Spokesman-Review
National Football League
Cincinnati 27, Baltimore 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 26, 2014
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 62°
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 55711

Bengals 27, Ravens 24: Andy Dalton plowed over from the 1-yard line with 57 seconds left as host Cincinnati beat Baltimore to take back first place in the AFC North.

Dalton was 21-of-28 for 266 yards with two rushing touchdowns for the Bengals (4-2-1), who have 12 wins and a tie in their last 13 regular-season home games. Mohamed Sanu caught five passes for 125 yards for Cincinnati.

Joe Flacco was 17-of-34 for 195 yards but had two costly interceptions for the Ravens (5-3), who had won five of their last six games since an opening-day loss to the Bengals. Justin Forsett ran for 68 yards and Lorenzo Taliaferro scored two rushing TDs for Baltimore.

After the Ravens turned two turnovers into 10 points and a 24-20 lead with 3:59 left, Dalton drove the Bengals 80 yards on 10 plays for the winning score with the big play being a 27-yard pass to Sanu. With one last chance, Flacco hit Steve Smith for a long TD on second down, but Smith was called for offensive pass interference.

The Ravens rallied from a 17-6 third-quarter deficit on a pair of touchdowns by Taliaferro, the second after a strip-sack of Dalton by Haloti Ngata. A Dalton interception led to a 53-yard field goal by Justin Tucker with 3:59 left and the exciting finish.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sanu set up the first TD with a one-handed catch that went for 48 yards and the second on a 26-yard run on a reverse. … Bengals WR A.J. Green missed his third straight game with a toe injury. … Nursing a one-point halftime lead, the Bengals converted an interception by Emmanuel Lamur into a 1-yard TD run by Giovani Bernard and a pick by Adam Jones into a 32-yard field goal by Mike Nugent for a 17-6 edge with 6:29 left in the third.

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Baltimore   Cincinnati
Justin Forsett Player Giovani Bernard
17 Attempts 16
68 Yards 45
4.0 Avg Yards 2.8
0 Touchdowns 1
12 Long 8
Receiving
Baltimore   Cincinnati
Lorenzo Taliaferro Player Mohamed Sanu
2 Receptions 5
42 Yards 125
21.0 Avg Yards 25.0
0 Touchdowns 0
29 Long 53
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Baltimore 294 107 187 2 3 1 2.0 2
Cincinnati 350 111 239 3 2 2 1.0 1
Upcoming Games
  • Cincinnati will play their next game at home against Jacksonville. The Bengals have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Baltimore will play their next game on the road against Pittsburgh. The Ravens have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.