New England Patriots vs Cincinnati Bengals Match Player Stats (Nov 23, 2025)

Down 10-0 before the second quarter was a minute old, the New England Patriots absorbed Geno Stone’s pick-six, rallied behind a makeshift offensive line, and walked out of Paycor Stadium with a 26-20 win that made them the first team in the NFL to reach 10 victories in the 2025 season. The ninth straight win extended a streak defined less by separation than by survival — the kind of win a 10-2 team banks even on its worst days.

Drake Maye worked the entire game without the left side of his offensive line intact: left guard Jared Wilson left on the very first series with an ankle injury, and rookie left tackle Will Campbell was carted off in the third quarter with a knee injury. Maye still finished 22-of-35 for 294 yards and a touchdown. Marcus Jones read Joe Flacco perfectly midway through the second quarter, taking an interception 33 yards for a score that swung New England from a 10-7 deficit to a 14-10 lead. Andy Borregales handled the rest, going 4-for-4 on field goals — the last a 52-yarder with 1:51 remaining — and the Patriots defense made two fourth-down stops when Cincinnati needed them most: once at the 1-yard line in the third quarter, and once on Flacco’s final throw from the New England 26 with 18 seconds on the clock.

Evan McPherson produced the game’s most spectacular individual moment when he drilled a 63-yard field goal as the first-half clock expired — the longest in Bengals franchise history, four yards beyond his own previous team record of 59 — but it trimmed a 17-10 deficit to 17-13, not a lead. Cincinnati fell to 3-8 with its eighth loss in nine games since Joe Burrow’s turf toe injury ended his season in Week 2.

Game Information

Final Score

Scoring Plays

Team Stats

Passing Stats

Rushing Stats

Receiving Stats

Kicking Stats

†Bengals franchise record — previous mark: 59 yards (McPherson, 2024)

Punting Stats

Interceptions

Kick Return Stats

Punt Return Stats

New England Patriots — Defensive Stats

Cincinnati Bengals — Defensive Stats

Injury Report

New England Patriots

• Jared Wilson (LG) — Ankle. Exited on the game’s first offensive series. Did not return.
• Will Campbell (LT, Rookie) — Knee. Exited in the third quarter. Did not return.
• Bradyn Schooler (S) — Ankle. Did not return.
• Khyiris Tonga (DL) — Chest. Did not return.

Cincinnati Bengals

• Ja’Marr Chase (WR) — Served a one-game suspension for spitting on Pittsburgh’s Jalen Ramsey in Week 11.
• Tee Higgins (WR) — Concussion. Ruled out with 4:50 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• Tahj Brooks (RB) — Concussion. Did not return.
• Marco Wilson (CB) — Right hamstring. Did not return.

Game Officials

Borregales going 4-for-4 — with three of the four field goals from 41 yards or longer — tells the story of how New England won games that season. With a 0-for-2 red zone afternoon and two offensive linemen on carts, the margin should have been thinner; the final stand on Flacco’s last fourth-down throw made it hold. For Cincinnati, McPherson’s 63-yarder at halftime was the lone statistical outlier in an otherwise manageable performance — one that ended, like eight of their previous nine games, without Burrow and without a win.