| Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 8, 1968 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 61111 | 
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 22 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 
| New York JetsNYJ | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | NYJ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 10 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 12 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 14 | 
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Paul Robinson 14 run (Rod Sherman kick) | 7 | 14 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 35 FG | 7 | 17 | 
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 22 FG | 7 | 20 | 
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Jim Griffin EZ opponents fumble recovery (Rod Sherman kick) | 14 | 20 | 
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bake Turner 34 pass from Babe Parilli (Bake Turner kick) | 14 | 27 | 
| 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 | 
| 16 | QB | Dewey Warren | 
| 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 | 
| 37 | LCB | Bill Scott | 
| 30 | LS | Jess Phillips | 
| 20 | RS | Bobby Hunt | 
| 47 | RCB | Charley King | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer | 
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill | 
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini | 
| 52 | C | John Schmitt | 
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman | 
| 71 | ROT | Sam Walton | 
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons | 
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath | 
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis | 
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard | 
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell | 
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin | 
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester | 
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott | 
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs | 
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker | 
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson | 
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham | 
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample | 
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson | 
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird | 
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Estes Banks | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 | 
| Paul Robinson | 26 | 33 | 1.3 | 14t | 1 | 
| Dewey Warren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 16 | 79 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 | 
| Mark Smolinski | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Bill Mathis | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | 
| Babe Parilli | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Dewey Warren | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 58 | 8.3 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 72.3 | 
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 193 | 8.4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 95.0 | 
| Babe Parilli | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 0 | 80 | 5.3 | 34t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | 
| Matt Snell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Pete Lammons | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Don Maynard | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 37 | 1 | 
| George Sauer | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 23 | 1 | 
| Bake Turner | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | 
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Matt Snell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Fletcher Smith | 8 | 230 | 28.8 | 45 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 54 | 1 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Phil Spiller | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Gerry Philbin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Jimmy Richards | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bill Peterson | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Phil Spiller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bake Turner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Earl Christy | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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