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Cincinnati Bengals at Minnesota Vikings

Final · Kickoff

2025 Regular season · Week 3 · U.S. Bank 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 Bengals10Away
MINMinnesota Vikings48Home
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Vikings beat Bengals 48–10 in 2025 Week 3

The Minnesota Vikings beat the Cincinnati Bengals 48–10 at home at U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 3 of the 2025 regular season on September 21, 2025.

No other game of Week 3 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Vikings to 2–1 and dropped the Bengals to 2–1. The Bengals finished 2025 at 6–11 and missed the playoffs. The Vikings finished 2025 at 9–8 and missed the playoffs. The Vikings’ 48 points were their most in any game of 2025.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 27–24 on December 16, 2023.

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 4–3 after meeting No. 7 since 2005 Full series history

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