BUFFALO (1-8) At CINCINNATI (2-7)
Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – Bengals by 4 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Buffalo 3-4-2; Cincinnati 3-5-1
SERIES RECORD – Bills lead 14-11
LAST MEETING – Bills beat Bengals 33-21, Nov. 4, 2007
LAST WEEK – Bills beat Lions 14-12; Bengals lost to Colts 23-17
BILLS OFFENSE – OVERALL (28), RUSH (15), PASS (28)
BILLS DEFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (32), PASS (7)
BENGALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (15), RUSH (26), PASS (8)
BENGALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (15), RUSH (22), PASS (12)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Bills have won nine straight against Bengals, whose last victory in series came in 1988 AFC championship game. The nine straight wins tie for third-longest active winning streak in league – Denver also has beaten Cleveland nine in a row. Green Bay’s 10 straight wins over Detroit rank second. Longest current winning streak? New England’s 14 straight over Buffalo. … Bills’ record for wins over an opponent is 10 straight over Jets from 1987-92. … Bills trying to win consecutive games for first time since Oct. 18-25 last year, when they beat Jets and Carolina to improve to 3-4. They haven’t won three in row since start of 2008 season. … Cincinnati has lost six in row for 12th time in last 20 years. Another loss would clinch their 18th non-winning record in last 20 years. … Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was Carson Palmer’s backup in Cincinnati in 2007-08. Fitzpatrick’s 85.5 passer rating ranks 19th in league. Palmer is 21st with an 83 rating. … Fitzpatrick has thrown a touchdown pass in 10 consecutive games, longest Bills streak since Drew Bledsoe did it in first 10 games of 2002. … Bengals WR Terrell Owens played for Buffalo last year. … Buffalo’s defense ranks last in NFL in stopping run, allowing 167 yards per game. Three teams have run for more than 200 yards in a game. … Bengals rank 26th in rushing. Cedric Benson had six 100-yard games last season, a club record. He has only one this season. Benson managed only 24 yards on 14 carries against Colts.
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