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Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 1 · MetLife 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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Bengals beat Jets 23–22 in 2016 Week 1

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the New York Jets 23–22 on the road at MetLife Stadium in Week 1 of the 2016 regular season on September 11, 2016. The final margin was a single point.

The result moved the Bengals to 1–0 and dropped the Jets to 0–1. The Bengals finished 2016 at 6–9–1 and missed the playoffs. The Jets finished 2016 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Cincinnati Bengals won 49–9 on October 27, 2013. When they met again, the Cincinnati Bengals won 22–6 on December 1, 2019.

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 Jets lead the series 6–3 after meeting No. 9 since 2001 Full series history

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