Sunday 30th October
Cincinnati Bengals vs Washington Redskins
@ Wembley Stadium
The 3rd of this seasons international games will take place at Wembley and follows last weekends match at Twickenham the home of Rugby. Another sell out crowd is expected for these popular matches and kick off will be at 1.30pm, don't forget that the clocks went back an hour this morning.
Current season record
Cincinnati Bengals
- P7 W3 L4
Washington Redskins
- P7 W4 L3
As we can see neither team is in scintillating form this season and both sides currently sit third in their respective divisions. Looks more like a must win game for the Redskins if they are going to mount a realistic play off surge this season.
Neither of these teams have played here at Wembley before in the series and Washington have their quarterback Kirk Cousins back in action having missed a couple of games recently with concussion. We will aim to keep a brief summary of each quarter as the game progresses, should be a great conclusion to this series of UK fixtures which will surely grow until we have our own regular season NFL franchise.
For those of you not coming to Wembley this Sunday afternoon the match will be screened live via the BBC on their Red Button service which is Channel 601 for those with Freeview in the UK. Have a fun day.
1st Quarter;
Cincinnati kick off to get us underway for this early Sunday afternoon match against the Redskins. Washington make the most of their opening drive moving up the field with quarterback Kirk Cousins completing three 3rd down completions and they score the first touchdown with a Rob Kelly 4 yard run.
The Bengals do fight back immediately though by returning the kick off 65 yards back to the Washington 35 yard line on their opening drive. Seven plays later and they are into the end zone for the equalising touchdown by Giovani Bernard with an 8 yard run. Washington take the ball back to the Bengals 27 yard line with the aid of some penalty calls and that brings an end to the opening quarter with the scores level at 7-7.
2nd Quarter;
The 2nd period started with Washington going well but took a chance on a 4th and 1 yard and failed to convert it so gave possession back to Cincinnati on their own 18 yard line, they couldn't make that count and were soon having to punt for the first time.
Washington race back up inside the Bengals red zone including a great 44 yard pass from Cousins to Vernon Davis and have another 4th down inside the 3 yard line but this time elect to take the field goal and go 10-7 ahead. Cincinnati miss their own 51 yard field goal and give Washington another chance to drive before the end of the half, this doesn't last too long as a huge throw up the middle is intercepted by George Iloka at their 15 yard line we now hear the two minute warning with no addition to the score.
H/T Score; Bengals 7 -- 10 Redskins
3rd Quarter;
Washington get us back underway for the 2nd half with a small 3 point lead, Andy Dalton takes the Bengals back up the field with an 11 play drive that results in a completed pass to Tyler Eifert for a 15 yard touchdown (the extra point is missed however) so that puts Cincinnati into a 13-10 lead.
A quick three and out for Washington includes a big sack for Cousins and they have to punt, so the advantage with the Bengals again as they drive to the red zone again and have a chance from the 3 yard line following a penalty, Andy Dalton runs the ball in himself for a touchdown and the extra point is successful this time. Cincinnati lead 20-10 now. If the Redskins were dominating the first half the Bengals have certainly come out all guns blazing in the second.
Washington come back immediately with a 91 yard drive in just over two minutes ends with a Jordan Reed 23 yard pass from Cousins and powers his way into the end zone for another touchdown, this reduces the Bengals lead to just 3 points. Plenty of action this quarter and the score is 20-17 as the 3rd quarter comes to a close with Cincinnati Bengals on the Washington 34 yard line.
4th Quarter;
Two plays into the final quarter and just as you expect the Bengals to score again the ball is Intercepted by Washington's Will Compton and the Redskins are back on the attack again and they take full advantage with a 33 yard pass to Jamison Crowder for another touchdown and that gives the lead back to Washington. Can they hold on now?
And the answer is no, it's end to end action now with a huge play from Andy Dalton throwing a 39 pass reception to A J Green which sees them on the 8 yard line, a couple of running plays later and Jeremy walks into the end zone to see the Bengals lead 27-24 with about six minutes to go.
Final plays of the match as we move into the last two mins, Washington QB Cousins throws a great reception on 3rd and 13 to put themselves into the Bengals 22 yard line. Only need a field goal to send the game to overtime which they make from 40 yards. That missed extra point earlier in the game looks like being crucial now.
F/T Score; Bengals 27 -- 27 Redskins
The overtime period saw plenty of possession but the only real attempt at a win was a 34 yard field goal from Washington that missed wide left. Not a great day from the kickers, with extra point conversion missed as well as field goals that should normally be successful.
A tied game doesn't really help either side but good game nonetheless for the Wembley crowd.
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