Dec. 11, 2011 – Houston Texans 20, Cincinnati Bengals 19 at Paul Brown Stadium
Cincinnati led 16-3 at halftime, but Houston quarterback T.J. Yates earned his first NFL win by leading an 80-yard, game-winning drive , hitting former Bengal Kevin Walters for a 6-yard touchdown with 2 seconds left.
Dec. 11, 2005 – Cincinnati Bengals 23, Cleveland Browns 20 at Paul Brown Stadium
The Browns held Carson Palmer to 93 yards passing (which remains his career low for a game he finished), but Rudi Johnson ran for 169 and a touchdown and Shayne Graham kicked a game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expired to help the Bengals improve to 10-3.
Dec. 11, 1994 – New York Giants 27, Cincinnati Bengals 20 at Giants Stadium
The Bengals rallied from a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit on a Jeff Blake to Carl Pickens touchdown pass and Doug Pelfrey 23-yard field goal, tying the game with 1:47 remaining. But the Giants needed just 67 seconds to go 66 yards for a game-winning Rodney Hampton 3-yard touchdown run with 40 ticks remaining, dropping Cincinnati to 2-12.
Dec. 11, 1988 – Houston Oilers 41, Cincinnati Bengals 6 at Astrodome
The Bengals were 11-3 and on their way to Super Bowl XXIII, but Mike Rozier ran for three touchdowns and Warren Moon threw for a pair of scores as the Oilers moved within one game of first place with a dominating win.
Dec.11, 1983 – Cincinnati Bengals 17, Detroit Lions 9 at Riverfront Stadium
Pete Johnson ran for a pair of first-half touchdowns and finished with 118 yards as the Bengals beat the eventual NFC Central Division champion Lions.
Dec. 11, 1978 – Cincinnati Bengals 20, Los Angeles Rams 19 at Los Angeles Coliseum
Playing on Monday Night Football for the third time that season, the 2-12 Bengals got a pair of interceptions from Dick Jauron to spark their rally from a 13-0 deficit as they upset the 11-3 Rams on a Chris Bahr 42-yard field goal with 2:58 remaining.
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