Referee Report: Bengals Get Another Repeat Ref Who Has a History With Them On Monday Night Football

Jay Morrison | Dec 4, 2024

Jan 7, 2023; Paradise, Nevada, USA; NFL referee Scott Novak (1) during the game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Bengals will get their second repeat referee of the season Monday night at Dallas.

But it’s just the first originally scheduled Cincinnati assignment for Scott Novak, who worked their Week 8 game against the Philadelphia Eagles after John Hussey came down with an injury midweek.

Novak, served as an emergency fill-in for the Sunday afternoon game before heading 300 miles east to work the Monday night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants.

Scott Novak will work his second game in as many days. Other officials have done so in different positions, but it's the first time the referee worked consecutive days since current Big Ten coordinator of officials Bill Carollo did it (twice) in 1999 (thx: @QuirkyResearch) pic.twitter.com/9p7VsEq4eD

—  Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs🇺🇦 (@footballzebras) October 28, 2024

Novak and his crew are averaging 11.83 penalties per game, which ranks 12th among the 17 groups.

A head referee since 2019, Novak’s rankings have been among the volatile in the league.

Last year his crew threw the fewest flags in the league (9.8).

In 2022, they threw the second most (12.1).

Novak ranked fifth in 2021 (13.1), 12th in 2020 (10.3) and last in 2019 (11.3).

Monday night will be the sixth Bengals game Novak has worked – and second on Monday Night Football.

The Bengals are 2-4 when Novak is the head referee.

Week 10, 2019: Ravens 49, Bengals 13

Bengals 1-5; Ravens 5-35

Week 8, 2020: Bengals 31, Titans 20

Bengals 7-45; Titans 7-68

Week 9, 2021: Browns 41, Bengals 16

Bengals 4-31; Browns 10-84

Week 5, 2022: Ravens 19, Bengals 17

Bengals 4-20; Ravens 6-48

Week 14, 2023: Bengals 34, Jaguars 31

Bengals 6-35; Jaguars 7-55

Week 8, 2024: Eagles 37, Bengals 17

Bengals 1-3; Eagles 4-40

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