The Cleveland Browns beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-18 on Jan 4, 2026 at Paycor Stadium.
Final · Paycor Stadium
Top performers
- Shedeur Sanders threw for 111 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Browns.
- Dylan Sampson ran for 32 yards on 10 carries.
- Joe Burrow threw for 236 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Bengals.
- Chase Brown ran for 72 yards on 13 carries.
Cleveland Browns box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Sampson | 10 | 32 | 0 | 11 |
| Raheim Sanders | 5 | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| Shedeur Sanders | 3 | 26 | 0 | 13 |
| Malachi Corley | 3 | 18 | 0 | 8 |
| Isaiah Bond | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 23 | 120 | 0 | 14 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Tillman | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Malachi Corley | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 |
| Jerry Jeudy | 2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| Dylan Sampson | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Raheim Sanders | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Isaiah Bond | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Blake Whiteheart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9 | 17 | 83 | 0 | 23 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Bush | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grant Delpit | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hickman | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohamoud Diabate | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Ross | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rayshawn Jenkins | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Baker | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mason Graham | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Wright | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shelby Harris | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Donovan McMillon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Easton Mascarenas-Arnold | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hall Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Harden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Garrett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 74 | 32 | 2.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Cincinnati Bengals box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Brown | 13 | 72 | 0 | 19 |
| Samaje Perine | 8 | 42 | 0 | 13 |
| Joe Burrow | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| Ke'Shawn Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Flacco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 131 | 0 | 19 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase | 8 | 10 | 96 | 1 | 21 |
| Tee Higgins | 6 | 9 | 67 | 1 | 21 |
| Chase Brown | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 6 |
| Drew Sample | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| Mike Gesicki | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| Andrei Iosivas | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Samaje Perine | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Noah Fant | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 29 | 38 | 236 | 3 | 21 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.J. Hill | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Carter | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Murphy | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T.J. Slaton Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Giles-Harris | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Davis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dax Hill | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geno Stone | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Battle | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrius Knight Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Ivey | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Jules | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tycen Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oren Burks | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 53 | 29 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
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