Cincinnati Bengals vs Cleveland Browns Box Score on Dec 06, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Dec 6, 2015

CLEVELAND – The Cincinnati Bengals overwhelmed the Cleveland Browns 37-3 on Sunday behind three touchdowns by quarterback Andy Dalton for their 10th victory of the season.

The Bengals (10-2) were dominant from beginning to end and strengthened their hold on the AFC North lead with four games remaining in the regular season. Dalton had a 3-yard run for a score and threw a pair of TD passes.

The Browns (2-10) are heading in the opposite direction. The loss was their seventh straight. They have been outscored by the Bengals, 98-13, in the last three games in the Battle of Ohio dating back to December of 2014 when the Bengals won, 30-0, in Cleveland in the first game started by Johnny Manziel.

The Bengals expanded a 20-3 halftime lead with 17 more points in the second half highlighted by a 1-yard touchdown plunge by running back Jeremy Hill and a 21-yard touchdown pass from Dalton to wide receiver Marvin Jones with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Bengals, 31-10 victors over the Browns in Cincinnati last month, picked up where they left off on their second possession of the rematch in Cleveland with a pair of first-half touchdowns and two field goals by Mike Nugent.

Dalton got things going on the Bengals second possession of the game on a 57-yard pass play to wide receiver A.J. Green to the Browns 27. Nine plays later, Dalton ran a quarterback sneak from the 3 for a 7-0 lead.

The Browns, using quarterback Austin Davis this week and their third starter in three games, had difficulty getting any offense going with wide receivers Andrew Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel on the inactive list and Travis Benjamin leaving the game with a shoulder injury.

Twice in the second quarter the Browns decided to go for it on fourth down and twice they failed.

On fourth-and-11 from the Bengals 36, Davis was sacked on the first play of the second quarter. He overthrew tight end Gary Barnidge on fourth-and-one from the Bengals 40.

Davis threw an interception on a pass intended for wide receiver Brian Hartline. The three turnovers led to a touchdown and two field goals by the Bengals for a 20-0 lead.

Travis Coons kicked a 47-yard field goal for the Browns on the final pay of the first half.

NOTES: Bengals TE Tyler Eifert was inactive because of a neck injury. He caught three touchdown passes against the Browns on Nov. 5…Shawn Williams started at strong safety for the Bengals in place of George Iloka who was inactive with a groin injury...LCB Joe Haden missed his fourth straight game for the Browns with a concussion. Charles Gaines started at cornerback in place of Pierre Desir.