Breece Hall Stats, Biography, and Box Score: Jets RB Leads New York to 39-38 Victory Over Cincinnati

The New York Jets arrived in Cincinnati on October 26, 2025, as a 0-7 team that had not scored more than 32 points all year and had not found the end zone on the ground with their featured back through seven games. Paycor Stadium held 65,526 on a 57-degree afternoon, CBS carried the 1 p.m. ET kickoff, and Cincinnati sat as a 6.5-point home favorite with the over/under at 44.5. Three hours and four minutes later, New York walked out 39-38 winners, and the player who flipped the script was the same New York Jets running back who had been bottled up for most of October.

Hall did not just lead the Jets in rushing. He finished with 18 carries for 133 yards and two rushing touchdowns, added two catches for 14 yards, then threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Mason Taylor with 1:54 left that put New York in front for the first time all afternoon. That three-way line — 147 yards from scrimmage, two rushing scores, one passing score — produced 30.9 PPR fantasy points and the first win of Aaron Glenn’s season. Cincinnati had led 10-0, 24-13, 31-16, and 38-24. Hall’s fourth-quarter burst of 23 team points, including both of his rushing scores and the trick-play throw, is the reason this game still sits at the center of any serious Breece Hall stats conversation.

Match Overview Table

New York improved to 1-7. Cincinnati dropped to 3-5. The Jets covered as 6.5-point underdogs and pushed the game well over 44.5. Hall’s 7.4 yards per carry was his season high at that point, beating a previous 2025 peak of 113 rushing yards against Dallas in Week 5.

Core Match Statistics Overview

Team metrics tell a cleaner story than the final score. New York out-gained Cincinnati 502-398, held the ball for 33:40, converted 7 of 15 third downs, and went 2 of 3 on fourth down. The Bengals were more efficient per rush (7.9 yards per carry on 23 attempts versus 6.9 on 37), but they ran 12 fewer plays and never forced a turnover. Both offenses finished with zero giveaways.

Breece Hall rushing yards vs Cincinnati’s run defense

• Hall’s 133 yards on 18 carries produced 7.4 yards per attempt, more than double his 2.7 and 3.5 marks from the Denver and Carolina games that immediately preceded this trip.
• New York’s 254 rushing yards as a team were the day’s decisive gap: Isaiah Davis added 65 on seven carries, Justin Fields added 31 on 11, and Isaiah Williams took a jet for 25. Cincinnati still ran for 181, so this was not a shutdown defensive afternoon. It was a volume-and-explosiveness win on the ground.

Time of possession and third-down staying power

• The Jets’ 33:40 of possession meant Hall’s 18 carries arrived inside a 70-play script, not a desperation two-minute drill. Seven third-down conversions kept Cincinnati’s offense on the sideline long enough for New York to erase a 14-point fourth-quarter hole.
• Cincinnati converted 4 of 9 third downs and went 0 for 1 on fourth. Joe Flacco’s 21-of-34 day was clean (no picks), but the Bengals simply did not get enough snaps after the break.

Red zone finishing and Breece Hall touchdowns

• New York scored four touchdowns and three Nick Folk field goals. Hall accounted for three of the four TDs (two rushing, one passing), which is the single most important efficiency split in the box.
• Cincinnati was actually better in the red zone at 75 percent (3 of 4) and scored five touchdowns. The Bengals lost because they allowed 23 unanswered-adjacent points in the fourth quarter and never got the ball back with a chance to answer Hall’s 4-yard throw.

Explosive-play rate and yards after contact

• Hall’s longest run was 35 yards. He also scored from 27 and from 5. Those three touches alone created 67 of his 133 rushing yards and both of his rushing scores.
• Cincinnati’s longest rush was Samaje Perine’s 32-yard touchdown. Chase Brown’s longest was 22. The Bengals hit chunk runs, but they did not hit them in the last 15 minutes, when Hall’s 27-yard score cut the lead to six and the trick-play pass finished the comeback.

Period-by-Period Analysis

Quarter scoring: Jets 0-13-3-23, Bengals 10-14-7-7.

First Quarter: Bengals jump, Hall frozen out

• Cincinnati opened with an 11-play, 67-yard drive that stalled at a 26-yard Evan McPherson field goal at 10:14. The next Bengals series was shorter and meaner: five plays, 35 yards, Joe Flacco sneaking in from the 1 at 5:35.
• New York’s first-quarter script produced zero points. Hall had not yet found the crease that defined the second half, and Justin Fields was still settling into a 21-of-32 passing afternoon.
• The 10-0 hole was familiar for a 0-7 club. What changed later was not Cincinnati’s early execution. It was New York’s refusal to abandon the run after the first 15 minutes.

Second Quarter: Fields answers, Flacco answers faster

• Nick Folk’s 46-yarder at 12:12 made it 10-3. Cincinnati needed three plays and 69 yards to restore a two-score lead, Tee Higgins beating the Jets on a 44-yard Flacco strike at 10:45.
• Fields found Tyler Johnson for a 15-yard touchdown at 5:18, cutting it to 17-10. Flacco answered again, hitting Chase Brown for 19 yards at 1:15. Folk’s 25-yard kick as time expired sent New York into the locker room down 24-13, not 24-10, which mattered once the fourth quarter turned into a track meet.
• Hall’s receiving work in this window was modest (he finished 2 for 14 on three targets), but the Jets’ 13 second-quarter points proved they could move the ball even before the ground game fully opened.

Third Quarter: Field goals vs Perine’s dagger

• New York’s first second-half possession ate 10 plays and 80 yards and still settled for Folk from 24 at 6:12. That is the possession that later looks like the missed chance: a touchdown there would have made the fourth-quarter math less violent.
• Samaje Perine ripped a 32-yard touchdown at 2:34. Cincinnati led 31-16. Perine finished 9 carries, 94 yards, one score, outplaying Chase Brown as a pure rusher even though Brown scored twice (one rush, one catch).
• Hall’s usage stayed patient. The Jets did not panic into an empty-backfield passing game. They kept 37 designed and scramble runs in the call sheet, and that patience is why the fourth quarter belonged to No. 20.

Fourth Quarter: Breece Hall fantasy explosion closes the 0-7 drought

• Hall’s 5-yard rush at 14:17, plus Fields’ two-point run, made it 31-24. Cincinnati answered with Chase Brown’s 1-yard plunge at 10:21, restoring a 38-24 lead that looked like a knockout.
• Hall’s 27-yard touchdown at 7:52, plus Fields’ two-point pass to Isaiah Davis, cut it to 38-32. Five plays, 60 yards, 2:29. That is the drive that flipped expected points and win probability in one burst.
• The winner arrived at 1:54: Hall, not Fields, threw a 4-yard touchdown to Mason Taylor after a 9-play, 58-yard march. Folk’s extra point made it 39-38. Cincinnati never scored again. Hall finished the quarter with two rushing touchdowns, a passing touchdown, and the first win of New York’s season.

New York Jets Player Statistics

Breece Hall (RB)

Hall’s on-field impact was structural, not cosmetic. He created the two longest Jets rushing scores of the day, absorbed 18 of 37 team carries, and then operated as a wildcat passer on the play that actually won the game. For a back who had zero rushing touchdowns through seven weeks, this was the first 2025 tape that matched the Iowa State version of his game: 7-plus yards per carry, two scores on the ground, and enough receiving involvement to keep linebackers honest.

Justin Fields (QB)

Fields did not put up a classic dual-threat stat line — 31 rushing yards on 11 carries is workmanlike, not explosive — but he was sacked zero times, threw zero interceptions, and converted both two-point tries that kept New York within one score. His 15-yard touchdown to Tyler Johnson in the second quarter was the first evidence that Cincinnati’s secondary could be stressed outside the run game.

Isaiah Davis (RB)

Davis was the change-of-pace hammer. His 50-yard run was the longest rush of the game for either team, and five catches on five targets gave Fields a checkdown that Cincinnati never took away. The Hall-Davis pairing produced 198 rushing yards and 58 receiving yards. That two-back package is the version of the Jets offense that later informed 2026 backfield planning.

Tyler Johnson and Mason Taylor

Johnson caught 3 of 5 targets for 64 yards and the 15-yard touchdown, averaging 21.3 yards per catch. Taylor caught 5 of 8 for 34 yards and the game-winning 4-yard score from Hall. Those two receivers, not a true WR1, supplied both of New York’s passing touchdowns. That distribution is why the win reads as a committee offensive day with Hall as the closer, not a one-man show.

Cincinnati Bengals Player Statistics

Joe Flacco (QB)

Flacco’s 100.5 rating beat Fields’ 99.0, and he added a 1-yard rushing score. He did not lose this game with a turnover. He lost it because Cincinnati ran 58 plays to New York’s 70 and because the Bengals’ final three possessions after Hall’s 27-yard score never produced points.

Samaje Perine (RB)

Perine’s 32-yard third-quarter touchdown was the dagger that made it 31-16. Nine carries for 94 yards is a 10.4-yard clip that usually wins. It did not, because Perine’s usage dried up when New York started winning first downs in the fourth.

Chase Brown (RB)

Brown scored twice, once from 19 yards through the air and once from the 1. He was Cincinnati’s most complete back on the day and still finished 28 rushing yards behind Hall. The gap was not talent. It was New York’s willingness to keep feeding Hall after trailing by 14.

Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins

Chase caught 12 of 19 targets for 91 yards and no touchdowns, a high-volume, low-chunk afternoon that moved him past Eddie Brown for sixth on Cincinnati’s all-time receiving yards list (6,138). Higgins caught 1 of 2 for 44 yards and a touchdown. That split is the Bengals’ 2025 offense in miniature: Chase as the volume engine, Higgins as the shot play, and not enough of either in the last eight minutes.

Statistical Leaders Summary Table

Why the Jets Won

Balanced ground production, not a one-back island

New York’s 254 rushing yards came from four ball carriers. Hall handled the scoring and the volume, Davis handled the explosive 50-yarder, Fields kept the keeper game alive, and Williams’ 25-yard jet forced Cincinnati to honor motion.

That distribution kept Demetrius Knight, Geno Stone, and Jordan Battle from loading the box exclusively for Hall. Cincinnati’s leading tackler, Knight, still finished with 12 combined tackles. He just never got Hall on the ground behind the line on the 27-yard score that cut the lead to six.

Fourth-down nerve and two-point math

New York went 2 of 3 on fourth down and converted both two-point tries after Hall’s rushing touchdowns. Those four extra points (2 + 2) are the entire margin. A conservative kicking approach after the 5-yard and 27-yard scores leaves the Jets short even after Hall’s passing touchdown. Aaron Glenn’s staff treated a 0-7 road game like a must-win, and the math rewarded them.

Zero sacks, zero turnovers, 502 yards

Fields was not touched in the pocket. Hall did not fumble. The Jets did not throw a pick. Against a Bengals defense that generated no sacks and no takeaways, New York’s 7.2 yards per play was enough to outlast a 38-point home offense. Will McDonald’s lone sack (6 yards) was the only negative passing play of the afternoon for either starting quarterback on New York’s side.

Hall as a passer closed a game Fields could not quite finish

The 4-yard throw to Mason Taylor was 1-of-1 for a 122.9 passer rating. Trick plays fail more often than they hit. This one hit because Cincinnati had spent 58 minutes defending Hall as a runner and Fields as a passer. Aligning Hall as the thrower created a coverage conflict Taylor won at the goal line.

Why the Bengals Lost

Heavy dependence on early-lead scoring, not closing drives

Cincinnati scored on McPherson’s field goal, Flacco’s sneak, Higgins’ 44-yarder, Brown’s 19-yard catch, Perine’s 32-yard run, and Brown’s 1-yard plunge. That is a six-score script. None of those scores came after 10:21 of the fourth. Once Hall’s 27-yard run made it a one-score game, Zac Taylor’s offense did not manufacture another possession that reached the end zone or even a field-goal try that would have restored a two-score lead.

Chase volume without a finishing throw

Nineteen targets to Ja'Marr Chase produced 12 catches and 91 yards. That is 4.8 yards per target. Higgins was targeted twice. Andrei Iosivas was targeted three times and caught zero. Cincinnati’s passing tree narrowed to Chase in the second half, and New York’s secondary (Jarvis Brownlee and Quincy Williams each had two passes defensed) was willing to live with underneath completions.

Fourth-down failure and a 26:20 clock

The Bengals went 0 for 1 on fourth down and ran 12 fewer plays. A 7.9 yards-per-carry average looks excellent until you notice it came on 23 attempts. New York simply kept the ball. In a 0-0 turnover game, possession is the hidden yardage, and Cincinnati lost that fight by 7 minutes and 20 seconds.

Historical Context and Advanced Insights

Season series and recent Jets-Bengals results

These clubs do not meet every year. The 2025 meeting was their first since September 25, 2022, when Cincinnati won 27-12 at MetLife. The broader recent ledger:

New York’s 39 points were the most it had scored against Cincinnati since the 1984 season’s 43-23 home win, and the 23 fourth-quarter points were the largest single-quarter output of the Jets’ 2025 season. All-time, the Jets still lead the series 19-11.

Breece Hall career stats around this peak

Place the Paycor line inside his 2025 season and his four-year body of work.

Hall entered Week 8 with no rushing touchdowns and a two-game stretch of 2.7 and 3.5 yards per carry. He left Week 8 as a 1,000-yard-pace back with a season-high 133 yards. He would finish 2025 with 1,065 rushing yards, the first 1,000-yard rushing season by a Jet since Chris Ivory in 2015, and 1,415 yards from scrimmage. The Cincinnati game was 9.4 percent of his season rushing total in a single afternoon.

High school and college context still explains the athletic profile. Born in Omaha and raised in Wichita, Hall rushed for 2,082 yards and 36 total touchdowns as a junior at Wichita Northwest, then 2,127 yards and 29 scores as a senior. At Iowa State he posted 1,572 rushing yards and 21 rushing touchdowns in 2020 and 1,472 rushing yards with 23 total scores in 2021, becoming the second two-time consensus All-American in program history. The Jets took him 36th overall in 2022, the first running back off the board. A torn ACL in his rookie year truncated that debut to seven games and 5.8 yards per carry. Everything since has been a negotiation between that burst and a Jets offense that has rarely stayed healthy at quarterback.

Efficiency per touch and assist-to-score relationship

Hall’s Week 8 touch chart:

• 18 rushes + 3 targets + 1 pass attempt = 22 designed touches/plays
• 133 + 14 + 4 passing yards = 151 yards created
• 6.86 yards per offensive touch (rush + target)
• 3 scores on 22 touches, a touchdown every 7.3 touches

Compare that with Chase Brown’s 15 touches (12 rushes, 3 catches) for 105 yards and two scores, or 7.0 yards per touch. Brown was slightly more efficient per touch. Hall was more valuable because 18 of his touches came attached to New York’s 33:40 of possession and because one of those touches was a pass that produced a touchdown Cincinnati never matched.

Expected points from Pro-Football-Reference’s game dump show the Jets’ offense at +22.70 total EPA and Cincinnati’s at +19.56. New York’s passing EPA (15.47) actually outpaced its rushing EPA (8.45), which surprises people who only remember Hall’s 133 yards. Fields’ 244 yards and the two passing scores, including Hall’s throw, are why the EPA split leans pass even as the eye test screams run. Cincinnati’s rushing EPA (14.59) beat its passing EPA (3.80). The Bengals won the run-efficiency fight and still lost because they could not stay on the field.

Yards per route and target share also matter for Hall’s receiving projection. Three targets is a quiet day relative to his 76-catch 2023. He still ran enough routes to draw those targets, and the 7.0 yards per catch matched his season receiving average of 9.7 more than it matched a checkdown specialist. The 2025 role was more runner than receiver (243 carries, 48 targets). Week 8 is the tape that shows what happens when the runner role is fully unlocked.

Game Implications and Key Lessons

What this means for the Jets and for Hall’s 2026 outlook

• The win did not save New York’s 2025 season — the Jets finished 3-14 — but it proved the offense could hang 39 on a real NFL defense when Hall was given 18 carries and a green light on the perimeter.
• Hall’s first 1,000-yard rushing season, sealed later in the year, started to look inevitable after this 133-yard tape. He finished 15th in the league in rushing yards and tied for 11th in attempts.
• The May 2026 extension (three years, approximately $45.75 million after an early-March franchise tag) is easier to justify when the signature win of 2025 is a 30-fantasy-point, three-score afternoon. New York is paying him to be the lead back, not a committee piece, even if Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis remain in the room.

What this means for Cincinnati

• A 38-point home loss to an 0-7 team is a defensive and situational-football failure, not a quarterback failure. Flacco’s 100.5 rating and zero interceptions were enough to win most of NFL games. They were not enough here.
• Chase’s 19 targets without a touchdown is a red-zone usage problem. Higgins’ two targets is a shot-play problem. Those two issues stacked in a one-possession loss.
• Perine’s 10.4 yards per carry was unsustainable and unused late. Cincinnati needed a fourth-quarter version of that 32-yarder and never called it.

Key lessons

• Feed the featured back after a two-game slump. Hall’s 2.7 and 3.5 yards-per-carry games against Denver and Carolina did not predict 7.4 against Cincinnati. Volume created the explosive runs.
• Two-point conversions can be the entire margin. New York’s two makes were the difference between 39-38 and a 37-38 loss.
• Trick-play passing from a running back only works if the run threat is real. Hall had already scored from 5 and 27 before he threw the winner.
• Time of possession still beats raw yards per carry. Cincinnati’s 7.9 YPC lost to New York’s 33:40 clock.
• Zero-turnover football is a viable road-underdog plan. Neither team gave the ball away. The team that ran 70 plays won.
• Backup-back explosiveness (Davis’ 50-yarder) keeps a defense from keying the starter. Hall’s 133 yards needed that 65-yard Davis complement.

Frequently Asked Questions

On October 26, 2025, who prevailed in the Jets vs. Bengals game?

The New York Jets won 39-38 at Paycor Stadium, improving to 1-7 and handing the Cincinnati Bengals a 3-5 record. It was New York's first NFL victory of 2025.

What were Breece Hall’s stats against the Bengals?

Hall rushed 18 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns (5 and 27 yards), caught 2 passes for 14 yards on 3 targets, and completed 1 of 1 pass for 4 yards and a touchdown to Mason Taylor. He scored or threw for three of New York’s four touchdowns.

Who finished the game with the most points?

Hall led all players with 18 points produced (two rushing touchdowns and one passing touchdown). Chase Brown led Cincinnati with two touchdowns (12 points). Nick Folk kicked three field goals and two extra points for New York.

How many rushing yards did the Jets have as a team?

New York rushed 37 times for 254 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 6.9 yards per carry. Cincinnati rushed 23 times for 181 yards and three touchdowns.

Did Justin Fields or Joe Flacco throw an interception?

Neither starting quarterback threw a pick. Fields scored one touchdown and went 21 of 32 for 244 yards. Flacco completed 21 of 34 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns. Hall’s 4-yard scoring pass was the only other completion that produced a touchdown.

After this breakthrough, what is Breece Hall's season total for 2025?

He finished the 2025 regular season with 243 carries, 1,065 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, 36 receptions, 350 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown in 16 games. His season-high running yards and lone multi-rushing-touchdown performance occurred in the Bengals game.

Hall’s Paycor Stadium afternoon is still the cleanest single-game argument for why New York paid him as a featured back. Cincinnati scored five touchdowns and lost. New York scored four and won, because the Jets ran more plays, converted the two-point tries, and put the ball in Hall’s hands as a rusher, a receiver, and, for one snap, a passer. Efficiency plus complementary pieces beat a higher yards-per-carry figure and a heavier early lead. That is the film, that is the box, and that is why the breece hall line from October 26, 2025, remains the performance scouts, fantasy desks, and Jets fans still pull up first.