| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: Houston, TX Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 37947 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mark Moseley 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 46 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Houston 48 interception return (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 45 FG | 6 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 29 | RS | Sandy Durko |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 74 | LOT | Gene Ferguson |
| 56 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 76 | C | Walt Suggs |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 77 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 39 | RB | Robert Holmes |
| 2 | RB | Dickie Post |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 1 | 11 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Dave Lewis | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 5 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 39.6 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 4 | 86 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19.7 |
| Lynn Dickey | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Dave Lewis | 9 | 435 | 48.3 | 56 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Lewis | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 5 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 39.6 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 308 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 4 | 86 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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