| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1970 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 34435 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 46 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 25 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 25 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 31 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 87 pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Al Beauchamp 25 opponents fumble recovery (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 15 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 49 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 30 FG | 30 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Charlie Joiner 4 pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 30 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 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 |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 31 | LS | Fletcher Smith |
| 27 | RS | Ken Dyer |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 62 | LOG | Ken Gray |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 17 | QB | Jerry Rhome |
| 34 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 24 | RB | Mike Richardson |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 56 | LLB | Olen Underwood |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Richardson | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 114 | 8.1 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 101.5 |
| Sam Wyche | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 41 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 72.2 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Jerry Rhome | 54 | 27 | 50.0 | 2 | 315 | 5.8 | 87t | 2 | 1 | 5 | 65.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 49 | 1 |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Richardson | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 87t | 2 |
| Mac Haik | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Elbert Drungo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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