DOWN X DOWN › week 15 › Bengals at Panthers

Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET

2026

Week 15 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Bank of America Stadium

Panthers offensevsBengals defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 7 games for Panthers, 7 for Bengals. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

CIN offense CAR offense

Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads

Biggest edge

Tight ends feast

Bengals give up 89 yards a game to tight ends (31st), against a league average of 55. Panthers' tight ends produce 70 (4th).

Opportunity

Deep middle is open

Bengals are worst against deep middle throws, allowing +0.84 EPA per attempt. Panthers send 4% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

Watch out

Pressure problem

Panthers take a sack on 8% of dropbacks (22nd). Bengals get home on 9% (3rd). League average is 7%.

Wash

Success rate

Call this one even. Panthers succeed on 42% of plays (16th) against a defense that allows 44% (17th).

Players to watch

Bengals

Joe BurrowQB · 195/267 · 2115 yds · 20 TD · 6 INTEPA per dropback +0.24 · 7th

Chase BrownRB · 94 car · 340 yds · 1 TD · 36 recEPA per touch -0.21

Ja'Marr ChaseWR · 43 rec · 492 yds · 6 TD · 61 tgtEPA per target +0.46 · 24th

Tee HigginsWR · 43 rec · 726 yds · 4 TD · 61 tgtEPA per target +0.85 · 3rdBoye MafeLeft Defensive End · 18 tackles · 5.5 sacks · 1 PD5.5 sacks · T-9th in the NFLJordan BattleStrong Safety · 49 tackles · 3 INT · 6 PD3 INT · T-2nd in the NFL

Panthers

Bryce YoungQB · 158/269 · 1921 yds · 13 TD · 5 INTEPA per dropback +0.06 · 17th

Chuba HubbardRB · 118 car · 540 yds · 7 TD · 22 recEPA per touch +0.14 · 4th

Tetairoa McMillanWR · 42 rec · 569 yds · 2 TD · 65 tgtEPA per target +0.35

Jalen CokerWR · 27 rec · 364 yds · 3 TD · 44 tgtEPA per target +0.19Devin LloydLeft Inside Linebacker · 45 tackles · 2 sacks · 2 INT · 3 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFLBobby OkerekeRight Inside Linebacker · 48 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 5 PD1 INT

The series · Bengals and Panthers since 1999, and this season's records8 meetings

The Bengals lead the series 4–3–1 since 1999. They have won the last 2. Sep 29, 2024, at Bank of America Stadium: the Bengals won 34–24. Andy Dalton started at quarterback for the Panthers and Joe Burrow for the Bengals; Dave Canales and Zac Taylor coached.

Bengals at home2–0–1the Bengals' record

In Carolina2–3the Bengals' record

Most pointsBengals 42 · Panthers 522022 · 2002

Biggest winBengals by 21 · Panthers by 242022 · 1999

The last 5

2024 · Wk 4	CIN 34 at CAR 24
2022 · Wk 9	CAR 21 at CIN 42
2018 · Wk 3	CIN 21 at CAR 31
2014 · Wk 6 · OT	CAR 37 at CIN 37
2010 · Wk 3	CIN 20 at CAR 7

2026 records

	Bengals	Panthers
Overall	5–2	3–4
Division	1–1	1–1
Conference	4–2	3–3
Other conference	1–0	0–1
Home	2–1	1–2
Away	3–1	2–2
Last 5	LLWWW	LWWLL
Streak	Won 3	Lost 2
Points a game	29.4 – 22.6	25.4 – 27.6

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Bengals' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Panthers offense against the Bengals defenseDepth charts

Bengals defense · 4-3 DPanthers offense · 3WR 1TE63Walker68Lewis77Fortner50Hunt57Freeling82Tremble 9Young 30Hubbard 4McMillan 13Metchie 18Coker99Murphy93Allen97Lawrence53Mafe44Knight49Carter42Burks0Turner20Davis23Hill27Battle6Cook

Panthers offense · 3WR 1TE

QBBryce Young#9 · 158/269 · 1921 yds · 13 TD · 5 INT
RBChuba Hubbard#30 · 118 car · 540 yds · 7 TD · 22 rec
WRTetairoa McMillan#4 · 42 rec · 569 yds · 2 TD · 65 tgt
WRJalen Coker#18 · 27 rec · 364 yds · 3 TD · 44 tgt
WRJohn Metchie III#13 · 12 rec · 114 yds · 1 TD · 20 tgt
TETommy Tremble#82 · 17 rec · 155 yds · 2 TD · 24 tgt
LTRasheed Walker#63
LGDamien Lewis#68
CLuke Fortner#77
RGRobert Hunt#50
RTMonroe Freeling#57

Bengals defense · Base 4-3 D

RDEMyles Murphy#99 · 14 tackles · 1.5 sacks
RDTJonathan Allen#93 · 17 tackles · 3 sacks · 1 PD
LDTDexter Lawrence II#97 · 23 tackles · 5 sacks · 1 PD
LDEBoye Mafe#53 · 18 tackles · 5.5 sacks · 1 PD
WLBDemetrius Knight Jr.#44 · 54 tackles · 1 INT · 1 PD
MLBBarrett Carter#49 · 57 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 3 PD
SLBOren Burks#42 · 13 tackles
RCBDJ Turner II#0 · 17 tackles · 5 PD
LCBTacario Davis#20 · 13 tackles · 1 PD
NBDax Hill#23 · 35 tackles · 5 PD
SSJordan Battle#27 · 49 tackles · 3 INT · 6 PD
FSBryan Cook#6 · 31 tackles · 0.5 sacks

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · CAR offense against CIN defense

Stat	CAR off	CIN def allows	NFL avg
Overall
EPA per play	+0.04#12	-0.01#15	+0.00
Success rate	42%#16	44%#17	44%
Yards per play	5.6#12	5.8#25	5.4
Explosive play rate	9%#17	11%#29	9%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback	+0.05#16	-0.01#12	+0.03
Sack rate	8%#22	9%#3	7%
Running
Run EPA per carry	-0.04#12	-0.08#18	-0.08
Yards per carry	4.1#16	4.4#23	4.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion	40%#18	48%#29	41%
Red zone TD rate	67%#12	42%#3	61%
Targets by position
WR yards per game	181#5	142#15	147
TE yards per game	70#4	89#31	55
TE targets per game	8.7#8	9.6#30	7.6
RB receiving yards per game	30#17	30#12	32

Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Panthers: EPA per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

+0.306% of throws

+0.654% of throws

+1.196% of throws

Short

-0.1234% of throws

+0.6220% of throws

0.0030% of throws

Bengals: EPA allowed per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

-0.0114 throws

+0.8411 throws

-0.3018 throws