. — N.Novak 20 field goal ................................................................................... 2-14:57 S.D. — D.Williams 31 interception return (N.Novak kick) ........................................ 2-14:09 Cin. — M.Nugent 19 field goal ................................................................................... 2-9:38 S.D. — N.Novak 19 field goal ..................................................................................... 2-0:00 Cin. — A.Dalton 6 run (M.Nugent kick) ...................................................................... 4-4:11 Cin. — M.Nugent 24 field goal ................................................................................... 4-2:47 Missed FGs: N.Novak (54HRU). Attendance: 54,980. Time: 3:11. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. S.D. First downs ..................................................................................................... 21 20 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 7-14 4-12 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 339 297 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 128 46 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 211 251 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 38-25-2 48-26-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................... 1-0 4-29 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 3-38.0 5-46.0 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 3-55 0-0 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 3-56 3-66 Penalties-yards ............................................................................................ 8-55 8-55 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 3-1 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 33:18 26:42

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD S.D. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 25 118 41 0 R.Mathews 9 26 6 0 A.Dalton 4 5 6t 1 P.Rivers 2 20 11 0 C.Peerman 2 4 2 0 B.Leonard 1 1 1 0 TOTALS 32 128 41 1 TOTALS 11 46 11 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I S.D. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 38 25 211 1-2 P.Rivers 48 26 280 0-1 TOTALS 38 25 211 1-2 TOTALS 48 26 280 0-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD S.D. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 9 85 16 0 D.Alexander 6 102 28 0 A.Hawkins 5 47 17 0 A.Gates 6 49 19 0 J.Gresham 4 35 19t 1 M.Floyd 4 61 24 0 B.Green-Ellis 4 14 9 0 R.Brown 4 27 14 0 M.Jones 2 20 16 0 R.Mathews 3 25 10 0 R.Whalen 1 10 10 0 L.McClain 3 16 12 0 TOTALS 25 211 19t 1 TOTALS 26 280 28 0

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 9-6-15, R.Maualuga 6-3-9, R.Nelson 4-2-6, C.Crocker 4-1-5, C.Dunlap 4-1-5, G.Atkins 3-2-5, D.Peko 2-3-5, M.Johnson 4-0-4, W.Gilberry 2-2-4, L.Hall 2-0-2, M.Lawson 2-0-2, P.Sims 2-0-2, T.Newman 1-1-2, R.Geathers 0-1-1, A.Jones 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 2-19, W.Gilberry 1-2, G.Atkins 0.5-4, D.Peko 0.5-4. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-0. PD: C.Dunlap 1, R.Maualuga 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: C.Dunlap 2. FR-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1-2. San Diego (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: C.Lynch 8-2-10, M.Gilchrist 7-1-8, Q.Jammer 7-1-8, T.Spikes 4-3-7, D.Williams 3-3-6, M.Ingram 4-1-5, C.Liuget 4-1-5, A.Cason 4-0-4, E.Weddle 3-0-3, L.English 2-1-3, K.Reyes 2-1-3, S.Wright 2-0-2, A.Garay 1-1-2, V.Martin 1-0-1, B.Taylor 1-0-1, S.Phillips 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: C.Liuget 1-0. INT.-YDS.: D.Williams 1-31, C.Lynch 1-20. PD: C.Lynch 2, M.Ingram 1, D.Williams 1. FF: T.Spikes 1, S.Wright 1. FR-YDS.: Q.Jammer 1-0.

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WEEK 14, GAME 13 Dallas Cowboys 20, Cincinnati Bengals 19

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium Looking to seal a fifth straight win, the Bengals took a 19-10 lead into the fourth quarter. But the Cowboys came back for a one-point win, outgaining Cincinnati 150-49 in the final period and leading 9-2 in first downs. K Dan Bailey lifted Dallas from a 19-17 deficit with a 40-yard FG as time expired. The Bengals dominated for most of the first three periods, but could not put the game away as Dallas rose up to allow only one TD with three FGs on four Cincinnati red-zone opportunities. The Cowboys attributed some of their comeback resolve to their desire to win the game for the memory of practice squad LB Jerry Brown, who was a passenger in a fatal auto accident on the day before the contest. The Bengals fell to 7-6, while Dallas improved to 7-6. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Dallas .........................................................3 7 0 10 — 20 Cincinnati................................................. 10 3 6 0 — 19 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Dall. — D.Bailey 37 field goal ..................................................................................... 1-8:36 Cin. — A.Hawkins 8 pass from A.Dalton (J.Brown kick) ........................................... 1-6:41 Cin. — J.Brown 25 field goal ..................................................................................... 1-1:39 Dall. — D.Murray 1 run (D.Bailey kick) ..................................................................... 2-10:33 Cin. — J.Brown 33 field goal ..................................................................................... 2-3:24 Cin. — J.Brown 25 field goal ..................................................................................... 3-9:22 Cin. — J.Brown 52 field goal ..................................................................................... 3-6:45 Dall. — D.Bryant 27 pass from T.Romo (D.Bailey kick) ............................................. 4-6:35 Dall. — D.Bailey 40 field goal ..................................................................................... 4-0:00 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 63,590. Time: 3:16. TEAM STATISTICS DALL. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 20 19 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................. 11-19 4-11 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 288 336 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 49 146 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 239 190 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 43-25-1 33-20-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 3-29 5-16 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-33.0 3-45.3 Punt returns-yards......................................................................................... 2-4 1-(-3) Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 1-14 3-65 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 6-49 8-70 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 0-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 30:11 29:49

RUSHING DALL. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD D.Murray 21 53 7 1 B.Green-Ellis 12 89 38 0 F.Jones 2 7 4 0 M.Jones 1 37 37 0 D.Bryant 1 -11 -11 0 B.Leonard 6 20 5 0 A.Dalton 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 24 49 7 1 TOTALS 20 146 38 0

PASSING DALL. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I T.Romo 43 25 268 1-1 A.Dalton 33 20 206 1-1 TOTALS 43 25 268 1-1 TOTALS 33 20 206 1-1

RECEIVING DALL. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD J.Witten 4 62 25 0 A.Hawkins 6 44 11 1 D.Bryant 4 50 27t 1 J.Gresham 4 43 25 0 M.Austin 4 46 15 0 M.Jones 3 45 17 0 D.Murray 4 22 7 0 A.Green 3 44 17 0 D.Harris 3 33 21 0 B.Green-Ellis 3 13 5 0 K.Ogletree 2 28 23 0 O.Charles 1 17 17 0 L.Vickers 2 18 11 0 L.Dunbar 1 6 6 0 J.Hanna 1 3 3 0 TOTALS 25 268 27 1 TOTALS 20 206 25 1

DEFENSE Dallas (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: A.Spencer 5-6-11, E.Sims 4-6-10, D.McCray 3-2-5, M.Claiborne 2-3-5, E.Frampton 1-4-5, D.Ware 3-1-4, B.Carr 2-2-4, D.Connor 0-4-4, A.Albright 2-0-2, J.Hatcher 2-0-2, S.Moore 1-1-2, M.Jenkins 0-2-2, G.Sensabaugh 0-2-2, T.Crawford 0-1-1, S.Lissemore 0-1-1, M.Spears 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: A.Spencer 2-11, D.Ware 1-3, J.Hatcher 1-2, E.Sims 1-0. INT.-YDS.: B.Carr 1-37. PD: B.Carr 1, G.Sensabaugh 1, M.Spears 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 8-6-14, R.Maualuga 3-6-9, A.Jones 6-1-7, T.Newman 3-3-6, G.Atkins 4-1-5, R.Nelson 3-2-5, M.Lawson 4-0-4, L.Hall 2-2-4, M.Johnson 2-2-4, C.Crocker 2-1-3, C.Dunlap 1-2-3, R.Geathers 1-1-2, W.Gilberry 0-2-2, P.Sims 0-2-2, E.Lamur 1-0-1, D.Peko 1-0-1, D.Skuta 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-8, G.Atkins 1-7, C.Dunlap 0.5-7, M.Johnson 0.5-7. INT.-YDS.: R.Nelson 1-0. PD: T.Newman 2, N.Clements 1, C.Crocker 1, R.Maualuga 1, R.Nelson 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

WEEK 15, GAME 14 Cincinnati Bengals 34, Philadelphia Eagles 13 Thursday Night Football, Dec. 13, 2012 at Lincoln Financial Field

The Bengals started fast, lost their lead and then stormed back to win easily by capitalizing on four Eagles giveaways within a span of less than seven minutes spanning the third and fourth quarters. The play that turned the game around, with the Eagles leading 13-10 late in the third quarter, was an INT by CB Leon Hall which he returned 44 yards to the Jets’ 40-yard line. The offense responded with an eight-play drive to take a 17-13 lead, with QB Andy Dalton getting the TD on an 11-yard scramble. DE Wallace Gilberry returned a fumble 25 yards for a TD on the ensuing Eagles possession, and on the Eagles’ next offensive play, S Reggie Nelson forced a fumble that S Chris Crocker recovered and returned 12 yards to the Eagles’ 13, setting up a FG for a 27-13 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Bengals’ final TD was set up when S Taylor Mays recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff at the Philadelphia 33. The Bengals were plus-three for the game in turnover differential (five takeaways, two giveaways). The Bengals improved to 8-6, while the Eagles fell to 4-10. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati ................................................. 10 0 14 10 — 34 Philadelphia ............................................... 0 13 0 0 — 13 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — B.Green-Ellis 1 run (J.Brown kick) ............................................................... 1-11:10 Cin. — J.Brown 24 field goal ...................................................................................... 1-7:51 Phil. — R.Cooper 11 pass from N.Foles (A.Henery kick) ........................................ 2-11:40 Phil. — A.Henery 22 field goal .................................................................................... 2-7:37 Phil. — A.Henery 20 field goal .................................................................................... 2-0:17 Cin. — A.Dalton 11 run (J.Brown kick) ...................................................................... 3-1:10 Cin. — W.Gilberry 25 fumble return (J.Brown kick) ................................................... 3-0:21 Cin. — J.Brown 32 field goal .................................................................................... 4-14:12 Cin. — A.Green 5 pass from A.Dalton (J.Brown kick) ............................................. 4-12:47 Missed FGs: None. Attendance: 69,144. Time: 3:16. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. PHIL. First downs ..................................................................................................... 18 10 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 7-18 3-12 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 249 219 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 157 42 Net yards passing........................................................................................... 92 177 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 27-13-0 33-16-1 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 6-35 1-3 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 5-38.8 7-36.9 Punt returns-yards ....................................................................................... 4-42 1-6 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................... 4-69 7-130 Penalties-yards .......................................................................................... 11-94 9-76 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 2-2 4-4 Time of possession ................................................................................... 37:40 22:20

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD PHIL. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 25 106 29 1 B.Brown 16 34 8 0 A.Dalton 8 18 11t 1 N.Foles 2 5 5 0 M.Jones 1 10 10 0 D.Lewis 1 3 3 0 A.Hawkins 1 9 9 0 D.Herron 3 8 6 0 B.Leonard 2 6 7 0 B.Tate 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 41 157 29 2 TOTALS 19 42 8 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I PHIL. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 27 13 127 1-0 N.Foles 33 16 180 1-1 TOTALS 27 13 127 1-0 TOTALS 33 16 180 1-1

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD PHIL. NO YDS LG TD J.Gresham 6 63 19 0 J.Maclin 4 73 46 0 A.Green 6 57 13 1 J.Avant 3 44 25 0 B.Leonard 1 7 7 0 C.Harbor 3 28 16 0 R.Cooper 3 20 11t 1 B.Brown 1 11 11 0 S.Havili 1 8 8 0 D.Lewis 1 -4 -4 0 TOTALS 13 127 19 1 TOTALS 16 180 46 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 7-3-10, C.Dunlap 3-2-5, R.Maualuga 3-2-5, C.Crocker 4-0-4, M.Johnson 3-1-4, D.Peko 1-3-4, M.Lawson 3-0-3, T.Newman 3-0-3, E.Lamur 2-1-3, R.Geathers 2-0-2, W.Gilberry 2-0-2, R.Nelson 1-1-2, L.Hall 1-0-1, A.Jones 1-0-1, P.Sims 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-3. INT.-YDS.: L.Hall 1-44. PD: A.Jones 2, V.Burfict 1, L.Hall 1, E.Lamur 1, M.Lawson, 1, R.Maualuga 1, T.Newman 1. FF: C.Dunlap 1, R.Nelson 1, P.Sims 1. FR-YDS.: W.Gilberry 1-25, C.Crocker 1-12, D.Peko 1-0. Philadelphia (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: D.Ryans 6-3-9, J.Chaney 7-1-8, B.Graham 4-2-6, T.Cole 5-0-5, N.Allen 4-1-5, C.Anderson 4-1-5, C.Thornton 4-0-4, F.Cox 3-1-4, M.Kendricks 3-1-4, C.Jenkins 2-0-2, D.Rodgers-Cromartie 2-0-2, V.Curry 1-0-1, P.Hunt 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: B.Graham 2.5-12.5, F.Cox 1.5-7.5, T.Cole 1-9, C.Jenkins 1-6. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: N.Allen 1, C.Anderson 1, N.Asomugha 1, T.Cole 1, M.Kendricks 1, D.Rodgers-Cromartie 1, D.Ryans 1. FF: B.Graham 1, C.Jenkins 1. FR-YDS.: D.Tapp 1-4, T.Cole 1-0.

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WEEK 16, GAME 15 Cincinnati Bengals 13, Pittsburgh Steelers 10

Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 at Heinz Field In one of the most notable defense-dominated victories in club history, the Bengals clinched a Wild Card Playoff berth and eliminated the Steelers from playoff contention. Cincinnati’s defense scored the team’s only TD — a 17-yard INT return by CB Leon Hall for the game’s first score — and set up a game-winning FG when S Reggie Nelson returned an INT 10 yards to the Steelers’ 46 with 0:14 to play. The offense used one play — a 21-yard pass from QB Andy Dalton to WR A.J. Green — to move to the Steelers’ 25, and as the clock hit :04, K Josh Brown kicked the 43-yard winner. Pittsburgh managed just three points in two red-zone opportunities against Cincinnati’s defense, and the Steelers were only two-for-14 for the day on third-down conversions. The Bengals won despite getting only 14 rushing yards, the second-lowest total in franchise history. Cincinnati improved to 9-6 with the win, while Pittsburgh fell to 7-8. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Cincinnati....................................................7 3 0 3 — 13 Pittsburgh ...................................................0 7 3 0 — 10 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Cin. — L.Hall 17 interception return (J.Brown kick) ................................................... 1-2:15 Cin. — J.Brown 41 field goal ..................................................................................... 2-1:53 Pitt. — A.Brown 60 pass from B.Roethlisberger (S.Suisham kick) ........................... 2-1:09 Pitt. — S.Suisham 40 field goal ................................................................................. 3-4:01 Cin. — J.Brown 43 field goal ..................................................................................... 4-0:04 Missed FGs: J.Brown (56SH), S.Suisham (24WL, 53SH). Attendance: 63,236. Time: 3:15. TEAM STATISTICS CIN. PITT. First downs ..................................................................................................... 16 15 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 4-15 2-14 Total net yards ............................................................................................. 267 280 Net yards rushing ........................................................................................... 14 95 Net yards passing ........................................................................................ 253 185 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 41-24-2 28-14-2 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 6-25 4-35 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 6-52.7 7-45.3 Punt returns-yards...................................................................................... 3-(-2) 2-6 Kickoff returns-yards ..................................................................................... 0-0 3-67 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................... 7-55 5-63 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 1-1 2-1 Time of possession ................................................................................... 28:15 31:45

RUSHING CIN. ATT YDS LG TD PITT. ATT YDS LG TD B.Green-Ellis 15 14 4 0 R.Mendenhall 11 50 20 0 M.Jones 1 0 0 0 J.Dwyer 14 39 13 0 I.Redman 3 4 2 0 B.Roethlisberger 2 3 4 0 M.Wallace 1 -1 -1 0 TOTALS 16 14 4 0 TOTALS 31 95 20 0

PASSING CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I PITT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I A.Dalton 41 24 278 0-2 B.Roethlisberger 28 14 220 1-2 TOTALS 41 24 278 0-2 TOTALS 28 14 220 1-2

RECEIVING CIN. NO YDS LG TD PITT. NO YDS LG TD A.Green 10 116 21 0 A.Brown 5 97 60t 1 M.Jones 5 65 23 0 H.Miller 3 45 22 0 J.Gresham 3 38 25 0 I.Redman 2 32 19 0 A.Hawkins 3 30 19 0 J.Cotchery 2 20 14 0 B.Tate 1 23 23 0 M.Wallace 1 13 13 0 R.Whalen 1 6 6 0 E.Sanders 1 13 13 0 B.Green-Ellis 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 24 278 25 0 TOTALS 14 220 60t 1

DEFENSE Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 6-6-12, M.Johnson 5-5-10, T.Newman 6-2-8, G.Atkins 4-4-8, C.Dunlap 6-1-7, R.Maualuga 3-4-7, D.Peko 3-4-7, P.Sims 3-3-6, R.Geathers 3-2-5, C.Crocker 4-0-4, M.Lawson 2-1-3, W.Gilberry 1-2-3, A.Jones 2-0-2, R.Nelson 2-0-2, L.Hall 1-1-2, V.Rey 1-0-1, N.Clements 0-1-1, E.Lamur 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: G.Atkins 2-17, M.Johnson 1-8, W.Gilberry 0.5-6, C.Dunlap 0.5-4. INT.-YDS.: L.Hall 1-17, R.Nelson 1-10. PD: C.Dunlap 2, R.Nelson 2, C.Crocker 1, L.Hall 1, M.Johnson 1, A.Jones 1. FF: G.Atkins 1. FR-YDS.: T.Newman 1-3. Pittsburgh (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: L.Timmons 8-2-10, T.Polamalu 7-1-8, C.Allen 6-1-7, L.Foote 6-1-7, K.Lewis 4-2-6, B.Keisel 2-3-5, C.Hampton 2-2-4, Z.Hood 1-2-3, J.Harrison 2-0-2, R.Clark 1-1-2, C.Heyward 1-1-2, L.Woodley 1-1-2, C.Brown 1-0-1, S.McLendon 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: L.Timmons 2-11, B.Keisel 1.5-4.5, T.Polamalu 1-6, J.Harrison 1-0, S.McLendon 0.5-3.5. INT.-YDS.: C.Allen 2-6. PD: C.Allen 3, K.Lewis 2, J.Victorian 2, C.Brown 1, C.Polamalu 1. FF: C.Allen 1. FR-YDS.: R.Clark 1-2.

WEEK 17, GAME 16 Cincinnati Bengals 23, Baltimore Ravens 17

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 at Paul Brown Stadium In a game played with significant numbers of reserves on both sides, Cincinnati came back from a 14-13 fourth-quarter deficit and defeated Baltimore to tie the Ravens for best record in the AFC North at 10-6. It was known before kickoff that Baltimore would win the division title by tiebreaker even if the Bengals won the game, and the Bengals were already locked in with a playoff spot and the No. 6 seed. The Ravens took a 14-13 lead early in the fourth quarter on QB Tyrod Taylor’s one-yard run, but a 44-yard pass from backup Bengals QB Bruce Gradkowski to WR Brandon Tate set up a FG for a 16-14 lead. On the next Baltimore possession, Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap batted and then intercepted a Taylor pass and returned it 14 yards for a TD. SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS. Baltimore ................................................... 7 0 0 10 — 17 Cincinnati ................................................... 0 7 6 10 — 23 TEAM — SCORING PLAY QTR.-LEFT Balt. — A.Allen 2 run (J.Tucker kick) .......................................................................... 1-0:17 Cin. — M.Jones 11 pass from A.Dalton (J.Brown kick) ............................................. 2-0:39 Cin. — J.Brown 47 field goal ...................................................................................... 3-6:15 Cin. — J.Brown 32 field goal ...................................................................................... 3-2:24 Balt. — T.Taylor 1 run (J.Tucker kick) ...................................................................... 4-12:50 Cin. — J.Brown 38 field goal ...................................................................................... 4-7:16 Cin. — C.Dunlap 14 interception return (J.Brown kick) ............................................. 4-6:06 Balt. — J.Tucker 49 field goal ..................................................................................... 4-1:21 Missed FGs: J.Tucker (45WL). Attendance: 61,565. Time: 3:13. TEAM STATISTICS BALT. CIN. First downs ..................................................................................................... 23 9 Third down conversions-attempts ............................................................... 5-18 3-13 Total net yards .............................................................................................. 352 189 Net yards rushing ......................................................................................... 206 47 Net yards passing......................................................................................... 146 142 Pass attempts-completions-interceptions .............................................. 33-19-1 26-15-0 Sacks against-yards lost ............................................................................. 4-37 2-1 Punts-average .......................................................................................... 7-36.6 7-47.1 Punt returns-yards ......................................................................................... 1-6 2-6 Kickoff returns-yards ................................................................................. 6-141 2-56 Penalties-yards ........................................................................................ 10-102 4-40 Fumbles-lost .................................................................................................. 0-0 1-0 Time of possession ................................................................................... 35:39 24:21

RUSHING BALT. ATT YDS LG TD CIN. ATT YDS LG TD B.Pierce 22 89 14 0 B.Leonard 10 34 9 0 T.Taylor 9 65 28 1 C.Peerman 5 14 7 0 A.Allen 10 41 20 1 A.Dalton 2 4 3 0 S.Koch 1 10 10 0 B.Gradkowski 3 -2 0 0 R.Rice 3 5 3 0 D.Herron 1 -3 -3 0 T.Smith 1 -4 -4 0 TOTALS 46 206 28 2 TOTALS 21 47 9 0

PASSING BALT. ATT CMP YDS TD-I CIN. ATT CMP YDS TD-I T.Taylor 25 15 149 0-1 A.Dalton 15 10 78 1-0 J.Flacco 8 4 34 0-0 B.Gradkowski 11 5 65 0-0 TOTALS 33 19 183 0-1 TOTALS 26 15 143 1-0

RECEIVING BALT. NO YDS LG TD CIN. NO YDS LG TD E.Dickson 6 64 15 0 M.Jones 5 45 14 1 D.Thompson 4 26 11 0 B.Tate 3 53 44 0 D.Reed 3 44 23 0 A.Hawkins 3 18 8 0 J.Jones 3 36 24 0 A.Green 2 26 17 0 A.Allen 1 7 7 0 B.Leonard 2 1 3 0 B.Pierce 1 4 4 0 V.Leach 1 2 2 0 TOTALS 19 183 24 0 TOTALS 15 143 44 1

DEFENSE Baltimore (press box stats) — ST-AT-TT: J.Bynes 3-6-9, D.Ellerbe 4-2-6, A.Jones 2-3-5, M.Kemoeatu 3-1-4, B.Ayanbadejo 1-3-4, C.Brown 2-1-3, D.Tyson 1-2-3, C.Johnson 2-0-2, J.Smith 2-0-2, O.Brown 1-1-2, S.Considine 1-1-2, C.Graham 1-1-2, P.Kruger 1-0-1, C.Williams 0-1-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Kemoeatu 1-1, P.Kruger 1-0. INT.-YDS.: None. PD: C.Brown 1, J.Ihedigbo 1, P.Kruger 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None. Cincinnati (coaches’ stats) — ST-AT-TT: V.Burfict 14-9-23, R.Maualuga 6-4-10, D.Peko 3-5-8, P.Sims 5-0-5, E.Lamur 4-1-5, T.Mays 4-1-5, R.Nelson 4-1-5, J.Miles 4-0-4, G.Atkins 2-2-4, N.Clements 2-2-4, W.Gilberry 2-2-4, D.Skuta 1-3-4, M.Johnson 3-0-3, L.Hall 2-1-3, C.Dunlap 2-0-2, A.Jones 1-1-2, M.Lawson 1-1-2, C.Crocker 1-0-1, R.Geathers 1-0-1, C.Lewis-Harris 1-0-1. SKS.-YDS.: M.Johnson 2-14, C.Dunlap 1-13, W.Gilberry 1-10. INT.-YDS.: C.Dunlap 1-14. PD: C.Dunlap 1, A.Jones 1, R.Nelson 1, D.Peko 1, D.Skuta 1. FF: None. FR-YDS.: None.

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IN 2012, THE BENGALS WERE: REGULAR SEASON

4-4 at home 6-2 on the road 8-2 when scoring first 2-4 when opponent scored first 1-1 in games decided by three points or fewer 5-3 in games decided by seven points or fewer 7-2 when leading at halftime 1-1 when tied at halftime 2-3 when trailing at halftime 7-2 when leading after three quarters 2-1 when tied after three quarters 1-3 when trailing after three quarters 5-2 when rushing for 100 net yards

5-3 when opponent rushed for less than 100 net yards 5-2 with plus turnover differential 3-1 with even turnover differential 2-3 with minus turnover differential 3-2 when passing for 250 net yards 2-3 when opponent passed for 250 net yards 9-2 when scoring 20 points or more 2-5 when opponent scored 20 points or more 10-6 when game was outdoors (open-air/open retractable roof) 0-0 when game was inside (dome/closed retractable roof) 6-1 on natural grass 4-5 on synthetic surface 3-2 with fewer penalty yards

UNDER MARVIN LEWIS, THE BENGALS ARE: 2003-PRESENT (REGULAR SEASON)

44-35-1 at home 35-45-0 on the road 53-27-1 when scoring first 26-53-0 when opponent scores first 15-15-1 in games decided by three points or fewer 40-38-1 in games decided by seven points or fewer 54-21-1 when leading at halftime 8-2-0 when tied at halftime 17-57-0 when trailing at halftime 61-12-1 when leading after three quarters 6-4-0 when tied after three quarters 12-64-0 when trailing after three quarters 53-30-0 when rushing for 100 net yards

49-18-1 when opponent rushes for less than 100 net yards 50-13-1 with plus turnover differential 18-16-0 with even turnover differential 11-51-0 with minus turnover differential 24-26-0 when passing for 250 net yards 21-28-1 when opponent passes for 250 net yards 62-30-0 when scoring 20 points or more 26-71-0 when opponent scores 20 points or more 76-74-1 when game is outdoors (open-air/open retractable roof) 3-6-0 when game is inside (dome/closed retractable roof) 32-26-0 on natural grass 47-54-1 on synthetic surface 42-42-1 with fewer penalty yards

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2012 BEST PERFORMANCES REGULAR SEASON

RUSHING YARDS 129 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Nov. 25 vs. Oakland 118 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Dec. 2 at San Diego 106 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Dec. 13 at Philadelphia

RUSHING ATTEMPTS 26 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Sept. 30 at Jacksonville 25 — (three times)

LONGEST RUSHES 48 — Cedric Peerman, Sept. 30 at Jacksonville (was upback on fake punt) 48 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Nov. 25 vs. Oakland 41 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Dec. 2 at San Diego

RECEPTIONS 10 — A.J. Green, Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh 9 — (three times)

RECEIVING YARDS 183 — A.J. Green, Sept. 23 at Washington 135 — A.J. Green, Oct. 14 at Cleveland 117 — A.J. Green, Sept. 30 at Jacksonville

PASSING YARDS 381 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 14 at Cleveland 328 — Andy Dalton, Sept. 23 at Washington 318 — Andy Dalton, Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland

PASS ATTEMPTS 46 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 14 at Cleveland 43 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 7 vs. Miami 42 — Andy Dalton, Nov. 4 vs. Denver

PASS COMPLETIONS 31 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 14 at Cleveland 26 — Andy Dalton, Oct. 7 vs. Miami 26 — Andy Dalton, Nov. 4 vs. Denver

LONGEST PASSES 73 — Mohamed Sanu to A.J. Green, Sept. 23 at Washington (TD) 59 — Andy Dalton to Andrew Hawkins, Sept. 23 at Washington (TD) 57 — Andy Dalton to A.J. Green, Oct. 14 at Cleveland (TD)

YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE 194 — A.J. Green, Sept. 23 at Washington 138 — BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Nov. 25 vs. Oakland 135 — A.J. Green, Oct. 14 at Cleveland

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS 45 — Brandon Tate, Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh 43 — Brandon Tate, Nov. 4 vs. Denver 39 — Brandon Tate, Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh

LONGEST PUNT RETURNS 81 — Adam Jones, Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland (TD) 68 — Adam Jones, Nov. 11 vs. N.Y. Giants 32 — Brandon Tate, Oct. 14 at Cleveland

TOTAL TACKLES* 23 — Vontaze Burfict, Dec. 30 vs. Baltimore 16 — Vontaze Burfict, Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh 15 — Vontaze Burfict, Dec. 2 at San Diego

SOLO TACKLES* 14 — Vontaze Burfict, Oct. 21 vs. Pittsburgh 14 — Vontaze Burfict, Dec. 30 vs. Baltimore 11 — Rey Maualuga, Nov. 11 vs. N.Y. Giants

*NOTE: The defensive statistics above were compiled by Bengals coaches while reviewing game film and thus may differ from those listed in the statistics books produced at the games.

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS OFFENSE

DATE OPPONENT YDS RUSH-YDS PASS YDS COMP-ATT TD-P/INT SKD-YDS 1D 3D-CONV F-FL POSS Sept. 10 at Baltimore 322 28-129 193 22-37 0/1 4-28 20 4-15 2-1 32:26 Sept. 16 CLEVELAND 375 25-80 295 24-31 3/1 6-23 21 4-12 0-0 32:53 Sept. 23 at Washington 478 28-93 385 20-28 4/1 2-16 22 3-9 1-1 27:30 Sept. 30 at Jacksonville 382 34-138 244 20-31 2/1 0-0 20 2-11 2-1 31:19 Oct. 7 MIAMI 298 19-80 218 26-43 1/2 3-16 18 2-14 2-1 31:11 Oct. 14 at Cleveland 438 20-76 362 31-46 3/3 2-19 20 5-14 2-1 30:03 Oct. 21 PITTSBURGH 185 21-80 105 14-28 1/1 0-0 11 5-13 0-0 22:30 Oct. 28 — BYE — Nov. 4 DENVER 366 25-91 275 26-42 1/1 5-24 22 5-14 0-0 29:23 Nov. 11 N.Y. GIANTS 275 28-76 199 21-30 4/0 0-0 15 6-13 2-1 30:15 Nov. 18 at Kansas City 409 38-189 220 18-29 2/0 2-10 22 4-14 1-0 35:22 Nov. 25 OAKLAND 415 34-221 194 16-30 3/0 2-16 18 9-17 0-0 30:46 Dec. 2 at San Diego 339 32-128 211 25-38 1/2 1-0 21 7-14 3-1 33:18 Dec. 9 DALLAS 336 20-146 190 20-33 1/1 5-16 19 4-11 0-0 29:49 Dec. 13 at Philadelphia 249 41-157 92 13-27 1/0 6-35 18 7-18 2-2 37:40 Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh 267 16-14 253 24-41 0/2 6-25 16 4-15 1-1 28:15 Dec. 30 BALTIMORE 189 21-47 142 15-26 1/0 2-1 9 3-13 1-0 24:21 2012 TOTALS 5323 430-1745 3578 335-540 28/16 46-229 292 74-217 19-10 30:26

DEFENSE DATE OPPONENT YDS RUSH-YDS PASS YDS COMP-ATT TD-P/INT SKD-YDS 1D 3D-CONV F-FL POSS Sept. 10 at Baltimore 430 23-122 308 23-32 2/0 3-21 26 3-9 1-0 27:34 Sept. 16 CLEVELAND 439 23-130 309 26-37 2/0 2-13 21 7-15 1-1 27:07 Sept. 23 at Washington 381 35-202 179 21-34 1/0 5-42 31 3-12 3-1 32:30 Sept. 30 at Jacksonville 212 18-69 143 23-34 1/1 6-43 17 2-11 1-1 28:41 Oct. 7 MIAMI 279 35-68 211 17-26 0/0 2-12 15 4-13 2-2 28:49 Oct. 14 at Cleveland 328 34-110 218 17-29 2/1 2-13 16 7-17 2-0 29:57 Oct. 21 PITTSBURGH 431 29-167 264 27-38 1/1 3-14 22 10-16 1-1 37:30 Oct. 28 — BYE — Nov. 4 DENVER 359 26-68 291 27-35 3/2 0-0 20 9-14 0-0 30:37 Nov. 11 N.Y. GIANTS 318 20-129 189 29-46 0/2 4-26 21 5-14 3-2 29:45 Nov. 18 at Kansas City 284 26-113 171 17-30 0/0 4-17 16 1-11 3-1 35:22 Nov. 25 OAKLAND 218 23-99 119 19-34 1/1 4-27 14 3-12 1-1 29:14 Dec. 2 at San Diego 297 11-46 251 26-48 0/1 4-29 20 4-12 2-1 26:42 Dec. 9 DALLAS 288 24-49 239 25-43 1/1 3-29 20 11-19 0-0 30:11 Dec. 13 at Philadelphia 219 19-42 177 16-33 1/1 1-3 10 3-12 4-4 22:20 Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh 280 31-95 185 14-28 1/2 4-35 15 2-14 2-1 31:45 Dec. 30 BALTIMORE 352 46-206 146 19-33 0/1 4-37 23 5-18 0-0 35:39 2012 TOTALS 5115 423-1715 3400 346-560 16/14 51-361 307 79-219 26-16 29:34

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2012-13 TRANSACTIONS (TRANSACTIONS FROM 8-8-11 THROUGH 7-19-12 ARE IN BENGALS 2012 MEDIA GUIDE)

June 19, 2012 — Waived HB Rodney Stewart (injury settlement). July 25, 2012 — Signed DT Brandon Thompson (D3b). July 26, 2012 — Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris (CFA-Tennessee- Chattanooga). July 27, 2012 — Placed LB Brandon Joiner on the Reserve/Did Not Report list. Aug. 4, 2012 — Signed CB T.J. Heath (FA). Aug. 8, 2012 — Terminated the contract of DE Derrick Harvey. Aug. 17, 2012 — Waived WR Jordan Shipley and K Thomas Weber. Aug. 18, 2012 — Signed DE Luke Black (CFA-Fairmont State). Aug. 24, 2012 — Placed the following five players on the Reserve/Injured list: CB Brandon Ghee, CB Shaun Prater, CB Taveon Rogers, S Robert Sands and G Travelle Wharton; Waived DE Luke Black, HB Aaron Brown, QB Tyler Hansen and G Matt Murphy. Aug. 27, 2012 — Waived WR Kashif Moore. Aug. 29, 2012 — Signed C Jeff Faine (FA); Waived WR Justin Hilton. Aug. 31, 2012 — Placed S Tony Dye on Reserve/Injured list; Placed LB Dontay Moch on the Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner list; Placed DT Pat Sims on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list; Waived the following 19 players: FB Jourdan Brooks, TE Colin Cochart, TE/LS Bryce Davis, FB James Develin, DE DeQuin Evans, DT Nick Hayden (injury settlement), WR Vidal Hazelton, CB T.J. Heath, HB Daniel Herron, G Otis Hudson, LB Grant Hunter, DE Micah Johnson, LB Emmanuel Lamur, CB Chris Lewis-Harris, DT Vaughn Meatoga, LB Roddrick Muckelroy, OT Matthew O’Donnell, QB Zac Robinson, G Reggie Stephens. Sept. 1, 2012 — Signed the following seven players to the Practice Squad: FB Jourdan Brooks, LS Bryce Davis, HB Daniel Herron, G Otis Hudson, LB Emmanuel Lamur, CB Chris Lewis- Harris, QB Zac Robinson. Sept. 2, 2012 — Signed OT Jeff Adams (FA) to the Practice Squad. Sept. 4, 2012 — Signed TE Richard Quinn (FA); Placed C Kyle Cook on the Reserve/Injured list (designated for possible return); Released TE/LS Bryce Davis from the practice squad. Sept. 5, 2012 — Signed DE DeQuin Evans to the practice squad. Sept. 14, 2012 — Signed LB Roddrick Muckelroy (FA); Placed LB Thomas Howard on the Reserve/Injured list. Sept. 18, 2012 — Signed DE Wallace Gilberry (FA); Placed DE Jamaal Anderson on the Reserve/Injured list. Sept. 27, 2012 — Signed S Chris Crocker (FA); Terminated the contract of TE Donald Lee. Sept. 29, 2012 — Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris from the practice squad;

waived TE Richard Quinn. Oct. 1, 2012 — The suspension of LB Dontay Moch (Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner list) expired and he was granted permission to participate in team activities with a roster exemption of up to one week. Oct. 2, 2012 — Signed TE Richard Quinn; Waived CB Chris Lewis- Harris. Oct. 4, 2012 — Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris to the practice squad. Oct. 8, 2012 — Activated LB Dontay Moch from exemption status to the 53-player roster; Placed HB Bernard Scott on the Reserve/Injured list. Oct. 31, 2012 — DT Pat Sims (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list) returned to practice on a roster exemption. Nov.2, 2012 — Signed LB Emmanuel Lamur from the practice squad; Placed LB Dontay Moch on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list. Nov. 5, 2012 — Signed LB J.K. Schaffer (FA) to the practice squad. Nov. 6, 2012 — Signed C Scott Wedige (FA) to the practice squad; Released FB Jourdan Brooks from the practice squad. Nov. 9, 2012 — Activated DT Pat Sims from the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list; Waived LB Roddrick Muckelroy. Nov. 12, 2012 — Signed LB Ben Jacobs (FA) to the practice squad; Released OT Jeff Adams from the practice squad. Nov. 27, 2012 — Signed LS/TE Bryce Davis (FA) and OT Dan Knapp (FA) to the practice squad; Released LB Ben Jacobs and C Scott Wedige and from the practice squad. Nov. 28, 2012 — C Kyle Cook (Reserve/Injured; designated for possible return) returned to practice on a roster exemption. Dec. 4, 2012 — Signed HB Daniel Herron from the practice squad; Placed WR Mohamed Sanu on the Reserve/Injured list; Signed WR Vidal Hazelton (FA) to the practice squad. Dec. 6, 2012 — Signed K Josh Brown (FA); Waived C Jeff Faine. Dec. 8, 2012 — Activated C Kyle Cook (Reserve/Injured; designated for possible return) to the 53-player roster; Waived WR Armon Binns. Dec. 15, 2012 — Signed FB John Conner (FA); Placed FB Chris Pressley on the Reserve/Injured list. Dec. 25, 2012 — Acquired WR Dane Sanzenbacher on waivers from Chicago; Placed CB Dre Kirkpatrick on the Reserve/Injured list. Dec. 28, 2012 — Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris from the practice squad; Placed K Mike Nugent on the Reserve/Injured list.

* NOTE: Signed a new contract before finishing the final season(s) of existing contract.

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2012 regular-season PARTICIPATION CHART LEGEND

(NOTE: Position designation indicates start.) P — played as a substitute DNP — did not play IL — inactive list PS — practice squad

PSI — practice squad/injured list RI — reserve/injured list RPUP — reserve/physically unable to perform list RNFI — reserve/non-football injury list RNF-I — reserve/non-football illness list

RSBC — reserve/suspended by commissioner list REX — roster exemption * — eligible to practice with a roster exemption ^ — reserve/injured player designated for return NWT — not with team

Cin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NAME G-S @Balt. CLE. @Wash. @Jax. MIA. @Cle. PITT. DEN. NYG @K.C. OAK. @S.D. DALL. @Phil. @Pitt. BALT. Adams, Jeff ............................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Allen, Jason .............................. 4-0 IL IL P IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL P P P IL Anderson, Jamaal ..................... 2-0 P P RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Atkins, Geno ............................. 16-16 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT Binns, Armon ............................ 8-5 WR WR P WR WR WR IL P IL P IL IL NWT NWT NWT NWT Boling, Clint ............................... 16-16 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG Brooks, Jourdan ....................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Brown, Josh .............................. 4-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT P P P P Burfict, Vontaze ........................ 16-14 P P WLB WLB WLB WLB LB LB WLB LB WLB WLB WLB LB WLB WLB Charles, Orson ......................... 16-6 2ndTE P P P P 2ndTE P P P 2ndTE 2ndTE P P P 2ndTE 2ndTE Clements, Nate ......................... 15-9 LCB LCB SS IL SS SS SS nklDB P SS P P P P P LCB Collins, Anthony ........................ 5-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P DNP P P DNP DNP P DNP P Conner, John ............................ 2-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT P P Cook, Kyle ................................ 4-2 RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^ RI^* P P C C Crocker, Chris ........................... 13-9 NWT NWT NWT P P P P SS SS FS SS SS SS SS SS SS Dalton, Andy ............................. 16-16 QB QB WR QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB Davis, Bryce.............................. 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS PS Dunlap, Carlos .......................... 14-1 IL IL P P P P P P P P P P P RDE P P Dye, Tony ................................. 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Evans, DeQuin ......................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Faine, Jeff ................................. 8-7 C C C C C C C P DNP DNP DNP DNP NWT NWT NWT NWT Geathers, Robert ...................... 16-16 LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE Ghee, Brandon ......................... 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Gilberry, Wallace ...................... 14-0 NWT NWT P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Gradkowski, Bruce ................... 2-0 P DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P Green, A.J. ................................ 16-16 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR Green-Ellis, BenJarvus ............. 15-15 HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB DNP Gresham, Jermaine .................. 16-15 TE TE TE TE TE TE P TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE TE Hall, Leon .................................. 14-14 RCB RCB IL IL RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB Harris, Clark .............................. 16-0 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Hawkins, Andrew ...................... 14-2 P P P P P P P P 3rdWR IL IL 3rdWR P P P P Hazelton, Vidal ......................... 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS Herron, Daniel........................... 3-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS P P IL P Howard, Thomas ...................... 1-1 LB RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Huber, Kevin ............................. 16-0 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Hudson, Otis ............................. 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Iloka, George ............................ 7-0 P P P P IL IL P IL P P IL IL IL IL IL IL Jacobs, Ben .............................. 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Johnson, Michael ...................... 16-15 RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE P RDE RDE Jones, Adam ............................. 16-5 P P LCB RCB P P nklDB P P nklDB P P P nklDB P P Jones, Marvin ........................... 11-5 P P IL P IL P P IL IL IL P WR WR WR WR WR Kirkpatrick, Dre ......................... 5-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL IL P P P P P IL IL IL RI Knapp, Dan ............................... 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS PS Lamur, Emmanuel .................... 9-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS P P P P P P P P P Lawson, Manny ........................ 16-10 P P SLB SLB SLB SLB P P SLB P SLB SLB SLB P SLB SLB Lee, Donald .............................. 0-0 IL IL IL NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Leonard, Brian .......................... 15-0 P P P P P P IL P P P P P P P P P Lewis-Harris, Chris ................... 2-0 PS PS PS P PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS P Maualuga, Rey ......................... 16-16 LB LB MLB MLB MLB MLB LB LB MLB LB MLB MLB MLB LB MLB MLB Mays, Taylor ............................. 16-3 SS P P SS P P P P FS P P P P P P P Miles, Jeromy............................ 16-1 P SS P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Moch, Dontay............................ 1-0 RSBC RSBC RSBC RSBC REX P IL RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I RNF-I Muckelroy, Roddrick ................. 5-0 NWT P P IL P P P IL NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Nelson, Reggie ......................... 14-14 FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS IL IL FS FS FS FS FS FS Newman, Terence .................... 15-15 nklDB nklDB RCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB IL Nugent, Mike............................. 12-0 P P P P P P P P P P P P IL IL IL RI Peerman, Cedric ....................... 14-1 P P P P P P P P P P P P IL IL P HB Peko, Domata ........................... 16-16 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT Prater, Shaun............................ 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Pressley, Chris ......................... 14-7 P FB FB FB P P FB FB P P P P FB FB RI RI Quinn, Richard .......................... 0-0 IL IL IL NWT IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Rey, Vincent ............................. 16-1 P LB P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Robinson, Trevor ...................... 13-7 DNP DNP P P P P P C C C C C C C DNP P Robinson, Zac .......................... 0-0 PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Rogers, Taveon ........................ 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Roland, Dennis ......................... 16-2 P P P P 2ndTE P TE P P P P P P P P P Sands, Robert ........................... 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Sanu, Mohamed ....................... 9-3 P DNP QB P P IL P P P WR WR IL RI RI RI RI Sanzenbacher, Dane ................ 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT IL Schaffer, J.K. ............................ 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Scott, Bernard ........................... 2-0 IL IL P IL P RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Sims, Pat .................................. 8-0 RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP RPUP* P P P P P P P P Skuta, Dan ................................ 16-0 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Smith, Andre ............................. 16-16 ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT ROT Still, Devon ................................ 8-0 P P P P P P P P IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Tate, Brandon ........................... 16-3 P P P P P P WR WR WR P P P P P P P Thompson, Brandon ................. 3-0 P P IL P IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL IL Wedige, Scott ........................... 0-0 NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Whalen, Ryan ........................... 9-0 IL IL IL IL IL IL P IL P P P P P P P P Wharton, Travelle ..................... 0-0 RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI RI Whitworth, Andrew ................... 16-16 LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT Zeitler, Kevin ............................. 16-16 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG

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2012 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE

DATE OPPONENT WR LOT LG C RG ROT TE WR QB HB FB Sept. 10 at Baltimore Binns Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Charles(2ndTE) Sept. 16 CLEVELAND Binns Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Sept. 23 at Washington Dalton Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Sanu Green-Ellis Pressley Sept. 30 at Jacksonville Binns Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Oct. 7 MIAMI Binns Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Roland(2ndTE) Oct. 14 at Cleveland Binns Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Charles(2ndTE) Oct. 21 PITTSBURGH Tate Whitworth Boling Faine Zeitler Smith Roland Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Oct. 28 — BYE — Nov. 4 DENVER Tate Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Nov. 11 N.Y. GIANTS Tate Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis A.Hawkins(3rdWR) Nov. 18 at Kansas City Sanu Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Charles(2ndTE) Nov. 25 OAKLAND Sanu Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Charles(2ndTE) Dec. 2 at San Diego M.Jones Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Hawkins(3rd WR) Dec. 9 DALLAS M.Jones Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Dec. 13 at Philadelphia M.Jones Whitworth Boling Robinson Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Pressley Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh M.Jones Whitworth Boling Cook Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Green-Ellis Charles(2ndTE) Dec. 30 BALTIMORE M.Jones Whitworth Boling Cook Zeitler Smith Gresham Green Dalton Peerman Charles(2ndTE)

DEFENSE DATE OPPONENT LDE NT DT RDE SLB MLB WLB LCB RCB SS FS Sept. 10 at Baltimore Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Newman(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Howard(LB) Clements Hall Mays Nelson Sept. 16 CLEVELAND Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Newman(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Rey(LB) Clements Hall Miles Nelson Sept. 23 at Washington Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict A.Jones Newman Clements Nelson Sept. 30 at Jacksonville Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman A.Jones Mays Nelson Oct. 7 MIAMI Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Clements Nelson Oct. 14 at Cleveland Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Clements Nelson Oct. 21 PITTSBURGH Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Jones(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Burfict(LB) Newman Hall Clements Nelson Oct. 28 — BYE — Nov. 4 DENVER Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Clements(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Burfict(LB) Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Nov. 11 N.Y. GIANTS Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Crocker Mays Nov. 18 at Kansas City Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Clements Crocker Nov. 25 OAKLAND Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Dec. 2 at San Diego Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Dec. 9 DALLAS Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Dec. 13 at Philadelphia Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson A.Jones(nickel) Maualuga(LB) Burfict(LB) Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Newman Hall Crocker Nelson Dec. 30 BALTIMORE Geathers Peko Atkins Johnson Lawson Maualuga Burfict Clements Hall Crocker Nelson

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DEPTH CHART JAN. 1, 2013

OFFENSE WR 19 BRANDON TATE 82 Marvin Jones 11 Dane Sanzenbacher LOT 77 ANDREW WHITWORTH 73 Anthony Collins LG 65 CLINT BOLING 74 Dennis Roland C 66 TREVOR ROBINSON 64 Kyle Cook RG 68 KEVIN ZEITLER 66 Trevor Robinson ROT 71 ANDRE SMITH 74 Dennis Roland TE 84 JERMAINE GRESHAM 80 Orson Charles 89 Richard Quinn WR 18 A.J. GREEN 16 Andrew Hawkins 88 Ryan Whalen QB 14 ANDY DALTON 7 Bruce Gradkowski HB 42 BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS 40 Brian Leonard 30 Cedric Peerman 34 Daniel Herron FB 32 JOHN CONNER

DEFENSE LDE 96 CARLOS DUNLAP 91 Robert Geathers NT 94 DOMATA PEKO 90 Pat Sims 79 Brandon Thompson DT 97 GENO ATKINS 75 Devon Still RDE 93 MICHAEL JOHNSON 95 Wallace Gilberry SLB 99 MANNY LAWSON 51 Dan Skuta MLB 58 REY MAUALUGA 51 Dan Skuta WLB 55 VONTAZE BURFICT 57 Vincent Rey 59 Emmanuel Lamur LCB 23 TERENCE NEWMAN 22 Nate Clements RCB 29 LEON HALL 24 Adam Jones 25 Jason Allen SS 33 CHRIS CROCKER 22 Nate Clements 26 Taylor Mays 45 Jeromy Miles FS 20 REGGIE NELSON 43 George Iloka

SPECIAL TEAMS P 10 Kevin Huber K 2 Mike Nugent 3 Josh Brown H 10 Kevin Huber LS 46 Clark Harris PR 19 Brandon Tate 24 Adam Jones 16 Andrew Hawkins 82 Marvin Jones KOR 19 Brandon Tate 16 Andrew Hawkins 82 Marvin Jones NOTE: Players whose names are CAPITALIZED are expected to start in the team’s base units. Rookies are underlined.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Geno Atkins ................................................................................................. JEE-no Vontaze Burfict ......................................................................... VONN-tez BER-fict Robert Geathers ............................................................ (pronounced as “gathers”) Brandon Ghee (Reserve/Injured list) ................................................................ JEE Jermaine Gresham ................................................................ jer-MAIN GRESH-em Paul Guenther (linebackers coach) .......................................................... GUN-thur Vidal Hazelton (practice squad) ................................... vee-DAL(rhymes with “pal”) George Iloka ............................................................... ie(rhymes with “tie”)-LO-kuh Dre Kirkpatrick ............................................................................................... DRAY Emmanuel Lamur ...................................................................................... luh-MER

Rey Maualuga ..................................... RAY mow(rhymes with “now”)-uh-LOO-guh Dontay Moch (Reserve/Non-Football Illness list) ........................ DAHN-tay MOKE Domata Peko ...................................................................... DOE-mah-tah PECK-o Vincent Rey...................................................................................................... RAY Taveon Rogers (Reserve/Injured list) ................................................. TAY-vee-ahn Mohamed Sanu (Reserve/Injured list) ...................................................... suh-NOO Dan Skuta ............................................................................................... SKOO-tuh Devon Still ................................................................................................... DEV-un Ken Zampese (quarterbacks coach).................................................. zam-PEE-zee Kevin Zeitler ................................................................................................ ZITE-ler

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. BORN EXP. COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 25 Allen, Jason ................................................... CB 6-1 200 7-5-83 7 Tennessee Muscle Shoals, Ala. UFA(Hou.)’12 97 Atkins, Geno ................................................... DT 6-1 300 3-28-88 3 Georgia Pembroke Pines, Fla. D4a’10 65 Boling, Clint....................................................... G 6-5 311 5-9-89 2 Georgia Alpharetta, Ga. D4’11 3 Brown, Josh ...................................................... K 6-0 202 4-29-79 10 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. FA’12 55 Burfict, Vontaze .............................................. LB 6-1 245 9-24-90 R Arizona State Corona, Calif. CFA’12 80 Charles, Orson ............................................... TE 6-3 250 1-27-91 R Georgia Tampa, Fla. D4’12 22 Clements, Nate ........................................... S/CB 6-0 205 12-12-79 12 Ohio State Shaker Heights, Ohio FA’11 73 Collins, Anthony ............................................. OT 6-5 315 11-2-85 5 Kansas Beaumont, Texas D4’08 32 Conner, John .................................................. FB 5-11 245 6-8-87 3 Kentucky West Chester, Ohio FA’12 64 Cook, Kyle ........................................................ C 6-3 315 7-25-83 5 Michigan State Macomb, Mich. FA’07 33 Crocker, Chris ................................................... S 5-11 197 3-9-80 10 Marshall Chesapeake, Va. FA’12 14 Dalton, Andy .................................................. QB 6-2 220 10-29-87 2 Texas Christian Katy, Texas D2’11 96 Dunlap, Carlos ............................................... DE 6-6 280 2-28-89 3 Florida North Charleston, S.C. D2’10 91 Geathers, Robert ........................................... DE 6-3 280 8-11-83 9 Georgia Georgetown, S.C. D4b’04 95 Gilberry, Wallace ........................................... DE 6-2 275 12-5-84 5 Alabama Bay Minette, Ala. FA’12 7 Gradkowski, Bruce ........................................ QB 6-1 220 1-27-83 7 Toledo Pittsburgh, Pa. UFA(Oak.)’11 18 Green, A.J..................................................... WR 6-4 207 7-31-88 2 Georgia Summerville, S.C. D1’11 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus .................................. HB 5-11 220 7-2-85 5 Mississippi New Orleans, La. UFA(N.E.)’12 84 Gresham, Jermaine ........................................ TE 6-5 260 6-16-88 3 Oklahoma Ardmore, Okla. D1’10 29 Hall, Leon ....................................................... CB 5-11 195 12-9-84 6 Michigan Vista, Calif. D1’07 46 Harris, Clark .................................................... LS 6-5 255 7-10-84 4 Rutgers Manahawkin, N.J. FA’09 16 Hawkins, Andrew .......................................... WR 5-7 180 3-10-86 2 Toledo Johnstown, Pa. W(StL.)’11 34 Herron, Daniel................................................ HB 5-10 215 3-21-89 R Ohio State Warren, Ohio D6’12 10 Huber, Kevin ..................................................... P 6-1 212 7-16-85 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio D5’09 43 Iloka, George .................................................... S 6-4 225 6-20-90 R Boise State Houston, Texas D5c’12 93 Johnson, Michael ........................................... DE 6-7 270 2-7-87 4 Georgia Tech Selma, Ala. D3a’09 24 Jones, Adam .................................................. CB 5-10 185 9-30-83 6 West Virginia Atlanta, Ga. FA’10 82 Jones, Marvin ............................................... WR 6-2 195 3-12-90 R California Fontana, Calif. D5b’12 59 Lamur, Emmanuel .......................................... LB 6-4 232 6-8-89 R Kansas State West Palm Beach, Fla. CFA’12 99 Lawson, Manny .............................................. LB 6-5 240 7-3-84 7 North Carolina State Goldsboro, N.C. UFA(S.F.)’11 40 Leonard, Brian ............................................... HB 6-1 225 2-3-84 6 Rutgers Gouverneur, N.Y. T(StL.)’09 37 Lewis-Harris, Chris ........................................ CB 5-10 180 2-11-89 R Tennessee-Chattanooga Smyrna, Ga. CFA’12 58 Maualuga, Rey ............................................... LB 6-2 250 1-20-87 4 Southern California Eureka, Calif. D2’09 26 Mays, Taylor ..................................................... S 6-3 230 2-7-88 3 Southern California Seattle, Wash. T(S.F.)’11 45 Miles, Jeromy.................................................... S 6-2 210 7-20-87 3 Massachusetts Sicklerville, N.J. CFA’10 20 Nelson, Reggie ................................................. S 5-11 210 9-21-83 6 Florida Melbourne, Fla. T(Jax.)’10 23 Newman, Terence ......................................... CB 5-10 192 9-4-78 10 Kansas State Salina, Kan. FA’12 30 Peerman, Cedric ............................................ HB 5-10 211 10-10-86 3 Virginia Gladys, Va. W(Det.)’10 94 Peko, Domata ................................................. DT 6-3 322 11-27-84 7 Michigan State Pago Pago (American Samoa) D4’06 89 Quinn, Richard ................................................ TE 6-4 264 9-6-86 3 North Carolina Maple Heights, Ohio FA’12 57 Rey, Vincent ................................................... LB 6-2 250 9-6-87 2 Duke Far Rockaway, N.Y. CFA’10 66 Robinson, Trevor .......................................... C/G 6-5 305 5-16-90 R Notre Dame Elkhorn, Neb. CFA’12 74 Roland, Dennis ........................................... OT/G 6-9 322 3-10-83 5 Georgia Bolivar, Mo. FA’08 11 Sanzenbacher, Dane .................................... WR 5-11 180 10-13-88 2 Ohio State Toledo, Ohio W(Chi.)’12 90 Sims, Pat ........................................................ DT 6-2 335 11-29-85 5 Auburn Fort Lauderdale, Fla. D3a’08 51 Skuta, Dan ...................................................... LB 6-2 250 4-21-86 4 Grand Valley State Flint, Mich. CFA’09 71 Smith, Andre .................................................. OT 6-4 335 1-25-87 4 Alabama Birmingham, Ala. D1’09 75 Still, Devon...................................................... DT 6-5 305 7-11-89 R Penn State Wilmington, Del. D2’12 19 Tate, Brandon ............................................... WR 6-1 200 10-5-87 4 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. W(N.E.)’11 79 Thompson, Brandon ....................................... DT 6-2 320 10-19-89 R Clemson Thomasville, Ga. D3b’12 88 Whalen, Ryan ............................................... WR 6-1 200 7-26-89 2 Stanford Alamo, Calif. D6’11 77 Whitworth, Andrew ........................................ OT 6-7 330 12-12-81 7 Louisiana State West Monroe, La. D2’06 68 Zeitler, Kevin ..................................................... G 6-4 315 3-8-90 R Wisconsin Waukesha, Wis. D1b’12 PRACTICE SQUAD (date assigned) 48 Davis, Bryce (11-27) ................................. LS/TE 6-3 245 6-16-89 R Central Oklahoma Duncan, Okla. FA’12 69 Evans, DeQuin (9-5) ...................................... DE 6-2 265 5-17-87 1 Kentucky Long Beach, Calif. CFA’11 17 Hazelton, Vidal (12-4) ................................... WR 6-2 209 1-29-88 1 Cincinnati Staten Island, N.Y. FA’12 60 Hudson, Otis (9-1) ............................................ G 6-5 330 7-19-86 2 Eastern Illinois Barrington, Ill. D5’10 76 Knapp, Dan (11-27) ....................................... OT 6-5 305 9-1-88 R Arizona State Reno, Nev. FA’12 5 Robinson, Zac (9-1) ....................................... QB 6-3 215 9-29-86 2 Oklahoma State Littleton, Colo. FA’11 50 Schaffer, J.K. (11-5) ....................................... LB 6-0 232 6-10-90 R Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio FA’12 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS (date assigned; illness) 52 Moch, Dontay (11-2; migraines) ..................... LB 6-2 255 7-19-88 2 Nevada Phoenix, Ariz. D3’11 RESERVE/INJURED (date assigned; injury) 92 Anderson, Jamaal (9-18; leg) ........................ DE 6-6 280 2-6-86 6 Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. UFA(Ind.)’12 44 Dye, Tony (8-31; ankle) .................................... S 5-10 200 2-11-90 R UCLA Corona, Calif. CFA’12 21 Ghee, Brandon (8-24; wrist) .......................... CB 6-0 193 6-6-87 3 Wake Forest Fayetteville, N.C. D3b’10 53 Howard, Thomas (9-14; knee) ........................ LB 6-3 245 7-14-83 7 Texas-El Paso Lubbock, Texas UFA(Oak.)’11 27 Kirkpatrick, Dre (12-25; knee) ....................... CB 6-2 190 10-26-89 R Alabama Gadsden, Ala. D1a’12 2 Nugent, Mike (12-28; leg) ................................. K 5-10 190 3-2-82 8 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’10 38 Prater, Shaun (8-24; knee) ............................ CB 5-10 190 10-27-89 R Iowa Omaha, Neb. D5a’12 36 Pressley, Chris (12-15; knee) ......................... FB 5-11 260 8-8-86 4 Wisconsin Woodbury, N.J. FA’10 39 Rogers, Taveon (8-24; shoulder) .................. CB 5-11 190 8-17-90 R New Mexico State Lancaster, Calif. CFA’12 31 Sands, Robert (8-24; chest) ............................. S 6-4 215 11-3-89 2 West Virginia Carol City, Fla. D5’11 12 Sanu, Mohamed (12-4; foot) ........................ WR 6-2 210 8-22-89 R Rutgers South Brunswick, N.J. D3a’12 28 Scott, Bernard (10-8; knee) ........................... HB 5-10 198 2-10-84 4 Abilene Christian Vernon, Texas D6b’09 70 Wharton, Travelle (8-24; knee) ......................... G 6-4 320 5-19-81 9 South Carolina Fountain Inn, S.C. FA’12 COACHING STAFF: Head coach: Marvin Lewis. Assistants: Paul Alexander (assistant head coach/offensive line), Jim Anderson (running backs), Mark Carrier (defensive backs), Kyle Caskey (offensive quality control/assistant offensive line), Brayden Coombs (offensive assistant), Jeff Friday (assistant strength and conditioning), Jay Gruden (offensive coordinator), Paul Guenther (linebackers), Jay Hayes (defensive line), Jonathan Hayes (tight ends), Hue Jackson (assistant special teams/assistant defensive backs), David Lippincott (defensive quality control/assistant linebackers), Chip Morton (strength and conditioning), Darrin Simmons (special teams), James Urban (wide receivers), Ken Zampese (quarterbacks), Mike Zimmer (defensive coordinator).

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. BORN EXP. COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 3 Josh Brown ....................................................... K 6-0 202 4-29-79 10 Nebraska Foyil, Okla. FA’12 7 Bruce Gradkowski ......................................... QB 6-1 220 1-27-83 7 Toledo Pittsburgh, Pa. UFA(Oak.)’11 10 Kevin Huber ...................................................... P 6-1 212 7-16-85 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio D5’09 11 Dane Sanzenbacher ..................................... WR 5-11 180 10-13-88 2 Ohio State Toledo, Ohio W(Chi.)’12 14 Andy Dalton ................................................... QB 6-2 220 10-29-87 2 Texas Christian Katy, Texas D2’11 16 Andrew Hawkins ........................................... WR 5-7 180 3-10-86 2 Toledo Johnstown, Pa. W(StL.)’11 18 A.J. Green ..................................................... WR 6-4 207 7-31-88 2 Georgia Summerville, S.C. D1’11 19 Brandon Tate ................................................ WR 6-1 200 10-5-87 4 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. W(N.E.)’11 20 Reggie Nelson .................................................. S 5-11 210 9-21-83 6 Florida Melbourne, Fla. T(Jax.)’10 22 Nate Clements ............................................ S/CB 6-0 205 12-12-79 12 Ohio State Shaker Heights, Ohio FA’11 23 Terence Newman .......................................... CB 5-10 192 9-4-78 10 Kansas State Salina, Kan. FA’12 24 Adam Jones ................................................... CB 5-10 185 9-30-83 6 West Virginia Atlanta, Ga. FA’10 25 Jason Allen .................................................... CB 6-1 200 7-5-83 7 Tennessee Muscle Shoals, Ala. UFA(Hou.)’12 26 Taylor Mays ...................................................... S 6-3 230 2-7-88 3 Southern California Seattle, Wash. T(S.F.)’11 29 Leon Hall ........................................................ CB 5-11 195 12-9-84 6 Michigan Vista, Calif. D1’07 30 Cedric Peerman ............................................. HB 5-10 211 10-10-86 3 Virginia Gladys, Va. W(Det.)’10 32 John Conner ................................................... FB 5-11 245 6-8-87 3 Kentucky West Chester, Ohio FA’12 33 Chris Crocker .................................................... S 5-11 197 3-9-80 10 Marshall Chesapeake, Va. FA’12 34 Daniel Herron................................................. HB 5-10 215 3-21-89 R Ohio State Warren, Ohio D6’12 37 Chris Lewis-Harris ......................................... CB 5-10 180 2-11-89 R Tennessee-Chattanooga Smyrna, Ga. CFA’12 40 Brian Leonard ................................................ HB 6-1 225 2-3-84 6 Rutgers Gouverneur, N.Y. T(StL.)’09 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis ................................... HB 5-11 220 7-2-85 5 Mississippi New Orleans, La. UFA(N.E.)’12 43 George Iloka ..................................................... S 6-4 225 6-20-90 R Boise State Houston, Texas D5c’12 45 Jeromy Miles..................................................... S 6-2 210 7-20-87 3 Massachusetts Sicklerville, N.J. CFA’10 46 Clark Harris ..................................................... LS 6-5 255 7-10-84 4 Rutgers Manahawkin, N.J. FA’09 51 Dan Skuta ....................................................... LB 6-2 250 4-21-86 4 Grand Valley State Flint, Mich. CFA’09 55 Vontaze Burfict ............................................... LB 6-1 245 9-24-90 R Arizona State Corona, Calif. CFA’12 57 Vincent Rey .................................................... LB 6-2 250 9-6-87 2 Duke Far Rockaway, N.Y. CFA’10 58 Rey Maualuga ................................................ LB 6-2 250 1-20-87 4 Southern California Eureka, Calif. D2’09 59 Emmanuel Lamur ........................................... LB 6-4 232 6-8-89 R Kansas State West Palm Beach, Fla. CFA’12 64 Kyle Cook ......................................................... C 6-3 315 7-25-83 5 Michigan State Macomb, Mich. FA’07 65 Clint Boling........................................................ G 6-5 311 5-9-89 2 Georgia Alpharetta, Ga. D4’11 66 Trevor Robinson ........................................... C/G 6-5 305 5-16-90 R Notre Dame Elkhorn, Neb. CFA’12 68 Kevin Zeitler ...................................................... G 6-4 315 3-8-90 R Wisconsin Waukesha, Wis. D1b’12 71 Andre Smith ................................................... OT 6-4 335 1-25-87 4 Alabama Birmingham, Ala. D1’09 73 Anthony Collins .............................................. OT 6-5 315 11-2-85 5 Kansas Beaumont, Texas D4’08 74 Dennis Roland ............................................ OT/G 6-9 322 3-10-83 5 Georgia Bolivar, Mo. FA’08 75 Devon Still ....................................................... DT 6-5 305 7-11-89 R Penn State Wilmington, Del. D2’12 77 Andrew Whitworth ......................................... OT 6-7 330 12-12-81 7 Louisiana State West Monroe, La. D2’06 79 Brandon Thompson ........................................ DT 6-2 320 10-19-89 R Clemson Thomasville, Ga. D3b’12 80 Orson Charles................................................. TE 6-3 250 1-27-91 R Georgia Tampa, Fla. D4’12 82 Marvin Jones ................................................ WR 6-2 195 3-12-90 R California Fontana, Calif. D5b’12 84 Jermaine Gresham ......................................... TE 6-5 260 6-16-88 3 Oklahoma Ardmore, Okla. D1’10 88 Ryan Whalen ................................................ WR 6-1 200 7-26-89 2 Stanford Alamo, Calif. D6’11 89 Richard Quinn ................................................. TE 6-4 264 9-6-86 3 North Carolina Maple Heights, Ohio FA’12 90 Pat Sims ......................................................... DT 6-2 335 11-29-85 5 Auburn Fort Lauderdale, Fla. D3a’08 91 Robert Geathers ............................................ DE 6-3 280 8-11-83 9 Georgia Georgetown, S.C. D4b’04 93 Michael Johnson ............................................ DE 6-7 270 2-7-87 4 Georgia Tech Selma, Ala. D3a’09 94 Domata Peko .................................................. DT 6-3 322 11-27-84 7 Michigan State Pago Pago (American Samoa) D4’06 95 Wallace Gilberry ............................................ DE 6-2 275 12-5-84 5 Alabama Bay Minette, Ala. FA’12 96 Carlos Dunlap ................................................ DE 6-6 280 2-28-89 3 Florida North Charleston, S.C. D2’10 97 Geno Atkins .................................................... DT 6-1 300 3-28-88 3 Georgia Pembroke Pines, Fla. D4a’10 99 Manny Lawson ............................................... LB 6-5 240 7-3-84 7 North Carolina State Goldsboro, N.C. UFA(S.F.)’11 PRACTICE SQUAD (date assigned) 5 Zac Robinson (9-1) ........................................ QB 6-3 215 9-29-86 2 Oklahoma State Littleton, Colo. FA’11 17 Vidal Hazelton (12-4) .................................... WR 6-2 209 1-29-88 1 Cincinnati Staten Island, N.Y. FA’12 48 Bryce Davis (11-27) .................................. LS/TE 6-3 245 6-16-89 R Central Oklahoma Duncan, Okla. FA’12 50 J.K. Schaffer (11-5) ........................................ LB 6-0 232 6-10-90 R Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio FA’12 60 Otis Hudson (9-1) ............................................. G 6-5 330 7-19-86 2 Eastern Illinois Barrington, Ill. D5’10 69 DeQuin Evans (9-5) ....................................... DE 6-2 265 5-17-87 1 Kentucky Long Beach, Calif. CFA’11 76 Dan Knapp (11-27) ........................................ OT 6-5 305 9-1-88 R Arizona State Reno, Nev. FA’12 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS (date assigned; illness) 52 Dontay Moch (11-2; migraines) ...................... LB 6-2 255 7-19-88 2 Nevada Phoenix, Ariz. D3’11 RESERVE/INJURED (date assigned; injury) 2 Mike Nugent (12-28; leg) .................................. K 5-10 190 3-2-82 8 Ohio State Centerville, Ohio FA’10 12 Mohamed Sanu (12-4; foot) ......................... WR 6-2 210 8-22-89 R Rutgers South Brunswick, N.J. D3a’12 21 Brandon Ghee (8-24; wrist) ........................... CB 6-0 193 6-6-87 3 Wake Forest Fayetteville, N.C. D3b’10 27 Dre Kirkpatrick (12-25; knee) ........................ CB 6-2 190 10-26-89 R Alabama Gadsden, Ala. D1a’12 28 Bernard Scott (10-8; knee) ............................ HB 5-10 198 2-10-84 4 Abilene Christian Vernon, Texas D6b’09 31 Robert Sands (8-24; chest) .............................. S 6-4 215 11-3-89 2 West Virginia Carol City, Fla. D5’11 36 Chris Pressley (12-15; knee) .......................... FB 5-11 260 8-8-86 4 Wisconsin Woodbury, N.J. FA’10 38 Shaun Prater (8-24; knee) ............................. CB 5-10 190 10-27-89 R Iowa Omaha, Neb. D5a’12 39 Taveon Rogers (8-24; shoulder) ................... CB 5-11 190 8-17-90 R New Mexico State Lancaster, Calif. CFA’12 44 Tony Dye (8-31; ankle) ..................................... S 5-10 200 2-11-90 R UCLA Corona, Calif. CFA’12 53 Thomas Howard (9-14; knee) ......................... LB 6-3 245 7-14-83 7 Texas-El Paso Lubbock, Texas UFA(Oak.)’11 70 Travelle Wharton (8-24; knee) .......................... G 6-4 320 5-19-81 9 South Carolina Fountain Inn, S.C. FA’12 92 Jamaal Anderson (9-18; leg) ......................... DE 6-6 280 2-6-86 6 Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. UFA(Ind.)’12 COACHING STAFF: Head coach: Marvin Lewis. Assistants: Paul Alexander (assistant head coach/offensive line), Jim Anderson (running backs), Mark Carrier (defensive backs), Kyle Caskey (offensive quality control/assistant offensive line), Brayden Coombs (offensive assistant), Jeff Friday (assistant strength and conditioning), Jay Gruden (offensive coordinator), Paul Guenther (linebackers), Jay Hayes (defensive line), Jonathan Hayes (tight ends), Hue Jackson (assistant special teams/assistant defensive backs), David Lippincott (defensive quality control/assistant linebackers), Chip Morton (strength and conditioning), Darrin Simmons (special teams), James Urban (wide receivers), Ken Zampese (quarterbacks), Mike Zimmer (defensive coordinator).

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2012 REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICS RECORD: 10-6

DATE W-L SCORE OPPONENT ATTENDANCE 9-10-12 L 13-44 at Baltimore 71,064 9-16-12 W 34-27 CLEVELAND 63,036 9-23-12 W 38-31 at Washington 80,060 9-30-12 W 27-10 at Jacksonville 63,030 10-7-12 L 13-17 MIAMI 61,162 10-14-12 L 24-34 at Cleveland 67,060 10-21-12 L 17-24 PITTSBURGH 63,411 10-28-12 — BYE — 11-4-12 L 23-31 DENVER 63,623 11-11-12 W 31-13 N.Y. GIANTS 56,614 11-18-12 W 28-6 at Kansas City 63,336 11-25-12 W 34-10 OAKLAND 56,503 12-2-12 W 20-13 at San Diego 54,980 12-9-12 L 19-20 DALLAS 63,590 12-13-12 W 34-13 at Philadelphia 69,144 12-23-12 W 13-10 at Pittsburgh 63,236 12-30-12 W 23-17 BALTIMORE 61,565 TEAM STATISTICS BENGALS OPPONENTS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ............................................. 292 307 Rushing .................................................................. 95 99 Passing ................................................................ 173 183 Penalty ................................................................... 24 25 3rd Down: Made-Att. ...................................... 74-217 79-219 3rd Down Pct. ..................................................... 34.1 36.1 4th Down: Made-Att.......................................... 11-16 5-12 4th Down Pct. ..................................................... 68.8 41.7 POSSESSION AVG. .............................................. 30:26 29:34 TOTAL NET YARDS ............................................... 5323 5115 Avg. Per Game ................................................. 332.7 319.7 Total Plays ......................................................... 1016 1034 Avg. Per Play ........................................................ 5.2 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING .......................................... 1745 1715 Avg. Per Game ................................................. 109.1 107.2 Total Rushes ....................................................... 430 423 NET YARDS PASSING ........................................... 3578 3400 Avg. Per Game ................................................. 223.6 212.5 Sacked-Yards Lost ......................................... 46-229 51-361 Gross Yards ....................................................... 3807 3761 Att.-Completions ........................................... 540-335 560-346 Completion Pct. .................................................. 62.0 61.8 Had Intercepted ..................................................... 16 14 PUNTS-AVG. ....................................................... 76-46.6 86-44.4 Net Punting Avg............................................. 76-42.0 86-36.8 PENALTIES-YARDS ............................................ 99-857 90-779 FUMBLES-BALLS LOST ........................................ 19-10 26-16 TOUCHDOWNS .......................................................... 43 34 Rushing .................................................................. 11 13 Passing .................................................................. 28 16 Returns .................................................................... 4 5 SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT PTS BENGALS ............................................ 113 104 63 111 0 391 OPPONENTS ........................................ 42 102 80 96 0 320 SCORING TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Mike Nugent ................... 0 0 0 0 35-35 19-23 0 92 A.J. Green .................... 11 0 11 0 — — 0 66 Josh Brown .................... 0 0 0 0 8-8 11-12 0 41 BenJarvus Green-Ellis ... 6 6 0 0 — — 0 36 Jermaine Gresham ........ 5 0 5 0 — — 0 30 Andy Dalton ................... 4 4 0 0 — — 0 24 Andrew Hawkins ............ 4 0 4 0 — — 0 24 Mohamed Sanu ............. 4 0 4 0 — — 0 24 Armon Binns .................. 1 0 1 0 — — 0 6 Carlos Dunlap ................ 1 0 0 1 — — 0 6 Wallace Gilberry ............ 1 0 0 1 — — 0 6 Leon Hall ........................ 1 0 0 1 — — 0 6 Adam Jones ................... 1 0 0 1 — — 0 6 Marvin Jones.................. 1 0 1 0 — — 0 6 Cedric Peerman ............. 1 1 0 0 — — 0 6 Chris Pressley ................ 1 0 1 0 — — 0 6 Brandon Tate ................. 1 0 1 0 — — 0 6 BENGALS .................... 43 11 28 4 43-43 30-35 0 391 OPPONENTS .............. 34 13 16 5 33-33 27-32 0 320 Two-point conversions: None. BENGALS 0-0 (0-0 R, 0-0 P), OPPONENTS 1-1 (0-0 R, 1-1 P). Sacks-yards: Geno Atkins 12.5-90, Michael Johnson 11.5-71, Wallace Gilberry 6.5-48, Carlos Dunlap 6-55, Robert Geathers 3-15.5, Manny Lawson 2-16, Domata Peko 2-14, Vontaze Burfict 1-11, Reggie Nelson 1-8, Vincent Rey 1-8, Thomas Howard 1-6, Adam Jones 1-6, Rey Maualuga 1-0, Devon Still 0.5-2.5, (team) 1-10. BENGALS 51-361, OPPONENTS 46-229. Fumbles-lost: Andy Dalton 4-4, Brandon Tate 4-1, BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3-2, A.J. Green 2-1, Jermaine Gresham 2-1, Armon Binns 1-1, Bruce Gradkowski 1-0, Andrew Hawkins 1-0, Trevor Robinson 1-0. BENGALS 19-10, OPPONENTS 26-16.

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD BenJarvus Green-Ellis ..................... 278 1094 3.9 48 6 Cedric Peerman ................................. 36 258 7.2 48 1 Andy Dalton ........................................ 47 120 2.6 17 4 Brian Leonard ..................................... 33 106 3.2 11 0 Marvin Jones ........................................ 3 47 15.7 37 0 A.J. Green............................................. 4 38 9.5 20 0 Bernard Scott........................................ 8 35 4.4 29 0 Andrew Hawkins ................................... 6 30 5.0 11 0 Mohamed Sanu .................................... 5 15 3.0 7 0 Daniel Herron ....................................... 4 5 1.3 6 0 Brandon Tate ........................................ 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kevin Huber .......................................... 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Bruce Gradkowski ................................ 4 -2 -0.5 0 0 BENGALS ......................................... 430 1745 4.1 48 11 OPPONENTS ................................... 423 1715 4.1 32t 13 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LG TD A.J. Green........................................... 97 1350 13.9 73t 11 Jermaine Gresham ............................. 64 737 11.5 55t 5 Andrew Hawkins ................................. 51 533 10.5 59t 4 BenJarvus Green-Ellis ....................... 22 104 4.7 13 0 Armon Binns ....................................... 18 210 11.7 48t 1 Marvin Jones ...................................... 18 201 11.2 23 1 Mohamed Sanu .................................. 16 154 9.6 34 4 Brandon Tate ...................................... 13 211 16.2 44t 1 Brian Leonard ..................................... 11 67 6.1 16 0 Cedric Peerman ................................... 9 85 9.4 16 0 Orson Charles ...................................... 8 101 12.6 25 0 Ryan Whalen ........................................ 7 53 7.6 10 0 Chris Pressley ...................................... 1 1 1.0 1t 1 BENGALS ......................................... 335 3807 11.4 73t 28 OPPONENTS ................................... 346 3761 10.9 71t 16 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD Chris Crocker ........................................ 3 52 17.3 29 0 Reggie Nelson ...................................... 3 10 3.3 10 0 Leon Hall............................................... 2 61 30.5 44 1 Terence Newman ................................. 2 0 0.0 0 0 Nate Clements ...................................... 1 21 21.0 21 0 Carlos Dunlap ....................................... 1 14 14.0 14t 1 Michael Johnson .................................. 1 3 3.0 3 0 Pat Sims ............................................... 1 3 3.0 3 0 BENGALS ........................................... 14 164 11.7 44 2 OPPONENTS ..................................... 16 187 11.7 37 4 PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN-20 LG BLK. Kevin Huber ................. 76 3540 46.6 42.0 7 33 69 0 BENGALS .................... 76 3540 46.6 42.0 7 33 69 0 OPPONENTS .............. 86 3816 44.4 36.8 8 22 68 1 PUNT RETURNS NO FC YDS AVG LG TD Adam Jones ............................... 26 0 301 11.6 81t 1 Brandon Tate ............................. 21 11 187 8.9 32 0 BENGALS .................................. 47 11 488 10.4 81t 1 OPPONENTS ............................ 27 14 210 7.8 60 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD Brandon Tate ...................................... 32 795 24.8 45 0 Adam Jones .......................................... 3 64 21.3 31 0 Orson Charles ...................................... 2 17 8.5 10 0 Cedric Peerman ................................... 2 37 18.5 19 0 Chris Pressley ...................................... 2 15 7.5 8 0 BENGALS ........................................... 41 928 22.6 45 0 OPPONENTS ..................................... 60 1468 24.5 105t 1 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Mike Nugent ............................... 2-2 5-5 5-5 6-9 1-2 Josh Brown ................................. 0-0 3-3 4-4 3-3 1-2 BENGALS ................................... 2-2 8-8 9-9 9-12 2-4 OPPONENTS ............................. 1-1 6-7 7-7 11-12 2-5 Mike Nugent: (34G, 19G), (39G, 37G), (47G), (35G, 35G), (42G, 24G, 41WR), (44G), (48G), (28G, 46WR, 49G, 41G), (28G), (50WL), (48WR, 55G, 20G), (19G, 24G), (—), (—), (—), (—). Josh Brown: (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (—), (25G, 33G, 25G, 52G), (24G, 32G), (41G, 56SH, 43G), (47G, 32G, 38G). Opponents: (46G, 40G, 39G), (50G, 25G), (36G), (21G), (46G, 53WL), (41G, 38G), (42G, 47G, 42G), (43G), (23G, 31G), (34G, 33G), (55G), (20G, 19G, 54HRU), (37G, 40G), (22G, 20G), (24WL, 40G, 53SH), (45WL, 49G).

DEFENSE* ST AT TT SKS-YDS INT-YDS PD FF FR-YDS Vontaze Burfict ....... 100 74 174 1-11 0-0 3 0 1-0 Rey Maualuga .......... 92 60 152 1-0 0-0 5 0 1-0 Reggie Nelson .......... 58 26 84 1-8 3-10 9 2 0-0 Domata Peko ........... 32 48 80 2-14 0-0 3 0 1-0 Terence Newman ..... 49 26 75 0-0 2-0 14 1 2-8 Michael Johnson ...... 40 30 70 11.5-71 1-3 3 0 1-0 Geno Atkins .............. 51 17 68 12.5-90 0-0 2 4 0-0 Carlos Dunlap .......... 36 19 55 6-55 1-14 4 4 3-2 Nate Clements ......... 34 14 48 0-0 1-21 5 1 0-0 Robert Geathers....... 24 21 45 3-15.5 0-0 0 0 0-0 Manny Lawson ......... 30 14 44 2-16 0-0 1 1 0-0 Leon Hall .................. 35 8 43 0-0 2-61 11 0 0-0 Adam Jones ............. 32 11 43 1-6 0-0 11 1 0-0 Chris Crocker ........... 31 11 42 0-0 3-52 6 0 1-12 Wallace Gilberry ....... 14 20 34 6.5-48 0-0 0 1 3-31 Taylor Mays .............. 15 6 21 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Pat Sims ................... 15 6 21 0-0 1-3 1 1 0-0 Devon Still .................. 5 15 20 0.5-2.5 0-0 0 1 0-0 Emmanuel Lamur ..... 12 7 19 0-0 0-0 2 0 0-0 Vincent Rey .............. 10 8 18 1-8 0-0 1 0 0-0 Jeromy Miles ............ 10 5 15 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 Dan Skuta ................... 6 6 12 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 Thomas Howard ......... 3 1 4 1-6 0-0 1 0 0-0 Jamaal Anderson ....... 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Jason Allen ................. 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Dre Kirkpatrick ............ 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Brandon Thompson ... 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Chris Lewis-Harris ...... 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 (team) ........................ — — — 1-10 — — — — SPECIAL TEAMS* ST AT TT FF FR-YDS BP BFG BXP Dan Skuta ............................. 13 4 17 0 0-0 0 0 0 Jeromy Miles ........................ 13 2 15 0 0-0 0 0 0 Vincent Rey ............................ 8 4 12 0 0-0 0 0 0 Cedric Peerman ..................... 8 1 9 0 0-0 0 0 0 Emmanuel Lamur ................... 5 3 8 0 0-0 0 0 0 Taylor Mays ............................ 5 0 5 0 1-0 0 0 0 Clark Harris ............................ 4 0 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 Daniel Herron ......................... 3 1 4 0 0-0 1 0 0 Brian Leonard ......................... 2 2 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 Ryan Whalen .......................... 3 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Andrew Hawkins .................... 2 1 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Adam Jones ........................... 2 1 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Reggie Nelson ........................ 2 1 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 Leon Hall ................................ 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 George Iloka ........................... 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Dre Kirkpatrick ........................ 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Terence Newman ................... 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Mohamed Sanu ...................... 2 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Nate Clements ....................... 1 1 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Mike Nugent ........................... 1 1 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 Jason Allen ............................. 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Marvin Jones .......................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Manny Lawson ....................... 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Roddrick Muckelroy ............... 0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Vontaze Burfict ....................... 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSE: Andre Smith (1 FR).

* NOTE: The defensive statistics above were compiled by Bengals coaches while reviewing game film. They may differ from the press box defensive statistics produced at the games.

PASSING ATT CMP YDS CMP% YDS/ATT TD TD% INT INT% LG SKD-YDS RAT Andy Dalton .................................... 528 329 3669 62.3 6.95 27 5.1 16 3.0 59t 46-229 87.4 Bruce Gradkowski............................. 11 5 65 45.5 5.91 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 0-0 64.6 Mohamed Sanu .................................. 1 1 73 100.0 73.00 1 100.0 0 0.0 73t 0-0 158.3 BENGALS ....................................... 540 335 3807 62.0 7.05 28 5.2 16 3.0 73t 46-229 88.1 OPPONENTS ................................. 560 346 3761 61.8 6.72 16 2.9 14 2.5 71t 51-361 80.7