The Madrid stadium lights went out mid-play during Bengals-Falcons

The Cincinnati Bengals were so lights out against the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday’s early game in Spain, the lights actually went out at Bernabéu — the retractable roof home of Real Madrid.

OK, so maybe the Bengals didn’t actually turn the lights out, but the stadium did experience a brief blackout in the middle of a Bengals run in the fourth quarter. Cincinnati was already leading 34-17 and grinding out the final minutes with Semaje Perine when the entire NFL Network broadcast went black.

Apparently, the experience in stadium wasn’t much difference, as the play-by-play announcer explained the stadium lights had temporarily cut off. The run by Perine didn’t count and the down had to be replayed.

I thought my TV was messing up, but no, the lights went out in the Madrid Stadium in the #Bengals vs #Falcons game. #NFLpic.twitter.com/Zg0udLc7AV

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— Tanner Phifer (@TannerPhifer) November 8, 2026

Madrid playing host to Blackout Bowl 2.0.@AndyDaviesSport 📸#NFL#NFLMadrid#NFLWeek9#Bengals#Falconspic.twitter.com/a8mO3PsXml

— Across The Pod ™️ (@across_thepod) November 8, 2026

That’s a flashback to Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 between the 49ers and Ravens.

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