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Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns

Final · Kickoff

2011 Regular season · Week 1 · Cleveland Browns Stadium

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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.

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CINCincinnati Bengals27Away
CLECleveland Browns17Home
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Bengals beat Browns 27–17 in 2011 Week 1

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns 27–17 on the road at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Week 1 of the 2011 regular season on September 11, 2011.

The result moved the Bengals to 1–0 and dropped the Browns to 0–1. The Bengals finished 2011 at 9–7 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Browns finished 2011 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 19–17 on December 19, 2010. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 23–20 on November 27, 2011.

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 16–9 after meeting No. 25 since 1999 Full series history

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