Game 57. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
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1997 Game 184 (Week 14) Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Bengals win their fifth straight
The hottest team in the NFL is the Cincinnati Bengals. With a 38-28 win over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday at Veteran’s Stadium, the Bengals have now five in a row and eight of their last nine games. They lead the AFC Central with a 9-4 record, despite losing their starting quarterback to injury.
QB Boomer Esiason is reliving his glory days in Cincinnati. He has taken over from Jeff Blake and has been on fire. On Sunday, he was the benefactor of a tremendous running game as the Bengals pounded the Eagles for 160 yards on the ground. Esiason threw for 207 yards on 18 of 29 passing with an interception.
As for their running game, the Bengals got a career-day from RB Corey Dillon, who rushed for only 88 yards but scored four rushing touchdowns! Dillon now has 12 rushing TDs on the season. The Bengals got another rushing touchdown from WR Darnay Scott on an end around.
As for the Eagles, they got a big rushing day as well. They rushed for 183 yards as a team with 85 coming from RB Ricky Watters. QB Bobby Hoying threw for 216 yards on 16 of 37 passing with three touchdowns and an interception.
The Bengals are in a divisional race with the Pittsburgh Steelers and will put their first-place spot on the line next week when they host the Tennessee Oilers. The Eagles are now 5-8 and will host the New York Giants next Sunday.
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1997 Game 176 (Week 13) Jacksonville at Cincinnati
Bengals take down Jaguars in a shoot out
The Cincinnati Bengals kept control of the AFC North with a 41-33 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday at Cinergy Field. QBs Mark Brunell and Boomer Esiason combined for 707 yards passing and 6 TDs in the wild west shootout.
Boomer is back under center in Cincinnati after QB Jeff Blake was benched and he didn’t disappoint. Esiason was on fire in this game completing 21 of 26 passes for 312 yards and 4 TDs. He hit WR Carl Pickens for an 86 yard TD and later in the game a 76-yard TD to Darnay Scott for the game-winner.
Brunell was on fire too. He was 35 of 51 passing for 395 yards and 2 TDs. WR Jimmy Smith caught 10 passes for 156 yards, while Keenan McCardell caught 9 passes for 94 yards. RB James Stewart caught 3 passes for 21 yards and 2 TDs.
The Bengals are now 8-4 and are atop of the AFC Central standings. They are tied with the Steelers in the standings but have swept the Steelers in the head-to-head matchup. The Bengals will try to keep that lead next Sunday when they travel to Philadelphia. As for the Jaguars, they have dropped three straight games and are now 4-8. They will host the Ravens next Sunday.
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1997 Game 153 (Week 12) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Bengals shock the Steelers in OT; Take Division Lead
Five weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers were running away with the AFC Central division, had an undefeated season, and were among the elite in the NFL. Then they met up with a 3-3 Cincinnati Bengals team and lost, 26-11. Since then, the Steelers have been going in one direction, while the Bengals were going another.
On Sunday, the two teams faced off each other again, but this time it was for the lead in the AFC Central. The Steelers lost 3 of their last four and were 7-3, while the Bengals won 5 of their last six and were coming into the game at 6-4. The winner would take control of the division.
To start the game, Steelers’ QB Kordell Stewart was horrible. He threw two picks on the Steelers’ first two drives, and they were down immediately 13-0. The Bengals scored on RB Corey Dillons’ 4-yard run and then QB Jeff Blake hit WR Carl Pickens on a 24-yard TD pass. Pelfrey missed the extra point on the first drive, so the Bengals held a 13-0 lead.
The Steelers usual explosive offense was held to just 82 first half yards and the Steelers trailed at halftime 16-3. The Steelers got a field goal in the third to make it 16-6, but the action picked up in the final quarter.
Jerome Bettis caught a short 4-yard pass from Stewart and blasted through for a touchdown cutting the lead to 16-13. Then the Bengals answered when Kijana Carter raced through the Steelers’ defense for a 62-yard touchdown run, 23-13. After a Steeler field goal, the Steelers tied the game on another Bettis receiving touchdown with 2:30 minutes remaining to send the game into overtime.
In the extra period, both teams squandered their first drives, but the Bengals didn’t disappoint on the next. On a third and long, Blake hit tight end Tony McGee, who broke free and ran down to the Steeler’s 2-yard line. The Bengals didn’t mess around. They sent in Doug Pelfrey, who calmly kicked the 19-yard game-winning field goal.
The Bengals are now in first place in the division tied with the Steelers with a 7-4 record, but the Bengals have the tie breaker due to winning both head-to-head matchups. Next week, the Bengals host Jacksonville, while the Steelers, now losing 4 out of the last 5, head to Philadelphia to try to right the ship.