Jackson leads the Ravens back and Baltimore stops 2-point attempts to hold Cincinnati 35-34

BALTIMORE (AP) – Lamar Jackson threw for three touchdowns in the fourth quarter and the Baltimore Ravens stopped Cincinnati on a 2-point conversion with 38 seconds left to hold off the Bengals 35-34 on Thursday night.

The Ravens (7-3) rallied from a 21-7 deficit in the third quarter and overcame a huge play from Cincinnati receiver Ja’Marr Chase. He finished with 11 catches for 264 yards and three touchdowns, including a 5-yarder in the final minute to bring the Bengals (4-6) within one. Cincinnati — which lost to Baltimore in overtime last month — decided to go for the 2 and the lead, and Joe Burrow’s pass to Tanner Hudson sailed high.

Cincinnati had a chance to take control when it was up 14 with the ball in the third, but a fumble by Chase Brown gave the Ravens a short field and a smart scramble down the sideline by Jackson set up Derrick Henry’s 1-yard touchdown – ran up. .

In the fourth, Tylan Wallace turned a short pass into an 84-yard touchdownbarely kept in as a pair of Cincinnati defenders failed to stop him. Justin Tucker missed the extra point, but the Ravens were within one.

Cincinnati drove into Baltimore territory, but on both third-and-2 and fourth-and-2, Burrow threw incompletely deep. Jackson gave the Ravens the lead with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Mark Andrews, then the two-time MVP-winning quarterback ran for a 2-point conversion.

Chase hit Baltimore deep for a 70-yard touchdown that tied the game at 28 with 5:37 left, but the Ravens answered with Jackson’s 5-yard scoring toss to Rashod Bateman with 1:49 left to go ahead 35-28.

Baltimore had 231 of its 389 total yards in the fourth quarter.

Jackson threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns. Burrow threw for 428 yards and four TDs.

The Ravens lost All-Pro safety Kyle Hamilton to an ankle injury late in the first half.

Cincinnati scored on a 1-yard touchdown run by Brown on the game’s first drive. The Ravens thought they had stopped the Bengals on fourth down near the goal line, but a holding call on cornerback Brandon Stephens gave Cincinnati another set of downs.

Baltimore also burned two timeouts on the first drive, one on a failed challenge.

Jackson threw a 6-yard score to Nelson Agholor in the second, but the Bengals took the lead on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Burrow to Tanner Hudson shortly after Hamilton’s injury.

The Ravens got back at midfield at the end of the half, but by then they were out of timeouts and the clock was running out on them.

Burrow threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Chase early in the third.

Next

Bengals: Visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 17.

Ravens: Visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 17.

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