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Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2017 Regular season · Week 2 · Paul Brown Stadium · Thursday Night

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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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Texans beat Bengals 13–9 in 2017 Week 2

The Houston Texans beat the Cincinnati Bengals 13–9 on the road at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 2 of the 2017 regular season on September 14, 2017. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 4 points.

The result moved the Texans to 1–1 and dropped the Bengals to 0–2. The Texans finished 2017 at 4–12 and missed the playoffs. The Bengals finished 2017 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Houston Texans won 12–10 on December 24, 2016. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 37–31 on December 27, 2020.

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 Texans lead the series 8–4 after meeting No. 12 since 2002 Full series history

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