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In Week 1, Cleveland was unable to pull out a win, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals by a final score of 17-16.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The defense gave up 200 yards rushing for the seventh straight game — and all that amounted to a 26-10 loss that felt more lopsided than the final score.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
On paper, this one would go to Washington by a mercy-rule final score.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
But even before Tyler Stephenson’s two-run homer off Robert Suarez broke a tie in the top of the ninth inning and held as the decisive hit in a 4-2 Reds victory, something happened that practically rendered the final score a footnote.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The defense gave up 200 yards rushing for the seventh straight game — and all that amounted to a 26-10 loss that felt more lopsided than the final score.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
On paper, this one would go to Washington by a mercy-rule final score.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
But even before Tyler Stephenson’s two-run homer off Robert Suarez broke a tie in the top of the ninth inning and held as the decisive hit in a 4-2 Reds victory, something happened that practically rendered the final score a footnote.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Final score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/final%20score. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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