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Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2008 Regular season · Week 4 · Paul Brown 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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Browns beat Bengals 20–12 in 2008 Week 4

The Cleveland Browns beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20–12 on the road at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 4 of the 2008 regular season on September 28, 2008. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 8 points.

The 32 combined points were the fewest in any game of Week 4.

The result moved the Browns to 1–3 and dropped the Bengals to 0–4. It was the Bengals’ fourth straight loss. The Browns finished 2008 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2008 at 4–11–1 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 19–14 on December 23, 2007. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 14–0 on December 21, 2008.

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 11–8 after meeting No. 19 since 1999 Full series history

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