The Cincinnati Bengals scored 35 unanswered second-half points to beat the Baltimore Ravens 35-13 on Sunday, with Joe Burrow throwing four touchdowns after a scoreless first half for Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 35-13 on Sunday in Baltimore, scoring touchdowns on five consecutive possessions in a second half in which they shut out the hosts after trailing 13-0 at half-time.
Joe Burrow finished 22 of 30 for 292 yards with four touchdowns, including 16 of 18 for 249 yards and four touchdowns in the second half alone. Tee Higgins caught six passes for 148 yards with a touchdown, as Cincinnati improved to 4-2 while Baltimore fell to 4-3. The Bengals are the 10th team in NFL history to be shut out in the first half and score 35 or more points in the second half, according to Sports Illustrated.
For Baltimore, the collapse was historic in the other direction: the Ravens allowed 35 unanswered points for the first time in franchise history, according to the club’s own account, and fell to last place in the AFC North at 0-2 in the division. A 13-point half-time lead built in front of their home crowd at M&T Bank Stadium became a 22-point defeat by the final whistle.
NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated agree on the score, the half-time deficit and Burrow’s passing line, and the Ravens’ own site confirms the franchise-first nature of the collapse. One early roundup credited Burrow with five touchdowns; the verified figure across those three accounts is four, and that is the figure used here.
The result reshapes the AFC North, with Cincinnati at 4-2 firmly in the race and Baltimore, at 4-3 and winless in the division, suddenly looking up at the rest of the group. The Ravens’ task now is to explain how a side that led by two scores at the break conceded five consecutive touchdown drives without answering.