Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NFL: Baltimore 26, Cincinnati 20

|
|
 
  
Published: Nov. 5, 2006 at 5:47 PM

BALTIMORE, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Baltimore grabbed a 14-0 lead in the first quarter Sunday afternoon and beat Cincinnati, 26-20.

The Ravens got a two-yard touchdown run by Jamal Lewis and a 25-yard return for a score by Ed Reed after an interception by Samari Rolle in the first 15 minutes.

Cincinnati rallied from the early 14-point deficit by out-scoring Baltimore, 20-12, in the final three quarters but its comeback fell short.

Steve McNair went 21-for-31 for 245 yards, no touchdowns or interceptions; Jamal Lewis scored a touchdown on 24 carries for 72 yards; and Matt Stover kicked four field goals for the Ravens (6-2).

Baltimore increased its lead over Cincinnati to two games in AFC North Division.

Carson Palmer was 12-for-26 for 195 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions; Rudi Johnson scored once on 18 carries for 77 yards; and T.J. Houshmandzadeh caught a scoring pass for the Bengals (4-4).

Topics: Carson Palmer, Ed Reed, Jamal Lewis, Matt Stover, Rudi Johnson, Samari Rolle, Steve McNair, T.J. Houshmandzadeh
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
fark
HOLY CRAP. Those zombie garden gnomes just ate my pink flamingo. (Warning: Garden gnome and pink...
Photoshop this huge manatee
Clear your desks, get out your pencils, and have your hot teacher smooth her skirt back down: it's...
Turns out judges don't like it so much when you lie to them: George Zimmerman bond revoked for lying...
Indiana church where congregation cheered as toddler sang "Ain't no homos going to make it to heaven,"...
"Chivalry isn't dead, you stupid biatch" and 50 other funniest tweets of all time