2009 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 11, 2009 · M&T Bank Stadium

Cincinnati BengalsWinner

Baltimore Ravens

BAL -9 upsetU 42 ✓Ravens closed -9 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Cincinnati Bengals 17–14 — decided on the final possessions.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CIN

Carson PalmerQB

18/31, 271 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

6.9 expected points added · +0.7% completion over expected

Passing · BAL

Joe FlaccoQB

22/31, 186 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-0.6 expected points added · +5.3% completion over expected

Rushing · CIN

Cedric BensonRB

27 att, 120 yds, 1 TD

1.3 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · BAL

Ray RiceRB

14 att, 69 yds, 0 TD

-2.0 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CIN

Chad JohnsonWR

7/10 for 94 yds, 0 TD

32% of team targets · -1.7 expected points added

Receiving · CIN

Chris HenryWR

3/5 for 92 yds, 0 TD

16% of team targets · 5.3 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Carson Palmer	18/31	271	1	1	1	6.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Cedric Benson	27	120	4.4	1	1.3
Carson Palmer	5	18	3.6	0	0.8
Bernard Scott	1	3	3.0	0	-0.3
Brian Leonard	1	1	1.0	0	-0.8

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Chad Johnson	7	10	94	0	32%	-1.7
Chris Henry	3	5	92	0	16%	5.3
Andre Caldwell	2	2	33	1	6%	5.3
Brian Leonard	3	3	30	0	10%	1.3
Cedric Benson	2	3	16	0	10%	-0.4
J.P. Foschi	1	2	6	0	6%	-1.2
Laveranues Coles	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.5
Jeremi Johnson	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.5
Daniel Coats	0	4	0	0	13%	-3.0

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Rey Maualuga	6	2	0.0	0	0
Chinedum Ndukwe	6	0	0.0	0	0
Roy Williams	3	2	0.0	0	0
Chris Crocker	4	0	0.0	0	0
Pat Sims	4	0	0.0	0	0
Dhani Jones	3	0	1.0	0	0
Michael Johnson	1	2	0.0	0	1
Robert Geathers	2	0	1.0	0	0
Antwan Odom	2	0	0.0	0	0
Johnathan Joseph	2	0	0.0	1	1

Baltimore Ravens

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Joe Flacco	22/31	186	1	2	2	-0.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Ray Rice	14	69	4.9	-2.0
Joe Flacco	1	9	9.0	0.9
Le'Ron McClain	2	6	3.0	-0.0
Willis McGahee	1	-2	-2.0	-0.6

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ray Rice	7	8	74	1	26%	4.0
Todd Heap	7	9	41	0	29%	-2.2
Mark Clayton	3	7	36	0	23%	-1.5
Kelley Washington	1	1	21	0	3%	2.4
Le'Ron McClain	3	4	10	0	13%	-1.0
Willis McGahee	1	1	4	0	3%	-0.1
Derrick Mason	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Ed Reed	6	0	0.0	1	1
Fabian Washington	5	0	0.0	0	1
Dawan Landry	2	3	0.0	0	1
Terrell Suggs	2	3	0.0	0	0
Ray Lewis	5	0	0.0	0	2
Jarret Johnson	3	1	1.0	0	0
Tavares Gooden	4	0	0.0	0	1
Domonique Foxworth	3	0	0.0	0	1
Haloti Ngata	2	1	0.0	0	0
Kelly Gregg	1	2	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: BAL -9
Closing total: 42
CIN moneyline: +382
BAL moneyline: -442

Ravens closed -9 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 42; the game landed 31 — under by 11.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: M&T Bank Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · sportturf
Kickoff weather: 64°F, wind 3 mph
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Rest: CIN 7 days · BAL 7 days
Coaches: Marvin Lewis vs John Harbaugh

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.