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New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals

Final · Kickoff

2025 Regular season · Week 12 · Paycor 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 Bengals20Home
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Patriots beat Bengals 26–20 in 2025 Week 12

The New England Patriots beat the Cincinnati Bengals 26–20 on the road at Paycor Stadium in Week 12 of the 2025 regular season on November 23, 2025. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

The result moved the Patriots to 10–2 and dropped the Bengals to 3–8. It was the Patriots’ ninth straight win. It was the Bengals’ fourth straight loss. The Patriots finished 2025 at 14–3 and lost Super Bowl LX. The Bengals finished 2025 at 6–11 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the New England Patriots won 16–10 on September 8, 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 Patriots lead the series 10–3 after meeting No. 13 since 2000 Full series history

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