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Bengals 33, Jaguars 23
CINCINNATI — Jeremy Hill rushed for 154 yards and scored two touchdowns Sunday, lifting the Cincinnati Bengals to a 33-23 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, extending the Bengals’ regular-season unbeaten streak to 14 games at Paul Brown Stadium.
The Jaguars had trimmed the deficit to three points in the fourth quarter when Hill, starting for injured running back Gio Bernard, sprinted 60 yards for a touchdown to seal the victory for the AFC North-leading Bengals.
Running back Denard Robinson had 17 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown for Jacksonville (1-8), which has lost four straight games to Cincinnati.
The Bengals (5-2-1) welcomed wide receiver A.J. Green back to the starting lineup after missing three games with a toe injury. Green had three catches for 44 yards and a touchdown.
Robinson, who has rushed for a combined 330 yards the past three games, found openings in Cincinnati’s 29th-ranked run defense, rushing for 47 yards in the first quarter, including a 39-yard run to help set up a 25-yard field goal by Josh Scobee to put Jacksonville ahead 3-0.
Cincinnati took the lead on a 19-yard pass from quarterback Andy Dalton to wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, putting the Bengals ahead 7-3. It was Dalton’s first touchdown pass since Oct. 12 against Carolina.
Sanu had four catches for 95 yards and a touchdown.
Dalton was 19 of 31 for 233 yards, with two TDs and two interceptions.
The self-induced errors continued for Jacksonville. On Sunday, they occurred on special teams.
Twice in the first half Cincinnati deflected punts by Bryan Anger, the second tip by Taylor Mays caused the ball to carom out of the end zone for a safety, making the score 12-3.
The Bengals drove 62 yards in eight plays on their opening possession of the third quarter. A 2-yard touchdown run by Hill put them ahead 19-3.
Jacksonville fought back with a 40-yard TD pass from quarterback Blake Bortles to wide receiver Allen Hurns, who came back to catch the underthrown pass before cornerback Leon Hall could react, making the score 19-10.
Bortles passed for 247 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
After Dalton’s 18-yard TD strike to Green, Bortles and Hurns hooked up again for a 18-yard TD. The two-point conversion pass was incomplete, making the score 26-16.
Dalton’s second interception of the game was a screen pass that bounced off left tackle Andrew Whitworth’s back and into the hands of linebacker J.T. Thomas III.
Two plays later, Robinson scored on a 5-yard run to make the score 26-23 with 8:13 left.
NOTES: Jacksonville WR Allen Hurns has five touchdown catches this season, tying a franchise rookie record, last accomplished by Matt Jones in 2005. … Bengals WR A.J. Green returned after missing three starts with a toe injury. … Bengals RB Gio Bernard was out with a hip pointer and injured clavicle. … Jaguars MLB Jeremiah George was the 10th rookie to start a game for them this season. They have 14 rookies on the roster. … Cincinnati has not lost a regular-season game at home since a 20-19 defeat to Dallas on Dec. 9, 2012.
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