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Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2017 Regular season · Week 5 · 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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Bengals beat Bills 20–16 in 2017 Week 5

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Buffalo Bills 20–16 at home at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 5 of the 2017 regular season on October 8, 2017. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 4 points.

The result moved the Bengals to 2–3 and dropped the Bills to 3–2. The Bills finished 2017 at 9–7 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Bengals finished 2017 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Buffalo Bills won 16–12 on November 20, 2016. When they met again, the Buffalo Bills won 21–17 on September 22, 2019.

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 7–4 after meeting No. 11 since 2002 Full series history

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