BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Shayne Graham kick-started the CincinnatiBengals' offense in his own way. Graham booted a career-high seven field goals Sunday to lift theBengals to a 21-7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in a battleof struggling AFC North Division rivals. Graham, who connected from 34, 19, 22, 35, 35, 21 and 33 yards,broke Doug Pelfrey's club record of six field goals in a game,set in 1994. "It wasn't that the kicker made seven kicks, it was that theoffense moved the ball down the field to make the field goals,"Graham said. The NFL record is eight field goals in a game, set byTennessee's Rob Bironas on October 21 in a 38-36 victory overthe Houston Texans. It looked as if the Bengals would present Graham with anopportunity for his eighth field goal attempt, but opted to runout the clock instead. "I would be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for another chance,but there wasn't enough time where the clock was," Graham said."You don't want to rub it into the other team because the gamewas already won at the point." The Bengals (3-6) snapped a two-game losing streak by completinga season sweep of their division rivals. The Ravens (4-5) havenow lost three in a row. "We are good with this win and we just have to take it one gameat a time, and not worry about the future," Bengals coach MarvinLewis said. "We have to continue to work hard and puttouchdowns on the board in the red zone. Our kicking game didsome good things, Shayne had a good game." With Cincinnati leading, 6-0, Baltimore put together a drivewhich brought it to the Bengals' 1-yard line. Quarterback SteveMcNair, however, lofted a pass intended for tight end Todd Heapthat was deflected, and Cincinnati cornerback Leon Hall camedown with the ball. Carson Palmer finished 23-of-34 for 271 yards, spreading theball around to nine different receivers. "We were satisfied to get three points every time we went (inthe red zone) tonight," Palmer said. "The Ravens are alwaystough when you get down in the red zone." Chris Henry had four catches for 99 yards in his first gameafter serving an eight-game suspension for violation of NFLpolicies. "When I first looked up to spot the ball, it looked like it wasgoing to be long," Henry said of his 50-yard reception. "I putmy head down and went and got it. I'm just excited to be outthere with those guys again." The Ravens, meanwhile, could not get anything startedoffensively. McNair was ineffective, completing 17-of-26 passes for 128yards. He also fumbled twice before being pulled in favor ofKyle Boller late in the fourth quarter. "This is the lowest point in my career that I've had over mylast two games," McNair said. "If it wasn't for bad luck. Iwouldn't have any luck at all. Last year, we were getting all the breaks. And this year, weare not getting any." Boller found Mark Clayton for a 47-yard pass play down to theBengals' 1-yard line. "It was awesome, I thought he was in," Boller said. "Itwould've been nicer if he had gotten in, but he showed hiswheels and it was something positive in the end." Willis McGahee scored on the next play with 1:56 remaining tobreak the shutout. Regardless, the end result certainly wasn't pleasing to coachBrian Billick. "Every loss is disappointing," Billick said. "You can't qualifyone more than another. It feels pretty devastating right nowcompared to the others because it's right now. But that's theway this league works." Baltimore cornerback Corey Ivey suffered a concussion in thefirst quarter and did not return. Also, cornerback ChrisMcAlister missed his third game with a right knee injury.
NFL: CINCINNATI at BALTIMORE <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 0 6 3 12 21 BALTIMORE 0 0 0 7 7 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 2:52 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 34 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards in 4:01. Key plays: Palmer 20-yard pass to C Johnson on 3rd-and-7 to Baltimore 45; Palmer 19-yard pass to C Johnson on 3rd-and-7 to Baltimore 18. CINCINNATI 3-0. 12:28 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 19 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 89 yards in 4:50. Key plays: Palmer 9-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 27; Palmer 14-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh with 5-yard delay of game penalty on Bengals' Houshmandzadeh puts ball at Cincinnati 41; Palmer 50-yard pass to Henry to Cincinnati 9; Palmer 4-for-4 for 79 yards. CINCINNATI 6-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:27 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 22 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards in 4:49. Key plays: Jackson 19-yard fumble return to Cincinnati 45; R Johnson 15-yard run to Baltimore 38; Palmer 11-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-2 to Baltimore 8. CINCINNATI 9-0. 4TH QUARTER: 0:24 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 35 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 46 yards in 5:05. Key plays: Palmer 4-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 48; Palmer 14-yard pass to J Johnson to Baltimore 34; Palmer 11-yard pass to C Johnson to Baltimore 19. CINCINNATI 12-0. 3:10 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 35 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 15 yards in 2:34. Key plays: Jeanty recovery of McGahee fumble at Baltimore 32; Palmer 17-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-4 to Baltimore 9. CINCINNATI 15-0. 5:10 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 21 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: White recovery of Ross muffed kickoff at Baltimore 11. CINCINNATI 18-0. 7:22 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 33 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Fanene recovery of McNair fumble at Baltimore 21. CINCINNATI 21-0. 13:04 BAL - TD, WILLIS MCGAHEE 1 YD RUN (MATT STOVER KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards in 1:02. Key plays: Ross 15-yard punt return to Baltimore 48; Boller 47-yard pass to Clayton to Cincinnati 1. CINCINNATI 21-7. CINCINNATI - BALTIMORE Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI BALTIMORE FIRST DOWNS 17 16 Rushing 3 5 Passing 12 10 Penalty 2 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-18-39% 3-10-30% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 326 272 Total offensive plays 71 54 Average gain per play 4.6 5.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 70 66 Rushing attempts 34 18 Average gain per rush 2.1 3.7 Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 1-4 NET YARDS PASSING 256 206 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-15 2-11 Gross passing yards 271 217 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 34-23-0 34-23-2 Avg gain per pass play 6.9 5.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 8-0-0 2-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-47.0 3-36.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 37.5 27.7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 19 27 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-19 2-27 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-23 7-112 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-45 6-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 4-4 TOUCHDOWNS 0 1 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 7-7 0-0 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-7-0% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 35:42 24:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI BALTIMORE RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R JOHNSON 22 46 2.1 15 0 W MCGAHEE 17 60 3.5 13 1 K WATSON 9 24 2.7 5 0 S MCNAIR 1 6 6.0 6 0 J JOHNSON 1 2 2.0 2 0 C PALMER 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 23-34-271 0 0 50 S MCNAIR 17-26-128 1 0 17 K BOLLER 6- 8- 89 1 0 47 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 3-15. Sacked-Yards Lost: S MCNAIR 2-11. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOUSHMAN 6 45 7.5 14 0 M CLAYTON 8 107 13.4 47 0 C HENRY 4 99 24.8 50 0 T HEAP 4 38 9.5 15 0 C JOHNSON 4 73 18.3 23 0 D MASON 4 29 7.3 11 0 K WATSON 3 25 8.3 11 0 W MCGAHEE 2 10 5.0 6 0 A CHATMAN 2 8 4.0 5 0 D DARLING 1 16 16.0 16 0 J JOHNSON 1 14 14.0 14 0 Q SYPNIEWS 1 7 7.0 7 0 D COATS 1 6 6.0 6 0 D WILLIAMS 1 5 5.0 5 0 R JOHNSON 1 2 2.0 2 0 L MCCLAIN 1 4 4.0 4 0 G HOLT 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 M SMITH 1 1 1.0 1 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L HALL 1 0 0.0 0 0 C NDUKWE 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 2 94 47.0 0 0 51 S KOCH 3 110 36.7 0 2 52 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A CHATMAN 1 19 19.0 19 0 C ROSS 2 27 13.5 15 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 1 23 23.0 23 0 C ROSS 7 112 16.0 25 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 0/0 7/7 M STOVER 1/1 0/0 Dist.: 34 19 22 35 35 21 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C PALMER 2 0 0 0-0 S MCNAIR 2 2 0 0-0 C NDUKWE 0 0 1 0-0 W MCGAHEE 1 1 0 0-0 F RUCKER 0 0 1 0-0 C ROSS 1 1 0 0-0 J FANENE 0 0 0 0-1 R LEWIS 0 0 1 0-0 M WHITE 0 0 0 0-1 D JACKSON 0 0 0 0-1 R JEANTY 0 0 0 0-1 A WHITWORTH 0 0 0 1-0 B WILLIAMS 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOHNSON 8 7 1 0-0 R LEWIS 10 7 3 1-7 R JEANTY 6 3 3 0-0 D LANDRY 8 8 0 0-0 C NDUKWE 5 5 0 0-0 T SUGGS 8 5 3 0-0 L HALL 5 5 0 0-0 J JOHNSON 7 5 2 0-0 D JACKSON 5 3 2 0-0 K GREGG 7 4 3 0-0 D JONES 5 2 3 0-0 H NGATA 7 4 3 0-0 D O'NEAL 4 4 0 0-0 D MARTIN 5 5 0 0-0 F RUCKER 3 3 0 0-0 T PRYCE 5 4 1 1-6 D PEKO 3 3 0 0-0 R PRUDE 4 3 1 0-0 J SMITH 3 2 1 1-0 B SCOTT 4 2 2 0-0 J JOSEPH 2 1 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 3 3 0 0-0 M MYERS 2 0 2 0-0 E REED 3 3 0 0-0 - TEAM 1 1 0 1-11 J BANNAN 3 2 1 0-0 B ROBINSON 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 1 1 0 1-2 M WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 C IVY 1 1 0 0-0 W GASTON 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner. Att: 71,130 Time of Game: 2:59</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at BALTIMORE <div class="pre">NFL CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT INTERCEPTION YARDAGE FOR NDUKWE.</div>
