GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: ST LOUIS (3-9) at CINCINNATI (4-8)

NFL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 0 7 3 10
CINCINNATI 7 3 6 3 19 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE
GRAHAM KICK), 9:28. Drive: 7 plays,
42 yards in 4:04. Key plays: Jones
32-yard punt to St Louis 42; Dorsey
19-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to St
Louis 18; 18-yard pass interference
penalty on Rams' Witherspoon to St
Louis 1. CINCINNATI 7-0
2ND QUARTER: CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 27 YD, 5:10. Drive:
11 plays, 84 yards in 4:58. Key
plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to
Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati
20; Dorsey 45-yard run to St Louis
35; Dorsey 14-yard run on 3rd-and-2
to St Louis 13. CINCINNATI 10-0
3RD QUARTER: STL - TD, FAKHIR BROWN 36 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 0:54.
CINCINNATI 10-7
CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 38 YD, 10:19. Drive:
15 plays, 48 yards in 9:25. Key
plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to
Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-4 to St
Louis 43; Palmer 14-yard pass to
Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-11 to St
Louis 30; R Johnson 8-yard run on
3rd-and-3 to St Louis 15.
CINCINNATI 13-7
CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 32 YD, 14:41. Drive:
5 plays, 56 yards in 2:05. Key
plays: Palmer 52-yard pass to
Johnson to St Louis 18. CINCINNATI
16-7
4TH QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 50 YD, 9:52. Drive: 10
plays, 55 yards in 3:25. Key plays:
Berlin 23-yard pass to Holt to St
Louis 41; Berlin 13-yard pass to
Holt to Cincinnati 43; Berlin
11-yard pass to McMichael to
Cincinnati 32. CINCINNATI 16-10
CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 46 YD, 12:38. Drive:
8 plays, 46 yards in 2:46. Key
plays: R Johnson 10-yard run to
Cincinnati 41; R Johnson 22-yard
run to St Louis 28. CINCINNATI
19-10

ATT:</div>

 

NFL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 0 7 3 10
CINCINNATI 7 3 6 3 19 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:28 CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 4:04.
Key plays: Jones 32-yard punt to St Louis 42; Dorsey 19-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to St Louis 18; 18-yard pass interference penalty on Rams'
Witherspoon to St Louis 1. CINCINNATI 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

5:10 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 27 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 84 yards in 4:58.
Key plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati
20; Dorsey 45-yard run to St Louis 35; Dorsey 14-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
St Louis 13. CINCINNATI 10-0.

3RD QUARTER:

0:54 STL - TD, FAKHIR BROWN 36 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF WILKINS KICK).
CINCINNATI 10-7.
10:19 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 38 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 48 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-4 to St
Louis 43; Palmer 14-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-11 to St Louis
30; R Johnson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to St Louis 15. CINCINNATI 13-7.
14:41 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:05.
Key plays: Palmer 52-yard pass to Johnson to St Louis 18. CINCINNATI
16-7.

4TH QUARTER:

9:52 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 50 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards in 3:25.
Key plays: Berlin 23-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 41; Berlin
13-yard pass to Holt to Cincinnati 43; Berlin 11-yard pass to McMichael to
Cincinnati 32. CINCINNATI 16-10.
12:38 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 46 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 2:46.
Key plays: R Johnson 10-yard run to Cincinnati 41; R Johnson 22-yard
run to St Louis 28. CINCINNATI 19-10.

ST LOUIS - CINCINNATI Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS CINCINNATI

FIRST DOWNS 10 18
Rushing 2 9
Passing 8 8
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 241 370
Total offensive plays 52 66
Average gain per play 4.6 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 88 192
Rushing attempts 24 36
Average gain per rush 3.7 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-25 5-11
NET YARDS PASSING 153 178
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-11
Gross passing yards 153 189
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-17-1 29-21-2
Avg gain per pass play 5.5 5.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 6-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.3 3-50.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.3 50.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 37 1
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-0 3-1
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-110 3-67
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-37 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-53 4-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 1 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 26:35 33:25


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ST LOUIS CINCINNATI

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JACKSON 18 91 5.1 54 0 R JOHNSON 23 92 4.0 22 1
A PITTMAN 2 11 5.5 7 0 D DORSEY 4 81 20.3 45 0
B LEONARD 1 2 2.0 2 0 K WATSON 3 10 3.3 8 0
B BERLIN 3 -16 -5.3 0 0 T HOUSHMAN 1 8 8.0 8 0
J JOHNSON 2 4 2.0 2 0
C PALMER 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B BERLIN 17-28-153 1 0 23 C PALMER 21-29-189 2 0 52

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 1-11.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T HOLT 8 90 11.3 23 0 T HOUSHMAN 8 52 6.5 14 0
S JACKSON 4 26 6.5 13 0 K WATSON 6 48 8.0 25 0
R MCMICHAE 2 23 11.5 12 0 C JOHNSON 2 60 30.0 52 0
A PITTMAN 1 11 11.0 11 0 C HENRY 1 16 16.0 16 0
B LEONARD 1 2 2.0 2 0 A CHATMAN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J KLOPFENS 1 1 1.0 1 0 J JOHNSON 1 4 4.0 4 0
R KELLY 1 3 3.0 3 0
R JOHNSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F BROWN 1 36 36.0 36 1 D JACKSON 1 0 0.0 0 0
R BARTELL 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JONES 6 230 38.3 0 3 53 K LARSON 3 151 50.3 0 3 55

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HAGANS 1 0 0.0 0 0 A CHATMAN 3 1 0.3 4 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HAGANS 6 110 18.3 22 0 G HOLT 3 67 22.3 26 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J WILKINS 1/1 1/2 S GRAHAM 1/1 4/4
Dist.: (40) 50 Dist.: 27 38 32 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B BERLIN 2 1 0 0-0 T HOUSHMANDZADEH 1 0 0 0-0
M HAGANS 1 0 0 0-0 D JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
R BARTELL 0 0 1 0-0 J THORNTON 0 0 0 0-1
D LOOKER 0 0 0 1-0 K WATSON 0 0 0 1-0
H MILLIGAN 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C DRAFT 12 8 4 0-0 L JOHNSON 7 4 3 0-0
R BARTELL 8 8 0 0-0 D JONES 6 4 2 0-0
O ATOGWE 8 6 2 0-0 L HALL 6 3 3 0-0
W WITHERSPOON 7 6 1 0-0 J SMITH 5 3 2 0-0
B CHILLAR 7 5 2 0-0 D JACKSON 4 3 1 0-0
J HALL 4 4 0 0-0 J JOSEPH 4 2 2 0-0
V ADEYANJU 4 2 2 0-0 R GEATHERS 3 3 0 0-0
C CHAVOUS 3 2 1 0-0 J THORNTON 3 2 1 0-0
J WADE 3 2 1 0-0 D PEKO 3 2 1 0-0
C RYAN 3 1 2 0-0 D O'NEAL 2 2 0 0-0
L GLOVER 2 1 1 0-0 M WHITE 2 1 1 0-0
A CARRIKER 2 0 2 0-0 M MYERS 1 1 0 0-0
E MOORE 1 1 0 1-11 J FANENE 1 1 0 0-0
F BROWN 1 0 1 0-0 C NDUKWE 1 1 0 0-0
R JEANTY 1 1 0 0-0</div>

 

NFL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
ST LOUIS 10
CINCINNATI 19 FINAL</div>

 

CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Marvin Lewis and the Cincinnati Bengalsare having a forgettable season but hope to close the season ona strong note.


Shayne Graham kicked four field goals and Rudi Johnson ran for atouchdown as the Bengals posted a 19-10 victory over the St.Louis Rams on Sunday.


Graham kicked field goals of 27, 36, 38 and 32 yards to help theBengals bounce back from last week's 24-10 loss in Pittsburgh.

Meanwhile, Carson Palmer completed 21-of-29 passes for 189 yardswith two interceptions for the Bengals (5-8), who are lookingto avoid their first losing season since Lewis took over ascoach in 2003.


On its second possesion of the game, Cincinnati took a 7-0 leadthanks to a pass interference penalty on linebacker WillWitherspoon in the end zone on 3rd-and-11. That set up a 1-yardrun by Johnson which gave the Bengals the lead with 5:37 toplay in the first quarter.


After St. Louis (3-10) punted, Cincinnati traveled 84-yards in11 plays and Graham kicked a 27-yard field goal to stretch thelead to 10-0 with 9:50 left in the half.


The Rams were forced to start third string quarterback BrockBerlin, who had never thrown a pass in a regular-season game.Berlin got the start because Mark Bulger is still not fullyrecovered from a concussion, and backup Gus Frerotte has apartially torn labrum.


Berlin was 17-of-28 for 153 yards without an interception forSt. Louis, which failed to establish any rhythm on offense. TheRams had 241 total yards and converted just 3-of-13 third downschances.


While the Rams' offense was stagnant behind Berlin, the defensehelped St. Louis cut the lead to 10-7. Fakhir Brown cut infront of T.J. Houshmandzadeh and returned an interception 36yards for a touchdown just 54 seconds into the third quarter.

But the Bengals answered as Graham kicked a 38-yard field goalwith 4:41 left and added a 32-yarder to make the lead 16-7 with19 seconds remaining in the third.


Jeff Wilkins cut the lead to 16-10 with a 50-yard field goalwith 5:08 to play, but Graham sealed the outcome by capping an8-play, 46-yard drive with a 46-yard field goal with 2:22remaining.

 

NFL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 0 7 3 10
CINCINNATI 7 3 6 3 19 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

9:28 CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 4:04.
Key plays: Jones 32-yard punt to St Louis 42; Dorsey 19-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to St Louis 18; 18-yard pass interference penalty on Rams'
Witherspoon on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 1. CINCINNATI 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

5:10 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 27 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 84 yards in 4:58.
Key plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati
20; Dorsey 45-yard run to St Louis 35; Dorsey 14-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
St Louis 13. CINCINNATI 10-0.

3RD QUARTER:

0:54 STL - TD, FAKHIR BROWN 36 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF WILKINS KICK).
CINCINNATI 10-7.
10:19 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 38 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 48 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Palmer 5-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-4 to St
Louis 43; Palmer 14-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-11 to St Louis
30; R Johnson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to St Louis 15. CINCINNATI 13-7.
14:41 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 2:05.
Key plays: Palmer 52-yard pass to Johnson to St Louis 18. CINCINNATI
16-7.

4TH QUARTER:

9:52 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 50 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards in 3:25.
Key plays: Berlin 23-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 41; Berlin
13-yard pass to Holt to Cincinnati 43; Berlin 11-yard pass to McMichael to
Cincinnati 32. CINCINNATI 16-10.
12:38 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 46 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 2:46.
Key plays: R Johnson 10-yard run to Cincinnati 41; R Johnson 22-yard
run to St Louis 28. CINCINNATI 19-10.

ST LOUIS - CINCINNATI Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS CINCINNATI

FIRST DOWNS 10 18
Rushing 2 9
Passing 8 8
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 7-15-47%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 241 370
Total offensive plays 52 66
Average gain per play 4.6 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 88 192
Rushing attempts 24 36
Average gain per rush 3.7 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-25 5-11
NET YARDS PASSING 153 178
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-11
Gross passing yards 153 189
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 28-17-1 29-21-2
Avg gain per pass play 5.5 5.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 6-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-38.3 3-50.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.3 50.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 37 1
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-0 3-1
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-110 3-67
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-37 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-53 4-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 1 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 4-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-4-25%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 26:35 33:25


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ST LOUIS CINCINNATI

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S JACKSON 18 91 5.1 54 0 R JOHNSON 23 92 4.0 22 1
A PITTMAN 2 11 5.5 7 0 D DORSEY 4 81 20.3 45 0
B LEONARD 1 2 2.0 2 0 K WATSON 3 10 3.3 8 0
B BERLIN 3 -16 -5.3 0 0 T HOUSHMAN 1 8 8.0 8 0
J JOHNSON 2 4 2.0 2 0
C PALMER 3 -3 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B BERLIN 17-28-153 1 0 23 C PALMER 21-29-189 2 0 52

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 1-11.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T HOLT 8 90 11.3 23 0 T HOUSHMAN 8 52 6.5 14 0
S JACKSON 4 26 6.5 13 0 K WATSON 6 48 8.0 25 0
R MCMICHAE 2 23 11.5 12 0 C JOHNSON 2 60 30.0 52 0
A PITTMAN 1 11 11.0 11 0 C HENRY 1 16 16.0 16 0
B LEONARD 1 2 2.0 2 0 A CHATMAN 1 5 5.0 5 0
J KLOPFENS 1 1 1.0 1 0 J JOHNSON 1 4 4.0 4 0
R KELLY 1 3 3.0 3 0
R JOHNSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F BROWN 1 36 36.0 36 1 D JACKSON 1 0 0.0 0 0
R BARTELL 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JONES 6 230 38.3 0 3 53 K LARSON 3 151 50.3 0 3 55

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HAGANS 1 0 0.0 0 0 A CHATMAN 3 1 0.3 4 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HAGANS 6 110 18.3 22 0 G HOLT 3 67 22.3 26 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J WILKINS 1/1 1/2 S GRAHAM 1/1 4/4
Dist.: (40) 50 Dist.: 27 38 32 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B BERLIN 2 1 0 0-0 T HOUSHMANDZADEH 1 0 0 0-0
M HAGANS 2 0 0 0-0 D JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
R BARTELL 0 0 1 0-0 R JEANTY 0 0 1 0-0
D LOOKER 0 0 0 1-0 J THORNTON 0 0 0 0-1
H MILLIGAN 0 0 0 1-0 K WATSON 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C DRAFT 12 8 4 0-0 L JOHNSON 7 4 3 0-0
R BARTELL 8 8 0 0-0 D JONES 6 4 2 0-0
O ATOGWE 8 6 2 0-0 L HALL 6 3 3 0-0
W WITHERSPOON 7 6 1 0-0 J SMITH 5 3 2 0-0
B CHILLAR 7 5 2 0-0 D JACKSON 4 3 1 0-0
J HALL 4 4 0 0-0 J JOSEPH 4 2 2 0-0
V ADEYANJU 4 2 2 0-0 R GEATHERS 3 3 0 0-0
C CHAVOUS 3 2 1 0-0 J THORNTON 3 2 1 0-0
J WADE 3 2 1 0-0 D PEKO 3 2 1 0-0
C RYAN 3 1 2 0-0 D O'NEAL 2 2 0 0-0
L GLOVER 2 1 1 0-0 M WHITE 2 1 1 0-0
A CARRIKER 2 0 2 0-0 M MYERS 1 1 0 0-0
E MOORE 1 1 0 1-11 J FANENE 1 1 0 0-0
F BROWN 1 0 1 0-0 C NDUKWE 1 1 0 0-0
R JEANTY 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Carl Paganelli, Head
Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Michael Spanier, Field Judge-Eddie
Powers, Side Judge-Cartlon Cheffers, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli.

Att: 55,143 Time of Game: 2:53</div>

 

CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Marvin Lewis and the Cincinnati Bengalsare having a forgettable season, but hope to finish strong.

Shayne Graham kicked four field goals and Rudi Johnson ran for atouchdown as the Bengals posted a 19-10 victory over the St.Louis Rams on Sunday.


Graham kicked field goals of 27, 36, 38 and 32 yards to help theBengals bounce back from last week's 24-10 loss in Pittsburgh.

Meanwhile, Carson Palmer completed 21-of-29 passes for 189 yardswith two interceptions for the Bengals (5-8), who are lookingto avoid their first losing season since Lewis took over ascoach in 2003.


"We were able to run the ball and on the other side we were ableto stop the run," Lewis said. "We put more Rudi runs in ourgame plan."


Johnson has been struggling with injuries this season and stillis not 100 percent. He came into the game with 389 yardsrushing and a 2.8 average, well below his career average of 4.0yards per carry.


"We ran more power stuff downhill," Johnson said. "We ran right<div class="pre">at them. I'm getting better and better each week. We just</div>have to stick to it."


On its second possesion of the game, Cincinnati took a 7-0 leadthanks to a pass interference penalty on linebacker WillWitherspoon in the end zone on 3rd-and-11. That set up a 1-yardrun by Johnson which gave the Bengals the lead with 5:37 toplay in the first quarter.


After St. Louis (3-10) punted, Cincinnati traveled 84 yards in11 plays and Graham kicked a 27-yard field goal to stretch thelead to 10-0 with 9:50 left in the half.


The Rams were forced to start third string quarterback BrockBerlin, who had never thrown a pass in a regular-season game.Berlin got the start because Mark Bulger is still not fullyrecovered from a concussion, and backup Gus Frerotte has apartially torn labrum.


Berlin was 17-of-28 for 153 yards without an interception forSt. Louis, which failed to establish any rhythm on offense. TheRams had 241 total yards and converted just 3-of-13 third downschances.


"I try to prepare each and every day," Berlin said. "It wasfast. You have 11 All-Americans out there on each side of theball. Anytime you play anything, you have some nerves. As thegame went on, I think I started getting a better feel for theguys and started to make plays. Then it was just football."

"It was a tough task," St. Louis coach Scott Linehan said. "Hedidn't take too many reps until Friday. That's basically thefirst snap he has taken in an NFL game. He has never played inan NFL game unless you count Europe. I was proud of him. Ithought he gave a great effort."


Still as hard as Berlin tried, the Bengals took advantage of hisinexperience. Safety Dexter Jackson repeatedly blitzed off thecorner to confuse Berlin and his teammates.


"We wanted to force them to pass the ball which is not theirstrength," said Jackson, who sealed the game by interceptingBerlin's desperation pass.


While the Rams' offense was stagnant behind Berlin, the defensehelped St. Louis cut the lead to 10-7. Fakhir Brown cut infront of T.J. Houshmandzadeh and returned an interception 36yards for a touchdown just 54 seconds into the third quarter.

But the Bengals answered as Graham kicked a 38-yard field goalwith 4:41 left and added a 32-yarder to make the lead 16-7 with19 seconds remaining in the third.


Jeff Wilkins cut the lead to 16-10 with a 50-yard field goalwith 5:08 to play, but Graham sealed the outcome by capping aneight-play, 46-yard drive with a 46-yard field goal with 2:22remaining.