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Andy Dalton's 2 TDs lead Bengals over Jaguars

Published Nov. 2, 2014 4:58 p.m. ET

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CINCINNATI -- Jeremy Hill pulled the Bengals through a game that was sloppy all-around and still in doubt until his big play.

The rookie ran for a career-high 154 yards and a pair of touchdowns on Sunday, including a 60-yarder in the fourth quarter that helped the Cincinnati Bengals hold on for a 33-23 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Andy Dalton threw a pair of touchdown passes, one of them to A.J. Green in the Pro Bowl receiver's return from a toe injury, but also had a pair of interceptions that kept it close.

The Jaguars (1-8) turned Dalton's second interception into Denard Robinson's 5-yard touchdown run, cutting it to 26-23. Hill broke his 60-yard touchdown run on Cincinnati's next play from scrimmage and finished with the most yards by a Bengals running back in five years.

Rookie Blake Bortles, who leads the NFL in interceptions, helped the Bengals put it away by throwing an interception to George Iloka in the end zone with 3:55 left. Bortles was 22 of 33 for 247 yards with a pair of touchdown passes to Allen Hurns.

Jacksonville will head directly from Cincinnati to London, England, where the Jaguars will play the Dallas Cowboys next Sunday.

The Bengals held onto first place in the AFC North despite a sloppy game. They host intrastate rival Cleveland on Thursday night.

Dalton was 19 of 31 for 233 yards with two interceptions and two sacks. He had a 19-yard touchdown pass to Mohamed Sanu that put the Bengals ahead to stay in the second quarter. While Green was sidelined for three games by an injured big right toe, Sanu developed into the Bengals' top playmaker.

Sanu had four catches for 95 yards on Sunday, including an over-the-shoulder catch for a 33-yard gain in the first half. He held on for a 36-yard gain on the opening drive of the second half despite being leveled by Josh Evans, setting up Hill's 1-yard touchdown run for a 19-3 lead.

Green could have had a 12-yard touchdown catch in the first half, but it was nullified because he lined up beyond the line of scrimmage. Green finished with three catches for 44 yards in limited plays.

The Jaguars had trouble getting off punts in the first half. One of Bryan Anger's kicks was deflected, giving the Bengals good field position. Mike Nugent's 31-yard field goal made it 10-3.

Jacksonville went three-and-out on its next possession, and Taylor Mays blocked Anger's kick out of the end zone for a safety.

The Bengals honored Mount St. Joseph basketball player Lauren Hill, who played her first game across town on Sunday despite an inoperable brain tumor. They showed her basket on the videoboard during a timeout. Defensive tackle Devon Still wore her name on his eye black strips, and left tackle Andrew Whitworth had her No. 22 on his gloves.

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