Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) Take On Houston Texans (10-6) in AFC Wild Card Round

Filed under Game Preview on January 5th, 2012

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The Cincinnati Bengals have their sights on advancing to an AFC Divisional Playoff Game when they travel to Reliant Stadium to take on the Houston Texans. NBC will broadcast the game and kickoff is at 4:30 PM ET on Saturday.

In week 14, the Bengals lost a close one to the Texans, 20-19. Thomas Howard racked up 12 tackles on the day.

The Bengals are coming off a 24-16 defeat against the Ravens. Andy Dalton had 232 yards passing, completing 22 of 44 attempts with no interceptions. The Texans are coming off a narrow 23-22 loss versus the Titans. Antonio Smith registered two sacks and two tackles. Another solid outing came from Ben Tate, who scored once on top of 97 yards on 16 carries.

Bengals Passing Leaders
Grade		Name	Comp	Att	Yds	TDs	Int
C+	78.5	A. Dalton	300	516	3,398	20	13

Texans Passing Leaders
Grade		Name	Comp	Att	Yds	TDs	Int
A-	90.0	M. Schaub	178	292	2,479	15	6
D	65.4	T. Yates	82	134	949	3	3
C	73.3	J. Delhomme	18	28	211	1	0

Bengals Rushing Leaders
Grade		Name	P	Att	Yds	YdsA	TDs
B	82.1	C. Benson	RB	273	1,067	3.9	6
D	66.2	B. Scott	RB	112	380	3.4	3
C+	78.5	A. Dalton	QB	37	152	4.1	1

Texans Rushing Leaders
Grade		Name	P	Att	Yds	YdsA	TDs
A+	100+	A. Foster	RB	278	1,224	4.4	10
B-	81.9	B. Tate	RB	175	942	5.4	4
D+	68.3	D. Ward	RB	45	154	3.4	2

Bengals Receiving Leaders
Grade		Name	P	Rec	Yds	YdsA	TDs
A-	91.9	A. Green	WR	65	1,057	16.3	7
B-	81.6	J. Simpson	WR	50	725	14.5	4
B+	87.1	J. Gresham	TE	56	596	10.6	6

Texans Receiving Leaders
Grade		Name	P	Rec	Yds	YdsA	TDs
B	84.1	O. Daniels	TE	54	677	12.5	3
A+	100+	A. Foster	RB	53	617	11.6	2
C	75.6	J. Jones	WR	31	512	16.5	2