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Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers

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2008 Regular season · Week 12 · Heinz Field · 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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Steelers beat Bengals 27–10 in 2008 Week 12

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 27–10 at home at Heinz Field in Week 12 of the 2008 regular season on November 20, 2008.

The result moved the Steelers to 8–3 and dropped the Bengals to 1–9–1. The Bengals finished 2008 at 4–11–1 and missed the playoffs. The Steelers finished 2008 at 12–4 and won Super Bowl XLIII.

In their previous meeting, the Pittsburgh Steelers won 38–10 on October 19, 2008. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 23–20 on September 27, 2009. The Steelers swept the 2008 season series.

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 Steelers lead the series 16–5 after meeting No. 21 since 1999 Full series history

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