Playing in their second game of the season, the Cincinnati Bengals had a lot of things go wrong. Playing Ohio state rivals Cleveland Browns, the defense looked the exact opposite as they did in week one. Browns quarterback Derek Anderson started and threw for 328 yards and five touchdowns. It was only the third time in NFL history that two quarterbacks had thrown at least five touchdown passes in the same game. Jamal Lewis had 215 yards rushing with one touchdown and the Browns had two receivers with over 100 yards, Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow. The Bengals offense tried their best to keep the team in the game, however, as Carson Palmer threw for 6 TD's and Chad Johnson caught for 209 yards. The game started out slowly in the first quarter but the second quarter saw a combined 35 points scored. It was close in the end, when the Bengals started a drive with under one minute left. They managed to get the ball to the 50-yard line when Carson Palmer was intercepted by Leigh Bodden on an intended pass for Chad Johnson. This game ended up being the eighth highest scoring game in NFL history, but not the highest scoring game between these two teams. In 2004, the Bengals beat the Browns 58-48 for the second-most combined points. The Redskins (72) and Giants (41) combined for 113 points in 1966 for the most. Q1 - CIN - 10:40 - 13-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Rudi Johnson (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 7-0) Q1 - CLE - 5:02 - Phil Dawson 39-yard FG (CIN 7-3) Q1 - CLE - 0:09 - Phil Dawson 39-yard FG (CIN 7-6) Q2 - CLE - 11:02 - 17-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Joe Jurevicius (Dawson kick) (CLE 13-7) Q2 - CIN - 7:40 - 23-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to T. J. Houshmandzadeh (Graham kick) (CIN 14-13) Q2 - CLE - 6:37 - 9-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Joe Jurevicius (Dawson kick) (CLE 20-14) Q2 - CIN - 3:12 - 22-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Graham kick) (CIN 21-20) Q2 - CLE - 1:11 - 25-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Kellen Winslow (Dawson kick) (CLE 27-21) Q3 - CIN - 12:13 - Shayne Graham 20-yard FG (CLE 27-24) Q3 - CLE - 8:24 - 34-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Braylon Edwards (Dawson kick) (CLE 34-24) Q3 - CIN - 6:18 - 14-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Graham kick) (CLE 34-31) Q3 - CLE - 6:04 - Jamal Lewis 66-yard TD run (Dawson kick) (CLE 41-31) Q3 - CIN - 0:53 - 5-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to T. J. Houshmandzadeh (Graham kick) (CLE 41-38) Q4 - CLE - 10:07 - 37-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Braylon Edwards (Dawson kick) (CLE 48-38) Q4 - CLE - 5:47 - Phil Dawson 18-yard FG (CLE 51-38) Q4 - CIN - 3:45 - 7-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Glenn Holt (Graham kick) (CLE 51-45)
Answer this question: How many touchdowns did Carson Palmer throw?
6