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Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns

Final · Kickoff

2023 Regular season · Week 1 · FirstEnergy 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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CLECleveland Browns24Home
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Browns beat Bengals 24–3 in 2023 Week 1

The Cleveland Browns beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24–3 at home at FirstEnergy Stadium in Week 1 of the 2023 regular season on September 10, 2023.

The 27 combined points were the fewest in any game of Week 1.

The result moved the Browns to 1–0 and dropped the Bengals to 0–1. The Bengals finished 2023 at 9–8 and missed the playoffs. The Browns finished 2023 at 11–6 and lost in the Wild Card round.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 23–10 on December 11, 2022. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 31–14 on January 7, 2024.

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 28–21 after meeting No. 49 since 1999 Full series history

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