Bengals at Ravens: What You Need To Know

Today the Bengals face the Ravens in their first game of the 2014 season. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports

Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

Location: M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, MD)

Date: Sunday, September 7, 2014

Game Time: 1:00pm ET

Weather: It’s looking to be about 76 degrees (41% humidity) for today’s game.  There will be a N 9mph wind and a 0% chance of rain.

TV: Local CBS. Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Solomon Wilcots (analyst) will be doing the game announcing.  Here’s a map of what NFL games will air in specific areas.

Radio: The game will be broadcasted on Cincinnati’s WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530) and WEBN-FM (102.7). Dan Hoard (play-by-play) and former Bengal offensive lineman Dave Lapham (analyst) will be the announcers. Bengals.com has also provided a list of other radio broadcasts in the local area.

Streaming and Listening Online: The game can be viewed through the NFL network here (as a replay). The NFL network also offers its Audio Pass for online listening.

This afternoon the Bengals face the Ravens in the team’s first game of the season.  The Bengals need to get off to a hot start this season.  The team has five home games and their bye week within the first half of the season, so get off on the right foot may be vital towards to season’s success; the team went 8-0 at home last year, but only 3-5 on the road.  If the Bengals can steal a road win in the first week against a divisional opponent, that would certainly qualify as a great start to the season.

The Bengals and Ravens split home games last year, yet the Bengals still won the division.  The Bengals will face a tougher schedule this year, so they made need to do better this year.  The Ravens will not be easy though after making improvements during this off-season.  But the Bengals have to and look poised to take another step towards success this year.  For more analysis of the Bengals upcoming game, see Stripe Hype’s game preview.