THE GAME. THE STORIES. THE WHY.
Independent football coverage●Our standards
EXPLOREPower rankingsLeague leadersTeam statsInjuriesOddsTransactionsShortsRivalriesRecordsTV scheduleBye weeksEVENTSSuper BowlPro BowlCombineDraftPlayoffsWeb StoriesALL FOOTBALL. ALL IN.
WEEK 5
Find your next read

Search whynfl

Go deeper on the game you love.

WHYNFL GAME CENTER

Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2021 Regular season · Week 9 · Paul Brown Stadium

Dated historical resultUpdated

Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

Explore the 2021 regular season

CLECleveland Browns41Away
CINCincinnati Bengals16Home
Game story

Browns beat Bengals 41–16 in 2021 Week 9

The Cleveland Browns beat the Cincinnati Bengals 41–16 on the road at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 9 of the 2021 regular season on November 7, 2021.

No other game of Week 9 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Browns to 5–4 and dropped the Bengals to 5–4. The Browns finished 2021 at 8–9 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2021 at 10–7 and lost Super Bowl LVI.

In their previous meeting, the Cleveland Browns won 37–34 on October 25, 2020. When they met again, the Cleveland Browns won 21–16 on January 9, 2022.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Bengals lead the series 27–18 after meeting No. 45 since 1999 Full series history

More on these teams