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Bengals at Dolphins: December 21, 2025

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Miami Dolphins 45-21 at Hard Rock Stadium on December 21, 2025 (2025 regular season).

Final · Played December 21, 2025 · Updated October 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most passing yards: Joe Burrow (Bengals, 309). Most rushing yards: Chase Brown (Bengals, 66); De'Von Achane (Dolphins, 81). Most receiving yards: Ja'Marr Chase (Bengals, 109); Jaylen Waddle (Dolphins, 72).

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Cincinnati Bengals71021745
Miami Dolphins770721

Team comparison

Team statsCINMIA
Total yards407389
Passing yards302260
Rushing yards105129
First downs2319
Yards per play6.76.7
Turnovers03
Penalty yards1020
Red zone (scores/trips)6/62/2

What stood out

  • The Bengals out-gained the Dolphins 407 to 389 total yards.
  • Turnovers: Bengals 0, Dolphins 3.
  • The Bengals' biggest scoring edge came in the 3rd quarter (21-0).

Featured player lines

  • Joe Burrow (CIN QB): 25 CMP, 32 ATT, 309 PASS YDS, 4 PASS TD, 0 INT, 2 CAR, 6 RUSH YDS
  • Chase Brown (CIN RB): 12 CAR, 66 RUSH YDS, 1 RUSH TD, 4 TGT, 4 REC, 43 REC YDS
  • Samaje Perine (CIN RB): 7 CAR, 25 RUSH YDS, 1 RUSH TD, 3 TGT, 2 REC, 16 REC YDS
  • Ja'Marr Chase (CIN WR): 11 TGT, 9 REC, 109 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Tee Higgins (CIN WR): 3 TGT, 3 REC, 53 REC YDS, 1 REC TD
  • Drew Sample (CIN TE): 2 TGT, 2 REC, 31 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Mike Gesicki (CIN TE): 4 TGT, 3 REC, 35 REC YDS, 1 REC TD
  • Tanner Hudson (CIN TE): 1 TGT, 1 REC, 4 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • De'Von Achane (MIA RB): 15 CAR, 81 RUSH YDS, 1 RUSH TD, 3 TGT, 3 REC, 9 REC YDS
  • Jaylen Wright (MIA RB): 9 CAR, 35 RUSH YDS, 1 RUSH TD, 2 TGT, 1 REC, 18 REC YDS
  • Ollie Gordon II (MIA RB): 1 CAR, -1 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS
  • Jaylen Waddle (MIA WR): 9 TGT, 5 REC, 72 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Malik Washington (MIA WR): 1 TGT, 1 REC, 23 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Darren Waller (MIA TE): 5 TGT, 3 REC, 40 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Greg Dulcich (MIA TE): 3 TGT, 3 REC, 46 REC YDS, 0 REC TD

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Head-to-head

Earlier meetings stored in StatsNext, most recent first
DateResult
September 29, 2022MIA 15, CIN 27 (at Cincinnati)

Full Dolphins vs Bengals head-to-head (3 meetings).

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