The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Houston Texans 20-6 on Sep 20, 2026 at Reliant Stadium.
Final · Reliant Stadium
Top performers
- Joe Burrow threw for 207 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Bengals.
- Chase Brown ran for 80 yards on 20 carries.
- C.J. Stroud threw for 353 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Texans.
- Jaylin Noel ran for 31 yards on 1 carries.
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 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 11 |
| Samaje Perine | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Burrow | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 23 | 85 | 0 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tee Higgins | 5 | 10 | 95 | 0 | 23 |
| Ja'Marr Chase | 7 | 9 | 75 | 2 | 32 |
| Samaje Perine | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Andrei Iosivas | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Colbie Young | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Erick All Jr. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Chase Brown | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Dohnte Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 31 | 207 | 2 | 32 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demetrius Knight Jr. | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dax Hill | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jordan Battle | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Turner II | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Barrett Carter | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cook | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Johnson | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Davis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence II | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Dugger | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Slaton Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boye Mafe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Ivey | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Jules | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar Stewart | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tacario Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oren Burks | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Giles-Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Murphy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Jenkins Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cashius Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 76 | 42 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Houston Texans 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| C.J. Stroud | 3 | 29 | 0 | 14 |
| David Montgomery | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Woody Marks | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 18 | 78 | 0 | 31 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Schultz | 12 | 14 | 140 | 0 | 35 |
| Kayshon Boutte | 3 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 21 |
| Xavier Hutchinson | 3 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 18 |
| Foster Moreau | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 25 |
| Jared Wayne | 2 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 18 |
| Woody Marks | 5 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 12 |
| David Montgomery | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| Jaylin Noel | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Team | 30 | 50 | 335 | 0 | 35 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azeez Al-Shaair | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr. | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Togiai | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Blankenship | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Hansen | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Edwards Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sabastian Harsh | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamal Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin Smith | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Fisher | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 64 | 33 | 5.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Bengals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: TB 27, CIN 33 · Next Sep 27, 2026: CIN at PIT
- Texans · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: BUF 36, HOU 31 · Next Sep 27, 2026: HOU at IND