| Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 27, 1970 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 58202 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 5 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 1 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 50 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 61 punt return (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 35 FG | 3 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 71 | LOG | Rufus Mayes |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Guy Dennis |
| 67 | ROT | Mike Wilson |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Sam Wyche |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 70 | RDE | Ron Carpenter |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 51 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 31 | LCB | Fletcher Smith |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 27 | RS | Ken Dyer |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chuck Hughes |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Wyche | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Altie Taylor | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Sam Wyche | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 51 | 7.3 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Virgil Carter | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 34 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 0 | 59 | 5.4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 124.6 |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 55 | 13.8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5t | 1 |
| Chuck Hughes | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Charlie Brown | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Fletcher Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 5 | 0 | 74 | 14.8 | 61t | 1 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
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