| Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Foxborough, MA Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 60999 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 28 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 14 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 38 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Larry Carwell 45 blocked field goal recovery (Mike Walker kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Jess Phillips 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Lemar Parrish 51 punt return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bob Trumpy 11 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 71 | LOT | Rufus Mayes |
| 63 | LOG | Guy Dennis |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Doug Dressler |
| 33 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 70 | RDT | Ron Carpenter |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 67 | LOG | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 24 | RB | Bob Gladieux |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Julius Adams |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 70 | RDT | Denny Wirgowski |
| 88 | RDE | Ron Berger |
| 49 | LLB | Dick Blanchard |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 52 | RLB | Ron Kadziel |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 26 | LS | Clarence Scott |
| 25 | RS | Rickie Harris |
| 29 | RCB | Honor Jackson |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | / | / | 6 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| NE | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | / | / | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 15 | 82 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Paul Robinson | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 246 | 5.2 | 2 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Carl Garrett | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 54 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 102 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.2 | |
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 0 | 111 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.8 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 2 | 117 | 6.9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 35.3 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 2 | 117 | 6.9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 35.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Doug Dressler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 1 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bob Gladieux | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Neal Craig | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 276 | 37.9 | 51 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |