The AFC North champion Bengals made a sad exit from the playoffs in a 24-14 loss to the New York Jets at chilly Paul Brown Stadium on Saturday.

Cincinnati scored first on an 11-yard pass from QB Carson Palmer to WR Laveranues Coles, but the Jets answered with a 39-yard touchdown run by rookie RB Shonn Greene and took the lead in the second quarter when rookie QB Mark Sanchez's pass from midfield was pulled in by TE Dustin Keller on the sideline. Keller walked the sideline like a tightrope and held the ball over the pylon to give New York their second touchdown, and the Bengals were never able to catch up.

According to NFL.com, this was the first time since the 1934 NFL championship that rookies from the same team scored a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown in a postseason game. (In 1934, both rookies were the same person, Giants QB Ed Danowski.)

The Jets' Mark Sanchez looked like anything but a rookie, finishing the day at 12 of 15 for 182 passing yards. The Bengals offense found itself thoroughly flustered by Rex Ryan's defense, starting with Carson Palmer, who completed only half of his pass attempts. Bengals WR Chad Ochocinco was effectively removed from the game by CB Darrelle Revis's blanketing pass coverage. Revis made an interception in the second quarter to set up the Jets' second scoring drive. Ochocinco didn't have his first reception of the game until the fourth quarter, when New York began to back off into a prevent defense format.

The lone bright spot for the Bengals was RB Cedric Benson, who racked up 169 rushing yards and scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to pull Cincinnati to within 7 points of the Jets. The Bengals tried to claw their way back into the game, but they couldn't get back into the end zone, and when PK Shayne Graham missed field goals of 35 and 28 yards, they were sunk.

The Jets will go on to face the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional Playoff round, while the Bengals are now going on 20 years without a playoff victory. Still, they have plenty of accomplishments to be proud of this year, including their second AFC North championship and an undefeated year in division play for the first time in their history.