2024 Cincinnati Bengals season
Bengals rallied late but missed playoffs for second straight year.
The 2024 Bengals stumbled to a 4-8 start, their worst since 2020, but then won five straight to stay alive late. They missed the playoffs for a second year in a row after Denver beat Kansas City in Week 18. Joe Burrow led the NFL in passing yards and touchdowns, while Ja'Marr Chase topped all receivers in yards, catches, and scores for a triple crown. Trey Hendrickson led the league in sacks, yet the defense ranked seventh-worst in points allowed, giving up 30 or more in six games. The team set an NFL record with four losses when scoring 30-plus, including two blown double-digit leads to Baltimore. Defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo was fired after the season.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Record
- 9–8
- Division place
- 3rd AFC North
- Coach
- Zac Taylor
- Owner
- Mike Brown
- Stadium
- Paycor Stadium
- Playoffs
- Did not qualify
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Regular season
The Bengals opened at home against the Patriots. A third-quarter field goal made it 13–0 before Zack Moss scored on a 5-yard run to cut the deficit to 13–7. The Patriots added another field goal, and Evan McPherson kicked a 51-yard field goal for the final margin of 16–10. The loss gave Cincinnati an 0–1 start for the third consecutive year.
Traveling to Kansas City, the Bengals led 16–10 at halftime after a touchdown pass from Joe Burrow to Andrei Iosivas and two McPherson field goals. The Chiefs retook the lead in the third quarter on a 1-yard touchdown pass, but Burrow and Iosivas connected again for a 3-yard score. Kansas City went ahead 23–22 on a fumble return for a touchdown, then McPherson kicked a 52-yard field goal to regain the lead. Harrison Butker's 51-yard field goal gave the Chiefs a 26–25 win, dropping Cincinnati to 0–2 for the third straight year.
In Week 3 against Washington, the Bengals fell to 0–3 for the first time since 2019; the game was the sixth regular season no-punt game in NFL history, and both teams finished without a punt or a turnover, the first such occurrence since at least 1940. The Bengals then defeated the Panthers in Charlotte, their first win there since 2010, moving to 1–3.
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