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At New England Patriots, Sun., Sept 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 SEPT. 7, 2010 Regular-season opener Cincinnati Bengals (0-0) Sunday, Sept. 12 at Gillette Stadium at Next up: Week 2, Game 2 New England Patriots (0-0) Sept. 19 vs. Baltimore Game information Kickoff: 1 p.m. EDT. and no significant final-game injuries. Most if not all of the club’s front-line players appear ready to take their starting roles against Television: CBS broadcast with Jim Nantz (play-by-play) the Patriots. and Phil Simms (analyst). The game will air in the Bengals’ home “All the focus is on going to Foxboro, and that really has been market on CBS affiliates WKRC-TV (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO- the focus all summer,” said head coach Marvin Lewis. “We’ve TV (Ch. 7) in Dayton and WKYT-TV (Ch. 27) in Lexington, Ky. worked a long time to get ready for this. I’m telling our guys to do two things — under-promise and over-achieve. You know it’s Radio: Coverage on the 28-station Bengals Radio never going to be easy. The team that wins is going to be the Network, including WCKY-AM (1530) “Homer” (all sports) and team with just a little more gas in the tank at the end of 60 minutes WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Brad Johansen (play-by- than the other guys.” play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). The Bengals lost their season opener last year, at home to Denver and in stunning, last-second fashion. Their successful Setting the scene: An opening game does not 2009 season proved that losing the opener is no cause to lose necessarily define a season, as the Bengals themselves proved in hope. But for a defending division champion picked third out of 2009, but this year’s season opener provides Cincinnati with the four teams in many forecasts, a win in one of the NFL’s toughest opportunity to quickly make some skeptics think twice. neighborhoods would be exceptionally satisfying. The Bengals have been forecast by most national NFL Cincinnati also has a tough assignment in its home opener on previews as the second or third-place finisher in the AFC North, Sept. 19, taking on Baltimore, the team that has garnered by far left out of all but a few playoff scenarios. And Cincinnati starts this the greatest share of preseason acclaim as the AFC North week with one of any campaign’s tougher road tests, a date at favorite. New England. The Patriots have won six of the last seven AFC East titles, including last season, and were unbeaten at home in The series: The Patriots lead 13-8, including 8-2 as the the regular season both last year and in 2007. home team. But the Bengals won their division as well last year — New England has won its last three meetings with the unbeaten (6-0) in AFC North games — and they suffered no major Bengals, most recently by 34-13 at Cincinnati in 2007. The last player losses in free agency. The defense and the rushing game Bengals win in the series was a 23-17 game at Cincinnati in 2001. were Cincinnati’s strong points in ’09, and while the passing game The Bengals have lost their last four games at New England, with struggled, there are prominent new additions for the air game in their last road win against the Patriots being a 31-7 decision in veteran WR Terrell Owens, rookie TE Jermaine Gresham and 1986 at Sullivan Stadium. rookie WR Jordan Shipley. The offensive line, unproven as 2009 This week marks the Bengals’ second visit to Gillette began, got good reviews for last season and this year has all five Stadium. They lost 35-28 at Gillette in 2004. starters back. Cincinnati’s first victory in the series was a memorable one, That ought to count for something, Bengals boosters would as the 1970 team won 45-7 over Boston at Riverfront Stadium to aver, and perhaps CBS-TV agrees. The network of the AFC has clinch the AFC Central Division title. The Paul Brown-coached deemed the game as the conference headliner for this Sunday, Bengals, in their third season, became at the time the youngest assigning the No. 1 broadcast duo of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. franchise ever to reach the playoffs. As to how many others might be counted as believers, QB In 1988, a Super Bowl-bound Bengals team opened the Carson Palmer shrugs it off. season with a 6-0 start before suffering its first loss, 27-21 at New “What counts is where you are at the end, not where they say England. you’ll wind up when it’s just beginning,” Palmer said. “I don’t worry The series began at baseball’s storied Fenway Park. In an about skeptics. I just want to get out there and play football with American Football League game in 1968, the Patriots defeated my guys. We’ll fly under the radar as long as we can. That’s just the expansion Bengals, 33-14. fine with me.” The complete Bengals-Patriots series listing is on page 164 Palmer himself is a bit under the national radar for now. The of the 2010 Bengals Media Guide. two-time Pro Bowler has not posted big passing numbers since 2007. But he was injured for most of 2008 and did not have a Team bests from the series: deep receiving corps in 2009. He remains, inside the Bengals’ Bengals — MOST POINTS: 45, in a 45-7 win at halls, the cornerstone of the club. Riverfront Stadium in 1970. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 38, in Last week at Indianapolis, the Bengals finished preseason the 45-7 win in 1970. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 7 (six times), the preferred way — with a win (30-28), a winning record (3-2) most recently in a 7-2 loss at New England in 1993. — Page 1 — (Team bests from the series, continued) one TD; Ochocinco played but had no statistics against the Pats in the 2001 season opener. Patriots — MOST POINTS: 38, in a 38-13 win at Cincinnati in 2006. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 25, in the 38- Bengal blowouts: Though the Patriots have won 13 13 win in 2006. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 2, in a 7-2 victory of 21 previous meetings with Cincinnati, the Bengals lead by 45 in at New England in 1993. total points scored (447-402). Seven of the eight Bengals victories in the series have come by 10 points or more. Five of the eight The last meetings: Complete summaries of the last wins have been by more than 20 points. two Bengals-Patriots meetings — in 2006 and ’07, both at Paul Brown Stadium — are on page 14 of this news release. Bengals-Patriots 2009 NFL rankings BENGALS PATRIOTS An opener for the ages: Though the team came back to make the playoffs, last year’s Bengals season opener was SCORING (AVG. POINTS): one for the books in terms of angst. On Sept. 13 at Paul Brown Points scored ......................... 22nd (19.1) 6th (26.7) Stadium, Denver scored an 87-yard game-winning touchdown Points allowed ........................... 6th (18.2) 5th (17.8) with 11 seconds to play — on a pass that was deflected by the NET OFFENSE (AVG. YARDS): Bengals defense to WR Brandon Stokley, who was not the Total ...................................... 24th (309.1) 3rd (397.3) intended receiver. Rushing ................................... 9th (128.5) 12th (120.1) Final score: Broncos 12, Bengals 7. Passing ................................. 26th (180.5) 3rd (277.3) “I have never seen anything like that,” said Bengals QB NET DEFENSE (AVG. YARDS): Carson Palmer, and in truth, no one had. The Elias Sports Bureau Total ........................................ 4th (301.4) 11th (320.2) confirmed it as NFL’s longest-ever game-winning TD from Rushing ..................................... 7th (98.3) 13th (110.5) scrimmage in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Passing ................................... 6th (203.1) 12th (209.7) The play was all the more dramatic given the atmosphere TURNOVERS: inside a sold-out Paul Brown Stadium. Fans were still celebrating Differential .............................. 18th (even) T-8th (plus-6) an apparent Cincinnati comeback victory, as the Bengals had driven 91 yards for a touchdown and a 7-6 lead with only 38 Point differential leaders: The Patriots led the seconds to play. AFC last season in scoring differential at plus-142, outscoring foes 427-285. That’s an average differential of 8.9 points per game. More on openers: Head coach Marvin Lewis is 3-4 in New England ranked fourth in the NFL, behind New Orleans season openers, and 2-2 in season openers on the road. His (plus-169), Green Bay (plus-164) and Minnesota (plus-158). clubs’ road openers have included a 2004 loss at the Jets, a 2005 The Bengals played closer in winning the AFC North Division win at the Browns, a 2006 win at Kansas City and a 2008 loss at title with a 10-6 record. Cincinnati outscored its foes by only 14 Baltimore. points (305-291) on the season. The Bengals franchise has posted a 19-23 mark in season openers, including 6-12 on the road. Red zone reports: The Bengals began 2009 in fine style in red-zone TD percentage. At midseason (after Weeks 7 It seems to help: No one will be calling a season and 8), they led the NFL. Entering the Nov. 15 Pittsburgh game, opener a “must-win” game.
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