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Tennessee Titans at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · Paycor Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Tennessee Titans—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Matchup preview

Tennessee Titans 0–4 · Road 0–2 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 32 · 7 days of rest
Cincinnati Bengals 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 14 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · TEN 4 games, CIN 4 games
MetricTENCIN
Points per game13.831st24.314th
Points allowed per game20.89th21.313th
Total yards per game261.332nd351.811th
Passing yards per game181.529th292.85th
Rushing yards per game89.026th74.331st
Turnovers per game1.313th1.313th
Sacks allowed per game1.55th2.318th
Penalty yards per game41.33rd68.322nd

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Tennessee Titans: recent results

  1. L 18–24 @ BAL Week 4
  2. L 7–12 @ NYG Week 3
  3. L 20–24 vs PHI Week 2
  4. L 10–23 vs NYJ Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. L 17–22 vs JAX Week 4
  2. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  3. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  4. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

Tennessee Titans: season leaders

Passing
Cam Ward 726 yds
Rushing
Tony Pollard 221 yds
Receiving
Carnell Tate 268 yds

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,171 yds
Rushing
Chase Brown 207 yds
Receiving
Tee Higgins 401 yds

Tennessee Titans: injury report

  • Out Amani Hooker SS
  • Questionable Carnell Tate WR
  • Questionable David Martin-Robinson TE

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 8. Full report

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Questionable Bryan Cook FS
  • Questionable Colbie Young WR
  • Questionable Ja'Marr Chase WR
  • Questionable Swayze Bozeman SLB
  • Questionable Tee Higgins WR

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

TEN 10 · CIN 9 in 19 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 15 CIN 37, TEN 27
  2. 2023 · Week 4 CIN 3, TEN 27
  3. 2022 · Week 12 CIN 20, TEN 16
  4. 2021 · Divisional CIN 19, TEN 16
  5. 2020 · Week 8 TEN 20, CIN 31

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

TEN 22.0% · CIN 77.8%

Matchup quality 39.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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