Week 3, 2026

played in Buffalo, NY

65 degrees, rain, 11 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	7	3	3	8	-	21
Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:13 CIN - Ty Manumaleuna 2 run (Leland Presley extra point)
2Q: 00:30 CIN - Leland Presley 37 field goal
3Q: 10:20 CIN - Leland Presley 27 field goal
4Q: 14:22 BUF - Russell Archer 2 run (Derrick Sheldon extra point)
4Q: 09:24 CIN - Francisco Meier 11 pass from Colton Patton (Colton Patton pass to Brock LaPlante for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:13 CIN - Ty Manumaleuna 2 run (Leland Presley extra point)
2Q: 00:30 CIN - Leland Presley 37 field goal
3Q: 10:20 CIN - Leland Presley 27 field goal
4Q: 14:22 BUF - Russell Archer 2 run (Derrick Sheldon extra point)
4Q: 09:24 CIN - Francisco Meier 11 pass from Colton Patton (Colton Patton pass to Brock LaPlante for conversion)

Team Statistics CIN BUF
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 21 10
- by Rushing 11 3
- by Passing 7 7
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 343 199
- Offensive Plays 68 57
- Yards per Play 5.04 3.49
Net Rushing Yards 183 73
- Rushing Attempts 40 32
- Yards per Rush 4.58 2.28
Net Passing Yards 160 126
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 14 - 0 22 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 171 144
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 5.71 5.04
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/25 8/49
Punt Returns/Yards 4/39 1/3
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 2/36
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 20
Time of Possession 32:21 27:39

Team Statistics	CIN	BUF
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	21	10
- by Rushing	11	3
- by Passing	7	7
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	343	199
- Offensive Plays	68	57
- Yards per Play	5.04	3.49
Net Rushing Yards	183	73
- Rushing Attempts	40	32
- Yards per Rush	4.58	2.28
Net Passing Yards	160	126
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 14 - 0	22 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	171	144
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	5.71	5.04
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/25	8/49
Punt Returns/Yards	4/39	1/3
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	2/36
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 38	OWN 20
Time of Possession	32:21	27:39

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:57	OWN 28	9	72	Touchdown
1	6:46	1:34	OWN 17	3	2	Punt
1	3:40	1:40	OPP 39	3	2	Punt
1	0:38	2:02	OPP 42	5	27	Fumble
2	11:58	1:28	OPP 44	3	-1	Punt
2	8:44	1:00	OPP 48	3	6	Punt
2	3:42	3:17	OWN 20	11	60	Field Goal
3	13:05	2:50	OWN 42	7	48	Field Goal
3	8:32	2:03	OWN 20	4	11	Punt
4	14:16	5:03	OWN 25	10	75	Touchdown
4	6:43	4:50	OWN 22	9	52	Missed FG
4	1:00	1:00	OPP 40	2	-2	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:03	3:17	OWN 22	5	28	Punt
1	5:12	1:32	OWN 30	3	-19	Punt
1	2:00	1:22	OWN 4	3	3	Punt
2	13:36	1:38	OWN 15	3	0	Punt
2	10:30	1:46	OWN 9	3	5	Punt
2	7:44	4:02	OWN 20	9	74	Interception
2	0:25	0:25	OWN 25	2	-2	Half
3	15:00	1:55	OWN 17	3	-7	Punt
3	10:15	1:43	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
3	6:29	7:13	OWN 23	14	77	Touchdown
4	9:13	2:30	OWN 25	5	7	Punt
4	1:53	0:53	OWN 33	4	7	Downs

Game MVP: Colton Patton, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Ty Manumaleuna	34	103	3.03	21	4	1
QB Colton Patton	4	34	8.50	18	1	0
FB Weston Cash	2	46	23.00	44	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB C.J. Carlson	13	17	1.31	13	1	0
RB Russell Archer	8	8	1.00	4	0	1
QB Horace Tinkis	6	24	4.00	8	0	0
RB Leonard Shaw	4	16	4.00	10	1	0
WR Camden Gauthier	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Colton Patton	26	14	171	2/11	1	49	0	87.1

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Horace Tinkis	21	12	145	3/18	0	35	1	58.6
Blake Ruoff	1	1	-1	0/0	0	-1	0	79.2

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brock LaPlante	6	10	89	14.83	31	25	0
TE Francisco Meier	3	4	15	5.00	3	11	1
FB Weston Cash	2	3	11	5.50	4	6	0
WR Brad Tucker	2	3	52	26.00	12	49	0
TE Morris Schwartz	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Don Hickman	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Brett Hatchette	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Adam Von der Ahe	5	5	71	14.20	41	35
RB C.J. Carlson	3	4	45	15.00	32	30
WR Camden Gauthier	2	7	26	13.00	2	23
WR Sebastian Chavarria	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
WR Kai Humphries	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1
FB Joe Small	1	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Asher Kennedy	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Ty Manumaleuna	1	0	0	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
CB Fernando Prescott	0	1	0	0
ILB Marvin Summers	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Troy Tijerina	5	211	42.2	37.6	51	2

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Abraham Thorne	8	338	42.3	37.4	54	1

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Leland Presley	2/3	0/1	0/0	37	1/1

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derrick Sheldon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brad Tucker	4	39	9.8	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Camden Gauthier	1	3	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brett Hatchette	1	23	23.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sebastian Chavarria	1	17	17.0	0
Leonard Shaw	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Douglas Newhart	9	4	0.0	32	25
OLB Gilbert Wilson	7	1	0.0	30	19
DT Herman Binns	6	0	1.0	32	21
S Jameson Hanson	4	0	1.0	30	25
OLB Toby Ridoutt	4	0	0.0	16	14
DE Conner Shepard	3	0	0.0	13	10
DT Brock Boothroyd	2	1	0.5	25	17
ILB Jameson Mathews	2	0	0.0	3	1
S Enrique Carpenter	2	0	0.0	32	25
S William Tucker	2	0	0.0	13	10
DT Winfred Richardson	1	1	0.5	23	20
S Asher Kennedy	1	1	0.0	19	14
DT Shane Northrop	1	0	0.0	5	4
CB Sean Greenspan	1	0	0.0	1	4
DE Fernando Stephens	0	1	0.0	21	19
OLB Andrew Shank	0	1	0.0	13	8

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Marvin Summers	11	3	0.0	38	28
OLB Bobby Hibbs	7	1	0.0	39	28
DE Josh Glover	5	0	2.0	38	27
S Harry O'Donnell	5	3	0.0	40	26
DT Ezekiel Boudreau	4	3	0.0	25	6
CB Fernando Prescott	4	0	0.0	38	26
OLB Nicholas Carter	4	0	0.0	18	25
DT Antoine Taylor	3	2	0.0	24	3
S Donovan Malone	3	1	0.0	35	27
S Dana Stevenson	3	1	0.0	33	27
DE Noah Conley	2	1	0.0	38	28
DT Demetrius Keen	1	0	0.0	19	24
QB Horace Tinkis	1	0	---	---	---
CB Andre' Reeves	0	1	0.0	25	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Herman Binns	1.0	0	0	0	21
S Jameson Hanson	1.0	0	0	0	25
DT Brock Boothroyd	0.5	0	0	0	17
DT Winfred Richardson	0.5	0	0	0	20
DE Santiago Arnold	0.0	1	0	0	5
DE Fernando Stephens	0.0	0	1	0	19
OLB Andrew Shank	0.0	0	0	1	8

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Josh Glover	2.0	1	0	0	27
DE Noah Conley	0.0	1	2	1	28
DT Demetrius Keen	0.0	0	1	0	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Gilbert Wilson	4	0	0	19
CB Douglas Newhart	2	1	0	25
S Jameson Hanson	2	0	0	25
DE Conner Shepard	2	0	0	10
S Asher Kennedy	1	0	1	14
OLB Toby Ridoutt	1	0	0	14
S William Tucker	1	0	0	10

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Marvin Summers	3	0	28
S Harry O'Donnell	3	0	26
OLB Bobby Hibbs	2	1	28
CB Fernando Prescott	2	0	26
S Donovan Malone	1	1	27
OLB Nicholas Carter	1	1	25
S Dana Stevenson	1	0	27
DT Demetrius Keen	1	0	24

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Jay Oliver	3	11	40	0	28
C Ralph Morrison	3	6	40	1	28
G Peter Westbrook	2	9	40	0	28
C Hunter Vince	2	6	40	0	28
G Julian Hancuff	1	4	40	1	28

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Jamal Bradford	2	6	32	1	25
C Stan Brewer	1	5	32	0	25
T Jamal Gardner	1	4	32	0	25
G Marquis Douglas	1	2	32	0	25
T Hector Lukehart	0	8	32	2	25
TE Juan Talley	0	1	10	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Weston Cash	1	23
Adrian Shelton	1	18
Brad Tucker	1	15

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Everett Cortez	4	20
Harry O'Donnell	1	3

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Julian Hancuff	40	28	---	---	8	76
G Peter Westbrook	40	28	---	---	8	76
WR Brad Tucker	37	23	---	---	15	75
QB Colton Patton	40	28	---	---	---	68
C Ralph Morrison	40	28	---	---	---	68
T Jay Oliver	40	28	---	---	---	68
C Hunter Vince	40	28	---	---	---	68
WR Brock LaPlante	39	27	---	---	---	66
TE Francisco Meier	39	26	---	---	---	65
RB Ty Manumaleuna	37	24	---	---	1	62
CB Douglas Newhart	---	---	32	25	---	57
S Enrique Carpenter	---	---	32	25	---	57
S Jameson Hanson	---	---	30	25	---	55
DT Herman Binns	---	---	32	21	---	53
OLB Gilbert Wilson	---	---	30	19	---	49
S Asher Kennedy	---	---	19	14	15	48
FB Weston Cash	7	17	---	---	23	47
WR Brett Hatchette	20	3	---	---	23	46
DT Winfred Richardson	---	---	23	20	---	43
DT Brock Boothroyd	---	---	25	17	---	42
OLB Andrew Shank	---	---	13	8	20	41
DE Fernando Stephens	---	---	21	19	---	40
DE Antonio Delgado	---	---	20	17	---	37
DE Conner Shepard	---	---	13	10	10	33
OLB Toby Ridoutt	---	---	16	14	---	30
WR Marcos Robbins	4	1	---	---	23	28
TE Don Hickman	14	12	---	---	---	26
S Tyrus Gowins	---	---	13	11	---	24
S William Tucker	---	---	13	10	---	23
S Adrian Shelton	---	---	1	2	18	21
DE Santiago Arnold	---	---	5	5	8	18
DT Shane Northrop	---	---	5	4	8	17
RB Blaine Matthews	3	4	---	---	9	16
CB Jackson Glynn	---	---	0	0	15	15
DT Gino Homan	---	---	5	4	---	9
P Troy Tijerina	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Lenny Fogg	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Junior Dotson	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Monty Masiona	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Leland Presley	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Curtis Delmonico	0	0	---	---	7	7
TE Morris Schwartz	0	3	---	---	2	5
CB Sean Greenspan	---	---	1	4	---	5
ILB Jameson Mathews	---	---	3	1	---	4
S Kelly McKnight	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Moe Fleming	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Donovan Malone	---	---	35	27	13	75
DE Noah Conley	---	---	38	28	8	74
DE Josh Glover	---	---	38	27	8	73
CB Fernando Prescott	---	---	38	26	8	72
OLB Bobby Hibbs	---	---	39	28	4	71
ILB Marvin Summers	---	---	38	28	3	69
S Harry O'Donnell	---	---	40	26	3	69
G Marquis Douglas	32	25	---	---	8	65
G Jamal Bradford	32	25	---	---	8	65
T Hector Lukehart	32	25	---	---	8	65
T Jamal Gardner	32	25	---	---	8	65
S Dana Stevenson	---	---	33	27	2	62
WR Camden Gauthier	29	25	---	---	6	60
C Stan Brewer	32	25	---	---	---	57
WR Kai Humphries	28	23	---	---	6	57
QB Horace Tinkis	32	24	---	---	---	56
TE Adam Von der Ahe	30	24	---	---	---	54
OLB Nicholas Carter	---	---	18	25	2	45
DT Demetrius Keen	---	---	19	24	2	45
DE Gage Riley	---	---	17	24	2	43
RB C.J. Carlson	16	20	---	---	2	38
WR Sebastian Chavarria	16	13	---	---	7	36
DT Ezekiel Boudreau	---	---	25	6	1	32
CB Andre' Reeves	---	---	25	4	3	32
FB Joe Small	9	8	---	---	12	29
DT Antoine Taylor	---	---	24	3	1	28
TE Juan Talley	10	7	---	---	10	27
TE Everett Cortez	4	0	---	---	20	24
RB Russell Archer	12	5	---	---	4	21
CB Spencer Phillips	---	---	7	2	11	20
OLB William Beyer	---	---	0	0	19	19
RB Leonard Shaw	4	0	---	---	14	18
OLB Butch Magana	---	---	2	0	10	12
S Jameson Duran	---	---	0	0	11	11
WR Wally Brennan	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Colby Bolyn	0	0	---	---	8	8
S Eduardo Downs	---	---	4	3	1	8
P Abraham Thorne	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Chris Conley	2	0	---	---	---	2
K Derrick Sheldon	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Blake Ruoff	0	1	---	---	---	1
G Zack Martin	0	0	---	---	---	0
CB Elliot Colbert	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Wade Maxwell	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Orlando Fitzgerald	---	---	0	0	---	0
C Riddick Anderson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	57	7.1
Middle	21	69	3.3
Right	10	58	5.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	7	1.2
Middle	15	54	3.6
Right	9	14	1.6
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Colton Patton	26	14	2	3	1	3	3	1	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Horace Tinkis	21	12	4	3	2	1	1	1	1
Blake Ruoff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	51	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	66	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	49	16.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-1	-0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	87	7.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	1	35	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	23	5.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brock LaPlante	10	6	1	89	1	27
TE Don Hickman	4	0	0	0	0	12
TE Francisco Meier	4	3	0	15	0	26
FB Weston Cash	3	2	0	11	0	17
WR Brad Tucker	3	2	0	52	1	23
TE Morris Schwartz	1	1	0	4	0	3
WR Brett Hatchette	1	0	0	0	0	3

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Camden Gauthier	7	2	1	26	1	25
TE Adam Von der Ahe	5	5	0	71	2	24
RB C.J. Carlson	4	3	0	45	1	20
WR Kai Humphries	3	1	1	-1	0	23
WR Sebastian Chavarria	2	1	0	3	0	13
FB Joe Small	1	1	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ty Manumaleuna	9	24	2.67	3.03

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Leonard Shaw	1	-3	-3.00	4.00
QB Horace Tinkis	1	4	4.00	4.00
RB Russell Archer	1	2	2.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Colton Patton	5	2	10	2.00	6.58

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Horace Tinkis	4	2	19	4.75	6.90

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Francisco Meier	2	2	10	5.00	3.75
WR Brock LaPlante	1	0	0	0.00	8.90
FB Weston Cash	1	0	0	0.00	3.67
TE Don Hickman	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB C.J. Carlson	1	1	16	16.00	11.25
WR Sebastian Chavarria	1	1	3	3.00	1.50
WR Kai Humphries	1	0	0	0.00	-0.33
WR Camden Gauthier	1	0	0	0.00	3.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
QB Colton Patton	1	1
RB Ty Manumaleuna	1	0
FB Weston Cash	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
RB Russell Archer	3	1
RB C.J. Carlson	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Colton Patton	9	3	3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Horace Tinkis	10	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brock LaPlante	3	1	1
WR Brad Tucker	2	1	1
FB Weston Cash	1	0	0
TE Don Hickman	1	0	0
TE Francisco Meier	1	1	1
WR Brett Hatchette	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Camden Gauthier	4	1	1
RB C.J. Carlson	2	1	1
TE Adam Von der Ahe	2	2	2
WR Sebastian Chavarria	1	0	0
WR Kai Humphries	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,400 (21,400)
End Zone 12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,400 (21,400)
End Zone	12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)