• The last meeting between the teams was Dec. 6, 2015, when the Bengals rolled the Browns 37-3 at FirstEnergy Stadium as Andy Dalton threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another.
• With their victory in December, the Bengals posted a new benchmark for the largest lead by either team in series history. The largest Browns lead was five after they went 6-1 in the first seven meetings between the teams.
• Cincinnati is 28-15 as the home team, including 10-3 under Marvin Lewis.
• The Bengals have posted 11 season sweeps, with the most recent coming in 2015. The Browns have eight sweeps, with the most recent occurring in 2002.
• The two highest scoring games in Bengals history have been against the Browns, a 58-48 win in 2004 — which is the second-highest scoring game in NFL history — and a 51-45 Cleveland victory in 2007.
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