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Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 13 · Huntington Bank Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Cincinnati Bengals—Away
Cleveland Browns—Home

Game details

Venue address
100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland, OH 44114, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Cincinnati Bengals 2–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 14 · 7 days of rest
Cleveland Browns 3–1 · Home 2–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · CIN 4 games, CLE 4 games
MetricCINCLE
Points per game24.314th20.322nd
Points allowed per game21.313th23.819th
Total yards per game351.811th292.524th
Passing yards per game292.85th213.820th
Rushing yards per game74.331st93.822nd
Turnovers per game1.314th1.314th
Sacks allowed per game2.318th2.823rd
Penalty yards per game68.321st74.327th

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.

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

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  2. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  3. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  4. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 1,171 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 207 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 401 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Dexter Lawrence II 3.0 · 3 g

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 855 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 177 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Denzel Boston 284 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0 · 3 g

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Colbie Young WR
  • Out Connor Lew C
  • Out Jack Endries TE
  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Out Landon Robinson LDT
  • Out Myles Hinton RT

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Cleveland Browns: injury report

  • Out Carsen Ryan TE
  • Out Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WLB
  • Out Joe Royer TE
  • Out KC Concepcion
  • Out Mason Graham LDT
  • Out Mike Hall Jr. RDT
  • Out Nathaniel Watson
  • Out Parker Brailsford C

3 more listed.

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

CIN 32 · CLE 22 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 CLE 20, CIN 18
  2. 2025 · Week 1 CIN 17, CLE 16
  3. 2024 · Week 16 CLE 6, CIN 24
  4. 2024 · Week 7 CIN 21, CLE 14
  5. 2023 · Week 18 CLE 14, CIN 31

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

CIN 71.0% · CLE 28.8%

Matchup quality 39.9 / 100

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

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