Week 18 · 2023 NFL Season

Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals

Sun, Jan 7, 2024, 1:00 PM EST

Cleveland Browns

Away · 11-6

Cincinnati Bengals

Home · 9-8

Final — Cincinnati Bengals win

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	0	0	0	14	14
CIN	14	10	7	0	31

Cleveland Browns visit the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18 of the 2023 NFL season. Final: Cleveland Browns 14, Cincinnati Bengals 31.

Recap: With Browns resting starters for the playoffs, motivated Bengals win 31-14 to finish above .500 →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Cincinnati Bengals

78% implied ·Strong

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Cleveland Browns 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

Cleveland Browns: 3.75

Cincinnati Bengals: 1.29

Spread

Cleveland Browns: —

Cincinnati Bengals: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

CLE CIN

13 1st Downs 22

244 Total Yards 328

140 Passing 145

104 Rushing 183

2-11 3rd down efficiency 3-12

7-35 Penalties 1-10

2 Turnovers 1

24:14 Possession 35:46

Leaders

CLE

Passing Yards

Jeff Driskel (QB) — 13/26, 166 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Yards

Pierre Strong Jr. (RB) — 14 CAR, 65 YDS
Receiving Yards

David Bell (WR) — 4 REC, 68 YDS, 2 TD

CIN

Passing Yards

Jake Browning (QB) — 18/24, 156 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Yards

Joe Mixon (RB) — 14 CAR, 111 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving Yards

Charlie Jones (WR) — 3 REC, 49 YDS

Scoring summary

Q1 6:07 CIN Joe Mixon 1 Yd Run (Evan McPherson Kick) 0–7
Q1 0:48 CIN Joe Mixon 6 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick) 0–14
Q2 9:19 CIN Andrei Iosivas 3 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick) 0–21
Q2 1:55 CIN Evan McPherson 45 Yd Field Goal 0–24
Q3 3:32 CIN Andrei Iosivas 7 Yd pass from Jake Browning (Evan McPherson Kick) 0–31
Q4 8:45 CLE David Bell 31 Yd pass from Jeff Driskel (Riley Patterson Kick) 7–31
Q4 2:34 CLE David Bell 24 Yd pass from Jeff Driskel (Riley Patterson Kick) 14–31

Standings

2025 AFC North Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	10-7	397	387
Baltimore	8-9	424	398
Cincinnati	6-11	414	492
Cleveland	5-12	279	379

Referee Alan Eck

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