FLASH RECAP:
Andy Dalton throws for three touchdowns and BenJarvus Green-Ellis has 129 of Cincinnati's 221 rushing yards to lead the Bengals (6-5) to a victory over Oakland (3-8) before an announced crowd of 56,503 at Paul Brown Stadium on Nov. 25, 2012.
Carson Palmer, playing in his first game against his former team since being traded by Cincinnati to Oakland in October 2011, has a season-low 146 passing yards and is sacked four times. Oakland, which has only 218 total compared to 415 for Cincinnati, drops its fourth consecutive game.
The Bengals build a 24-0 lead in the first half before the Raiders score 10 points in the third quarter on a 55-yard Sebastian Janikowski field goal and Palmer's 20-yard scoring pass to Denarius Moore.
The free-falling Raiders have allowed 169 points the past four games.
During the fourth quarter, a brawl breaks out after a play is whistled dead because of a penalty. Oakland's Tommy Kelly and Lamarr Houston end up on top of Cincinnati's Andrew Whitworth in the middle of a scrum of players. All three are ejected.
"They were probably looking for a fight because they weren't doing much on the field," Whitworth tells reporters following the Bengals' third straight victory.
With their loss to the Bengals, the Raiders are assured of a 10th straight non-winning season. Oakland has not had a winning record since the 2002 season when it went 12-4 en route to Super Bowl XXXVII.
PRIME-TIME PLAYERS:
QB Andy Dalton — Throws for 210 yards and 3 TDs on 16 of 30 passing with no INTs and has a 109.0 passer rating.
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis — Has 129 rushing yards on 19 carries and a TD.
Bengals defense — The unit allows only 218 total yards and has four sacks of Carson Palmer.
RB Marcel Reece — Has 103 scrimmage yards on 74 rushing yards and 29 receiving yards on 4 catches.
KEY STATS:
THEY SAID IT:
Raiders QB Carson Palmer
"You need to be balanced when you're playing a game like this. When you get the lead early, you want to be able to run the ball. We've just got to keep it up."
Bengals QB Andy Dalton
"I'm just really tired of losing. It's going from anger to sadness to ... I don't know."
Raiders S Mike Mitchell
BY THE NUMBERS:
DID YOU KNOW?:
K Sebastian Janikowski — Is successful on a 55-yard field goal attempt and 2 of his 3 kickoffs are touchbacks.
RB Jeremy Stewart — Has a team-high 6 catches for 37 yards.
The Raiders allow 289 yards in the half — the most this season — and have only 83 yards, their fewest since they managed 52 yards in the first half at Pittsburgh on Nov. 21, 2010.
Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green does not have a TD catch for the first time in 10 games. He finishes with 111 receiving yards on 3 catches against Oakland. With a TD catch in nine straight games, Green tied Hall of Famer Lance Alworth for third-longest streak in league history. Green is the first player to have a TD in nine straight games during one season since Jerry Rice set NFL record with 12 straight TD games in 1987.
The Raiders are 3 of 12 on third-down efficiency compared to 9 of 17 for the Bengals.
Linebacker Phillip Wheeler and defensive end Matt Shaughnessy each have sacks for the Raiders, who enter the game with an NFL-low 11 sacks.
“Not a lot went right, from start to finish."
0: Catches by Oakland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey.
3: Penalties for 25 yards on each the Bengals and the Raiders.
11: Solo tackles by Oakland rookie linebacker Miles Burris.
374: Oakland rushing yards allowed the past two games against New Orleans (153) and Cincinnati (221).
The Raiders drop their seventh straight game and are 6-29 in the Eastern Time Zone since December 2002.
Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal late in the first half ties a Bengals franchise record. Former Bengal and ex-Raider Chris Bahr also kicked a 55-yard field goal for Cincinnati on Sept. 23, 1979 against Houston.
The Raiders are 6-8 in road games against the Bengals. Oakland leads the series 20-9, including 2-0 playoffs.
