leading the charge BUFFALO BILLS vs. CINCINNATI BENGALS September 22, 2019 - New Era Field - 1:00 p.m. The Bills will return to New Era Field for their home opener in Week 3. Buffalo will take on the Cincinnati Bengals on September 22nd BROADCAST INFO with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The Bills lead the regular season TELEVISION series against the Bengals with a record of 16-13. Buffalo will be CBS will broadcast Sunday’s game. Tom McCarthy will looking to start the season 3-0 for the first time since 2011. handle play-by-play while Jay Feely will be the game analyst. topTop connectionsConnections BILLS RADIO This Sunday’s game will be broadcast on WGR550 and Bills TE Tyler Kroft was drafted by the Bengals in the the Buffalo Bills radio network. Play-by-play duties will third round of the 2015 NFL Draft and spent the first be handled by John Murphy and he will be joined in the four seasons of his career with Cincinnati, totaling 67 booth by Eric Wood and Sal Capaccio on the sideline. catches for 661 yards and eight touchdowns. Bills QB Matt Barkley spent the 2018 offseason as 20192017 TALE TALE OFOF THE TAPE TAPE a member of the Bengals before being released in Bills Category Bengals September and joining the Bills in October of that 2-0 Record 0-2 same year. 22.5 (11th) Points Scored Per Game 18.5 (t-21st) 15.0 (5th) Points Allowed Per Game 31.0 (29th) Bills S Kurt Coleman is a native of Clayton, Ohio which is located about 60 miles away from Cincinnati 5.0 (t-13th) Sacks 4.0 (t-19th) and he would go on to play his collegiate football at -1 (t-20th) Turnover +/- -2 (t-25th) Ohio State. 23.8 (27th) Average Starting Field Position 26.7 (18th) 43.5% (14th) 3rd Down % 45.4% (t-12th) Bengals LB Preston Brown was drafted by the Bills 100% (t-1st) Red Zone TD % 16.7% (32nd) in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft and he appeared in 64 games and recorded 505 tackles 16 (t-17th) Penalties 14 (t-10th) while in Buffalo. 379.0 (9th) Average Yards Per Game 372.5 (11t h) 294.0 (6th) Opp. Average Yards Per Game 402.0 (25th) Bengals G John Miller was drafted by the Bills in the 139.5 (8th) Average Rushing Yards Per Game 29.5 (32nd) third round of the 2015 NFL Draft and he spent the 96.0 (10th) Opp. Avg. Rushing Yards Per Game 165.5 (30th) first four seasons of his career in Buffalo. 239.5 (18th) Average Passing Yards Per Game 343.0 (2nd) 198.0 (6th) Opp. Avg. Passing Yards Per Game 236.5 (16th) Bengals QB Jake Dolegala is a native of Buffalo and went to high school at Saint Francis in Athol Springs BYSERIES THEBills HISTORYNUMBERS by the numbers before heading off to Central Connecticut State University. The Bills are tied for the league lead in touchdown percentage Bengals OL Cordy Glenn was drafted by Buffalo in in the red zone. Buffalo has the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft and spent converted all five of their red zone his first six seasons as a member of the Bills before 5/5 opportunities. The Bills ranked being traded to the Bengals in March of 2018. 16th in 2018 with a 59.5 red zone percentage. top performances against Bengals Cole Beasley The Bills have recorded 7 batted Hauled in four catches for 53 yards and a touchdown in his one balls at the line of scrimmage, which appearance against the Bengals (10/9/16). leads the league. Buffalo led the league with 19 batted balls at the 7 John Brown line of scrimmage last season. Has totaled eight catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns in his three career match-ups against the Bengals. The Bills and the Oakland Raiders are Jerry Hughes the only two teams in the NFL that Had a career-high 9 tackles against the Bengals (10/13/13). 20+ have at least five rookies with more than 20 snaps each in Week 1 & 2. Alphabetical roster NO NAME POS HT WT DOB EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 57 Alexander, Lorenzo LB 6-1 245 5/31/1983 13 California Berkeley, CA FA-16 41 Alexander, Maurice LB 6-2 220 2/16/1991 6 Utah State St. Louis, MO FA-19 17 Allen, Josh QB 6-5 237 5/21/1996 2 Wyoming Firebaugh, CA D1a-18 5 Barkley, Matt QB 6-2 234 9/8/1990 7 Southern California Santa Anna, CA FA-18 71 Bates, Ryan OL 6-4 302 2/14/1997 R Penn State Warrington, PA TR-19 (PHI) 10 Beasley, Cole WR 5-8 174 4/26/1989 8 Southern Methodist Houston, TX FA-19 65 Boettger, Ike G 6-6 313 10/5/1994 2 Iowa Cedar Falls, IA W-18 (KC) 9 Bojorquez, Corey P 6-0 208 9/13/1996 2 New Mexico Bellflower, CA W-18 (NE) 15 Brown, John WR 5-11 178 4/3/1990 6 Pittsburg State Homestead, FL FA-19 28 Coleman, Kurt S 5-11 208 4/1/1988 10 Ohio State Dayton, OH FA-19 73 Dawkins, Dion T 6-5 320 4/26/1994 3 Temple Rahway, NJ D2b-17 42 DiMarco, Patrick FB 6-1 234 4/30/1989 9 South Carolina Altamonte Springs, FL FA-17 49 Edmunds, Tremaine LB 6-5 250 5/2/1998 2 Virginia Tech Ringgold, VA D1b-18 76 Feliciano, Jon G 6-4 325 2/10/1992 5 Miami Davie, FL FA-19 69 Ferguson, Reid LS 6-2 235 3/24/1994 3 LSU Buford, GA FA-16 70 Ford, Cody T 6-3 329 12/28/1996 R Oklahoma Pineville, LA D2-19 16 Foster, Robert WR 6-2 196 5/7/1994 2 Alabama Monaca, PA UDFA-18 20 Gore, Frank RB 5-9 212 5/14/1983 15 Miami Coral Gables, FL FA-19 4 Hauschka, Stephen K 6-4 210 6/29/1985 12 Middlebury Needham, MA FA-17 55 Hughes, Jerry DE 6-2 254 8/13/1988 10 Texas Christian Sugar Land, TX TR-13 (IND) 23 Hyde, Micah S 6-0 197 12/31/1990 7 Iowa Fostoria, OH FA-17 92 Johnson, Darryl DE 6-6 253 4/4/1997 R North Carolina A&T Kingsland, GA D7a-19 46 Johnson, Jaquan S 5-10 191 11/6/1995 R Miami Miami, FL D6-19 29 Johnson, Kevin CB 6-0 185 8/5/1992 5 Wake Forest Clarksville, MD FA-19 24 Johnson, Taron CB 5-11 192 7/27/1996 2 Weber State Sacramento, CA D4-18 11 Jones, Zay WR 6-2 200 3/30/1995 3 East Carolina Austin, TX D2a-17 88 Knox, Dawson TE 6-4 254 11/14/1996 R Mississippi Brentwood, TN D3b-19 81 Kroft, Tyler TE 6-6 252 10/15/1992 5 Rutgers Downingtown, PA FA-19 90 Lawson, Shaq DE 6-3 267 6/17/1994 4 Clemson Central, SC D1-16 61 Long, Spencer C/G 6-5 318 11/8/1990 6 Nebraska Elkhorn, NE FA-19 98 Lotulelei, Star DT 6-2 315 12/20/1989 7 Utah South Jordan, UT FA-18 31 Marlowe, Dean S 6-1 208 7/25/1992 3 James Madison Queens, NY FA-17 68 McDermott, Conor T 6-8 305 10/19/1992 3 UCLA Nashville, TN W-17 (NE) 19 McKenzie, Isaiah WR 5-8 173 4/9/1995 3 Georgia Miami, FL W-18 (DEN) 58 Milano, Matt LB 6-0 223 7/28/1994 3 Boston College Orlando, FL D5a-17 60 Morse, Mitch C 6-6 305 4/21/1992 5 Missouri Austin, Texas FA-19 93 Murphy, Trent DE 6-6 260 12/22/1990 6 Stanford Phoenix, AZ FA-18 33 Neal, Siran S 6-0 206 8/4/1994 2 Jacksonville State Eufaula, AL D5a-18 77 Nsekhe, Ty T 6-8 330 10/27/1985 5 Texas State Austin, TX FA-19 91 Oliver, Ed DT 6-1 287 12/12/1997 R Houston Houston, TX D1-19 99 Phillips, Harrison DT 6-3 307 1/25/1996 2 Stanford Omaha, NE D3-18 97 Phillips, Jordan DT 6-6 341 9/21/1992 5 Oklahoma Towanda, KS W-18 (MIA) 21 Poyer, Jordan S 6-0 191 4/25/1991 7 Oregon State The Dalles, OR FA-17 18 Roberts, Andre WR 5-11 195 1/9/1988 9 Citadel Columbia, SC FA-19 26 Singletary, Devin RB 5-7 203 9/3/1997 R Florida Atlantic Deerfield Beach, FL D3a-19 85 Smith, Lee TE 6-6 265 11/21/1987 9 Marshall Powell, TN FA-19 67 Spain, Quinton G 6-4 330 8/7/1991 5 West Virginia Petersburg, VA FA-19 51 Stanford, Julian LB 6-1 230 9/2/1990 7 Wagner Bloomfield, CT FA-18 89 Sweeney, Tommy TE 6-4 251 7/1/1995 R Boston College Ramsey, NJ D7b-19 52 Thompson, Corey LB 6-1 222 12/23/1993 2 LSU Missouri City, TX UDFA-18 39 Wallace, Levi CB 6-0 179 6/12/1995 2 Alabama Tucson, AZ UDFA-18 27 White, Tre'Davious CB 5-11 192 1/16/1995 3 LSU Shreveport, LA D1-17 22 Yeldon, T.J. RB 6-1 223 10/2/1993 5 Alabama Daphne, AL FA-19 RESERVE/INJURED 80 Croom, Jason TE 6-5 246 2/28/1994 2 Tennessee Norcross, GA UDFA-17 50 Joseph, Vosean LB 6-1 230 12/15/1997 R Florida Miami, FL D5-19 56 Love, Mike DE 6-3 255 01/22/1994 1 South Florida Clearwater, FL UDFA-18 74 Waddle, LaAdrian T 6-6 315 7/21/1991 6 Texas Tech College Station, TX FA-19 RESERVE/SUSPENDED 53 Dodson, Tyrel LB 6-0 237 6/25/1998 R Texas A&M Franklin, TN UDFA-19 numerical roster NO NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ.