Bengals 21, Jaguars 19

CINCINNATI -- No one can call these Bengals the worst ever.

Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a pair of touchdown passes to Chad Ocho Cinco, who celebrated the second one by giving the head coach a kiss, and Cincinnati stopped a late two-point conversion try, preserving a 21-19 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

No longer on pace to be historically bad, the Bengals (1-8) were too much for the stunned Jaguars (3-5), who fell behind 21-3 before making it close.

Montell Owens returned a fumble 18 yards for a fourth-quarter TD and David Garrard led a late drive that culminated in Maurice Jones-Drew’s one-yard run with 1:17 to go. Garrard failed to squeeze a pass into double-covered Jerry Porter on the conversion try.

Quoteworthy: “Basically, play with pride and let’s try to make this thing look somewhat respectable.” -- T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Bengals receiver, on his message to teammates