| Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1968 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Bears Stadium Attendance: 41257 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 19% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Bobby Hunt 5 run (Dale Livingston kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Bobby Howfield 34 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Mike Haffner 4 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Warren McVea |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 68 | LOG | Dave Middendorf |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 72 | ROT | Howard Fest |
| 34 | TE | Ken Herock |
| 15 | QB | John Stofa |
| 18 | HB | Paul Robinson |
| 23 | FL | Rod Sherman |
| 38 | FB | Estes Banks |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Dennis Randall |
| 70 | LDT | Andy Rice |
| 83 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 89 | RDE | Harry Gunner |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 69 | MLB | Sherrill Headrick |
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom |
| 31 | LCB | Fletcher Smith |
| 30 | LS | Jess Phillips |
| 20 | RS | Bobby Hunt |
| 47 | RCB | Charley King |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Billy Van Heusen |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 56 | C | Wally Highsmith |
| 64 | ROG | George Gaiser |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 15 | QB | Marlin Briscoe |
| 46 | RB | Terry Erwin |
| 40 | RB | Ronnie Lamb |
| 41 | FL | Eric Crabtree |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 75 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 43 | LS | Pete Jaquess |
| 28 | RS | Jack Lentz |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Estes Banks | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Hunt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Teddy Washington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fran Lynch | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Terry Erwin | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| John Stofa | 38 | 15 | 39.5 | 0 | 139 | 3.7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 50.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0 | 84 | 3.8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 37 | 3.4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 46.4 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Estes Banks | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Haffner | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dale Livingston | 10 | 431 | 43.1 | 63 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 12 | 531 | 44.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Greer | 4 | 1 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Luke | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Drake Garrett | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
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