CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes and rushed for one more, Samaje Perine had a season-high 106 yards, and the Bengals beat the Kansas City Chiefs (27-24) in their first meeting since that the locals won the AFC championship game the previous season.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs missed their chance to exact revenge for the two losses against Burrow and Cincinnati last season. The Bengals defeated the Chiefs on January 2 of this year, to clinch the AFC North title, and four weeks later, in overtime and also by a score of 27-24, to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years.
In this matchup between elite quarterbacks, a defensive play in the fourth quarter made all the difference.
With the Chiefs leading 24-20, Cincinnati linebacker Germaine Pratt stripped the ball from Travis Kelce.
Burrow, working from his own 47-yard line, completed 6 of 7 passes for 53 yards, ending the drive with a TD pass to backup running back Chris Evans that gave the Bengals (8-4) a lead with 8:54 to play. for playing.
The ensuing drive by the Chiefs (9-3) fizzled out thanks to Joseph Ossai’s sack of Mahomes.
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