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New Orleans Saints at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 12 · Paycor Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New Orleans Saints—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 7 days of rest
Cincinnati Bengals 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 14 · 6 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NO 4 games, CIN 4 games
MetricNOCIN
Points per game26.310th24.314th
Points allowed per game32.032nd21.313th
Total yards per game367.09th351.811th
Passing yards per game300.83rd292.85th
Rushing yards per game88.527th74.331st
Turnovers per game2.026th1.313th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th2.318th
Penalty yards per game43.34th68.322nd

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.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  2. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  3. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  4. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. L 17–22 vs JAX Week 4
  2. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  3. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  4. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,171 yds
Rushing
Chase Brown 207 yds
Receiving
Tee Higgins 401 yds

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. 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

NO 2 · CIN 4 in 6 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 6 CIN 30, NO 26
  2. 2018 · Week 10 NO 51, CIN 14
  3. 2014 · Week 11 CIN 27, NO 10
  4. 2010 · Week 13 NO 34, CIN 30
  5. 2006 · Week 11 CIN 31, NO 16

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NO 33.7% · CIN 66.1%

Matchup quality 55.7 / 100

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

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