CINCINNATI BENGALS 42, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 28

A disputed call went the Bengals’ way — not that they absolutely needed it. Getting Andy Dalton back in form was quite enough. Dalton regained his passing touch in time to keep the Bengals perfect at home and in control of the AFC North. He threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a victory over Andrew Luck and the Colts. The Bengals (94) kept their firm grip on first place, two games ahead of Baltimore with three to play.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs — one of them on a review that overturned a call — as the Bengals got ahead 21-0 and held on.

The reversed call came with 1:06 left in the first half. The Bengals went for it on fourth down from the 1-yard line. Green-Ellis appeared to get tripped by nose tackle Josh Chapman, who dived into the backfield and swiped at his feet. Green-Ellis said he felt someone trip him. He stumbled ahead, avoided a couple of defenders, landed at the 1 and slid into the end zone. He was initially ruled down, but the Bengals were awarded a touchdown after a review.

The review focused only on whether a defender touched Green-Ellis as he fell near the goal line, not whether Chapman had tripped him in the backfield, referee Jeff Triplette said. Despite the loss, the Colts (8-5) still clinched the AFC South when Tennessee lost at Denver.

“We’re on a roll. At the beginning of the year, we had three goals. We wanted to be undefeated at home, win the AFC North and eventually be world champions. We’re close to the goals we wanted to get to.” — Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga

Bengals (-2½) at Steelers, 5:30 p.m. Sunday; Texans at Colts (-6), 10 a.m. Sunday