Burrow scores six touchdowns as Bengals beat Titans in overtime
Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes and ran for the winning score in overtime as the Bengals beat the Titans 43-36, ProFootballTalk and the Associated Press report. Burrow threw for 462 yards in the wild game, and the Titans led 13-0 early. Cincinnati is now 5-2.
Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes and then ran for the winning score in overtime as the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans 43-36 on Sunday, ProFootballTalk and the Associated Press report.
Burrow scrambled for a 9-yard touchdown on the first drive of overtime, the AP reports. He threw for 462 yards but was also intercepted three times, all by Titans safety Amari Hooker. Burrow had 472 total yards, ProFootballTalk reports.
The Titans jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter and kept fighting, the outlets report. Tennessee traded star defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons to the Chicago Bears days before the game. "The Titans showed they're not giving up on this season," ProFootballTalk wrote.
The fourth quarter had three lead changes and a tie, the AP reports. Burrow found Tee Higgins for an 18-yard touchdown that tied the game at 36 with just over a minute left. Higgins had 10 catches for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Ja'Marr Chase added 11 catches for 141 yards.
Titans quarterback Cam Ward had the first 300-yard passing game of his career, the outlets report. In overtime, his fourth-down pass fell incomplete. Hooker became the first player with three interceptions in a game since 2023, the AP says.
The Bengals have won three games in a row. They play the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid next Sunday. The Titans fell to 1-7.
What we know: Burrow had six touchdowns, and the Bengals won in overtime.
What we don't: How several players hurt in the game are doing.
Where outlets agree ProFootballTalk and the Associated Press agree that Burrow threw five touchdown passes and ran for another as the Bengals won 43-36 in overtime.
Where they differ The cited reports agree on the key facts so far.