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Jess Root

Cardinals-Bengals history: A look back at the last few meetings

The Arizona Cardinals host the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday in Week 5. Both teams are 1-3.

The two teams have only faced one another 12 times dating back to 1973.

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They have split the 12 games, both teams winning and losing six games.

However, the Cardinals have won 2 meetings in a row and 4 of the last 5.

The Bengals have never won a road game against the Cardinals.

Let’s look back at the last few meetings between the two teams.

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2019: Cardinals 26, Bengals 23

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The game ended up being the very first of quarterback Kyler Murray’s career.

The Cardinals built a 23-9 lead but Andy Dalton led a pair of touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to tie the score.

Murray led a perfect two-minute drill. He connected with running back David Johnson for a 24-yard pass. Murray scrambled for 24 yards to get into field-goal range in time for Zane Gonzalez to hit a game-winning, 31-yard field goal as time expired.

Johnson rushed for 93 yards and had three catches for 65 yards. Murray showed off his running ability with 93 yards and a touchdown.

2015: Cardinals 34, Bengals 31

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The Cardinals won the game on a last-second, 32-yard field goal.

Carson Palmer threw four touchdown passes and was picked off twice. Andy Dalton had 315 passing yards and two touchdowns for the Bengals.

The Cardinals had a 10-point fourth-quarter lead, only to have the Bengals rally and tie the game.

A penalty by defensive lineman Domata Peko for simulating a snap count saved guard Ted Larsen from a false start and gave the Cardinals the final field goal.

2011: Bengals 23, Cardinals 16

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The Bengals were the team to build a lead in this game. They took a 23-0 lead into the fourth quarter and John Skelton threw two touchdown passes and Jay Feely added a field goal to make it 23-16.

The Cardinals should have tied the game but Skelton missed a wide-open Early Doucet in the end zone at the end of the game.

2007: Cardinals 35, Bengals 27

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The Cardinals intercepted quarterback Carson Palmer four times, three by Antrel Rolle, who returned two for touchdowns and would have had a third pick-six if it weren’t for an illegal block. Kurt Warner threw two touchdown passes.

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