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Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Paycor Stadium · Thursday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
Baltimore Ravens—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Game details

Location
Cincinnati

Matchup preview

Baltimore Ravens 2–1 · Road 2–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 9 · 4 days of rest
Cincinnati Bengals 2–1 · Home 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 12 · 11 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · BAL 3 games, CIN 3 games
MetricBALCIN
Points per game30.74th26.711th
Points allowed per game26.022nd21.012th
Total yards per game398.76th323.315th
Passing yards per game248.314th247.715th
Rushing yards per game167.33rd91.327th
Turnovers per game0.75th1.012th
Sacks allowed per game1.77th2.315th
Penalty yards per game66.021st55.015th

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.

Baltimore Ravens: recent results

  1. W 34–31 @ DAL Week 3
  2. L 17–24 vs NO Week 2
  3. W 41–23 @ IND Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

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

Baltimore Ravens: season leaders

Passing
Lamar Jackson 745 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Derrick Henry 301 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Zay Flowers 234 yds · 2 g
Sacks
Tavius Robinson 2.0 · 2 g

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 743 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 197 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 244 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Jonathan Allen 2.0 · 2 g

Baltimore Ravens: injury report

  • Out Cam Jurgens
  • Out Lamar Jackson QB
  • Out Trey Hendrickson SLB
  • Questionable Andrew Vorhees
  • Questionable Marlon Humphrey RCB
  • Questionable Zay Flowers WR

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. 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

BAL 30 · CIN 25 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 15 BAL 24, CIN 0
  2. 2025 · Week 13 CIN 32, BAL 14
  3. 2024 · Week 10 CIN 34, BAL 35
  4. 2024 · Week 5 BAL 41, CIN 38 (OT)
  5. 2023 · Week 11 CIN 20, BAL 34

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

BAL 51.1% · CIN 48.5%

Matchup quality 80.7 / 100

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

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