2015 Week 13 · Sun, Dec 6, 2015 · FirstEnergy Stadium

Cincinnati BengalsWinner

Cleveland Browns

CIN -7.5 ✓U 44 ✓Bengals closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 34.

Cincinnati Bengals 37–3 — never really in doubt late.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CLE

Austin DavisQB

25/38, 230 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

-12.4 expected points added · +4.2% completion over expected

Passing · CIN

Andy DaltonQB

14/19, 220 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

14.3 expected points added · +12.2% completion over expected

Rushing · CIN

Jeremy HillRB

22 att, 98 yds, 1 TD

0.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CLE

Isaiah CrowellRB

11 att, 62 yds, 0 TD

0.8 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CIN

A.J. GreenWR

5/6 for 128 yds, 1 TD

27% of team targets · 10.2 expected points added

Receiving · CLE

Brian HartlineWR

8/11 for 83 yds, 0 TD

31% of team targets · -1.0 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Andy Dalton	14/19	220	2	0	1	14.3
AJ McCarron	2/3	19	0	0	0	-2.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Jeremy Hill	22	98	4.5	1	0.7
Giovani Bernard	5	26	5.2	0	0.8
Andy Dalton	4	11	2.8	1	3.9
Mohamed Sanu	1	7	7.0	0	0.4
Rex Burkhead	1	2	2.0	0	0.0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
A.J. Green	5	6	128	1	27%	10.2
Marvin Jones	5	5	55	1	23%	6.1
Tyler Kroft	1	1	17	0	5%	1.0
Mario Alford	1	1	15	0	5%	1.7
Giovani Bernard	1	1	9	0	5%	0.2
Ryan Hewitt	1	1	7	0	5%	0.4
Rex Burkhead	1	2	4	0	9%	-1.5
C.J. Uzomah	1	1	4	0	5%	2.2
Jeremy Hill	0	1	0	0	5%	-0.7
Mohamed Sanu	0	1	0	0	5%	-1.9
Jake Fisher	0	1	0	0	5%	-1.0
Brandon Tate	0	1	0	0	5%	-3.1

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Vontaze Burfict	6	2	0.0	0	0
Vincent Rey	5	0	0.0	0	0
Josh Shaw	5	0	0.0	0	0
Reggie Nelson	5	0	0.0	1	1
Carlos Dunlap	3	0	1.0	0	0
Adam Jones	3	0	0.0	0	0
Dre Kirkpatrick	3	0	0.0	0	1
Troy Hill	2	1	0.0	0	0
P.J. Dawson	2	1	0.0	0	0
Rey Maualuga	3	0	0.0	0	0

Cleveland Browns

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Austin Davis	25/38	230	0	1	3	-12.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Isaiah Crowell	11	62	5.6	0.8
Austin Davis	3	4	1.3	-4.9
Duke Johnson	5	2	0.4	-3.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Brian Hartline	8	11	83	31%	-1.0
Gary Barnidge	5	8	59	22%	-0.9
Darius Jennings	5	7	35	19%	3.0
Duke Johnson	4	4	30	11%	-0.2
Marlon Moore	1	1	14	3%	1.8
E.J. Bibbs	1	1	7	3%	-0.3
Isaiah Crowell	1	1	2	3%	-0.5
Travis Benjamin	0	2	0	6%	-1.1
Malcolm Johnson	0	1	0	3%	-0.9

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast
Craig Robertson	6	3
Tashaun Gipson	4	2
Christian Kirksey	4	1
Karlos Dansby	2	3
Donte Whitner	5	0
Jamie Meder	2	2
Danny Shelton	2	2
Tramon Williams	3	0
Jordan Poyer	1	1
Randy Starks	1	1

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CIN -7.5
Closing total: 44
CIN moneyline: -320
CLE moneyline: +281

Bengals closed -7.5 and covered, winning by 34.

Total closed 44; the game landed 40 — under by 4.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: FirstEnergy Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 45°F, wind 12 mph
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Rest: CIN 7 days · CLE 6 days
Coaches: Marvin Lewis vs Mike Pettine

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