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. 22, 2020 WEEK 3, GAME 3 CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-2) SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 AT LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD AT NEXT WEEK: WEEK 4, GAME 4 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (0-2) OCT. 4 VS. JACKSONVILLE GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. Last week, Taylor squared off against his college head coach, Bill Callahan, who is now offensive line coach for the Browns. This weekend’s game at Television: The game will air on CBS-TV. In the Bengals’ home region, Philadelphia also figures to hold personal meaning for Taylor, as he gets set to it will be carried by WKRC-TV (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO-TV (Ch. 7) in Dayton square off against his younger brother, Press, who serves as the Eagles’ passing and on WKYT-TV (Ch. 27) in Lexington. Broadcasters are Spero Dedes (play-by- game coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Still, though, Taylor’s focus remains on play) and Adam Archuleta (analyst). getting his team into the win column. “We just have to put this whole thing together as a team,” Taylor said. “This Radio: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati is a collective team effort here. We’re going to get it together. We’ve got the right flagship stations WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and WEBN-FM (102.7). guys in the locker room, I can guarantee that. Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). “Like I told the guys, we have 14 games left, and all of our goals are still in The game also will air nationally on Compass Media Networks, with front of us. Let’s come back refocused and find a way to win our first game.” broadcasters Chris Carrino (play-by-play) and Brian Baldinger (analyst). Philadelphia enters Sunday’s game 0-2, after falling 37-19 to the L.A. Rams last week. Setting the scene: The Bengals travel this week to take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Cincinnati fell to 0-2 The series: The Bengals lead, 9-3-1. Cincinnati’s .731 winning last Thursday, after suffering a 35-30 defeat at Cleveland. percentage against the Eagles is its second-highest against any NFL opponent. “I will never adjust to or accept losing,” said Bengals rookie QB Joe Burrow The only higher winning percentage has come against Detroit (9-3-0, .750). after the game. “That is just something that is not in my mindset, so this 0-2 start The Bengals, who are 5-3 at Philadelphia, have won three of the past four is really hurting me, and I know it’s hurting Coach Taylor and everybody in (the meetings and have not lost to the Eagles since 2000. The two teams tied 13-13 locker room). We will never adjust to losing. We will never accept losing. We are on Nov. 16, 2008 in Cincinnati. It was the only NFL tie in a period of essentially just going to have to get it right.” 10 years, running from a portion of 2003 into a portion of ’12. Burrow, though, was among the Bengals’ bright spots on Thursday. He The Bengals won the first five games of the series, which spanned from completed an NFL rookie-record 37 passes on the night, and kept Cincinnati 1971-88. The Eagles’ longest winning streak in the series is two games, from close with his playmaking ability. But he also attempted 61 passes, the second- games in 1997 and 2000. most ever by an NFL rookie (Carolina’s Chris Weinke had 63 in 2001) and Complete series results are on page 203 of the Bengals’ 2020 media guide. second-most ever by a Bengals QB (Jon Kitna had 68 in an OT game vs. Pittsburgh in 2001). Team bests from the series: After watching the tape, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said playing catch- Bengals — MOST POINTS: 42, in a 44-42 loss at Philadelphia in 1997. up contributed to Burrow’s 61 attempts. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 31, in a 31-0 victory at Philadelphia in 1975. “Forty-one of our passes came in two-minute situations, both at halftime and FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 0, in the 31-0 win in 1975. at the end of the game,” Taylor said, while also pointing out that the Bengals Eagles — MOST POINTS: 44, in a 44-42 win at Philadelphia in 1997. came away with 17 combined points on those two-minute drives. “We don’t want LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 9, in a 16-7 win at Philadelphia in 2000. our quarterback taking shots, and we don’t want to live in a ‘drop-back’ world. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 7, in the 16-7 win in 2000. But in those two moments, we were going to do what we needed to do to put ourselves in position to win.” The last meetings: Summaries of the most recent Bengals-Eagles Burrow, though, showed up in big moments throughout the game, and meetings — in 2012 at Philadelphia, and in ’16 at Cincinnati — are on page 12 of helped Cincinnati’s offense convert all five of its fourth-down attempts. It marked this news release. the first time since 1970 that the Bengals have gone perfect on as many fourth- down attempts in a single game (Elias Sports Bureau’s records do not go back A game in rare company: Though it’s not noted in any official further than 1970). He also passed for 316 yards and three TDs, including two in record book, a Bengals performance in the Eagles’ 1994 visit to Cincinnati is one the fourth quarter while the Bengals attempted a comeback. of just two games since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger in which a team has turned a When asked after the game what had him most disappointed about his loss into a win with three or fewer seconds left. In that December contest, the team’s performance, Burrow reiterated his earlier sentiment: “Just losing. Losing Bengals scored twice in the final three seconds to go from 30-27 losers to 33-30 isn’t very fun. This might be the only time in my sporting career that I have lost winners. two games in a row. It doesn’t feel very good.” Cincinnati tied the score at 30 with three seconds left on a 22-yard Doug One of the most painful parts of Thursday’s game was the loss of TE C.J. Pelfrey FG. The Eagles then muffed a Bengals squib kickoff, and DB Adrian Uzomah, who earlier in the game was on the receiving end of Burrow’s first Hardy recovered for the Bengals at the Eagles’ 37-yard line. The clock stopped career TD pass. Uzomah went down in the fourth quarter with a right Achilles with one second left. Then, as time ran out, Pelfrey kicked a career-long 54-yard injury, which Taylor confirmed on Friday was a tear that would cause him to miss FG to win the game. the rest of the season. On Dec. 15 last season, the Atlanta Falcons not only matched that feat, but “It’s awful,” Taylor said. “He’s one of the hardest workers on our team, and beat it by scoring two TDs in the final two seconds for a 29-22 win at San he’s a leader on this team. It’s killer when you get news like that — for him and Francisco. for your team, just because the guys are so close to him. But that’s part of the Other than those two contests, there is only one other NFL game since 1970 game.” with two scores by a team in the last three seconds. And in that case, the second — 1 — (A game in rare company, continued) brothers ... Eagles K Jake Elliott entered the NFL as a fifth-round draft pick (153rd overall) of the Bengals in 2017 ... Eagles C Jason Kelce played at the of the two scores was not central to the outcome. On Nov. 15, 1998, Tennessee University of Cincinnati ... Bengals DT Mike Daniels is from Stratford, N.J. went up 17-14 on Pittsburgh with a field goal at :03. Then Tennessee padded its (Highland Regional High School) ... Bengals LS Clark Harris is from margin with a TD for a 23-14 win as Pittsburgh botched the ensuing kickoff. Manahawkin, N.J. (Southern Regional High School) ... Eagles P Cameron Johnston played at Ohio State University ... Eagles G Jamon Brown is from Bengals career records watch: Here is a look at potential Louisville, Ky. (Fern Creek High School), and played at the University of upcoming movement in the Bengals’ career records book (regular season): Louisville ... Eagles G Brandon Brooks (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform) ● DE Carlos Dunlap has 81.5 career sacks, two shy of DE Eddie Edwards* played at Miami (Ohio) University ... Eagles RB Michael Warren (practice squad) (83.5) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. played at the University of Cincinnati and is from Toledo, Ohio (Central Catholic ● Bengals DT Geno Atkins has 75.5 career sacks, six shy of Dunlap (81.5) High School) ... Bengals assistant special teams coach Colt Anderson played for for second place all-time. Edwards* (83.5) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. the Eagles from 2010-13 ... Bengals tight ends coach James Casey played for ● WR A.J. Green has 63 career receiving TDs, three behind WR Chad the Eagles from 2013-14 ..