| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 49829 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 2 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Pete Johnson 35 run (Chris Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Barber 17 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 13 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Tim Wilson 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Don Bass 12 pass from Jack Thompson (Chris Bahr kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Jack Thompson 13 run (Chris Bahr kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 7 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Don Bass |
| 85 | WR | Isaac Curtis |
| 77 | LOT | Mike Wilson |
| 74 | LOG | Glenn Bujnoch |
| 58 | C | Blair Bush |
| 66 | ROG | Mark Donahue |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 89 | TE | Dan Ross |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 45 | RB | Archie Griffin |
| 46 | FB | Pete Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Gary Burley |
| 73 | LDT | Eddie Edwards |
| 63 | RDT | Mike White |
| 79 | RDE | Ross Browner |
| 53 | LLB | Bo Harris |
| 55 | MLB | Jim LeClair |
| 57 | RLB | Reggie Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Marvin Cobb |
| 21 | SS | Jim Browner |
| 30 | FS | Dick Jauron |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pete Johnson | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 35 | 1 |
| Jack Thompson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Charles Alexander | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Archie Griffin | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Don Bass | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 19 | 112 | 5.9 | 36 | 2 |
| Rob Carpenter | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Boobie Clark | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 2 | 97 | 5.1 | 1 | 36.4 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 3 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | 20.5 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 140 | 8.8 | 1 | 111.5 | |||
| Dan Pastorini | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 1 | 182 | 13.0 | 1 | 107.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Don Bass | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Dan Ross | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Pete Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Charles Alexander | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Rich Ellender | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Vernon Perry | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Mike Levenseller | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Deacon Turner | 7 | 176 | 25.1 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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