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Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2005 Regular season · Week 16 · Paul Brown Stadium · Saturday

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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 37–27 in 2005 Week 16

The Buffalo Bills beat the Cincinnati Bengals 37–27 on the road at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 16 of the 2005 regular season on December 24, 2005.

The 64 combined points were the most in any game of Week 16.

The result moved the Bills to 5–10 and dropped the Bengals to 11–4. The Bills finished 2005 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2005 at 11–5 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Bills’ 37 points were their most in any game of 2005.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 33–17 on December 19, 2004. When they met again, the Buffalo Bills won 33–21 on November 4, 2007.

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 4–0 after meeting No. 4 since 2002 Full series history

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