| Philadelphia Eagles at Cincinnati Bengals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 19, 1971 Location: Cincinnati, OH Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 55880 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 71 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Eric Crabtree 2 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ben Hawkins 10 pass from Pete Liske (Happy Feller kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 36 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Speedy Thomas 90 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 35 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Jess Phillips 7 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ben Hawkins 15 pass from Pete Liske (Happy Feller kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 68 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 26 FG | 14 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 65 | LOG | Hank Allison |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 85 | TE | Gary Ballman |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 46 | RB | Lee Bouggess |
| 37 | RB | Tom Woodeshick |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ernie Calloway |
| 83 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 88 | RDT | Gary Pettigrew |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Porter |
| 51 | MLB | Ike Kelley |
| 35 | RLB | Adrian Young |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 28 | LS | Bill Bradley |
| 20 | RS | Leroy Keyes |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 29 | RS | Sandy Durko |
| 34 | RCB | Neal Craig |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom Woodeshick | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 68t | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 40 | 20 | 50.0 | 3 | 301 | 7.5 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 60.5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 0 | 273 | 9.1 | 90t | 3 | 1 | 14 | 134.4 |
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ben Hawkins | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Harold Jackson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Al Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 90t | 1 |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Marshall | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Sandy Durko | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Jim Thrower | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| Al Nelson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Ernie Calloway | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals |
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