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CINCINNATI, Ohio. — The Chiefs are taking on the Cincinnati Bengals in a battle between two of the AFC’s best and a rematch from last year’s AFC Championship.

1st Quarter

  • Bengals win the toss, they will receive
  • Joe Burrow scores on a four-yard touchdown run, Bengals lead 7-0
  • Patrick Mahomes finds Isiah Pacheco for 16 yards on the Chiefs first pass play on 2nd down
  • Mahomes finds JuJu Smith-Schuster for 18 yards on 3rd & 4
  • Jerick McKinnon burst for 14 yards and a 1st down
  • Bengals hold the Chiefs to a field goal, Harrison Butker knocks down a 26-yarder
  • A Juan Thornhill interception is called back after a pass-interference on Trent McDuffie

2nd Quarter

  • Burrow finds Tee Higgins on a 12-yard touchdown pass, Bengals lead 14-3
  • Bengals force the Chiefs to punt after a sack and a penalty stall their drive
  • Chiefs get their first stop and force a Bengals punt
  • Chiefs convert on 4th & 4 after Mahomes finds Smith-Schuster
  • McKinnon goes for 11 yards to the Bengals
  • Mahomes finds McKinnon for a two-yard touchdown pass, Bengals lead 14-10
  • Chiefs get a huge 4th down stop after Carlos Dunlap shoots through the gap and tackles Trent Taylor

3rd Quarter

  • Mahomes finds Marquez Valdes-Scantling on 3rd down for 42 yards as the Bengals blitzed, ball at the Bengals 32
  • Chiefs take a 17-14 lead on an eight-yard Isiah Pacheco touchdown run
  • Higgins drops a wide-open touchdown pass, the Bengals will settle for a field goal
  • Evan McPherson makes a 37-yard field goal, game tied at 17
  • Mahomes finds Valdes-Scantling on a 29-yard play to the Bengals nine-yard line, big catches being made by the Chiefs receiver
  • Chiefs going for it on 4th & goal
  • Mahomes skies over the the goal line a Jordanesque fashion, scores on a gutsy three-yard run, Chiefs lead 24-17

4th Quarter

  • Willie Gay deflects Burrow’s pass and force a Bengals field goal
  • McPherson makes a 41-yard field goal, Chiefs lead 24-20
  • Mahomes finds Travis Kelce on a 19-yard pass, fumbles and the Bengals recover
  • Bengals score on an eight-yard touchdown pass to Chris Evans, Bengals regain the lead 27-24
  • Mahomes is sacked on 3rd down, he limps off the field, Chiefs will kick a field-goal
  • Butker misses a 55-yard field goal
  • Bengals get a first down after Joe Burrow finds Jamarr Chase for five yards
  • Burrow gets sacked on 2nd down
  • Two-Minute Warning
  • Burrow finds Higgins on a 14-yard pass, Bengals will win the game 27-24