Rams Cincinnati
3 0 3 3 6 10
LAR 7 — 16 3 — 19
First quarter
LAR — FG Maher 30, 8:22.
Second quarter
CIN — FG McPherson 49, 12:55.
LAR — FG Maher 23, 9:49.
CIN — FG McPherson 53, :00.
Third quarter
LAR — FG Maher 42, 10:37.
CIN — Mixon 14 run (McPherson kick), 5:34.
CIN — FG McPherson 48, 3:09.
Fourth quarter
CIN — FG McPherson 54, 7:13.
LAR — Atwell 1 pass from Stafford (Maher kick), 1:03.
First downs Total net yards Rushes-yards Passing
Punt returns Kickoff returns Interceptions ret Comp-att-int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of poss
15 292 13-71 221 1-3 1-16 1-0 18-33-2 6-48 6-51.0 0-0 4-28 54:32
CIN
19 309 23-67 242 4-45 0-0 2-0 26-49-1 2-17 5-42.0 0-0 7-49 36:00
Rushing — Rams, K.Williams 10-38, Atwell 1-22, Stafford 1-7, Jefferson 1-4. Cincinnati, Mixon 19-65, T.Williams 1-4, Burrow 3-(minus 2).
Passing — Rams, Stafford 18-33-2-269. Cincinnati, Burrow 26-49-1-259.
Receiving — Rams, Nacua 5-72, Higbee 5-71, Atwell 4-50, K.Williams 2-27, Jefferson 1-46, Skowronek 1-3. Cincinnati, Chase 12-141, Boyd 5-39, Hudson 2-30, Higgins 2-21, Wilcox 2-10, D.Sample 1-7, C.Jones 1-6, Mixon 1-5.
Missed field goals — Cincinnati, McPherson 56. looked like a touchdown but was ruled short. The Rams would have to kick a field goal rather than put Cincinnati on notice.
The Rams then went through the air again on third-and-one, with Stafford missing Kyren Williams. It was one of four straight offtarget throws to the running back to open the game, including one on a goal-line situation that led to another field goal.
So despite the defense limiting Cincinnati to 3.75 yards per play and a 3-for-10 third-down conversion rate, with Burrow's mobility limited, the Rams' offense could only manage six points in the first half.
So when the Rams' defense finally broke, allowing the Bengals to drive 75 yards in 10 plays for a Joe Mixon rushing touchdown, it was with a three-point lead instead of a couple of possessions.
Suddenly, the Rams were down after one bad drive by the defense.
Stafford threw his second interception two plays into the next drive, when the ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage. The Bengals added a field goal to make it a seven-point game, then took the ball back after another three-and-out.
The Rams nearly got a third-down conversion on that drive, but backup right guard Tremayne Anchrum — in while Joe Noteboom tended to a knee injury — was called for a facemask that negated the play.
The Bengals looked poised to blow the game open, but Witherspoon reached in with his right arm to grab a pass out of Tyler Boyd's hands, taking the Rams' first interception of the year and injecting some life into the team.
“That was a special play right there,” safety Jordan Fuller said. “It was definitely needed.”
But the Rams were unable to turn it into points. Instead, they lost 15 yards on consecutive sacks, the first when backup left tackle Zachary Thomas — in for
Alaric Jackson (thigh) — barely got a hand on Trey Hendrickson coming off the edge.
“Defense is playing as good as they're playing, we're staying in the game, got a chance to win it,” Stafford said, “nobody's happygo-lucky sitting over there on the sideline when we're not executing the way that we can.”
The Rams had to punt out of their end zone, and the Bengals used the short field to tack on a field goal that made it a two-possession game.
After 10 unsuccessful tries, the Rams finally converted on a third down on a touchdown pass to Atwell with 1:03 left. Trailing by three with just one timeout left, Brett Maher came in for an onside kick. But Cincinnati recovered without issue and was able to run out the clock.
“There were a lot of things that just weren't good enough tonight,” McVay said, “and a lot of things we can learn from.”
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Thursday
Detroit
Sunday
Rams at Chargers at Jacksonville Denver at Cleveland Cincinnati at Buffalo Minnesota at Philadelphia at New Orleans Pittsburgh at Dallas at San Fran. Kansas City
Monday
at NY Giants
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Thursday
at W Kentucky at Tulsa
Friday
Louisville at Oregon St at UTEP at BYU
Saturday
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Line (O/U) 11/2 (451/2)
11/2 (451/2) at Indianapolis 6 (471/2) Las Vegas 3 (431/2) Atlanta 31/2 (46) at Chicago 21/2 (411/2) Baltimore 11/2 (421/2) at Tennessee 21/2 (531/2) Miami 31/2 (441/2) at Carolina 7 (441/2) Washington 3 (401/2) Tampa Bay 3 (41) at Houston 7 (421/2) New England 14 (431/2) Arizona 91/2 (43) at NY Jets
11/2 (461/2)
Line
51/2 (601/2) 31/2 (541/2)
31/2 (541/2) 21/2 (451/2) 11/2 (531/2) 21/2 (491/2)
211/2 (731/2) at Colorado 121/2 (471/2) Louisiana 21/2 (561/2) Buffalo 41/2 (511/2) at UConn 21/2 (461/2) Florida 251/2 (461/2) at N'western 31/2 (521/2) S Alabama 211/2 (571/2) UAB 61/2 (521/2) at Syracuse 61/2 (551/2) at Arkansas 71/2 (481/2) E Michigan 31/2 (541/2) Virginia 111/2 (501/2) Arizona St 141/2 (501/2) Indiana 81/2 (531/2) Houston 151/2 (461/2) at Auburn 11/2 (531/2) Illinois 111/2 (541/2) Baylor 171/2 (401/2) at Nebraska 131/2 (461/2) Old Dominion 17 (621/2) Kansas 131/2 (501/2) N Illinois 1/2 (521/2) Ball St 31/2 (541/2) S Florida 221/2 (531/2) Bowl Green 131/2 (561/2) at Vanderbilt 101/2 (591/2) Hawaii 31/2 (591/2) Boise St 141/2 (411/2) New Mexico 21/2 (641/2) at Ole Miss 261/2 (611/2) at Stanford 31/2 (481/2) E Carolina 191/2 (481/2) Iowa St 11/2 (521/2) Troy 61/2 (601/2) at S Miss 111/2 (621/2) S Carolina 231/2 (551/2) Charlotte 111/2 (361/2) Michigan St 51/2 (511/2) at Duke 131/2 (531/2) at UL Monroe 111/2 (511/2) W Virginia 21/2 (411/2) at Virginia Tech 101/2 (431/2) San Diego St 151/2 (471/2) at Miss St 171/2 (671/2) at Arizona 241/2 (531/2) Nevada
Line
American League
at Angels Off/Off at Detroit Off/Off at Toronto -162/+136 Tampa Bay -134/+114 at Minnesota Off/Off at Seattle -146/+124
National League
at Colorado Off/Off at Colorado Off/Off at Philadelphia Off/Off Miami -130/+110 at Atlanta -152/+128 at Milwaukee -162/+136 San Diego -116/-102
Interleague
Cincinnati at Baltimore Arizona
Underdog at Green Bay
Seattle
Underdog
Mid Tenn Temple
at NC State Utah La Tech Cincinnati
Underdog
Texas Kansas City NY Yankees at Boston Oakland Houston
Dodgers (G1) Dodgers (G2) Pittsburgh at NY Mets Chic. Cubs St. Louis at San Fran.
-112/-104 at Cleveland Off/Off Washington -132/+112 at Chicago WS
Kansas City Chargers Las Vegas Denver
Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets New England
Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee
Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
Philadelphia Dallas Washington N.Y. Giants
Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 0
Detroit 2
Green Bay 2
Chicago 0 Minnesota 0
Monday's results
Cincinnati 19, Rams 16 Philadelphia 25, Tampa Bay 11
Thursday's game
Detroit at Green Bay, 5:15 p.m.
Sunday's games
Atlanta vs Jacksonville at London, 6:30 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Denver at Chicago, 10 a.m. Rams at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Las Vegas at Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. New England at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 5:20 p.m.
Monday's game
Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 5:15 p.m.
Friday's game
No. 10 Utah at No. 19 Oregon St., 6 p.m. Saturday's games
No. 1 Georgia at Auburn, 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Michigan at Nebraska, 12:30 p.m. No. 3 Texas vs. No. 24 Kansas, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Penn St. at Northwestern, 9 a.m. No. 7 Washington at Arizona, 7 p.m. No. 8 USC at Colorado, 9 a.m.
No. 9 Oregon at Stanford, 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 17 Duke, 4:30 p.m. No. 12 Alabama at Mississippi St., 6 p.m. No. 13 LSU at No. 20 Mississippi, 3 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma vs. Iowa St., 4 p.m. No. 21 Tennessee vs. S. Carolina, 4:30 p.m. No. 22 Florida at Kentucky, 9 a.m.
No. 23 Missouri at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m. No. 25 Fresno St. vs. Nevada, 7:30 p.m.