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Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals

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2009 Regular season · Week 13 · 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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CINCincinnati Bengals23Home
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Bengals beat Lions 23–13 in 2009 Week 13

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Detroit Lions 23–13 at home at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 13 of the 2009 regular season on December 6, 2009.

The result moved the Bengals to 9–3 and dropped the Lions to 2–10. The Lions finished 2009 at 2–14 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2009 at 10–6 and lost in the Wild Card round.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 41–17 on December 18, 2005. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 27–24 on October 20, 2013.

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 3–0 after meeting No. 3 since 2001 Full series history

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