Bengals RB Mixon sets team mark with 5 TDs

CINCINNATI -- No moving backs successful Cincinnati Bengals past had a crippled similar the 1 Joe Mixon had Sunday.

Mixon acceptable the franchise grounds for the astir touchdowns successful a azygous crippled successful the team's 42-21 rout of the Carolina Panthers connected Sunday. Mixon scored 5 times, with a 14-yard touchdown successful the 3rd 4th mounting the record.

The people was antecedently held by 3 players, Larry Kinnebrew (1984), Corey Dillon (1997) and Marvin Jones Jr. (2013), earlier Mixon had 1 of the champion days of his career. Mixon had 4 rushing touchdowns, which matched Dillon's people 25 yards agone against the Tennessee Titans. The moving backmost besides had 1 receiving touchdown, a 12-yard drawback astatine the extremity of the archetypal half.

Mixon had 211 full yards from scrimmage -- 153 rushing, 58 receiving. He became the sixth subordinate successful the Super Bowl epoch with astatine slightest 200 scrimmage yards and 5 touchdowns successful 1 game.

Before Sunday's performance, the Bengals' rushing onslaught was nether important scrutiny. Coming into Sunday, Cincinnati was 30th successful the NFL successful rushing yards per crippled (81) and yards per unreserved effort (3.54). Many of those questions revolved astir Mixon. According to NFL Next Gen, Mixon rushed for 52 yards less than projected.

All of that changed connected Sunday against the Panthers (2-7). On the opening drive, Cincinnati effortlessly moved down the tract to score, capped by a Mixon 2-yard touchdown run. That acceptable the code for the remainder of the game.

Mixon rushed for 74 yards implicit anticipation successful Sunday's contention and took vantage of bully blocking up of him. Mixon gained a career-high 104 rushing yards earlier archetypal contact, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.