| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 32482 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 3 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 61 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 46 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 13 pass from Kent Nix (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ken Anderson 3 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 24 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 51 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 32 FG | 19 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Dressler 43 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 26 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Dressler 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 33 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Dressler 20 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 40 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Lemar Parrish 25 interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 47 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Lemar Parrish 33 interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 54 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Neal Craig 63 interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 61 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 3 pass from Kent Nix (Skip Butler kick) | 61 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 88 | TE | Bruce Coslet |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Doug Dressler |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 70 | RDT | Ron Carpenter |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 60 | LLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 52 | MLB | Doug Adams |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 23 | RCB | Bernie Jackson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 87 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 69 | LOG | Solomon Freelon |
| 50 | C | Guy Murdock |
| 62 | ROG | Ralph Miller |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 14 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| 21 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 82 | RDT | Ron Billingsley |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Rich Lewis |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 56 | RLB | Guy Roberts |
| 42 | LCB | Jim Tolbert |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 48 | RS | Bob Atkins |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Doug Dressler | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 2 | |
| Essex Johnson | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 13 | 62 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Kent Nix | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 0 | 223 | 8.3 | 1 | 110.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Kent Nix | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 134 | 6.1 | 2 | 88.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Doug Dressler | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Chip Myers | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Rhett Dawson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 2 | |
| Neal Craig | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Lewis Jolley | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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