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CINCINNATI BENGALS One Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 621-3550 administrative offices (513) 621-3570 administrative fax (513) 621-TDTD (8383) ticket office www.bengals.com WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE OCT. 2, 2019 WEEK 5, GAME 5 ARIZONA CARDINALS (0-3-1) SUNDAY, OCT. 6 AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM AT NEXT WEEK: WEEK 6, GAME 6 CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-4-0) SUNDAY, OCT. 13 AT BALTIMORE GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. Stadium in 2015 on Sunday Night Football. The Bengals were 2-1 against the Cardinals when the franchise was based Television: The game will air on FOX-TV. In the Bengals’ home region, in St. Louis (prior to 1988), and the series is tied 4-4 since the Cardinals’ move to it will be carried by WXIX-TV (Ch. 19) in Cincinnati, WGRT-TV (Ch. 45) in Arizona. Dayton, WDKY-TV (Ch. 56) in Lexington, and WTTE-TV (Ch. 28) in Columbus. Complete Bengals-Cardinals series results are on page 206 of the 2019 Broadcasters are Thom Brennaman (play-by-play), Chris Spielman (analyst) and Bengals Media Guide. Shannon Spake (sideline reporter). Team bests from the series: Radio: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati Bengals — MOST POINTS: 42, in a 42-24 win over the St. Louis flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and Cardinals at Riverfront Stadium in 1973. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 18, in WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave the 42-24 win in 1973. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 13, in a 24-13 win at Paul Lapham (analyst). Brown Stadium in 2000. Cardinals — MOST POINTS: 41, in a 41-27 win at St. Louis in 1985. Setting the scene: The Bengals this week return home to face the LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 21, in a 28-7 win at Sun Devil Stadium in 1994. Arizona Cardinals at Paul Brown Stadium. Both teams will be attempting to FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 7, in the 28-7 win in 1994. shake off disappointing Week 4 losses and find the win column for the first time this season. The last meetings: Summaries of the two Bengals-Cardinals The Bengals’ Week 4 defeat came at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers on meetings — at Cincinnati in 2011 and at Arizona in ’15 — are on page 14 of this Monday Night Football. Cincinnati gained an early 3-0 advantage after one news release. quarter, but failed to score again the rest of the night. And after starting slow, Pittsburgh scored 27 unanswered points in the final three quarters and cruised to a 27-3 victory. BENGALS-CARDINALS NFL RANKINGS “It’s definitely been tough,” said Bengals QB Andy Dalton after the game. BENGALS CARDINALS “But with where we’re at right now, we just have to understand that every game SCORING (AVERAGE POINTS): is important. We’ve got to figure out who we are.” Points scored................................................ 30th (14.5) 25th (18.5) That process starts on Sunday against Arizona, when both Bengals head Points allowed .............................................. 28th (27.5) 29th (28.8) coach Zac Taylor and Cardinals head coach Kilff Kingsbury will be seeking their NET OFFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): first win as a head coach. But to find the win column on Sunday, Taylor’s Total ........................................................... 27th (306.5) 23rd (326.3) Bengals will need to overcome injuries to several key players. Rushing ....................................................... 32nd (49.5) 23rd (92.0) The statuses of WR A.J. Green (ankle) and OT Cordy Glenn (concussion), Passing ....................................................... 13th (257.0) 21st (234.3) who have yet to play this season, remain uncertain. So does that of WR John NET DEFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): Ross, who left Monday’s contest with a shoulder injury. And it’s also unclear Total ........................................................... 24th (386.3) 31st (417.5) whether DT Ryan Glasgow (thigh) and DE Carl Lawson (hamstring) can return Rushing ...................................................... 27th (143.0) 28th (146.5) after missing the last two games. Passing ....................................................... 17th (243.3) 23rd (271.0) “I told the (players) that we’re going to turn this thing around with the guys TURNOVERS: that are in that locker room,” Taylor said. “We feel awful right now, but that’s the Differential ........................................... T-28th (minus-5) T-18th (minus-1) way it is. We’re 0-4. No one feels sorry for us. We’ve got a game in six days, so we’ve got to turn around, be ready and go try to get our first win.” Bengals career records watch: Here is a look at potential Needless to say, no one inside Paul Brown Stadium expected an 0-4 start to upcoming movement in the Bengals’ career records book (regular season): the season. But while there certainly are plenty of Xs and Os to examine this ● QB Andy Dalton has 4087 career pass attempts, 388 behind QB Ken week, Taylor says the most important way to right the ship can’t be practiced. Anderson (4475) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. “It’s a test of our character,” he said. “That’s what I told the guys. Your ● Dalton has 2545 career completions, 109 shy of Anderson (2654) for the character as a man and your character as a football player — how are you going Bengals’ all-time lead. to respond right now? Are you going to feel sorry for us, because nobody else on ● Bengals WR Alex Erickson has 93 career punt returns, five shy of CB this planet feels sorry for us right now. It’s going to be the opposite. People are Adam Jones (98) for fourth place all-time. WR Brandon Tate (153) is the going to take shots at you now. Bengals’ all-time leader. Erickson passed S Tommy Casanova (91) for fifth place “So what are we about? I think it’s a group of guys that’s going to step up all-time in Game 3 at Buffalo. and respond. It just hasn’t been that way yet.” ● Erickson has 727 career punt return yards, 57 shy of Casanova (784) for Arizona enters Sunday’s game 0-3-1, after falling 27-10 to Seattle last week. fifth place all-time. Tate (1411) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. ● Erickson has 103 career kickoff returns, 12 shy of FB Eric Ball (115) for The series: Cincinnati leads 6-5 overall. The Bengals also lead 6-1 in fifth place all-time. S/CB Tremain Mack (146) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. games played in Cincinnati. The only game in series history won by the visitors ● Erickson has 2566 career kickoff return yards, 186 behind RB Stanford was Arizona’s 35-27 win at Paul Brown Stadium in 2007. Jennings (2752) for fourth place all-time. Mack (3583) is the Bengals’ all-time The Cardinals won the most recent meeting, 34-31 at University of Phoenix leader. — 1 — (Bengals career records watch, continued) at the University of Kentucky ... Cardinals WR Johnnie Dixon (practice squad) played at Ohio State University ... Bengals defensive line coach Nick Eason ● DE Carlos Dunlap has 73.5 career sacks, 10 short of DE Eddie Edwards* played for the Cardinals from 2011-12 ... Bengals assistant strength and (83.5) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. conditioning coach Garrett Swanson was college free agent signee of the ● DT Geno Atkins has 72 career sacks, 1.5 short of Dunlap (73.5) for Cardinals in 2016, and was with the team through preseason ... Cardinals second place all-time. Edwards* (83.5) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. linebackers coach Bill Davis played QB and WR at the University of Cincinnati ● WR A.J. Green has 63 career receiving TDs, three behind WR Chad from 1985-88. Davis also coached at Ohio State University from 2016-18 ... Johnson (66) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. Cardinals assistant wide receivers coach Peter Badovinac coached at Ohio State ● Green has 63 total TDs, one short of WR Carl Pickens and RB James University in 2018 ... Cardinals assistant special teams coach Randall McCray Brooks (both with 64) for third place all-time. FB Pete Johnson (70) is the coached at the University of Toledo from 2003-06. Bengals’ all-time leader. *—The NFL has counted sacks as official statistics since 1982. However, the Uniform watch: The Bengals are scheduled to wear orange jerseys Bengals have sack statistics compiled since 1976 and recognize those sacks and white pants this week vs. Arizona. recorded from ’76-81 in its records. Thus, please note that, because the NFL has Since 2004, the year of the Bengals’ last significant uniform redesign, a sacks statistics for all teams only since 1982, the Bengals’ sack statistics for number of color options for jerseys and pants have been available. Below are the players whose careers included seasons prior to ’82 will not be included in records (regular season plus postseason) for the different combinations: league information. JERSEY PANTS W-L-T PCT. Records vs. Cardinals: The Bengals record book does not list any Orange* Black ...................................................................... 6-1-0 .857 Bengals records set previously against the Cardinals or opponent records set by Orange* White .................................................................... 16-6-1 .717 the Cardinals against Cincinnati. White (CR)* White (CR)* ........................................................... 2-2-0 .500 The closest entry on the Bengals side is 37 completions by Carson Palmer Black Black .................................................................. 16-15-1 .516 against Arizona in 2007. That ranks second in Bengals history behind Ken Black White .................................................................. 36-35-1 .507 Anderson’s 40 in 1982 at San Diego. White Black .................................................................. 28-35-0 .444 Additional trivia note: Andy Dalton’s 48 rushing yards against Arizona in his White White .................................................................