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Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Paycor Stadium · Thursday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
Baltimore Ravens—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Game details

Location
Cincinnati

Matchup preview

Baltimore Ravens 3–1 · Road 2–0 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 10 · 4 days of rest
Cincinnati Bengals 3–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12 · 11 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game
MetricBALCIN
Points per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 5 games)29.06th25.610th
Points allowed per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 5 games)24.021st21.811th
Total yards per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)395.05th351.811th
Passing yards per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)257.511th292.85th
Rushing yards per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)153.54th74.331st
Turnovers per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)0.53rd1.314th
Sacks allowed per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)1.810th2.318th
Penalty yards per game (BAL 4 games, CIN 4 games)82.331st68.321st

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Baltimore Ravens: recent results

  1. W 24–18 vs TEN Week 4
  2. W 34–31 @ DAL Week 3
  3. L 17–24 vs NO Week 2
  4. W 41–23 @ IND Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. W 31–24 @ MIA Week 5
  2. L 17–22 vs JAX Week 4
  3. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  4. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  5. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

Baltimore Ravens: season leaders

Passing
Lamar Jackson 967 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Derrick Henry 374 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Zay Flowers 352 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Tavius Robinson 2.0 · 3 g

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,171 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 207 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 401 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Dexter Lawrence II 3.0 · 3 g

Baltimore Ravens: injury report

  • Out Cam Jurgens C
  • Out Lamar Jackson QB
  • Out Trey Hendrickson SLB
  • Questionable Andrew Vorhees
  • Questionable Marlon Humphrey RCB
  • Questionable Zay Flowers WR

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Colbie Young WR
  • Out Connor Lew C
  • Out Jack Endries TE
  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Out Landon Robinson LDT
  • Out Myles Hinton RT
  • Questionable Swayze Bozeman SLB

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

BAL 30 · CIN 25 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 15 BAL 24, CIN 0
  2. 2025 · Week 13 CIN 32, BAL 14
  3. 2024 · Week 10 CIN 34, BAL 35
  4. 2024 · Week 5 BAL 41, CIN 38 (OT)
  5. 2023 · Week 11 CIN 20, BAL 34

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

BAL 51.1% · CIN 48.5%

Matchup quality 80.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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