Bengals wild overtime win ends with final score that's never happened before in NFL history
Key Points:
- The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Tennessee Titans 43-36 in a game that produced a unique final score never before recorded in the NFL's 107-year history, known as a scorigami.
- Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow led a late-game comeback, tying the game with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins and then winning in overtime with a nine-yard rushing touchdown, completing the 1,098th unique final NFL score.
- Burrow threw for 462 yards with five touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown, becoming only the second player in NFL history to achieve at least 450 passing yards, five TD passes, and one rushing TD in a single game.
- Key players Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase each exceeded 140 receiving yards, contributing significantly to the Bengals' offensive success.
- The game featured unusual scoring events, including a safety and a failed two-point conversion, which helped create the rare final score; this was the Bengals' first scorigami in four years and the Titans' first since 2020.