| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 21955 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 11 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 5 run (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 18 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Isaac Curtis 77 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 40 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bob Trumpy 10 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Isaac Curtis 67 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 27 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Fred Willis 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 27 | 17 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Paul Robinson 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Isaac Curtis |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 71 | LOT | Rufus Mayes |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 35 | RB | Boobie Clark |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| 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 |
| 51 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 23 | RS | Bernie Jackson |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 68 | LOG | Brian Goodman |
| 57 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 60 | ROG | Al Jenkins |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Offense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | RDT | John Matuszak |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 55 | LLB | Ralph Cindrich |
| 54 | MLB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RLB | Guy Roberts |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 36/27 | SS | Jeff Severson |
| 27 | FS | Joe Blahak |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Boobie Clark | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 14 | 85 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 0 | 293 | 12.7 | 3 | 148.1 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 201 | 7.7 | 0 | 88.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bob Trumpy | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| Boobie Clark | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Isaac Curtis | 2 | 144 | 72.0 | 2 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jeff Severson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Larry Eaglin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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