Bengals stun Ravens 35-13 after 35 unanswered second-half points

Joe Burrow threw four second-half touchdown passes as the Cincinnati Bengals overturned a 13-0 half-time deficit to beat the Baltimore Ravens 35-13 in NFL Week 7 on Sunday 25 October 2026 at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore.

Baltimore had dominated the first half. Zay Flowers opened the scoring with a 48-yard catch-and-run touchdown, and two Tyler Loop field goals made it 13-0 at the break, with the Ravens outgaining Cincinnati 258-59 in yardage. It was the second straight week Baltimore had blown a double-digit lead.

The second half belonged entirely to Burrow. He completed 16 of 18 passes for 249 yards after the break, leading five straight touchdown drives as Cincinnati scored 35 unanswered points. His 6-yard pass to Mike Gesicki got the Bengals on the board, and a 13-yard pass to Tee Higgins put them ahead to stay.

Baltimore then passed up a potential go-ahead field goal early in the fourth quarter, failing on fourth-and-2 from the Cincinnati 12. The Bengals answered with an 88-yard drive capped by Samaje Perine’s 1-yard rushing touchdown for a 21-13 lead. Burrow then added a 2-yard touchdown pass to Ja’Marr Chase and, after a Demetrius Knight interception, a 16-yard touchdown pass to Drew Sample to complete the scoring at 35-13.

Burrow finished 22 of 30 for 292 yards. Higgins caught six passes for 148 yards and a touchdown. Two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson missed a third straight game with an ankle injury; stand-in Tyler Huntley completed 23 of 34 passes for a career-high 298 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. Flowers finished with eight catches for 137 yards and a touchdown.

The win moved Cincinnati to 4-2 and dropped Baltimore to 4-3. The Ravens have now been outscored 48-0 in the second halves of their last two games, having been shut out 13-0 after half-time by the Cleveland Browns last Sunday.