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Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills

Final / OT · Kickoff

2003 Regular season · Week 5 · Ralph Wilson 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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Bills beat Bengals 22–16 in 2003 Week 5

The Buffalo Bills beat the Cincinnati Bengals 22–16 at home at Ralph Wilson Stadium in overtime in Week 5 of the 2003 regular season on October 5, 2003. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

It was one of two games of Week 5 to need overtime.

The result moved the Bills to 3–2 and dropped the Bengals to 1–4. The Bengals finished 2003 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs. The Bills finished 2003 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 27–9 on December 29, 2002. When they met again, the Buffalo Bills won 33–17 on December 19, 2004.

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 Bills lead the series 2–0 after meeting No. 2 since 2002 Full series history

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