| Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: Cincinnati, OH Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 60284 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 71 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Paul Robinson 10 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 12 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 22 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 3 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 3 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 49 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 7 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 4 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 58 | MLB | Rick Kingrea |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| 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 |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 33 | RB | Fred Willis |
| 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 |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 17 | 2 |
| Leroy Kelly | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 49t | 2 |
| Jess Phillips | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 2 | 213 | 6.3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 57.6 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 122 | 5.8 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 46.1 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 7t | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 59 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 5 | 236 | 47.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 1 | 37 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Sandy Durko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Cincinnati Bengals |
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