Ravens 35-34 Bengals (Nov 7, 2024) Game Summary

BALTIMORE — — Coming off its biggest deficit in three years, Lamar Jackson led Baltimore back with another dazzling showing.

He continued to dance along the touchline a multitudeturning a potential 20-yard loss into a 10-yard gain. He left his feet as he threw winning touchdown passfinding Rashod Bateman in the end zone with a flick of a wrist and a follow-through that almost looked like a basketball player’s.

Jackson threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and the Ravens stopped Cincinnati on a 2-point conversion with 38 seconds left to hold off the Bengals 35-34 on Thursday night. The Ravens rallied from a 21-7 deficit in the third quarter and overcame a huge play from Cincinnati receiver Ja’Marr Chase.

“It starts with Lamar and often it ends with Lamar,” Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. “But between Lamar and Lamar, there’s a lot of great players out there surrounding him. I think that’s kind of where our offense is right now.”

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

Chase 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.

“We had our opportunity,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “We got down there, went for two and just didn’t work for us. This team is going to continue to put us in good positions and there’s going to be a point in the season where it turns around.”

The 14-point deficit was the largest for Baltimore (7-3) since the 2022 regular-season finale at Cincinnati – a game Jackson missed due to injury. The last time the Ravens trailed by 14 with Jackson on the field was exactly three years earlier. On November 7, 2021, Baltimore rallied from a 24–10 deficit to beat Minnesota 34–31.

Cincinnati actually had the ball while up 14 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 for the 1-yard touchdown. With the ball on the 11, Jackson dropped back and retreated all the way to the 30 before outrunning a pair of rushers to the sideline, turned upfield and managed to stay in bounds all the way to the 1.

“I’m just trying to make something happen. That’s all there was,” Jackson said. “I wanted to throw the ball away, but when I turned around, I had room.”

In the fourth, Tylan Wallace turned a short pass into an 84-yard touchdownbarely held his own inbounds 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.

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.

No answer

Chase had 457 yards receiving in two games against the Ravens this season, an NFL record for a player against another team.

“Honestly, it’s just two great football teams going at it,” Chase said. “Every time we play Baltimore it’s a dog fight, the game is always close to the end.”

Snapped

Jackson’s kneel down on the last play of the game got the Ravens back 99 yards. The Ravens had driven for at least 100 in 42 straight games, one shy of the NFL record.

Injuries

The Bengals needed a big game from Chase because receiver Tee Higgins was out with a quad injury. … Harbaugh said Hamilton has a sprained ankle and the injury is not too serious.

Next

Bengals: At Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 17.

Ravens: At Pittsburgh on Nov. 17.

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