| Cincinnati Bengals at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 1, 1968 Location: Boston, MA |
| Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 17796 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 41 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 2 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Safety, Paul Robinson tackled in end zone by Doug Satcher | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 27 FG | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Whalen 11 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 18 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 5 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Estes Banks 5 pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick) | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Whalen 21 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Rod Sherman 27 pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick) | 14 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Saint Saffold |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 68 | LOG | Dave Middendorf |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 72 | ROT | Howard Fest |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 15 | QB | John Stofa |
| 18 | HB | Paul Robinson |
| 23 | FL | Rod Sherman |
| 38 | FB | Estes Banks |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Jim Griffin |
| 70 | LDT | Andy Rice |
| 83 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 89 | RDE | Harry Gunner |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 50 | MLB | Bernie Erickson |
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom |
| 31 | LCB | Fletcher Smith |
| 30 | LS | Jess Phillips |
| 20 | RS | Bobby Hunt |
| 47 | RCB | Charley King |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | SE | Bill Murphy |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 14 | QB | Tom Sherman |
| 13 | RB | R.C. Gamble |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| 29 | FL | Aaron Marsh |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 78 | LDT | Dennis Byrd |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 70 | RDE | Mel Witt |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 58 | RLB | Doug Satcher |
| 41 | LDH | Leroy Mitchell |
| 28 | LS | Art McMahon |
| 47 | RS | Billy Johnson |
| 25 | RDH | John Charles |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 20 | 78 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Saint Saffold | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rex Keeling | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Estes Banks | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Stofa | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 21 | 1 |
| R.C. Gamble | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| John Stofa | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 103 | 3.4 | 27t | 2 | 1 | 5 | 66.4 |
| Dewey Warren | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 59.7 |
| Rex Keeling | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Sherman | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 142 | 5.7 | 21t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Saint Saffold | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Estes Banks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Whalen | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 21t | 2 |
| Bill Murphy | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Rex Keeling | 6 | 170 | 28.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Terry Swanson | 4 | 203 | 50.8 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Phil Spiller | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Willie Porter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Phil Spiller | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Willie Porter | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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