Joe Burrow throws five TDs and runs in the OT winner as the Bengals beat the Titans 43-36

Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes in regulation and ran 9 yards untouched for the winning score in overtime, and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tennessee Titans 43-36 on Sunday. Cincinnati has won three straight and is 5-2 for the first time since 2021, according to the AP recap on ESPN.

Tennessee, a 13 1/2-point underdog at 1-7, led 13-0 after the first quarter on two Joey Slye field goals and a 40-yard Tony Pollard touchdown run. Burrow answered with scoring throws to Ja'Marr Chase from 30 yards and Jack Endries from 1 yard, then hit Higgins from 17 yards early in the third for a 21-13 lead.

Pollard's 1-yard run and Cam Ward's two-point run tied it at 21 in the third quarter, and Demetrius Knight Jr. and Dexter Lawrence then dropped Pollard in the end zone for a safety and a 23-21 Bengals lead. The fourth quarter brought three lead changes and a tie. Ward found Chimere Dike for an 11-yard touchdown, Mike Gesicki caught a 25-yarder from Burrow, and Ward hit Wan'Dale Robinson from 15 yards with 3:46 left and then Gunnar Helm for two to make it 36-29. Burrow tied it with an 18-yard throw to Higgins with 1:17 remaining.

Cincinnati got the ball first in overtime and went 70 yards in five plays. Tennessee's last chance ended when Ward threw incomplete to Elic Ayomanor on fourth-and-3 at the Titans 35.

Burrow threw for 462 yards on 48 attempts, but it was not a clean day. Titans safety Amani Hooker intercepted him three times, the first three-interception game by any NFL player since Jordan Whitehead in Week 1 of 2023, per the AP. Higgins caught 10 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns, Chase had 11 for 141 and a score, and Gesicki has now caught a touchdown in five straight games.

Ward had the first 300-yard passing game of his career and threw two touchdowns without an interception. Pollard ran for 117 yards and two scores on 21 carries, giving him five touchdowns in two games. Tennessee played without receiver Carnell Tate, running back Tyjae Spears and punter Tommy Townsend, and lost cornerbacks Marcus Harris and Kevin Winston Jr. to injuries during the game. The Bengals had linebackers Cedric Johnson and Cashius Howell and cornerback DJ Turner hurt in the second half.

The Titans fall to 1-7. The Sportradar note in the AP recap says Tennessee is the fourth team in NFL history to lose consecutive games after leading by at least 13 points after one quarter.

What's next: The Bengals face Atlanta in Madrid next Sunday, the NFL's second regular-season game in Spain.