Green Bay Packers vs Cincinnati Bengals Match Player Stats On Sep 22, 2013

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 22, 2013

Bengals 34, Packers 30: Terence Newman returned a fumble 58 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Cincinnati scored the final 20 points to rally past visiting Green Bay.

The Bengals took a 14-0 lead on short scoring runs by Giovani Bernard and BenJarvus Green-Ellis. But Cincinnati (2-1) didn't score again until Andy Dalton threw touchdown passes of 20 yards to A.J. Green and 11 yards to Marvin Jones in the second half, trimming a 16-point deficit to 30-27 with 10:55 to play.

A week after throwing for a career-high 480 yards, a frustrated Aaron Rodgers struggled mightily. Rodgers finished with 244 yards, including a 7-yard TD pass to James Jones.

Rookie Johnathan Franklin took over for the injured James Starks and rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown for the Packers (1-2), but Franklin also committed the crucial fumble while trying to dive for a first down on a fourth-and-1 play. Cincinnati's Reggie Nelson recovered the ball and ran for six yards before coughing it up, but Newman scooped it up and returned it for the winning score in the turnover-filled contest.

Cincinnati halted the Packers' final drive by knocking down Rodgers' final two pass attempts. Green Bay's Jordy Nelson finished with eight catches for 93 yards.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Green Bay lost TE Jermichael Finley to a concussion in the first quarter. Finley was hit in the head by George Iloka's shoulder while trying to make a catch. ... Rodgers got into a shouting match with head coach Mike McCarthy in the second quarter. ... With Cincinnati railing 30-21 late in the third quarter, K Mike Nugent missed a 52-yard field-goal attempt.