The longest fumble-return touchdown in NFL postseason history also was the longest go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of an NFL playoff game, and it lifted the Cincinnati Bengals to a 24-17 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in a Super Wild-Card Weekend game on Sunday night.

The Ravens seemed poised to break the 17-17 tie when quarterback Tyler Huntley tried to poke the football over the goal line on a third-down snap at the Cincinnati 1-yard line. But Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson knocked the football out of Huntley’s hands before that happened.

The football landed in the hands of Cincinnati defensive end Sam Hubbard, who ran 98 yards for a touchdown as the Bengals went up by seven instead of down by seven with 11:39 to play.

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The Ravens had three possessions after Hubbard’s touchdown, and the Bengals had to survive a throw into the end zone from the Cincinnati 27 on the final snap of the game.

Baltimore gained 130 more yards (364-234) than Cincinnati.

Quarterback Joe Burrow threw touchdown passes on the two series that reached the end zone for the Bengals. One drive took 10 plays and 6:07 to cover 60 yards, and the other took 12 plays and 7:08 to cover 83 yards.

Huntley threw touchdown passes on the two series that reached the end zone for the Ravens. One drive took 17 plays and 10:03 to move 75 yards and the other took five plays and 2:49 to move 81 yards.

Five players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field during the Baltimore-Cincinnati game:

· Ravens cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis (St. Paul’s Episcopal, Alabama) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

· Ravens linebacker Josh Bynes (Auburn) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

· Ravens running back Kenyan Drake (Alabama) was designated as a game-day inactive.

· Bengals cornerback Allan George (Andalusia) played but did not record any stats.

· Marlon Humphrey (Hoover, Alabama) started at cornerback for the Ravens. Humphrey made six tackles.

· Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (Fort Payne) connected on a 39-yard field goal to open the scoring with 8:22 left in the first quarter. McPherson went 1-for-2 on extra-point kicks.

· Ravens outside linebacker Jeremiah Moon (Hoover) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.

· Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce (Daphne, Samford) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.

· Cam Taylor-Britt (Park Crossing) started at cornerback for the Bengals. Taylor-Britt made two tackles.

· Jonah Williams (Alabama) started at left offensive tackle for the Bengals.

Williams left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury, and he did not return to the game. Williams became the third Cincinnati starting offensive lineman to go down in the past four games. Right tackle La’el Collins sustained a knee injury on Dec. 24, and right guard Alex Cappa suffered an ankle injury on Jan. 8, and neither played on Sunday.

Cincinnati and Baltimore squared off twice in AFC North games during the regular season. The Ravens beat the Bengals 19-17 on Oct. 9, and Cincinnati beat Baltimore 27-16 on Jan. 8.

In the AFC Divisional Round, the Bengals will visit the Buffalo Bills at 2 p.m. CST Sunday and the Jacksonville Jaguars will visit the Kansas City Chiefs at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. CBS will televise the Bengals-Bills game. NBC will televise the Jacksonville-Kansas City game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.