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. 11, 2018 WEEK 15, GAME 14 OAKLAND RAIDERS (3-10) SUNDAY, DEC. 16 AT PAUL BROWN STADIUM AT NEXT WEEK: WEEK 16, GAME 15 CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-8) DEC. 23 AT CLEVELAND BROWNS GAME NOTES Kickoff: 1 p.m. Eastern. Glasgow. In addition, a long list of regular starters currently on the 53-player roster have missed multiple games this season due to injuries, including Mixon, Television: The game will air on CBS-TV. In the Bengals’ home region, HB Giovani Bernard, OT Cordy Glenn, C Billy Price, LB Vontaze Burfict, LB Nick it will be carried by WKRC-TV (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO-TV (Ch. 7) in Dayton Vigil and CB Darqueze Dennard. and on WKYT-TV (Ch. 27) in Lexington. Broadcasters are Andrew Catalon (play- Among the storylines for Cincinnati this week will be the homecoming of a by-play) and James Lofton (analyst). large contingent of former Bengals who are now with the Raiders. Oakland defensive coordinator Paul Guenther was an assistant on Lewis’ staff from Radio: The game will air on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati 2005-17, including four seasons as defensive coordinator from ’14-17, and flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and Raiders LB coach David Lippincott was a Bengals assistant from ’11-17. In WEBN-FM (102.7). Broadcasters are Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and Dave addition, 10 current Raiders players are former Bengals (see “10 former Bengals Lapham (analyst). now in Oakland” item on following page). In a scheduling/statistical oddity, the Raiders are the third consecutive Setting the scene: The Cincinnati Bengals this week host the opponent to face the Bengals one week after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. Cincinnati’s AFC North Division rival. The Denver Broncos defeated the Steelers Standing at 5-8 with three games left, the Bengals have a challenging trek 24-17 in Week 12 before facing the Bengals in Week 13, the L.A. Chargers ahead of them in a bid to avoid a losing season. Lugging the weight of a five- defeated the Steelers 33-30 in Week 13 before facing the Bengals in Week 14, game losing streak and looking to stabilize the imbalance caused by a series of and the Raiders defeated the Steelers 24-21 last week. significant injuries to key players, Cincinnati hopes to find its footing against Oakland this week in their climb to close the 2018 season on higher ground. The series: The Raiders lead, 20-10, including 2-0 in postseason, but Last week, despite being two-touchdown underdogs on the road against a the Bengals have won two straight and three of the last four meetings. The team with the second-best record in the AFC, the Bengals turned in what was Bengals lead 8-6 as the home team. considered by many to be an encouraging performance against the L.A. The Bengals’ win in the most recent meeting in 2015 was the team’s first in Chargers at StubHub Center. The end result was a 26-21 loss to the Chargers, 11 visits to Oakland dating back to 1968 (the Raiders were based in Los Angeles but the Bengals, who faced deficits of 14-3 early and 23-15 late, fought back for from 1982-94). a chance to tie the game with a two-point conversion just after the two-minute In all games, home and road, the Bengals are 6-14 against the Oakland warning. HB Joe Mixon scored on a one-yard TD run with 1:50 left to pull the Raiders and were 4-6 against the L.A. Raiders. Bengals within two points, 23-21, but QB Jeff Driskel was sacked on the two- The series includes two playoff games. The Raiders won 31-28 in a point attempt. The Chargers recovered the ensuing onside kick, then added a divisional game at Oakland in 1975, and won 20-10 in a divisional game at Los field goal with just under a minute left for the game’s final score. Angeles in ’90. “We need to win,” said head coach Marvin Lewis, when asked whether the team’s performance against the Chargers could be taken as a sign of Team bests from the series: improvement. “That’s the only progress that really counts. We (the coaches) Bengals — MOST POINTS: 45, in a 45-21 win at Los Angeles in 1988. have got to keep putting them into position to win, and obviously, they (the LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 24 (twice), set in the 45-21 win in ’88, then players) have got to make the plays to win the game. We’ve got guys playing matched in a 34-10 win at Cincinnati in 2012. FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED: 10 big-time football, and we’ve got to make sure we all are doing it, all the time.” (four times), most recently in the 2012 game at Cincinnati. Mixon finished the game with 111 yards rushing on 26 carries (4.3-yard Raiders — MOST POINTS: 38, in a 38-14 victory at Cincinnati in 1991. average) and another 27 yards receiving on five catches. It was his fifth game of LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 34, in a 34-0 win at Cincinnati in 1968. FEWEST the season with 115 or more yards from scrimmage. In his second start of the POINTS ALLOWED: 0, in the 34-0 win in ’68. season, Driskel completed 18 of 27 passes for 170 yards, one TD and no INTs (96.2 passer rating). The Bengals’ defense allowed just 288 net yards — its The last meetings: A summary of the last two Bengals-Raiders fewest of the season — to a Chargers offense which entered the game ranked meetings — at Oakland in 2015, and at Cincinnati in ’12 — are on page 13. fifth in the NFL in average net yards (399.4). Lewis, who never is quick to point out positives after a loss, duly noted that Bengals career records watch: Here is a look at potential none of that mattered. upcoming movement in the Bengals’ career records book (regular season) this “What you did last week doesn’t gain you anything,” Lewis said. “We have to season: go back and do it better — find a new way, find a better way. We have to find a ● DE Carlos Dunlap has 72.5 career sacks, 11 short of DE Eddie Edwards* way to make more plays and keep (opponents) from scoring points, and for us to (83.5) for the Bengals’ all-time lead. score a little more. We have to figure it out.” ● DT Geno Atkins has 68 career sacks, 4.5 short of Dunlap (72.5) for In preparing for the Raiders, the Bengals will continue to attempt to second place all-time. Edwards* (83.5) is the Bengals’ all-time leader. Atkins overcome a long list of injuries. Cincinnati began this week with 14 players on passed LB Reggie Williams (62.5) for third place all-time in Game 2 vs. the Reserve/Injured list. That included five players who were starters at the Baltimore. beginning of the season — QB Andy Dalton, WR A.J. Green, TE Tyler Eifert, TE *—The NFL has counted sacks as official statistics since 1982. However, the Tyler Kroft and LB Preston Brown — as well as other players whose roles Bengals have sack statistics compiled since 1976 and recognize those sacks included significant playing time, such as DE Carl Lawson and DT Ryan recorded from ’76-81 in its records. Thus, please note that, because the NFL has — 1 — (Bengals career records watch, continued) coordinator Paul Guenther was on the Bengals’ coaching staff from 2005-17. He was defensive coordinator from 2014-17. ... Raiders linebackers coach sacks statistics for all teams only since 1982, the Bengals’ sack statistics for David Lippincott was on the Bengals’ coaching staff from 2011-17. Lippincott players whose careers included seasons prior to ’82 will not be included in is also a Cincinnati native and attended the University of Dayton. ... Raiders league information. CB Gareon Conley and DT Johnathan Hankins both played at Ohio State University ... Bengals CB Tony McRae entered the NFL as a college free Records vs. Raiders: The two longest rushing gains ever against agent signee of the Raiders in 2016 ... Raiders WR/DB Johnny Holton the Bengals were both by Bo Jackson of the Raiders. Jackson had a 92-yarder (practice squad) played at the University of Cincinnati ... Bengals QB Connor for a TD at Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 1989, and he had an 88-yarder (no score) on Cook (practice squad) entered the NFL as a fourth-round draft pick of the Dec. 16, 1990 at Los Angeles. Also: Raiders in 2016 ... Bengals offensive line coach Frank Pollack was on the ● Four times, the Bengals have posted five interceptions against an Raiders’ staff in 2012 ... Raiders tight ends coach Frank Smith played opposing quarterback. The first of those instances came against Raiders QB (1999-2003) and coached (’04-05) at Miami (Ohio) University ... Raiders Daryle Lamonica on Nov. 2, 1969 at Nippert Stadium. assistant defensive line coach Marco Coleman is from Dayton, Ohio ... Raiders ● Eight times a Bengals defender has logged three interceptions in a game. defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley coached at the University of Kentucky One of those instances was recorded by CB Ken Riley on Nov.