2013 Cincinnati Bengals season
Owner	Mike Brown
Head coach	Marvin Lewis
Home field	Paul Brown Stadium
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st AFC North
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Chargers) 10–27
Uniform
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The 2013 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League, the 46th overall, and the 11th under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals improved on their 10–6 regular season record from 2012 and clinched the AFC North division title. However, the Bengals lost 27–10 to the San Diego Chargers in the playoffs – the third consecutive season that the Bengals had lost in the Wild Card round. Their training camp was featured on the HBO show Hard Knocks.

2013 draft class[edit]

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	21	Tyler Eifert	Tight end	Notre Dame
2	37[a]	Giovani Bernard	Running back	North Carolina
	53	Margus Hunt	Defensive end	SMU
3	84	Shawn Williams	Safety	Georgia
4	118	Sean Porter	Linebacker	Texas A&M
5	156	Tanner Hawkinson	Offensive tackle	Kansas
6	190	Rex Burkhead	Running back	Nebraska
	197[b]	Cobi Hamilton	Wide receiver	Arkansas
7[c]	240[d]	Reid Fragel	Offensive tackle	Ohio State
	251[d]	T. J. Johnson	Center	South Carolina

Notes

^{^[a]} The Bengals acquired this second-round selection as part of a 2011 trade that sent quarterback Carson Palmer to the Oakland Raiders.

^{^[b]} The Bengals acquired this sixth-round selection as part of a 2011 trade that sent wide receiver Chad Johnson to the New England Patriots.

^{^[c]} The Bengals traded their original seventh-round selection (No. 227 overall) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for safety Taylor Mays.

^{^[d]} Compensatory selection.

Staff[edit]

2013 Cincinnati Bengals staff

	Front office President – Mike Brown Senior vice president of player personnel – Pete Brown Executive vice president – Katie Blackburn Vice president of player personnel – Paul Brown Director of player personnel – Duke Tobin Head coaches Head coach – Marvin Lewis Assistant head coach/offensive line – Paul Alexander Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Jay Gruden Quarterbacks – Ken Zampese Running backs – Hue Jackson Wide receivers – James Urban Tight ends – Jonathan Hayes Offensive assistant – Brayden Coombs Offensive quality control/assistant offensive line – Kyle Caskey			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mike Zimmer Defensive line – Jay Hayes Linebackers – Paul Guenther Defensive backs – Mark Carrier Assistant defensive backs – Adam Zimmer Defensive quality control/assistant linebackers – David Lippincott Special teams coaches Special teams – Darrin Simmons Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Chip Morton Assistant strength and conditioning – Jeff Friday

Final roster[edit]

2013 Cincinnati Bengals final roster

	Quarterbacks 14 Andy Dalton  8 Josh Johnson Running backs 25 Giovani Bernard 33 Rex Burkhead 80 Orson Charles FB 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 30 Cedric Peerman Wide receivers 18 A. J. Green 16 Andrew Hawkins 82 Marvin Jones 12 Mohamed Sanu 11 Dane Sanzenbacher 19 Brandon Tate 88 Ryan Whalen Tight ends 83 Kevin Brock 85 Tyler Eifert 84 Jermaine Gresham		Offensive linemen 73 Anthony Collins T 64 Kyle Cook C 72 Tanner Hawkinson G 67 Mike Pollak G 66 Trevor Robinson C 74 Dennis Roland T 71 Andre Smith T 77 Andrew Whitworth T 68 Kevin Zeitler G Defensive linemen 90 Christo Bilukidi DT 96 Carlos Dunlap DE 95 Wallace Gilberry DE 99 Margus Hunt DE 93 Michael Johnson DE 79 Ogemdi Nwagbuo DT 94 Domata Peko DT 98 Brandon Thompson DT		Linebackers 53 Michael Boley OLB 55 Vontaze Burfict OLB 51 Jayson DiManche OLB 92 James Harrison OLB 58 Rey Maualuga MLB 57 Vincent Rey MLB 50 J. K. Schaffer MLB Defensive backs 32 Chris Crocker SS 21 Brandon Ghee CB 43 George Iloka SS 24 Adam Jones CB 27 Dre Kirkpatrick CB 37 Chris Lewis-Harris CB 20 Reggie Nelson FS 23 Terence Newman CB 40 Shawn Williams FS Special teams 46 Clark Harris LS  3 Zoltan Mesko P  2 Mike Nugent K		Reserve lists 97 Geno Atkins DT (IR) 63 Larry Black DT (IR) 65 Clint Boling G (IR) 91 Robert Geathers DE (IR) 29 Leon Hall CB (IR) 10 Kevin Huber P (IR) 49 Brandon Joiner OLB (IR) 59 Emmanuel Lamur OLB (IR) 26 Taylor Mays SS (IR) 56 Sean Porter OLB (IR)  5 Zac Robinson QB (PUP) 81 Alex Smith TE (IR) 75 Devon Still DT (IR) Practice squad 44 Tony Dye S 87 Cobi Hamilton WR 60 T. J. Johnson C 76 David King DE 39 Onterio McCalebb CB  7 Greg McElroy QB 52 Bruce Taylor LB 61 Scott Wedige C Rookies in italics 53 active, 16 inactive, 8 practice squad

Schedule[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 8	at Atlanta Falcons	W 34–10	1–0	Georgia Dome	Recap
2	August 17	Tennessee Titans	W 27–19	2–0	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
3	August 24	at Dallas Cowboys	L 18–24	2–1	AT&T Stadium	Recap
4	August 29	Indianapolis Colts	W 27–10	3–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap

Regular season[edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 8	at Chicago Bears	L 21–24	0–1	Soldier Field	Recap
2	September 16	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 20–10	1–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
3	September 22	Green Bay Packers	W 34–30	2–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
4	September 29	at Cleveland Browns	L 6–17	2–2	FirstEnergy Stadium	Recap
5	October 6	New England Patriots	W 13–6	3–2	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
6	October 13	at Buffalo Bills	W 27–24 (OT)	4–2	Ralph Wilson Stadium	Recap
7	October 20	at Detroit Lions	W 27–24	5–2	Ford Field	Recap
8	October 27	New York Jets	W 49–9	6–2	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
9	October 31	at Miami Dolphins	L 20–22 (OT)	6–3	Sun Life Stadium	Recap
10	November 10	at Baltimore Ravens	L 17–20 (OT)	6–4	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
11	November 17	Cleveland Browns	W 41–20	7–4	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
12	Bye
13	December 1	at San Diego Chargers	W 17–10	8–4	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
14	December 8	Indianapolis Colts	W 42–28	9–4	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
15	December 15	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–30	9–5	Heinz Field	Recap
16	December 22	Minnesota Vikings	W 42–14	10–5	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
17	December 29	Baltimore Ravens	W 34–17	11–5	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Postseason[edit]

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
Wild Card	January 5, 2014	San Diego Chargers (6)	L 10–27	0–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap

Game summaries[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Week 1: at Chicago Bears[edit]

The Bengals would build a 21-10 lead, but it would vanish as the Bears would rally to win.

With the loss, the Bengals started 0-1 for the second straight season.

Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers[edit]

With their second straight victory over the Steelers, the Bengals went to 1-1, and beat the Steelers at home for the first time since 2009.

Week 3: vs. Green Bay Packers[edit]

The Bengals defeated the Green Bay Packers 34–30, and also became the first team in NFL history to lead by 14 points, then trail by 16 and eventually win.^[1]

Week 4: at Cleveland Browns[edit]

With the loss, the Bengals fell to 2–2.

Week 5: vs. New England Patriots[edit]

The Bengals improved to 3-2. They also defeated Tom Brady for the first time ever.

Week 6: at Buffalo Bills[edit]

Mike Nugent would kick the game-winning field goal in overtime to seal the game for the Bengals. With the win, the Bengals went to 4-2 and picked up their first win in Buffalo since 1985, snapping their 6-game road losing streak against the Bills.

Week 7: at Detroit Lions[edit]

Mike Nugent would come through with the clutch as the Bengals won 27-24 for the second week in a row. With their 5th straight win in Detroit, the Bengals went to 5-2.

Week 8: vs. New York Jets[edit]

With the easy win, the Bengals improved to 6-2. This win also remains the largest in the Marvin Lewis era, as of 2016. The 49 points were also the most scored by the Bengals since 2009 against the Bears.

Week 9: at Miami Dolphins[edit]

Andy Dalton would have a rough night, as he was intercepted 3 times. The game would end with him getting sacked in the end zone by Cameron Wake. This was also the first overtime game to end on a safety since 2004.

Week 10: at Baltimore Ravens[edit]

Despite out gaining Baltimore in total yardage, 364-189, and a hail mary at the end of regulation to force overtime, Andy Dalton threw 3 interceptions in the loss. With the loss, the Bengals fell to 6-4.

Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns[edit]

The Bengals set a franchise record for most points scored in 1 quarter with 31 in this game.

With the win, the Bengals improved to 7-4.

Week 13: at San Diego Chargers[edit]

The Chargers opened the game by driving 45 yards to the Bengals 31, but on 3rd-and-10, Philip Rivers completed a 13-yard pass to Antonio Gates who was stripped by Reggie Nelson with George Iloka recovering for Cincinnati. After both teams swapped punts, the Bengals marched 67 yards in 10 plays with BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushing for a 4-yard touchdown on the first play of the 2nd quarter. The Bengals responded on their very next drive, driving 78 yards in only 8 plays with Rivers bombing a 30-yard touchdown pass to Ladarius Green. After both teams swapped punts again, Andy Dalton was intercepted by Eric Weddle who returned it 21 yards to the Chargers 45. The game was a 7-7 deadlock at halftime. However, on the Chargers opening drive of the second half Rivers was intercepted by Dre Kirkpatrick at the Bengals 25. The Bengals responded by driving 59 yards on a 10-play drive with Dalton connecting with superstar receiver A. J. Green on a 21-yard touchdown pass for a 14-7 lead. The Chargers drove to the Bengals 31, but were forced to punt. But the Bengals drove 61 yards before Mike Nugent booted a 47-yard field goal, extending the lead to 17-7. On their next drive, Rivers hit Keenan Allen for 14 yards, but Iloka forced Allen to fumble and Vincent Rey recovered for the Bengals. The Bengals took over at the Chargers 34. Two plays later Dalton threw a short pass to for 5 yards, but was stripped by Marcus Gilchrist with Weddle recovering and returning the ball 27 yards to the Bengals 43. The Chargers reached the Bengals 30 and Nick Novak made it a 7-point game at 17-10 with his 48-yard field goal. The Bengals ended the game with a Green-Ellis 5-yard run to the Chargers 3-yard line with less than two minutes remaining. With the win the Bengals improved to 8-4.

Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts[edit]

With the win, the Bengals improved to 9-4.

Week 15: at Pittsburgh Steelers[edit]

With the loss, the Bengals fell to 9–5 and enabled their division rival Ravens to be in the running for the AFC North title.

Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings[edit]

With the win, the Bengals improved to 10–5, and with the Ravens' loss to the Patriots later in the evening, they clinched the AFC North title.

Week 17: vs. Baltimore Ravens[edit]

With the win, the Bengals surpassed their win total from 2012.

Postseason[edit]

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) San Diego Chargers[edit]

The Bengals lost the AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Chargers, 27–10, thus eliminating them. This loss also gives the team their 6th straight playoff loss dating back to the 1990 playoffs.

Standings[edit]

Division[edit]

AFC North
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(3) Cincinnati Bengals	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	430	305	W2
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	8	0	.500	4–2	6–6	379	370	W3
Baltimore Ravens	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	320	352	L2
Cleveland Browns	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	308	406	L7

Conference[edit]

AFC[2][3] view talk edit
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division winners
1	Denver Broncos	West	13	3	0	.813	5–1	9–3	.469	.423	W2
2	New England Patriots	East	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	.473	.427	W2
3[a]	Cincinnati Bengals	North	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	.480	.494	W2
4	Indianapolis Colts	South	11	5	0	.688	6–0	9–3	.484	.449	W3
Wild cards
5	Kansas City Chiefs	West	11	5	0	.688	2–4	7–5	.445	.335	L2
6	San Diego Chargers	West	9	7	0	.563	4–2	6–6	.496	.549	W4
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[b][c]	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	8	8	0	.500	4–2	6–6	.469	.441	W3
8[d]	Baltimore Ravens	North	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	.484	.418	L2
9[e]	New York Jets	East	8	8	0	.500	3–3	5–7	.488	.414	W2
10	Miami Dolphins	East	8	8	0	.500	2–4	7–5	.523	.523	L2
11	Tennessee Titans	South	7	9	0	.438	2–4	6–6	.504	.375	W2
12	Buffalo Bills	East	6	10	0	.375	3–3	5–7	.520	.500	L1
13[f][g]	Oakland Raiders	West	4	12	0	.250	1–5	4–8	.523	.359	L6
14[h]	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	4	12	0	.250	3–3	4–8	.504	.234	L3
15	Cleveland Browns	North	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	.516	.477	L7
16	Houston Texans	South	2	14	0	.125	1–5	2–10	.559	.500	L14
Tiebreakers[i]
^ Cincinnati defeated Indianapolis head-to-head (Week 14, 42–28). ^ Pittsburgh finished with a better division record than Baltimore. ^ Pittsburgh defeated the New York Jets head-to-head (Week 6, 19–6). ^ Baltimore defeated the New York Jets head-to-head (Week 12, 19–3). ^ The New York Jets finished with a better division record than Miami. ^ Oakland and Jacksonville finished with a better conference record than Cleveland. ^ Oakland defeated Jacksonville head-to-head (Week 2, 19–9). ^ Jacksonville defeated Cleveland head-to-head (Week 13, 32–28). ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Statistics[edit]

Team[edit]

Updated December 31, 2013^[4]

	Bengals	Opponent
Total First Downs	330	282
Rushing First Downs	101	72
Passing First Downs	205	178
By Penalty First Downs	24	32
Third Down Conversions	92/225	74/225
Fourth Down Conversions	12/21	5/16
Total Offensive Yards	5,894	4,888
Offensive Plays	1,097	1,042
Average Yards per Play	5.4	4.7
Total Rushing Yards	1,755	1,544
Rushing Plays	481	385
Rushing Yards per Play	3.6	4.0
Total Passing Yards	4,139	3,344
Passing Completions/Attempts	364/587	362/612
Interceptions	20	20
Passing Yards per Play	7.4	5.9
Sacks	43.0	29.0
Field Goals	18/22	26/31
Touchdowns	54	32
Rushing Touchdowns	14	6
Passing Touchdowns	33	22
Return Touchdowns	2	1
Defensive Touchdowns	6	3
Time of Possession	32:49	28:48
Turnover Ratio	+1

Individual[edit]

Passing[edit]

Updated December 31, 2013^[4]

Regular season

Player	ATT	COMP	YDS	COMP %	YDS/ATT	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	LONG	SCK	LOST	RATING
Andy Dalton	586	363	4,296	61.9	7.3	33	5.6	20	3.4	82	29	182	88.8
Mohamed Sanu	1	1	25	100.0	25.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	0	0	118.8

Rushing[edit]

Updated January 3, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	ATT	YDS	YDS/ATT	LONG	TD
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	220	756	3.4	25	7
Giovani Bernard	170	695	4.1	35	5
Andy Dalton	61	183	3.06	12	2
Marvin Jones	8	65	8.1	34	0
Josh Johnson	7	20	2.9	10	0
Cedric Peerman	8	17	2.1	5	0
Mohamed Sanu	4	16	4.0	9	0
Andrew Hawkins	2	3	1.5	6	0
Kevin Huber	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total	481	1,755	3.6	35	14

Receiving[edit]

Updated January 3, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	REC	YDS	YDS/REC	LONG	TD
A. J. Green	98	1,426	14.6	82	11
Giovani Bernard	56	514	9.2	41	3
Marvin Jones	35	712	14.0	45	10
Mohamed Sanu	47	455	9.7	32	2
Jermaine Gresham	46	458	10.0	30	4
Tyler Eifert	39	445	11.4	61	2
Andrew Hawkins	12	199	16.6	50	0
Dane Sanzenbacher	6	61	10.2	23	0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	4	22	5.5	10	0
Alex Smith	3	12	4.0	7	1
Brandon Tate	1	6	6.0	6	0
Orson Charles	1	8	8.0	8	0
Total	364	4,136	11.4	82	33

Field Goals[edit]

Updated January 10, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+
Mike Nugent	0/0	2/2	6/7	7/9	3/4
Total	0/0	2/2	6/7	7/9	3/4
Opponent Total	2/2	6/6	5/8	9/11	4/4

Punting[edit]

Updated January 10, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	Punts	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG	BLK
Kevin Huber	66	45.2	4	24	75	0
Shawn Powell	7	38.3	0	3	52	0
Mike Nugent	2	40.0	0	0	43	0
Total	75	44.4	4	27	75	0
Opponent Total	89	44.3	1	37	65	1

Punt Returns[edit]

Updated January 14, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	RT	FC	YDS/RET	LONG	TD
Brandon Tate	36	16	9.3	43	0
Adam Jones	11	0	8.0	27	0
Total	47	16	9.0	43	0
Opponent Total	27	22	9.4	67	1

Kick Returns[edit]

Updated January 14, 2014^[4]

Regular season

Player	RT	YDS	YDS/RET	LONG	TD
Brandon Tate	35	914	26.1	71	0
Cedric Peerman	4	66	16.5	26	0
Total	39	980	25.1	71	0
Opponent Total	52	1,219	23.4	48	0

Defense[edit]

Updated December 7, 2013^[4]

Regular season

Player	T	S	A	SCK	F
Vontaze Burfict	131	88	43	1	1
Terence Newman	48	42	6	0	0
Rey Maualuga	61	43	18	1	0
Adam Jones	44	36	8	0	1
Carlos Dunlap	44	32	12	7	4
George Iloka	55	34	21	0	2
Vincent Rey	46	29	17	3	0
Reggie Nelson	44	32	12	1	1
Michael Johnson	39	24	15	3	2
Chris Crocker	27	20	7	0.5	0
Wallace Gilberry	20	15	5	6.5	1
Leon Hall	20	14	6	0	0
James Harrison	27	13	14	2	0
Taylor Mays	19	12	7	0	0
Domata Peko	35	15	20	2.5	0
Brandon Thompson	19	12	7	1.5	0
Geno Atkins	20	9	11	6.0	0
Dre Kirkpatrick	9	8	1	1.0	0
Cedric Peerman	8	7	1	0	0
Jayson DiManche	12	6	6	0	0
Tyler Eifert	5	5	0	0	0
Michael Boley	6	4	2	0	0
Shawn Williams	10	6	4	0	0
Brandon Ghee	6	3	3	0	0
A. J. Green	3	3	0	0	0
Andrew Hawkins	3	3	0	0	0
Marvin Jones	4	3	1	0	0
Devon Still	7	3	4	0	0
Orson Charles	4	2	2	0	0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	2	2	0	0	0
Andre Smith	2	2	0	0	0
Giovani Bernard	1	1	0	0	0
Clint Boling	2	1	1	0	0
Andy Dalton	2	1	1	0	0
Jermaine Gresham	1	1	0	0	0
Clark Harris	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Lewis-Harris	2	1	1	0	0
Jeromy Miles	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Nugent	1	1	0	0	0
Mohamed Sanu	1	1	0	0	0
J.K. Schaffer	2	1	1	0	0
Alex Smith	2	1	1	0	0
Ryan Whalen	1	1	0	0	0
Andrew Whitworth	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Zeitler	1	1	0	0	0
Total	758	506	252	34	10
Opponent Total	812	527	285	26	11

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website