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 DEC. 17, 2019 WEEK 16, GAME 15 CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-13) SUNDAY, DEC. 22 AT HARD ROCK STADIUM AT NEXT WEEK: MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-11) SEASON FINALE, DEC. 29 VS. CLEVELAND GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. “I wouldn’t say I circled it,” Taylor said Monday, when asked if this game has extra meaning for him, “but they had great people there (when I was there), who Television: The game will air on CBS-TV. In Cincinnati, it will be carried are still there — people I grew really close to. The equipment mangers, the by WKRC-TV (Ch. 12). Broadcasters are Andrew Catalon (play-by-play), James strength staff — they had a bunch of really good people in Miami that, in the four Lofton (analyst) and Michael Grady (sideline reporter). years I was there, I really felt a connection to. I’m sure all the guys on our staff that worked there do as well. I had good memories there.” Radio: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati Miami enters Sunday’s matchup 3-11, after a 36-20 loss on the road to the flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and N.Y. Giants last week. WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst). The series: Miami has been the second-toughest opponent the Bengals have encountered in their 51-year history, based on series winning Setting the scene: The Bengals this week travel to Miami, where percentage. The Dolphins hold a 16-7 edge, including 1-0 in postseason, for a they will take on the Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium. Cincinnati .696 success rate. The Dolphins’ overall winning percentage against the Bengals stands at 1-13 on the season, after falling 34-13 at home to the New England trails only the San Francisco 49ers (12-4, .750). Patriots last week. The Bengals have won the last two meetings — 22-7 in 2016 and 27-17 in “There was a lot to be pleased with that happened in the game,” said ’18 (both at Cincinnati) — as well as four of the past seven, dating back to 2004. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, “but ultimately, we lost by 21 points. It got ugly However, Miami previously had won nine straight meetings from 1978-2000, and at the end, so that part was frustrating.” the Dolphins lead 7-2 overall (including postseason) in games played in Miami. Cincinnati led after one quarter against New England and controlled much of The Dolphins won the last meeting in Miami on a safety in overtime in 2013, the first half, thanks to a surging ground attack and relentless defense. The 22-20. Bengals opened the game offensively with a nine-play scoring drive, which The one playoff game in series history was an AFC Divisional contest, won started with eight consecutive runs and was capped by an eight-yard TD pass to 34-16 by the Dolphins at the Orange Bowl in 1973. TE Cethan Carter — his first career reception. Complete Bengals-Dolphins series results are on page 208 of the Bengals “It was a game plan (where), in the first half, we felt like our guys were doing 2019 media guide. a good job executing and playing the right way,” Taylor said. “We were playing the way we thought we were going to have to play to win that game.” Team bests from the series: The Bengals applied consistent pressure to Patriots QB Tom Brady in the Bengals — MOST POINTS: 38 (twice), most recently in a 38-25 victory first half, sacking him twice and hitting him on three other instances. Cincinnati’s at Miami in 2007. LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 17, from a 38-21 victory at defense, which entered the contest ranked 31st in yards allowed, held Brady to Miami in 1968. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 7, in a 22-7 Cincinnati win at Paul just 128 passing yards and a 51.7 completion percentage (15 of 29) on the day. Brown Stadium in 2016. “He’s smart,” Bengals S Shawn Williams said of Brady. “He knows he Dolphins — MOST POINTS: 38, in a 38-14 victory at Miami in 1983. doesn’t have to force anything. With a defense playing the way that they’re LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 24 (twice), most recently in a 37-13 win at Miami playing, they can just run the ball, and pick and choose when they take their in 1991. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 0, in a 21-0 victory in 1978. shots, and that’s what they did.” But turnovers would be the Bengals’ undoing. QB Andy Dalton threw four The last meetings: Summaries of the last two Bengals-Dolphins INTs in the game, the first three of which occurred in the third quarter. Dalton’s meetings — in 2016 and ’18, both at Cincinnati — are on page 14 of this news first INT set up a Patriots TD, and his second was returned 64 yards for a score. release. What had been a three-point deficit for the Bengals at halftime ballooned to a 17- point disadvantage, 27-10, midway through the third quarter. Cincinnati was then forced to move away from its ground-heavy game plan and attempt a comeback BENGALS-DOLPHINS NFL RANKINGS through the air, but New England’s pass defense proved to be worthy of its No. 2 BENGALS DOLPHINS NFL ranking. SCORING (AVERAGE POINTS): “They won the turnover battle, and when you win that — 70 percent of the Points scored............................................... 32nd (15.1) 29th (17.2) time — you win the game,” said S Shawn Williams. “And at the rate that they did Points allowed .............................................. 24th (25.6) 32nd (31.0) it, it’s probably 100 percent. When a team takes the ball away from you five NET OFFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): times, that team should not lose the game. It shouldn’t even be close.” Total ........................................................... 26th (312.7) 29th (290.6) The Bengals this week will look to get back on track in Miami, a place that Rushing ..................................................... T-27th (91.4) 32nd (71.2) holds significant meaning to more than a few people inside Paul Brown Stadium Passing ...................................................... 22nd (221.4) 23rd (219.4) (see Bengals-Dolphins connections). Six Bengals coaches, including Taylor and NET DEFENSE (AVERAGE YARDS): defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, previously served as assistants with the Total ........................................................... 29th (391.7) 30th (398.7) Dolphins. A seventh — defensive quality control coach Jordan Kovacs — played Rushing ..................................................... 32nd (158.0) 31st (140.9) for the Dolphins as recently as 2015. Additionally, three Bengals — HB Giovani Passing ....................................................... 15th (233.7) 24th (257.9) Bernard, DT Geno Atkins and OT Bobby Hart — attended Fort Lauderdale’s St. TURNOVERS: Thomas Aquinas High School, just a 20-minute drive from Hard Rock Stadium. Differential ......................................... T-31st (minus-16) 29th (minus-12) — 1 — (Game notes, continued) signee of the Bengals in May, and played in one game (Game 3 at Buffalo) for Cincinnati earlier this season ... Bengals CB Torry McTyer was originally a A rare one ... : The Bengals-Dolphins meeting on Halloween night in college free agent signee of the Dolphins in 2017, and was with the team through 2013, a 22-20 Miami home victory, was the most recent of only three NFL the ’19 preseason ... Bengals CB Greg Mabin is from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. overtime games to be decided by a safety. That’s three out of a possible 595 (Calvary Christian Academy) ... Bengals G/OT John Jerry was originally a third- games, just over one half of one percent (0.504 percent). The Dolphins got the round draft pick (73rd overall) of the Dolphins in 2010, and was with Miami win when a sack of Andy Dalton by DE Cameron Wake was ruled in a very close through the ’14 season ... Bengals G John Miller is from Miami (Miami Central call to have taken place in the end zone. High School) ... Bengals OT/G Fred Johnson is from West Palm Beach, Fla., and played at the University of Florida ... Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap played at the ... and a long one: Miami’s Mercury Morris made one of the two University of Florida ... Dolphins CB Linden Stephens played at the University of longest-ever plays against Cincinnati on Sept. 14, 1969 at Miami, when he Cincinnati ... Dolphins T Adam Pankey is from Hamilton, Ohio (Hamilton High returned a kickoff 105 yards for a TD. That play stood alone as the longest until School) ... Dolphins LBs Raekwon McMillan and Jerome Baker both played at Nov. 4, 2012, when Denver’s Trindon Holliday had a 105-yard KOR at Paul Ohio State University ... Dolphins DE Taco Charlton is from Pickerington, Ohio Brown Stadium. (Pickerington Central High School) ... Dolphins G Michael Dieter is from Curtice, Ohio (Genoa High Schools) ... Dolphins WR DeVante Parker is from Louisville Bengals career records watch: Here is a look at potential and played at the University of Louisville ... Bengals defensive coordinator Lou upcoming movement in the Bengals’ career records book (regular season): Anarumo was on the Dolphins’ coaching staff from 2012-17 ... Bengals senior ● QB Andy Dalton has 4365 career pass attempts, 110 behind QB Ken defensive assistant Mark Duffner was on the Dolphins’ coaching staff from 2014- Anderson (4475) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. 15 ... Bengals secondary/cornerbacks coach Daronte Jones was on the ● DE Carlos Dunlap has 79 career sacks, 4.5 shy of DE Eddie Edwards* Dolphins’ coaching staff from 2016-17 ..