Bengals-Ravens Capsule

The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (11-6) at BALTIMORE (8-8)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE — Ravens by 2

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Cincinnati 10-6-1, Baltimore 7-8-1

SERIES RECORD — Ravens lead 20-16

LAST MEETING — Bengals beat Ravens 34-17, Dec. 29, 2013

AP PRO32 RANKING — Bengals No. 10 (tie), Ravens No. 10 (tie)

BENGALS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (18), PASS (8).

BENGALS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (5).

RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (29), RUSH (30), PASS (18).

RAVENS DEFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (11), PASS (12).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Rematch of final game of 2013 regular season. … Ravens have won five of past seven between AFC North rivals, including three straight at home. … Former Ravens defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis is 12-10 lifetime against Baltimore. He is 4-7 in openers. … Cincy WR A.J. Green has TD catches in past two games vs. Ravens. … Bengals CB Dre Kirkpatrick had career-high two INTs in previous game against Baltimore, returning one for TD. … Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson was Baltimore’s QBs coach in 2008-09. … Bengals QB Andy Dalton is 30-18 at starter, best in team history with at least 10 starts. … Cincinnati 12-54 under Lewis with minus turnover differential. … Bengals NT Domata Peko has 67 straight starts, longest run on team. … Ravens have won eight straight home openers. … Bernard Pierce makes second career start at RB in place of Ray Rice, who’s suspended for first two games of season. … Ravens QB Joe Flacco has 12 TD passes in 12 games against Cincinnati. He is 11-0 at home in September, tied with Jay Schroeder for best among Super Bowl-era QBs. … Gary Kubiak makes debut as Ravens offensive coordinator after spending eight years as Houston’s head coach. … Ravens are 39-9 under coach John Harbaugh in games played in Baltimore. … TE Owen Daniels and WR Steve Smith make Baltimore debuts. Daniels has a catch in 88 straight games and Smith comes on board after starring with Carolina.

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