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Ravens lead Bengals 10-0 after 1st quarter

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Ravens lead Bengals 10-0 after 1st quarterBaltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, center, celebrates his touchdown with Torrey Smith, left, and Marshal Yanda in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(Credit: AP)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ray Rice ran for a touchdown and Justin Tucker kicked a 46-yard field goal as the Baltimore Ravens took a 10-0 lead over the Cincinnati Bengals after the first quarter Monday night.

The Ravens scored on their opening drive, capped by a 46-yard field goal by Tucker, the rookie who wrestled the job from incumbent Billy Cundiff in training camp. Joe Flacco’s 52-yard pass down the middle to Torrey Smith on Baltimore’s first offensive play of the season set up the kick.

After a three-and-out by the Bengals, Flacco moved the Ravens 63 yards in 12 plays, often employing the no-huddle offense. Rice capped the scoring drive with a 7-yard scamper with 6:03 remaining in the opening quarter.

Flacco was 6 for 7 for 49 yards on the march, finding Jacoby Jones for 16 yards on a third-and-15 and converting a fourth-and-1 with a 1-yard toss to Rice.

Before the game, a moment of silence was observed for former Ravens owner Art Modell, who died at 87 on Thursday. Baltimore players wore a decal honoring Modell on their helmets and T-shirts beneath their jerseys bearing the former owner’s photograph.

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