| New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1979 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 41805 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 68 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 17 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Don Calhoun 3 run (John Smith kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jack Thompson 13 run (Chris Bahr kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | John Smith 39 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | John Smith 39 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jack Thompson 1 run (Chris Bahr kick) | 20 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jack Thompson | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| Pete Johnson | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Charles Alexander | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 0 | 176 | 6.8 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 78.4 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 0 | 83 | 4.2 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 48.5 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Don Bass | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Pete Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Ross | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 6 | 294 | 49.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Haynes | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Westbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Vaughn Lusby | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Allan Clark | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Deacon Turner | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Richard Bishop | 2.0 |
| Ray Clayborn | 1.0 |
| Ray Costict | 1.0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Reggie Williams | 1.0 |
| Bo Harris | 1.0 |
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