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Burrow Scores in Overtime as Bengals Beat Titans 43⁠–⁠36

Joe Burrow throws for 462 yards and five touchdowns, then runs 9 yards for the winning score.

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Joe Burrow threw for 462 yards and five touchdowns and ran 9 yards for the winning score in overtime as the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans 43–36.

Burrow tied the game at 36 with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 1:17 left in regulation. Cincinnati received the overtime kickoff and went 70 yards in five plays, and Tennessee's possession ended on a fourth-and-3 incompletion at the Titans' 35.

Higgins caught 10 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns, and Ja'Marr Chase had 11 catches for 141 yards and a touchdown. Burrow also threw three interceptions, all to safety Amari Hooker. The fourth quarter had three lead changes and a tie.

Cam Ward threw for a career-high 304 yards and two touchdowns for Tennessee, and Tony Pollard ran for 117 yards. Cincinnati, 5–2, plays Atlanta in Madrid next. Tennessee is 1–7.

Joe Burrow threw for 462 yards and five touchdowns and ran 9 yards for the winning score in overtime as the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans 43⁠–⁠36.

Burrow tied the game at 36 with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 1:17 left in regulation.

Cincinnati received the overtime kickoff and went 70 yards in five plays. Tennessee's possession ended when Cam Ward threw incomplete to Elic Ayomanor on fourth-and-3 at the Titans' 35.

The fourth quarter had three lead changes and a tie.

Burrow also threw three interceptions, all to safety Amari Hooker.

Higgins caught 10 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns, and Ja'Marr Chase had 11 catches for 141 yards and a touchdown.

Burrow is the second quarterback with at least 450 passing yards, five touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown in one game, after Norm Van Brocklin in 1951. He moved past Carson Palmer into fourth on the Bengals' career passing list.

Ward threw for a career-high 304 yards and two touchdowns, and Tony Pollard ran for 117 yards and two scores.

Cincinnati, 5⁠–⁠2 and winners of three straight, plays Atlanta in Madrid next. Tennessee fell to 1⁠–⁠7.

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